Niko Rain

Niko Rain is a character role-played by thisisnotbyte.

Description
Niko Rain is a producer, artist, and engineer at Wu Chang Records. He is an easygoing but hard working person, and somewhat of a savant. Most of his time is spent making beats, mixing/mastering other artists' tracks or working on his own solo music. He doesn't know much of anything besides music. His entire life has revolved around music and is versatile when it comes to producing.

Getting signed to Wu Chang Records, he saw there was a need for mixing and mastering engineers. He started to learn how to mix so he could help out his fellow artists. While not a professional by any means, he often mixes for Oswald Tinkerman, Emon Zane, and Molly Rollin, though he will produce/mix for whoever asks.

Niko is also the owner of Booba Tea House, Los Santos' first boba shop. He runs the booth at Dean World and the Andi Jones Farmers Market when he has time outside of music.

Coming to Los Santos, he has a lot to learn of just about everything.

Background
He was home-schooled for the first 20 years of his life where he focused on honing his music production abilities.

Relationships
Noelle Ablisa (Good Friend) London Argo (Ex-Wife) Paris Argo (Friends/Former Fling) Oswald Tinkerman (Former Friends) Damien Tinkerman (Good Friends) Valentine Dalla (Good Friends) Liz Anya (Good Friends/Producer) Sara Nade (Good Friends) Baker Brown (Friends) Jim Watson (Friends/Gang Member) Jacob Pibb (Friend/Fellow Gang Leader) Juan Gonzalez (Friend/Fellow Gang Member) Khloe Monroe (Friend/Producer) Heath Argo (Friend)
 * Noelle and Niko coincidentally auditioned for Wu-Chang and got signed at the same time. After hearing each other's music they decided to work together to eventually create their first collaboration Submit. Noelle and Niko slowly climbed the music charts through their releases. Both became Wu-Chang executives and are great friends helping out some of the new blood and listening to each other demos. They often work closely together when it comes to music.
 * London was Niko's wife. They met at Ottos Autos where Paris Argo was trying to get Niko to bid on a marriage with her. The bid at the time was $6000 but Niko had no money as he was about to spend it all on a used car. London ran away crying when Niko said he didn't have the money. Later that day, Paris twatted to get in contact with Niko. London was so moved by his music that she decided to let Niko pay only $3000 for her hand in marriage, ignoring all other bids. Even though they loved each other, London being an environmentalist had spent majority of the time traveling the world going to Antarctica, the Sahara Desert, and Chernobyl.
 * For April Fool's, 4 months after no communication from London, Niko sent her a text saying they should get divorced. He forgot about it until two weeks later. By that time it would have been awkward to say April Fool's so at the advice of his friends, he decided to divorce her for real.
 * Two months later, Liz Anya told Niko that London had actually cheated on him with Liz 2 months into their marriage.
 * Paris and Niko met by a twat. She was setting up her younger sister London for marriage and after dodging the calls of a PD dispatcher. The two began hanging out regularly, with Niko even joining LSD at one point. After LSD went on hiatus, the two still kept close.
 * She gave Niko a "hot-boy summer" makeover and the makeover worked a little too well. Paris caught feelings and so did Niko. After teasing each other for a while, they started to go into a talking stage. However, with the newest LSD rule of 'No Dating in The Gang' they decided to break off things.
 * Oswald and Niko were one of the first-gen artists of Wu Chang. Oswald was the first artist to reach out to Niko for mixing work with the song Low, Impressed by the result, Oswald had Niko become his sole mixing engineer for all of his songs. They were good friends but it became pretty complicated when Oswald kidnapped his ex-wife's sister, Paris, and held her hostage at the basement of Wu Chang. He also had tied up Niko and gagged him in the studio, and thankfully Liz, Lana, and Heath happened to stop by the studio and free Niko, who led everyone down to the basement to save Paris. After this, Niko and Oswald had a complicated relationship. Shortly after, Oswald passed away and the two never fully made up. Niko mourned him and still thinks of how things could've been different.
 * Damien and Niko are label mates at Wu Chang and fellow executives as well. They both met after the death of Oswald Tinkerman, and became close soon after. As months went on, they've became really good friends are often seen hanging out with each other in the studio or sometimes around the city.
 * Valentine had been good friends with Niko after her switch from Creampie Records to Wu Chang, she was the one who actually gave him facial reconstruction surgery to help him fix his mug. The two hung out with Noelle, and all three became titans of the music industry along with their friends Damien, Liz, and Emon. They all still hang out regularly and get down to have fun or perform at Wu-Chang or other events. Niko mixes most of Valentine's music.
 * Liz and Niko started off around Wu Chang at the same time and were some of the first artists in the city after reconstruction. Now after a couple of years, both have become Wu-Chang executives and help each other work on music. Niko mixes most of Liz's songs and has a lot of producer credits tied to Liz's discography. They consider each other good friends in and out of the booth.
 * When London married Niko, Sara and Niko began to hang out regularly. This caused a good friendship to blossom between the two with both of them becoming fellow gang members in LSD and the newest rendition of LSD. They've gotten into a lot of things together, and consider each other good friends. She often waits for Niko to twat out his "Party Rockers in the Hou-se tonight" twat.
 * The first time Niko met Baker, he actually scared him into not doing Dodo and being productive with his time along with other members of LSD. Ever since then, Baker doesn't know that Niko was one of the people who brought him down to the pit but they've became formally acquainted through Paris during her time in poop gang and BCF. They're now fellow gang members and are getting cool with each other by hanging out and doing crime together.
 * Jim and Niko met through Paris and both joined LSD's revival. They haven't hung out much with each other but are becoming friends whilst building up the gang.
 * Jacob and Niko met through Paris. With the revival of LSD, Paris brought the idea of bringing Niko back in as a legal person for the group. He then brought Niko to the block and blooded him in on the rooftop. They're now getting to know each other and helping make LSD bigger and better.
 * Juan and Niko met through Paris and both joined LSD's revival. They haven't hung out much with each other but are becoming friends whilst building up the gang.
 * Khloe met Niko through Paris, and after a few weeks became friends with him as well. They were both apart of LSD and the revamp of LSD. They consider each other pretty good friends who can count on each other. It's also worth to note that he has mixed some demos for Khloe in the past.
 * Heath and Niko didn't really hang out with each other that much due to both of them having their own lives, but knew each other through London and Paris. While the two don't talk as much since Heath doesn't come around that often, they're still pretty cool.

Arcs/Events
Booba Tea House

(To-do)

Marriage to London

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Oswald's Kidnapping of Niko

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LSD

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Rise from within Wu-Chang

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Wu-Chang Executive/Hot Boy Summer?

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LSD: The Re-up

(To-do)

Clips/Highlights
1. Niko's 1st Wu-Chang Event (Wu-Chang:UNPLUGGED)

2. Niko's 1st Official Wu-Chang Event (Wu-Chang:Guilty Pleasures)

3. Niko loses it

4. Niko shoots someone for the first time

5. Niko fires Mia from Wu-Chang

6. Niko and Paris have a talk

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