Nephraeth, the prince of darkness and the night, is believed by the civilized Kataletia to be a member of the Avetad, a cohort of dark nobility that operate in opposition to Solara’s rule over the land of Ethrekas. As a result, worship of him is outlawed by the lawful hand of the empire, as the country pledges allegiance to the Elohad, those chosen and gifted by the divine creatrix referred to as Solara. Though he is presently known and reviled as an evil being of shadow and darkness, he is believed to have once resided at the ultimate virtue as the wings of the goddess, the very force which enables the ascension of Solara’s vehicle of pure light as it both descends onto the mortal plane and ascends into the light. These beings, who are counted among his children, are referred to as the Seraphs, exquisite creatures that are many-winged and capable of a great magic through their ineffable wisdom and power as they resided at the highest good of the world. Because of his descent into the darkness as he became imbibed with the promise of power and potential within the void, he is thought to have had his wings stripped from him, thereby disabling him from once again ascending to the heavens and furthermore, being unable to act as the mode by which Solara’s vehicle may embrace the light. Accordingly, Nephraeth was thought to possess the heavenly name of Serapheth in his original state as he surrounded and protected the creatrix along with his spiritual children, before he fell and Venefica was purified to become Arella, the guardian angel of twilight, who inhabited the liminal spaces between transitions. Though he has fallen and embraced an entirely different form, he is said to still possess a certain beauty which enables him to manipulate those who come to him for assistance as he assumes the shape of seduction and deceit.

In the culture of female dominance which comprises that of the Vespetia, who inhabited the western coast of Grecyda, Nephraeth was worshipped as a being who gifted them with powerful hexes and talismans to be used in his name, though merely representing the male half of their worshipped duo. The god is thought to be intertwined with the fates of the Vespetian witches born into the covens he rules over, believing that Nephraeth will manifest and they will be blessed with his great magic. Through this magic, the eternal undead are made by him from the carapace of mortal flesh, with only a select few of these witches gaining access to the immortal form. These undead beings, referred to as the Vuxa, are known to sustain their very being from the life force found within the blood of others, thereby preserving themselves by killing another. These creatures are also referred to as the children of the night throughout other regions of the empire, and it is with the night’s protection and guidance that they exist so that they can carry out the prince of darkness’s will. Notably, the Grecydan Empire reviles these beings, and it is without caution that they identify and execute those suspected to be as such.

The Ethetia of before acknowledged Nephraeth as the king of the Seraphs in his prior form of Serapheth, where he stood as the most beautiful of these divine creatures. Thus, Nephraeth is not acknowledged as an Avetad, those who stood in opposition to creation, as this identity had not yet come to fruition within the darkness of a rebellion. Notably, however, the role which Nephraeth would come to perform was fulfilled by a being of a pure, wicked darkness called Venefica, who presided over the arts of alchemical change and corruption by creating and enacting a reagent to be used. Thus, Nephraeth’s previous form, Serapheth, was found in the Elohad, and his role becoming obfuscated to Ethetian theology upon his rebirth into Nephraeth.