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Selitos

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“The ancient namer who cursed Lanre and founded the Amyr”

also known as Selitos One-Eye

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Selitos is defined by the loss of one eye, which he put out himself by driving a sliver of mountain glass into it, earning the byname One-Eye. Before his blinding he was renowned for the keenness of his sight, able to read the truth in any face. He bears the authority of an ancient namer-lord, lord of Myr Tariniel, who surveyed his mountain city from a high vantage. The bloodied mountain-glass stone he used to blind himself is the instrument with which he laid his curse upon Lanre.

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Selitos One-Eye is an ancient and immensely powerful namer from the Creation War era, lord of Myr Tariniel, the greatest of the eight shining cities, set high in the mountains and unscarred through the long war. Counted among the Knowers, he was renowned for the keenness of his sight and his ability to read the true name of any thing; only Aleph, Iax, and Lyra could match his skill in Naming. When Lanre betrayed the cities and Myr Tariniel fell, Selitos witnessed darkness gather about his former friend until nothing of his face remained but a vague impression wrapped in seamless shadow. Bound by Lanre's command 'By the name of stone, be still as stone,' Selitos drove a shard of mountain glass into his own eye to gain clearer sight and free himself enough to act, and used that stone to lay a curse upon Lanre, naming him Haliax and decreeing that his own name be turned against him, that his face be held forever in shadow, and that he have no peace until the world's end. He conceded that he could not truly kill Lanre, who would always return. Refusing Aleph's offer to ascend as an angel, he begged instead for the power to confound Lanre and his Chandrian, then gathered his faithful Ruach and founded the order of the Amyr, naming them in memory of the ruined Myr Tariniel.

Relationships§

  • Bound The Chandrian — bound Lanre's seven companions so their true natures show as signs
  • Cursed Haliax — named Lanre Haliax and cursed him with shadow and no peace
  • Master Of Naming — renowned namer who could read the true name of any thing
  • Witnessed The Creation War — lived through the long Creation War and Myr Tariniel's fall
  • Founded The Amyr — founded the order of the Amyr from his faithful Ruach
  • Naming Peer Iax — only Aleph, Iax, and Lyra could match his skill in Naming
  • Lord Of Myr Tariniel — lord of Myr Tariniel, greatest of the eight shining cities
  • Naming Peer Lyra — only Aleph, Iax, and Lyra could match his skill in Naming
  • Recounted By Skarpi — his account is preserved in Skarpi's story
  • Refused Aleph — refused Aleph's offer to become an angel

Established facts§

  • Selitos was lord of Myr Tariniel, greatest of the eight cities, set high in the mountains and unscarred through the long Creation War.
  • He was an exceptionally powerful namer, counted among the Knowers and renowned for the keenness of his sight and his ability to read the true name of any thing.
  • Only Aleph, Iax, and Lyra could match Selitos's skill in Naming; he held that Lanre had no personal gift for names.
  • He witnessed the betrayal and destruction of Myr Tariniel and the other shining cities by Lanre and the Chandrian.
  • When darkness gathered about Lanre, Selitos saw only a vague impression of his features wrapped in seamless shadow that firelight would not touch.
  • Lanre bound Selitos with the words 'By the name of stone, be still as stone,' leaving him unable to move or speak.
  • Selitos drove a shard of mountain glass into his own eye to gain clearer sight and free himself enough to act.
  • He used that mountain-glass stone to lay his curse upon Lanre, naming him Haliax.
  • He cursed Lanre that his own name be turned against him and that he have no peace until the world's end, when the Aleu fall nameless from the sky.
  • He doomed Lanre that his face be always held in shadow, black as the toppled towers of Myr Tariniel.
  • He bound Lanre's seven companions by his blood so that their true natures show as visible signs.
  • He conceded that he could kill Lanre but that Lanre would return, for Lanre could not truly die.
  • He pleaded with Aleph for the power to confound Lanre and his Chandrian who killed the innocent and burned Myr Tariniel.
  • He refused Aleph's offer to become an angel.
  • He founded the order of the Amyr from his faithful Ruach, naming them in memory of the ruined city Myr Tariniel.
  • Despite his renowned sight, Selitos was unable to foresee or prevent Lanre's betrayal.
  • His account is preserved in Skarpi's story (NotW chapters 26-28).

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