Nissala was an inhabitant of Darujhistan, Genabackis. She was the wife of Avab Tenitt, and while she, herself, was badly overworked, her unpleasant, wastrel husband spent most of his time lazing in bed where (besides sleeping) he had two main activities: one was enjoying pedophilic fantasies - which he was at the point of deciding to fulfill with real children; while the second was practicing erotic asphyxiation - which he accomplished by choking himself with a noose around his neck, which he tightened slowly while masturbating under the bedcovers until he climaxed.