Numenal

Numenal
Title	Bowman Grandmaster
Hometown	Versal
Current Residence	Versal
Gender	Male
Race	Versalian
Affiliations	Crimsonheart Lukan Subani Delgrund Lireni (formerly) Naricain (formerly)
Enemies	Naricain Dr. Jang
Status	Unknown

Numenal is the Bowman Grandmaster of Crimsonwood Keep and the successor of Crimsonheart as the leader of Versal.

Story

Facing Naricain

Numenal was one of the four Grandmasters of Versal and was tasked with keeping the Antellion safe alongside its guardian, Crimsonheart. After realizing that Naricain would stop at nothing to obtain the Antellion, Crimsonheart took Subani and the Grandmasters to Maple World, where they build Crimsonwood Keep on the continent of Krakia and began fostering positive relationships with the Krakian Empire.

Some time later, Grandmaster Lukan and a traveler arrived and claimed to have come from the future. They warned that Naricain was planning to attack the Keep and steal the Antellion, and so Crimsonheart began making preparations for battle. Soon after, Numenal and the other Grandmasters rushed to find that Naricain had killed his brother, Subani. The Grandmasters then returned to the Keep, where they were shocked to discover that the soldiers and Krakians whom Dr. Jang had corrupted with Naricain's Blood were overwhelming the remaining warriors.

Terrified at the sight, Grandmaster Lireni attempted to flee, but was stopped by Numenal, who refused to allow her to abandon her duties, reminding her that they held a portion of the Antellion’s power because they had been sworn to protect it at all costs. However, Lireni told Numenal that she had something that she needed to do, and so she couldn’t afford to die so soon. Numenal told Lireni that he hadn’t initially believed Lukan and the traveler when they had spoken of her betrayal, entreating her to fight alongside the Grandmasters for the Antellion and Crimsonheart. However, Lireni merely apologized and brushed past him. Numenal then reminded Lireni that Crimsonheart had ordered traitors to be punished, to which she turned around and invited him to try, claiming that if she were to die, then it was better to die at his hands. Just as she had expected, Numenal was unable to strike her down, allowing her to leave unimpeded.

After the battle, Numenal lied to Crimsonheart about Lireni and allowed him to believe that she had been killed in battle, rather than revealing the truth that she was a traitor. Crimsonheart then decided that he would destroy the Antellion in order to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. He then turned to the Grandmasters and explained that he had tasks that he needed to entrust to them. He told Numenal that he would send him back to Versal, where he was to ensure that the people of Versal, both now and in the future, knew of the Antellion and the sacrifices made to protect it, as well as to take care of his remaining children as their new father, such that he could be there for them as he could never be. Though he explained that Versal would never need a protector, nor would its people travel across space and time, he entrusted Numenal with leading the warriors of Versal. He then used the power of the Antellion to send Numenal and the remaining warriors back to Versal.

The Fall of Versal

Numenal returned to Versal and did his best to follow in Crimsonheart's footsteps. Despite Crimsonheart's belief that the destruction of the Antellion would bring peace to Versal, the loss of the Antellion meant that Versal lost the source of its sustaining light and stability. As a result, Versal quickly headed towards collapse, resulting in endless nights and barren lands. In the last days of Versal, Numenal attempted to rally the people into creating a substitute for the Antellion in order to bring balance to their world. However, Numenal ultimately failed and Versal fell into chaos at the hands of a band of anarchists that called themselves the followers of Naricain. As a result, most Versalians decided to leave their ruined husk of a world and became an itinerant race that drifted through dimensions like nomads.

NPC

Masteria Through Time

Numenal
Location	None

Trivia

• Numenal is an original character created in the Masteria Through Time blockbuster, which revamped the original Masteria storyline. In the old story, the identity of the Bowman Grandmaster was unknown.