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Legendary · One of 5

Meron

“The troop's memory, worn on his chest.”

A Stone ape of The Old World

3 known connections · an open question

The living story

The story so far

Meron's chest-mark — the bright patch the geladas carry — has deepened with his years until the young ones call him the bleeding heart. He has earned the name: he has grieved every loss the troop has taken and celebrated every birth.

Happening now

He remembers the season before the four left — remembers it the way others remember weather. 'They were restless,' he says, 'the way the grass is restless before rain.' He will not say more. He has said enough.

What may come

Nia tracks a limp he insists he doesn't have. He lets her. Some battles the memory chooses to lose.

Connected

Why someone keeps Meron

  • because his chest is a bleeding heart and he has earned it
  • because he remembers every drought and every plenty
  • because 'they were restless, the way grass is restless before rain' — and he won't say more

The Old World

The monkeys of Africa and Asia: baboons with opinions, mandrills wearing the sunrise on their faces, macaques who have learned every human trick worth stealing. Old troops, old grudges, older grooming debts.

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At a glance — details & stats
Element
Stone
Troop
The Old World — East of the great water
Rarity
Legendary
Personality
The old male with a chest like a bleeding heart. He remembers every drought, every plenty, every ape who ever grazed beside him.
Edition
One of 5
Stats
power 68 · speed 35 · charm 94