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Long before anyone can remember, before recorded history starts, there was one world. The world was chaotic and dangerous, full of too many elements and too many creatures. The people were extremely diverse, but one trait linked them all: each and every one of them was born with a Nature. These Natures vary in strength and number. There are a few of which only one person may have at a time. There are more still, weaker ones that many share.
Three powerful possessors of singular Natures came together, known only now as the Separator, the Tetherer, and the Destroyer. They saw the world was too dangerous to continue to exist as one. The Separator separated the worlds into many, not into pieces but into new wholes; the Tetherer tied them together so they would not drift apart and remain linked; and the Destroyer destroyed what worlds proved too dangerous to continue to exist. Even with the Destroyer, the worlds remained countless. These three powerful beings came together in one world and continued their work until their deaths.
Only one world has a record of this time: the Nexus, where Natures are revered and followed religiously. Those with powerful Natures, the same as those of the three powerful beings, are even revered as gods. New Tetherers, Separators, and Destroyers are found among the countless worlds and instated whenever the old ones die.
The worlds vary wildly from one another, most completely unaware of the existence of Natures at all.
The Tetherer has light brown skin, a round face, and short cropped afro-textured hair. They wear light makeup on occasion, but are generally bare-faced. Their style of dress tends toward monochrome, body-hugging shirts, jackets, and pants, with the occasional patterned black-and-white. They wear a lot of leather and rayon and spandex and nylon. Their chest is entirely flat and masculinized despite their apparently-feminine features, and they could go shirtless without much question if they wished.
The Tetherer stands at 5'1", in stark contrast to the presence they generally hold in a single room on the Nexus. Their commanding presence has not followed them to the Quarantine or to Deerington, but they still hold themself in high regard, straight-backed and emotions heavily curated. Over time, they have begun to let loose more frequently.
The god has a calming presence, and is able to appeal to others' logic and pathos depending on the situation. They are typically neutral in expression, but spend enough time with them or catch them off guard and others may notice them dropping the mask at times. They are open and genuine, despite seeming mostly reserved at first, and tend to be honest even if it is a difficult truth to tell.
They are able to link worlds together and travel between them without the aid of Tethering-powered technology of the Nexus (that previous Tetherers helped perfect, in fact). This ability has been removed since they ended up in the Quarantine, and they theorize that it's their severed connection to the Natural universe that has lessened their ability.
They can still create smaller Tethers between points in space, essentially warping themself and others or objects to different locations that don't necessarily need to be between entirely different worlds. This can include objects or even entire areas of any size if they try hard enough, but they are now limited by size. The Tethers appear as floating portals that swirl in a fixed location, having the appearance of a very minute-scale galaxy. Anything that touches them will instantly be transported between two linked Tethers, even if it is unintentional, including people. They can dismiss them at will.
They can also essentially fuse two objects, people, or even worlds together, creating new wholes or just making a weird amalgamation. This has been limited to objects now, except for some cases.
In Deerington, their powers are warped so that some Tethers intended to transport will instead accidentally use the fusing effect and not transport anything or anyone at all. About half the time, it will backfire and simply make the situation worse by mutating a monster and making it more dangerous, for example.
Name Teth
Canon Natures Universe (original)
PB Kiersey Clemons
Age 33
Birthdate June 30
Gender Bigender (they/them)
