Atama the Great

Founder and Saviour of Men. See also Naril Ikhar for his godly form.

Arrival
Atama was sent by Naril Nrakdo on the advice of Ivir Masdar. Atama was a lesser Naril, a servant to Nrakdo (albeit a powerful one) - in Halls of Ëaminarë he was called Ikhar, meaning warrior. The Elves knew his Naril form as Ingwo, meaning fight-ready in Old High Elvish. When the Faromi knew him on Edorlund (at which time they did not realise he was a Naril) they called him Istapaîlón, meaning headstrong.

In The Dark Age of Man, Men were split up into dozens of warring and savage tribes. Though Masdar had not planned to create men in the purity and civility of the Elves, he had not planned for them to be unintelligent savages. So he advised Naril Nrakdo, who was already very fond of Men (and may have had a hand in their design) to sort it out. At first Nrakdo suggested that he himself take a Mannish form and go down to Edorlund, but Masdar refused. Instead, Nrakdo sent his most trusted servant, Ikhar down to The Haligeard on a mission to civilize Men.

So, in the winter of ct:201, Ikhar came down to Edorlund and called himself Atama, and took a Mannish form. One by one, within a few months, he united the tribes of Man, and collected them on a great march to a mountain in the west of Edorlund.