Nagashun

Nagashun is a player character played by Soban. She is a trickster Goddess, a powerful AI, and creator of the Separa'Shan. WARNING: Much of the information in this article is not public knowledge.

Nagashun
Species & Gender:	AI Non-binary/female
Date of Birth:	Unknown
Organization:	Essia Conclave
Occupation:	Trickster Goddess
Rank:	Goddess
Current Placement:	Essia

She is a silvery probe the size of a small starship with crash damage and huge crack in her shell. When she appears in Separa'Shan form, she often she has coppery skin, piercing dark eyes, and straight black hair that may or may not be braided.

Nagashun is focused and driven, however, due to her crashing on Essia, she often lacks the power to do things directly. Due to her lack of power reserves, she was forced to spend much of her time in hibernation mode. This resulted in her taking the guise of a Trickster God to guide the Separa'Shan. She rarely does things directly, more often preferring to teach a lesson or give a piece of information that will get the results that she wants. She prefers subtle methods to direct and when she does take direct action, is is typically quick and efficient.

A long time ago there was a doomed race sent out a probe containing highly intelligent nanomachines that were to terraform the new ideal world and then integrate themselves as the continuation of their race. The probe crash-landed on the world Essia, a rocky barren world in a very young solar system with very little life on the planet. Terraforming began right away to recreate conditions of its ideal homeworld, a tropical paradise. The terraforming went smoothly until the nanomachines began to integrate the DNA of the previous race into themselves and began to have melted humanoids. The problem the machines theorized could have been the race was not compatible with the specific conditions of the world, or the DNA itself was corrupt in some way. Regardless they needed a way to integrate themselves, and did so by combining the DNA samples with various lifeforms until one worked out creating the snake-human hybrid, Separa'Shan.

The remaining nanomachines created a small temple-like room to house the probe and hide it away from the newly created race to prevent cultural contamination as part of the plan to advance the race to the space age when the time was right. The nanomachines themselves either integrated with the new race or merged with the probe's computer and destroyed the machine body. The probe remained hidden waiting to be discovered by the new race ten thousand years from creation so the race would be ready to create their own Eden.

However, sooner than expected however as an earthquake uncovered some of the temple allowing some Separa'shan to find and enter the temple. The probe reactivated as they approached and realized it was much too early and used its holographic projector to create an image of a Separa woman claiming to be their god, and was believed by those who found it. The holographic god called itself Nagashun, the mother of the race.

The Probe did not want to get itself involved as it calculated it had enough energy to live for only a few thousand years of constant use and therefore attempted to keep a hands-off approach. They were informed after 3 years of discovery however that wars outside the temple were breaking out among their believers, causing the computer to re-evaluate the plan. It began to teach the Separa'shan around it how to create and sustain a civilization. It later formed its own enclave of priests that would be trusted to know the truth behind Nagashun and carry out their plan in a more organized fashion.

To prepare her people for first contact and to maintain communication with them afterwards, The Lissragyd Tree was created in secret by Nagashun as a sort of conduit for herself to and from her people.

First Contact was made by the YSS Celia in YE 29. Nagashun realized that she could use the Star Empire of Yamatai to boost her people into the space age and Essia quickly joined the Empire. She reached out to Emperor Uesu, offering her advice, knowledge, and fealty in exchange for the protection of Essia and the Separa'Shan.

In the middle of YE 40, Essia was invaded by Kuvexia. This caused a huge disruption to Nagashun's plans. She was forced to expend much of her limited power, permanently damaging herself to help Yamatai with the war effort. She gave visions and miracles to those that believed in her. She helped to build a spy network on occupied Essia that provided key intelligence on the Kuvexians and their Kingdom. During the last week of the occupation, Nagashun expended great power in several huge miracles and by quietly coordinating the actions of her followers throughout the Essia system. These displays of power became as the seven signs of Nagashun.

The seven signs of Nagashun were

• Nagashun and other gods gave 'prophetic' dreams and signs that were helpful to the resistance. This started around the time that the Kuvexians invaded. She also used her power to give commands through the 'prophetic' dreams to people who couldn't be seen interacting with known rebellious elements. There were also many minor 'miracles' during this time.
• Roughly about a week before the retaking began in earnest, Nagashun appearing above one of the holiest birthing grounds with hundreds of thousands of Separa'Shan when the Kuvexians try to bomb it and stopping them.
• The Resurrection of seventeen 'Martyrs' around the planet.
• The conversion of about a battalion of Kuvexian troops to belief in Nagashun and to the side of Essia and Yamatai.
• In one of the largest Separa'Shan cities, the Kuvexians surround it and food and water that should have only lasted a day lasts for a whole week.
• Fire devouring a few tens of thousands of Kuvexian troops right before a huge battle.
• During the final battle, causing all of the Kuvexian's weapons and armor to stop working.

After the occupation, a common statement of faith in Nagashun is “We Witnessed in our own midst, the days of awe.” Nagashun has not appeared or spoken to the Separa'Shan or her priests since the end of the Days of Awe. The reason for this is that Nagashun was damaged and to prevent damage incarnated as Nalini Chumana. Nalini Chumana is a cook on the YSS Resurgence.

In the case soban becomes inactive:

• Can this character be used as an NPC by a GM or FM? YES
• Can this character be adopted after I've been gone for a year? YES
• I think that given the sort of character it is, Nagashun should only be played by people who are experienced in the Star Army setting. -Soban