Captain James Vimes

Captain James Vimes
An NPC created by Rhiannon. This character is available for "adoption" by another player.

Once a prosperous airship captain, importing fine goods like delicate china, fine fabrics, and tea into Doramraz. He lived on his airship and preferred to spend as little time as possible on land, claiming it "ruined his air legs". After the death of his sister and brother-in-law, Vimes took in his niece and only living relative, Beatrice Wimsey. Captain Vimes was often hired by the Mraz family to transport cargo out of the city, and as their demands grew, so did Captain Vimes' temper, until one day he came home and informed Bea that he had suddenly retired. Mysterious solicitors produced documents claiming Vimes' dirigible, then his seldom-used apartment. Bea and Vimes were forced to move repeatedly as landlords turned them out, without cause, after a week or a month, until they moved to the apartments rented out by Madam Maude above her quack shop. The illustrious Madam Maude, when mysterious strangers began making hints, and then veiled threats, simply set her gang of sons and grandsons on them--no one told Madam Maude what to do, and she only evicted people without cause when she felt like it. To support himself, Jim Vimes found odd jobs as a tinkerer with machinery.

Grey-haired, grey-bearded, Vimes is still known as "Captain" to most people on the Street, despite his lack of a ship. Vimes as a short temper (he once broke a man's arm for being fresh with Vimes' niece), but only those who don't know him are wary of him. His friends and enemies know that he has a rather over-developed sense of honor that puts him at odds with many on the street.