Nathair

Nathair, also known as 'the One Flooded with Sin ' by those who despise him, and 'Draken of the Free ' by those who worship him, is an elder deity of Aigora, whose existence is mysterious, cryptic, and surrounded in myth. Nathair is a prominently worshipped deity in Aigora, primarily by a large population in the Aigean Sea and within the Commonwealth of Port Tormenta under the clergy of the Ophigation of Nathair, with the Archbishop of the Ophigation serving as its' spiritual leader, and in the Sang-Lothor Imperium, albeit it to a lesser extent due to an anti-religious approach in the imperium, through the Lothorian Ath'ai Monks.

Interpretations
Nathair's powers, origins, and his very existence varies largely on interpretation and portrayal and so are subject to much discussion and speculation. The most widely regarded interpretation on Nathair is that he was an Elder God, one of nine, and the very first one to be born from the Father-Tree, Baal and the Mother-Soil, Aroo-Goola. He is often depicted as a large serpent, with a humanoid body.

To the people he is worshipped by, Nathair is the God of Freedom, Change, Chaos, and to a lesser extent, Knowledge. Being an Elder Deity, he is regarded as Omnipotent, but some religious scholars take a more nuanced approach towards the Gods of Aigora, as they are believed to be, to a certain extent, not as powerful as other Gods are in other worlds by design.

Scripts of Nathair
Much of what is publicly available about Nathair is written in the Scripts of Nathair, the tome written many centuries ago by the Lothlorian Ath'ai Monks. One excerpt from the Scripts speaks about a Sin Cleansing. "'The breeze of azure winds, gleaming brine in the depths… surfaces of an endless paradise, who’s denizens can relish in the wombs of their own beginning. The Sins of the Craving are swiftly washed away, and the land that we were promised streams around us, surrounding our senses. A self-sustaining sphere of glee, freedom, and boundless movement; an orb whose very existence is to twinkle and remain a gem to observers. For the things that remain in the world are confined within ultimate liberty…' -Passage from the Scripts of Nathair."This passage refers to what many Nathair's followers believe to be their promised Sin Cleaning, that people who conform to their lives are living lives of Sin Craving. The time will come when Nathair arrives and provides a world of ultimate liberty to ones who have embraced a life of endless change and freedom.

Nathair, the One Flooded with Sin
Nathair is an enemy to the the Weastern Pirates and to Desmond Targonus, both groups who are aware and opposed to Nathair's very existence and his true and insidious grand machinations. Ever since the inception of the Weastern Pirates, Nathair has served as an antagonistic force towards them, beginning with Maxedine's obtainment of one of Nathair's cursed medallions, reviving him and using him as his puppet.

Nathair is in search of the Ancient Relics of the Aigali, as such, he stands opposed to the motivations of the Weastern Pirates, who are also in search of them to prevent them from getting into Nathair's hands.

Desmond Targonus has a fiery hatred for Nathair and is diametrically opposed to Nathair's plans and schemes, as such, Desmond's motivations are to track down the Ancient Relics of the Aigali (Crowns he calls them), and kill Nathair.

The Flood
Nathair's grand blueprint for the world he was promised is the flooding of Aigora, and by extension, other worlds through the usage of the Portals. Nathair's plan is to utilize the Ancient Relics of the Aigali to cause the Flood. Nathair detests the portals of Goo’Gaal and everyone going through them from the other worlds: he is convinced that the only people that deserve the world of Aigora are the children of Baal. His goal is to use the three relics: with the Aigal Hourglass, return to Aigora to the time where it was all water, before the Denizens of Arth created the land, from the past.

To activate the hourglass, he needs lifespan, but he cannot use his own as he is immortal, and so to convince people to offer their remaining lifespans to the hourglass, he will be using the medallions to control their motivations. Lastly, the hourglass cannot bring back life, only inanimate objects from the past, so therefore he must use the Gales of Baal to push the water through the hourglass using a massive planetary storm.

Nathair craves worship. To convince everyone to think that life on land is akin to being a slave to the trees, he paints language like "feeling rooted, feeling grounded" as negative and submissive, this is all Nathair's ideology influencing the possessors of the cursed medallions to thinking this. If he can indoctrinate people to give up land to the sea, therefore prepping them ideologically to sacrifice themselves for this idea, they will be psychologically ready, when the time comes, to sacrifice their remaining lifespans to the hourglass.

Aigali Blood
Nathair believes he can use 'old Aigali Blood' to activate the Aigali Hourglass without the need for the medallions. There is little true Aigali blood left on Aigora, but a confirmed true Aigali is Emperor Lothor Prime Lothlorian of the Sang-Lothor Imperium. Emperor Lothor is aware he is being hunted down by Nathair for his blood, so he remains in isolation in his palace, the Bastion of the Timeless Lion.