#nirael about

He's bitterly noted several times now that he's near-universally hated and that even those closest to him have left, but he has zero desire to really be less of an asshole, generally speaking. He doesn't care about most people's opinions and isn't going to try to be a kinder person overall.

He's not necessarily asking to be loved in spite of this, or for others to tolerate his behavior. Because he does change his behavior for those he cares for, works on himself.

His regret is that this isn't enough, and that leaves him feeling fundamentally broken.

It's still difficult to pin down what exactly he needs. Because you'd say like, he needs a different hobby. But he's tried things. Even if there's some satisfaction there, it's still hollow and there's no enjoyment.

I think even what enjoyment he gets out of tormenting others isn't so even enjoyment, but just a confirmation of how he views himself. He's a conqueror, a living weapon, someone to be feared and hated.

Nirael was a prisoner of war for a sweep, desperately holding onto the hope that his lord would be able to pay or trade for his release. Unfortunately the enemy knew his power and demanded a high cost, not realizing Nirael's lord was unaware of his massively destructive capabilities, so the offers were never accepted. Additionally, Nirael's captors hoped to turn him to their cause in order to make use of his ability, through force or otherwise.

Eventually Nirael learned that his lord's city was sieged and sacked and that his lord was dead- Everything he had spent his entire life fighting for, was gone.

Took him a few months to come to terms with that, rotting in a prison cell, but eventually he did, and he decided to fight for himself alone. He broke free, and completely obliterated the city he had been held in. Just wiped it off the face of the earth.

he was a foot soldier from the age he was old enough to fight and often treated like a workhorse. some treated him like he were exotic.

he became a condescending, conceited fuchsiablood flaunting his wealth and power before it was even a thing.

thank you ;v;

i pronounce it near-ee-ell. almost rhymes with cereal

As one of his titles, Cataclysm, suggests, he was literally a natural disaster in troll form. His power is almost exclusively sheer destructive force. He used this power to create his own empire, forcing his enemies to yield under threat of complete destruction via small-scale (but nonetheless destructive) natural disasters and general fucking-up of everything.

Kai prefers to do their necromancy down there because the sheer evil presence is ridiculous and it. helps them focus

Cataclysm the souls of his enemies there. Every official and/or ruler of every township, city-state, and country he conquered. Anyone he considered important enough or disliked enough. There’s at least a couple hundred individual spirits which are all absolutely livid

its been so long too that its festered and become such an intense aura that even those with absolutely no magical sensitivity at all will feel it very strongly. It feels like something squirming, the very air itself is writhing yet stiflingly still and cold, and in a normal person would instill the most primal desire to turn and run at so much as stepping foot at the entrance

Before Kai died they couldn’t spend more than an hour down there without the risk of being possessed or worse

Kairos specializes in necromancy and, by extension, healing magic. They are also proficient in enchanting and channeled magic (Casting spells or commanding raw magic/magical creatures via staffs or wands). Their source is lunar and sacrificial energy (Sacrificial is a similar method/offshoot of soul energy)

Cerres specializes in glamour and transformation/illusion magic. She’s also proficient in destruction/elemental, as well as channeled, and has studied other schools of magic in order to teach them. Her sources are lunar, tectonic, and natural.

Lyn, similarly to Pharin, is proficient in enchantments and alchemy, but specializes in channeled. He is also skilled in portal/teleportation magic. His source is volcanic and lunar, mixed with just a bit of natural.

Nirael, Kairos’ ancestor, specialized in destruction/elemental magic and dabbled in necromancy and mind/body control. His sources were volcanic, tectonic, and soul + sacrificial.

Aeleia, Cerres’ ancestor, specialized in enchantments, specifically on people, aka curses/blessings. She also was very proficient in glamours and illusion/transformation magic. Her sources were sacrificial, lunar, and volcanic.