Litho

> You insolent child! I will not let you destroy what I've built!
>
> Litho, Episode 6

## Gallery

Litho is the primary antagonist of the *Welcome to Dreamworld* series.

## Appearance

When in his own form, Litho is seen as a tall shadowy humanoid figure with a body covered in many different eyes and sets of teeth. He is associated with the visuals of many red eyes.

## Personality

As Edmund L. Avidmiser, he was a hardworking genius inventor. He was incredibly ambitious and dangerously prideful, wanting to create something that could surprise the entire world. When he was denied certain knowledge he saw as belonging to him, Edmund began carving his own path to achieve this knowledge, reflecting his near-vengeful pride.

After his transformation into Litho, he took on a venomous persona, despising humanity and wanting to bring about its downfall. Litho is cunning, carefully planning out and manipulating people far before they ever begin to feel his influence.

## Abilities

* **Puppet Strings**: Litho is able to summon blue strings, allowing him to control people and even the world around him. Using them he repaired the entirety of Dreamworld Entertainment Facility to working order in days.
* **Possession**: Litho can forcibly enter someone's body, controlling them completely. Upon Sara Covetman denying to go further with his plans he possessed her, acting as her from then on

## History

Edmund L. Avidmiser lived in a desolate future where the world has turned into a wasteland, living on the outskirts of a city with his brother, Agnus. The two would head out to scrapyards and fields to gather supplies and samples, bring the material back to their workshop, repair what they could, and resell it at a market. In their own time they would try constructing their own gadgets. Unlike his brother, Edmund was deeply unsatisfied with the life he lived, feeling cheated and disrespected by the rest of the world over his work.

In an attempt to discover something new, Edmund wandered out into the dangerous wastelands despite the warnings he had been given, where he met Xavier. Xavier, who Edmund recognized as inhuman, casually explained that he was traveling between worlds and demonstrated his ability to create gateways between worlds. Hungry to learn more, Edmund took note of all the information Xavier gave him about Essence and its ability to create Soul Energy. Edmund excitedly began thinking of how he could change the world and be recognized as a revolutionary, though Xavier grew cold and warned him against it. Frustrated by the being's attempt to dissuade him from exploring and reaching for this new power, Edmund began studying Essence and souls himself and documenting what he learned in his text, "Essence of Soul Energy." In order to do so, he had begun killing people and harvesting their souls for his uses.

As Edmund's experiments with the substance progressed, Edmund's body began to slowly change, and he only noticed once eyes began appearing on his skin. Still, he was not dissuaded, and he even allowed Agnus to join him in his experiments though he didn't reveal everything. Around when Edmund finally managed to construct a gateway, Agnus discovered the corpses of the people Edmund had killed. The two began fighting, and Edmund pushed him into the activated gateway before falling in himself. Agnus's soul was shredded to pieces, with Edmund only able to preserve one fragment while the rest passed to the spirit realm.

Rather than taking him to the world that Xavier came from, Edmund instead landed in Ohio in the 1800's. He managed to bring his workshop's gadgets with him and bound the fragment of Agnus to an old film camera temporarily, planning to keep the piece of his brother alive by giving it Essence and soul fragments he harvested. A new shell to house Agnus's fragment known as The Collector would be constructed later. Edmund shed his old human identity, embracing how he has transformed into a demon by taking up the name "Litho." He discovered a large manor in a nearby town inhabited by an incredibly influential family, and, deciding that they would help cover up any disappearances, he began manipulating the family for his own good. Litho formed a contract with the family that, among other things, promised him their eventual child, Alison. When Alison turned ten, Litho revealed himself to the boy, entrusted him with his camera, and gifted him a violin that he would learn to play. Alison would study Litho's old text and play the violin, which helped harvest Essence from its audience. Eventually the boy met an early demise and the family became useless to Litho.

Centuries later, Litho engaged with Carlos Nicholson after the man discovered his camera alongside The Collector in the caves on the grounds that Alison's Manor previously sat on. The connection allowed Litho to influence Carlos into seeking immortality, exploiting his love for his late wife to do so. Carlos eventually died, leaving Litho without a human to manipulate.

After some time, Litho found a new puppet in the form of a young Sara Covetman. After the girl had killed three of her classmates, he became attached to her. His influence was felt throughout her childhood, with even Sara's caretaker Celio having some level of familiarity with him. At some point, Litho forged an identity as Director of the manufacturing company Watchful Eye Toys and constructed a warehouse on the grounds of Alison's mansion, which would later be rewarded to Sara, Lewis Bright, and Oliver Acrimony as a prize in a state-wide robotics competition. During the Dreamworld Entertainment facility's construction, Litho's influence led Sara to team up with Winnie in order to find immortality.

When Sara strayed from his intended path and nearly dropped her goal of immortality altogether, Litho seized her body and possessed her. Under her identity, he continued working with Winnie to gather Essence. His goals gradually shifted from simply discovering the secret to immortality to seeking the destruction of the world. During the collapse, Litho not only survived the infected animatronics but exploited and manipulated them to target Wiatt. Once Wiatt discovered the Collector and freed Agnus' soul from it, Litho used his puppet strings to reconstruct and reopen the facility to the public.

Since then, Litho has continued operating under Sara's identity, running the Dreamworld Entertainment facility while attempting to take care of threats against his plans.

## Trivia

* Litho is one of a few *Welcome to Dreamworld* characters who existed prior to the series creation, having been a personal character of Rainbott's who appeared in earlier projects.