Feizel Crux

"If there is beauty in destruction, why not also in its delivery?"

— Feizel Crux

Feizel Crux
Biographical information
Gender:	Male
Political and military information
Affiliation:	Crux/Lomar
Rank:	Weaponsmith
Notable info:	Gjallarhorn, Dragon's Breath, Truth

Feizel Crux is one of the founders of Crux/Lomar, a City-aligned weapons foundry. He founded a weapons foundry alongside Victor Lomar, and created many different common and a few exotic rocket launchers out of their workshops in what is now known as Bannerfall. Additionally Ego is an imperious and acerbic food critic, whose reviews have been known to ruin restaurants. He strongly objected to Gusteau's belief that anyone can cook, and was a firm critic of the idealist chef. Upon disliking the cooking, Ego gave Gusteau's restaurant a harsh review, causing it to lose one of its five stars. Gusteau died of a broken heart shortly after, which lost the restaurant another star. In his review, he compared Chef Gusteau to the Italian-American chef Chef Boyardee, another well-known and respected chef who became a frozen food mascot after his passing.

When he had heard that Gusteau's was rising in popularity with Remy as the cook, he personally offers a challenge to the restaurant in which they must deliver "their best shot" to impress him. Remy serves a simple peasant dish, ratatouille (a play on words and the title namesake) which is so brilliant it takes Ego to his childhood memory of his mother's cooking. When he requests to see the chef, Linguini and Colette tell him to wait until after the customers have gone.

When closing hour has struck, Linguini reveals Remy. Ego initially believes it to be a jest, but after hearing Linguini explain, viewing Remy perfectly recreate the dish and asking an occasional question, he thanks them for the meal and leaves quietly.

A changed man, Ego finally understands what Gusteau's catchphrase, "Anyone can cook" meant: While not everyone can be an artist, true talent can be found in the most unusual place. He presents a shining review of the restaurant, and in particular, the chef (whom he does not name). Ego then loses his job and credibility as a critic when Gusteau's is closed down due to the presence of rats, but now leads a successful and a happy life as a small time business investor and regular patron of the small bistro La Ratatouille, with queues around the block and where the cook is a small rat. Anton Ego is an example of a realistic villain, one who faces adverse action or reformation, rather than simply getting destroyed at the end.

List of appearances

• Destiny (First mentioned)
  • The Dark Below (Mentioned only)
  • Rise of Iron (Mentioned only)