THIS IS YOUR GUIDE TO THE CHARACTERS AND CREATURES THAT LIVE IN NESTOR AND QUEST’S WORLD.
HERE YOU’LL FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHARACTERS IN THIS BOOK AND A SNEAK PEEK AT SOME UPCOMING CHARACTERS FROM FUTURE VOLUMES!
NESTOR IS THE SPOILED SON OF KING PANING AND QUEEN KEIRAINE. HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH PROTECTING THE DAGGER OF THE WAY, AS WELL AS FINDING THE LEGENDARY “FIVE SWORDS” WHICH ARE SAID TO BE THE KEY TO ULTIMATE POWER. BUT LORD SPIT WANTS THE SWORDS AS WELL. NESTOR ENLISTS QUEST’S HELP IN ORDER TO GET TO THE SWORDS FIRST. WITH QUEST AS HIS BODYGUARD HE SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM…
…AS LONG AS THEY DON’T KILL EACH OTHER FIRST!
QUEST IS A MYSTERIOUS FORMER HERO OF THE LAND OF ODYSSIA. IT IS SAID HE APPEARED 25 YEARS AGO IN A MYSTERIOUS FLASH OF LIGHT WITH NO MEMORY OF WHO HE WAS OR WHERE HE CAME FROM. IT WAS QUEST, ALONG WITH HIS TEAM OF SPECIALISTS, “THE ROUSTERS,” WHO HELPED WIN THE WAR AGAINST THE EVIL SHADOWSEED. BUT DURING THE FINAL BATTLE, SOMETHING HAPPENED WHICH RESULTED IN QUEST’S BANISHMENT BY HIS TEAMMATES.
NOW PRINCE NESTOR, SON OF QUEEN KEIRAINE, HAS RECURITED HIM TO AID IN THE EFFORT AGAINST A NEW MENANCE TO THE LAND, LORD SPITE.
LORD SPITE IS THE NEW HEIR TO SHADOWSEED’S EVIL LEGACY NO ONE KNOWS WHERE HE CAME FROM OR WHO HE REALLY IS. SPITE IS EXTREMELY POWERFUL DUE TO HIS CONNECTION TO THE SEED OF SHADOWS, WHICH IS THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL MAGIC IN THE WORLD. SPITE HAS NUMEROUS MAGICAL POWERS INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO “CORRUPT” THE WEAK-MINDED AND CREATE EVIL NEW CREATURES, AND HE’S NEARLY INVULNERABLE TO ATTACK. HE TENDS TO EXHIBIT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF INSANITY; HE IS ANGRY ONE MINUTE, HAPPY AND FLAM-BOYANTLY EVIL THE NEXT… PROBABLY DUE TO HIS EXPOSURE TO THE SEED. ANOTHER MYSTERY ABOUT SPITE IS HIS CONNECTION TO QUEST…
GENERAL OGUN WAS THE LEADER OF KEIRAINE’S ARMY DURING THE FIRST WAR. HE ULTIMATELY DEFECTED TO SHADOWSEED’S SIDE IN EXCHANGE FOR POWER AND THE ABILITY TO DESTROY QUEST, OF WHOM HE WAS EXTREMELY JEALOUS. SHADOWSEED (BEING THE DEVIL HE WAS) DUPED OGUN AND TOOK AWAY HIS EMOTIONS. THIS GAVE HIM THE POWER TO DEFEAT QUEST BUT ROBBED HIM OF THE SATISFACTION OF BEATING HIS ENEMY. TO THIS DAY, OGUN STILL DESIRES TO DESTROY THE FORMER HERO QUEST AND IS NOW LORD SPITE’S RIGHT-HAND MAN.
KHAOS IS THE OLDEST OF THE KATASTROPHEBROTHERS, AND HERESEMBLES A BULL. KHAOS IS HOT-HEADED AND THE STRONGEST OF THE THREE.
KONFUSION IS THE DUMBEST OF THE THREE, WHICH IS REALLY SAYING SOMETHING. HE RESEMBLES A “FRILLED” LIZARD.
KALAMIRY IS THE PSEUDOINTELLECTUAL OF THE KATASTROPHE BROTHERS. HE RESEMBLES A VULTURE.
THE KATASTROPHE BROTHERS ARE THREE WATER DEMONS CREATED BY SHADOWSEED IN A MOMENT OF BOREDOM. SEPARATELY, THEY POSE LITTLE TO NO THREAT. BUT WHEN THEY ARE DOUSED WITH WATER, THEY COMBINE INTO ONE DEADLY, GIANT MONSTER KNOWN AS KATASTROPHE. HIS POWERS INCLUDE USING SPIT AS A CONCUSSIVE WEAPON, TRAPPING HIS ENEMIES WITH IT, AND FORGING THE SPIT INTO ANY SHAPE OR WEAPON HE WISHES.
GATLING IS ONE OF QUEST’S OLD ROUSTER BUDDIES. AS A CHILD, HE HAD A TERRIBLE CASE OF CAVITIES, SO HIS PARENTS TOOK HIM TO A BUMBLING WIZARD CUNBEKNOWNST TO THEW. THE WIZARD FIXED HIS JAW A LITTLE TOO WELL. . . GATLING CAN NOW CHEW UP ANYTHING AND SPIT IT OUR RAPID-FIRE. IN FACT, HIS ENTIRE SLIIT OF ARMOR IS MADE UP OF METAL THAT HE CAN RIP OFF AND CHEW UP. GATLING AND QUEST SHARE A STRONG DISLIKE FOR ONE ANOTHER EVER SINCE AN INCIDENT DURING THE FINAL BATTLE WITH SHADOWSEED OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
ANNA MAHT IS AN AMATEUR SORCERESS WHO SPECIALIZES IN ANIMANCY, OR BRINGING INANIMATE OBJECTS TO LIFE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SHE IS EAGER BUT INEXPERINCED, AND HER SPELLS TEND TO MISFIRE. NESTOR RECRUITS HER AFTER SEEING HER SKILLS IN ACTION AT A WIZARD’S SCHOOL TOURNAMENT.
WAY IS A STRANCE AND MYSTERIOUS CREATURE. . .
THAT’S ALL WE CAN SAY FOR NOW!
DECEIT IS AN EVIL, CONNIVING, EXTREMELY POWERFUL SORCERESS WHO FIRST WORKED FOR SHADOW SEED AND NOW WORKS FOR LORD SPITE. HER FOREMOST ABILITY IS TO DISGUISE OTHERS, CAUSING CONFUSION ON THE BATTLEFIELD. MANY TIMES ALLIES HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST EACH OTHER BECAUSE DECEIT MADE THEM APPEAR AS THEIR ENEMIES.
CREATED BY SHADOWSEED AS THE FIRST LINE OF ATTACK IN HIS VAST ARMY, SNARLS REMAIN THE MAIN ARM OF LORD SPITE’S ARMY. UTTERLY VICIOUS KILLERS WITH RAZOR-SHARP TEETH, THEY ARE MERCILESS AND TOUGH BUT NOT VERY BRIGHT. ONE ODD QUIRK ABOUT SNARLS IS THAT THEY TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THEIR HAIR. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO KNOCK A GROWN MAN DOWN AND EVEN BREAK SOME BONES WITH THEIR SNARLS. IN LARGE GROUPS, SNARLS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DECIMATE ENTIRE CITIES. THEY ARE RESISTANT (BUT NOT IMPERVIOUS) TO MAGIC, WHICH MADE DEFEATING THEM DURING THE WAR EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
GRAER IS A WILY, THIEVING GRIFFIN WHO LIVES FOR PARTYING, STEALING, AND OTHER FORMS OF DEBAUCHERY. DURING THE FIRST WAR, HE OFTEN SERVED AS QUEST’S BATTLE STEED BEFORE HE WAS KICKED OUT OF THE ROUSTERS FOR STEALING AND SELLING THEIR ARMOR ON THE BLACK MARKET.
KITES ARE CREATURES THAT CAN BE STRAPPED TO SOMEONE’S BACK AND USED TO GLIDE AROUND THE SKIES. KITES FEED OFF THE SWEAT OF THE USER.
HOPPS ARE ONE OF THE PRIMARY MEANS OF TRANSPORT IN ODYSSIA. THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY ROUND BALLS WITH GIANT, FROGLIKE LEGS THAT HOP UP AND DOWN AT GREAT SPEEDS FOR GREAT DISTANCES. THEY ARE DIMWITTED BLIT VERY FRIENDLY CREATURES. WATCH OUT FOR THEIR TONGUES, OR YOU MIGHT WIND UP GETTING A REALLY GROSS BATH!
ALBERT IS A BASTIONITE, A RACE OF RARE, HUGE, LIVING FORTRESSES. THEIR INTERIORS ARE USED TO STORE WEAPONRY AND ARMOR, AS WELL AS FOR SLEEPING QUARTETS. A BASTIONITE’S SHELL IS EXTREMELY TOUGH (NEARLY IMPENETRABLE), AND IT IS COVERED WITH RAZOR-SHARP SPIKES. THOUGH IMPOSING IN APPEARANCE, BASTIONITES TEND TO BE GENTLE, DOGLIKE CREATURES. ALBERT WAS QUEST’S LOYAL COMPANION DURING THE WAR AND IS THE ONLY CREATURE QUEST SEEMS TO “LIKE.”
