#it’s because he is Such A Normal And Ordinary Salaryman. Come Closer

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hi. i’d like to introduce you to the eidolon. he’s the antagonist of arc 4.

ignore everything i’ve previously said about arc 4. this is what it is now: the overall idea is that the mental world—and all its fears, nightmares, and warped perceptions—has begun to bleed into the physical world of ostwind. this “fog” affects many of the residents of ostwind, human and nonhuman, but the whole phenomenon comes from the magic of the hellmouth, which is using linden as the lynchpin due to events at the end of arc 3. unfortunately for lucas, this means that to solve the problem, the main characters have to figure out whatever’s going on with his brother.

the eidolon is linden. at least, he is the manifestation of the version of linden that he presents to other people and of linden’s need to maintain control of that perception of normalcy. as such, he controls the veil (the earthly force that hides magic from people) to the extent that he can decide anything that people see. the eidolon starts out looking exactly like linden, but as the arc progresses, his face chips off like porcelain, the color drains from him, and he starts to look like this.

there’s more than one version of linden that shows up this arc, too. the question is whether any one of them are more linden than the others

i made a lot of these decisions ages ago, but i’m only talking about this now because i’m finally satisfied with the overall look of the eidolon, so i can finally share him. my television presenter / panopticon / analog horror girlfriend.