Talk:Neia Baraja/@comment-216.191.35.106-20180905123250

I don't see why Neia gets so much hate for being brainwashed into a follower and cultist of Ainz. Two novels were devoted to explaining her gradual turn from a Paladin squire to a full on Ainz preaching Evangelist. The thing is that Neia was an outcast trainee, isolated by her appearance and not shown the respect that she legitimately deserves. She grew up being told about how great the Paladins and the holy order was and strived to join them. Instead they failed to protect the people, are shown to be flawed humans, and the frustration built up for a while. Then comes Ainz who is shown to be pragmatic, a high order being that was self sacrificing, and someone who actually showed respect and appreciation for Neia's efforts. Even if we know these are all staged Neia doesn't know that, all she saw was a literal God descend to save her people and she was able to form a real social bond with this being something that she only had done with her father.

Neia was just the right kind of person to get consumed by Ainz's project chrisma and noblility, she was an outclast, malcontent and frustrated by her leaders in a horrific war. She was desperate for salvation and Ainz provided it. She is such a massively fanatical follower to Ainz because to her, all her leaders failed her, and Ainz didn't.