Nandi

**Nandi**, originally known as **Kimbug**, is Kimbug's clone, an Orc-Minotaur Returner Abomination hybrid, and one of the Master's Chosen. He also bears the mark of Baba Yaga's Firstborns.

## Appearance

### Minotaur Form

Nandi resembles a Minotaur with a 2.74 (9') meter tall humanoid with the head of a bull, the upper body of a bulky man, and the lower body resembling that of a bull, but capable of moving on two legs. His body keeps turning from what looks like flesh and blood into living shadows, yet his eyes are pitch black instead of red. However, unlike a Minotaur he also has several small violet crystals on his forehead, chest, and hands.

### Mini Form

Shapeshifted to not scare small children, Nandi becomes a small calf with several small violet crystals on his forehead, chest, and hands.

## Equipment

Nandi wears a suit of armor made of Adamant and engraved with several white crystals that cover him from head to toe. Its enchantments and the runes that cover it make it a masterpiece that only the Royal Fortress Armor outshines. The armor can shapeshift into a small fleece among other things.

## Personality

Nandi (the Returner) always considered his crippled condition as punishment for the atrocities he had committed as an Emperor Beast and Abomination later. He grows to love Baba Yaga as his own mother after she cares for him.

He also respects people for their knowledge rather than their race.

## Equipment

Nandi wields a blade like a greatsword but instead of a hilt, it has a gauntlet integrated as a handguard. It also has purple runes and mana crystals decorating the full length of the weapon.

## Background

When Kimbug had just turned into an Abomination, he fed on his own very clansmen who had tried to help him before moving on the others.

The Master fuses some of the Eldritch Abomination Kimbug's tissues with a tribe of orcs, giving birth to Nandi, an orc-Abomination hybrid who could commune with mana crystals like the Fallen Race. Since orcs worship mana crystals, Nandi takes refuge in a crystal mine, allowing him to increase his strength and stabilize his condition without having to hurt anyone.

When Kimbug arrives to consume his clone, Nandi is able to use his newfound abilities to defeat his original and assimilate him. However, the further he travels from the crystal veins the more his Abomination nature corrodes his body, forcing Nandi to stay in a crystal mine to keep his Abomination side stable as his ogre half alone can't withstand the Chaos energy his life essence is composed of. He suffers frequently from episodes of blood madness whenever he has thoughts about his past life.

At that time Nandi receives an invitation from Tezka to join the Master's Organization and another from Baba Yaga who promises to cure his condition in exchange for help. Nandi chooses to join Baba Yaga as she proposed a one time-deal unlike the Master who required long-lasting fealty. He spends months with the Blood Mother, sharing her bread and teachings.

As part of his deal with Baba Yaga, Nandi saves Phloria and her sisters while they are under attack by undead at the Feymar crystal mines, accompanying Morok Eari. He reveals Lith's secret as a hybrid and brings them to Baba Yaga's hut, where she offers them safety and power in exchange for staying and helping with her research. She explains to Nandi that she intends to use him as her blueprint to replicate the Master's handiwork, to know where and how to place a blood core inside Phloria's body.

After Phloria and her sisters decline and leave with the help of Protector and Solus, Baba Yaga fulfills her promise and cures Nandi's condition. Through Baba Yaga's help, Nandi's separate natures merge and formed several small violet crystals on his forehead, chest, and hands, reminiscent of orcs from the past. Afterwards Baba Yaga accepts Nandi as one of her children, granting him the mark of her Firstborns and advises him to find The Master and his Organization to join the other Monster-Abomination hybrids.

### Master's Organization

Nandi accepts Baba Yaga's advice and joins the Organization, where the Master uses their experience and expertise to better merge Nandi's conflicting natures after Baba Yaga's imperfect operation. With the promise of receiving methods for tapping into his new abilities, Nandi uses his unique skills to feed the other Eldritch hybrids with world energy and make a crystal mine. He also aids the Master in the process of becoming the first artificial human-Abomination hybrid and first Awakened Abomination by supplying abundant world energy to pacify the Abomination tissues. During the process, Nandi accidentally undergoes a fit of Blood Madness, nearly damaging the Master's gene tank until Xenagrosh stops him. She proceeds to explain to him the reason behind the hybrid Eldritches' loyalty to the Master as well as the Organization's history.

Nandi accompanies Baba Yaga to the undead city of Lightkeep to help prevent more undead children from disappearing, despite the Master's disapproval. He greets Lith for the first time when the city's arrays are suddenly sabotaged and the Second Life Academy attacked. Nandi stays behind to help fuel Baba Yaga's tower to protect the hybrid children while the rest chase after the invaders. Upon their return Nandi conjures world energy for Baba Yaga to use Creation Magic to upgrade the city's arrays to prevent future sabotage.

After the group examines the prisoners and discovers a liquid substance granting the beast invaders their greater cousins' bloodline abilities, Nandi notices the parallels between the experiments and those of the Master's. Sunrise is accompanied by mass attacks on the other undead cities, prompting Nandi to summon the Master for help.

With the death of Vareen the Plaguespreader during the Urgamakka Council trial, the Master obtains his legacy. Xenagrosh splits it between the hybrids to make sure that each one of them deepens their understanding of their respective fields. Bytra pairs up with **Nandi** to get closer to the secret of tower crafting.

## Quotes

* *"You can either follow me or die. It will not be at my hand, but you'll die nonetheless. It's never polite to make your host wait."* (Nandi to the Ernas sisters, Chapter 1020)
* *"Even if you are not an undead, you have lived under my roof, eaten my cooking, and shared your worries with me long enough to be one of my children. Now you've been reborn through me, and that's a bond I cannot forget. Wherever you go, whatever happens to you, this will always be your home."* (Baba Yaga to Nandi, Chapter 1032)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 1019: Out of Time (Part 1)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 1032: Phloria’s Choice (Part 2)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 1376: Living and Undead (Part 2)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 1113: A Mage Among Gods (Part 1)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 1167: Chaos Force (Part 3)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 1020: Out of Time (Part 2)
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 1022: A New Path (Part 2)
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chapter 1027: The Secret Tower (Part 1)
9. ↑ Chapter 1023: Dangerous Wishes (Part 1)
10. ↑ Chapter 1376: Living and Undead (Part 2)
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Chapter 1382: Eyes of Menadion (Part 2)
12. ↑ Chapter 1572: Breach of Trust (Part 2)