Nicole Nichols was born on December 24, 1981 to two very disaffected parents who worked hard to maintain their lavish lifestyle and hired a nanny to maintain their daughter. For years, Nicole craved more attention from her parents. She was nine when she was told her mother was pregnant with the Nichols' second child. In Halloween of 1991 her baby sister Colette Nichols was born with a congenital heart defect and d̷̫̆í̷̺ĕ̸̢d̴̪̀ underwent a life-saving surgery ̶̣̒t̵͕̿h̵̖̚r̸̗͛ȇ̵͓e̵̩͐ ̴̫͛ẅ̶͇́e̷̠̕e̷͚͑k̷̠̾s̷̲̽ after her birth. Nicole w̶̢̻̺̅͘o̷̯͒̏̄ṳ̴͇̾̌͘l̵̨͊͛̒ḏ̴͍̪͂̈͝ ̷͙̇̔͂n̶̺̏̈́̇ë̸̛̳̼̕v̶̥̄́̕ė̴̗r̵̰͑͗͜ͅ ̵̟͎͝k̸̠͖̈́̐͊n̶̞͓̦͂o̴̱̟̓ͅw̵͍͆̒ could not imagine life without her sister.
Nicole was an outgoing child, all through school. She was popular, eager to explore relationships as she grew into an adult, and was the captain of her JV High School lacrosse team. After she graduated high school, Nicole enrolled at Columbia University and, at the age of nineteen, she left the Nichols' home in Boston and moved to New York City. Nicole continued to play lacrosse for her first year at University, but soon become engrossed in her political studies. Nicole's parents struggled to afford her tuition, so to supplement her income and give her more spending cash, she worked as a hostess in a restaurant where she caught the attention of the owner, Daniel Linderman. So taken with her unique outlook on life was he that after graduating with her Bachelor's degree, majoring in Political Science and minoring in Business, Linderman hired Nicole as his personal assistant.
In 2005, Nicole's mother took ill with breast cancer, and on the advice of her employer, she returned home to help look after her mother. I̸͙͑t̸̝́ ̸̡͗w̷̜͊a̸̡͝s̸̜̾ ̶͕̒t̸̟͐h̷̳̽e̷̫͆ ̸͚̋f̸̩̋i̸̮̋r̴̹̿s̶̗͒t̵̆͜ ̷̳́ẗ̷̘́i̸̲͆m̷̱͊ḙ̶̕ ̸̥͝s̸̻̍h̸̤̑e̶̲̒'̵̥̿d̷̼̅ ̶̢̎s̵̤̀e̷̹̿ė̸̝n̵̨̈́ ̵̝͆h̸̯̏è̴̻ȓ̵̳ ̸͖͠s̵̫̾i̸̲̐ṡ̷̞ț̵̊e̷̳̚r̵͓̓ ̵̥̄i̷̠̋n̴͚̍ ̴̡͒y̵̹̽e̴̛̺ă̴͕r̵̺͆s̸̱̊,̷̲̍ ̷̝̊a̸̯͋ń̵̖d̴̮͑ ̴̰̚l̵̼͌e̷̦̎å̵͎d̶̟̈́ ̶̭̔ť̵̜o̴̹̔ ̵̭͝a̴̞̽ ̷͍̍ș̶̚e̸͓͝ë̴͕́ḿ̶̺i̶̧̾n̷̰͆g̵͔̚ ̶̧̈m̶̙̈́ë̸̟n̵̢̓d̶̡̅ ̶̰́ơ̷ͅf̵̦́ ̶͎͠ṱ̵̏h̷̢̀e̸͇̐ì̷̟r̵͎͆ ̶͙́r̴̩̈ḙ̵̆l̷̙̒a̸̳͝t̵̜̒i̴͍̐o̷̗͋n̴̩̓ś̵̼h̸̲̓ĭ̶̳p̴̥͝.̶̢̀ ̶͎͆ By the summer of 2006 Nicole's mother's cancer had gone into remission and she was able to return home to New York to continue her career.
In the fall of 2006, Linderman approached his assistant about a promotion of sorts. Linderman had left Nicole to become the mentor and assistant to his young adopted son, Isaac Faulkner. Though not yet 18, Isaac was a brilliant and motivated young man who had cleaved close to his adopted father's political machinations and scheming. Nicole groomed Faulkner over the course of the next eight years, molding him into a brilliant and capable man and Linderman continued to support Nicole in her personal endeavors both emotionally and financially. In 2014 Nicole managed Faulkner's campaign to join the New York State Senate, utilizing surreptitious manipulation and bribery to smooth out the political landscape. Nicole gains a reputation as a shrewd and powerful woman with political aspirations of her own. Faulkner's campaign was a colossal success, and Nicole's favor grew wildly in the eyes of Daniel Linderman.
All of this was threatened in 2015, when Linderman was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and after a short, brutal battle, passed away in the winter of 2016. Following Daniel's death, ownership of the Linderman Group and its substantial financial fortunes was passed on to Isaac, with the caveat in Linderman's will that Isaac's control over the company was entirely contingent on Nicole's assessment of his capabilities, and if she so wanted to, she could have him ejected from the Linderman Group and stripped of his influence. It felt as though Daniel Linderman had left one last challenge for his two closest proteges, to see who would come out on top at the head of his company.
In November of 2017 while driving in a rainstorm from Isaac's campaign office on the lower east side to the Linderman Building in the Financial District, Nicole was involved in a serious automobile accident that nearly took her life. In the aftermath of the hit and run accident, Nicole suffered serious spinal injury and may have lost her ability to walk were it not for the tremendous skill of Doctor Zachery Miller, a spinal surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Miller was able to repair the damage to Nicole's spine and in return Nicole made a substantial donation to the hospital in the name of the Linderman Group. At a gala held in the summer of 2018, Nicole met Doctor Miller again and the two fell hopelessly in love. They married on Halloween in 2019.
Continuing to work to advance Faulkner's career, Nicole's primary focus is campaign work for Isaac's run at the 2020 House of Representatives election, readying Isaac for a major campaign push while subverting his political opponents. At the same time, she continues to investigate a personal curiosity:
Did Isaac Faulkner try to have her killed?