The Bound
24 entries in the Crown of Teeth compendium.
CaelFrom surface death to slime sovereign, Cael chose protection over mindless appetite.GrixThe first Bound: a sharp, counting scavenger who survives the harvest to found a free natiThreshThe wounded beast saved by Cael who became the nation's unyielding wall and ultimate sacriBurlBlind builder who turned root-rock into a door, sacrificing his grain for the Loom.CoilSerpentine conscience bound by Skarn, keeper of larder laws and the fifth law of Share.OrrAncient stone-shaper bound in Book 4, died holding Dawnhold's breach against the Gullet.GrustOrr's apprentice who shaped a final bone bridge, sacrificing all to become the span.SkarnA Warmreach Beast who chose the Bind, becoming a thesis of choice over force.KarthRiven's rival monster-king who chose binding over devouring, dying with his core preservedVrayeA disciplined delver-hero obsessed with Cael who chose the Bound's side in the final war.Isult VaneWarden-Commander who broke on the Cairnhold, founded the Recusants, and teaches unity.CormPatient armored keeper of the larder who paid the founding blood-price for humanity.RukhMaw King of the Bound, a former devourer who died holding a gate.SorrenA light-seeking mimic scout who betrays the Bound for freedom, only to die holding a door.OssaBeloved Cradle keeper and mother to free-born, bound in Book 3, drowned by a Gardener proxVoskA Dire-grade Bound vanguard who sacrificed himself in Book 8 to crack open the Steward proWrenThe Bound's living memory-keeper who walks the dead with luminous fungus to keep every namWickThe first free-born Bound, proving the Marrow's thesis and surviving beyond Book 7.SprigFrom Thresh's last throw, Sprig rises as Cael's ward and a sure Bound leader.LoamThe maimed root who turned lost deepening into a school of keepers.OssuarRival Calamity monster-king who ate the 'no' and became Cael's dark mirror.VhollAbsorbed monster-king turned against Karth; dies protecting Cael in Book 12.SelaA Bound keeper and healer who fell at Dawnhold, honored in Book 12.NettleThe gentlest of the First Warren whose death established burial laws over cannibalism for
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