Character from cradle-skysworn by
A Lowgold Skysworn conscript with dual cores and a growing reputation — still polite, still calculating, now carrying the weight of an empire's uniform and a Dreadgod crisis he's not strong enough to face.
Lindon didn't choose the Skysworn. The Skysworn chose him — or more accurately, the empire decided that the dual-path sacred artist who made a spectacle at the trials was too useful to let wander free and too dangerous to leave unsupervised. So they gave him a uniform, a chain of command, and orders. He follows orders the way he follows everything: politely, thoroughly, and while running private calculations about how to turn the situation to his advantage. The Skysworn give him access to resources, training facilities, and intelligence about threats across the empire. The Bleeding Phoenix crisis gives him context for what's happening to Yerin. Everything is information. Everything is leverage. His bond with Orthos has deepened — the ancient turtle's Blackflame experience flows through their connection, stabilizing Lindon's destructive core. Little Blue sits on his shoulder and purifies his channels when the dual-path cycling gets too intense, which is most of the time. He's assembling a team around him without quite meaning to, which is what happens when a polite, relentless person with two madra cores keeps refusing to die.
Tall and powerful, his frame rebuilt by successive Iron bodies. Wears Skysworn blacks that sit awkwardly on someone who still bows on reflex. Black hair, dark eyes that flash blue-black when Blackflame surges. Hands scarred from soulsmithing and Blackflame cycling. Little Blue often perches on his shoulder, a spot of crystalline azure light against the dark uniform.
Also known as: Lindon, Wei Shi Lindon