Orthos

Orthos's History

A descendant of the black dragons and teacher of Wei Shi Lindon, Orthos is a sacred turtle of great importance to the Cradle novels. He was introduced as a Truegold on the Path of Black Flame. Once in a battle long ago he spiritually crippled himself and was driven mad. With the help of Lindon and Little Blue he was able to regain some measure of sanity. This was further helped by his time spent in the pocket realm Ghostwater. At the end of the current book, it is inferred that he has almost fully recovered from a majority of his illnesses.

In Underlord, however, he leaves Lindon and the others, saying that Sacred Beasts do not have to undergo a revelation to reach Underlord. Instead, they chose what they wished to become (ex: Orthos could remain a turtle, become a dragon, or even become human, as seen by Seshethkunaaz, the boy King of the Dragons). For this reason, Othos leaves and is later seen in Sacred Valley alongside Lindon's sister, Wei Shi Kelsa. It is still unknown as to what form Orthos plans on taking.

During the attack of Sacred Valley, Orthos advanced to Underlord with the help Lindon in order to help fight The Wandering Titan.

Afterwards, Orthos decided to follow Lindon and the rest of the group on their journey to purge Cradle of the Dreadgods and Monarchs.