The Mindweaver

### Affiliation

The Darkness (from the Old World(s)), The Seven Metal Creation, The Warders, Paladins (former), The Core

## Lore description

### The very beginning

He was known as „the Gandaberunda” the two headed bird from one of the previous worlds who fought against destruction with destruction. Later, he destroyed The Darkness over there and so he took its place to keep the balance. Unfortunately, he was forced to be locked into the Sealed Cold Iron Box with the power of darkness until he was able to learn and control it. Also he became an eternal watcher of the birth and death of worlds. Its partner is Simurgh, an another ancient bird creature.

The box survived a lot of ends of worlds and somehow it ended at the Alchemists, who never could open it so they were unaware about the content of it . After countless of experiments they were able to finally melt it into one of their creations, the Warders’ Mindweaver.

### At the Alchemists’ Labs

Created  as an alchemist amalgamation, The Mindweaver finally started his journey as a ruthless „jainbird” at the Alchemists’ Laboratories. He was the most dangerous creation with extremly high vindicatory attitude who was later break out from the laboratories thanks to an accident in the laboratories.

After leaving the place, he quickly headed to the local forest where he met his people, the Warder (it that time, they weren't called "the Warders") and with the young Imani.

## Personality

Started as a "vindicator", Mindweaver changed a lot, after he joined to the Warders and let himself being guided by the Iron Dragons:

He quickly became a great leader who works hard so he can hold everyone together for a common goal. He hold a deep respect to the old values while open for the new and modern ones if they benefit for the Warders and for the Realm as a whole. He also rejects idleness and punishes cheating at any ways which was demostrated mostly by humans, abyssal creatures and high elves. However, he still needs to learn that not everyone provide things and work at the same way, every indivituals have a different strenghts. Knowing them and changing the plan according to their advantages can lead into a sucessful task done.

Mindweaver is referred as he/him and he prefers it. Giants have no gender at all but they all look masculine so any other creature refer them as male.

## Decription (of the folktale version of Mindweaver)

Mindweaver is one of the most popular characters in the Warders’ folklore. He is a giant who is able to control and shape the iron, including  things which contain „iron” as a periodic element.

He is known as a calm and stoic person who is loyal in protecting that human tribe who became the  „Warders” later. However, he has problems with responsibility and at the end as a stoic person he always blames himself for every troubles.

### **Origin**

Born as  the sixth child of Progenitrix, he was a mountain giant who joined the Ancestors of the Warders to teach them to follow the way of Nature, live in accordance with it (this helped them to discover the Elements later). He also protects them from otherworldly powers which are **not** the part of the Nature (The Corrupted Darkness, The Abyss, The Eternal Pyre).

The „Mindweaver” name was given by the Ancestors of the Warders due to the ideas he gave to the people so they could start building their own society.

### **Mindweaver and the Ancestors of the Warders**

Humans were considered as one of the youngest creations in the Realm. They  were created without knowledge on purpose by the Gods . With this lack of experience, they scattered all over the Realm to finally learn about it and find a place for their kind.

According to the Warders’ tales, their Ancestors met with the Mindweaver when they finally climbed the highest place in the Realm. Later, they found out he had decided to banish himself to that place, but they never found out why.

Spending many marvelous days, weeks and months with the humans, Mindweaver decided to stay with the humans and follow them to make sure they were always safe from any dangers.In order to  make sure they were safe, he also taught them how to defend themselves and hunt animals by making weapons, especially one made out of iron. They were warned about to not give these weapons to strangers who came from outside of the Tribe. The Warders took his warning very seriously but not everyone heard the warning words.

### **The Unknown People**

One day, another human group arrived in the territory and met with the Ancestors. The newcomers were amazed by the shiny weapons which they carried all the time while hunting and protecting themselves against dangerous creatures. The Warders gladly showed them the weapons and how they worked but they never allowed the outsiders to give them a try.

The new group wanted those weapons so much, they decided to rob them in the middle of the night.They killed a few Warders who noticed their act and at the end, the thieves took almost every weapon.

### **The Rejection of All Weapons and the Discovery of the Elements**

From that time, The Warders decided to not use any weapons. What's more, they talked down every other humans who carried and used any kind of weapon. Seeing absolutly no defence from other harms like the Abyss,  they sought for a new way to protect their people. The power they found :The Elements of Nature.

Frost, Fire and others which built this world decided to aid the Warders as long as their last member walks the Realm.

### **Searching for the Lost Weapons**

Mindweaver, as he did earlier before he met with the Warders, blamed himself for all of this, but now, he took responsibility instead of fleeing from it: he left the Warders and promised to take back all of those weapons from the thieves and come back to them.

**From that day the Warders are still waiting for him.**