Twelve Guardians

Guardians

Abilities

Twelve Guardians
Homeland	Medius
Features	Shapeshifting abilities, Curses, Element Embodiment
Magic Ability	Strongest, Tied to magic of Medius itself
Settlements	Farun St. Curtis Northwest Village
Notable Characters	Toski the Rabbit Meeros the Mortori Bird Melli the Fire Bee Broxis the Wolf
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The Twelve Guardians are powerful demi-gods created by Gaia and Syndel to watch over the lands of Medius in the gods' absence due a non-interference pledge.

The Twelve Guardians are ageless sentient animals with vast magical power. Each guardian has a natural animal form but also possesses the ability to shape-shift into a mortal form (Human, Jakkai, Fairy, Khamega, etc) as a disguise to walk amongst mortals without attracting attention; however, in both their natural and disguise forms, the symbol of their magical element is displayed visibly somewhere on their body.

Culture

Guardians were tasked to watch over Medius in the gods' stead. As such, some cultures choose to worship them rather than the creator gods, who are seen as "out of reach" due to their non-interference; this is notably the case for Jakkai communities. Jakkai villages all revere one or more of the Guardians, such as Rhea's village with Fuzen'ro the Bat; they build statues of them and pay tribute through ceremonies.

Guardians can intervene in Medius and make public appearances; they might reveal their true forms in broad daylight, or stay in their disguise forms as to not be recognized. They are able to perform miracles, as well as curses. Some regions of Medius are known to be home to specific Guardians: St. Curtis is historically the home of Melli the Fire Bee. However, they can also keep their location secret, including to other Guardians.

A Guardian's reputation can affect that of their animal kin. Rabbits are seen as symbol of bad luck due to their association with Toski, while Mortori Birds were considered bad then good omens due to Meeros' "PR work" of advocating their qualities. A Jakkai village worshiping a specific Guardian might consider their associated animal sacred.

Most Guardians remained neutral during the Great War between Heaven and Hell, even when it was being fought on Medius, as they are the creations of both Gaia and Syndel. However, Siara the Lynx and Melli the Bee sided with Heaven whilst Broxis the Wolf and Toski the Rabbit sided with Hell.

Guardians

There are three guardians for each of the four main magical elements, which accounts for the twelve total.

Water Guardians

Milothys the Dolphin
Affinity	Water
Gender	Male
Animal Form	Dolphin
Disguise Form	Khamega
Known Location	Port Dorade
Debut
Slightly Damned #577  (mentioned)
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Milothys the Dolphin

Milothys remained neutral during the Great War; however, he's said to love Angels. He is worshiped by Jakkai of the Dragon Island Archipelago.

According to Meeros, Milothys is said to live on the southern coast of Fragaria at Port Dorade. As a Water Guardian, he might have some influence on curses cast by Toski and Broxis.

Milothys seems to be featured in a children's book called The Winter Solstice, along with the other Water Guardians.

Broxis the Wolf
Affinity	Water
Gender	Male
Animal Form	White Wolf
Disguise Form	Human
Allegiance	Hell
Known Location	Unnamed Nirveus Village
Debut
Slightly Damned #907
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Broxis the Wolf

Main article: Broxis the Wolf

Broxis is one of the four Guardians who chose to fight in the Great War. He fought on the side of Hell.

It's been revealed that he cursed Kieri's twin brother Kazai, soon after the two got separated; he'd been cursing people in a small mountain village in Nirveus.

He is worshiped by Jakkai of Nirveus, who are rivals with worshipers of Siara the Lynx.

Toski the Rabbit
Affinity	Water
Gender	Female
Animal Form	Snow Rabbit
Disguise Form	Human
Allegiance	Hell
Known Location	Farun
Debut
Slightly Damned #117  (mentioned) Slightly Damned #149
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Toski the Rabbit

Main article: Toski the Rabbit

Toski was the first Guardian to be featured prominently. She is one of the four Guardians who chose to fight in the Great War. She fought on the side of Hell and describes Angels as "self-righteous punks".

Kieri tried to stop her from robbing a shop in Farun, but Toski cursed her out of malice and ran away. However, she didn't account for Angels' higher magic resistance, unknowingly giving Kieri what would become a useful transformation ability.

Fire Guardians

Melli the Fire Bee
Affinity	Fire
Gender	Female
Animal Form	Fire Bee
Disguise Form	Jakkai
Known Location	St. Curtis
Debut
Slightly Damned #386 [HQ] (mentioned) Slightly Damned #604
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Melli the Fire Bee

Main article: Melli the Fire Bee

Melli is one of the four Guardians who chose to fight in the Great War. She fought on the side of Heaven.

She makes her home in St. Curtis which is famous for its honey. During the festival she runs an Archery stand at the Midway for anyone to test their marksmanship. Melli is noted for "hating Demons about as much as Toski hates Angels".

Melli was killed by Moonshade, who had apparently found a way to harm a Guardian.

Rynn the Flame Dragon
Affinity	Fire
Animal Form	Flame Dragon
Known Location	Dragon Island Archipelago (center of worship)
Debut
Slightly Damned #35  (mentioned)
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Rynn the Flame Dragon

Rynn remained neutral during the Great War. They are worshiped by Jakkai of the Dragon Island Archipelago.

Rynn's name is one half of Mokurynn's, possibly hinting at some unknown relation.

Siara the Lynx
Affinity	Fire
Gender	Female
Animal Form	Lynx
Disguise Form	Human (implied)
Allegiance	Heaven
Known Location	Unknown
Debut
Slightly Damned #366 [HQ] (mentioned)
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Siara the Lynx

Siara is one of the four Guardians who chose to fight in the Great War. She fought on the side of Heaven.

There have been hints of a familial relationship between Siara and Heathcliff "Cliff" Sinclair, even though the latter insists she is not his "grandma". Siara granted Cliff the "Siara Special" spell, a Fire spell so powerful that Cliff cannot cast it alone. Following the birth of Cliff's daughter Florina, he expressed worry that Siara might want to meet his "kitten", but stated he had no way to contact her and wouldn't worry about that yet.

Meeros describes her as a "loo-loo", and hints that she might not be pleased to see Demons and Angels together. She is worshiped by Jakkai of Nirveus, who are rivals with worshipers of Broxis the Wolf.

Wind Guardians

Aquilos the Falcon
Affinity	Wind
Animal Form	Falcon
Known Location	Dragon Island Archipelago (center of worship)
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Aquilos the Falcon

Aquilos remained neutral during the Great War. They are worshiped by Jakkai of the Dragon Island Archipelago; one clan that reveres them are known pirates.

Meeros the Mortori Bird
Affinity	Wind
Gender	Male
Animal Form	Mortori Bird
Disguise Form	Human
Known Location	St. Curtis (escaped)
Debut
Slightly Damned #385 [HQ] (mentioned) Slightly Damned #570 [HQ]
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Meeros the Mortori Bird

Main article: Meeros the Mortori Bird

Meeros remained neutral during the Great War.

He is somewhat of a prankster and attention-seeker. He is noted to have a particular liking for St. Curtis' Spring Flower Festival and enjoys flying to the city through the Southern Pass over the travelers, impressing them with a magic light-show as he goes. He's also been implied to have a particular reaction to certain types of couples.

Fuzen'ro the Bat
Affinity	Wind
Animal Form	Bat
Known Location	Fuzen'ro Forest (center of worship)
Debut
Slightly Damned #86  (mentioned)
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Fuzen'ro the Bat

Fuzen'ro remained neutral during the Great War.

They make their home in the Fuzen'ro Forest which is where Rhea's Jakkai village is located. The local Jakkai hold a festival in Fuzen'ro's honor every year; ruins in the forest, including a statue of the Guardian, show that worship of Fuzen'ro dates back to ancient times.

Earth Guardians

Vidane the Stag
Affinity	Earth
Gender	Male
Animal Form	Deer
Known Location	Nirveus (center of worship)
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Vidane the Stag

Vidane remained neutral during the Great War. He is worshiped by Jakkai of Nirveus.

Moku the Snake
Affinity	Earth
Gender	Male
Animal Form	Cactus Cobra
Disguise Form	Jakkai (implied)
Known Location	Dragon Island Archipelago (center of worship)
Debut
Slightly Damned #102
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Moku the Snake

Moku remained neutral during the Great War.

It is possible he lived in the Dragon Island Archipelago, as his death caused a drought there. He is worshiped by Jakkai of Earth Dragon Island.

At some point, Moonshade was able to kill him and steal his powers for his own. Moonshade is a descendant of Moku; presumably his son, as his daughter Rhea is stated in the Book of Records to be Moku's grandchild. She's said to always have had some affinity for Moku, owning imagery of him whereas her village worshiped Fuzen'ro the Bat.

Moku's name is one half of Mokurynn's, possibly hinting at some unknown relation.

Jaspin the Mole
Affinity	Earth
Animal Form	Mole
Known Location	Fragaria (center of worship)
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Jaspin the Mole

Jaspin remained neutral during the Great War. They are worshiped by Jakkai of Fragaria.

Trivia

• While the Twelve Guardians operate on Medius, Angels seem to have some knowledge of them: Kazai was able to recognize Broxis's name, but didn't know who Moku, Melli or Meeros were. It is possible their knowledge (or at least Kazai's) only extends to Guardians that took part in the Great War.