Little is known about the Black Heterodyne except that he was a very early member of the House Heterodyne, and that his tomb has a caution against opening it. This may fall in line with the rumor of an undead Heterodyne. More evidence comes to light when the Castle tells the [ story] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] of the "miraculous" waters of the spring called Dyne, from which the Dyne River was "coaxed" by Egregious Heterodyne, to the destruction of the first Heterodyne castle. A very dark-haired member of the original raiding party drank the waters despite the warning of the local priestesses, who told him that even mere immersion would result in a horrible, insane, death. (Or occasionally miraculous healing.) We know he liked it, and that it made his teeth grow instantly. Later, as a riv