Eryx

## Personality

Eryx is a character first introduced in the labyrinth with her family group of cats. She is shown to be stubborn and curious about the world beyond where her parents let her wander, and her first steps on her journey are of her leaving them behind unintentionally. Despite their numerous warnings, Eryx thinks that if she follows the path of rocks, she will absolutely find them again no problem. They might even not realize she was gone!

## The Start of an Adventure

Stubborn being her middle name, Eryx wanders off into the forest despite countless warnings from her family and parents. She sneaks off into the unknown, following the rock path she is certain will not let her lose her way. She is filled with eagerness and excitement as she wanders further and further into the trees, only to find that the way back is entirely new and different now. She tries to follow it back, but no matter which way she goes, forward or back, the path changes around her too fast for her to keep up.

She starts to panic, thinking she will forever be alone, when she runs into a new face in the forest. A charming clever boy, who immediately seems friendly with her, despite how suspicious she is at first.

## Cypress

His name is Cypress, and he was separated from his own family and friends he quickly explains to her. She is thankful not to be entirely alone anymore, but has not lost hope in finding her family again. Together they wander the path and try to make sense of how confusing it all is, until she finds a series of taller pillar like stones, which she quickly climbs to the top of. Cypress, who is scared of heights, is hesitant to join her... but eventually is convinced.

From the top of the pillars, the two of them look out as far as they can into the vast open landscape covered in trees that seemingly touch the sky. Eryx is starting to lose hope... when she sees something very odd on a nearby hill. She can see the path there, she is certain she will make it there without any problem. Curiosity gets the better of her, and leaving Cypress behind on the pillars, she quickly hops down and runs over to the hill, making sure to stick close to the rock path she had seen to lead her there.

## Rock Pool

Upon reaching the area where several rock paths seem to come together, Eryx slowly approaches it and looks into the ring of rocks at the center. She notices it is a small well or pool of water, to which she looks deeper into, seeing something peculiar in it, and then, more.

Terrified by what she sees in the pool, Eryx backs away in panic and tries to make the images leave her mind. They are deeply disturbing, and she wants nothing to do with whatever is happening there! She is only brought back to her senses when Cypress finally catches up, explaining that she cant run off like that. He doesn't want to lose her like he's lost everyone else. She offers a nervous apology, and returns to his side, venturing into the labyrinth again without showing him what she had been looking at. How could she? What she had seen was too much for her.

## The Sight

As what she sees settles in, Eryx realizes that she can still see that side of the water. She has seen so much flashing before her while staring into the water, but now staring at Cypress, and the rocks ahead of her, the images are slow and seem to be walking along side her in real time. This confuses her, and fills her with dread, because the life she saw was a horrible one. Eryx worries that she has seen her future, and starts to feel obsessed with preventing the horrible outcome she had seen in the final moments of the vision. Her horrible, sudden death, and a cat that looked oddly like Cypress, in a world filled with suffering and sorrow.

She longs to prevent this outcome.