Lore:Nahviintaas

Nahviintaas
Nahviintaas circa 2E 582
Race	Dragon	Gender	Male
Born		Dawn Era
Died		2E 582 Sunspire
Resided in		Anequina
Appears in		ESO

"You think yourselves Dragon slayers. You'll soon learn that not all Dragons are created equal."
—Nahviintaas

Nahviintaas, was a powerful golden Dragon who emerged in Anequina in 2E 582, following the release of the great dragon Kaalgrontiid and his dragon followers from the Halls of Colossus.. He lead two other dragons, Lokkestiiz and Yolnahkriin, to pose as the returned gods of the Khajiit, Alkosh and the moons Jone and Jode, and take over the temple of Sunspire, where he attempted to expand its Time Wound with his Thu'um in the hopes of causing a Dragon Break to rewrite time and restore draconic rule.

History

The Sunspire Time Wound

Nahviintaas confonting adventurers atop Sunspire

In 2E 582, ancient Dragons had appeared in Northern Elsweyr, reaping the land, following the release of the great dragon Kaalgrontiid and his dragon followers from the Halls of Colossus. The golden dragon, Nahviintaas approached Sunspire with his contemporaries, Lokkestiiz and Yolnahkriin. They posed as Alkosh, Jone, and Jode respectively. Azin-jo, the Moon-Bishop in charge of Sunspire, openly accepted them and preached across Anequina about the return of "Alkosh." A wave of new followers came and rebuilt Sunspire as more adepts preached the return of "Alkosh" across Northern Elsweyr.

However, Nahviintaas' true goal was to use his Thu'um to tear the Time Wound wider in order to cause a Dragon Break which he intended to use to wipe out all mortals, "reclaim all that is and will be" and restore the "natural order" by "correcting the mortal mistake". While posing as gods the dragons would use their Voice to imbue their deceived followers with elemental power, transforming them into creatures composed simultaneously of ice and flame while also making them thralls of the dragon's will. The dragon's presence would also have an effect on the environment and conditions of the mountain, the dragon Yolnahkriin resided in the caldera, where his presence is said to have "stoked the sleeping mountain's fire", while the dragon Lokkestiiz resided in a windy frost covered overlook.

This news brought the attention of the Undaunted, who were sent to investigate. The Undaunted defeated the fake Jone and Jode before they confronted Nahviintaas at the summit and the time-wound. Though Nahviintaas would utilize the power of the Time Wound to manipulate time, claiming his faithful had no need to fear death as he could restore them and they'd serve him eternally, and that he could make his foes relive their deaths over and over, the fake Alkosh was ultimately killed and Sunspire was liberated from his control. His head was severed and taken as a trophy by the undaunted. With the years he had left, Moon-Bishop Azin-jo vowed to restore this temple and because of his folly, he felt that it was his task alone to bear. But regardless, some priests stayed in Sunspire.

As his soul was not devoured by another dovah, Nahviintaas was not killed permanently and can be raised again.

Gallery

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  Nahviintaas tearing at the Time Wound

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  Nahviintaas tapping into the power of the Time Wound

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  Nahviintaas in flight

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  Nahviintaas breathing fire during flight

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  Nahviintaas breathing a rain of fire

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  Nahviintaas' head, taken as a trophy by the Undaunted

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  A bust of Nahviintaas

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  A Khajiit transformed into a creature of ice and flame by the dragon's Voice

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  Sunspire Champion Senche-Lion

Notes

The slumbering aspect of Alkosh which Nahviintaas greatly resembles.

• Nahviintaas bears a striking resemblance to the slumbering aspect of the god Alkosh encountered by The Vestige within the realm of the Spilled Sand. Both dragons are near identical in form and have gold colored scales. However the scales and even horns and teeth of Alkosh's aspect are pure gold throughout, whereas Nahvintaas' underbelly, teeth and horns are a different color, in addition to the titanic aspect being far larger in size and having a tail that seems to extend endlessly past its body and across the dunes.