Scripting is the ability to manipulate madra using any number of symbols or runes for the benefit of the scriptor. I remember Will saying that it was the original plan but then things changed. Scripting - I was really hoping that Lindon would have stuck with this in addition to him learning his paths. After all, this single event set the course for the entire series. Could this be one of the properties of sacred trees? Maybe he could sense fate. Lindon could tell that the particular tree he was working on was different from the rest due to his feeling/sensing the aura that exuded from it. Lindon’s family is introduced.Įxuded an aura of peace - Lindon had tested 25 different trees, but this tree felt right. He creates scripts to trap the remnant and obtain the Orus fruit at the cost of a broken arm. A dangerous remnant is born of the tree's corpse and scares Teris away. Teris stumbles upon Lindon, blames him for the hunt going awry, and kills the ancient tree to upset Lindon. He successfully finds an ancient tree but is soon interrupted by an Enforcer boy, Wei Mon Teris, on a forbidden hunt. Using scripts, Lindon tests a number of Orus trees capable of producing sacred Orus fruit.
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