Nanashi

##### **Origin:**

Nanashi comes from a very far land in the far east, which according to him is called "Neonj". Nanashi was born with a serious defect, both of his arms are seriously crippled, and are very hard to use. they are very thin, slow and weak, and require very hard will and focus to move, not to mention enduring the pain that ensues after their use. His genetic parents abandoned him for reasons not known when he was born and left him nameless, but a highly respected priest found him and decided to adopt him. He named him "Nanashi", which in Neonj language means nothing, nameless. But the priest quickly learned Nanashi is very extraordinary; he learned to talk and read from a very early age, and he was acting very mature to his age. It was clear that Nanashi was a very intelligent individual, even amongst Neonj who are considered to be particularly smart themselves. The priest taught the boy of religions, philosophies and exercises of the mind, but not the art of fighting and hunting. While the people of the village went to hunt and protect their home, Nanashi could only watch. Some believe his intelligence is because of his free time with and without the priest, he couldn't afford to use his hands for mundane things, and so he could only observe, and share those observations with his people. Others claim the gods have blessed him, and have special plans for him, and others suggest his parents are related to it. Whatever the reason, Nanashi was very smart and wise, and everybody knew it.

##### **Goals:**

Nanashi helped his people. he shared his wisedom with them, and with others nearby, his intellect and wisedom caused his home and people to thrive, but he wanted to share his knowledge. Not just to those he's sided with, but to many other people in the world. He gathered reliable folk who wanted to help the wise now man, because he couldn't survive on his own if he were to travel around the world, and he said goodbye to his people, home, and his adopting father. Nanashi and his men traveled all over Neonj, sharing knowledge, solving conflicts, and making the world an objectively better place. But even still, the amount of pain was great for Nanashi; for he has abandoned his life and people, just like his parents, for those who he doesn't even know. But he didn't have time to think about that, Nanashi's life was full of action, action he was not familiar with, he was accustomed to only observe. Eventually, Nanashi and his men were at a crossroads. They had faced the Endless River, which wasn't actually a river, but it was connected to the endless sea, and it was the border between Neonj and Restessia, The Land of Eternal Cold. Most of Nanashi's men turned back, but three loyal ones stayed with him. They said goodbye, and they each went on their own ways. Restessia was cold and harsh, like the name suggests. Everyday in Restessia is a struggle between life and the unknown, also named by mankind as death. The amount of pain and sorrow Nanashi felt was indescribable. Not only that, but the people of Restessia were more close to the Forsvarians by their nature, quick to act, more aggressive and barbaric. Nanashi had little experience with people like that, but he learned quick how he should act around them when it costed his friends life. Aggressive lunatics came towards them and killed two of them, and they were surprisingly very strong and skilled in combat. Now it was only Nanashi and one man, they mourned the deaths, but they had to continue. Nanashi would continue to go on, but it wasn't the same.

##### **Realization:**

Every step Nanashi took, every step he planned to take, evey time he was praised, every time he was dying; every step bringed him closer to his own demise. But only in the end, did he realize the futility of it all. How ironic that the smartest of men would make such a blunder, that was the irony, perhaps faith, of Nanashi The Nameless. With all the pain, sorrrow, and dead men, how would anything else be different? If no matter the pain, effort, and sufferings, the outcome is still the same? Than for why did I continue? Why am I delaying the inevitable, and don't just let it happen? Nanashi's life flashed before his eyes, he thought about everything, and how meaningless and absurd it all was. How all this effort was wasted, and for strangers at that! "I need to go to take a walk" was the last thing he said to his loyal man. He was so lost in thought, that what he was thinking about was coming into fruition. He heared a growl from behind, but it was too late, his chest had already exploded with blood*.* He was still on the floor, and the biggest bear he has ever seen, or maybe it seemed that way because he was so defenseless and weak, was about to kill him. He quickly pulled his seaxe, and with all the power he managed to get, he didn't even scratch the bear. By a miracle, or a curse, Nanashi was still alive, he just fainted. He woke up with a scar in his eye, and found himself in Forsvar.

##### **Aftermath:**

Nanashi was still alive, he didn't know why, but he kept going forward, probably because of his natural human instinct to survive. He found a town, which was called Vinterfold, something he learned later. Three good men helped him recover, Rollo, Fir Norpern, and Langdon Kirkwood. He recovered more or less from the attack and Rollo was given power to a town named Sorbyen. The three of them lived there, and Nanashi thought about ending his misery every night. He also wanted to see his loyal man but there was nothing he could do except wait. One night Fir and Rollo discussed about leaving Sorbyen and being independent, and to let Langdon only later know. Eventually he was informed but the jarl was angry, and Langdon stayed in Sorbyen. They called their town Elerandor and the whole of the faction Vinfengi. Nanashi would write citizen rights and political systems for them, but he didn't know why, he thought it was all meaningless. He talked with Rollo about the meaning of life and he told him the meaning of life is what you make it. Nanashi thought about this in the past but he didn't really agree. He thought for months and slowly but surely he started to understand, and eventually he realsed a book about just that, the meaning of life, a book that acts a diary of sorts of his and a book that contains a philosophical school of thought, which also aims to solve Forsvar issues, but it was mainly a book containing the meaning of life.