Nathair Sgiathach

Nathair Sgiathach () was the god of pseudodragons and faerie dragons and a member of Queen Titania's Seelie Court, although he did not participate much. The translation of his name was "winged serpent".The in-universe language for this translation is not given in the source; however, in the real world, it is Irish. In the Forgotten Realms, this would most likely place it in one of the Waelan languages, such as Druidic.
==Description==
Nathair Sgiathach was a tiny and thin dragon with gossamer butterfly-like wings and a prehensile tail. He was only about long. He was always seen with an utterly enormous smile.
==Personality==
Nathair Sgiathach was quite unlike any of the other draconic deities. He adored the faerie folk. He was playful, a quality usually enjoyed by the fey, but he was so frivolous and flippant about even serious matters that even the other members of the Seelie Court could not tolerate all of his shenanigans and behaviors. He acted pretentious when meeting new beings—such as by exaggerating the pronunciation of his name—but only as a game, and was more of a jester than an advisor.
Nathair would willingly defend faeries in need. Typically, he would attempt to drive off or humiliate enemies rather than kill them. While he wasn't shy about fighting if he needed to, he much preferred to resolve conflict with jokes and pranks, even those at his own expense. He loved juvenile practical jokes. A favorite gag was using magical illusions to cause the buttocks of humans to radiate red light and start singing.
Nathair Sgiathach loved eating apple pie, but he was quite picky about them, preferring especially apple pies made with honey and white raisins.
==Powers==
Nathair's methods of combat were seen as silly by most, but his powers were actually rather substantial. The god of faerie and pseudodragons could breathe a euphoria gas that incapacitated enemies by making them deliriously blissful, causing them to do such things in the middle of battle as wandering about aimlessly picking pretty flowers while their companions fought on. He also enjoyed using his powerful polymorphing magic to transform enemies' weapons into stuffed animal toys or other ridiculous items.
Nathair Sgiathach could always remain invisible if he desired, even while casting spells or attacking. He was also immune to all enchantments and charms, illusions, petrification, paralyzation, and elemental damage. He could only be harmed by powerful magic weapons and spells.
Nathair Sgiathach also employed divine magic spells and focused on those from the animal, chaos, charm, elemental, plant, and weather spheres.
==Divine Realm==
Nathair shared the divine realm of the other members of the Seelie Court, which had no permanent location but instead wandered from plane to plane, from the Beastlands to Arborea to Ysgard.
==Activities==
Nathair Sgiathach often sent avatars to the Material Plane, primarily to play pranks on visitors to sylvan areas. He visited the island of Evermeet often.
==Relationships==
Nathair Sgiathach was counted among the children of Io, overgod of dragons, but he had nothing in common with the rest of his kind.
Being too silly even for Titania and Oberon to handle, Nathair was only allowed in the Outer Circle of the Seelie Court, but they recognized that he was a powerful ally.
The little dragon god was good friend with the official Court Jester, Sqeulaiche of the leprechauns.
==Worshipers==
Nathair's worshipers included not only chaotic good-leaning pseudodragons and faerie dragons, but also various sprites—sprites, grigs, and pixies—who appreciated mischief-making. Some Fey would call out his name whenever they were in trouble, although this began as less of a prayer and more of a hope that he might happen to be nearby. His holy symbol was a big smile.
He was not directly worshiped in most places in the Realms; however, the more mischievous of the elves of Faerûn often offered prayers to him along with their worship of the Seldarine, as they also did to the other deities of the fey people. The faerie dragons of Evermeet each worshiped Nathair in his or her own way.
==History==
After the Second Sundering, it was claimed that Nathair Sgiathach was not a real deity, and that his extraordinary powers were a result of his highly developed dragonsight.
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Category:Illusionists
Category:Clerics
Category:Members of the Seelie Court
Category:Intermediate deities
Category:Inhabitants of the Seelie Court
Category:Inhabitants of Ysgard
Category:Inhabitants of Arborea
Category:Inhabitants of the Beastlands (plane)
Category:Inhabitants of the Outer Planes
Category:Inhabitants of the Great Wheel planes
Category:Chaotic good deities
Category:Inhabitants of masculine gender