Naeric Hiraeth

Early Life
Naeric Hiraeth was raised in an unnamed compound not far from the not far from the star mounts. As a child she'd heard stories of the dragon in the mountains and the giant men in the forest. She never believed any of the stories, instead she played around the borders of the village, Frequently teasing the kobolds she found at the base of the mountain.

One day, in her late teens, she took this taunting too far, killing two kobolds by dropping heavy stones on their heads. The kobolds reported this attack to their master, Imvaernarhro, who was in the mood to slaughter a village or two.

Ellywick began running home after she felt the ground shake and heard a stone shattering roar. She got there just in time to watch the great red dragon burning down her village and get trapped in the building she was trying to hide in. After the roof collapsed on her, all Ellywick could do was wait and listen as the dragon slaughtered and burnt everything for hours.

After an eternity of hellish noise, and another of gut wrenching silence, Ellywick began to hear heavy footsteps walk by, in scared whimper she called for help. The footsteps stopped, and the roof was lifted off her. What stood before her, holding the roof up, was the tallest creature she had ever seen (with exception of the dragon), a giant man, a 'firbolg' from the stories she'd been told growing up.

He asked her to come out, she did, and handed her a bear cub to raise her spirits. The bear cub was covered in ash and dust, so Ellywick called it Dusty. The giant man asked if there were any houses with a basement they could stay in as night had almost fallen. She showed him the way to the remains of the local brewers.

That night Ellywick named the firbolg 'Naeric Hiraeth' after her grandfather's racing dog and the gnomish word for homesickness. They became friends overnight, Naeric taking her under his wing.

They spent the next several weeks making their way to Ellywick's granduncle, Podri Maekkelferce, in waterdeep. While stopping in Red Larch, a warforged called Hera confused with a goblin and tried to slay her, Naeric, being almost twice the height of Hera, stopped the fight in a few seconds. To apologise for almost killing Ellywick, Hera offered to join the pair as a guard. At first Ellywick refused but after a few words with Naeric, she agreed.

Currens Fatum Guild
After arriving in Waterdeep, Podri helped raise Ellywick and fund the Currens Fatum adventurer's guild in its early days. Naeric spent these years building a network and gaining the trust of the people while Hera, the most literate, began taking managing the guild and taking some some of the high paying quests.

Naeric lead countless missions and jobs for the guild. It was on one of these quests he discovered two creatures that had escaped the underdark, a deep gnome named Fizz Jefferson, & the exiled Illithid Casburill. Both becoming important figures symbolising freedom and rising from oppression.

It was on a particularly strange plane hopping mission, Naeric, Hera, & Helheim got split up for a month in the City of Doors. Naeric stumbled his way into the divine realm of his goddess, Iallanis. There, Naeric was awarded for his decades of efforts at that point, becoming her chosen on the prime material plane. Eventually the trio made their way back through the incredible City of Doors and returned home.

Battle for the Star Mounts
Naeric was not a big player during the planning of the attack on Imvaernarhro. He was one of the many leading the charge, leading the giants and plane-touched as he had gained their respect during his decades of questing and as the chosen of Iallanis.

Knowing their plan would fail without a sacrifice; Ellywick charged in, wounding the dragon from the inside and quite literally taking its breath away. At this Naeric used his connection to the gods to rally remaining the giants into a divine fury, finally breaking through and overpowering the great and terrible dragon. Naeric left something change as he landed the killing blow. He had taken a divine spark from the dragon.

Ascension and rulership
Now with a divine spark in his soul, Naeric began hearing anytime someone spoke his name, even when they were hundreds of miles away, he spoke of this to his goddess, Iallanis. She told him of the signs of divinity forming. Naeric, a firbolg to the core, hated the idea of creatures worshiping him. He returned to his homeland, reminisced about centuries passed and began clearing the rubble from the dragon's attack that displaced him.

While the sun began to set, a familiar face wandered into view, Naeric's niece had survived. She joined him and his many allies in forging treaties, declaring independence, and the building of Nackles' Fall.

Naeric implemented the Orders of Nackles' Fall, the Council, and passed the trials to prove his worth. Soon after dozens of people moved in, then hundreds, then thousands.