Zachariah Nichol

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Zach is a student at the Blue Heron Institute.

Personality

He was awakened at four.<ref>“You seem to know what you’re doing,” Avery said.

“I’ve been doing this since I was a kid.  I got awoken at four.”- Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.9</ref>

He comes from a undistinguished family.<ref>“My family’s nothing major,” he said.  “We had to really stretch to even get me in.  But my best friend is attending.”- Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.9</ref>

Relationships

Zach and Fernanda were almost in an arranged marriage but the deal feel apart after Chase became Alexander's apprentice.<ref>“That would be Fernanda,” Zach said.  “My mom and her mom were kind of conspiring to have me and Fernanda spend time together, a bit ago.  Our families are on more or less the same level.  Or were.

“It didn’t.  Her brother got a bump in status, and her family stopped talking to our family.  The talks about the two of us stopped being as frequent, then stopped all the way.”- Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.9</ref>

Zach and Salvador are friends.

Appearance

He is plain looking with a head buzzed so short he's almost bald, apart from the his appearance is nondescript.<ref>Zachariah was a weird guy.  His head was buzzed to the point he was nearly bald, and he had a very square head.  Verona struggled to find anything to really mark as notable about him. appearance-wise, beyond that.  He was padded around the edges, heavy-cheeked, and a bit older than the three of them, but matched to them in height.  He wore cargo shorts and a tee-shirt with a graphic of some woman from an animated show she hadn’t heard of.  But as nondescript as he was, his attention was mostly focused, and he seemed assured about all of this stuff.- Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.9</ref>

Abilities

Has a good understanding of the fundamentals of practice.<ref>“Fancy way of saying shaman, which can be fancy.  Sal’s family does it fancy.  Not for my family.  But I’ve got good fundamentals.”- Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.9</ref>

His families practice is based off of eastern traditions of creating statues that act as guides to direct spiritual energy.<ref>“Mostly we stick to Eastern traditions,” Zach said.  “But people get the wrong ideas when we talk about statues.  You think of statues walking around, when really, we’re making big, visible signposts for the spirts to follow.  Put the right statue in front of a house, and raise the prosperity of the house.”- Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.9</ref> Zach himself has a key chain full of miniature statutes.<ref>He held what looked like a keychain, with things that weren’t keys on it.  Each of the things was a figurine, about three inches long, carved stone.  He rested his wrist on the back of the bench, figurines dangling.

“I see… bookish old man-”

“Tutelary Statue.”

“And lion dog?”

“Komainu.”

“And gargoyle?”

“Grotesque.  It’s a gargoyle only if it has a spout.”

“And naked lady totem.”- Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.9</ref>

Spent much of his last year making and selling statues of "hot women" that make it easier to attract dates.<ref>I did it for fun.  I figured if I had to spend hours carving something, it’d be a babe, right?  Way better than an old dude or monk reading a book.”

“I’m taking a break from making statues.  I made some to sell to help cover tuition, so… think I’m going to wait six months before making more.”

“Bachelor practitioners buy ’em, and it’s not because I’m that great an artist,” Zach said.  “They might make it easier to find a date that’s willing to come to your place, I guess?”- Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.9</ref> It's something he started because he was bored is reluctant to continue with.<ref>“It’s not me,” he said.  “I did it for a joke, and to stay sane while carving my… I dunno, I’ve done easily a hundred carvings over the years.  Then my dad said I should ride the wave of success, whatever form it took.”

“If it’s funny, why not go with it?” Verona asked.

“The joke got old for me a while ago,” he said, arm draped over his eyes.  “It’s not me.  I’m not that guy.  Salvador is that guy.”- Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.9</ref>

Doesn't have much personal power.<ref>“Thanks for helping out, Zach,” Avery said.  “Sorry we knocked you out.”- Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.9</ref>

Chronology

During the conflict between over the position of headmaster Zach was on Alexander's side.

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