Cosimo de Medici

Description
Cosimo de Medici is the patriarch of the wealthy and influential de Medici family, as well as the Chairman of the Merchant Guild, holding office in the First Bank in Onkh-Morpark. He is a shrewd businessman who manages both the Guild and his own family as assets to be used, moved about and discarded as he sees fit.

The accumulation of wealth is his great mission in life, one which he takes very seriously, and while he will always remain within the boundaries of the law, he is not above using the Guild to leverage pressure so those laws get amended to something which suits him better. Cosimo can be rather ruthless in dealing with any who have hampered his fervent pursuit of more coin or who threaten to do so. He is also an infamous scrooge, unwilling to invest of compromise on any deal that would not result in immediate and sizeable returns.

In direct contract to his hardline approach to business is his great love of the performing arts. Cosimo is a prominent patron of many musicians, actors and all manner of artistes. His generous contributions play a large part in keeping the Opera House and the Miskatonic Lyceum, as well as many freelance performers, afloat. Always donating out of his own pocket, he demands nothing more from those he dotes on but mentioning him as their patron.

Cosimo de Medici is a jovial looking Gnome in old age with grey, mostly receded hair and large glasses. He prefers wearing simple, but impeccably made silk shirts with velvet trousers and vest. While old age has left his body weak and frail, his mind is as sharp as ever and one would be wise not to mistake him for a senile, hunch-over little old man.

His eldest son Manifico de Medici is his right hand and serves as the director of the Second Bank in Mirthala.

Special Abilities

 * Spell-Like Abilities: (1/day) Speak with Animals (Burrowing), Dancing Lights, Ghost Sound (DC 11), Prestidigitation