Nikki Tavi

"Nobody messes with this mongoose...."

- Nikki Tavi Nikki Tavi is a 2016-introduced and all-around character. She is the previous Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’s niece and is destined to be the next Rikki-Tikki-Tavi from the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling. This mongoose is a royal and does not take her destiny lightly. Nikki was taught that she needs to fight to get what she wants and believes that it’s her job to protect those who can’t protect themselves.

Personality
One very important thing about Nikki is that she considers herself a mongoose instead of a human. She believes that she is just a mongoose that can turn into a human instead of a human that can turn into a mongoose. Her uncle Rikki is the only one who doesn’t spend time as a human. She spends as much time as she can as mongoose but goes to classes and events as a human.

The words you would use to describe Nikki are loyal, protective, strategic, serious, curious courageous, and violent. Nobody is as loyal as this mongoose and she is very protective of those she cares about. If you help her, she won’t feel right until she helps you in return. Her motto is to always pay it forward. Nikki feels like she has to protect those who can’t defend themselves but can sometimes be a bit over protective.

She never goes into a battle without a battle plan. Nikki is never unprepared for anything, even if she doesn’t know what she is preparing for. She is also always really serious and is often told to lighten up. She can’t take a joke and somebody always has to explain the joke to her. Nikki never has time for jokes because she is always doing something important.

Curiosity may have killed that cat but it didn’t kill the mongoose. The motto of her family is “run and find out” so it’s no surprise that Nikki inherited that trait. Being curious also leads to her being courageous. She rushes into situations with a battle plan without thinking about the consequences. Nikki is brave and always puts others before herself.

One might say violence never solves anything, but that is not true for Nikki. She is very hot-headed and uses violence as the answer for most things. Nikki was taught that she needed to fight to get what she wanted and to fight to protect herself. She isn’t good with words and has no idea how to resolve a conflict other than with violence. Nikki gets into fights really easily and because of this she also makes enemies really easily. She is violent but does not believe in killing.

Hobbies
Nikki spends most of her time learning fighting techniques and practicing martial arts. Killing snakes is all about being quick and if you’re not quick enough you could end up dead. She spends a lot of time with her uncle Rikki who teaches her his tricks for killing snakes but she is also a master fighter in her human form.

Right now, Nikki is trying to master most human fighting styles. She has already learned most mongoose fighting techniques and decided to move on to human fighting styles. It is mostly hand to hand combat because she doesn’t believe in using weapons. Nikki spends most of her time sparring and training for her lifelong destiny of fighting.