(Raymond Ablack, 192, male, he/him, Mer). It’s been a while since we’ve seen Avinash ‘Nash’ Saagar. I hear they’re a Mer and they reside on the edge of the Forgotten. They’ve been known as The Forgotten Pearl, but that’s not all they are. (They’re known to associate with Mer, when they’re not busy being the owner of The Medusa’s Wreck.) Some may say they act CALLOUS & OVER-PROTECTIVE, while others claim they are OBSERVANT & PATIENT. With that being said, they’ve found the State of Calamity. ( Elizabeth, she/her, 25, PST)
Name: Avinash ‘Nash’ Saagar
Occupation: Owner of The Medusa’s Wreck
Age: 192 (looks 35)
Sexuality: Wherever the current takes me
Species: Merfolk
Intro
001. Avinash Saagar is born the third son to Payodhi Saagar, a diplomat from a neighboring sea to the Forgotten and their Father a wealthy Pearl Merchant. Nash learns early that keeping your head down and being quiet is an easy way to keep out of trouble. With eyes constantly being on the offspring Pearls of this power couple, Nash knows from watching his older brother’s example that being on the wrong side of public opinion is never the way to be. So he keeps his head down and tries to be the best Pearl he can be.
002. The keeping your head down falter’s a little bit in high fish school. The Ambassador, otherwise known as Mother, sends Nash to a preeminent boarding school. His grades are immaculate, she would expect nothing less, and he is a member of the council team and a star athlete. This angers certain people and also attracts attention.
003. Life goes on and then war hits, he is working as a secretary for his Mother but unlike some of his friends is kept mostly out of the violence aside from the diplomatic aspect. He looses friends though…good friends. The War to End it all was not kind to any soul, finned or otherwise.
004. Shortly following the war, the Saagar couple is blessed with yet another Pearl. Devaka promises to be just as glimmering as at least two of her older siblings and having a young pup around revitalizes the family a little bit. The Ambassador’s ambitions grow and Nash is a quintessential part of that plan.
005. Nash is taken while on a diplomatic mission for the Ambassador. He doesn’t know where they kept him just that its landlocked and dry, so so dry. He’s told the Ambassador won’t negotiate for him, he watches the partner he was charged with watching over be brokered for, but the Ambassador…his Mother, will not put their Sea or Forgotten resources on the line for her third Pearl. He sits, forgotten in his capture for close to three decades.
006. When he’s released its less for political leniency and more that the world has moved on, no one cares about a Pearl that lost its shine long ago. The Ambassador reaches out when she learns of his release, asks him to report back in. But the answer is no. Nash will not return to the Forgotten or any Sea, not for a long while yet. He tells the Ambassador this in so many words but includes a letter to Dev as well. She has lived her life both equally knowing and not knowing him and family should be important.
007. After drifting for a little while preforming odd jobs, he puts together both his own money and money from his trust, he buys an old wreck that straddles the shore and the sea, Medusa’s Wreck they call it. He isn’t proud, that left in the decades without water. It feels better to have something of his own, something to build.
008. The business is a success, a spot for both the land lovers and the sea farers. Nash wouldn’t say he is happy but he is content and when another roving Pearl shows up at his doorstep he wouldn’t dare refuse her entry.
Headcanons
He prefers Nash, his parents are the only people to call him by his full name and I don’t think he’s told anyone outside of the forgotten his full name he just refers to himself as “Nash”
His mother was is a Ambassador from a foreign sea. As a political figure she had very high expectations for her children and they were afforded privileges others weren’t,
Over a century ago Nash was kidnapped by land dwellers. His mother refused to negotiate for his release and left Nash in captivity for almost three decades. When he was released he refused to fully return to the forgotten instead taking up an old bar, on the outskirts of the territory he once called home
Nash is deaf in one ear after the capture so he can only hear on the one side. His bar also has a bowl of earplugs for any mer that need protection when they come to the shore. (The bar is also partly underwater. So half the bar is dry and half is wet, hence on the edge),
Nash loves to cook and experiment with new recipes and loves to hear feedback even if he presents himself as if he couldn’t care less about this passion or what people think. He also always has a new ice cream flavour and every night after shift he saves himself a scoop.
Wanted Connections
The Rival- Someone from boarding school that wanted to see Nash fail. There reasons and motivations were there own but it put them into conflict in school and now as Nash is getting on his feet seeing people from his past life could provide different dynamics.
The Past- Someone from before the war and before the capture. Someone who saw him even under the perfect façade he tried to keep for his family. This could be a friend or something more but just someone he’d be happy to see again.
The Lost and The Forgotten- Someone who was in captivity beside Nash. Someone who was taken by the same faction and they bonded through the experience.
The Captor- Someone who had motivation or reason to take someone from the Forgotten diplomatic sphere or it doesn’t have to be that pointed but someone who would’ve taken and kept a hostage.
The Traded- The person Nash’s Mother traded for when he was captured. A person of rank or influence within the Forgotten court.
The Influence- A person who works in night entertainment or bar tending who Nash met while working odd jobs after his capture. Someone who inspired him to go into hospitality.
The Diplomat- People he would’ve met and interacted with while working under his mother.
Patrons and Visitors to Medusa’s Wreck- A bar that’s half above half below sea level. All are welcome to take rest at Medusa’s Wreck.
*This is just a list of ideas I will probably add to but I am down for any and all connections.
