Captain Myron

"'The lands have been changed again. I won't let it get to me! But I now have to return to Blockrock to make more amendments. The frequency of the planet spines acting on their own has increased. Perhaps they are resisting. They won't stop me. Nobody will. I will make my world map and it will be my legacy. I just need to find out how to stop the damn spines.' -Myron in a journal"

Captain Myron is an eccentric seafaring cartographer, obsessed with mapping the entire Planet. He owns the Mysterious Boat that is occasionally docked to the east of Settlement 17, Blockrock. Myron is a fugitive from the One Concern, both for being born a Pirate and for his plan to map the world. This is the same sin that Mr. Andress' wife was punished for, likely because Mother and the Bastion Suits do not want people exploring the depths of the planet and seeing its secrets. Myron has been exploring the world for 20 years at least, and knows many things, including methods of avoiding the One Concern Army while doing his illegal work.

=Official Bio= CAPTAIN MYRON Age 51 - From: Isilugar - Likes: Permanence - Favorite color: Navy Blue

''A seafarer who has nothing left in his life than his ambition to be remembered, he's decided that mapmaking is that noble cause. But it's proving a challenge.'' -Limited Run Iconoclasts Classic Edition manual

=Story=

Pre-Game
Myron's self-proclaimed purpose is to map the Planet. This has been his quest for at least the last 20 years. He has pressed the assistance of Vonn and Pola to this end. Unknown to the main characters, Myron uses a Mind Control gun to force the two to do his bidding. He stole the device from the One Concern, as noted by General Chrome.

Myron's plans meet a hitch when he discovers that the planet's geography occasionally shifts. This makes his maps inaccurate some time after he finishes them. He is one of the first outside of the Concern to discover Planet Spines below the surface, realizing that they cause the planet to change. He amends his quest to include finding a way to stop the planet from shifting so that its geography will remain permanent, and his maps will be accurate forever. In the last few years, he has observed the Omega Controller below the planet's surface, which is the main cause of the Planet reshaping, and is devising a means to stop it.

Looking for Samba
After Agent Black kidnaps Samba, Mina and Robin give chase, but first they need to find out where she might have gone. After saving Pontus from the spaceman, the two find Myron at the Community Centre in Settlement 17. They ask if he knows of any One Concern hideouts nearby, but he declines to answer, suggesting that they not worry about such things. Mina decides to sneak onto his boat instead.

The Mysterious Boat
Myron's boat is docked at Blockrock. Mina breaks in to find out if he has any information on Concern hideouts nearby. Inside they find that Myron does indeed have a wealth of information gained during his travels, including a map of Concern patrols, which allows Myron to get around safely, even docking his boat in Settlement 17 despite his fugitive status. A journal reveals Myron's observations that the Moon has nearly crumbled to Detritus Dust from over-mining Ivory, which is what caused it to shatter and why the debris from the explosion heading to the planet disintegrates before hitting the ground. Mina also find a device that she does not realize is a the Mind Control gun. Mina finds a journal that details that there is a Tower at the far side of the Ferrier Shockwood, west of Blockrock. She also find the key to the Shockwood in his drawer. Robin steals it, and they make their way to the forest. Myron later discovers that Robin has pilfered his key.

A Way to Safety
While Robin and Mina are out adventuring elsewhere, Myron continues chasing down the Omega Controller. While attempting to stop it, he and his boat are somehow is thrust from the waters near the mountain base and land near the top of the mountain. Robin and Royal find themselves on the mountainside, unable to proceed up or down. They find Myron under the Darland Ascent, where he informs them that they are trapped due to the Omega Controller changing the landscape to shut them off from the summit, where the One Concern West is. Recognizing him, Royal declares his intent to arrest him on behalf of the Concern. Myron flippantly dismisses him, speaking about his task of defeating the monstrous enemy preventing him from completing his purpose. Royal scoffs at him, not believing such a thing exists. He tells Myron to point him to this monster that he might demonstrate his abilities as a Medium to destroy it, if it even exists. Myron hands over the key to the lower levels.

The two venture down, further into the sealed and abandoned spire until they reach the bottom, finding a pit of old Concern Controllers. Royal accidentally attacks the Omega Controller, thinking it to be an improperly placed Tri monument. It fights back. (See: Omega Controller) Royal finds himself unable to stop it. As it pursues Robin and Royal, the cave walls bash off most of the machinery surrounding the controller. When it backs Robin and Royal into a corner, Myron and his boat appear, somehow falling from the caves above and landing on the controller, destroying the last of its machinery. The giant blue tools. Myron stands at the bow, cursing at it while Robin defeats it. As the Eye dies, the Planet Spines below erupt, tossing Myron, Robin, Royal, the boat, and the dead Eye from the cave and onto the mountainside above. The blast clears the mountainside path forward to One Concern West.

Outside, Myron celebrates that the Omega Controller and the giant Eye controlling it are vanquished, and that the lands will now no longer change... assuming there isn't more than one of the beings. Myron also notes that he believes that it is not actually the central controller of the planet's control system, and that the giant eye they defeated is actually a slave to a core intelligence elsewhere. He attempts to explain his findings that are outside of Tri scripture, but Royal ignores him. Myron forgives Robin for stealing his key, and encourages her to make the most of her life in case the planet meets its end soon. He leaves to find Pola and Von and to empty his boat of his belongings, abandoning it on the mountainside, and continues to draw his map.