Nerva Cathor

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**Nerva Cathor**, born as **Nerva Anno Domini**, also commonly known as the **Great Challenger**, is believed to potentially be the end of his lineage due to uncertainty about whether he has children. At 26 years old, a segment of his essence, containing his emotions and significant facets, was claimed by Icculus, the Calradic God of Knowledge. This event caused his physical form to deteriorate gradually over the next millennium.

Recent conflicts between Nerva and the Calradic Pantheon culminated in the reintegration of his scattered essence and body. Consequently, his transformation has left many unfamiliar with his new identity.

## Description

### Appearance

Nerva is several millenna old however despite the incredibly age it has not seemed to wear at his body. Ever since he had been reunited with the rest of his scattered soul and consciousness Nerva's body has greatly changed as he stands at six feet and five inches tall with flowing black hair, brown eyes, and a muscular and filled out frame. It seems Nerva after he had part of himself deprived from him began a serious degredation which has only recently been reversed. It is unknown if he looks like his father but it is safe to assume from his own comments and the comments of several beings that the apple does not fall far from the tree in this case.

Nerva is often seen wearing what can only be described as a toga of fine quality, though it is unknown why he wears it a theory is that he is trying to invoke some sense of nobility or royalty, this theory is bolstered by the enchanted and elegeant rings, bracelets, and sometimes amulets he is seen wearing.

### Personality

Nerva is generally a very selfish man, while he can easily put on a veneer of whatever emotion he wants it is often clear to the people that have known him for awhile that it is not genuine. Nerva can be described as the devil on your shoulder who nary forces someone to do something however orchestrates events in such a way where he is either needed or someone is desperate enough to come to him for help.

It is unknown why Nerva behaves this way, from his relationship with his students he appears to be a very abuse and downright cruel man however always masking it as teaching a lesson. Whether Nerva truly believed that phsyical and psychological abuse were the only way to get his lessons across or if he was merely acting out of his own anger and vitriol is unknown.

## Relationships

### Mariam Lazeena

While only meeting with Mariam for the first time recently Nerva has taken some level of fondness to her as despite the lack of conversations with her Nerva knew of her story and hatred for Calradia. As soon as he offered help in the destruction of Calradia during their first meeting Nerva had thought of them as an ally and not a possible enemy, ontop of that she is one of the few people Nerva acknowledges as a possible threat and has his begrudging respect for it.

### Frizum Kriuth

Nerva Cathor has no love for his former student who has since ascended to godhood. Despite seemingly caring for Frizum in the past, raising him from being a wendigo to a powerful beast of war Nerva views Frizum as nothing more than a tool to be used, put away, and discarded at his own leisure. However unlike before Nerva reunited with the rest of his soul Frizum knows this and has caused his loyalty to completely wayne.

### Corvo Atilan

Nerva views Corvo as not as an acquaintance, an enemy, or even a tool but instead as his one genuine friend that he has in this world. Back to when Nerva was still split from his soul Corvo Atilan often accompanied him and Nerva did more than just tolerate his precense as he communicated with Corvo and shared his tales making Corvo one of the few people who are actually well versed with the story of Nerva Cathor.

Nerva took such a liking to Corvo that when he visited Ikadyce Academy, unlike the majority of regular people who came there that were turned away or killed Corvo was invited in and got to talk with Nerva directly with no trouble. Nerva had once remarked that if he was capable of feeling emotion he would be happy when Corvo was around.

### Yorreyl Reddhigwen

Nerva views Yorreyl as naive and too emotional however could be a useful tool in the future. While Yorreyl's pure disdain for Nerva is no secret he still believes that there will come a day where Yorreyl comes to him for help once more, and like the devil he is will strike up a deal which will turn Yorreyl into a servant of The Great Necromancer once more.

### Ailish Ocethion

Nerva has a lukewarm relationship with Ailish Ocethion, while he does not have any strong opinions on Ailish as a person when it comes to the morality aspect he does view her as a competent person surrounded by mostly incompetent advisors and a few corrupt nobles. However, despite viewing her as a competent person Nerva does not view her as someone who is likely to come to his side and thus a potential threat despite the mutual beneifical dealings they have had in the past.

### Calradian Imperium

Nerva feels nothing but hate and contempt for Calradia and all that it stands for, while not hating Calradian Citizens for no reason he believes any Calradic citizen who worships their pantheon should be forced not only to stop but face persecution until they do. Nerva has been in a fight with the Calradic Pantehon for many centuries and while there was a few decades as of recent where there was a drop in tensions Nerva destroyed that relative peace by single handedly wiping out 95% of the Calradic Pantheon and bargining with Icculus for the rest of his scattered soul back.

The hatred is seemingly mutual as there isn't a Calradian alive who doesn't know who Nerva Cathor is, he is often referred to as a sort of boogeyman in Calradia being used as a bedtime story to scare children in the wake of his first invasion and the destruction of their pantheon.

### Kingdom of Agriosa

Nerva has a begrudging respect for the Kingdom of Agriosa, not only due to his stable "friendship" with Ailish Ocethion but due to the fact that his old apprentice is also on The Agriosian Council. It is also said that the Kingdom of Agriosa has some of the few Gods that even Nerva wouldn't challenge in his current state as the Agriosian Pantheon is particularly strong due to the consistient worship from a majority of the continent for the last few centuries.

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## Trivia

* Nerva Cathor was inspired by Overlord and Astoshan