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=== ''Underlord'' ===
 
=== ''Underlord'' ===
 
Dross took in dream madra scales and some of the knowledge of the [[Arelius Family Library|Arelius family library]].
 
Dross took in dream madra scales and some of the knowledge of the [[Arelius Family Library|Arelius family library]].
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He also experienced the Soulfire Lindon gained in Underlord.
Excerpt Underlord:
 
<blockquote>Eithan turned to Dross. “If I’m not gravely mistaken, then you are only a seed of what you will eventually become.” [I don’t like to think of myself as a seed. Not very flattering, is it? Maybe an egg, but a really nice egg.] “Oh, we will make sure you grow. Yes…” Eithan’s smile slowly widened until Lindon would have called it manic. “Planted in the fertile soil of Lindon’s spirit, we will grow you until you dwarf Dreadgods and tower over Monarchs! The world itself will struggle to contain you! When I fear I have set my sights too far, I find that I was not ambitious enough! Who will dare to hold us back when we have such an ally? Let the day you completed Northstrider’s work be known as the day that the very foundations of history trembled!”(Underlord, ch 7)</blockquote>
 
   
 
== Capabilities ==
 
== Capabilities ==

Revision as of 06:06, 28 September 2019

Dross is the seed of an Abidan Presence, assembled by Wei Shi Lindon in Ghostwater.

History

Ghostwater

Dross started out as a simple memory construct meant to record and repeat information. After he was tossed in the Dream Well, he stayed there for fifty years. After a while, he became sentient, and it was five years after this point that Wei Shi Lindon found him. Lindon merged him with an Eye of the Deep, and he was carried around Ghostwater in it. He absorbed the power of the Spirit Well and the Life Well, gaining madra channels, a core, and a physical skin. In Ghostwater, he was temporarily absorbed into the Tree, giving him the knowledge on how to complete himself as a Presence. He mixed ghostwater, the three Wells, and Northstrider's soulfire to create a substance which Lindon then helped him absorb. He fused to Lindon, abandoning the Eye of the Deep, and became a baby Presence.

Physical Description

  • a one-eyed pebbly sphere, purple, with two stubby purple arms (Ghostwater. Also Underlord, ch 2)
  • Dross eventually becomes a spirit, embedded inside Lindon, at the stem of his brain. He can materialize / manifest and move around outside Lindon, but unsure how far he can go from Lindon. (Underlord, ch 2)

Underlord

Dross took in dream madra scales and some of the knowledge of the Arelius family library. He also experienced the Soulfire Lindon gained in Underlord.

Capabilities

  • Dross can compile battle plans for Lindon after seeing the capabilities and techniques of enemies, to predict their responses.
  • He can also craft illusions for Lindon, which Lindon chiefly uses to simulate Soulsmith experiments.
  • He enhances Lindon's speed and mental reactions in combat by 'handling his unimportant thoughts'.
  • He can transmit messages to people other than Lindon by speaking in their heads; the range of this is unknown.