Nobby

Information

Player: waffenbaum

Character Full Name: Sir Nobicious Alexander Copperbuttonbuffer

Character In-Game Name: Nobby

Nickname(s): “Boss” “Nobs”

Association(s): The Alliance, Steamwheedle Cartel, Gnomeregan, Gnomish Special Forces

Race: Gnome

Class: Rogue

Age: 52

Sex: Male

Hair: Huge brown bushy beard and a strong mane of hair

Eyes: Purple, usually covered by thick-rimmed glasses.

Weight: 45 lbs

Height: 3'5

Appearance

Having a rather well-proportioned sense of luxury, Nobby tends to wear tailor-fitted clothes made from beautiful and rare materials, though these are mostly worn in the form of somber black or gray jackets with matching pants and gold thread trim on the sleeves. He prefers a red silk sash over a buckled belt, and most of his accessories are fashioned from either silver or gold. He wears no armor to speak of.

Other: A notorious chain smoker, he only indulges in imported hand-rolled gold-label cigars, always carrying a case on his person.

Personality

Eloquent, assertive and somewhat withdrawn, Nobby does not trust easily. He can appear somewhat crass, despite his fine breed and enjoys both sarcasm and irony in equal measures. While he is as far from altruistic as can be, he certainly believes in making a difference through the power of money and influence. The fact that he donates money to various charities under an assumed name is a secret which he'll never divulge, on the grounds that it would likely hurt his image as a ruthless businessman.

History

Nobby was born into a family of old money, founded on the hard work of other, less fortunate people. Being a very large and influential lineage, infighting and mistrust was a constant between every member of the Copperbuttonbuffer dynasty. There were also those who claimed that many a member of the family had met rather unfortunate ends due to possessing more than others. But rumors are as rumors goes, and no one would be daft enough to publically out a group of people to whom buying your demise is merely something handled between two afternoon tea-biscuits. Nobby, being the youngest was the least likely candidate to inherit any of the family empire and was treated as such. Never really knowing parental affection, he tried to attain their goodwill through excelling in matters of finance and investments.

It was no surprise when he turned out to command a splendid understanding of numbers even at a tender age, but this did not win him any favor with his family. He eventually gave up on finding more within their ranks than the occasional nods of acknowledgement, and focused instead on what he knew best; making money.

It was during the fall of Gnomeregan that Nobby became the only remaining member, and consequently the head of, the Copperbuttonbuffer family. Overseeing the construction of a new textile mill near the upper levels of the city, he made a narrow escape as the blast doors began to close and the explosions rang out throughout the poisoned city. Arriving as a refugee of Ironforge, he wasted no time having his father and brothers declared dead in order to seize their upper-worldly assets, and start a business of his own with their generous funds.

A self-made man, he quickly embraced his newfound independence while outwardly lamenting the loss of his unwilling benefactors for an appropriate length of time before making the old money dance for him. Investing heavily in the manufacturing of war machines, uniforms and weapons for the Alliance, he literally struck gold when the war between the horde and alliance began to escalate once again.