[★] NEHU

Despite living in a world (my world to be exact, s o my logic and mythology tyvm) where his species, the naga is considered cunning and tricky, Nehu is extremely forward and open about his nature. Right from birth, his father, a greater snake demon, decided him the lesser brother of his two children. This led to him growing up shunned, neglected and feeling as though he had to work twice as hard to look half as good as his brother. He was named 'Nehu', a spun-off version of Nehushtan / Nohestan and basically told to fuck off by his family. Nehu began residing in the 'small' world, which is what the demons call the mortal place. He's extremely primalistic, doesn't care for pretenses, callous and often deflects from all conversations or questions about himself, no matter how innocent or well-meaning. He sticks completely to himself, holing up in the wilderness, surrounded by small trinkets and trophies within a dark cavern. He only ever leaves to hunt and does not discriminate when it comes to meals.

Shape shifting naga !! Actually, he's kind of ? a ,, demi-demon, since his father was a greater demon who sort of .. made him or birthed him asexually. He has the ability to change the lower half of his body by 'shedding'. It can take anywhere from a few hours to a week for him to shed his lower half, depending on the complexity. E.g, changing the colour of his tail is very simple and would only take an hour- but changing his lower half to that of a horse would take roughly a week to add all the extra limbs. The process is similar to a caterpillar; his skin hardens like a cocoon on the outside and on the inside, everything turns goopy until ready to emerge. Since he's so highly adaptable, Nehu makes a really intimidating foe, and being a predator enforces that even more. He'll eat pretty much anything, including humans and other sentient or human-like species & he sheds to tweak his hunting style for certain prey. His default form is a snake though and once his current form gets itchy or uncomfortable, he'll change back into a naga. His villain/hermit cave is often filled with disturbing skin sheddings of many different shapes and sizes...