Naiion

Naiion is an NPC featured in the The Emptiness. They are a mortal god of chaos formally attached to Octavia Crane.

## Background

Naiion was formally a god of chaos attached to a group of other gods, their brother and sister Xovgen and Liion, in something called The Tribunal, though after quite sometime, they three parted ways, having no desire to balance each other out.

Due to their relationship Naiion was the last god that Liion killed. Liion chased Naiion for an unknowable amount of time before killing them. Naiion crashed down to the earth below into a swamp. Their presence poisoned the swamp, and when the Starcrest military led a mission to investigate the cause of the problem, Naiion panicked and killed all but one guard. They then heard Liion's voice and chose to hide in that guard, Private Octavia Crane, fearing that their sister would finish the job if she found them.

## Personality

Naiion began as a being of pure chaos, doing whatever they felt like on a whim. They often hurt others for the sake of it, though they would become quickly apologetic if they felt they were going to face repercussions because of it.

Gradually though, after being forced around mortals, particularly Octavia and Elodea, Naiion began to enjoy helping, and began to regret all the pain they had caused others. While still inherently self-serving, they began to look inward a little more and seek a balance in their chaotic being.

## Appearance

As a god, Naiion looked like a large pink emaciated axolotl with blank white eyes. They carried a shroud of darkness around them, and it looked as if their gills were rotting.

While as a symbiont with Octavia, they appeared as a black axolotl made out of the ooze that was constantly pouring from Octavia's eyes, mouth, and ears. When they fully took over Octavia's body to have a one on one conversation with Elodea, they maintained Octavia's appearance, though Octavia's eyes went completely white.

As a mortal god, Naiion has taken the form of a human with dark skin and a narrow face. Their hair, mustache, and beard are all made out of the same black ichor/ooze that they were made out of as a symbiont. They wear hunters clothes, handmade by Elodea and flowers in their hair.

## Relationships

### Octavia

Octavia and Naiion's relationship started out antagonistic, especially from Naiion. Naiion would do things that would cause Octavia to act erratically and would often psychically torment them. After Naiion killed Octavia in the time loop, Octavia decided to set some ground rules for their shared body, and gradually they reached an agreement.

The antagonistic aspect of their relationship never completely went away, but Naiion and Octavia gradually became good friends. Naiion eventually admitted how much they had come to depend on Octavia, and felt less afraid when they were with her.

### Liion

Liion and Naiion never had a good relationship. Naiion was fearful of their sister. Liion saw Naiion as obstacle for her master plan and simply sought to eliminate them.

### Elodea

Elodea at first didn't care much about Naiion, accepting their attachment to Octavia. Upon learning that Naiion was the reason why the swamp was dying, she threatened Naiion, going as far to say that the only reason why she wasn't killing Naiion was because that would mean she would be killing Octavia. Seeing Elodea so upset by something that they did caused Naiion to feel genuine remorse for the first time in their existence. They vowed to do everything they could to fix what they did.

Elodea and Naiion now live together as guardians of the swamp, and Naiion has become very attached to Elodea.

### Meno

Meno and Naiion are currently in a romantic relationship. Naiion is deeply in love with Meno, but afraid to commit to anything long term due to Meno's status as a parent.

### Xovgen

Naiion and Xovgen never got alone, despite both of their tendencies to hurt others.

## Trivia

* Naiion's favorite color is green.
* Naiion's ooze is their blood, from a wound from Liion that never healed.
* Naiion got their human form from Elodea, who killed a poacher and allowed Naiion to inhabit the body.