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| - | # NACKEN | + | # Nacken |
| - | ## The Drowned | + | ## The Drowning |
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| **Holy Symbol:** A black horse with plants tangled through its mane \\ | **Holy Symbol:** A black horse with plants tangled through its mane \\ | ||
| **Realm:** Fast-moving rivers and hidden places where water runs deep and loud \\ | **Realm:** Fast-moving rivers and hidden places where water runs deep and loud \\ | ||
| - | **Ascended: | + | **Ascended: |
| **Status:** Alive, Worshipped \\ | **Status:** Alive, Worshipped \\ | ||
| - | Nature [[religion|god]] of forbidden knowledge, heartbreak, and vengeance. Nacken was once a nature spirit of rushing water who took the form of a black horse and haunted rivers, streams, and waterfalls. Alongside his brother Stromkarlen, | + | Nature [[religion|god]] of forbidden knowledge, heartbreak, and vengeance. Nacken was once a nature spirit of rushing water who took the form of a black horse that haunted rivers, streams, and waterfalls. Alongside his brother Stromkarlen, |
| Nacken is a capable teacher and a patient one, so long as his students show effort and ambition. He offers knowledge freely to those who seek it—but he expects results. Those who disappoint him are not simply punished; they are made into a story. | Nacken is a capable teacher and a patient one, so long as his students show effort and ambition. He offers knowledge freely to those who seek it—but he expects results. Those who disappoint him are not simply punished; they are made into a story. | ||
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| In humanoid form, he is charismatic and intense, with a presence that commands attention. He often carries a fiddle and is rarely seen without it. | In humanoid form, he is charismatic and intense, with a presence that commands attention. He often carries a fiddle and is rarely seen without it. | ||
| - | He performs when he appears. Even when speaking, it feels rehearsed, deliberate, and controlled. | + | He performs when he appears. Even when speaking, it feels performative, more dramatic than it needs to be. |
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| #### Notable Temples | #### Notable Temples | ||
| - | Nacken rarely has permanent | + | Nacken rarely has dedicated |
| * Riverbanks | * Riverbanks | ||
| * Waterfalls | * Waterfalls | ||
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| #### Other Myths | #### Other Myths | ||
| * A city once attempted to gain Nacken’s favor by offering him the most beautiful woman among them. He instead fell for a farm girl, whom the city had killed to preserve their own plans. In response, Nacken played a song so full of grief that the city drowned in its own tears. | * A city once attempted to gain Nacken’s favor by offering him the most beautiful woman among them. He instead fell for a farm girl, whom the city had killed to preserve their own plans. In response, Nacken played a song so full of grief that the city drowned in its own tears. | ||
| - | * It is said that those who ride his horse are already blessed as part of his story. | ||
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| {{tag> | {{tag> | ||
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