Kreedis

*"When you were studying my trajectory and my path as a monk, where in my story was I obsessed with a monk named Kreedis?"*

A famous satyr monk who commanded the four elements. He is a short, goat-legged man with one of his horns broken off in the middle.He is voiced by Brennan Lee Mulligan in a guest appearance.

## Character Information

### Skills

command of all scientific and natural elements

## Podcast Information

### Player

Brennan Lee Mulligan [1]

After Kreedis achieved total mastery of the elements and nearly destroyed the world, practicing The Way Of The Four Elements was outlawed. He is Albee's childhood hero, and she asks NPCs about him at every opportunity, many of whom have crossed paths with Kreedis. Moira Thousand has broken his nose and thrown him out of her The Delighted Wife for "being an asshole." There were similar reports from Scrum’s Pad, where Scrum has a portrait painted of their meeting. Scrum also relayed that Kreedis was unpleasant to be around, and that he has lost much of his former glory.

Albee idolizes him and aspires to become a monk of the four elements. She owns a book titled *Do you Know Kreedis?* which she has simply written "Yes!" all over.

In the episode Mountaintop, the party finally meets Kreedis after being transported by Danny Timeshare to his mountain in The Trashlands. He lives guarded by several elemental creatures; a stone golem, a lead golem, a serpent made of neon lights and a helium elemental. We learn that Kreedis had discovered many more elements than just earth, fire, water and wind (specifically, those on the periodic table), and has essentially mastered control of matter on a chemical level and can command or create anything from food to intelligent life with his enlightened powers.

When they arrive, Kreedis is startled and furious at the party's presence. He actively wants to be forgotten and left alone between his dissatisfaction with his fame and the damage his powers could bring to the world. He strictly refuses to come in contact with more people, even ready to kill the party should they attempt to leave his mountain.

Despite his harsh demeanor, Kreedis appears to be weary of his power and the world. He spends most of his time getting high on the chemicals he creates, able to absorb or remove them as he pleases. He ultimately agrees to teach Albee, though most of his teachings involve her letting go of her obsessions (particularly with him) and realizing her own limitations and potential. Kreedis' wisdom appears genuine and useful, but he alternately presents it via sagely advice and childish mockery. He views the lengths he went to as dangerous and claims he must constantly make an effort not to destroy the atmosphere itself. To explain to Albee why her emotionally-driven worldly attachments and her idolization of him is detrimental to her quest, Kreedis states, "If you meet Kreedis on the road, you have to kill him."

Ultimately, Albee accepts his lessons and is more at peace. After thanking him, she uses Fist of Unbroken Air to kill him. With his last words, Kreedis replies "Good."

## Trivia

* Kreedis remains one of the few creatures to still remember Polaris University. He studied there like many other heroes, but he explains that he can only remember it due to having reached nirvana and simply remembering it by remembering his previous mental state rather than the actual school.
* Despite his distance from the rest of the world, Kreedis remembers Scrum Fabulous and sends him birthday presents. Since Scrum has declared his birthday is every day, Kreedis tries to send him something every day.
* *Do You Know Kreedis?* was written by another author. Kreedis is extremely bitter about this and the fact that he does not get paid any royalties.

* While sharing Kreedis' memories, Albee sees the time that his powers went beyond his control, accidentally killing thousands of people, and creating what is now known as The Calamity Archipelago.

* Kreedis' teachings are taken from Zen Buddhism, and his manner of treating his disciple with harshness is also a reference to many Buddhist teacher/student parables, called koans. A koan is a story, dialogue, question, or statement which is used in Zen practice to provoke the "great doubt" and to practice or test a student's progress in Zen.

* "If you meet Kreedis on the road, you have to kill him." is an altered version of a koan attributed to Zen Master Linji, replacing "The Buddha" with Kreedis.
* His teachings are spread through the Kreedis Clearwater Revival.
* Brennan Lee Mulligan has a degree in philosophy.
* Upon his death, many of Kreedis' powers and creations are destroyed along with him. Even some of his conscious creatures like Fractus are destroyed.