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He's gone by so many names by now, one because he was undercover, the others just because he couldn't find one that fit just right (those were all some variation of his birth name).
The one he went by while undercover:
- Rocky Dangerbuff
That was the most recent one.
It was originally thought up on the fly when he and Zane were planning to infiltrate the Sons of Garmadon.
All in all, it was Zane who actually infiltrated the SoG.
Not too much later, he used it again while part of the Dragon Hunters so he and little Wu could free the others.
It was strange but also not, it was enough to be believable, at least.
There were more which he had gone by in day-to-day life
- Nicoklas
That was his birthname and frankly, he hated it.
It made him feel too complex, too complicated and overall, old.
Plus, whoever spells it Nicoklas? That was so wrong.
Before he had started attending Ophienhimer's and started going by Nick, he vowed never to use his full name for anything.
- Nick
He had gone by Nick while at Ophienhimer's Dance School.
The teachers there had known his full name, after all it was on the attendance list.
For a while it felt right, like it was him.
He left it behind the night he ran away from that school.
He never really liked Nick anyways.
- Cole
That was what Sensei, now Master, Wu had called him when he found him on top of that mountain that day.
His brothers- no, siblings, called and still call him.
They didn't know his birth name, hell, they thought that Cole was his birth name (he had told them it was), so all was good for now.
It felt... right, surprisingly.
Unlike all the other names he had gone by, Cole felt like him.