Ydris is a mysterious man who lives at Nilmer's Highland together with a jester named Xin and North Swedish horse named Zee. He can be found standing next to A Mystic Wagon, and which houses his Circus tent and magic tricks.
History
When the Circus quests were first released in the Wednesday update of May 8, 2013, Ydris was introduced both the magician and ringleader of the circus and the mystic wagon in Nilmer's Highland. He appeared as a mysterious and quirky, but nice older man who may or may not have some semblance of magical ability. His role and appearance remained relatively the same up until the Update of June 6, 2018.
During this update, Ydris role changed from his previous iteration. Now Ydris appears as a much younger man who clearly has magical abilities and a possible ability to read minds. His personality remains very much the same though he seems to have an even bigger flair for the dramatic than before.
Appearance
Before the Update
Before the update, Ydris appeared as a tall, lanky, man, most likely in his prime to late prime years. He wore a black top hat with a white band and a four-leaf clover sticking out of the left side. He wore a grey trench coat with blue buttons running up the middle and a blue bow tie. He covered his hands with white gloves, and wore dark grey pants and black heeled boots.
After the Update
After the update Ydris appears as a much younger man, most likely in his early to mid prime. His black top hat has a distinctive shine to it with an eggplant colored band.Instead of a trench coat, he now wears a ringmaster outfit. His Black jacket has an eggplant collar and cuffs, with a dark purple vest with bronze clips pulling it together and a white undershirt with ruffles leaves that peak out at the bottom of his sleeves. Instead of a bowtie, he now has a ruffled neckerchief and still sports white gloves (however they are now more fitted. His eggplant colored pants are held up by a black leather belt and he wears half length, healed riding boots, with eggplant and gold leatherwork on the borders.
Etymology
Ydris could have a few different meanings
- It could be a variation of the arabic name, Idris, meaning "interpreter" in Arabic
- It could also be a variation on the name Welsh name Idris, meaning "ardent lord" from Welsh udd "lord, prince" combined with ris "ardent, enthusiastic, impulsive".
Trivia
- Ydris often pronounces words in french
- Ydris is the only known character with heterochromia, (two different eye colors)
- Ydris' name follows a pattern with Xin and Zee. Together they form the last three letters of the alphabet, X, Y, Z.