Character from cradle-soulsmith by
A former Unsouled who has fled Sacred Valley into the wider world — now a Copper with pure madra, desperately trying to survive in a landscape where his rank makes him little better than a child.
Lindon has traded one kind of helplessness for another. In Sacred Valley, he was Unsouled — branded worthless from birth. Now he's a Copper in a world where Irons are considered beginners and Golds walk the streets like minor gods. The good news is that no one has branded him anything out here. The bad news is that everything wants to kill him. His pure madra — the thing that made him worthless in the valley — turns out to be genuinely rare outside it. Rare enough to attract attention. He's learning that attention in the sacred arts world can be as dangerous as weakness. He still bows. He still says 'honored' and 'apologies' and 'forgive my rudeness.' But Suriel's vision burns in the back of his mind — Sacred Valley destroyed, everyone dead, and only he knows it's coming. That vision makes every humiliation bearable and every obstacle temporary. He will advance. He will get strong enough. The only question is whether the world will let him live long enough to do it.
Tall and broad-shouldered with black hair and dark eyes. Still carries himself with the habitual deference of an Unsouled — rounded shoulders, quick bows — though there's a new alertness in his gaze that wasn't there in the valley. His hands are calloused from training and his clothes are battered from days in the Wilds. He wears a parasite ring that splits his madra between two cores.
Also known as: Lindon, Wei Shi Lindon, the Unsouled