ANIMXL #111

NOHYGGDARIAL– THE ELITE SOULCRAFT DEER

WITH A RESERVED AND MYSTERIOUS AIR, NOHYGGDARIAL IS CERTAINLY THE WISEST MIND ON THE CONTINENT. A LONELY AND WANDERING SPIRIT, HE LOVES TO SPEND HIS TIME WANDERING THROUGH FAR AND UNKNOWN PLACES, ALONE WITH HIS THOUGHTS. SEVERAL TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF SOULCRAFT IT HAS HAPPENED THAT IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS, OR WHEN SOMEONE HAD EXISTENTIAL DOUBTS OR IMPOSSIBLE QUESTIONS, THE DEER WAS ABLE TO SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST EFFORT. THE ONLY REAL PROBLEM FOR THE SOULCRAFT IS BEING ABLE TO LOCATE HIM AND REACH HIM WHEN HE'S TRAVELING IN AN UNKNOWN PLACE.

MANY STORIES HAVE ALSO ARISEN ABOUT THE REASON FOR HIS DARK COMPLEXION: MANY SAY THAT HIS MIND AND SPIRIT WERE SO POWERFUL THAT THEY MANAGED TO REMAIN PARTLY INTACT WHEN THE SOUL CHOSE TO RETURN IN THE FORM OF SOULCRAFT, LEAVING HIM IN A KIND OF LIMBO. OTHERS ARGUE THAT AT FIRST HE WAS THE PUREST AND WHITEST OF ANIMALS, BUT THAT UNFORTUNATELY DURING HIS TRAVELS, BY DINT OF LEARNING OF DARK SECRETS, HIS SPIRIT WAS ALMOST CORRODED, AS IF IT WERE A PRICE TO PAY FOR WISDOM. WHO KNOWS IF ANYONE KNOWS HIS REAL SECRET ...