Monortem Nurtas

The Witch-King of Carcosa

Founder of the Jewel

Witch-King of Carcosa

Monortem (Future Self)

> "*This is the start of a new era, Beretes. The era of Carcosa.*"
> ― Monortem to the Beretes
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Monortem Nurtas is the Witch King of Carcosa, the son of Matriarch Inanna, one of the Daeva Matriarchs, the cultural ruler of Beretes for six centuries, and one of the Primordial Humans.

## Biography

Monortem began his life, on Carcosa, an important city in southern Beretia, as the son of a Daeva Matriarch. Although supposedly fated to slavery, Inanna was childless at the time and truly loved Monortem's father, thus raising him as a noble of the Empire, planning to crown Monortem as King of Carcosa as a new region. However, before being crowned, Navak started his rebellion, and eventually the Daevas were sealed. Going to Carcosa, he made himself Witch-King of Carcosa, and culturally developped the city so much that eventually, the whole Berete Peninsula was following his orders. With Beretia united under him, Monortem started raiding the Lands of Zurich and Kasmoda, also organizing discrimination of the Navaki. At one point, however, Monortem had a vision, seeing that in the future, no one would know Carcosa. Deciding to save his town, Monortem attempted a ritual to save the city by locking it in time. The ritual would work, but Carcosa disappeared from the memories, becoming a bubble of its own reality.

Monortem would continue ruling as Witch King of Carcosa, slowly losing notion of time through the same day.

## Personnality

Monortem is very clever, and a good strategist. He was extremelly prideful and devoted to the Daevas, considering Navak as an enemy, and Navaki as heretics. He was charismatic, easily attracting people to him, and knew enough on how to rule to grow Carcosa from an important city to the heart of Beretia during his rule. He showed great care in his desire to unite Beretes and ensured it to be as bloodless as possible, knowing both the power of Beretes and the importance of honor for them. Although prouder of his Daeva origins, he was still proud of his Berete heritage. He deeply loved his mother and wanted her to be proud.

Monortem slowly lost his mind after locking Carcosa out of time and space, growing more and more nostalgic. He started losing his calm easily, became more reckless and dedicated to find a way to go back in time to return to Sipherion. He was however still very persuasive and able to convince people to follow him, and his long rule and the immortality he bestowed his subjects made him worshipped as a god by Carcosans.

## Powers and Abilities

Monortem, as a Primordial Human, has many powers.

* **Upper Intellect:** Monortem is very intelligent and clever.
* **Organisation Skills:** Monortem was a good organisator and successfully organised Carcosa, making it the center of Berete culture.
* **Magic:** Monortem is a prodigy in time magic, being the most powerful time mage, to the point his power is thought to be at the level of Aeon. He is self-taught, an incredible feat in itself.
* **Immortality:** Monortem is a Daeva-Human hybrid, and thus immortal. Moreover, Carcosa being locked out of time made him, and all other Carcosans, truly immortal, as long as Carcosa is out of time and space.

## Facts and Trivia

* Monortem is the word "metronom" read backwards. Nurtas, likewise, is an anagram of Saturn, the Greek Titan of Time.
	+ Unlike most other Berete names, Monortem doesn't relate to space. Like for Jafar Ziyad, however, it can be considered to be Daevite culture influencing his name.
* Monortem can be seen as a counterpart of Navak, being a Daeva-Human hybrid from a Daeva Matriarch who organized a region after the fall of the Daevite Empire.