Nicolas, nicknamed “Nicki” by Lestat, is described as having dark hair and eyes. He is a lifelong pessimist given to depression, in contrast to Lestat’s generally enthusiastic and wildly cheerful outlook on life.

Despite his cynicism, Nicolas is still convinced that the Christian teachings are correct, and he cannot understand Lestat’s unwillingness to believe. He delves deeper into his cynicism as his view of the world takes a darker turn. He claims that there is no good or evil, but rather only good or bad art.

Nicolas is crucial in explaining Lestat’s later fixation with Louis de Pointe du Lac, a young Creole whom Lestat cites as seeming “in his cynicism and self-destructiveness the very twin of Nicolas […] Yet Louis gained a hold over me far more powerful than Nicolas ever had”. In The Tale of the Body Thief, Lestat refers to Nicki as his former lover, indicating that the two shared a romantic relationship as mortal men.

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