This version is completely different from what will be read in the real world/Underworld. It starts out with:
Nicholas had a brother named Lucas.
Lucas was a kind, trustworthy, wonderful person.
The two of them had a terrible father, named ████████. One day, the man killed Lucas. And, as is likely no surprise, that broke Nicholas, who lashed out, only to be drowned by those same two hands.
As a reward for having led a good life, Lucas was given a new life as thespirit of winter, which was something Lucas was happy to become. Nicholas, on the other hand, led a life of cruelty and lies. Before he would be allowed to rest, he had to become the spirit of holiday cheer and love. He became Father Christmas, working alongside his brother to deliver happiness during the end of each year.
The two of them coined the phrase "White Christmas", thanks to their continuous good timing around a famous December holiday.
Krampus disliked that Nicholas even delivered wishes to bad children. Krampus began trying to kill him, to rid Itself of such a nuisance. When each attempt only ever ended in failure, It began to focus Its efforts on tormenting the naughty children. Some incidents ended with children going missing. Nicholas did his best to combat the creature, only to barely succeed in banishing It from the world. Nobody knows where It wound up, only that everyone has been free of Its torments since the early 1960s.
That's the gist of it. The rest of this part of the story only goes into how Nicholas began to long for freedom from his duties. It had been so long, he was pretty sure they forgot about him. At some point, he became friends with someone named Beira. She had powers similar to Lucas, so Nicholas was immediately curious. The two of them wound up working for The Foundation. It does not specify a length of time here.
But, one day, Nicholas met Lucina, who was very interested in striking a deal with him. He could be free of his burdens as Father Christmas...
It then follows the story of the first game, word-for-word. It goes into how conflicted Nicholas was and how he genuinely did not like having to hurt those people... Yet, a part of him did not wish to stop any of it. A part of him was thoroughly convinced that this was what he wanted to do...
As it turned out, though, all of them were some form of brainwashed, with memories altered and pieced into ways that would bring the most chaos during all of that...
The rest of it goes into how much Nicholas loves his significant others; if not for them, he is pretty sure he would not be the person he is today. It also talks about how important Ritsu and Zeno are to him. They help him in ways even they don't realize.
Book World Version - CW: murder, drowning
That's the gist of it. The rest of this part of the story only goes into how Nicholas began to long for freedom from his duties. It had been so long, he was pretty sure they forgot about him. At some point, he became friends with someone named Beira. She had powers similar to Lucas, so Nicholas was immediately curious. The two of them wound up working for The Foundation. It does not specify a length of time here.
But, one day, Nicholas met Lucina, who was very interested in striking a deal with him. He could be free of his burdens as Father Christmas...
It then follows the story of the first game, word-for-word. It goes into how conflicted Nicholas was and how he genuinely did not like having to hurt those people... Yet, a part of him did not wish to stop any of it. A part of him was thoroughly convinced that this was what he wanted to do...
As it turned out, though, all of them were some form of brainwashed, with memories altered and pieced into ways that would bring the most chaos during all of that...
The rest of it goes into how much Nicholas loves his significant others; if not for them, he is pretty sure he would not be the person he is today. It also talks about how important Ritsu and Zeno are to him. They help him in ways even they don't realize.