Lore:Nathari

of the   was a Witch who held the position of the Matron of her people in the   as of  . She led the Ghostsong Clan after she took over the leadership from her her older sister Arana by promising Namira's blessing to her clan members if they followed the old ways.  She left the clan until her death in   The clan under her leadership made an alliance with the Gray Host. 
 
History
Early life
thumb|left|Lost Valley Redoubt - a sacred ritual site of the Ghostsong Clan
Nathari was born at some point in 2nd Era in the Reach to Matron of Ghostsong Clan. She was the younger sister of Arana. At some point in her youth her mother overseen the concealment of the entrance to the barrow in the Lost Valley Redoubt which was ancient ritual site of the clan. The barrow led to the ancient cavern known as the Dark Descent. 

During her youth the Ghostsong clan was visited by the vampire matron of the Nighthollow Clan  . She arrived under the guise of mortal and asked her mother who held the position of Clan Matron and her fellow witches about the ancient Reachfolk secrets regarding the subject of  the prophecy of the Dark Heart. She officially received only general and brief information on the topic, though some of her fellow clan members suspected that she was taught more by her aunt. 

Rise to Power
At some point of her life before the   she became a Witch. Her older sister took leadership position of the clan and succeed their mother as Matron of the Ghostsong Clan. As a leader of the Ghostsong Clan Arana's policy was to shun the dark practices of the old which involved blood sacrifice and dark magic and to forge new, less dangerous ways.  Nathari however was opposed to the abandonment of the practices of the old and was an advocate of the old ways to which she was always drawn to. She was unsatisfied with their sister approach to governing of the clan and soon decided to change the situation. She promised Namira's blessing to the Ghostsong if they followed the rituals of the old. Eventualy Nathari managed to convince the Ghostsong Clan to follow her and took over the position of the leadership in the clan. Her older sister Arana left the clan soon afterwards, although whether it was her decision or forceful banishment is unclear.  
thumb|right|Nathari after her transformation
Gray Host
Prior to  , some members of the Clan under Nathari's command were already working with the Gray Host in order to take part in a dark prophecy. Nathari made a deal with Belain and agreed to assist Gray Host since their goals aligned.  As the Gray Host moved its operations to the Reach, they forged an alliance with Nathari - the leader of the Ghostsong Clan. They had similar interests as they wanted to complete the prophecy of the Dark Heart which claims the Heart would devour everyone but faithful of Namira.  

At some point in the   Nathari ordered Ghostsong Clan to relocate to their sacred shrine at Lost Valley Redoubt.  It was there where Nathari arranged the ritual sacrifice of her clan's hunters in order to give their souls to the Dark Heart in order to complete the prophecy and awaken the heart from its slumber.  She promised that each of her fellow Ghostsongs would be able to choose whether they want to make a sacrifice but she lied and those clan members who did not agree to give up their life for the prophecy she ordered her most devout followers to kill the unfaithful.  The weaker members of the clan were sacrificed first and the strongest members were ordered to oversee the process before being sacrificed themselves.  

Nathari received assistance of Gray Host forces led by Pentarch Draljura in order to ensure the activation of the Dark Heart  and eventually, that plan came to pass as several members of the Clan were sacrificed while others allied with Nathari were killed by the Vestige and Arana who had been investigating and combating the Host for some time and sought to stop the prophecy from being completed. 

Her ritual was interrupted by her sister Arana and the Vestige. She fought them personally at the ritual site and called upon the power of the Dark Heart to aid her in combat. She assumed the form of the Voidmother  and obtained the power to consume the souls of her victims.   Nathari died that day, succumbing to the wounds caused by her sister Arana and the Vestige. Despite the actions undertaken by Arana and the Vestige the energy of the sacrifices was still able to stir the Heart, even if not to a degree Nathari planned. According to Count Verandis Ravenwatch, the souls were enough to prime the heart and opened a path between Nirn and the Void. 

Following her death the clan split in two. The survivors who were meant to be sacrificed asked the werewolf Bradan to become the chieftain of the clan, however, he himself thought that it was better to start a new clan with a new name in order to leave the old traditions behind, with names of those possible future clans being Longfangs or Wolfrunners, but it is unknown if he went ahead with those plans.  Her former followers within the clan remained active and were branded as a rogue clan by Markarth 

See Also
For game-specific information, see the ESO article.
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