Editing Odis Saulsbury (section)

== Chronology ==
He used to be a gangster but stopped after finding magic,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> he still occasionally has meals with his old criminal contacts.<ref>- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/01/29/gone-and-done-it-17-2/ Excerpt] from [[Gone and Done It 17.2]]</ref>

Odis fell victim to the Witch of the Blackforest Bus Lines, a practitioner that preyed on the elderly by tricking them into buses and stealing the warmth from them. Odis managed to keep his senses by not having any warmth in him to steal, when the Witch went to investigate he killed her and took her role.<ref name=":0">“Not related.  Blackforest is a shorthand term for your Hansel and Gretel type situation.  Make a demesne, demiurgic realm, or mystical pitcher plant type trap, lure people in, harvest power.  Usually targeting vulnerable innocents.  Children, typically.”<br><br>...<br><br>“Odis’ predecessor targeted the elderly at nursing homes.  Bus stops that would appear only to certain eyes, lure in anyone who wandered, especially anyone without connections, regular visitors, living family.  Familiar music, friendly faces, a literal trip through the past as the bus went on.  They’d feel young, talk with others on the bus, on a seemingly unending, mystical trip, sun shining through the windows, sharing stories.  Like a warm, nostalgic dream on a sunny spring morning.  At her peak she had those bus-lines laid out across three cities and at nursing and care homes in ten different towns.”<br><br>Avery shivered.  “What happened to the victims?”<br><br>“They’d wake from the dream, the bus leaving them by the side of the road while it carried off that warmth it had stirred in them.  If they were lucky, they’d be found in some distant place, cold, hungry, dehydrated, and very confused.  They’d never recover the faculties they had.  Something vital drained out of them.”<br><br>...<br><br>More gently, Florin said, “Odis was one of the would-be victims.  He was a gangster when he was younger.  Old school, not to be trifled with.  He maintained his senses, got his hands on the Witch of the Blackforest Bus Line, when she came to figure out who was taking up a seat on her bus without giving up that kernel of warmth she was after.”<br><br>“Threw her into the oven?”<br><br>“Metaphorically.  Threw her under the bus,” Florin said, smiling.  “He keeps the buses running.  Different routes, different intent.  Sometimes the old, still, sometimes prisoners without anyone to pick them up.  Same idea, the bus comes along, but the feeling it evokes, it doesn’t look for warmth and nostalgia and set its hooks into those feelings.  It looks for people who have hurt other people and enjoy those memories.”- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/10/17/fall-out-14-4/ Excerpt] from [[Fall Out 14.4]]</ref>

Voted against [[Avery Kelly|Avery]] being allowed to stay in [[Thunder Bay]].<ref>“No,” Odis Saulsbury the Blackforest Trapper said.  “I prefer a blanket policy of hard ''no'' until the ambient chaos stops.  We invite one in, we invite others in.”- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/10/05/fall-out-14-1/ Excerpt] from [[Fall Out 14.1]]</ref> The [[She Who Drowns in Moonlight|Lord of Thunder Bay]] gave him an elemental knife in an attempt to get him to change his mind.<ref>But the Lord moved, picking up the first gift.  The knife.  It was placed on the ground in front of Odis, along with a silvery coin.- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/10/05/fall-out-14-1/ Excerpt] from [[Fall Out 14.1]]</ref>

He tried to get Avery to take responsibility for [[Franky Reiber|Franky]].<ref>“Avery Kelly,” Odis said.  The rest of the conversation died down.  The old man turned to face Avery.  “Would you take responsibility for this new practitioner?”- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/10/17/fall-out-14-4/ Excerpt] from [[Fall Out 14.4]]</ref>

Supported [[Theodora Knight|Thea]] when she went to the council to tell them that her [[List of Power Sources|power source]] had been stolen.<ref>- [[Playing a Part 15.z]]</ref>

Helped defend the [[She Who Drowns in Moonlight|Lord]] when [[Florin Pesch|Florin]] launched his coup.<ref>- [[Left in the Dust 16.8]]</ref>

Offered to drive [[Avery Kelly|Avery]] home after fighting Musser's minions but only after he promised saftey to her and her prisoners, first aid and to make the trip worth while. During the trip he told her that he knew she raided [[Theodora Knight|Thea's]] vault and forced Thea not to retaliate against Avery. He also talked about not having the leadership to fill all the new [[Lord|Lordships]] that have created and suggests the need to negotiate with [[Abraham Musser|Musser]].<ref>- [[Gone and Done It 17.2]]</ref>
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