In his day, the word "king" was subjective, but Nadarr certainly carved out the definition for the term. The word was used loosely in the Wandering Period, to describe one that was more dominant than others, but no lion exactly fit or fulfilled the role, as there was no need for someone to. The lack of prides primarily defined any leadership roles, such as "kings" to be completely useless. Thus, as the Wandering Period concluded and prides began to dapple the earth's surface, Nadarr was the leading lion to be subject to such a term that is "king."

Born to Adra and the Amaak king, Korin. It was ironic, his father was a poor excuse for the leading, godly figure he was supposed to be. Breaking his own rules and mating with a mortal lioness was laughable to those who knew of Nadarr's existence, which were few.
Adra abandoned the poor cub when he was just minutes old, out of fear for what he meant for her. It was a selfish thing to do, nonetheless, dragging around the land's newest and strongest piece of walking taboo would no doubt put a lion in some serious danger from the Amaak. In fact, most demigods were surefootedly avoided for this exactly reason.

As it turns out, Nadarr would not die easy. Even as a young cub, despite being exposed to the elements and dangers of Baridi, he closed the jaws of death if it ever dared to snap at him.
This proved true especially on one account, when a fraudulent Osis god happened upon the newly abandoned Nadarr. He sensed the Amaak blood flowing within the cub and, without hesitation, brutally attacked him. However, in the end, the endeavor to kill was in vain. The Osis left the cub for dead while he was still alive, wheezing blood out of his nostrils. A fatal mistake. Nevertheless, Nadarr would survive.

The next morning the wounded cub would be met face-to-face with a band of his demigod kindred. They took the poor youngling in, sensing the Amaak blood in his mortal body. These demigods would be the only ones who knew he was the son of the King of the Amaak, not even Nadarr knew at the time, until they told him.

As Nadarr grew, they taught him their ways - to don the wraps and robes of the Baridi Wanderers, to migrate after the herds, to evade the Amaak. They journeyed primarily between the Yinian Valley and Isfeti woodlands to evade their murderous parents. While in the woodlands, Nadarr happened upon young Ikna, who had recently abandoned her family. She was a mortal, a Wanderer, but her parents didn't teach her much about it, or anything for that matter, prior to her fleeing.
The two fell in love, but not without discretion. Any tag-alongs, any distractions or drag-downs would be immediately killed by the other demigods, once discovered, to eliminate any risks. Because of this, Nadarr did his best to hide her. Ikna would follow behind them covertly as they went.
Nadarr would sneak food to her to ensure the already-emaciated Ikna would not starve. Prematurely fleeing from her family would have repercussion and leave her empty-pawed when it came to survival instincts. If Nadarr had not taken care of her, she surely would've died.

This went on into Nadarr and Ikna's adulthood, until Drerthos'Zior, or the Deadly Blaze in Remnabi, came about Baridi. It's indescribable how quickly everything fell apart. Nadarr was separated from his companions - the ones who raised him, who reared him, and had pity on him as a cub. He found Ikna, and the two managed to escape the flame, a fortunate outcome that many in Baridi did not get.

After the initial craze of the situation, Nadarr was able to find and gather together many scattered Wanderers who had fled the lands, with one goal in mind - to support, protect and provide for each other. He wished to form a united pride of his own, making this the spark of the formation of the Rivercrest Pride. Rivercrest, meaning "riverborn", was picked out by Nadarr to pay homage to his father, the one who started it all, despite his mistakes.

Though, things would not all be easy. Nadarr would lead his newly gathered pride of Wanderers through the remnants of the famine Drerthos'Zior had caused. They followed the migration of the herds, something Nadarr had learned from his demigod companions. Their journey, called the "The Path of Muhohr," (Muhohr being the Remnabi word for "herd") is oftentimes mentioned in the pride today due to its importance of marking the true beginnings of the Rivercrest Pride, along with paying due respect to Nadarr.

With lions to lead, look over, and take account for, Nadarr began to don responsibility that would lead into him assuming a dominant position, a role that would later be called, "king." Nadarr himself carved out the Rivercrest standard for kings that is still followed today, called the "Narridic Standard," by show of his leadership abilities and consideration for his pridemates.
With assuming this role, Nadarr established many regulations that gave him power over the pride, such as supervision of the amount and time of eating in order to preserve food, the command for elder lionesses that could not rear cubs of their own to partake in protecting the cubs of others, and much more. These commands, called the "Degrees of Muhohr" are still present and followed in the pride today. Though, many of his commands were fit for the extreme food-barren time they were in, and were rather unfit for the lifestyle of common and plentiful meals the pride found themselves in down the road. For this, some of Nadarr's strict food regulations have been alleviated and are no longer in service, though many still remain as means to give the king authority.

The pride slowly regained strength as they continued their journey, the herds becoming more abundant as time progressed. The help of the mighty demigod enabled to pride to take down ample variety of prey, including giraffes, hippos and elephants. Though, Nadarr couldn't take all the credit - for the Wanderers carried with them great strength, strength that was undervalued by many of the non-mortals in the time of Baridi. Compared to normal lions now, the Wanderers that were in Baridi and Nadarr's pride harbored much more power due to their physically demanding lifestyle of migration.
As the lifestyle of the pride would change down the road to one of less voyage, this special strength the Wanderers carried would eventually dissipate down the bloodline. This isn't to say that the Rivercrest pride today is weak, but it can be agreed on that the diet and strength of Nadarr's pride of Wanderers can never be replicated.

Eventually, Nadarr would officially choose Ikna as his mate, and she fell pregnant. Many knew of the tales of the births of demigods, in which some cases it resulted in deformed offspring. The pride was anxious that Ikna's cub would be subject to this, but she did not worry, for Nadarr's birth was free of these deformities. Her calm demeanor throughout her pregnancy eventually paid off when her son was born perfectly healthy.
The pride celebrated throughout the night, holding a vigil for the safe delivery of the cub. This is the first documented ceremony Rivercrest partook in, and it eventually lead to the development of the Nepuri Festival, which is still celebrated today in the pride.
While the ceremony went on, Nadarr went to be with Ikna, as he was much more concerned with her well-being than a celebration. They spent the night side-by-side as the pride held the vigil, and Nadarr met his son for the very first time. He would go on to father many more cubs.

The years went by, and Nadarr was growing old. A lifetime of constant hunting and migration had taken its toll on his body, despite its great strength. He knew that this lifestyle of constant journey would not be suitable forever. He called for his son in his old age, and requested that he lead them to find a territory, one with protection from the elements to settle down in, and where the descendants of the pride could prosper from then on.

Aldrich agreed on the promise. When Nadarr died, he assumed the role of king and followed in the pawprints his father had set, to lead and to protect his beloved pride. Ikna was to die much later than her life-long mate, who was deeply disheartened by the passing of her husband.

Nadarr's death marked the end of the Wandering Period, and the start of the Descendant Period.