Eji (inapari) -
definitive athletesA professional wrestler from western
Palhur who uses
mijjit in their athletic performances.
CycnusA
Psyaran
bard.
Pa'uAn
aqyn who sings praises from the soul.
TononkaloA
namecaster bard.
VateA
bard who wields
emotional resonance.
From the
Agsaksakay (igorot) people of
Vada'dar, a special kind of carnival where most of the users wield
nommos.
AgbasbasaOne who uses
psionic energy to read minds at a carnival, sideshow, or fair.
BuoA performer who uses
True Names to know things about the audience and
IpusiposOne who uses
mijjit to contort their body.
Makin-Uneg a MaysaA
sorcerer who creates different effects, depending on the soul of the individual, for the sideshow.
PannakipagriknaOne who uses
emotional resonance to draw people into games or stalls.
PhysiquereA celebrity who uses
mijjit to amke their body fit the standards of popular culture.
SentimentiereA celebrity who uses
emotional resonance to draw power from crowds or viewers.
VasoA tumbler or acrobat who uses
mijjit.
PenariA southern
Island Bridge practice of using
emotional resonance in dance performances.
SivaA
sorcerer who uses dance to connect to their soul in order to be able draw from it.
ThuqhuriAn eastern
Palhuric dancer who uses
mijjit to become better at their art.
AvivēkiA subcontinental
Dabusenese jester whose japes and performances draw from the power of their
True Name. Through their arts, they can speak the True Name of any they can perceive.
KelesooA western
Dabusenese jester who uses
sorcery in their performances. Extremely rare and usually third gender.
TxantxalariA western
Jesenyan clown in the mountains who uses
emotional resonance in their performances.
VazivazyA
Basurian clown who uses
mijjit to improve their performances.
There are nine esoteric Puzzles that are said to hold the secret to the
Book of Names: the Puzzles of Thoughts, Bloods, Bones, Hearts, Souls, Names, Memories, Elements, and Powers (celestial or infernal energies). Seven of those are nommic in nature:
ChornekA
bonecaster who makes games and puzzles from bones.
KhaghatsvoghA western
Dabusenese puzzle maker who uses
emotional resonance to imbue it with power.
LudusiteA
psionicist who creates puzzles with
psionic energy.
ManontanyA puzzle maker who works with
True Names.
PapwateganA
wisin who creates games and puzzles out of exercises.
PukllaqA
bloodcaster concerned with the
Puzzle of Bloods.
Tagata TaaloA
sorcerer who creates games and puzzles to guide meditation and internal analysis.
TogloomchinOne who guides a game of
ancestral memory in pursuit of the Puzzle of Memories.
RelatorisOne who uses
psionic energy through television.
AhuianitiA central
Palhuric sex worker who uses
mijjit to enhance their work.
QedeshaA sacred sex worker among the ancient peoples of
Mahad who uses
emotional resonance to honor
Sash-levavevs, the Goddess of Nine Hearts.
EtapeA
Galdish actor who learns to use
emotional resonance in their performances.
NaksaaedngA northeastern
Dabusenese actor who uses
soul energy to make their performances more powerful.
VertoA
psionicist who does oratory only via
psionics.
WsisekwAn actor who uses
mijjit to enhance their physical performance. Often comedic, for slapstick purposes.
EkiwumbeA street performer who has insights into
True Names.
Sleeping PhilosopherA
sorcerer who resorts to answering questions on the street to raise money.
Mai Tunani (kinyarwanda)
A kind of writer common in central
Taggarus known for using
psionic energy to make their fictional writings more understandable.
NamescribeA writer who uses
True Names to empower their fiction or verse.
TusisoloA
sorcerer from the
Island Bridge who uses their powers to infuse their own soul into their poetry.
ÝazyjyA poet who imbues
emotional resonance into their words.
Nommic Athletes
Nommic Bards
Nommic Carnival Workers
Nommic Celebrities
Nommic Circus Performers
Nommic Dancers
Nommic Fools
Nommic Games Makers
Nommic Screen Entertainers
Nommic Sex Workers
Nommic Stage Entertainers
Nommic Street Entertainers
Nommic Wordsmiths