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38. I, Spyder
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I, Spyder was part of the Ludlow-Dalts, a family that had hounded Richard Swift, the Shade, through generations. However, Thomas Ludlow-Dalt, aka I, Spyder got blinded, and then received a vision. He was to put together a new Seven Soldiers of Victory with the purpose of taking down Neh-Buh-Loh, the harbinger of the next universe. However, recently, we learned that Gloriana Tenebrae, the Queen of the Gloaming of the Fey or whatever is slated to marry Darkseid, and she is the great darkness Spyder sees from beyond. Also, I just made the connection that Neh-Buh-Loh MIGHT be the giant hands that are tearing apart sectors of space, starting near Rann, so like, shit's big.

So far, Spyder has collected one member - Boy Blue, an Irish boy from the country that Saoirse can have a conversation about home with. We are slated to assist him in finding the remaining soldiers, so that a team can strike back... and if Neh-Buh-Loh IS big hands, then when Trish said to bring a rainbow brigade, she didn't mean lanterns, she meant a group of seven colors, including Blue... I might be completely wrong about this, or I might have just uncovered a big mystery in the campaign typing up this write-up. Maybe Manchester Black will join our Soldiers? Booster Gold? Green Arrow (Connor Hawke)?

ANYWAY I, Spyder was part of a family that pledged eternal vengeance against the Shade, and he got pulled away from it for a greater purpose. And being blind, he just... is so calm. So collected. Spyder enters scenes with an audible "tap tap tap" of his cane, and whenever he speaks, it draws everyone's attention. There are sometimes mentions of sight and such, right on the edge of being a joke, but never quite crossing over, unless he says it himself with a cool smile that just doesn't earn a laugh because it's so cool. Boyo just has gravitas.

There is a lot of stress among many of the NPC's about the dire circumstances we're in, but for Spyder to see such a big one and remain to collected about it, that's just a dynamic that no other character has. Nobody shares his combination of mundanity and grandeur, that a guy who seems so much like he can be pushed aside is also so important, that a guy who is blind sees what is important so clearly. And the Shade hates him and Spyder is past that all... he's just a walking contradiction and it's hard for any character to match what he brings to the table. And his story is just beginning.

Hint for no. 37: This character is, has been, or will be a parent.