Nazkow appears as a well-to-do middle-aged merchant, perhaps one with ties to, or at least aspirations towards nobility. Tall,thin and straight backed, with salt-and-pepper hair and a flamboyant moustache, he stands out in a crowd. He speaks loudly and almost always passionately on whatever issue has caught his attention at that point in time, and frequently rails against vice and sloth.
Those who deal with him behind closed doors see him as a profane, foolish, vice-ridden hypocrite - he accepts bribes, drinks heavily, and is frequently with escorts.
There is a third layer to him, the truth hidden by a clumsy lie, and the careful lie. He is not the slightest bit foolish or emotional. The thin public face, his weak 'private' face lie about a true private face of steel.
His merchant/political face - he owns several small businesses and serves as a city council-member - hides his true calling
Nakazow has been many things to many people
Nakazow is a criminal first, a wizard second. He does not flinch from what needs to be done to preserve his guild.