Neaira Deichteira

The mythical figure of Neaira Deichteira is an enigmatic one. Records show a satyr named Neaira who fought and most likely died during Jahar's Descent alongside the Heroes of Ithicus, who famously turned a crowd of refugees into a flock of eagles. Her exploits are recorded in the song, Loud-Mouthed Laugher in the Hands of Fate by the troubadour Melíssa.   After Neaira fell in the great battle, her loyal pegasus companion Thrasybulos flew away, not to be seen for many months. But in the following spring, when Erytheia Makrides was traveling in the hills above Palavos, Thrasybulos descended from the sky to land before them. A vine was looped around his neck, and attached to it was a leafy pouch full of seeds. Erytheia and Thrasybulos took Resh’s gift and scattered the seeds on the sunny slopes of the mountain, and soon a bright red flower bloomed. The flower quickly spread to grow across Korris. It was found to have restorative properties in medicine, and became known as Satyr’s Foot.   Some historians believe the figure known as "Praxithea of Xanthipolis" to be one in the same with Neaira Deicheira. These scholars point to the classic plays, Praxithea and The Geese as evidence for this claim. In Praxithea, the titular satyr laments the death of the senator Mytemos, whose death famously spurred the Heroes of Ithicus to defeat Those Who Remain, while in The Geese, a satyr character named Neaira is mockingly named "Praxithea of Xanthipolis" by a group of geese. Further adding fuel to these theories are the rumors that the Rheo, Brightfleece Tympanum famously used by Neaira Deicheira during the legendary battle was supposedly played at the premiers of both of these plays.   A third confusingly similar figure is that of the original Potnia Theron. This founder of the Cult of Potnia Theron which at the time was a group of Resh worshipping revelers who espoused the glories of wild nature and decried the trappings of civilization, was said to have been a satyr who turned people into animals as well. Historians again point to a popular poem that claims that after she destroyed Klaros the Potnia Theron tore off her own head by the horns and the pegasus Thrasybulos was born from the stump of her neck. The modern-day Beastkin trace their origins to this cult.   Regardless of the striking similarity of these three figures, a statue stands in the wild grove surrounding the Shrine of Resh in Palavos depicting a heroic satyr who may have had many names.