Nichollas "Nick" Courtois is new to CD, having wandered into the city while trying to run from a past debt and his old self.  Originally from California, Nick was orphaned and adopted by a family who taught him all about the criminal lifestyle.  A jack of all trades, he'd be a master of only one and that would be slight of hand.  It made him good with card games and he'd always fall back on gambling when things went sour.  A natural thief, a decent liar, and a skilled charmer, he'd use those traits through out his life, always switching up who he was but never losing his prime motivation - money.  Having been moving from one spot to another over the past year, he'd using a variety of alias's, trying to escape a debt that nearly got him killed.   The last city he had settled in (Asphyxiation Point) was where he'd nearly been brought down and quick thinking and even a quicker boat managed to help him avoid a watery death, though it was rumored to some he had been found dead in the harbor.  It was perfect actually, it helped him slip into obscurity, but now he resurfaced - poor, desperate and eager for something of a come back.