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Naka Laurent
Social Rank	4
Fealty	Valardin
House	Laurent
Gender	Male
Age	23
Religion	Pantheon
Vocation	Scholar?
Height	5'9"
Hair Color	Dark Brown
Eye Color	Brown
Skintone	Fair
Family
Parents	Sondra Laurent, Jur Laurent
Uncles/Aunts	Edmund Laurent, Kedehern Laurent, Marcus Laurent, Timothy Laurent, Damian Wyrmguard, Ilene Laurent
Cousins	Leo Fidante, Calista Fidante, Cristoph Laurent, Jael Laurent, Cassandra Laurent, Eiran Laurent, Klaus Thrax, Gwenna Redrain, Artur Redrain, Aeryn Laurent, Richard Wyrmguard, Drake Wyrmguard, Colette Laurent
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Description

Naka is lean and pleasantly, as opposed to strikingly, handsome. He possesses an easy demeanor and an engaging, if tentative, grin. His personal style in fashion and grooming tends to the haphazard rather than the precise, with layered clothing of varied styles and fabrics setting off his dark, slightly and studiously unkempt hair and everpresent stubble.

Personality

Naka doesn't completely lack drive and focus; it just seems that way, set against the backdrop of centuries of House Laurent industry. While he does not want for energy, he certainly is not notably organized in thought or action. He is mild, earnest and pleasant, though, and possessed of a quiet wit that often turns towards the self-deprecating. He tends to play to his weaknesses instead of hiding them, without posturing or self-loathing. One of those weaknesses seems to be the sheer difficulty he presents to others in discovering whether he's ultimately more of a flippant goofball or a sage wise beyond his years, as he frequently displays traits of either, if not outright flopping back and forth between the two. Overall, he's a hopeful, curious fellow, comfortable with his own thoughts, who tries to choose whether to share or subdue those thoughts based on his perception of the wishes of those surrounding him at the time.

Background

Born to a cadet branch of the ruling House of the Duchy of Laurent, Naka was simply never a child of destiny, a heroic figure in modern times with potential blazing forth for all to see. Of course, there's nothing particularly wrong in that for most people, and plodding along is a serviceable way to cover some ground. Bright but not brilliant, genial but not inspiring, and largely undistinguished physically as well, Naka sampled from life as from a buffet, without ever really finding a niche to excel in. He did develop a wide-ranging education, however, which could be an asset of its own in some circumstances. Of all his family, he was the one most likely to be unnoticed, left to his own devices, for which he was typically grateful rather than resentful.

Naka arrived in Arx from Laurent lands in the wake of the Siege and set about conducting some solitary research projects which did not immediately seem to gain significant traction. Though he can still often be found in complete solitude in various locales throughout the city, he has opened himself more to the practice of sharing, whether in sharing information or 'mere' conversation. He has learned to enjoy the sights, the sounds, and the presence of most other humans as much as that of a serene natural location or library. He could not honestly claim, however, as of this time, to actually enjoy it more.