Nok

**Nok** is a Byk Magical Beast, Kalla's biological son, and Nyka's adoptive brother.

## Appearance

### Human Form

During the Blackest Day evening fair in Lutia, Scarlett shapeshifts Nok into a burly and hairy young man over 2 meters (7') tall with raven-black long hair and a beard.

### Byk Form

Nok is a majestic black bear at least 2.5 meters tall. He grows to a size beyond that of a magical beast.

## Background

When Lith ventures into the White Griffon Academy forest, he saves Nok from 6 mercenaries. After Lith subdues or kills the bounty hunters, Nok returns and explains the recent events in the forest and reveals that recently there have been mercenaries and some noble students entering the forest and hunting magical beasts, especially the young, and blaming it on the students. It is later discovered that the bounty hunters are on Archmage Lukart's payroll in an attempt to ruin relations between Headmaster Linjos and Scarlett. When Lith's interrogation attempt goes awry and creates a failed Greater Undead that nearly kills him, Nok runs away but returns with his mother Kalla, who teaches Lith the basics of Necromancy in exchange for saving Nok's life.

Lith visits Kalla right before he begins his Ranger duty. He meets a malnourished Nok and Nyka due to Kalla being near death after her failed attempt to become a Lich. After Lith collapses from treating Kalla, Nyka consumes Lith's blood in a hunger feeding frenzy, and swats Nok aside when he attempts to stop her, until Solus punches Nyka, knocking her senses back. Lith tells Kalla and her family about Solus and his reincarnation problem.

Scar returns to her lair after several years of traveling and faints after breathing in the dust. Nok notices her and drags her inside. Her desolate and sloven home as well as Nok and Nyka's various states of neglect cause Scarlett to furiously drag Kalla out of her lab. Scarlett arranges for a family dinner and forces Kalla to clean without magic.

Nok, Nyka, Kalla, and Scarlett visit Faluel's lair when Lith returns for his apprenticeship and congratulate him on his newly discovered heritage. Kalla gives a lecture about undead's nature and the difference between Baba Yaga's children and Liches. Afterwards, Nyka familiarizes herself with the others with and Nok acting as her wingman; being a magical beast, he had plenty of friends in the forest surrounding the White Griffon academy.

Nok accompanies his family, Faluel, and Scarlett to the Lutia evening fair on Blackest Day and is treated as a porter for food, when the news of Count Lark's death reaches them, cancelling the festivities. Kalla reassumes her role as mother, leading Nok to be forced on a diet, magical training, and to take care of his numerous offspring. Nok accompanies his family to discuss Parmegianno Haug's proposal to Lith for a mission to the Eclipsed Lands, during which Kalla scolds him for being an absent father. Unfortunately for the Byk, Kalla asks Faluel to make sure Nok doesn't slack off in her absence.

## Quotes

* *"May the Great Mother spare me from such a terrible fate. No offense, but to be a decent mating partner you are too thin, too small, hairless, and too human."* (Nok to Lith, Chapter 105)
* *"Rise and shine, sleepyhead. You slept for three days...I was joking, it's barely sunset."* (Nok to Lith, Chapter 112)
* *"How do you fit into something so small? Is it painful? How do you eat? What are your favorite foods? Can stones copulate? How many cubs do you have? Do the two of you have an offspring together already?"* (Nok to Solus, Chapter 371)
* *"Gods, your hair standing up makes you look like a Scorpupine rather than a Scorpicore."* (Nok to Scarlett, Chapter 1283)
* *"I'm going to turn you into a real Byk or make you die trying."* (Faluel to Nok, Chapter 1372)

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 1345
2. ↑ Chapter 1282
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 1322
4. ↑ Chapter 105
5. ↑ Chapter 365
6. ↑ Chapter 371
7. ↑ Chapter 1283
8. ↑ Chapter 1325
9. ↑ Chapter 1346
10. ↑ Chapter 1372
11. ↑ Chapter 1370