Duman

Male

• Steel Bull


• Steel Fortress

• Keeper of Steel Will and Steel Kujata
  


• 
  Fatima's Guardian
  


• Member of the Rogues
  

• Kujata


• Silver


• Muscular bovine body the height of a carriage with glistening, extremely thick and tough steel blue hide


• Pair of long, curved horns on the head hard as steel that point forward


• Pointed ears


• Tapered snout


• Cloven hooves


• Long, slender tail with a large tuft of fur at the tip

• Shares a close bond with his Champion Fatima and is always seen at her side


• Speaks little unless necessary, and is overall curt


• Is stubborn, strong-willed, and unwilling to accept losses


• Is arrogant and considers humans to be weak-willed


• Holds a long-seated grudge against those who fought him, especially the Five Fallen
  

Iranian accent

Not emotive; hard to read

Direct eye contact

Rarely gestures

Stands up straight

Stony

Brusque, reserved, dismissive

• Lightning, photon, and stellar conjuration and manipulation


• Wields silvery-white lightning


• Generates lightning between his horns and can conjure blinding flashes and thunderstorms by swinging them or bellowing


• Can use his horns as melee weapons


• Telepathy

• Expert fighter with powerful horns and hooves


• Can comfortably carry up to four average-sized adult humans at a time


• Is the toughest of the Guardians


• Has extremely thick hide tough as steel, rendering it impervious to nearly all damage

Duman was created along with the other eighteen Guardians by Eirene, the first Guardian and the creator of Eridya. Under her guidance, Duman created plains as well as bovines, camelids, pachyderms, suids, and other non-cervid and non-equine ungulates, before making his home in the Steel Plateau. From there, he watched over the world with the other Guardians, and was worshipped by humans and animals alike as they collaborated to help Eridya flourish.

However, trouble arose when the people of Valya unveiled a creation meant to rival Eirene herself – an enormous black dragon named Dovrak. When they lost control of their creation, who began rampaging across Eridya and wounded the Tree of Life in the process, Duman worked with the other Guardians and humans to drive back the threat in what became the Nightbringer War. Duman was among many of the Guardians seeking retribution for Valya's actions, which ultimately came to pass as Valya was sunk under the sea and its Guardians sealed away, bringing the total number of Guardians down to sixteen.

500 years later, he convened along with the rest of the Guardians in a Grand Council after being alerted of a premonition of Dovrak being revived as the rise of an enemy faction named the Duskwing Syndicates. After quite some back and forth, they came to the consensus that they should seek out the aid of Champions in the dual hope that the Champions' presence would not only keep the Guardians together but also strengthen their defenses against the Duskwing Syndicates. They decided to search among young adults between 18-23 years old, as children would be unable to harness the Guardians' power.

However, in truth Duman had been consorting with the Duskwing Syndicates and sought to side with them. Thus, Duman sought out a Champion from the enemy faction, though he kept their allegiance a secret. Together they worked to revive Dovrak and spearheaded the Duskwing Syndicates' invasion that led to the Twilight War, standing alongside Uriah, Ashika, Aethon, and Sen as Rogues. They openly attacked the other Guardians before turning their attention to the Tree of Life, prompting Eirene to send those who would become the Five Fallen to guard it. However, Duman chose to stay behind and lead the Duskwing Syndicates in battle.

Ultimately Duman and his kin were defeated, and at the end of the war their Champions and the remaining Duskwing Syndicates were either killed by the Dawnwing Organizations or scattered. Meanwhile, the five Rogues were imprisoned by Eirene for their crimes, where they would remain so for nearly 500 years.

A Neyrian legend states that the pounding of Duman's hooves as he runs across the plains causes thunder and that his bellow summons storms