Nalo de Sombrano

Master Tutor Nalo de Sombrano (Vivianís 38, 1680 - unspecified), also known as Nalo Buenas and previously as Nolan Goodman, was a teacher and author. He became Royal Tutor of the children of the late Rei Geraldo VI, king of Millisymph, beginning in 1740. He was appointed to that position on Flowering 5/Gillihís 5 by Princesa Marisol de San Marino, the day her son Vasquez became Rei Geraldo VII and she became Regent of Millisymph.
He was responsible for tutoring Geraldo VII, his younger brother Conde Pancho de San Marino, and younger sister Condesa Sierra Milspar.
== Background ==
=== Personal life ===
Nalo was born as Nolan Goodman on 38 Vivianís 1680 in Farenthis, the seat of the County of Farenthis in the Empire of Trynser. His father Louis Goodman was human and his mother Ellen Goodman was half-elf, thus Nalo was 3/4 Human and 1/4 Elf. While his father and mother had both passed away by 1740, he had a younger brother known as Carlton Goodman who became a prominent civil engineer.
While Carlton chose to keep his original name, Nolan changed his name to the "more Millisymphian" Nalo Buenas, but wrote under the pen name Nalo de Sombrano. His lady friends included Estrella Atakares and Juliana Guillermo, the latter of whom he married in 1701 and whom died in 1714. It was rumored (primarily in Trynser City) that he was the father of Minigallith Atakares by Estrella's daughter Gina Atakares.
As he became known under his pen name, he used that as his regular name when he returned to Durmando in 1740.
As of the beginning of 1740, the widower Nalo had a son named Leandro, two daughters named Jesina and Arlina, and eight grandchildren. Carlton had one wife, two daughters and one son. Nalo frequently dated women who were half his age or even younger (in human terms he appeared in all ways to be half his age except that he had the position, status, and income of a master).
=== Professional life ===
Both Nalo and Carlton wanted to get away from small-town life and see the world; they attended the foreign La Universidad de Durmando in Durmando, Millisymph. Both then worked in Durmando, Nalo as a tutor and Carlton as a civil engineer. Nalo helped tutor Princesa Marisol when he was still a student and she was still a girl. The brothers were separated when Nalo received an assignment in the small city of Sombrano where he worked for many years as a journeyman and later master tutor. He returned to Durmando when summoned by Princesa Marisol in 1740. He then became Royal Tutor to Marisol's three children, son Rei Geraldo VII, son Conde Pancho, and daughter Condesa Sierra Milspar.
He had a fine reputation as a teacher and writer, and was popular as a public speaker, especially when reading his own work. While he primarily wrote educational material and some children's stories, his best-known work was probably the adult novel El mago de Seadale (which he translated himself from Thisslam to Trynsern as The Wizard of Seadale). In early 1740 he was working on a sequel, El demonio de Seadale (The Demon of Seadale); the first copies were given to royals, high nobles, and Mojarósa at the 500th birthday party of Mojarósa on Gillihís/Flowering 27, 1742.
== Appearance ==
Nalo was considered Human but was 1/4 Elf. He was 6 ft tall, weight 170 lbs, with skin III (light brown), very long brown hair and beard, and blue eyes. He was generally considered of average attractiveness for a man half his age (he inherited his mother's extended lifespan, so appeared to be half of his human age).
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