Nico Amory Zephens

Friends and Family
Nico Amory Zephens has an unmarried father and mother, Senco and Catanda Zephens (his father changed his name when married), and an older sister, Keesha Zephens. He lives on Sparrowbrook Road. He has three best friends, Jameson Grimley, Thalia, and Evangelina Katorez.

Early Life
Nico spent his life before school mostly doing art with his 6-years-older sister, with whom he was very close. Nico loved these art times and learned much from Keesha. He was very sad when she moved out to become a doctor when he was eleven. He was homeschooled by his parents until 4th grade, then started at the Kingdom of Jensari Elementary school. He met Eline, Thalia, and Jameson in fourth grade on the first day of school and once he heard of their dream to become adventurers, he immediately joined them, encouraged by a wish to be successful and important like his sister.

Fifth Grade Love (WARNING: Spoilers may follow.)
During the fifth grade, Jameson approached Nico and asked him if he would help him to make Eline like him. Nico agreed, wanting to help his friend and not being in love with Eline himself. He kept his promise and subtly nudged Eline in the right direction, but Jameson was too shy to make a move and Eline showed no interest in him, besides being his good friend.

The Quest (WARNING: Spoilers may follow.)
Nico was against going on the quest since they found about it. He was scared, but he used the excuse that his mother, father, and sister would miss him, which was also true. He had a weird feeling that Eline knew he was scared. In the end, Nico agreed to go but was not totally sure why. It was in that moment that he began liking Eline.

Nico knew that Jameson was suddenly grumpy because he was afraid that Eline would like Nico more. He felt ashamed that he suddenly liked Eline because he had vowed that he would help make Eline like Jameson. When they had their big fight, Nico realized that he should not ignore his feelings for Eline just because Jameson also liked her. He got mad when Jameson said, "She's right, Nico. It’s not right of us to take it out of her. Or just to not tell her. It’s not her fault you--”, implying that it was Nico's fault Jameson had a bad attitude because he 'betrayed' him by liking Eline. Nico said that he should have said no when Jameson asked him for help with Eline, and that it never would've worked, Eline would never have fallen for him.

When Nico and Eline saw the unicorn from their patch of trees on the Plains of Kendalheln, he did not know that Eline had already met a unicorn, but simply saw it as a sign of hope, and that their quest was going good, and to forgive Jameson.