Ob'nockshai

Ob'nockshai is an otherworldly patron that Br'aad has "sold his soul" to in exchange for the powers that he uses. These gifts come at a cost, which is more-or-less keeping him entertained. Ob'nockshai will occasionally stop time to have a chat with Br'aad, and challenge him to a game. These games have rewards and punishments depending on the outcome, and, being a god, the odds are a bit stacked against Br'aad, who usually only wins if Ob'nockshai allows it.

He seems to enjoy unnerving Br'aad more than anything else, and will often implicitly distress Br'aad through people he cares about instead of Br'aad directly, which Br'aad usually summarizes as "he kind of fucks with me." He can be rather patient with Br'aad's antics, allowing him to pants Jaquot and interact in a time-stopped world, but refuses to let him weasel out of a game. While Ob'nockshai may love trickery and deceit, he despises getting tricked himself.

Sometimes, he creates challenges for Br'aad to overcome as his game; Ob'nockshai teleports Br'aad away from Sylnan and Mountain as they are about to face off with Jaquot, and has him help Velrisa and Taxi fight The Collector instead. This creates a disadvantage for the team left to fight Jaquot, who lose and are taken hostage.

After Sylnan and Mountain are taken by Jaquot, Br'aad has a heart-to-heart with Taxi. He confides in him about how he got to the tavern so quickly, and what exactly his god does, saying that Ob'nockshai "hurts [him], but not, like, physically," to Taxi's discountenance.

In Arc 2 he was banished to another realm by the “Storyteller“ and Bra‘ad was freed. It was revealed that Ob’nockshai had been altering time and causing Sylnan to die among other events