Andrew

Biodata

Power Progression

Initial Attributes

Andrew’s first inspected attributes, before receiving the new blessings, are recorded below 25.

Appearance

• Build: Approximately 2.5 meters tall, with a muscular humanoid body and thick limbs 24.
• Distinguishing features: White fur, sharp bear claws, and a furry face whose devotional expression contrasts with his intimidating presence 24.
• Movement: Often runs on all fours; he can travel across snow at least 30 kilometers per hour 26 31.
• Transformed appearance: Becomes a giant white bear when using Giant Bear Form 27 39.

Personality

Andrew is normally calm and sage-like, but becomes brutally aggressive in combat. During the Hunter Camp assault, he tears apart tents and crushes fleeing enemies; after the mammoth rescue battle, his bloodlust gradually subsides and his reverent manner returns 27 49.

His devotion centers on nature and its balance. He treats the wounded young mammoth as a child deserving protection, pleading for its rescue and remaining beside it when recovery appears impossible. He also objects to opening the Cave Spider’s cocoons because he considers it a desecration of the dead 26 42 48 49.

Andrew does not initially offer Cao Xing unquestioning loyalty: he regards his new lord as too weak to command his full respect. Permanent blessings replace that dismissiveness with awe, while Cao Xing’s battlefield leadership and apparent compassion strengthen his allegiance further 25 41 42 48.

Abilities & Skills

Rending Claw Strike

• Swings his claws to deal 130% attack damage to an enemy 25.
• Uses his natural claws rather than a carried weapon; they can receive Aurora Blessing’s additional Light damage 25.

Wild Mark

• Successful attacks reduce the target’s armor by 50 points and mark its location 25.
• Produces a visible bear-claw symbol above the target 40.
• Works against both living enemies and machinery, including the Cave Spider and Burrowing Robot 40 43.

Giant Bear Form

• Transforms into an Icefield Giant Bear, increasing all attributes by 30% 25.
• Grants access to Wild Roar and Fierce Assault; their individual effects are not specified in his initial skill description 25.
• Has a listed duration of 60 seconds and cooldown of 180 seconds 25.
• Enables powerful pursuit: combined with Snakefolk Frenzy, it lets him catch the fleeing Hunter Captain 27.
• Provides enough strength to tear free of the Cave Spider’s immobilizing webbing 39.

Nature Affinity

• Increases health-recovery speed by 20% while in nature 25.

Frontline Defense

• Has the highest defense in the party when entering the Moleman Mine and takes the leading position 35.
• Serves as the primary tank against the Level 20 Cave Spider, with Asam assigned to replace him if his health falls below half 40.
• With layered armor blessings and continuous healing, withstands a prolonged Moleman encirclement while losing less than 30% of his health after nearly three minutes 44 45.

Animal Communication & Injury Care

• Can communicate with the young Icefield Mammoth “a little,” using physical contact and unusual syllables to convey Cao Xing’s offer of a Pet Contract 49.
• Removes embedded weapons and chains from the contracted mammoth 50.
• Resets its broken right leg, allowing Cao Xing’s continuing Ice Healing to restore it fully 50.

Background / History

Recruitment and the Hunter Camp

Cao Xing summons Andrew using the Icefield Druid Recruitment Scroll earned from the server’s first elite-creature kill. Andrew introduces himself as “Guardian Andrew” and pledges service, though his initial loyalty is only 63. After receiving Cao Xing’s permanent blessings, his loyalty rises to 74 15 24 25.

Andrew and Asam lead the attack on the Hunter Camp seven kilometers from the territory. Andrew kills ordinary Hunters with ease, demolishes their hiding places, and pursues the escaping Level 10 Hunter Captain in Giant Bear Form. Their victory destroys the camp and enables the rescue of its captives 26 27 28.

While searching the battlefield, Andrew finds a Goblin Treasury Key on a fallen enemy and hands it to Cao Xing. He later helps Asam gather and burn the Hunters’ bodies before the group escorts Tong Chuchu to her mother’s camp 28 30.

Moleman Mine Expedition

Andrew joins the expedition to the Moleman Mine, helping recover Mana Stone Torches and fighting through its defenders. At a fork, he smashes the wooden barricade blocking a restricted passage, opening the route toward the Cave Spider’s lair 35 36 38.

The Cave Spider initially immobilizes him with webbing, but he transforms and tears himself free. He then tanks its attacks and applies Wild Mark while the others surround it. Cao Xing’s successful command of the battle raises Andrew’s loyalty to 80 39 40 41.

After the battle, Andrew reluctantly opens a cocoon containing a corpse. Cao Xing reassures him that freeing and burying the dead will release their souls and return them to the earth; Andrew accepts this explanation, and his loyalty rises to 88 42.

Deeper in the mine, Andrew helps fight a Burrowing Robot and later charges into a large force of Molemen alongside Sarah Blade Dance and Frost Wolf Winter 43 44 45.

Rescue of Big White

When the party discovers Hunters attacking a trapped young Icefield Mammoth, Andrew kneels and begs Cao Xing to intervene. Cao Xing agrees, raising Andrew’s loyalty to 93. Andrew then fights beside the mammoth in Giant Bear Form, tearing through the surrounding Hunters 48 49.

The rescued mammoth remains near death, and Cao Xing cannot heal it while it is a non-allied creature. Andrew persuades it to accept a Pet Contract, making treatment possible. After Cao Xing names it Big White, Andrew removes its restraints and embedded weapons, then resets its fractured leg so that continued healing can complete its recovery 49 50.

Relationships

• Cao Xing — Lord and commander. Andrew’s initial skepticism becomes devotion through permanent blessings, effective leadership, and actions he interprets as respect for nature 25 41 42 48.
• Liu Muxue — Fellow territory member and source of Aurora Blessing, which enhances his claws despite his lack of a conventional weapon 25.
• Ilena — Provides his permanent Scale Armor and Snakefolk Frenzy blessings 25.
• Asam — Frequent frontline partner in the Hunter Camp and Moleman Mine battles; serves as Andrew’s designated backup tank against the Cave Spider 26 36 40.
• Sarah Blade Dance — Combat ally who fights alongside him against the Cave Spider, mining robots, and Hunters 39 40 43 49.
• Big White — Young Icefield Mammoth whom Andrew helps rescue, persuades to accept Cao Xing’s contract, and physically treats 48 49 50.

Notable Quotes

“The power of nature will guide me forward.” 24

“I am willing to fight for the balance of nature.” 26

“Lord, this would be a desecration of the bodies of the dead... But if it is your order, Andrew is willing to carry it out.” 42