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SUMERU

NATION OF WISDOM

• FIRST IMPRESSIONS •

nahida NAME lesser lord kusanali TITLE buer GOETIC NAME dendro ELEMENT archon OCCUPATION october 27th BIRTHDAY sumeru city AFFILIATION

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Tamura Yukari voices her in Japanese, my preferred voice for her. She's cutesy but wise at the same time. Her speech is surprisingly mature, mirroring her age. She doesn't speak like a child, but the tone of her voice resembles one.

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• ABILITIES & SKILLS •

DENDRO MANIPULATION

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ALL SCHEMES TO KNOW

Sends forth karmic bonds of wood and tree from her side, dealing AoE Dendro DMG and marking up to 8 opponents hit with the Seed of Skandha. Opponents who have been marked by the Seed of Skandha will be linked to one another up till a certain distance. After you trigger Elemental Reactions on opponents who are affected by the Seeds of Skandha or when they take DMG from Dendro Cores, Nahida will unleash Tri-Karma Purification on the opponents and all connected opponents, dealing Dendro DMG based on her ATK and Elemental Mastery.

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• APPEARANCE •

A short, child-like girl with what resembles elven ears. The ends of her hair are tinted a different color in accordance with the other Archons, with hers going from light gray to green — signifying Dendro. Kusanali can also appear as different avatars; she can infiltrate the consciousness of those wearing Akasha Terminals, including non-human entities, such as bionic puppets. After their termination, she has since lost this ability, but she's able to infiltrate the Traveler's consciousness since their minds have been connected before.

• PERSONALITY •

When the Traveler and Paimon first meet Nahida in the Sabzeruz Festival samsara, she was an elusive and secretive individual. She voluntarily left ruling the city to the sages, though like in cases with the samsara, she would intervene as best she could if they stepped out of line. She also suffered from very low self-esteem as a result of the way the sages treated her. However after the downfall of the sages and the cleansing of Irminsul, many of these traits have minimized or vanished. She now openly wanders around the city, when she has time, and interacts with her people and has an overall far more genuinely cheerful view of herself.

Despite her previously difficult circumstances, when she spoke to people she rarely revealed her sadness. She almost always maintains a gentle and kind demeanour when she speaks to others, and treats everyone as equals. However, she admits that her social skills and understanding of human interaction needs work, and she's prone to slightly eccentric speech and behaviour as a result. She also professes a fondness for analogies and frequently makes use of them when attempting to explain things to others. Like many in Sumeru, she believes in helping people come to answers on their own, particularly regarding heavier truths, rather than providing all the answers. As a result she's also prone to peppering her speech with a mixture of analogies and subtle clues about things she wants others to learn.

As the God of Wisdom, Nahida's most notable traits are her exceptional intelligence, knowledge, and planning. She's capable of creating extremely thorough, multi-layered plans and can even be a little manipulative if the situation calls for it. She's also capable of making plans in a pinch, as shown when she bartered with Dottore. Perhaps most of all, Nahida is skilled at realizing when her intelligence is required and when her kindness is required, or both.

• HISTORY •

DISCLAIMER: nahida's history changes after you complete the archon quest Where the Boat of Consciousness Lies. the first half is her original background, the second half is what everyone except the traveler believe it's what happened. the green parts signify what has been changed.

Greater Lord Rukkhadevata created Sumeru's rainforest and bestowed wisdom upon the people of Sumeru through the Akademiya. Despite her departure long ago, her name is still praised in the stories told in every household in Sumeru.

On the other hand, Lesser Lord Kusanali, who was whisked back by the sages to the Sanctuary of Surasthana following the former's fall, has been more of a symbol — one that signifies that the protection of divinity never ceased to exist on this land.

But the answers to who she is, how she descended, and what powers she has, are rarely known.

From the highest sage's vague response and evasive attitude toward people's inquiry about Lesser Lord Kusanali, the people in Sumeru deduced that they should no longer expect merciful wisdom to descend from on high as before.

The Akasha, the sublime legacy left by Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, is just as handy and helpful as it has always been. What people are not aware of is that the Akasha today has become the ears and eyes of the newborn deity.

Through the Akasha, she has observed every bit of human emotions and attitudes. She is aware of their devotion to the old goddess, their disillusionment with their new deity, and the many comments that "The God of Wisdom will never come back."

She knows in her heart that she must keep learning and grow up as quickly as she can to stand up and face the threats from the most abysmal corners of the world. This is her inevitable duty.

Thus, whether she is misunderstood or underappreciated, Nahida makes no argument against it.
Long ago, the Dendro Archon created Sumeru's rainforest and bestowed wisdom upon the people of Sumeru through the Akademiya. Her name is praised in thousands of stories that are written to admire her deeds and virtues.

In the eyes of people in Sumeru, the existence of the Dendro Archon is more of a symbol — by which they ascertain that the protection of divinity upon this land has persisted since antiquity.

The Dendro Archon is revered by the highest sages in Sumeru City and venerated by the citizens unswervingly.

And the powerful Akasha System is Lesser Lord Kusanali's eyes and ears.

The Akasha enables her to observe and learn about people's emotions and gives her omnipresent sight and hearing so that she can understand voices that are not praise.

The more she sees, the more she knows that she must learn constantly. Only through that can she enrich her experience, honing her skills to become powerful enough to face the threats from the most abysmal corners of the world.

There is no escape from this, her inexorable duty.

Even though very few feel unsatisfied with the status quo, Nahida still remains steadfast.

Her tenacity comes from conviction. She knows it better than anyone else — that, here, she is the one that all people rely on and trust in.

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