Bynx

Summary

Bynx is the rapidly growing sphynx / goliath child recovered through Morgana’s reincarnation dispute with Kasha and developed further in Lady Evalina Hartwall’s Laboratory. Bynx is a child of Attabre, the brother of Trixus, Benu, and Garadule, and the reincarnated Sphinx aspect of the Original Goliath Sphinx—the memory-destroying creature stolen and altered when the Dome was created. Bynx later helped the Goliaths, Dunnen people, and Tarnished rebuild civilization. He also discovered that Anadreste’s expected trace was absent from a white dragon; why it was missing, and what that means for the white-dragon line, remains unresolved.

Known Details

• On day-46, Morgana recovered the baby sphynx / goliath child after Kasha tried to claim it as alternative payment; the spell completed too quickly, as if another power also cast it.
• Earlier Day 44 school history described Bynx as the baby Attabre spirit brought in for the Goliaths as they became Emeraldus’s line.
• The Sphinx aspect of the altered original Goliath Sphinx was what reincarnated as Bynx after the Day 45 Menagerie battle.
• The original Goliath Sphinx had been stolen and altered when the Dome was created, then used to alter memories across the Dome.
• On day-47, the sphynx grew quickly, asked many questions, played in Hartwall’s rooms, added a ribbon to Eliana’s horn, vomited on them, and reacted to old memory rooms.
• On day-47, Bynx told Eliana, “I wasn’t born green,” connected the green change to jade, and remembered brothers now.
• Bynx identified the lion-headed elven toy figure of Attabre in a Grand Towers memory box as his father and broke the box.
• Trixus, Benu, and Garadule are Bynx’s brothers.
• The notes explicitly name the sphynx baby as Bynx in the trophy-plinth sequence.
• Anadreste, Bynx’s sister and the guardian of the white dragons, appeared as a carved female sphynx face on a Sunserene palace door.
• In Sunserene, Bynx explained that where pure elemental planes meet, they combine.
• Bynx cast Truesight and found Anadreste was no longer present, with no trace of her in the white dragon. This is significant because she sacrificed herself to become part of the white dragons, turning them good, so all white dragons and their descendants should retain a trace of her.
• On Day 56, Bynx warned Dirk that his brothers were coming and to close the door.
• Day 56 also suggested dome activation may have captured Bynx’s sphynx brothers, and Bynx was later found behind a Barrier with Trixus, Benu, and Garadule.
• Day 50 records Dirk’s concern that Ingris and Bynx were roughly the same age. On Day 58, Ingris immediately looked for Bynx when Dirk brought the party to the family tent. These details establish a notable connection, but do not by themselves confirm a romantic relationship.
• In several conversations with Dirk, Bynx hinted at a romantic relationship with Ingris. The hints support the possibility of a romance, but the exact nature and status of the relationship remain unresolved in the surviving record.

Related Entries

• Garadule
• Anadreste
• Attabre
• Original Goliath Sphinx
• Elemental Prisons
• Sunserene
• Minor Figures

Open Questions

• What removed Anadreste’s trace from the white dragon, and what does that mean for Icefang’s descendants Eliana and Lady Kalissa Hartwall?
• How much of the original Goliath Sphinx remains in Bynx after reincarnation?
• Were Trixus, Benu, and Garadule captured by the dome activation, and can they be released without collapsing other prisons?
• Why was Bynx behind the Grand Towers Barrier with Trixus, Benu, and Garadule?
• What exactly is the relationship between Bynx and Ingris, and why did Ingris immediately look for him?