Jethro


 * "A sandfish. No, I mean literally, a fish made of sand. With legs. Yes, you heard me correctly."

Jethro was a young Grind-Joaeren (Fen Vibrile: Sand fish), a species of fish made from sand, which can survive out of water and which has four legs allowing it to walk. Darix and Thesius encountered several of these in the Tonton desert during the Shadow of Endvoil arc. After fighting off a few of the beasts, which grow to quite a large size, they escaped, only for Thesius to later discover that one had stown away in his equiptment. This particular creature was a juvenile and comparitively small when compared to his kin, small enough to stay unseen in Thesius' items for quite some time. Thesius decided to keep the creature, and named it Jethro.

Jethro travelled with Darix and Thesius as they sought to learn the source of the black cloud that was plaguing the land, despite Jethro almost being lost when his leg fell apart, after contact with an enchanted tent that repelled both water and sand. Using his ability "Pet control", Thesius was able to command Jethro, and made some small use of him in battle. As Jethro gained experience, he grew larger and a more powerful ally; however, he was eventually lost after a series of unfortunate circumstances seperated him from Thesius over a distance of several miles in the forest. However, Thesius undoubtedly came back and found him some time in the far future, as a fully grown Jethro came back through a time portal to save him at a critical moment - thus fulfilling a time loop.

In this event, full-grown Jethro was destroyed, and disintegrated into individual particles of sand. However, Thesius discovered that his pet control ability still allowed him to control Jethro's remains; he could now influence the individual grains of sand. Thus, he indirectly gained a "Sand control" ability, his field of influence growing so that he could add further grains of sand to his influence and not just those particles that had been part of Jethro (although he probably still has those, somewhere). This was the root of his fabled sand armour ability, and other powers relating to sand, which ironically became one of his strongest associations even with those who had never heard of Jethro. Ultimately, Thesius came to be known as the "Lord of the Sand" in some circles, all trhough the legacy of his deceased pet.