Dust/Biography

### Dust: An Elysian Tail

Dust started out as two separate beings who partook in the Gaius War, which sought the destruction of the Moonblood Race. Since Jin was a Moonblood Sympathizer, his family, with the exception of Ginger, was murdered by Gaius' top assassin, Cassius. When the two confronted each other, the ensuing battle led to them being killed, only to be resurrected as a merged being known as Dust by Elder Grey Eyes for the purpose of ending the war using one of the five blades of Elysium named Ahrah. Together with Fidget the Nimbat, the watcher of the sword, the three recovered Dust's memories of both Jin and Cassius and realized the horrors of General Gaius' campaign, as evident by Fuse (a wounded Moonblood) going on the path of revenge to exterminate the Warmblood race, or Lady Tethys briefly being corrupted from the hatred the conflict was spreading. After getting all the answers he needed from both the Elder and Ginger, Dust liberated both Mudpot and Aurora Village from Gaius' army and eventually battled him at his headquarters in Everdawn Basin. Though the General was killed in the fight, Dust was left wounded and nearly consumed by lava when the volcano they were in was erupting. However, strangely, Ahrah was drifted to a location outside of Everdawn where Dust was somehow transported to despite the lava seemingly killing him.

### Underground Formation

Even though Dust had no explanation as to how he was essentially shielded from the magma of Everdawn and wisped away, he continued to serve as a hero around Falana for a time before the Disneyverse was forming. Over the years, the Gameverse was quickly being bought out by the rogue universe, and An Elysian Tail was one of the many indie games that suffered the worst. Instead of corrupting Dust and his friends, Mickey Mouse ordered the extinction of everyone on his world and secured the trademark of the word "Elysium" to use for his engine secretly stationed in Lyvsheria, a Toonverse planet. Dust was left for dead after a gruesome attack on Aurora Village. But in his grief, Blinx the Time Sweeper, a long forgotten Xbox character, came to rescue him. With recovered schematics of Cyber Catra and whatever technology he had, including First One's Tech, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was able to repair him to the best of his ability, with help from Toriel, Captain Rex, and Blinx. Out of sorrow, Dust didn't say a word for the entirety of The Underground's formation and campaign against the Disney Regime. But he did speak to Blinx and Ahrah, who continued to guide and mentor him throughout the war. Arguably, Blinx was like another version of Fidget to him, becoming best friends despite their loss.

Sometime when he became a full-fledged member of the Underground, Dust and Barbara Gordon (AKA Batgirl) traveled to the ruins of Elmore to recover the Gumball Soul Retriever, hoping to unlock it's contents before Mickey Mouse can.

### Dark Disney

When Max, a Cartoon Network character from the Toonverse, arrived to the future by accident with a broken hyperdrive, he was met by members of the Underground, including Dust, who was busy looking out for intruders near their hideout in Toon City. When they were discovered, they fought aboard one of the Enforcers' helicarriers and barely escaped from Thor and the accompanying star ships. Around this time, half the resistance's fighters were killed in an attack on Yakko's base, but the survivors fled to their main hideout far from Toon City.

For much of the Underground's next missions to cripple the regime's war machine, Dust was the most frequent participant next to Max and Blinx. He helped bring down the Pumping Station in Bikini Bottom and later infiltrated a prison yard in Heartforde, becoming closely attached to the two as time went on. In the latter mission, however, Blinx was nearly killed by a squad of Clone Troopers and Dust, together with Max and Starscream, immediately came to his aid. Had it not been for them, Blinx surely would have died from his injuries. This led to Dust sticking with Max more often as a substitute for his friend, protecting him in the following missions on Pure Heart and Etheria; the latter where he finally spoke and revealed his face in an ambush led by Grand Admiral Hopps. With all the Underground's victories and Max's confidence growing, it rubbed off on Dust and the side of him from Jin resurfaced to make him peppier. After retrieving the rest of the Neutron Soul Retrievers and stopping Hopps, the Underground staged one final assault on the Disneyverse's capital, infiltrating the castle as disguised prisoners. Dust and Blinx led the attack from within the castle walls while the rest of the Underground fought outside with help from Necro King's Ghost Legion. Meanwhile, Oswald and Max confronted and dueled Mickey, eventually overpowering him when they obtained the Final Magisword. Around this time, Dust briefly lost Ahrah during a fight with the Keyblade Wielders and Blinx caught him, using the sword to overpower each of them very easily, becoming another sword-bearer like Dust.

When it was revealed that Black Hat of the Toonverse was really the architect behind the Disneyverse, manipulating Mickey Mouse into forming the regime, Dust, Blinx, Max, and what little survivors there were from the battle teamed up to take him down. After Oswald's death at the hands of one of the villain's manipulated characters, they traveled to the secret core planet of Lyvsheria to disable Elysium, the engine powering the Disneyverse and corrupting all its inhabitants. But even with the machine dismantled, the hidden power source from inside, the active corpse of Bimm MaBarnacle, was still under Black Hat's control. Max used the power of all his Soul Retrievers and the Final Magisword to free her from his grasp and she completely erased the villain from existence. She then transported Max and everyone around him to the past in a way that would delete the dark future, confronting Black Hat before he could take off for Disney and destroying him and his flagship.

With the dark Disneyverse never coming to be, Dust became one of the rare few anomalies who wasn't affected by history since he's returning to a period after his game's conclusion. He happily reunited with both Fidget and Ginger, and since Blinx didn't have anywhere to go with the destruction of the Time Factory, he opted to stay with the Mithrarin on Falana.

### Settling Down

Dust decided to move to Aurora Village with Blinx, Fidget, and Ginger and found himself becoming a legend in the land of Falana. Though it would be somewhat difficult for him and Ginger to get used to things since An Elysian Tail, they settled down fairly well and had plenty of time to adjust to a time of peace. However, unbeknownst to them, remnants of Gaius' legion led by Commander Criteous became to spread throughout Falana to sew chaos from within. Their primary target was Dust himself, along with anyone closely associated with him. Their first appearance started with an investigation where Dust, Blinx, Sanjin, and Avgustin found a hidden altar where members of the remnant met up to discuss their plans within Aurora Village's walls. Following this, an attack at Mudpot by a small squad was commencing before Blinx, not Dust, made his debut and dismantled them, sparking rumors about a mysterious being from beyond the stars who rescued the Mithrarin at Everdawn. Though the remnant proved to be a crucial threat to Falana, no one, not even Dust were totally worried as his impact in *An Elysian Tail* inspired the innocent to fight back against the rest of Gaius' faction.

Around this time, Dust reunited with Haley the blacksmith who still was attracted to him and clearly wanted to go on a date. With much pushing from Fidget, even Blinx, he decided to take up that date. But his fear of losing her to any enemies as a result by association kept him from being more open about himself. His fears were realized when a group of remnant troopers ambushed and abducted them. Yet even with that, Haley still sided with Dust, helping him defeat the soldiers by summoning Matti and retrieving Ahrah from his bonds. Dust then admitted this was why he was nervous about the date and also revealed the rest of his face to her, showing the scars he's suffered before Dark Disney. On the contrary, the scars only proved to make Haley more invested in him and genuinely wanting to be with him the same way he wants to be with her. After discussing more of each other's pasts and finding compatibility with each other, they quickly joined hands and worked together as a couple.