Origins
Danik of Atlantis - (Crux/Solus) Born in the city/state of Atlantis on the planet Earth over 100,000 years ago, he was a student of the Spirit, one of five disciplines practiced by Atlanteans. Danik was mentored by Amatus, whom he saved from a mind virus by taking the virus into himself and destroying it. Danik is considered as having the strongest mind in Atlantis. He was a great proponent of transition, an act that would take all who go to a godlike state, an idea brought to knowledge from a dream had by Dienara and further brought into fruition and organized by Chaund, her husband. (Solus #7) They mistakenly assumed that to become more godlike, they must rid themselves of all feeling and emotion. Most of Atlantis followed, but 1,140 remained to mentor the human race; they entered stasis tubes below the city, in case of any powerful backlash of energy during transition. One of Danik's best friends, Capricia, stayed behind.
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