'One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane." - Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. He was the forefather of Dr. Peter Tezla.
Appearance[]
Tesla was a tall gentleman with impeccable posture, clear skin and deep set gray eyes. His dark hair was parted in the middle and combed back tightly so that every hair was in its proper place. His features were well formed and he had the appearance of being a well-born gentleman.
Personality[]
Tesla was a modest man, with a keen sense of humor. His soft spoken and assuring voice held the listener's attention. In conversations he would often use poems as illustrations for the story. One of Tesla's strangest abilities was the ability to create mental images.
History[]
Before World Race[]
Nikola Tesla was born an ethnic Serb in the village of Smiljan, within the Military Frontier, in the Austrian Empire (present day Croatia), on 10 July 1856. Tesla was the fourth of five children. He had three sisters, Milka, Angelina, and Marica, and an older brother named Dane, who was killed in a horse-riding accident when Tesla was aged six or seven. In 1861, Tesla attended primary school in Smiljan where he studied German, arithmetic, and religion. In 1862, the Tesla family moved to the nearby Gospić, where Tesla's father worked as parish priest. Nikola completed primary school, followed by middle school. In 1870, Tesla moved to Karlovac to attend high school at the Higher Real Gymnasium where the classes were held in German, as it was usual throughout schools within the Austro-Hungarian Military Frontier.
World Race[]
While Tesla has no appearance in World Race, His various lost schematics were the cause of how Dr. Tesla got any car he wanted.
Trivia[]
- In Acceleracers canon, Nikola tesla is the forefather of Peter Tezla.
- Nikola had "various lost schematics" that made Dr. Tezla infinitely wealthy.
- It is unclear why Peter Tezla changed his last name to have a "Z" in it rather than the original "S"