Dulip

"We stand by Lord Dulip"

- The people of Garobu City

Volume 1, Chapter 35

Dulip Garobu is the person who summoned Iota and Spring to the world of Faith Grounds. He is an ambitious son of the sickle deity who caress deeply for his subordinates, friends and people. He is ruthless however, and will utilize any means of achieving his goals as long as it does not violate his interests.

## Personality

Dulip is an ambitious and shrewd man. He seeks improvement and can be very patient and tolerant when it comes to his goals. He has a strong sense of dignity and a natural air of nobility having been a spirit of the Garobu Family territory for all his life. He has a great understanding of his world and many secrets therein as the son of a literal God of Faith. He values his duties and dependents dearly and can be enraged by harm or slight against them, but is capable of seeing the bigger picture and prioritizing. He has a natural charisma from years of leading and placating the people of the Garobu Faith. Despite this he is an excellent warrior and a man trained to kill and eradicate evil within his father's territory.

## Identities

### Laurel Spirit

Dulip is the son of a God and a member of the nobility of the Garobu Faith. He is a laurel Spirit and a trusted member of the Garobu Faith. Even when public denounced by his brother, the Apostle of their faith, many persons of the faith still supported and believed in him. He values his dependents well, and in turn, they respect and believe in him.

## Background

Born the son of Merku Garobu, Dulip was placed upon the pedestal of a laurel spirit, and a nobility among the Garobu faith. He however, would never have been able to ascend past this limit through normal means as the rank of apostle was passed unto the eldest among the children of the sickle deity which was Keyn Garobu in his generation. More damningly, his brother Keyn had conspired against his father therefore he would have been doomed to an ill faith had he not inadvertently summoned Iota and Spring to his world.

## History

### Volume 1

Dulip, the ambitious son of the local Deity, in pursuit of power to surpass his brother keyn; tries to summon a devil for him to subdue and devour but instead ends up summoning Iota and Spring. Iota manages to escape with Spring after consuming the spatial crack that brought him there. He temporarily takes shelter with an old shaman but after an altercation and a sabotage by Winter, is left to the capture of Dulip who wishes to exploit his secret and abilities. He drugs Iota and acquires some knowledge of his abilities but is kept in the dark for the majority of it. Unbeknownst to Dulip gradually takes control of Dulip's subordinates while the former is unaware and becomes aware of this new world's languages and customs to a certain degree over the period of a few days.

Iota quickly stages his timely escape while Dulip was off on his official duties, mere minutes before one of countless shamans commissioned by Keyn Garobu tracks him down using a nasp. Dulip returns home to find the corpse of his subordinates and a merit shaman with the audacity to tell him Iota had called him for help. Not long after they are reunited with differing feelings on both sides, they are assaulted by the forces of Keyn Garobu. While Dulip resents Iota for killing one of his subordinates and for being loathsome overall, he teams up with him for their survival and the future of the Garobu Faith. Keyn essentially excommunicates Dulip in order to kill him as he reveals currently his father the sickle deity is "a cornered old man" revealing his ambitions were no less than if not greater than Dulip's.

Thanks to a witty usage of Iota's abilities he is able to escape after which he incapacitates Iota's and Iota's enslaved shamans and then proceeds to create an enclosure for them to hide in. It is after this process he receives a faint cry for help from his father, Merku Garobu. While he was unaware at the time, his father had been betrayed by Keyn and had to shelter himself inside a last resort domain to escape being devoured by the familiar of a powerful devil. This devil had offered keyn the chance to become a spirit in exchange for the fisherman devil's corpse.

## Connections with Gods

### Merku Garobu

Dulip is the son of Merku Garobu, the esteemed sickle deity of the Garobu faith. While they were not overly close, Dulip was known to atleast receive acknowledgement from his father whenever he prayed. Dulip has faith in his father and respects him as a God, a lord and father. He seeks him for guidance and is somewhat distraught at morbid fate of his father as hinted to by his brother Keyn.

## Relationships

### Iota

Dulip, in search of greater power had created an advanced summoning ritual but ended up gaining more than he bargained for by summoning Iota and Spring. He holds curiosity towards Iota's powers, but absolutely loathes him as a person and is disgusted with the latter's attitude towards him but tolerates it to pursue his goal. First to unravel and eventually exploit if not steal Iota's powers, and then later to team up with Iota for his own safety agaisnt Keyn Garobu.

### Seasons

Dulip, in search of greater power had created an advanced summoning ritual but ended up gaining more than he bargained for by summoning Iota and Spring.

### Merku Garobu

Dulip is the son of Merku Garobu, the esteemed sickle deity of the Garobu faith. While they were not overly close, Dulip was known to at least receive acknowledgement from his father whenever he prayed. Dulip has faith in his father and respects him as a God, a lord and father. He seeks him for guidance and is somewhat distraught at morbid fate of his father as hinted to by his brother Keyn.

### Keyn Garobu

Both Dulip and Keyn are ambitious so they rarely see eye to eye. This is worsened by Dulip's desire to be an apostle which is blocked due to Keyn being the firstborn and inheriting the right by seniority. In return, Dulip and many of Keyn's siblings mock Keyn's short stature and take every action to belittle and challenge him. Their relationship takes a turn for the worse however, when Keyn is revealed to have betrayed his father and the faith and moves to silence Dulip.

## Powers and Abilities

### Natural Abilities

#### Physique

As the son of a god, every inch of Dulip is blessed by faith and has far greater capabilities than the average person. As his father's faith has no directly negative quirks, his looks and mental state are several notches above what mere mortals are capable of.

#### Leadership

Dulip is an excellent leader, gifted in many areas who is able to lead his people with genuine care and charisma. He has ingrained the ability of placating others into every fiber of his being and can easily arouse the loyalty and trust of those he leads. Likewise, as the son of a God he is a natural governor and can command respect and authority when necessary or merely be existing. Every cell comprising his being was made to be followed and believed in.

### Garobu Faith

As a child of the God of this faith, Dulip was entitled to a position of a Spirit. Even more so, he was appointed a Laurel Spirit with several deity organs implanted inside him. He was extremely attuned to, familiar with and knowledgeable of the Garobu faith and could easily display power far surpassing ordinary spirits and even most Laurel Spirits. As such, he could easily suppress most ordinary shamans and persons and would even be able to resist most ordinary influences of the fear path. This is not taking into account he was taught from young various fighting techniques and strategies to maintain peace and subjugate threats to the stability of the Garobu Faith and territory.

#### Tool of Authority

As a spirit of the Garobu faith, Dulip is able to summon the Tool of Authority belonging to his deity. This is a dark brow sickle which radiates faith power and is easily capable of cleaving most obstructions to naught. This sickle can be used as a medium for him to display various abilities and its size can be manipulated at will.

#### Blessings

As a prominent spirit of his faith, Dulip can perform miracles and grant blessings within the domain of his faith. The Garobu Faith has dominion over agriculture, harvest, grain and reaping. Therefore, he is capable of blessing lands, crops and future harvests in addition to the standard blessings of healing, recovery etc. He is also capable of using this faith in an offensive manner, such as to destroy obstacle, to incapacitate targets etc. Naturally, he can use it for simple things like shedding light, increasing the nutritional value and taste of foods or just for small supernatural alterations.