Eidolon

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Eidolon is one of the founding members of the Protectorate and the leader of the Houston Protectorate. He's generally considered to be the fifth-strongest being on the planet, the first four being Scion and the Endbringers.

Background

David was born with a case of seizures and was confined to wheelchair for most of his life.

Before being approached by Doctor Mother he wanted to become more independent, applied to the army and was subsequently turned down, tried to commit suicide. <ref>https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/interlude-27/</ref>

Personality

He's described as a quiet man, with a calm voice, brimming with strength of his power, often making people around him feel intimidated.

His sole purpose in life is to help as many people as possible and help in the End of the World scenario - an event for which he is preparing his whole cape life.

Appearance

Eidolon wears a blue-green skintight suit with with a hood and cape and with sleeves that drape over his hands. The interior of his hood and cape are filled with a green light.

When not dressed up as Eidolon, he is a middle aged man, with thick eyebrows, thinning hair and heavy cheeks, big nose and ears. Legend described him as looking "more like an average family man who was getting dressed up as Eidolon for a costume party than he looked like Eidolon himself." <ref> https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/interlude-14-5-bonus-interlude/ </ref>

Abilities and Powers

Eidolon has the ability to equip himself with a tremendous array of powers, but is limited to three-to-four at a time and the powers he chooses take time to build up strength.

His power, however, has been slowly weakening over time, which leads him to look for a sense of challenge, in order to find the untapped well of power he can feel when he's fighting. <ref> https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/interlude-18-donation-bonus-3/ </ref> . He is later able to restore his power as he learns how to feed off the shards of other capes, thanks to advice given to him by Glaistig Uaine, who in her own words describe Eidolon's role as that of 'High Priest' - leading, cultivating and selecting the shards as the situation demands it.

History

He makes the first appearance during the fight with Leviathan. During the fight he worked with Myrddin to mitigate the effects of tidal waves created by the Endbringer, along with helping the wounded heroes.<ref> https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-8-extermination/8-3/ </ref> After Scion makes the appearance Eidolon helps pin down Leviathan with the manipulation of the water, freezing it into walls around the Endbringer.<ref> https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/extermination-8-5/ </ref>

Relation to Endbringers

Eidolon is the suspected creator of the Endbringers.

The first clue are words uttered by Scion and David's reaction to them: 'You needed worthy opponents'.<ref>https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/interlude-27b/ </ref>

After Eidolon's death Simurgh, Khonsu, Tohu, Bohu and Leviathan become behaving in an erratic manner. <ref> https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/cockroaches-28-2/ </ref>

After The Undersiders and Protectorate approach Simurgh, Tattletale and Defiant discuss the topic: “He’s really their creator?” Defiant asked. “Eidolon?” , Tattle responds: “…Sixty percent sure." <ref> https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/cockroaches-28-4/ </ref>

The final clue is Simurgh's weapon, which after the Golden Morning contained a male fetus "With large ears and a large round nose. Not attractive, as babies went."<ref>https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/teneral-e-5/ </ref>, which matches the general description of Eidolon.

Trivia

• "Eidolon" can mean an unsubstantial image, an ideal, or an idealized figure.
• It is possible that Eidolon created the Endbringers by tapping into the power that Eden would have used to create them because he "needed worthy opponents".

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