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A street-wise, adventurous, and bubbly desert nomad who was involved in Duat’s rebellion cause that sought to rid the town of Sek-Duat’s rule. He despised tyranny and wanted to do everything he is able to handle to wipe it out of the Sandsea. As a baby, he was forcibly taken from his biological family by bandits who are mortal enemies of the Oasis Defense Force, the predecessors of the Duat’s rebellion made up of Sandsea Guardians that were wiped out by Sek-Duat several hundred years into his conquest for eternal life. Although he was never aware of his true heritage, Crulon grew up believing that he belonged with the bandits and became used to hardship due to his habitual stealing and disregard of the law, indicating that he is naïve when introduced to regulations, but he means well. One blistering hot day, he was finally caught stealing from a merchant and he ran away before he could be apprehended. He was found by a fourteen-year-old boy who seemed like he was from a middle-class family and immediately recognized him as the bandit that stole from his favorite stand. Instead of alerting the marketplace, the boy could tell that Crulon was ignorant and sought to teach him that stealing from people is immoral. The latter quietly abandoned the bandits who raised him and his friendship with the boy eventually led to his involvement with the rebellion to make up for his past transgressions and become increasingly aware of why laws are necessary, but only if they are corrupt and heartless should it be appropriate to fight back. Crulon felt a lot better about himself in the process and became wiser and experienced, leading him to eventually stop stealing entirely. Unfortunately, for him, his enthusiasm quickly turned to uncertainty when the Rose stepped in to help the rebellion cause and ultimately brought peace to Duat even though Sek-Duat was never caught for some time. Morally conflicted about what he had overheard about the Rose from those who favor magic who visit the city and gossip in secret, Crulon wonders if the cult’s assistance came with a cost that the rebellion had overlooked. With heavy heart, he slowly reverts to a state halfway between his enlightened personality and his former status and started to snoop on Rose officials stationed outside the layout and parameters of the pyramid, looking for untold secrets to leak to the now-grown boy that brought him into the cause in the first place.

Back when I started this project last August, I didn’t think I would finish it because a variety of obligations and key projects came up, but I was fortunate to pull through once I realized that I shouldn’t give myself more work than I can handle and took the design process one step at a time even if some of my sketches came out undesirable at first. My take on Crulon in the DragonFable timeline began when Crulon and I became good friends because of the way we both looked at life and our own thought processes. I designed much of Crulon’s appearance such as his clothing, his hair, his shoes, and his scarf while Crulon was kind enough to provide me with additional assistance. While I overdid the texture on the desert pants at first, Bido ultimately helped me emerge from that obstacle when he redesigned its appearance and I am thankful to be able to take the project as another learning experience that will continue to help me overcome my weakness with designing clothing. Furthermore, the item descriptions for Ebon Blade of Sands and the related item sets that Crulon drew in AQW’s Featured January Gear immediately snapped me out of my writer’s block when trying to come up his background in DragonFable, which was slightly difficult for me because he is not directly involved in Occavatra’s backstory because he has not traveled to the Sandsea with his company until around mid-Book 2 shortly after Europa gladly decided to come with him. The Djinn Warrior Blade that Crulon has sheathed was said to be acquired by a ManaHunter under Magus Hansa's supervision. She assumed it was mistakenly abandoned by an “otherworldly being that carries a great deal of white magic” during the attacks that threw the elemental realms into disarray. It was intended to be used for further study up until Crulon stole it. How he managed to do so without getting caught by the Rose remains to be seen.

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