Nazareth

Basic Info

Name: Nazareth
Title: The Encounter Suit
Age: Unknown. Most likely as old as Creation itself.
Type: Unknown.
Concept: The Encounter Suit, Elite Fiend.
Motivation: Unclear. Prepare the Grass Spider's for the infinite possibilities of the future.
Political Affiliation: The Hallowed Order of the Grass Spiders
Likes: The Past, The Future, First Age History, Tales of Individual Heroism.
Dislikes: Hokey Fortune Telling, Know-it-Alls, Poorly Thought Out Plans, Human Emotion.

Background

Nazareth, The Encounter Suit is a founding member of The Hallowed Order of The Grass Spiders as one of the Three Elite Fiends, and the most or least enigmatic (depending on who you ask). No one knows exactly what and certainly not who Nazareth is, what is commonly accepted by the members of The Grass Spiders is that Nazareth's public form is an ancient Encounter Suit of some form. This robotic body is beyond any construction of the second age, so it is at least as old as The Shogunate Era and more likely from sometime during the First Age. The most enigmatic thing about Nazareth is who or what animates his body.

The most popular, and maybe most outrageous, theory is that long ago Gyoki's consciousness split into two forms; one occupies the elderly body of Gyoki and represents only his short term memory and the present, while the other part occupied the body of Nazareth and represents Gyoki's long-term memory and curiosity about the future. No one is really sure where this theory came from, but it has circulated through the Grass Spider's for centuries with no progress towards proving or disproving it. What makes this theory so popular among The Order is that Nazareth is nearly as focused on the future as Gyoki is consumed with the present. Nazareth makes nearly every decision with an eye on the future, though this way of thinking often leaves the short sighted agitated at the very least. The leaves many young assassins frustrated after their encounters with Nazareth, however the old members often credit Nazareth the most with their development into the most elite group of assassins in Creation.

Nazareth preaches that every event in a persons life is something that can and should be learned from, furthermore each and every event somehow prepares a person for the future. To question this line of thinking is to undermine one's own preparation and leave him or herself at a disadvantage for what is to come later in their life. Nazareth dislikes when his assassins focus on the present instead of thinking about the future; despite this he never seems to argue or disagree with the present minded Gyoki, and likewise Gyoki never argues with the future minded Nazareth.

Nazareth's physical prowess is unquestioned and appears to have the most physically powerful form of the Three Fiends, the robotic suit crackling with essence and giving him superhuman levels of speed, strength, and stamina. Along with his sheer physical prowess comes his lack of metaphysical power, or at least in comparison to the other Fiends. Nazareth is almost never observed using essence based effects, though it is assumed he is at least capable of channeling essence in some shape or form. The Encounter Suit is capable of rapidly shifting forms and contains several powerful first age weapons, tucked away into the inner workings of the suit. The weapons come in all varieties and Nazareth has shown equal expertise with everything from power melee weapons to essence cannons and of course various styles of martial arts and their form weapons.

Defining Quote

"Learn from the past, prepare for the future."