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- | ====== Lidyan ====== | ||
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- | **Lidyan** (1st AC - 118) was a superhero warrior, widely considered to be the most consequential and destructive in the history of Continent, having single-handedly ended the [[Western Dantrian Civilization]]. His armies have devastated whole countries and reduced the population of Continent by an estimated 40-60%. His conquests are also responsible for wiping out most of the cultural artifacts of Dantria and neighboring countries, including the [[Great Dantrian Libraries]]. | ||
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- | He had the ability to effortlessly animate and control the dead, creating hordes of warriors that would overrun any army. His abilities are thought to had eventually evolved into an even more powerful variant, with undead becoming truly resurrected and no longer dependent on Lidyan, to the point that he effectively lost control over the majority of his own army and was in hiding. | ||
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- | Having defeated all superhero warriors in his path, Lidyan was eventually killed by [[Kornad Dvon Trimian]] in 118. It took many more years to completely destroy his army of the undead. | ||
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- | ===== Research ===== | ||
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- | The ratio of what we actually know about Lidyan to the amount of research done on him is very poor. This is due to several factors. First of all, it is suspected that the true extent of his powers is insufficiently understood. Specifically, a number of historians believe that he was much older and that his abilities provided him with extraordinary longevity. This makes it difficult to place his birth in a narrow range and scientists are forced to consider a very wide time period to search for data. Second, Lidyan's conquests have wiped out such an enormous amount of people and destroyed so many artifacts and historical records that any information about the Western Dantrian Civilization is scarce, let alone information about this one person. Third, one of the mystery of Lidyan's life is that he emerged as a superhero late in his life - definitely when he was an adult - and pretty much out of nowhere. Which meant that his whereabouts were of little significance to the public at the time. Additionally, he became notorious when he appeared in the middle of Western Dantria, having left the burned down lands of the country he | ||
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- | ===== Early life ===== | ||
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