OEDI(the elder)
OEDI
(the elder)
Real Name: Oedi
Identity/Class: Alternate
Reality (Reality-8116) extraterrestrial genetically-engineered ("The People" of Caldor) being;
extratemporal (approximately 1 million A.D.)
Occupation: Farmer
Group Membership: The People
Affiliations: Created by Instrumentality
scientists, Delilah D-50, Pyrax 8-13, Vanth (later Dreadstar);
minimal former affiliation with the Instrumentality,
who created the People and who gave them limited supplies in exchange
for their harvest
Enemies: Presumably the Monarchy (notably King Nellor and the First Nova Squadron, including Lt. Sandorz)
Known Relatives: Oedi (son);
he may or may not have been married to Oedi's mother, Lectra;
Oedi' the younger's other siblings may or may be Oedi the elder's children
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: their Village on
Caldor, unrevealed star system, Empirical Galaxy, Reality-8116;
First Appearance: Marvel Graphic Novel#3: The Metamorphosis Odyssey Book Three: Dreadstar (1982)
Powers/Abilities: Like the rest of the People, Oedi had superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, nocturnal vision (likely in part due to a tapetum lucidum to reflect maximal light on their retinae), and auditory and olfactory senses.
He was covered in fur and had enlarged, sharp canine teeth and retractable claws. He did not have a tail.
He had human-level intelligence and manual dexterity, and he could speak.
He was highly-skilled farmers, especially forest wheat.
Traits: Like the rest of the People, Oedi was generally passive, preferring to avoid conflict. He also had some significant curiosity.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5''10")History:
(Marvel Graphic Novel#3: The
Metamorphosis Odyssey Book Three: Dreadstar - BTS) - Vanth -- having traveled 1 million
years into the future after participating in a "mercy killing" of the
Milky Way galaxy, having taken a radium laser to the leg, divested
himself of his Sword of Power -- collapsed on the ground.
(Dreadstar
and Company#5: The Dreadstar and Company Files: Oedi (fb) - BTS) -
Alongside his child, also named Oedi, Oedi, had been working alongside
friends when Vanth arrived.
(Marvel Graphic Novel#3: The Metamorphosis Odyssey Book Three: Dreadstar) - The People (including both Oedis) found Vanth and decided to bring him to Delilah, as he was one of her kind.
(Marvel Graphic Novel#3: The Metamorphosis Odyssey Book Three: Dreadstar (fb)) - Oedi and his friends carried Vanth into Delilah's place, and she figured he would be dead by morning from the radium laser.
(Marvel Graphic Novel#3: The Metamorphosis Odyssey Book Three: Dreadstar) - A
couple (few?) weeks later, the senior Oedi encountered and asked Delilah about her
patient, and she told him of Vanth's physical and mental
recovery as well as skills and abilities.
When Oedi asked about Vanth's plans and she noted that he was happy doing what he was doing, Oedi was concerned about how little they knew about him, but Delilah shared that she was really beginning to like the man he was becoming.
(Dreadstar
and Company#5: The Dreadstar and Company Files: Oedi (fb) - BTS) - Vanth asked and was granted sanctuary by the People.
(Marvel Graphic Novel#3: The Metamorphosis Odyssey Book Three: Dreadstar) -Vanth and Delilah subsequently entered a romance and fell in love.
Over the years, the People came to accept and even like the tall,
brooding Vanth.
(Marvel Graphic Novel#3: The Metamorphosis Odyssey Book Three: Dreadstar (fb) - BTS) <Over 30 years later) - The Monarchy's intelligence forces received decades-old information about the Instrumentality's "cat warriors," and they resolved that they should destroy them before they were put into action as well as to terminate any scientists they found on the site.
Four months later, while Vanth was visiting Syzygy, the Monarchy's First Nova Squadron assaulted the village with orders to terminate all cat people and scientists they encountered.
First Nova Squadron slaughtered all of the cat people.Comments: Created by Jim Starlin.
Dreadstar / Reality-8116 primer
Oedi was not
identified when they first found Vanth, but the facial patterns match
those of the other two images, both of which were confirmed to be Oedi.
I am not sure why the full body image has him
as an orange pattern base color when the others have him as gray. The
full body image is clearly orange. The image following it is darker,
but still looks like he is orange. After Delilah discussed Vanth's
progression, Oedi was repeatedly shown with gray fur as his primary
color.
In the original story, all of the People were
slain First Nova Squadron. Then, in Epic Illustrated#15, Oedi joined
Vanth and Syzygy's team. I'm not sure if it was explained before, but
Oedi's profile in Dreadstar and Company#5 clarified that that Oedi was
the son of the Oedi who discussed Vanth with Delilah.
"Oedi the elder" is not a term that was used
in the stories...I am just calling him that to clarify him from the
younger Oedi.
Oedi the elder was not seen
again after Vanth's arrival as far as I could tell, and we don't know
for sure if he was still alive when First Nova Squadron slaughtered the
People; if he was, he perished at that time.
Presumably, like his son, his name is pronounced like "Eddie."
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Oedi should be distinguished from:
Appearances:
Marvel Graphic Novel#3: The Metamorphosis Odyssey Book Three: Dreadstar
(1982) - Jim Starlin (writer/artist), Archie Goodwin & Jo Duffy
(editor)
Dreadstar and Company#5: The Dreadstar and Company Files: Oedi (November, 1985) - Jim Starlin (writer/artist), Archie Goodwin
(editor), Jim Shooter (consulting editor)
First posted: 09/30/2023
Last updated: 09/30/2023
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