fun vanerevar au (or whatever i’ll call it later) meta about nerevar:
as azura had intentions of reincarnating her favored champion, he was not brought to moonshadow upon his death. instead his soul was reincarnated in new bodies, time and time again until vane succeeded in fulfilling the prophecies.
his last memories were of pain and betrayal; bitter murder at the hands of people he thought his closest advisers and friends. that pain is the last physical and emotional thing he felt before consciousness faded, and when it slumbered it stayed that way. reincarnation means a soul without rest, and though he was never intended to fully wake again, it happens regardless following the red year.
the skeleton key finds its way to vane (though events i’m going to plot more!) and with it, vane unlocks the side of themselves that holds nerevar. the side that had been asleep for so long. so when he, nerevar, “wakes” again, he’s basically just... resuming where he left off.
so like. resuming from being murdered. it’s felt like both forever and no time at all to him, so the wound is still extremely, extremely fresh, despite it having been thousands of years.
needless to say nerevar’s first reaction when experiencing consciousness again is to scream.
