Parrafaire

Parrafaire was the demigod guardian of nagas and the son of the greater goddess Shekinester. The Naga Prince guarded magical secrets and places deep below the surface of Toril.

Description
Parrafaire appeared as a winged water naga with the head of a human male sporting feathered ears. Neither his skin tone nor the color of his feathered wings were fixed, changing to suit either the environment or his wishes.

Personality
Parrafaire was a playful, light-spirited, deity that delighted in creating clever decoys and diversions, relished the subtlety of riddles and mazes, and took glee in offering cryptic clues. Although not exceptionally dangerous, however, the chaotic neutral god was nevertheless a force to be reckoned with, for despite his levity he could still prove to be perilous to interact with.

Parrafaire's trickster ways were not to be mistaken for a lack of mental capability, for he was fairly wise and thoughtful, attempts to deceive or outwit him not going down well unless incredibly well-planned and executed. His one mental weakness was flattery, heartfelt appeals to his intelligent riddles and expressed admiration of his skills, which gained some mileage with the wise but slightly vain Naga Prince.

Powers
Through the powers of his mother, Parrafaire had the powers of a greater deity concerning the planar travel, number, and replacement times of his avatars despite being a demigod.

The avatars of Parrafaire was skilled in both illusion magic and thievery. He was mostly resistant to magic, always mind blanked fully immune to poison, paralysis, mind-control, illusory magic, and gases. The Prince of Hidden Secrets could access the following spells three times per day: fear, feeblemind, maze, and globe of invulnerability.

Parrafaire could lash out with a powerful bite, laced with a unique poison that could leave his targets confused. He flew through the air four times faster than he slithered across the ground.

Possessions
Parrafaire was greatly empowered by the large gold band around his tail, which acted as a ring of warmth and a ring of fire resistance.

Divine Realm
Parrafaire realm, known as Trickster's Delight, was located in Minethys, the 3 layer of Carceri. Despite being an entity of chaos, Parrafaire didn't truly "belong" on Carceri; unlike other residents he was not an exile or outcast of any kind and could come and go as he pleased.

Activities
Parrafaire was a protector of secrets, magical lore, concealed wisdom, and hidden places, but his role was not to completely prevent access to that which he safeguarded. Rather, his purpose was to test the wisdom, skill, and resourcefulness of those who came searching for it, and he was completely unconcerned with the morality or ethics of those vying. He placed various (non-lethal) traps, distractions, labyrinths and hints to challenge those seeking out said secrets, and might appear hhimself to deliver riddles and puzzles that would need to be answered before passage would be granted.

Relationships
Parrafaire was born to Shekinester, the Naga Queen, and Jazirian, a fraction of the World Serpent.

Despite serving his powerful mother, Parrafaire was also subservient to other deities. One such deity was Dumathoin, as both the Naga Prince and Dumathoin were associated with underground secrets.

Ironically Parrafaire was an outcast on Carceri, the plane of the rejected and cast away, hated by its other deities for being out of place there.

Worshipers
Few beings, if any, truly worshiped the Naga Prince, and thus he had no established church, although almost all nagas paid him at least indirect homage. The Harmonium, despite their tendency to follow powers of law and order, put great value on the ideal of guardianship that Parrafaire exemplified.

The Prince of Hidden Secrets did have religious teachings, but these took the form of riddles and puzzles that needed to be deciphered by his worshipers.

Parrafaire's favored weapon was the tail scythe and his signature weapon was the +1 warning tail scythe.

History
Far before Parrafaire was born, the World Serpent was the greater deity of the scalyfolk. However, the World Serpent split into several different deities, each carrying a fraction of the power. Shekinester was one of the aspects that carried a large amount of the power, and gained a large following. Two other fragments of the World Serpent, Jazirian and Ssharstrune, began to court Shekinester, though she chose the former. Shekinester became pregnant with Jazirian's child, and Ssharstrune responded by attacking her. She was forced to devour him, but also took on the destructive element that had split the World Serpent in the first place. When Parrafaire was born, his mother expelled Ssharstrune's corpse. Parrafaire was tasked to hide away this corpse and the destructive element within, so that she could not split apart as the World Serpent had done. Parrafaire agreed to the task and was successful in disposing of Ssharstrune's corpse. After this, he venerated as the guardian of the nagas.