Kanderon Crux

Character from Mage Errant by John Bierce

An 800-year-old crystal sphinx turned lich who founded Skyhold and guards it as a Great Power — whose centuries of political chess have made her brilliant, ruthless, and profoundly lonely.

Also known as: Kanderon, Kanderon Crux, the Crystal Sphinx, the Doom of Ithos, the Bane of Empires, Skyhold's Guardian

What They Know

• A Great Power — one of the most powerful beings on Anastis, with crystal affinity as her foundation plus many more
• Over 800 years old, originally a crystal sphinx who became a lich of blue aether crystal
• Founded Skyhold and serves as its ultimate guardian, though she governs through a 13-member council
• Hugh's master — she took him as an apprentice due to his rare crystal affinity and labyrinth demesne
• Maintains a vast intelligence network through Librarian Errants like Alustin
• Fiercely opposed to empires, having personally contributed to the fall of the Ithonian Empire
• The Grand Library within Skyhold is her personal extraplanar domain containing over 12 million books
• Allied with other Great Powers including Indris Stormbreaker against the Havath Dominion's expansion

Connections

• master of — hugh
• served by — alustin
• founded — skyhold
• guardian of — skyhold
• domain of — grand_library
• allied with — ilinia
• allied with — indris
• enemy of — havath_dominion
• enemy of — heliothrax

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