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Original Goliath Sphinx

Summary

The original Goliath Sphinx was the Sphinx meant for the Goliaths, stolen and altered long ago when the Dome was created. It became the memory-destroying creature held down in the Riversmeet Menagerie / old mage school, and its Sphinx aspect was later reincarnated as Bynx.

Known Details

  • The creature behind the Day 46 orb-room warning was the original Sphinx meant for the Goliaths.
  • It had been stolen and altered long ago when the Dome was created.
  • The Dome was created by Everard Browning, Ennuyé, Brutor Ruby Eye, Valenth Cardonald, and Lady Evalina Hartwall.
  • It was used to alter the memories of everyone inside the Dome.
  • In the Menagerie / old mage school, it appeared as a forty-foot alien, squelchy creature with an anguished humanoid face.
  • Mr Moreley was the spectral dragon holding the creature down.
  • During the battle, an invisible entity escaped and caused forced forgetting, but the entity was defeated and memories were restored.
  • The Sphinx aspect of the altered creature was what reincarnated as Bynx.

Open Questions

  • Which of the Dome creators stole and altered the original Goliath Sphinx, and did any of the others oppose it?
  • How much of the original Sphinx remains in Bynx after reincarnation?