Na'maer

Primordial Form

Anthropomorphic Form

Chronum

**Na'maer**is a god in The Archaia Chronicles. He is the primordial God of the Night and a formerly worshipped deity. Na'maer was once righteous, but he aligned with evil when his twin brother Auroris, the God of the Day, cast him overshadowed him and won the hearts of the Protoarchaians. According the Archaian mythology, Na'maer waged war against his brother and father, Chronum, the primordial of time, in an effort to conquer the world. However, he was defeated and banished into the Solaris Pendant for eternity as punishment.

In modern day Archaia, the people regard Na'maer as a force of evil and chaos opposite to the worshipped gods. Prophecy states that one day he will escape imprisonment with a fury so powerful, it will wipe out the entire universe.

## Background

Long ago when the world of Archaia was in its infancy, the primordial lovers, Chronum and Myranda, conceived an egg. According to their oracle Filus, this egg was to hatch twin forces that would govern the natural order of time. But they had to stay in balance, or else the world would fall into chaos. From the egg, a pair of twins hatched—the firstborn was named Maru, the second was Auroris.

On their ninth birthday, their father gave them the gift of the moon and sun, and told the twin brothers of their duty to balance and organize time upon the world. Auroris was responsible for bringing forth the sun and its warm day, while Maru was tasked with blanketing the world with the cool night. For thousands of years, they worked together to keep the balance of light and darkness in Archaia.

The Protoarchaians praised and basked in Auroris's warm sun, associating it with good health and fortune. As for Maru, the Protoarchaians forsook him and the nights he brought. They shunned the moon as they slept through his peaceful dusk. Eventually, a hatred towards the Protoarchaians grew in Maru's heart, and he vowed to punish them for casting him aside into his brother's shadow

When confronted by his family, the bitter night god revealed that he had become tired of the day and night cycle. He demanded night's total control to enact vengeance upon ancient Archaians. Maru saw them as disgusting creatures with a lack for respect. He felt a need to punished them, and the way to do that was plunging them into ultimate darkness.

Maru abandoned his duty in the balance, and instead chose to wage war against Auroris and Chronum on Archaia. The Protoarchaians were caught in the middle of it, fighting on both sides of the gruesome conflict. Maru, who was set on overthrowing both his brother and father, corrupted the minds of the impure and hailed down unimaginable destruction. Most devastating was the power of his mask, which transformed his servants into hellish creatures that stole souls to empower him. After two centuries of fighting, Maru was finally defeated. His army was erased from existence by the combined power of his brother and father. As for the night god himself, he was banished for eternity into the Solaris Pendant worn by his Auroris, the latter of which upheld the responsibility of the maintaining day and night cycle.

Generations later, the rebellion of Maru and his war had influenced the Archaian culture. They no longer regarded him as the god of night, rather, the primordial evil. His name also was changed to 'Na'maer,' meaning "without soul" in ancient Archaian. Prophecies of his return had been proclaimed to signal the end of time. It is said that when he escapes his prison, he will wage war once again, this time plunging the universe into eternal darkness.