Dro

Dro is a Giant/Spirit Protector of the hill Calliope is built on.

Dro is a very large, manlike being with long, flowing pale hair and beard (or he braids them all up neatly). All that hair kind of gets in the way, but we can see he wars an old-fashioned double-breasted coat, waistcoat/vest, sturdy trousers and boots. He grows bigger every decade and we do not know if he will ever stop growing. We also don't know his origins of yet; he tends to slide into Germanic words when emotional. Dro's name origin is so far unclarified in the comic. 'Dro' is Cornish (Proto-Indo-European) for 'Earth'/ground'. In the Breton language Dro means 'door' which is not against his function at Calliope. We learn from the Ripper, Fish, that  'the Earth is just a door to the Muse World below.

He is the head of department for the Namesakes at Calliope. When The Founder makes an appearance, Dro kneels before him in respect; something we have not seen him do to anyone else.

When the corrupted Ina Liddell challenges Orpheus, she accuses him of giving too much of his own power to Dro.

Powers and Abilities


Dro is a fighter. His clothing is vaguely militaresque and he appears to be an ever-vigilant defender of his hill. Orpheus gave him powers but we are not sure what that means just yet. When the Shadow attacks Calliope, everyone else uses Vorpal weapons against it, but Dro uses his bare hands. When SB hides behind him to escape One's power he is more than willing to help. Later, he calls her Muais "Little Mouse", another endearment. Any hostile intentions on Calliope's Hill are stopped cold by his magic. When it looks like One is flaunting his freedom at a meeting, Dro breaks out of his characteristic gentle demeanor and promises to bury him in rock 'for a millennia.' When One taunts him with Earth Spirits being neutral, Dro reminds him that neutrality ends when abject murder begins.'

He is a gentle, friendly giant, and one that needs fear no harm from Jack Wright (who kills giants from another world anyway). He calls Alice Liddell 'liebchen' which is a Germanic endearment for one you love closely. He was the first to find her slain body and rescue the kitten Cheshire Cat, Jasper.