Nicholas De Bankolé

## Overview

***Nicholas De Bankolé*** was an Afro-American corporate lawyer based in Atlanta, United States, which acted as the main counsel attorney and later Managing Parter for American law firm **Nexus LLP.**

De Bankolé was born and raised in Memphis, Tenessee, by a poor and uneducated African-American family in one of the poorest neighborhoods, which prompted him to fight crime, corruption, drugs and even death since an early age.

Regardless, De Bankolé's higher intellect, analytical skills, flexibility and resilience were proven to be quite resourceful in order to overcome poverty and crime, which allowed him to employ a wide range of intelectual capabitilies in order graduate himself as a lawyer from University of Memphis with academic honors.

During 1991, Nicholás De Bankolé assumed strategic positions at Nexus in order to promote international alliances, which eventually lead him to be the co-author alongside Veronica Albion and **Fritz Lorenz** of the formation of the **Triumvirate,** an strategic alliance of the world's top 3 law-firms with the highest revenue and market size.

With the ascension of Irma Lorenz as the Managing Partner of **Lorenz LLP** at 1994, the **Triumvirate** was terminated and Nexus LLP was strategically misplaced and demoted, leading to an internal power struggle which finally left Nicholas De Bankolé removed from office.

Notwithstanding, Nicholás De Bankolé was instrumental and rather a key factor in order to de-escalatee an inminent corporate conflict between Lewis & Clark LLP and Lorenz LLP, which prompted him to serve as a mediator for at least three years until **Fritz Lorenz** ceased to exist in 1994.

## Personality and traits

Although De Bankole's intelectual and academic capabilities were certainly enough to achieve success in life, De Bankole retained a low-profile personality with a humble and down-to-earth approach which evolved into a

## De Bankolé & Albion connection

By 1991, Veronica Albion was assigned by Golden Conclave as an envoy for commercial relations with North America and Central Europe, which prompted her to reach **Nexus LLP** as a potential joint venture candidate, as it was widely considered the foremost and most powerful American law firm in both East and West Coast, respectively.

As De Bankolé had priorized commercial relationship with Central Europe during the 80s, he was trusted and certainly considered an strong partner by Golden Conclave with a wide range of corporative connections within the United States, including military, insurance and labour union corporations.

During 1991, Veronica Albion, an special envoy by Golden Conclave at the time, was tasked at first to achieve a preemptive association with both American **Norotek Technologies** and **Macrinus Petroleum & Chemical Corporation** via De Bankole's local connections, which prompted her to improve De Bankole - Albion's association to a friendly and rather long-term relationship. As a result, both De Bankole and Albion were co-authors in the formation of the **Triumvirate,** an strategic alliance of the world's top 3 law-firms with the highest revenue and market size, which included **Lorenz LLP.**

Veronica Albion's perception of De Bankolé was prudent and wise, which was solely based on professional grounds at first, but later evolved into a deep emotional connection based on De Bankole's poor background and past history. As Veronica Albion was extremely poor herself during childhood and was certainly unable to cope with her roots, a male counterpart who shared the same socio-economical background appeared, which acted as a mirror for Albion's past.

As the Albion - De Bankole's relationship improved due to this unusual connection, De Bankolé adopted a more neutral and quite often friendly stand during Albion's corporate ambitions within the **Triumvirate**, acting as an advisor with an strong down-to-earth approach to Veronica Albion, which according to her, was considered as a sign of friendship and trust during their professional relations. Furthermore, Nicholás De Bankolé was instrumental and rather a key factor in order to de-escalatee an inminent corporate conflict between Lewis & Clark LLP and Lorenz LLP, which prompted him to serve as a mediator for at least three years until **Fritz Lorenz** ceased to exist in 1994.

During 1993, Nicholás De Bankole's only child suffered the early diagnosed of Leukemia, which resulted in a deep psycho-emotional crisis for De Bankole and his respective corporate ambitions, certainly diminishing Nexus' corporate involvement in the **Triumvirate** which prompted Lorenz LLP to be strongly involved with a more prominent role. Consequently, Veronica Albion shared certain financial gains with De Bankole's for an entire year and prompted her to extend several contracts with Nexus LLP as a sign of friendship and understanding.

## Appearances

* Chapter IV " Apollyon" (1991) - Mentioned only

* Chapter V "Naamah" (1991) First appearence.
* Chapter VI "Pluto" (1993) -
* Chapter VII "Phobos" (1994)
* Chapter VIII "Deimos" (1994)
* Chapter IX "Uroborous" (1994)
* Chapter X "Neptune" (1995) - Final appearence.

## Curiosities

* Nicholás de Bankolé's place of birth, Memphis, was inspired by American actor Morgan Freeman's birthplace.