Nero

Type: Neutral NPC Race: Demon Alignment: Neutral

Nero is a demonic banker that resides in High Town. He is well renowned for his outstanding neutrality, providing his services to dream and nightmare beings without prejudice. He runs the Free and Fair Bank in the High Town marketplace. He is known to have had dealings with the demon Copernicus, but as to what is unknown.

Services
Nero will provide financial and banking help to characters. These include the following:

Investment: Players may opt to increase their wealth attribute by first lowering their wealth by one. After one month, they may gain their wealth point back, as well as one extra by spending half the experience than normally needed. (Characters with Poor or worse wealth may not use this)

Information: Nero has access to a wide network of rumors and gossip from the High Town demons. Nero will provide players with information, for a price. Nero often asks characters to do favors for him, because of their often unique abilities, but may be swayed by any moderately large bribe.

Nero in Combat
Nero is unlikely to carry out a fight with anybody in his bank, where he has the ability to freeze time for dreamers so that he can reveal his true form for a few minutes. He also takes advantage of a local Prefect presence that hovers around the busy nightmare hub. With several Prefects making their rounds in the area watching for uncareful demons and would be vigils attempting to attack them, Nero is safe from most attacks. If cornered however, he is a fire demon that can breathe fire and use the Deep Burns Curse, which causes foes to take a -1 penalty to all roles until the burns are treated. It is difficult to catch him out of his preferred stronghold, although he is not there all the time.