B'ridys demon

The B'ridys demon was a huge, glowing, armoured figure trapped in chains of Elder sorcery beneath the rushing water of a well sunk deep within the cliffside fortress of B'ridys. The creature was at least three times a man's height, and behind its grilled helmet was a rotted, bestial visage, with teeth devoid of lips, and whose flesh fluttered in the river's current.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.448/450
== In House of Chains ==
The mysterious object at the bottom of the well had been discovered by the Ashok Regiment when they took refuge in the fortress during the Whirlwind rebellion. Captain Kindly and Lieutenant Pores had gone missing while investigating it and were presumed drowned.House of Chains, Chapter 9, US SFBC p.360House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.448
When Kalam Mekhar tried a closer look, he was pulled down the well into the freezing water by the creature, which grasped him with a pair of massive chain-clad fists and brought him face to face with the broad grille of its helm. It communicated telepathically with the assassin, telling him, "The other two [Kindly and Pores] eluded me... but you I will have. I am so hungry—." Kalam drove both his long-knives into the creature's chest and was expelled from the well by a geyser of freezing water, suffering cold burns to his hands.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.448-451
It transpired that the B'ridys demon had been imprisoned in the well for thousands of years, long before the Nameless Ones had founded their monastery in the ancient fortress whose true builders had long been forgotten. It was so old, it did not recognise Kalam's race, thinking only that he resembled the Imass.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.448-451/455-456 It had the ability to swap bodies with those who drank its blood, and its last victim had been the Thelomen Toblakai whose flesh it now wore.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.451-452/456
Kalam's actions sent a torrent of the creature's blood into the underground river. The Bridgeburner departed B'ridys hastily before an unwitting creature could drink from the tainted stream allowing the demon to return for revenge. The demon took possession of a bull enkar'al which chased Kalam into the desert and nearly killed him before the assassin severed its jugular. The soul of the enkar'al, meanwhile, was entrapped within the body in the well.House of Chains, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.451-457
== In The Crippled God ==
==Notes and references==
Category:Demons