<div class="floatleft">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/theathaschronicle/images/3/3c/78d56837c65dd199791a76dc0a5a6558.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20171023104112)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Niles the Nerdist<br/><br/><strong>Player:</strong>Rummy Tum Tum<br/><br/><strong>Motivation:</strong>Progress / Civilization<br/>Automatons for all!<br/><br/><strong>NPC Allies:</strong>Grizzy B (University)<br/><br/><strong>Items:</strong><br/>- Presents from the Custom House (1-Use): the minion this is given to rolls an automatic 6 this turn.<br/><br/><strong>Brief Description:</strong>Niles is a shapeshifter for whom appearance is nothing more than apparel. His true form is unknown, and his true race is known by very few.<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong>Niles was a valedictorian graduate of Hexville U--mostly because his destructive fuck ups didn't hold much consequence for him. Not because of his intellect or connections, but because he simply restarted as a new persona after screwing up too badly with his invention of the day. He graduated using his persona of a handsome orc named Niles, and so that is what he goes by now. During his<em>many</em>years of schooling, he truly came to appreciate mechanical inventions and their ability to improve the life of mortals. For this reason, he aims to fill Hexville with metallic men capable of serving as guards, protectors, and soldiers.<br/><br/><strong>Secret Lair:</strong><em>(University)</em>Inside Niles' secret lair is a mechanical workshop of sorts, filled with scraps of metal and clay; and a marching line of obedient, ramshackle clay constructions he has completed.<br/><br/><strong>Starting Minions:</strong>His minions are the automatons described above. They come in various sizes with their shared trait being the lack of a soul. They are very obedient to Niles, and as such have acted in his name, solving petty crimes and saving cats from trees. Beginner vigilante stuff.<br/><br/><br class="clear_left"/><hr/><br/><em>Notes:</em><br/><br/>Niles the Nerdist is ALLIED with Alwyn & Kieri<br/><br/><em>Influence</em>:<br/>- Nobody in the Palace<br/>- Nobody in the Manor District<br/>- Prominent in the University<br/>- Nobody in the Guild District<br/>- Established in the Slums<br/>- Established in the Docks<br/>- Nobody in the Marketplace<br/><br/><br/><em>Minions:</em>4/4<br/><del>Group 1 (Starting Minions): <strong>Incompetent</strong> on a roll of 1 will roll again and have the reverse effect as intended. Automatons </del><em>Replaced Turn 7</em><br/><del>Group 2 (Recruited from University Week 2): <strong>Loud</strong> (add 1/3 of all support rolls to adjacent districts). <strong>Distracting</strong> (Rival Aspirants are a -2 to all rolls in district). Nerd Squad </del><em>Eaten Turn 9</em><br/>Group 3 (Replacement Turn 7): A group of automatons that travel on one wheel, very speedy!<br/>Group 4 (Recruited from the Slums Turn 8): A gang of half-orcs, goblins, and a pair of githyanki known as the greenies!<br/>Group 5 (Replacement Turn 9): War Machines<br/>Group 6 (Recruited from the Docks Turn 9): Group of ex-pirates