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A powerful substance that could force a bond between a human and a spirit animal.”

Hunted, Chapter 1: Bile

The Bile was a Nectar substitute created by the Jade Serpent. If given to a human, It forced a spirit animal bond and gave the human partner total control. If an ordinary animal was given the Bile, it became a monster. Drinking the Bile also allowed Gerathon to take control of both the human and their spirit animal's mind.

During the events of The Evertree, Gerathon was killed and her talisman was destroyed. As a result, Bile-bonds began to fade. As the Bile-bonds faded, the tattoos of those who bonded to their spirit animals with Bile began to transform into waxy scars and the animals that were not in passive state ran away from their masters, though some held a grudge. People whose tattoos faded were unable to call their spirit animals out of passive state, and over time, the tattoos became rashes. The bodies of those afflicted then began to change to be more like those of their former spirit animals. Those who started to transform into their spirit animals were the ones invited to join the Redcloaks

Because the Jade Serpent was destroyed by the end of the Second Devourer War, the Bile can no longer be created past that point. Currently, the only remnants of its effects are the people becoming animals, but it is unclear if the remaining Bile could be used to create new Bile-bonds after Gerathon was summoned back to Erdas by Raisha

Characters who Drank the Bile[]

See list of Bile Drinkers

The warm fluid was a bitter shock to her tongue—it took some effort to avoid gagging. Instead she forced herself to smile as she swallowed. For an unsteady moment Meilin was afraid she would choke on the taste, and then a fiery heat filled her belly. As the warmth radiated outward, her ears started ringing.

Meilin describes the taste of the Bile thinking it was the Nectar in Chapter 3 of Wild Born

He had to fight hard not to gag—it was like drinking death itself, and the ground death was buried in.

Devin drinks the Bile in Chapter 1 of Hunted

Trivia[]

  • The Bile comes from the Jade Serpent, Gerathon's talisman. It is created from dousing the talisman in swamp water, where it turns into a glowing amber liquid.
  • Bile is stronger than Nectar, because it allows one will to dominate as quoted by Gerathon in Rise and Fall. Therefore, as hinted, it is most likely possible for the animal to be in charge.
  • It can also work like the Nectar in the sense that in calls a spirit animal if you were to have one. For example, Meilin was destined to call Jhi whether or not she took the Bile, but it gave the powers of a bond made with the Bile.
  • If you had a Bile-bonded spirit animal in passive state when the Evertree was destroyed, you would merge with your spirit animal.
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