Root

Biodata

Background / History

The designation “Root” emerges from memories connected to the Gray Covenant. Leike reports that its members were feeding something called the Root and were headed for the Pipe Network Layer, toward the Copper Wall. Lu Yuan notes that the Gray Covenant uses “Root” for the place behind that wall, while the memories themselves appear deliberately scrubbed except for this clue 322.

Lu Yuan later identifies two possibilities: the Person on the Wall may be attempting to release whatever lies behind the Copper Wall, or a disturbance beneath the Abyss may be independently weakening the larger seal. In either case, the Copper Wall’s erosion is part of the same crisis. A severed limb intercepted from the Gray Covenant was apparently intended as an offering for the Root 329.

Connection to Bronze City

• Copper Wall — The Root is associated with the area behind the wall; its deterioration is linked to the ongoing failure of Bronze City's containment structure 322 329.
• Gray Covenant — The organization refers to the target behind the Copper Wall as the Root and appears to have conducted feeding operations for it 322 329.
• Person on the Wall — Lu Yuan suspects the Person on the Wall seeks to release whatever is behind the Copper Wall 329.
• Tower of Erudition — The Tower's Inscription network connects to the Bronze Sin pillars and extends into Bronze City's sealing Root. When black substance infiltrates that network, the Guardian warns that the Root of the seal has suffered a mishap 389.

Trivia

• The available evidence does not establish whether “Root” is a specific being, a sealed location, or both.
• The Gray Covenant's surviving memories concerning the Root appear unusually sparse, leading Lu Yuan to suspect they were prepared for others to find 322.