Nuno Dias

**Nuno Dias** (ヌノ・ディアス Diasu Nuno) is one of the main protagonists in the on-going series, *Sin & Virtue: Rise of the Runelords.* He was introduced in Chapter 13 and serves as one of the allies of The Virtuous Vanguard. He was formerly a member of The Salted Whore.

## Appearance

Nuno has dedicated all of his free time to be the most beautiful person in the land and arguably, he is. He garbs himself in an apricot jacket with rose slacks, shiny gold fan earrings, several golden necklaces, gleaming mahogany boots and a lavish bandana to cover his right eye.

## Personality

Although his compatriots see Nuno as gullible and child-like, Nuno displays a friendly outgoing attitude to new people. His flamboyant demeanor seems to be an attractive trait of his to most, he also has a joking prankster side that he only shows to true friends. He is also very obsessive compulsive about fashion and will try his best to keep him and his creations clean, even when said outfits aren't the most practical garments to bring for adventuring. While being opposed to violence and always trying to talk his way out of dire situations, Nuno will display acts of courage (albeit hesitantly) to protect the people closest to him, even if he's physically unfit.

Being sheltered from the violent life of a pirate Nuno was enamored with theatre when he had first seen it, ever since that day Nuno has committed himself to learn singing and dancing whenever he wasn't working on the ship. He has also honed his craft at fashion and designing outfits so well that everyone on The Salted Whore wore his vibrant concoctions, even Captain Anne.

## Biography

Nuno Dias was a street urchin in the slums of Falkaria, neglected by his prostitute mother he took to the streets where he learned to lie and steal to stay afloat in the harsh city. He eventually came in contact with some ruffians who took his right eye and nearly beat him to death if it weren't for Edlys of The Salted Whore, who pitied the elfling and took him in as their kind steward. It was on the Salted Whore that Nuno bore witness to many gruesome acts of violence and treachery but stood by and minded his own business. His life would continue like this until he befriended three strange passengers who were beautiful in their own ways. Saku Les, Akari Saito, and Raiden. these three passengers would inspire Nuno to abandon his life as a pirate and dedicate his life to heroics, his dream, and most importantly, virtue.

## Abilities

Nuno's abilities demonstrated are extraordinarily unique, even to fellow spellcasters. Due to Nuno's ability of Sonoritus, the ability of using your own vocal cords as a spell focus, Nuno's magic is alien to his allies and enemies. Even singing the most mundane tune may have an outcome on the material world around him. However, Nuno's ability is virgin to him, only recently discovering it underneath the tutelage of Marlynn, as such he has had to rely on other skills for most of his life.

### Sorcery

Nuno's magical affinity laid dormant for most of his life so he's only learned the ways of the arcane recently but he shows great potential due to his elven heritage. The quality of Nuno's circuits however could be deemed as middling or average. Nuno has yet to display amazing showcases of magecraft like his allies, instead relying on his inherent ability of Sonoritus, he has however used minor cantrips as a means of utility.

### Knowledge

Knowing his way around The Shackles and certain landmarks in Varisia, Nuno is well versed in fashion design as well as cooking, cleaning, singing, and dancing. Due to his upbringing as a street urchin, Nuno is a proficient pick-pocket so much so that if he steals something his victim won't notice until he's long gone. Nuno is also very sharp-tongued being able to sweettalk and lie to his foes instead of fighting, he prefers not to do this since he doesn't have to lie to get ahead anymore but if the situation is dire his first instinct is to talk things out any way he can. He has minimal knowledge on Arcane magic but recently because due to his interest Marlynn gave him a book for him to study magic and Nuno understood the basics of it easily after an extremely short time of reading it.

### Combat

Despite going from one dangerous environment to the other Nuno has minimal combat experience due to his Sister-figure Edlys not wanting Nuno to lead down a path of violence, because of this Nuno tends to play a supportive role when there is action letting his allies take care of the heavy lifting. Although Nuno has no combat experience this hasn't hampered him from displaying some feats of strength in his short time being in The Virtuous Vanguard, beating Sven and Saku in arm wrestling and taking down a Cyclops (marred by the fact that he had been heavily wounded by Sven.) but for the most part Nuno is not a fighter.

#### Close combat

Nuno has practically no Martial training or experience besides the quick lesson a wise old Monk taught him to increase his striking power. This technique nicknamed "The Nuno Knockout" is Nuno's go-to when an enemy gets up close and he must go on the offensive, however since Nuno does not do any sort of strength training to cultivate this and has the strength of an average person, the damage of this technique is only two-fold of a regular unarmed strike, so against any enemy that isn't a normal person it's unlikely that "The Nuno Knockout" will actually knock them out.

#### Ranged combat

From a distance, Nuno will dance the night away using his bardic performances or use his different spells in his arsenal if applicable. This is his preferred style of combat due to his teammates picking up his slack in terms of martial prowess and fortitude in battle. Nuno has the ability to not only inspire his teammates with his songs and dances but he can also instill fear in his enemies making them drop to their knees and lose the will to fight or bring upon fear in them and make them flee from battle, a true backline combatant.

### Skills

* **Pickpocketing** - Due to his upbringing Nuno is able to pickpocket people so swiftly that they don't notice their item is gone until it is far too late, Nuno's sticky fingers are precise and dexterous enough that is able to remove articles of clothing to such a swift degree that the owner hadn't registered it for more than four seconds.
* **Major Charismatic Presence** - Without a doubt, Nuno's greatest skill is his ability to control a room by means of wooing and entertainment, manipulations are left to others as instead Nuno's own charisma is strong enough to convince others of his view point or enrapture them with his beauty and actions, be it a jesters folly or mummer's act. Nuno's charisma is considerably large enough that is it very much considered that he is the glue that holds together his friends.
	+ **Efficient Dancer** - Nuno's skills in dancing though self-taught are enrapturing to onlookers. Nuno's acrobatic movements though still rough around some edges are good enough that many in his company already consider him an artisan when it comes to it, despite Nuno's own claims that there's always more beauty to be found inside of him.
	+ **Efficient** **Singer** - Nuno's voice though in speech may be considered a worm to some, nobody can deny that when he sings it has a charm to it that is siblings with adoration. Using it as a form of coping for stress, Nuno seldom goes a day without singing a stanza or two, of course it certainly helps that his singing is incorporated directly into his form of magic. Sonoritus.
* **Middling Swordsman** - Nuno's skills in the art of swordplay is lacking in comparison to his companions, even his upbringing he never focused too much when it came to swordsmanship. His skills relied far more on his ability to talk his way out of a sticky situation rather than stain his lovely outfit red.
* **Swift Reflexes** - Due to Nuno's racial heritage, his reflexes are considered far more superior to that of an average human, yet normal to that of his kin.
* **Artisan Sailor** - Nuno's upbringing was spent primarily on the high seas, adventure practically was the norm for the young elf as was taking the helm once or twice. Although he would rather tie a knot below deck than ruin his hair with the salty breeze that seems keen on ruining his day. Captain Anne once considered Nuno to be a candidate for a successor to her ship.
* **Professional Steward** - Nuno's skills at keeping an area clean and feeding its inhabitants are second to none. Being that this was his main job on The Salted Whore he's had many years to hone his craft, and develop obsessive compulsion. Having Nuno run your establishment will ensure it will be almost as beautiful as he is.
* **Fashion Designer** - Powerful by way of pure intuition, Nuno is able to craft together the perfect outfit for ones body after only looking at them for moment. His uncanny ability to do this has been called magic by his peers, life works in mysterious ways indeed.
* **Vampire Killer** - Nuno is the only character who has slain a full grown vampire thus far by disintegrating him using positive energy. Quite literally killing him with kindness.

### Sonoritus

Ever since Nuno awoke the arcane arts within himself it seems that Nuno's vocal cords have been imbued with reality warping abilities that can affect other's minds in different ways. By singing the simplest of tunes Nuno can bring upon a multitude of affects to those that hear it, some affects being strong enough to bring giants to their knees. with Nuno's bardic performance he'll be sure to put on a dazzling display that you won't be able to look away from.

## Relationships

Nuno is fairly simple when it comes to his relationship with his companions, full of love and spunk. Nuno is seldom filled with animosity towards others. Always attempting to find the "beauty" that is hidden underneath angst and cruelty.

Akari Saito
"Let me tell you this broad is crazy, I met a lot of dangerous broads sailing around and bunked with a couple but she by far is the most dangerous. Got to see for myself when she almost split me in half. I can see why Raiden holds her in such high regard, nothing like a woman who will literally murder you with a gaze."
Saku Les
"Me and Saku go way back... Ok we met like a month ago but things are movin' so fast that it feels like years. One moment we're talkin' about where we came from and what it was like there and the next we're in some far off world fighting metal monsters. Saku's an airhead but he's loyal and dependable, something you don't see much of where i'm from. I just wish I could've been the same."
Raiden
"How do you meet a person and get to know them but end up more confused than when you started? Raiden's my friend but there's so much mystery behind the guy and I don't know if i'm ready to peel that back. All I can do for now is be there for the guy and help him become the hero he aspires to be... Where the hell has Haru been!?"
**Shō Long**
"He's like Raiden and Saku's lovechild or something. All the awkwardness and lack of awareness of Saku but with the Brooding standoffish attitude of Raiden, maybe that's why they hit it off so well when they first met. Look at my Lil' Raiden, he's gone and found himself a boy he likes. They grow up so fast."
**Gorald Jirvi**
"This mean green fightin' machine has been travelling with me recently after that dickhead Ianus or Ida or whatever tried to kill me. At first he just seemed like another one of those stoic monk types but I can tell beneath all that the guy's holding in a lot of pain, he's been fighting with these Shattered Star guys for a while now and he's lost so much because of em'. Poor fella, we'll get through it if we stick together."