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Cedric is a character in the lore of Dota 2, making his first and last appearance in The Summoning comic.

Biography
Little is known about Cedric's life before that fateful summoning, but he was an alchemist who was interested in the works of another alchemist named Jovat Kazran. He found Jovat Kazran's journal through unknown means. The first half of this book has a blueprint for a pair of golden bracers that allows the wearer to manipulate the fabric of spacetime itself, but it can slay any mortal who wears them. The second half contained instructions for a ritual that transforms the caster into a Dark Fundamental, allowing them to wear the said bracers which compliments their newfound powers over the fundamental forces of nature.

However, this journal was missing its last page, its potentially powerful information now expunged, and the void left behind was filled by a mystery. Cedric was not deterred by this inconvenience, thus he set off to follow in Jovat Kazran's path to godhood. Gathering all of the necessary elements of the ritual, as well as preparing for any contingencies that may happen during the rite, Cedric plans to summon the author of the journal whom he believes is the only one who can reveal the mystery of the missing last page.

The Summoning
Cedric prepares the finishing touches of the ritual. He uses a stick of chalk to draw a magic circle on the floor and lights up the candles on it. With the summoning now at hand, he recites the incantation on his spellbook which is required to summon Enigma. A dark portal opens within the circle as Enigma's form materializes through it. The Enigma sees his evoker and advances towards him with a hostile intent, but he is suddenly stopped by a magical barrier that prevents him from going beyond the ritual circle.

Surprised by his powerlessness, Enigma demands to know what has happened to him. Cedric gladly answers him, saying that he had casted approximately seventeen spells to prepare for his arrival as well as render him powerless against Cedric—a summoning invocation from Elze, a Turstarkurian rite of binding, five distinct neutralizing curses, a redundant binding, etc. Enigma also asks for Cedric's name, which he also gives to him, but adds that he would prefer to be called "Master" from now on.

Realizing that the balance of power has now been shifted, Enigma submits to his summoner. He asks him if he would like to be given the political power of a king or a harem of women, but he quickly asserts that he is a Dark Fundamental and not a wish granting genie. Cedric refuses them both, saying that he is celibate and he hates politics. Enigma then offers him the secret of transmuting lead into gold, but Cedric was looking for something similar but a lot more powerful than that: the secret to becoming a Dark Fundamental like him.

Enigma reminds him that he can't fulfill that when his powers are nullified by Cedric's magics. He asks for his powers back, but Cedric interrupts and refuses for he didn't need his powers anyway. He reveals to him the journal of the legendary alchemist Jovat Kazran and calls him "alchemist", both of which surprises Enigma. Cedric reveals to him that Jovat Kazran was obsessed with the fundamental forces of the universe and compliments his work, but he reveals that he has made something even better than that. He presents his latest creation: a pair of golden bracers that allows the wearer to manipulate the fabric of spacetime itself. Such power cannot be worn by a mortal for it will kill them when they put it on, but luckily Jovat Kazran solved that problem.

The bracers could only be worn once the user has been transformed into a Dark Fundamental. All the steps required to become a cosmic god are in the journal, but the last page is torn from the journal, leaving him with nothing but a dead end. Enigma mocks him, saying that he's also not a librarian who will help him find that last page, but Cedric grew weary of his noncompliance. He tells him to stop fooling around and reminds him that he is indeed Jovat Kazran and that the last step worked, and only he can tell him the final step to becoming a Dark Fundamental.

Enigma submits and beckons him to enter the circle so that he may whisper the last step to him. Already tired of his disobedience, Cedric refuses and reminds him of his place, saying that there will be actual progress if Enigma were to obey his master's requests. Enigma takes matters into his own hands instead, and casually works through the barrier that stopped him a while ago. As he slowly approaches the terrified Cedric, he mocks him for believing that his rituals can help him achieve apotheosis. He then grasps his head to fulfill his wish, whispering the secret to his transformation.

While Cedric goes mad from hearing Enigma's mysteries, the latter reveals that the journal was a fake all along: there is no last page and Jovat Kazran is not real. He reveals that there are more journals out there like the one he found, which he uses to lure alchemists into summoning their demise. He has chosen them as his victims because of their ingenuity, which he exploits by manipulating them to create items of power for him to take, such as the golden bracers that he made. He then takes them for himself and grants his wish, turning him into an aspect of Enigma himself.

Now that Cedric's conversion has been completed, Enigma opens a portal for the both of them. They both walk through it to participate in a war (presumably the war of the Ancients) and test out his bracers.

Personality and Mannerisms

 * This alchemist claims to be celibate. He revealed this when the Enigma offered him the gift of women, which he refused.
 * Cedric hates politics and prefers to not be involved in its matters. This is why he refused Enigma's offer of kingly power.

Connections
In order to gather the elements of the summoning ritual, Cedric had to gather magical resources and information beforehand. He gathered (approximately) up to seventeen spells for the rite to prepare for his dangerous minion: a Dark Fundamental who was once an alchemist named Jovat Kazran. Most of the magics were generic or not mentioned by him when he explained them to the Enigma, but two of them are quite distinct. These two spells were a summoning invocation from the kingdom of Elze that he used to summon the Enigma, and a Turstarkurian rite of binding that he stacked with other binding spells to bring the Enigma to heel. How he managed to source these magics is unknown.