Nao

Nao Mariota Pryderi
Race	Deity
Gender	Female
Occupation	Soul Stream Guide
Location	Soul Stream
Track	The Story of a White Deer

“	Hello there. You are (PlayerName), right? I have been waiting for you.	„
—Nao, when creating a character.

Description

A beautiful girl in a black dress with intricate patterns. Her deep azure blue eyes remind everyone of an endless blue sea full of mystique. With her pale skin and her distinctively sublime silhouette, she seems as if she belongs in another world.

Nao Mariota Pryderi is the main resident of the Soul Stream who guides Milletians on their way in the world of Erinn. Her past is shrouded in mystery but she does not like to talk about it. Only Morrighan, Duncan, and Milletians can see her, though others can gain the ability through a special potion.

She also aids players through the Rebirth process for Humans, Elves, and Giants. For a Pet, Tin will appear in Nao's place.

History

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Past (Spoilers)

Nao is, in fact, Mari reborn created by Morrighan by merging Mari and another unknown goddess through the process of Lia Fail.

Mainstream Story

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Generation 1: Advent of the Goddess (Spoilers)

At the very end, Morrighan states that Nao's purpose is to guide the Milletians to save her and Erinn from Cichol's clutches. She briefly appears to warp the Milletian back to Erinn, then mourns her father's death.

Generation 3: Dark Knight (Spoilers)

Tarlach, Mari's friend from long ago, learns from the Milletian of Nao and gains the ability to see her through the Holy Potion of Lymilark. Upon reuniting, Tarlach asks her about the Milletian race, creating a record of them.

Nao, along with Tarlach and Morrighan, briefly appears at the very end to confront Ruairi, who instantly recognizes her as Mari, but says nothing.

Generation 10: Goddess of Light (Spoilers)

After the Milletian saves the Soul Stream from destruction, Nao briefly appears and thanks them, but then states that Tir Na Nog and Cai still need them before she takes them back to Erinn.

Generation 16: Macbeth (Spoilers)

Nao briefly appears to apologize to a rebirthed Shakespeare before Morrighan arrives to capture him. Shakespeare demands Nao send him away, but she falls silent and watches Shakespeare flee to a corner. Cichol then intercepts Morrighan and takes Shakespeare with him.

The Saga: Iria (Spoilers)

Episode 6 - Demon Night: The Truth
Nao summons the Milletian in the Soul Stream and warns them that it has become polluted by an unknown phenomenon, causing all Milletians to draw out their evil nature. She claims that she tried to prevent it from happening, but was completely caught off-guard. Nao then states that the only way to stop this is to destroy the Soul Stream, which is not an option, and furthermore, the Gods who are capable of such acts have already departed. Nao begs the Milletian to save her friends who have fallen into evil ways before she leads them back to Erinn.

Episode 7 - Heroic Path: The Choice
Nao briefly summons the Milletian to the Soul Stream to warn them of the Cessair's assassination attempt on the king of the Giants, Krug; and that his death would sever the alliance between the Giants, Elves, and the Milletian race. She also tells them that she cannot directly interfere with Erinn's affairs, which is why she summoned them.

Episode 9 - Fate's Design: The Stand
Nao briefly appears in Renes to confront Tarlach and Ruairi before they set off their plan in using Lia Fail. Her old friends are surprised, but Nao informs Ruairi that he will never find the answers he seeks and that she cannot tell him why before she departs.

The Saga: Iria II (Spoilers)

Episode 6 - Ritual and Sacrifice
Ruairi sacifices himself for Young Tarlach and is engulfed in a bright light. Nao is then briefly seen opening her arms.

Nao's Soul Stones

Player being revived by Nao.

Nao can resurrect an unconscious player by summoning her with Nao Soul Stones. She will appear to revive the player, bless their equipment, and revitalize all their Health, Wounds, Mana, Stamina, and Hunger. Revival from Nao will have an extremely minor EXP cut.

Beware that she is unable to resurrect players anywhere in Another World.

Giving Nao an outfit on the player's character's original creation day will cause her to appear wearing that outfit.

Keyword Responses

• See Nao/Keyword Responses.
  • Nao can only be spoken with keywords if the player meets her during their character's real-time birthday.

Gifting

• The real-time day the character was created in becomes the birthday of the character. If the player logs in on the character's birthday while having Premium Service, they will be sent to Nao, where she will give the player a random accessory from a predetermined list.
  • The player will also be able to speak with Nao with the Keywords they accumulated, and gift her clothes.

Nao may gift any accessory among these:

Gifts to Nao

Players can give Nao a dress that can only be worn by her via Gift to Nao Keyword. The dress can only be given to her or requested to be changed when the player speaks to her on their original creation day. The dress will only appear on Nao's person when reviving the player; in other areas (i.e. Soul Stream, Mainstream Story), she will appear wearing her original dress.

• The game will automatically ask the player when they log into the game for the first time on their character's birthday.
• Since the game will lock the player out of using any window other than the Nao's birthday window, retrieving dresses for Nao can seem nearly impossible the day of your character's birthday.
  • Clicking the birthday's "x" and relogging or changing channels can cause the window to reappear. Pressing the "No" option will permanently lock the player out of meeting Nao on that birthday.
  • Clicking on a mailbox, opening the mailbox window, and then clicking on a mailbox again will allow you to interact with the game while the birthday window is still open due to a bug.

Equipment

• Ring Torque
• Nao's Black Dress (Default)

List of Nao's Dresses

	Name	Description	Found
	Rua's Dress	A dress Rua gave as a gift. It will look good on Nao, too.	Completing Rua's Sidequest (Cannot be traded) Various Gachapons (Can be traded)
	Black Coat	A warm looking black coat. Perhaps Nao would appreciate it as a gift.	Rundal Basic Reward Nao's Clothing Box Various Gachapons
	Pink Coat	A pink coat. It would look good on Nao.	Rundal Basic Reward (Saturday Only) Nao's Clothing Box Various Gachapons
	Nao's White Spring Dress	A lovely spring dress fit for a radiant woman. You should try giving this to Nao as a gift!	Siren Dungeon Reward Nao's Clothing Box Various Gachapons
	Nao's Pink Spring Dress	A lovely spring dress fit for a radiant woman. You should try giving this to Nao as a gift!	Siren Dungeon Reward (Saturday Only) Nao's Clothing Box Various Gachapons
	Nao's Yellow Spring Dress	A lovely spring dress fit for a radiant woman. You should try giving this to Nao as a gift!	Siren Dungeon Reward (Sunday Only) Nao's Clothing Box Various Gachapons
	Nao's White Dress	A cool, white dress that's perfect for the summer. This might be a perfect dress for Nao as a gift...	Limited Cash Shop Item (Sold June 26, 2008 - July 30, 2008) Nao's Black Dress Nao's Clothing Box
	Nao's Sky-Blue Dress	A sky-blue dress that emits the image of a cool summer breeze. This might be a perfect dress for Nao...	Limited Cash Shop Item (Sold May 7, 2009 - June 11, 2009) Nao's Clothing Box
	Nao's Santa Suit	A Santa suit that brings the Holiday spirit like no other. Maybe this can be used as a present for Nao.	Limited Cash Shop Item (Sold December 17, 2008 - December 29, 2008)
	Nao's Explorer Suit	A cool explorer's suit designed for female explorers. Should I give this to Nao as a gift?	Iria Exploration Chests (Weekends Only) Various Gachapons
	Nao's Iria Casual Wear	It would be great if Nao would show up in Iria wearing this outfit. Let me give this to Nao as a gift.	Karu Forest Ruins Normal Reward (Weekends Only)
	Nao's Black Dress	A black dress with patterns. The dress Nao was wearing. When given to Nao, she will give you a random dress in return which you can give her instead.	Various Gachapons
	Nao's Playwright Costume	Female costume with a medieval feel into it. It should look very good on Nao...	Nao's Black Dress Nao's Clothing Box
	Nao's Farming Outfit	A comfortable outfit, perfect for ladies working on their Homestead. It would look great on Nao. Try giving this to her as a gift.	Nao's Black Dress Nao's Clothing Box

Music

Track	Title
	The Story of a White Deer Speaking to Nao
	A Prayer for the Sleeping Nao Appears in the Soul Stream
	A Prayer for the Sleeping and The Story of a White Deer Korean Symphony Orchestra Version
	Wish Speaking to Nao (Closed Beta) Cutscenes involving Nao

Trivia

General Trivia

• In Closed Beta in NA, the Mari Game Server was originally named Nao.
• In the 2021 R&D Preview video, an animated wallpaper of Nao being put through Live2D was showcased. It was released on the KR website on 2022.01.06 and is available for download on the KR Mabinogi website.
• There used to be a glitch where Nao would stay where she resurrected a player.
• During the April Fool's Event, when the player logs in, they will be warped to the Soul Stream and Ferghus will appear instead of Nao while doing a humorous rendition of her appearance and departure.
• There is a billboard of her in Emain Macha and Cor. It is also a Homestead prop.
• Users cannot receive her keywords after clearing Generation 1. If a user accidently uses any of her keywords on her after clearing Generation 1, then the current character will lose the keyword permanently.
• The Story of a White Doe is an in-game book about a legend of love, tragedy, and Rebirth.
• Nao is likely the Irish word naomh (meaning holy or Saint). Pryderi is a Welsh name from pryder (meaning worry, anxiety, or caring).
  • A possible (though not entirely accurate) reading of Nao's name is thus Saint Mariota the Caring.
• Nao's conversation music "The Story of a White Deer" refers to many significant parts of her life.
  • As a child, Mariota was brought to Duncan by a pair of deer and wolves. One of the deer was unusually white.
    • White hair and blue eyes are the most important descriptors attached to the main protagonists in the book. Nao has both.
• Mariota is a Scottish variant of the name Margaret (meaning pearl). Alternatively, Mari is a Welsh variant of the name Mary. Mary is itself a variant of the name Miriam (likely meaning beloved).

Prerelease Trivia

• Naak Kim, the producer/director of Mabinogi, mentioned at the 2019 Nexon Developer Conference Nao's KAMEX 2002 promotional prototype was originally called as "Rachel". Originally based off of Navi from the Zelda series, Nao was then meant to be a fairy NPC that would follow the player (perhaps similar to Eiry). Nao's appearance was changed and instead became a reserved but caring character heavily influenced by Maetel from Galaxy Express 999.

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  Rachel, Nao's and Eiry's predecessor.

Gallery

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  Nao as she appears in-game.

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  Nao's model before and after her model rework.

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  Unreal Engine Nao and the current model of Nao next to each other, showcased in the 2023 Fantasy Party livestream.

In-game

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  Nao wearing Rua's Dress.

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  Nao wearing the Black Coat.

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  Nao wearing the Pink Coat.

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  Nao wearing the White Spring Dress.

• Nao Pink Spring Dress Model.png

  Nao wearing the Pink Spring Dress.

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  Nao wearing the Yellow Spring Dress.

• Nao White Dress Model.png

  Nao wearing the White Dress.

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  Nao wearing the Sky-Blue Dress.

• Nao Santa Suit Model.png

  Nao wearing the Santa Suit.

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  Nao wearing the Explorer Suit.

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  Nao wearing the Iria Casual Wear.

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  Nao wearing the Playwright Costume.

• Nao Farming Outfit Model.png

  Nao wearing the Farming Outfit.

Artwork

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  Nao's full body.

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  Nao's Closed Beta art.

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  Promotional artwork of nao for the since-cancelled port of Mabinogi on Xbox 360.

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  Nao's with her Black Coat.

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  Nao's with her White Dress.

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  Nao's with her Explorer Suit.

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  Nao's with her Playwright Costume.

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  Nao's with her Farming Outfit.

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  Nao's in some Alchemist Gear.

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  Nao's full body, Spring suit (2018).

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  Nao's full body, Summer suit (2018).

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  Nao's drawing of herself inside the Traveler's Guide.

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  Nao helping Lorna and Pan inside Fiodh's lobby.

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  Nao, Lorna, and Pan releasing Sphere Sky Lanterns.

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  Nao in artwork for the 7th Anniversary.

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  Nao picking up the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Chibi Nao from the Kartrider X Mabinogi Crossover.

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  Chibi Nao and Friends from the Kartrider X Mabinogi Crossover.

Concept Art

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  Nao's Concept Art.

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  Detailed Concept Art.

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  Dress Detail Concept Art.

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  Nao in the Closed Beta rebirth screen.

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  Nao in the Open Beta rebirth screen.

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  Nao's Early In-Game Model

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  Artwork of Nao made by Dspec, a Mabinogi concept artist.

Login Screens and Wallpapers

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  Promotional artwork of Nao for Chapter 4.

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  Nao as she appears alongside Hatsune Miku in the log-in screen for the Hatsune Miku Event.

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  Log-in screen for the Recovery of an MMO Junkie x Mabinogi Event.

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  Log-in screen for the Fantastic Melody update.

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  Log-in screen for Fall 2019.

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  Log-in screen for Fall ??.

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  Log-in screen for the homestead renewal update, night version

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  Log-in screen for the homestead renewal update, daytime version