G.L.U.

General Labor Unit. Dorian-Oric’s masterwork Steel Defender, built from scavenged metal, custom-forged joints, reinforced plating, and an unreasonable amount of trial and error. Officially a labor and protection unit. Unofficially, G.L.U. occasionally behaves in ways that suggest something harder to categorize: pausing at odd moments, tracking things never designated as targets, standing too still when observing strangers. Whether this is the Soul Core’s influence bleeding through or emerging awareness is a question Dorian cannot yet answer.

Mentioned in

• Dorian-Oric — Dorian’s companion and creation
• dm-hooks — G.L.U.’s unexplained behavior as a hook; comparison with Echo