Daedalus

Daedalus is the mastermind behind the events of Ulysses Dies at Dawn. He was played by DrumBot Brian.

Pre-Album
Daedalus is one of the earliest inhabitants of the planet the city was built on. He was the architect of Labyrinth - the city which would eventually take over the entire planet and become The City - and he also designed, built and ran the Acheron prior to its take over by Ashes O'Reilly in their guise of Hades.

Daedalus remained a powerful - but now more secret - influence over the City. It was believed Hephaestus was an alias for him as an Olympian. He had his son killed for becoming more ambitious, though the death couldn't be linked to him. He was the true architect of the Ilium war, having manipulated Zeus and Poseidon into it.

At some point Daedalus discovered Ulysses' will a document which explained that Ulysses' Vault contained something that might be able to destroy the Acheron and the Olympians. Daedalus wanted control over whatever this was, and recruited Hades to aide in doing so. Together they identified the necessary candidates for each of the trials, and assembled a team of Orpheus, Ariadne, Oedipus and Heracles, sending them to kidnap Ulysses and either extract the passcode from them, or complete the four trials.

Ulysses Dies At Dawn
Daedalus is secretive, and while he follows the rest of the Suits as they capture Ulysses and the travel to the Vault he remains hidden. He reveals himself only when Ariadne refuses to take the Trial of Love because it will kill her. When Orpheus volunteers to take her place, Daedalus promises that he will use Orpheus' payment to rebody Eurydice after the singer's death.

After Orpheus' fails the trial due to flinching and looking away, Daedalus realises that tying up any of the Suits would be enough for the sensors judging the trial. He offers an increased fee to any three of the Suits who will capture and secure the fourth to die in the trial.

When Ulysses shoots their laser through the Eye of the Cyclops, Daedalus is shot in the leg. He survives but is left immobile and stranded in front of Ulysses' vault.

Trivia

 * Daedalus is the designated sole survivor of the album, joining Cinders, Arthur and Lyfrassir Edda.
 * Daedalus' notes on each of the Suits form part of the album liner for the cd. They can also be partially seen in the background of many of the youtube videos of album.
 * Daedalus is inspired by the character of Daedalus from Greek Myth.
 * Daedalus killing his son for his ambition mirrors the death of Icarus when he flew too close to the sun. There are also elements of Daedalus' murder of his nephew Perdix for being too close in skill to Daedalus, with Daedalus fearing Perdix would outshine him.
 * Daedalus designing the City and the Acheron matches the fact that the original Daedalus designed the labyrinth from Greek Myth.