The Cast - Nusquam of Axum

My formal name is Nusquam of Axum.  Close friends (that includes anyone from the last adventure) call me Zot, but never in the open.  My name (which means "nothing") was given to me by my step-mother, who reluctantly took me into the family after learning of my illegitimate birth.  If my mother gave me a more respectful name, it's been lost to the ages.  My step-mother (who definitely wore the toga in the family) never let my father—or me—forget his indiscretion, and I was never recognized by her.  My father, to his credit, was always kind to me, and he was the one that got me interested in...er...jeweling.  Bad luck follows me like a cloud of doom.

I appear a little bit awkward; a little bit socially inept.  While my peers practiced their battle arts, I was mostly interested in reading.  I'd have been a monk or cleric, like some of my siblings, but I didn't have the focus, and I didn't really have the interest.  I've always gotten along better with animals and plants than with people.  I'm a fair gardener, and more than a fair cook.  I'm not much interested in fighting (I can defend myself when needed), but my lamb hash with rosemary was enough to convince the captain that I was worthy of a commission.   And it was better than all that endless chanting.

I wear the garb of the legion, but I don't wear armour.  I let people who can fight do the fighting—when arrows fly, I try to stay out of the way.  I carry a sword because I should, but I'm rarely inclined to use it if I can help it.   This is partly because I'm mostly blind in one eye (a little accident with the dried newts).  I'm a bit ADHD, a bit nerdy, a bit flirtatious, a bit impetuous, a bit impertinent (even impish), and a bit cowardly.  All the things that the legion tries to avoid in its legionnaires, but its legionnaires can't make a roast-mutton with mead and radish sauce like I can, so my place is safe for now.  

Oh, and if you want to know what that diamond you just found is worth, I'm you're guy, though such things have a habit of ending up in my bag if you're not looking.

A video of Nusquam's famous cousin...