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Lord '''Nasher Alagondar''' was the fearless former [[adventurer]] and ruler of [[Neverwinter]] throughout much of the 14{{th}} century [[DR]]. He was the "founder" of the [[Alagondar]] royal family.<ref name="NCS-p138">{{Cite book/Neverwinter Campaign Setting|138}}</ref><ref name="WatN-p9">{{Cite book/Waterdeep and the North|9}}</ref>

==Description==
Nasher had a receding hairline.<ref name="WatN-p9"/> He was a deadly [[sword]]sman, and remained strong even into old age.<ref name="NWN2">{{Cite game/Neverwinter Nights 2}}</ref>

==Personality==
He was brave in the face of his enemies but affable when among his people.<ref name="WatN-p9"/> He was renowned as a decisive, efficient, and fair ruler<ref name="NWN2"/><ref name="N.GSF-C&C-p15">{{Cite book/The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier/Cities & Civilization|15}}</ref> whose faith in [[Tyr]] made him a steady and just man. Accordingly, Nasher was much-beloved by his subjects, and was sometimes said to have been as much a shepherd of their wellbeing as a ruler over them.<ref name="NCS-p138"/>

He had a great love of music and of hearing tales of faraway lands.<ref name="WatN-p9"/>

==Possessions==
Nasher had collected numerous [[magic]] items during his adventuring career and was noted for wearing a ''[[ring of the ram]]'', a potent ''[[ring of protection]]'', and a ''[[belt of regeneration]]'' (which worked much like a ''[[ring of regeneration]]''). He was equipped with some powerful weapons in the form of a ''[[mace of disruption]]'' and a ''[[frostbrand]] [[longsword]]''.<ref name="VGttN-p131">{{Cite book/Volo's Guide to the North|131}}</ref> At some point before the late 13{{th}} century DR, he owned a pair of enchanted boots later called ''[[Nasher's nimble boots]]''; how he parted with the precious magic boots was a secret revealed only to his closest friends. Another prized posession of his was ''[[Nasher's ring of strength]]'', which was gifted to the [[Hero of Neverwinter]].<ref name="NWN2">{{Cite game/Neverwinter Nights 2}}</ref>

The potent ''[[Crown of Neverwinter]]'' was a symbol of his authority.<ref name="CSaS-2">{{Cite book/Cold Steel and Secrets/Part 2}}</ref> It was enchanted to bolster his political rehetoric, but also to punish any wearer who was not among his true heirs.<ref name="NCS-p149">{{Cite book/Neverwinter Campaign Setting|149}}</ref>

==Activities==
As the ruler of Neverwinter, Nasher kept his city firmly aligned with the [[Lords' Alliance]] and wielded influence on par with that of High Lady [[Alustriel Silverhand]] of [[Silverymoon]].<ref name="N.GSF-C&C-p15"/><ref name="VGttN-p44">{{Cite book/Volo's Guide to the North|44}}</ref> He was closely allied with [[Waterdeep]] and was noted for his steadfast opposition against [[Luskan]] and the [[orcs]] of [[the North]].<ref name="FRCS3e-p176">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition|176}}</ref> He was responsible for laying many plots and [[magic]]al contingencies against assaults from the city's warlike rival, [[Luskan]], even going so far as banning maps of the city being made in order to throw off the spies of Luskan and their potential invasion plans.<ref name="N.GSF-C&C-p15"/><ref name="N.GSF-p75">{{Cite book/The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier/The Wilderness|75}}</ref> He was supported in these endeavors by the [[mage]]s of the [[Many-Starred Cloak]], who were believed to have been the real power behind the throne.<ref name="VGttN-p131"/>

Nasher ruled from [[Castle Never]]<ref name="NWN2"/><ref name="VGttN-p134">{{Cite book/Volo's Guide to the North|134}}</ref> and deferred matters of civil justice in Neverwinter to Reverend Judge [[Oleff Uskar]] at the [[Hall of Justice]].<ref name="VGttN-p133">{{Cite book/Volo's Guide to the North|133}}</ref> Even before being officially named a "king", he wielded the power of a monarch over the city.<ref name="NWN2"/>

==Relationships==
Nasher once had a wife<ref name="NWN.HotU">{{Cite game/Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark}}</ref> and his son and heir was [[Bann Alagondar]], although it was widely believed that he also had a bastard son known as [[Vers Never]].<ref name="NCS-p86">{{Cite book/Neverwinter Campaign Setting|86}}</ref> He was always accompanied by his bodyguards, the [[Neverwinter Nine]], to whom he gave many magic items from his adventuring days.<ref name="N.GSF-p75"/>

==History==
===Young days===
[[File:Young Nasher.png|thumb|left|Nasher in his adventuring days.]]
During his younger years, Nasher [[adventurer|adventured]] extensively for around ten years and garnered a great trove of magical items.<ref name="VGttN-p131"/> His adventuring party was called [[Northern Four|The Northern Four Adventuring Troupe]]. The Adventuring Troupe included [[Dumal Erard]], who later in life founded [[Helm's Hold]]; [[Ophala Cheldarstorn]], matron of the [[Moonstone Mask]]; and the future high captain of [[Luskan]], [[Kurth]]. One of the most famous tales of the Lord Nasher's past was the rescue of the [[Black Raven Tribe]] from an evil [[white dragon]].<ref name="NWN">{{Cite game/Neverwinter Nights}}</ref> During those adventuring days, it was common knowledge that Nasher once slew a [[minotaur]].<ref name="NWN.HotU"/>

===Ruler of Neverwinter===
By the {{YearlinkName|1329}},<ref name="NCS-p138"/> Nasher had retired from the life of an adventurer and had became ruler of the city of Neverwinter.<ref name="VGttN-p131"/><ref name="FRCS2e-p114">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised)/A Grand Tour of the Realms|114}}</ref>

In the {{YearlinkName|1350}}, a merchant named [[Furjur]] gifted a [[spellbook]] known as ''[[Nchaser's Eiyromancia]]'' to Lord Nasher in exchange for a charter. It was unclear whether Furjur was aware that the book was designed to administer a fatal dose of [[poison]] to whomever opened it, and a member of Nasher's court was killed while handling the book.<ref name="FRCS1e-DM-p62">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Set/DM's Sourcebook of the Realms|62}}</ref>

[[File:Lord_Nasher_NWN2.jpg|thumb|Lord Nasher.]]In the {{YearlinkName|1372}}, the [[Wailing Death]] began afflicting the citizens of Neverwinter on [[Tarsakh 30]]. Within a few tendays it had brought the majority of the city's inhabitants to death's door.<ref name="GHotR-p153">{{Cite book/The Grand History of the Realms|153}}</ref> With the help of [[Khelben Arunsun]], a ritual was devised to cure the magical disease.<ref name="NWN">{{Cite game/Neverwinter Nights}}</ref>

Later in 1372 DR, on [[Flamerule 7]], Nasher magically traveled with [[Piergeiron the Paladinson]] to [[Cormyr]] as a representative of the [[Lords' Alliance]]. There he took part in a council, chaired by [[Alusair Obarskyr]], to discuss how to deal with the machinations of the [[Shadovar]] and [[phaerimm]] after the destruction of [[Tilverton]].<ref name="TSorcerer-ch1">{{Cite book/The Sorcerer/Paperback 2002||1}}</ref>

In the {{YearlinkName|1374}}, Nasher was targeted in an assassination attempt by agents of the [[King of Shadows]]. He would go on to participate in the conflict against the King of Shadows, in which he was wounded at [[Highcliff]],<ref name="NWN2"/> prompting concern about what would happen to Neverwinter's rulership should he fall in battle.<ref name="CSaS-2"/> Once the [[Shadow War]] was over, Neverwinter and [[Northwest Faerûn]]'s trade suffered greatly. Lord Alagondar extended a personal invite to the [[Church of Waukeen]] to establish a templed in the City of Skilled Hands and aid in its financial recovery.<ref name="NWN2SoZ">{{Cite game/Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir}}</ref>

Nasher rejected the position of King of Neverwinter for much of his life, accepting the title only in old age.<ref name="NCS-p138"/> After his death, he was succeeded as king by his son Bann Alagondar.<ref name="NCS-p86"/>

===Legacy===
Many details of Nasher's life were forgotten because of the uncertainty that followed the [[Spellplague]] of the the {{YearlinkName|1385}} and the [[Ruining]] of the the {{YearlinkName|1451}}. However, he became an object of nostalgic patriotism for Neverwintians, who took pride in the fact that their rulers&mdash;the Alagondars&mdash;had been his descendants, even after the last of them were evidently wiped out when [[Mount Hotenow]] erupted.<ref name="NCS-p138"/> Any who wished to be seen as a legitimate ruler of the Neverwinter in the 15{{th}} century DR sought to claim or fabricate descent from him, including [[Dagult Neverember]] (who claimed to be descended from Vers Never),<ref name="NCS-p86"/> [[Seldra Tylmarande]],<ref name="LCoN-p5">{{Cite book/Lost Crown of Neverwinter|5}}</ref> and [[Gyrion Farseeker]].<ref name="N-CA">{{Cite game/Neverwinter: The Cloaked Ascendancy}}</ref>

''Circa'' the the {{YearlinkName|1474}}, a rebel faction calling themselves the [[Sons of Alagondar]] emerged in Neverwinter and waged a campaign of insurgency and propaganda against the rule of Dagult Neverember, whom they saw as a usurper of Nasher's legacy. Proclaiming themselves as the descendants of the servants and retainers of Lord Nasher&mdash;with one of their leaders, [[Arlon Bladeshaper]], claiming to be a descendant of one of the [[Neverwinter Nine]]&mdash;they wished to restore rule to the rightful line of Alagondar. When the Sons split into two groups, ''circa'' [[1478 DR]], one of the splinter groups further named themselves "the [[Nashers]]" in his honor.<ref name="NCS-p114">{{Cite book/Neverwinter Campaign Setting|114, 118}}</ref><ref name="CSaS">{{Cite book/Cold Steel and Secrets}}</ref>

==Appendix==
===Background===
Lord Nasher was voiced by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552357/ Gregg Martin] (credited as Greg Martin) in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]''.

===Gallery===
<gallery captionalign=center>
Nasher Alagondar AOL.png|''Nasher Alagondar's depiction from ''[[Neverwinter Nights (AOL game)]].''
NWN Nasher Alagondar.jpg|''Concept art of Nasher Alagondar from ''[[Neverwinter Nights]].''
NWN concept Nasher Alagondar.jpg|''Concept art of Nasher Alagondar from ''[[The Art of Neverwinter Nights]].''
Nasher Alagondar.jpg|''Nasher Alagondar being healed by a cleric.''
NwN sketch3.jpg|''An early sketch for ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]''.
NwN sketch6.jpg|''An early sketch of characters, including Alagondar's portrait.''
</gallery>

===Appearances===
{{Appearances
| novel refs          = ''[[Cold Steel and Secrets]]''
| video games         = ''[[Gateway to the Savage Frontier]]'' • ''[[Treasures of the Savage Frontier]]'' • ''[[Neverwinter Nights (AOL game)]]'' • {{NWNapp|NWN|NWN2}}
| video game refs     = {{NWNapp|HotU|SoZ}}
}}

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