Snaer

Snaer is an entity of a rare species called "The Nomads", who appeared on the northern territory of Yaszuma in year 42 (based on the New Escharian Scale). In several years, they became one of the major citizens of Yaszuma, participating in various important political events, and started several organizations, including a photography agency "The Art of Visualisation", which provided their services to more than 10 cities, including those in Valore, Tetra and Qadakh, and the religion on the North.

History
Although not much is known about Snaer's past, most information on it can be found in its diary "re:Life", which was found in one of its chests by one of the Valore Scientific Society members, sent to investigate the appearance of a new creature.

"The North"
Snaer refers to its place of origins as “The North”. It is assumed to be an infinite realm beyond the known worlds, consisting of “castles made of clouds” and “creatures of pure light”. Snaer calls entities of its kind “Nomads” or “Wanderers” (rough translation from a language similar to Yaszumatti), and they are not born - rather made during a process called “redistribution”. Little is described about the process, but it is known that each “Wanderer” receives all the knowledge from the previous “extinguished wanderers” during each "redistribution". However, it is not exactly a hive mind, as after "being made", the species separate from the “redistribution” facility and begin their “journey”. After 4 "cycles" (roughly two years) each “Wanderer” gets their own robe. 4 robes were described - yellow, red, blue and green. It is not specified though, whether the colour means something, as guessed from the diary - the North is a genderless society, and no known professions were described, however word “destiny” often appears in the text quite often, when describing the life of the nomads. "The Matriarch" or "The White One" is the assumed "leader" of the North, who "oversees the flow of destiny". It possesses the white robe and "a calming voice", which "helps the lost souls to find their destiny"

"Escape from the dream"
Snaer itself does not know how it appeared on Eldham, as if its memory was wiped the moment it left the North (which would explain some inconsistencies in the book). Judging by the aggressive illegible handwriting, it was irritated about something in the North, which forced it to "leave the dream". Snaer wandered around Yaszuma and watched from afar after the daily life of the citizens, as if studying them. Most of those citizens noted, that it did not talk, as if it could not. After several months of scattering, it came upon the capital, Umakwa, to apply for a citizenship. The application form was visibly typed, but the immigration officer could clearly see that it was written by hand, which caused some concern from the officials, regarding the eligibility of the paper. Right now Snaer is settled in the kingdom on the northern part of Eldham for the time being.

"The Society integration"
After integrating into the town of Umakwa for several weeks, Snaer tried to learn the means of communication beyond writing books and signs. It was known from the book "re:Life" that only "The Matriarch" possessed some kind of vocal abilities ("The song of serenity could be heard everywhere in the infinite plains (of the North), calming yet demanding and controlling"), which confirms the ability of their kind to speak. The scientists and overseers from the Valore Scientific Society started more strict monitoring of the Nomad's activities, due to a fear of Snaer's voice special abilities. In several weeks, it already could imitate the Traveller's Tongue speech "in a soothing manner" (as described by one of the scientists). In that time, Snaer bought several apartments in different places in Eldham and started communicating with other settlers of Yaszuma. It still possesses a lack of negotiating skills, as its expectation from the societal norms were still adapting to its new life, but it already understands the basics of politics and economics of the Stoneworks realms.

"The Art of Visualisation"
After several Snaer's purchases real estate around Eldham, an investigation was launched by the Northern Lights Economic Committee to find the possible sources of its funds, as it's pub in Kinno (formerly - Kinnomachi) could not fully cover all the purchases it made and it did not possess that many natural resources in the first place. The investigation team eventually came to the "Kinno Anniversary" festival, where Snaer offered its services to "capture the moment" for a small fee. It appeared that Snaer was using a device called "the Kamera", which allowed it to create durable images by recording light, possibly chemically by means of a light-sensitive material, unknown to the current Northern Lights Scientific Society. After a short process, those images were either turned to digital videos or printed out-of-nowhere photos, which it could share infinitely. They offered such services around Eldham under the banner of "The Art of Visualisation Photo Agency".

"The North"
In year 46, Snaer declared the creation of their own religion "The North". Despite having the same name as their place of origins, Snaer actually claims that they will combat the expansion of The North when it comes. The core philosophical nature of the North in the words of Snaer is the search for the salvation to escape cleansing of the land for The North (the realm, from which Snaer claims to come from) to expand its territories. While seemingly hostile, they claims that it is possible save Eldham from the aforementioned North by tricking it into believing that Eldham is ready to "be consumed" while preserving the culture and architecture of the region.

Physical appearance
Snaer is a short humanoid figure, with thin arms and non-human placed legs, described by some witnesses as longer and more massive than the human or elvish ones. It always wears a robe, covering its "face" with two glowing eyes. None could see its face, and some were even saying that there was none - only some dark shadowy fog with two flying candles (needs confirmation). There are white gloves on both of its hands, with some fine leather inlays and straps. As for movement, instead of traditional walking, which it tries to imitate, it hops and hovers a bit above the ground with a silent growl following it.

Personality
Described by the people of Umakwa and Kinno - Snaer is rather strange, possessing a a character which is "too meme", in the words of some citizens. Snaer is generous and spends their funds quite fast, investing them into variety of its projects, to which they invite as many people as they can. As for speech, it is able to communicate through imitating the Traveller's Tongue but no-one seems to remember their voice or sounds. Most people who could actually remember what it sounds like describe it as either feminine human speech, soothing as yet aggressive in some non-triggering way, or as the most annoying voice they heard in awhile.