#nico's the guy who went to college. got good grades. graduated. got a decent job

[nerdierholler]

Rook: Nico de Riva Class: Warrior Faction: Crows

One of the many street children "recruited" by the Crows.

Very much wanted to be a rogue and become a well known master assassin but lacked the finesse and dexterity and instead was trained for straight combat. Sees this as a failure and disappointment.

Mostly ends up with contracts that involve infiltration disguised as some sort of guard to get close to the target or preps a site as the inside man so the "real" assassin can get in and get the kill. Yes there's some resentment.

Why Rook? Sticking with birds here, rooks are corvids so they're like crows but not quite and that is how he sees himself. They also spend more time in open areas which he does as well as a fighter. Not really hiding in the shadows with a sword and shield.

Part of his motivation to save the antaam prisoners was to prove to the Crows and himself that he could carry out that kind of operation. Also because he thought it was wrong and wanted to help but a lot of it did come from underlying feelings of inadequacy.

Initially assumes the roll of bodyguard to Varric and Harding when he gets assigned to help them. It takes time for him to realize they see him as part of the team and not just muscles with a sword that's there to keep them alive while they chase Solas.

In a nutshell, Nico isn't a bad Crow. He survived the training. He's skilled. He's professional. He's just also frustrated, with mostly himself, for things not turning out the way he'd hoped when he was younger. He hasn't learned to how to accept his strengths and own and lean into them.

[surveys-r-us]

it’s 2019 and i still do these

Do you know people with these names? For each name, say if you know someone with that name and how you know them.

Aaron: I know multiple Aaron’s. Two of them are former coworkers. The other one is someone I know of but haven’t really talked to much.  Adam: A jerk face.  Aisha Alanna Alex: Off the top of my mind, I think of someone I matched with on bumble a few months ago.  Alexa Alexandria: A girl from elementary school Allegra Allie: Someone from high school who had a baby.  Allison: A girl from my sorority (that I quit)

Alondra

Amanda: One of my early college friends who transferred. I don’t even follow her on social media anymore.

Amber Amie Ana: Another girl from my old sorority lol.  Anaïs Andreas Andrew: I know a few.  Angela: A girl I used to play soccer with in middle school.  Angelica Anna: Someone from high school. Think she moved after graduating college.  Annie Ari Ashley: Not the biggest fan of because she gets involved in other people’s business (including mine) but we’ve had some fun memories.  Ashna Audrey Austin: cute guy from my hometown who I talked for like a week senior year of high school Becky Ben: A friend I’ve never actually met in person but we talk every few months.

Berkeley: Someone who studied abroad in Ireland with me. She might’ve spelled it differently.  Beth: One of my first friends in college. She’s one of the nicest people I’ve met. Bobby: Another person from college. He can kinda be a dick.  Bolor Brendan: My friend who plays guitar and sings. Super talented. We bonded over our music tastes being relatively similar.  Bridgid Britney: I think it was spelled Brittany but a girl in the grade below me in high school.  Brooke: My little cousin. Cal Callie Cam Cameron: I had a brief crush on him back in high school.  Camille: One of my old roommates’ close friends. I’ve only talked to her like twice.  Camryn Carmen: A distance cousin.  Caro Caroline: I know like 5 Caroline’s. My old roommate is one of them.  Casilda Cecile Cecily Chanel Chloe: The first person I thought of was a friend’s little sister.  Chris: Super liberal, obsessed with Game of Thrones and listens to Talking Heads Christina: One of my sister’s friends.  Christopher: Someone from high school. I’ve known him since kindergarten.  Claire: One of my best friends.  Claudia Claudine Cole: Was just wondering about him the other day since he deleted all his social media. Wonder what he’s up to. I know he’s a pilot.  Connie Connor: He plays football and writes for our student newspaper.  Courtney: She’s hilarious.  Cyrus Daisy Dakota Dana Danielle: Someone from my high school who also went to my college. She was older than me though. David: This cool guy from the Netherlands I met my last night in Ireland. He was apparently super into me according to my sister. He deleted me on snapchat though so now I don’t know how to communicate with him.  Delilah Diane: My aunt.  Diego Donald Doug: A family friend Duncan Dylan: My best friend’s ex. Pretty sure he got busted for selling drugs lol Eleanor Elijah Elise: My sister Eliza Elizabeth: One of my sister’s friends.  Ella Elle: Another girl from my sorority. She tags her boyfriend in things a lot on facebook. Ellie: Another person from high school. She’s like me and got the fuck out of this town.  Elliot Emerson Emily: Man I know a ton. One that comes to mind is my friend who we can go months without talking and pick things up like no time passed.  Emma: Someone from college who deleted her social media recently. I applaud her for it.  Eric Erika: Erica. Went to middle school with her. She’s had two kids.  Ethan: Dude I knew of in college but never really talked to. Faith: One of my old coworkers. I would see her out at parties and be surprised since she didn’t seem like someone who drank.  Fiona Francesca: Franz George: This short kid who’s sorta friends with one of my old roommates. I had class with him and didn’t even realize it until 3 weeks before the semester ended haha.  Ginny Giselle Grace: My beautiful cousin Graham Hadley Hailey: One of the few people from high school I’d still hang out with. 

Hannah: Wasn't a big fan of her.  Havana Helen Henry: Someone else from high school. He’s super smart.  Hugo Huma Ilana Indra Isabel: One of my favorite coworkers from this past year. Such a sweetheart. However, she can talk too much which was especially annoying at our mandatory meetings at 9 PM (college jobs suck) when I just wanted to go home and go to bed.  Isabella Itza Ivy Izzy: Think there was a girl with that name on my floor freshman year Jackie Jacob: Old neighbor. He got busted buying weed before it was legal here. Not sure what he’s doing now James: My uncle Jamie Jason: A family friend. Actually saw him the other day.  Jennifer: My former aunt.  Jenny: see above Jess: One of my closest friends.  Jhadha Joe: My old manager at work. I miss him. He’s so funny.  John: My music soulmate.  Jonathan: He plays football. He and his girlfriend are super cute together.  Joseph: An asshole.  Joyce J.P. Jude Julia Julie Justin: A distant relative.  Kaan Kai Karina Kat Kate: One of my cousins.  Katherine Kinaya Kira Kristie Lanie Laura: She’s from Hungary. She’s low key insane.  Lauren: Aye that’s me. Also one of my best friends.  Leah: My old supervisor. She’s hilarious. León Lexxi Liberty Lisette Louisa Luca Luis Lynette MacKenzie: Spelled differently but this girl who’s somehow a Trump supporter lol.  Maddie: A really complicated friendship but think we’re good now.  Maggie: Actually one of the funniest people you could meet. She uses tinder just to send stupid messages.  Makena Manlio Margaret Margo Maria: My old roommate.  Marianna Mariely Martha Martin Mayuri McKinley Megan: The person I think of is a friend from college.  Meredith Mia: One of my really close friends.  Michael: My ex boyfriend lol Michelle: One of my oldest friends. I’ve known her since 1st grade.  Mike: This dude who gets insanely drunk at the bars and does stupid things. I don’t know how he hasn’t been arrested.  Minah Miranda: This artsy girl from high school.  Molly: Another old neighbor. She lives in Chicago I think.  Morgan: One of my close high school friends. I don’t really see her often.  Nadia Nancy Natalie: A mutual friend with different people. She studied abroad in Ireland when i did.  Nathan Nathanael Neoma Nichole: She was my camp counselor.  Nico Nikki Noah Noelle: Pretty sure there’s a girl from my hometown with that name.  Octavio Olivia: My locker buddy throughout high school. Would see her every day.  Orion Owen: Went to college with him for a bit. He transferred and then dropped out. No idea what he’s been up to. He’s really into theatre.  Paige: My little cousin Pam Pat Patrick: My old high school crush. He unfollowed me on instagram a few months ago which sucks because we were actually decently close friends at one point.  Paul: A family friend.  Paula Pauline Peter: I definitely know a Peter but can’t think of one.  Phoebe Phong Price Quinn Rachel: Another person from high school I’d actually still hang out with.  Rai Railey Raquel Ray Rayne Rebecca: Known her since 2nd grade.  Rebkah Regina Reilly Remy Ren Rhianna Robert: My friend’s brother.  Rohini Roither Rose Ruby Ruilin Sabrina Sakura Salim Sally Sam: This super buff guy from high school. Literally could be a bodybuilder for all I care. Sapna Sarah: This really religious girl I went to high school with. I don’t think she ever left our hometown.  Savanah Sebastian Shani Shannon: One of my good friends from middle school. I haven’t seen her in years.  Siena Snigdha Sofia Sophie Soren Spencer: Think a guy from my high school has a younger brother with this name.  Summers Sydney: She just got married and had like a two week honeymoon at Disney. Taran Taylor: Talked to one for like two weeks. His current girlfriend hates me but we kinda mutually ended things so I don’t get why.  Tessa: One of the nicest people from the nicest family in my entire town. Thea Theo Theresa: I’ve met a couple in college.  Tim: My uncle Tom: I’m not really a fan of him. He likes to show up to things uninvited. Tori Ural Victoria: Someone from my floor freshman year. She’s vegan and is getting married in like a month. I can’t wait to see her wedding photos. Her dress will probably be really beautiful.  Viviane Walter Will: Some kid from elementary school Willa William Yujin Yuta Zac Zoe Which names do you prefer?

Alice or Allana? Alice Allie or Andie? Andie Alexandra or Anastasia? Alexandra Anna or Angela? Anna Annie or Angelica? Angelica Ana or Ashna? Ana Audrey or Ashley? Audrey Ansel or Annika? Ansel Brooke or Britney? Brooke Berkeley or Bella? Bella Bo Chao or Beatrix? Beatrix Camille or Camryn? Camryn Cristina or Casilda? Cristina Chloe or Courtney? Courtney Charlotte or Carol? Charlotte Cleo or Chanel? Chanel Davin or Dillon? Dillon Delilah or Dutra? Delilah Erin or Elina? Erin Emin or Emerson? Emerson Emily or Emma? Emma Erika or Estelle? Estelle Faith or Frannie? Faith Fernanda or Francesca? Francesca Georgina or Gracie? Gracie Gabriela or Gina? Gina Hailey or Hannah? Hailey Hadley or Havana? Hadley Indra or Isabel? Isabel Indiana or Ivy? Indiana Jenny or Jessie? Jessie Julia or Joyce? Joyce Jasmine or Jackie? Jasmine Jamie or Jennifer? Jamie Kimia or Karina? Karina Katerina or Kate? Kate Kira or Kristie? Kira Lia or Lily? Lia Lauren or Lynette? Lauren Liberty or Leila? Liberty Margaret or Martha? Martha Michelle or Mackenzie? Michelle Mia or Michaela? Mia Morgan or Maddie? Morgan Maya or Mayuri? Maya Megan or Makena? Makena McKinley or Margo? Margo Nikki or Natalie? Natalie Nadia or Nancy? Nancy Nicole or Olivia? Olivia Rachel or Rebecca? Rachel Remi or Rosie? Remi Ruby or Reine? Ruby Ren or Sakura? Sakura Sapna or Snigdha? Sapna Sally or Stella? Sally Sophie or Sydney? Sophie Sophia or Solana? Sophia Skye or Sierra? Sierra Serena or Savanah? Savannah Sarah or Sabrina? Sabrina Tara or Taylor? Tara Vittoria or Yahs? Vittoria Yoonju or Yukine? Yukine Aidan or Austin? Austin Alan or Andrew? Alan Aldo or Alexx? Alexx Ben or Brian? Ben Billy or Brodie? Brodie Corey or Carlos? Carlos Coleman or Connor? Connor David or Dylan? David Eli or Eric? Eric Franz or Fernando? Franz Gabe or Graham? Gabe Holden or Hudson? Hudson Jacob or Justin? Justin Jack or JP? Jack Jimmy or Jared? Jared James or John? John Karm or Kian? Kian Lou or Lenny? Lenny Michael or Mickey? Michael Nick or Nathan? Nick Peter or Pierson? Peter Rai or Rafael? Rafael Sanjay or Supawat? Sanjay Will or Wynn? Will Zachary or Zack? Zack

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ENZO HANSEN ➝ THIRD SIBLING

AS YOU RECALL, YOU KNOW I LOVE TO SHOW OFF

◈ FULL NAME: Enzo Domenico Russo Hansen. ◈ GENDER: Male. ◈ PRONOUNS: He/Him. ◈ AGE: 25. (March 13th). ◈ BIRTH ORDER: Third. Adopted. ◈ HOMETOWN: Florence, Italy / Los Angeles, California. ◈ CURRENT LOCATION: Los Angeles, California. ◈ JOB ROLE: Football Player. ◈ SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Heterosexual (Questioning). ◈ ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: Heteromantic (Questioning). ◈ FACECLAIM: Nico Tortorella.

BUT YOU NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD TAKE IT THIS FAR

Verónica and Felix Hansen were good people. Never might you have thought a young lady from Mexico and a young gentleman from Denmark might wind up living on the same street in Beverly Hills, but life can be funny that way. Felix loved her dark, sleek hair, Verónica loved his piercing green eyes, and the day they moved from neighbours to best friends, from best friends to boyfriend and girlfriend was inevitable, simply put. They doted on each other, something that has never changed. Not when they started college together, got their first place together, started busy jobs. Nothing could break them. Roni still talks about her wedding day with happiness, talking about how it was one of the best days of her life.

Verónica loved having little kids running around. When came the day the couple, then happily married and residing together in Beverly Hills, decided it was time to pay more focus on the start of their family than their ongoing careers as an interior decorator on Roni’s part, and a head chef on Felix’s part, it was met with kind words and wishes from colleagues and customers that hoped to see the Hansen’s live the life they dreamed out. When you were as nice as the Hansen’s, people could only hope for the best for you. Bad things happen to good people — The Hansen’s were an anomaly. nothing could break them.

Enzo wasn’t a disadvantaged child. In fact, were he to have had the life intended for him with his family in Florence, it would have been a spectacular one. He would have been cared for, treat well, grown up to be a respectful young man who would make success out of whatever career venture he would decide on in his future. But things didn’t work out that way. Instead, he was orphaned at birth, lucky enough to survive the car crash on the way to the hospital that killed his Father at the scene, and his Mother minutes after giving birth in the hospital. Rather than disadvantaged, he was simply unfortunate, onlu moments after his coming into the world.

He was taken to San Francisco by his Mother’s parents, who’d long ago moved their from their hometown of Florence when Alessandro, his birth mother, was 18 years old, 9 years before the arrival of their first grandchild. But they were old, and it was only weeks after he came to live with them, that they were declared unfit to care for a newborn, after the second occasion of Enzo’s grandmother leaving him in a Target Parking Lot. And so, to the devastation of his grandparents, Enzo was instead put into the system, with no aunts or uncles to take him in.

Verónica missed having a baby. Perhaps now she still had little one running around at her feet, but there was something about a completely dependant baby that she missed caring for. Though they had 4 children of their own already, Verónica and Felix made the decision to have one more child —though, they were getting old, and it was after some consideration that they decided to look into adopted, rather than having another child of their own. With a large house, money to see them through the rest of their lives, and all the prospects they needed for a successful life, they didn’t know what they couldn’t possibly give a poor baby in need of a good home.

And so, at a mere 16 weeks old, Enzo was adopted by Verónica and Felix. Only 4 months old, he had no idea that being adopted by such a couple meant he was thrown into the spotlight at first wind that there was another Hart baby, and this time, it wasn’t their own child. Pictures of the couple out shopping or running errands with Enzo in a stroller or baby carrier started cropping up, and he became famous before he even knew it.

Of course, growing up, it would become obvious to him that the parents who raised him weren’t his real parents at all. He was European, only slightly tanned, with eyes that were a piercing blue, whereas his parents and siblings sported skin slightly darker than his own. Amongst his family, he stuck out, and he wasn’t so stupid that he wouldn’t catch on. The conversation when he was 10 years old between himself and his parents was awkward and brief, but Enzo found out what happened to his real parents, and he couldn’t say anything against Roni and Felix for the life they’d given him. He was grateful, to say the least, and loved his parents with all his heart.

But knowing he wasn’t truly their child planted seeds in his mind. Thoughts and concerns that started to cloud his mind, making him question his place in the family. While he knew he’d always be accepted deep down, on the surface he did everything he could to be the perfect son to make sure Roni and Felix would love him as their own, no matter what. Throughout high school, his grades were high, as was his grade point average. He was able to speak English, Spanish and Danish, like his siblings, as well as the Italian he tried to learn himself. While his Italian was shotty and messy, he stuck at it regardless. He participated in extra curricular activities at school, trying out for anything he thought could look good in the future on his college applications.

He found he had a knack for sports, or football, to be exact. When a varsity spot became available, with no one to fill it, the coach looked to him to fill it, despite being only a sophomore. And when the captain and quarterback was forced out of gameplay thanks to a shoulder injury, he was the one selected to take his place. It was such an achievement for him, to become captain at just 16, and seeing how proud his parents were only made it that much better. He vowed, from then, in all aspects of his life, he’d do anything to make sure they always stayed proud.

He did the whole cliche thing, as the captain of the football team, he started dating a cheerleader, wore his letterman jacket with pride in the halls, became part of the popular group.

The only problem with the popular group was that they lived up to expectations, of being meatheads and bullies and idiots. But Enzo wasn’t like that at all. He tried to be kind to everyone, but his stance in the social hierarchy, and the people who was surrounded with at school, meant that everyone had an impression of him before they even got to speak to him, and it wasn’t a good impression at that. Most thought he would be like the rest of them, and Enzo never got an opportunity to prove he wasn’t like that. Like his parents, he was a decent guy.

The plan was simple. After graduating, he would attend Ohio State University on a football scholarship, but things happened quicker than he intended for them to. It was one of the final games of the season his junior year, when a scout showed up, looking for some hot young talent. What they found was Enzo, and he was enrolled in a training program that summer, a training program that would continue throughout the year, and possibly land him a spot as a minor league player when he graduated, should he show enough promise.

He did.

Turns out, minor leagues can have as much fun as the majors. And think just as much of themselves too. At the age of 18, he was being dragged out constantly, whether it was after practice or after a game, wreaking havoc and creating headlines.

That wasn’t his scene at all, but his parents were so proud of how far he’d already come, especially since he was headed towards the future he’d hoped for himself, and his parents had hoped for, for him, too. The plan was to go to Ohio State on a football scholarship, getting a degree in Exercise Science while working his ass off to make sure that when his college career ended, and the draft came around, he could secure himself a chance to show what he could do in front of the scouts that would be there.

Enzo didn’t do MUCH of what others did. While his teammates got smashed and made fools out of himself. Enzo remained sober. He’d drink lemonade all night, meeting eyes with a girl at some point, and usually winding up with her in his bed by the time the night was over.

He earned himself the title of a ‘Player’, thanks to such, and went from looking like a good guy, to looking like a guy who liked to get himself around, just because he could. The things that were said, he hated, couldn’t help but think he’d let his parents down, regardless of how much they attempted to reassure him that they weren’t any less proud of what he’d done for himself than they had been before.

Then senior year came around. He was star quarterback at West Bev, and all was going according to plan. He landed the football scholarship that he dreamed of at Ohio State, selected the major he’d decided on 3 years ago, and set his plan into motion. Trying to maintain his perfect GPA proved to be a task and a half between practises and games, trying to fit in work with classes, but he was determined that he could do it without the pressure of the coach on the heads of his teachers. And while there perhaps was some help behind closed doors for him, Enzo made it through college with an excellent grade point average, and scouts watching him like hawks as his last year of college began to draw to a close, and draft time drew closer and closer.

Those 3 days were perhaps the most intense 3 days of his life, but they were beyond worth it. Putting everything he had into showcasing what he could do, he almost felt like his entire life was on the life as he waited impatiently to see whether things worked out like he hoped.

There was no doubting what he could do, and it was inevitable that he would get selected, and land himself a spot in the NFL.

He found himself in Santa Clara, trying to work his way up just like all of the other guys were trying to do. Being fourth string sucked, but he managed to prove himself at third string, enough to land himself second string quarterback. But at second string he was stuck. With their first string player seemingly invincible, Enzo struggled to get the last push he needed to first string.

However over-dramatic, he felt like his plan was falling apart. No matter how hard he tried to prove himself, he couldn’t get that top spot he so desperately desired. He was stuck as second string up until the 2016 season, when chance would give him the opportunity he wanted, in the form of the Los Angeles Rams.

Of course, there was no denying that Enzo was a quality player. Enzo was an amazing player, one of the best, and the Rams wanted him as first string quarterback — and there was no chance he was going to let that slip him by. So he traded up the 49ers for the Los Angeles Rams, finding himself on the field as quarterback for the beginning of the 2016 season. They may not have made it to the play-offs in January, but for his first season as quarterback, Enzo couldn’t say he didn’t love every second he got to play.

He’s 25 now, already getting ready for the season starting, and he’s more than motivated, and ready, to take the Rams to the play-offs, and hopefully to the big final too.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW? FLASHING LIGHTS, LIGHTS

Enzo has messy brown hair that sits a-top his head with shorter sides, and he typically gels it back to keep it looking sleek and out of his face. It’s very unlikely you’ll see him without dark stubble. He has random tattoos dotted about on his upper half, and also has a septum piercing. If he’s not wearing a shirt, tie, blazer and skinny-fit trousers, he’s probably wearing a casual button-up or sweatshirt with skinny-fit trousers. He has glasses, but opts for contacts 9 times out of 10 because it’s easier.