Gaius Remnant

The Anti-Moonblood Legion (simply known as the Gaius Remnant) was the last of General Gaius' army led by different commanders from the war. They quickly came to prominence following the end of An Elysian Tail and Dark Disney once Dust returned to Falana with Blinx the Time Sweeper. Though they were largely unaware of Blinx's presence at first, the Remnant had frequently targeted Aurora Village once they learned that the Sen-Mithrarin, as well as anyone associated with him, had moved in. Their primary objective was to eliminate Dust and retake control of the land from within, using their limited numbers to their advantage.

By the time of Dust and the Sweeper's first chapter, however, the Remnant had failed, having been defeated almost every time by the Mithrarin and his allies to the point where they desperately launched on assault on Aurora Village's entrance only to be met with a mob of angry civilians. Once the Remnant's final leader, Commander Criteous, was taken into custody, their forces' hidden benefactor, Benito, had begun his campaign to assert control over Falana under Gaius' final contingency order.

## Overview

As mentioned in summation above, the Gaius Remnant had begun immediately after the death of their General at the hands of Dust. Following the aftermath of both An Elysian Tail and Dark Disney, they regrouped at their capital city once home to both Warmbloods and Moonbloods to plan their next wave of attack. However, due to their limited numbers after the Battle of Everdawn, they would instead have to operate largely incognito, only making themselves known when their target is most vulnerable.

Hearing that Dust was still alive and living in Aurora Village along with his partner Fidget among other allies, the Remnant had made it their mission to finally kill them and continue where Gaius had left off. The village became the main point of interest for them, taking the guise of refugees from towns left in ruin from the war. Though this strategy didn't always work (as even the Mayor could tell when someone was affiliated with Gaius), it kept the Anti-Moonbloods lasting for a good span of time undetected. As Blinx put it, they operated like The Underground, but like them, they would eventually have to drop the act.

Blinx himself would not be recognized by the Remnant outside of a few rare moments where soldiers met him in person. This allusiveness granted him the title of "Off-Worlder" as no one who encountered him could give a good enough description apart from the fact that he seemed out of this world. Some even believed him to be a kind of Angel from Elysium responsible for rescuing Dust at his time of need (a notion that bears a nugget of truth in the grand scheme of things). As for Dust's friends, those like Ginger, Fidget, and now Haley would frequently be monitored by spies of the Remnant but were almost never bothered with primarily since they're not the main target. In one instance where they did get involved, both Haley and Dust were apprehended by the Anti-Moonbloods when they were on a stroll but escaped thanks to some quick thinking. A similar thing happened to Ginger, who was once abducted to be used as a sacrifice in a ritual to resurrect General Gaius, but this plan was thwarted from the efforts of Blinx, Dust, Fidget, and Ori.

As evident with the latter mentioned plot, those within the Remnant had started to become desperate once their initial plans failed, resulting in a lot more bizarre or otherwise hasty strategies being employed, ultimately leading to their defeat by the time of Dust and the Sweeper with their blockade of Aurora Village. Although it was known that the Advanced Regions were a secret benefactor to Gaius' war machine, neither of their products would actually be used until after the Remnant was defeated by Blinx, Dust, and Fidget. It was also at this point that Blinx was finally realized by the Anti-Moonbloods, driving even their hardy commander, Criteous, down the path of complete lunacy.

Funnily enough after their defeat and arrest, many from the Remnant would form a sort of religion around the Cat-Sith and Mithrarin, looking to Reed (who is a Moonblood Sympathizer) as a prophet. Ironically, he is also the most level-headed compared to them.

## Leadership and Ideas

Leadership with the military had rotated between factions, each with their own unique plans that, for the most part, were rather ambitious compared to Gaius' prolonged war. This sudden shift in imagination was largely due to Gaius or even Cassius not being around to guide them or suggest different courses of action to cripple the odds. But nevertheless, each one primarily stayed incognito apart from a few full-frontal assaults. Leaders included:

* Lady Gaius - A priestess claiming to be the mistress of the General who quickly rose to prominence in the faction's formation. She kept the Remnant unified for its early days before she initiated **Operation: Resurrection**, a project to bring back the fallen Gaius with a ritual similar to the Moonbloods' creation of Dust. To do this, Lady Gaius abducted Ginger, Dust/Jin's sister, to act as a vessel at the desolate Shores of Hebeth. Dust, Blinx, Fidget, and Ori all came to her rescue, finding her and the Remnant's men in the old lookout tower. It was then, however, when the mistress had revealed her actual plan to sacrifice Ginger and metaphorically kill whatever was left of Jin so that Dust's rage would allow Gaius' spirit to take hold. Though neither of this made any logical sense, the mistress began the process by killing her men. Before she could kill Ginger, though, the ritual was in actuality already complete, having summoned not Gaius but a spiritual amalgamation of all the hatred and death from first battle that took place in the area. Believing the creature to be her fallen leader, she urged him to finish what he started, only to be eaten whole. Those who weren't involved with her plan either transferred to a different faction as a contingency or were found and arrested.
* Commander Criteous - Perhaps the closest to Gaius who served as his informant throughout the original game. Criteous began working closely with other faction leaders before splitting up following Lady Gaius' death. Under his leadership, the Remnant remained firmly secretive, setting up hidden outposts around Aurora Village and sending in spies to report on Dust and his allies. Many of these reports would then be relayed to other factions, hoping to potentially cripple the heroes from within, or taking a more proactive approach with well-prepared assaults; most of which would have been a success had it not been for Blinx's arrival. Being the one who knew the General the most, Criteous was burdened with the responsibility of essentially becoming the face of the Remnant. Though this was not to his dismay, as he in many respects believed himself to be superior to his old leader, even at his most desperate stage. His final mission was a full-frontal blockade of Aurora, as seen in the first chapter of Dust and the Sweeper, which like the rest ended in failure thanks in no small part to Fidget's well placed traps and Blinx's confrontation with the commander. Finally at his breaking point at the hands of Dust and the Time Sweeper, Criteous snapped and was admitted to prison with the rest of his men in a crazed state, unable to fathom Blinx's existence.
* Sentinel Forest - Forest was one of the more overt leaders of the Remnant despite being a rank lower than Criteous. His approach was fairly proactive using their secrecy to their advantage by catching Dust off guard at his vulnerable state; not having Ahrah with him. He along with Haley, who he was going on a date with, were captured by Forest's men. But this didn't last long as thanks to Haley's foresight, they were beaten with their own tactics when she revealed Matti was monitoring her and Dust from afar in case of an emergency. Sanjin along with Ori quickly came to the duo's aid when the message was relayed and helped them bring the Sentinel to justice. As Dust points out, had Forest not been cocky (wanting to gloat) and tried to execute him and Haley on the spot, he probably would've succeeded with the death of at least one of them.
* Marik - Like Forest, Commander Marik used the Remnant's secrecy to prepare for another assault on Aurora after the war had closed. His men covertly gathered as much artillery as possible deep within the forests around the village to attack from within. However, Corbin happened to notice one of these shipments and informed Bram, Dust, and Blinx about it. Surprisingly, rather than send troops out to apprehend them, Blinx himself took the initiative, using his Sweeper to freeze time and sabotage all of Marik's units with Ori's help. This was the first time the Remnant was notified about Blinx through vague transmissions from escapees of the assault.

## Resources

With the destruction of their camps and facilities around Everdawn Basin, the Gaius Remnant primarily relied on word of mouth from Benito when it came to reinforcements coming at a critical moment (failing to understand that Benito was waiting for them to lose the war), plus whatever means they had left from their old location and capital city. This included just about everything from *An Elysian Tail*, from regular and high-ranking foot soldiers, archers, a limited number of bombers, and a few spare turbo cannons (albeit much smaller than the ones from Everdawn). The bombers were especially useful to them for transporting equipment across the land at a faster rate than on foot knowing the difficulty of smuggling them while in disguise.