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Nerio is loyal to a fault, determined and disciplined, and very passionate about accomplishing tasks given to him. He takes his training and education seriously and uses everything he knows about his opponents and himself to find the best way around a fight. He is usually very serious, keeping a poker face around strangers, and doesn’t often loosen up unless with the few friends he has.

Nerio isn’t very charismatic, he usually keeps to himself and lets his actions speak for him. He focused so much on his studies,but he left out the importance of communication. He enjoys being around others, he just has no clue how to behave or continue conversations in social environments. He had truly dedicated every ounce of his being to his kingdom that when he is exiled, he ends up lost and unable to maintain his composure as everything he worked for was taken from him and he was stripped of all honor he had once earned and is now left with nothing.

Nerio was a well respected and high ranking guard to his kingdom. He swore his loyalty to his Queen and served her without falter for years. He was trained since he was a child, learning not only physical combat, but magic as well. He had a certain gift for magic, preferring it over hand to hand combat and taking more time to learn and master it compared to others in his class. Because of his dedication and determination to improve, he moved up the class quickly, learning more spells than most could handle at his age.

It is because of this that he was given his first real test before he hit full maturity. A test of endurance, to see how long he could go before reaching his limit and then, once at his breaking point, if he could pull through to defend against an attack. It was one of the hardest tests the young adults had to go through, it was the placement test after all, the one that determined, after all they had learned, where one’s skills would be best put to use. Everyone testing at the time had been older than Nerio, but none were any less determined to do their best in this final test. Nerio knew he had a lot to prove and so when he went into the test he kept his mind focused on the end goal, to be able to serve his kingdom to his fullest. This kept him going through the long days of standing guard, of watching over his given task and he kept his mind off of the hunger pangs and tired nights by remembering he needed to be there for others when no one else could be. He needed to be the strong one for those who were weak, he needed to be the light in the darkest seas, he needed to keep calm, focused, and most of all keep in mind what he suffered for. He suffered for his people, so they would never have to go through these kinds of trials themselves. He wanted to protect and serve them with everything he had and it was because of his determination to do this that he found the strength to keep going through the grueling days and nights of standing alone, with only the sounds of the ocean water shifting and settling with the change in time. As others began to succumb to the boring task, the intense hunger, or other effects of the test, he, as well as less than a handful of others, rose up to the challenge and met the final day with the strength to fend off the attack sent on them. It must’ve only been a week that they were there, but without getting much rest and no food, the week felt like an eternity. Now it was over though, and they made it through, he made it through! They were awarded their first medal, an armband that they would wear over the marking they were given to show that they had been the top of their class in the end. The time came to celebrate, a well deserved rest and feast for those who made it! As well as an audience with the Queen herself, something that would truly change Nerio’s life from that point on.

As he met and congratulated the others who passed the test he found himself making friends he would carry with him through thick and thin for years and when the time came to meet with the Queen, he left an impression on her that would lead him on the path to becoming her personal guard. He was honored and touched by her majesties decision to give him such a position by her side. He proved he was more than worthy of it though his years of service to her and the kingdom, being by her side through the hardest of choices she had to make and through the trying times their kingdom was put through. Although she was a kind and caring queen, there were choices she had to make that were hard and seemed to cause a lot of harm. Few understood the weight she carried from it all, few knew that these were not just simple decisions she made without care and it is because of the misunderstandings these people had that a rebellion formed and eventually invaded the castle. While Nerio fought with every ounce of strength he had, he found himself alone in the end, outnumbered and even betrayed by his own friends who had chosen to side with the rebellion for what they believed the queen had done to their land. Nerio was given the option to join them, but he swore an oath to his Queen and believe, despite some of her poor choices or the sacrifices she chose to take over others, that she was doing the best she could for the kingdom. It was a disappointment, but in the end he had to fight those he had trusted the most too and though he knew he wouldn’t stand a chance, his bravery and honor to his vows earned him the respect of his old friends, who spared his life, but banished him from the kingdom as a traitor to the new ruler who would be taking the throne in the Queens place. He was beaten and weak and he soon found himself all alone once more, stuck in the surface world, an unfamiliar land with no purpose now as the kingdom he fought all his life to protect had now abandoned him. It was the first time he ever felt so defeated and lost. He had never hurt more than in that moment, believing death would have been a kindness compared to this. There was no honor in being banished and losing his kingdom and his Queen.