The Eye

—The Eye to En

**The Eye** is En's warlock patron. A strange, supernatural eyeball that was implanted in En against their will.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

The Eye is an average sized eyeball with a shimmering blue-purple iris and a white pupil.

### **Personality**

The Eye is an enigma that is perpetually growing with En's experiences. New to the world, it's driven by a thirst for power, and knowledge both about itself and about everything else. It wants to see more, know more, and it passionately wants to live. It also appears to share in En's distaste for the Snapdragons, agreeable when the topic of retribution is on the table, and offering En more and more power to confront their foes.

## **Biography**

### **Background**

The Eye remembers little more than dreams before the Snapdragons planted it in En during the Snapdragon Theatre incident. Before En could be killed, the Eye channelled its power through En, causing a catastrophic fire that burned down the theatre and allowed both it and En to escape.

The Eye remained silent while En wandered, watching En as they dreamed. Its magical influence would result in En's skin developing cracks, and replacing their teeth, as well as granting them powers. But the two would remain unknown to each other for many years, En regarding the Eye and its unwelcome changes with fear and hate.

### **Metanoia Blues**

#### Chapter 1: The Lonely Lighthouse - Chapter 3: Three Ships-a-Sailing

During the Lonely Lighthouse, En's intense use of their magic would allow the Eye to finally make contact with them via one of En's dreams. Since that moment the two have continued to communicate, beginning with dreams before the Eye eventually resorts to visions of words in En's sketchbook. It's been steadily granting En more and more magic in exchange for En's continued pursuit of knowledge and power.

#### Chapter 4: What Evil Lurks?

When an incident with Willow causes En to consider running away from their new allies, the Eye panics and demands to know why En is reacting so strongly to something it perceives as lesser than some of En's past traumas. This prodding of En's nerves results in En having a panic attack and turning into Kai, who scolds the Eye for its tactless approach.

#### Chapter 5: The Wreck of Good Fortune

The Eye eventually grants En the ability to read minds, which En is hesitant to accept due to its similarity to what the Snapdragons did to them. The Eye assures En that the power will only be used on those who "deserve it." The two later collaborate on an armour spell designed to protect En.

During the trip to Skyshriek Reef, the Eye reacts negatively to En's continued implications that it might kill them simply by being present in En's body. En responds by apologising to the Eye, and explaining that they intend to trust it from now on, which leaves the Eye with much to think about.

After a plan hatched by the Eye results in Roselia's death and En healing a badly wounded Luca, En and the Eye discuss their feelings going forward. The Eye notes that it cannot see into En's past while En refuses to think about it. It expresses frustration at the fact that it can't offer En stronger healing magic, and hesitation around the concept of being a monster. Though En and the Eye agree to try and be unified, the Eye is left conflicted about what it wants now that it has begun to experience the world through En, and goes silent as En sails home to Salvage.

#### Chapter 6: Three of a Kind

As En attempts to explain their relationship with the Eye to Willow and Luca, the Eye implies that it may be able to communicate directly with En's allies if En wills it. En takes a rain check on the suggestion, both En and the Eye seeming a bit baffled by the idea.

When En approaches the Eye to discuss their future plans together, the Eye mentions "Thail," suggesting that if En wants to "make things right for the victims of the Snapdragon, you should start with those who survived.” En shuts down the suggestion by claiming "Thail" didn't survive.

#### Chapter 7: Death of the Artist

After failing to read Edmund's thoughts, the Eye takes note of En's raging frustration and encourages En to maintain patience, though does not dissuade En from their plans to be less restrained with their mind reading magic. Later, Luca speaks directly to the Eye, telling it that bad things that happen around En are not their fault, and asking it to relay that message to En.

The Eye chooses to proceed by infiltrating En's dreams. Using the face of Audrey, it speaks with the old, buried persona named Thail - the face En wore when they worked at the Snapdragon theatre - and offers him a chance to exist in the real world after years of being trapped in the depths of En's psyche. Unbeknownst to En, the Eye allows Thail to take a walk outside, and promises him future outings. It continues attempting to guide him towards healing, but when Thail has a panic attack and lashes out, it struggles to comfort him. All it can do is lull him back into a soothing dream.

Receiving information from Willow regarding Beholders and Nothics, En opens a discussion with the Eye to speculate about about its possible origins. The Eye is reluctant to believe it is a Symbiont or a stolen piece of a Beholder, still struggling to define itself. But when it hears in no uncertain terms that En intends to keep it even if the Snapdragons offer them a way to be rid of it, it finds itself emotional over the concept of being wanted.

Later, Thail asks the Eye to assist him in delving deeper into En's dreams to uncover the truth behind Alonso. The pair return to the night of En's kidnapping, discovering that Alonso is secretly the Nothic that attacked Thail. When the time comes to finally fight Alonso in the present day, the Eye helps En siphon a massive amount of information out of Alonso's mind. In the process it discovers its origin; a massive Beholder sleeping in the ruins under Sharn.

#### Chapter 8: Weight of an Anchor

Nervous about the discovery of its origin, the Eye asks En if this revelation changes their agreement. Having suspected the Eye's source to be something of this nature, En shrugs it off and reaffirms that they're staying the course. In turn, the Eye makes it clear its allegiance lies with En.

When Thail chooses to reveal himself to En, the Eye weathers the storm of En's emotional outburst. Eventually En calms down and approaches the Eye to reassure it that they don't intent to break their pact, the Eye then extends a peace offering in the form of granting En the ability to cast Sending using their journal. En promises they won't abandon the Eye, and the Eye echoes the notion.

## **Relationships**

### ***En***

Unwilling and unwanted, the Eye has been described to En as a seed that will one day bloom. Though it is the source of En’s magical power, En initially regards it with caution, seeking its aid, but fearful of what it could do to their body. It’s only recently that En gained the ability to communicate directly with the Eye, using their sketchbook as a means to converse with the voiceless entity. At first this does little to ease confusion on both sides, but slowly they've begun to learn how to communicate. Eventually, En decides to put their trust in it.