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'''The Bleeding Phoenix''' is one of Cradle's four [[Dreadgod|Dreadgods]], a corrupted red phoenix with wings large enough to stretch across the horizon ([[Skysworn]], ch 16). It is worshipped by the cult of [[Redmoon Hall]]. These unpleasant sacred artists advance to higher ranks via bloodshadows.
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'''The Bleeding Phoenix''' is one of the four Dreadgods on Cradle, a monster of unimagineable power that even Monarchs hesitate to face. Like the other Dreadgods it spends much of its time sleeping, only waking to satisfy its endless hunger.
  
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==First Appearance in the Series==
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== Origin ==
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BLEEDING PHOENIX was the first Dreadgod to awaken in years (Skysworn, Chapter 12). The [[Blackflame Empire]] wasn’t expecting it, and the [[Skysworn (Organization)]] was caught off guard. Many people died from the Phoenix, and more from its ruthless Redmoon Hall followers. [[Yerin]] herself felt the pull of blood madra, because it attracted her blood belt.  
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The Bleeding Phoenix, like the other three Dreadgods, is the result of research and experimentation conducted under the Labyrinth in an attempt to control hunger aura. It was originally an unremarkable [[Dreadbeasts|Dreadbeast]] when it was born and was infused with hunger aura like others of its kind, yet for an unexplained reason it quickly grew beyond its peers and was studied closely. It eventually escaped confinement and entered the outside world after the researchers lost control of the hunger aura they were studying.
  
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===Blame Makiel===
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It turns out that [[Makiel]] the Hound of Fate, a Judge in the [[Abidan]], nudged the Phoenix awake and towards the Blackflame Empire. Makiel supposedly wanted to undo the meddling with Fate he felt [[Ozriel]] had done by leaving a black marble for his blond descendant to find, millennia later. Makiel felt it was unacceptable for that blond fellow (obviously [[Eithan Arelius]] to meet up with the same youth that [[Suriel]] had saved from a spatial violation in [[Sacred Valley]] — referring to [[Wei Shi Lindon]] and the Hulk who came back to Cradle after ascending, Li Markuth. (Skysworn, ch 2, and referring to Unsouled]]
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<blockquote>"''It was so large as to defy description, swallowing half the sky and stretching into the clouds. Each of its feathers was an oozing, flowing blob, as though it had been made from clumps of crimson gel pushed together. Its beak was curved like a scythe and razor-sharp, and its eyes were shapeless masses of white-hot power." - Chapter 16 Skysworn'' </blockquote>
  
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==Descriptions==
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==Abilities==
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<blockquote>''"It was so large as to defy description, swallowing half the sky and stretching into the clouds. Each of its feathers was an oozing, flowing blob, as though it had been made from clumps of crimson gel pushed together. Its beak was curved like a scythe and razor-sharp, and its eyes were shapeless masses of white-hot power."' (Skysworn, ch 16)''</blockquote>
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The Bleeding Phoenix possesses great physical strength, able to fight on equal ground with Akura Malice, during which she was using her bloodline ability, and shrug off blows from Northstrider.
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The Bleeding Phoenix is an enormous creature of blood madra, described as a descendant of [[Subject One]]. Its appearance is as that of a blood-red phoenix, with a wingspan large enough to block an entire horizon. Everywhere it passes is bathed in a deep red light, with all vital aura in the area stained by its overwhelming blood aspect. ("Skysworn, ch 8")
 
  
 
===Reforming Blood Shadows===
 
===Reforming Blood Shadows===

Revision as of 09:35, 7 December 2021

The Bleeding Phoenix is one of the four Dreadgods on Cradle, a monster of unimagineable power that even Monarchs hesitate to face. Like the other Dreadgods it spends much of its time sleeping, only waking to satisfy its endless hunger.

Origin

The Bleeding Phoenix, like the other three Dreadgods, is the result of research and experimentation conducted under the Labyrinth in an attempt to control hunger aura. It was originally an unremarkable Dreadbeast when it was born and was infused with hunger aura like others of its kind, yet for an unexplained reason it quickly grew beyond its peers and was studied closely. It eventually escaped confinement and entered the outside world after the researchers lost control of the hunger aura they were studying.

Appearance

"It was so large as to defy description, swallowing half the sky and stretching into the clouds. Each of its feathers was an oozing, flowing blob, as though it had been made from clumps of crimson gel pushed together. Its beak was curved like a scythe and razor-sharp, and its eyes were shapeless masses of white-hot power." - Chapter 16 Skysworn

Abilities

The Bleeding Phoenix possesses great physical strength, able to fight on equal ground with Akura Malice, during which she was using her bloodline ability, and shrug off blows from Northstrider.

Reforming Blood Shadows

The Bleeding Phoenix is the only Dreadgod that can be physically destroyed. However, when defeated, the Bleeding Phoenix molts thousands of its feathers as Blood Shadows that scatter far and wide. Each Blood Shadow carries a fragment of the Dreadgod's consciousness. When a Blood Shadow finds a powerful sacred artist, it latches on to their core as a parasite and begins feeding from the host's madra, blood, and life force. The Blood Shadow returns to the Bleeding Phoenix when it is full to deliver the stolen power. In this way, the Bleeding Phoenix gets stronger as it rests. This is the basis of power used by cult followers, Redmoon Hall.

Bloodspawn

Bloodspawn seems to be the same as blood shadows, maybe baby shadows. Within the Phoenix's miles-wide range of blood aura, natural spirits known as bloodspawn are formed. Vaguely humanoid in appearance, they rise from sources of blood, including open cuts on still-living people. (Skysworn, Chapter 9; Bloodline, Chapter 15) They aim to wound those around them, increasing their own numbers and providing more blood madra for Phoenix, their master.


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