Nicodemus

-OOC- Minecraft UserName: mikjangle Do you have Skype / TS: I have skype. How many hours a week are you on: ~20 -Employee Application (RP)- Name: Pierce Dinnet Age: 31 Race: Human Employee Type (Independent or Nation): Nation Job Applying for: Merchant What makes you good at the job your applying for: I ran a small inn for a time in Anthos, and am trained in maths, with a keen eye for potential avenues for profit. Why do you wish to join the company: I believe it would be a great joy to work with Black Water, and that I would be a great long term asset to the company.

Nicodemus rubs his temples. "Is there anything else of note in this tome? Or is this more a thing of historic import than theoretical?"

Nicodemus grits his teeth at the term 'lesser being'. He refills his cup and looks at the image, shrugging. "Who the blazes is it? Some toff Mali mage?" Nico rests his chin on his hand, squinting at the page.

Nicodemus raises his brow at the highbrow elf. He leans back in his chair and begins rummaging through his pack producing a few wooden cups and a large bottle of some brew with his name and a picture of sugar cane on it. Listening all the while, he pours himself a drink and pushes the bottle and other cups toward the center of the table. Nico takes a swig and strokes his beard. "Not that the wide dissemination of knowledge is something that Haelun'or cares much for either."

Nicodemus nods. "The dissemination of knowledge is not just something they are uninterested in, but quite apparently antithetical to their organization. What little I can imagine that they would be genuinely willing to share, regardless of what they may have already promised, would not be worth such large and apparent risks."

Nicodemus straightens in his seat. "I say we ignore them completely. Make no interactions what-so-ever, and make no formal declaration on our stance toward them. This way, we continue to keep ourselves out of the focus of other nations regardless of how the Delvers fair. Also, the Delvers won't be able to absorb us if we keep them from getting a foot in the door."

Nicodemus chuckles. looking over at Salazar. He tips his chair back, crossing his left leg over the other. "That would be quite the task. I could arrange interviews for you with what friends I have in Orenian nobility that still have a pulse to help with that. Seeing as understanding the current political situation requires an understanding of history, it may be difficult to decide when to begin lest it be arbitrary."

Nicodemus, leans forward, raising his hand. He smells slightly of ale and cake, but his words are cogent. "As a project for the Department of Erudition, I would like to propose a thoughtful questioning and an attempted construction of a functional philosophy of rights. The central questions being whether they exist, what they are, their origins, and what that means for an individual's or group's relationship with the world." He then leans back in his chair, smiling and eyeing everyone.

Nicodemus smiles, stroking his chin as he thinks about what he wants to talk about at the meeting. He kills a mug of ale and begins to go through his books.

Nicodemus pins a note to the gate at Hedion University. "Preeminent Savant Ptah Remneal, I have in my possession a small herd of swine, numbering six. I also own a single cow, good for milking. I am offering to bring them to the University, so that they may be used to help sustain the Ministry. Do get back to me, sir. Yours, Phrenal Nicodemus Rosano"

Nicodemus walks to the construction site with a goat bearing rolls and rolls of paper. He has no idea where to put this donation.

Minecraft Name: mikjangle Applicant Name: Nicodemus Rosano Race and Age: Human, 54 What position are you applying for? (Librarian, Theurgist, Inventor, Professor, Rhetor): Rhetor List any experience you have had with matters regarding that Department: I have study economics for aproxamitly two decades, examining both the fundamental principles of trade, and the social implications of policy prescriptions. I published an essay on the later several years ago, which led to a very rich dialogue with the former High Lord Treasurer Denims. I am currently working on a more technical piece about spending flows. Also, I served as a lawyer for the Court of Oren for several years under High Chancellor DeStolistes. This led to great personal inquiry into the principles and nature of law. Describe the reason for your interest in that position (>5 sentences): The short answer is that teaching has always been a secret desire of mine. The greater reason is that, as a Rhetor, I hope to instill in people a fuller understanding of economics and law. These are things that greatly envelop our everyday lives, but few have more than a basic understanding of either. What's more, misunderstanding, especially on matters of the economy, are exceedingly common. I wish to do what I can to teach people real economics. I believe that both these subjects are to often taken for granted as dull and base, without proper credence to the philosophic underpinning in both areas. This is something I hope to change as a Rhetor. By applying, should you be accepted you are expected to utterly adhere to the Common Clauses. Do you understand this?: Yes, I do.

((That is an RP statement, not OOC. And the words used, like Supreme Authority, do not give my character, who is active in supporting free trade rply, the impression that this is an honest venture. No RP interest in joining.))