Likes

• I want to believe in good
• change
• fall, spring and winter
• doing things right for once
• butterflies and frost-fish
• Ari
• being healthy (it doesn't happen often)
• success
• freedom
• daydreaming, blowing bubbles, cloudwatching
  
  
  

  Dislikes
  

  • summer
  • failure, doing stuff incorrectly
  • big bully dragons (not only are they scary they're mean and unfair)
  • the full moon (she's always more ill during the full moons)
  • unfairness
  • cruelty Plans for Jai
    

    Before you begin, please know that you don't have to read all of this, it's really long. I hope that's not a huge complication :(
    

    I am a frustratingly vague person hehe, I have a feeling my introduction was probably some of the finest quality manure out there. Oh well, here's where I'll break it down and explain myself.
    

    (oh and by the way this is what I call brainstorm confetti. It might be hard to follow, it's how my totally messed up brain operates hehe)
    

    Jai is going to be something of a mutt/mix-breed dragon, which is a very serious issue and can produce deadly side effects in the hybrid. There is a race of dragons which are considered to be the "purest" of the breeds, because they are the oldest dragon bloodline in the entire history of the world. The other breeds are subspecies that developed separately according to habitat, but there's still the main core of all draconic animals existing and breeding to this day (supposedly. fiction is fun.)
    

    This main core is being currently deemed Idelblods (Swedish for pure blood. whoot I am creative -.- giving things names is one of the many banes of my life) ANYWAY I don't think the name matters that much, for brainstorming purposes I guess it's best to keep things as separate and clear as possible.
    

    Idelblods are very proud creatures; think Slytherin times one-hundred. It is considered a crime punishable by anything from eternal exile to death to breed with a dragon of lesser blood, and the resulting hatchling must be slaughtered before it takes its first breath of air, otherwise all in the clan will be cursed for inhaling the same impurity (Idelblods are all pretty superstitious too.) Their names are all very long and complicated and all have some meaning in the ancient draconic tongue, a language that was invented several thousand years before man had even crawled out of their caves. Mithrilendial is Jaiyze's father (yeah big fat long names) and was put to death when he was discovered for his misdeeds.
    

    Ooh let's up the scandal. Idelblods, as I've mentioned, are breeders of their own kind. They specifically preselect others mates within their clan so that the resulting hatchlings will be the best they can be, whether they were bred for speed, strength, excessive magical ability, etc. So Mithrilendial (let's just call him Mith) was "engaged" or whatever to a she-dragon whom he really wasn't taken with. She was a beauty, but vain and proud just like everyone else within the clan. And Mith, who'd lived out a more unorthodox childhood, had friends (other dragon friends of other dragon species) in the surrounding forests and had learned that there were ways of life other than the one he'd been brought up to conform to. He'd also fallen in love with one of these forest-dwelling dragons, a small brown female named Tiwei. She'd been something of a friend his whole (and substantial) life long, but not terribly close to him. The both of them were very shy and never got much opportunity to talk to each other, most of the time inhibited only by their own under-exercised social skills. Just a week before Mith was to learn that he was being betrothed to Illanduolaira (Illan for short; she was the vain one) he'd finally summed up the courage to speak and ask for Tiwei's romantic attentions.
    

    
    
    (Tiwei)
    
    He was crushed to learn that any life with Tiwei would be further impossible now that he was bonded to Illan, who cared only for Mith because he was an exceptionally well-proportioned well-established and extremely good looking individual; a good sire and one enviable trophy. After going a month without hearing from Tiwei Mith went insane with loneliness. He fled from the mountains back to his nesting site near the woods and called for her, weeping with happiness as she arrived. Tiwei felt the same way, though her family fully supported them being together so her pain was not nearly so great as his.
    

    They made a pact that they would find some way to see each other at least once a month, so that Mith could string out his time with Tiwei before he was further cemented to Illan. They didn't know what they'd do when the time came that their meetings would become sinful, but they didn't focus on that, they were too obsessed with prolonging what short time they had together.
    

    It was inevitable that fall would arrive, bringing with it the ideal nesting conditions. Illan and Mith were officially proclaimed on the very first day of the fall equinox, and Mith was so miserable he never once smiled during the entire week-long celebration (dragon weddings are a big deal. Because they live for ages there's not always a huge need for dragon babies and therefore not a giant need for dragon couples. When they are in love or when they are exceptionally ripe for breeding then they are put together, but other than that most live very separate and individual lives among the clan.)
    

    Kay I gotta wrap up this preparatory little thing here. Essentially the night after their festival entered Mith cracked. He was going insane all week long, on the verge of losing his mind all together with every passing minute, and as soon as the moon waxed full he split from the mountains again, flying deep into the woods were Tiwei unconsciously found him (when dragon's hearts are moved they begin to involuntarily draw towards each other, which makes it super easy to find your loved one when you become separated.)
    

    They talked and lamented for hours and dawn was on it's way when Mith realized he'd be noticed in his absence. He'd have no good excuse for leaving his newfound "wife." After the week of feasting there would be no need to hunt or pillage for another month at least, and it was bad manners to leave your partner when you'd only so very recently been bonded. He left in a rush, making it back late to the main clan. The next time he went to see Tiwei, not week later, he was followed, and ambushed upon his return, as Tiwei hadn't shown up she was not discovered, though the assassins sent to attack him were aware that he had found interests elsewhere. Tiwei was missing from the clearing because of the news that she was now carrying an egg. She hadn't known how to tell Mith and even though she could feel that subconscious tugging in her chest, telling her that Mith was very near, she resisted, to ashamed and uncomfortable to face him.
    

    That resistance saved her life. Or at least postponed her execution.
    

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    DON'T know how that bit and this next bit are going to end up being related, but here's the gist. (oh and before we get too confused this is now present day. what I described above was about a century ago. Gestation lasts for decades with dragons) Female dragons (of most species, there are some that are hardier than others) who only lay one egg (clutches of eggs are raised by again other species; single egg clutches usually pertain to the especially gifted and long-living an durable dragons. If they reproduced in clutches they would exceed carrying capacity before it was reasonable for them to.) ANYWAY dragons of Tiwei's type are exceedingly vulnerable when carrying and so she was easily captured by humans as she had no mate to protect her. She was stored in captivity in a foreign zoo that had very little knowledge of Draik/Dragon medical care; they did what they'd do to keep regular lizards and alligators alive, and beyond that they just had to trust in local legends. Once the egg was laid, however, Tiwei was so weak from malnutrition that she couldn't breathe any fire on it to keep it warm, and so Jaiyze's life nearly ended that early if it weren't for a few individuals with enough sense to duplicate what Tiwei was too neglected to do.
    

    Dragon fire is intensely hot, in a mature dragon their fire is entirely blue and white, the younger/weaker they are/get the redder their fire turns until it burns black and fizzles out. To even attempt to replicate dragon fire the zoo people had to build a kiln the size of a barn to keep it even close to the normal temperature, and even then Jaiyze's egg was a little cold from time to time. Her progress was closely monitored, day and night, from thermometers in the kiln to needles and sensors strapped to her egg itself. After another decade of waiting (and several forest worths' of burned wood) the egg finally showed movement along the shell, and on one cold day in December Jaiyze hacked her way through. Tiwei was too weak to fly and was therefore allowed to be in an open air pen that had been built around the kiln. Tiwei would curl her entire body around it and croon and whimper every hour of every day for ten years until her baby hatched.
    

    And when Jaiyze was born it was evident at once that there was something wrong with her. No one knew quite what was off, because at first sight she looked vital and strong and well-muscled. But she had convulsions and coughing fits that'd shake her up so bad she'd start hacking up stomachfuls of blood; she had trouble keeping food down and her internal temperature fluctuated so dangerously it was thought she'd die before she was a month old. But she stuck it out.
    

    Of course the zookeepers didn't know the half of everything about Jaiyze, there were still many aspects of dragonlore that didn't add up with Jaiyze, and it was only Tiwei who mildly recognized them.
    

    AH hang on I have to bring Ari in somehow. Ari was Tiwei's "petpet", but really Ari has always been considered a friend and an equal, not a slave or a plaything. A year after Tiwei's capture Ari came to find her, and in that ten year span of captivity Ari kept Tiwei company. Ari, because she is Faerie, is also granted a ridiculous longevity and so is quite up to living just as long as her dragon companions. So yup, Tiwei and Ari were Jaiyze's parents for the first few delicate years of her life.
    

    At some point however the Idelblods caught up with Tiwei. They'd been on a mad hunt for her ever since Mith's execution, and it's not beyond dragons to pick up the newspaper every so often. News of a real live newborn dragon spread like a plague and so only naturally attracted the Idelblods' attentions.
    

    There are several characteristics about Jaiyze that lead her back to her Idelblod history- the feathered style of her wings, the broadness of her feet, her burliness, her enormous graceful arcing horns, and uniquely plated body. What both threw and confirmed the Idelblod elder's theories was the subspecies touch thrown into her mix; the furred and floppy ears, the noodliness of her body, the plumage of her tail, the circularity to her irises and eyeballs. In the dead of night they came for both Tiwei and Jaiyze (oh and the name Jaiyze was also given to her because it was a distinctly un-Idelblod name; Tiwei and Ari agreed that it was best to disassociate the hatchling as much as possible from half of her ancestral culture.)
    

    Ari is talented magically. Not as much as a dragon, but Ari has a slight touch of foresight. Not foresight so much as she can tell when something is going to go wrong, she has hunches which more often than not save the lives of herself and her loved ones. Ari felt that something serious was going to happen soon, and so she took Jaiyze and fled the zoo before they arrived. Tiwei would have to stay there; if Tiwei also escaped the hunt would just continue with more vengeance than before. There was a possibility that Tiwei could negotiate her way out of a death sentence, but it wasn't likely, and Ari knew it. She took young Jaiyze as far away as it was safe for her to travel, and never let them return.
    

    So now Jaiyze is semi on the run with Ari, and Ari is trying to teach Jaiyze the draconic magic that she knows gifted dragons ought to be able to do. Jaiyze is handicapped, she is physically incapable of doing a lot of normal dragony things. She can't fly for very long otherwise she'll exhaust herself out of the sky; anything physically draining is pretty much a no-no for her. Ari is practicing physical therapy with her to get her joints and ligaments and everything limber and help her body adapt to the normal lifestyle of dragonfolk but it is a slow process.
    

    However Jai is extremely smart, smarter than most people, and very observant. Her handicap extends only to the physical/magical aspects of her body. Jai is also extremely magically powerful, she has extraordinary potential. If it weren't for the fact that sometimes her powers are blocked and hindered she'd be an opponent of terrifying formidability. Most dragons can only breathe fire. Few others can breathe only ice-fire. Jai can do both. On occasion, when her body can handle it. This ability is hindered because of her dangerous temperature fluctuations (unlike true reptiles a dragon's body temperature stays relatively constant.) When she's overheated she can't breath fire, and when she's chilly or freezing she can't breathe ice.
    

    She also has the ability to sense someone's intentions, to sense whether they mean her harm or are benign. She knows when people are lying and when they're telling the truth. Jai has innumerable little psychic quirks like that; psychic talents are extremely rare among dragons anyway. Ari's hard pressed to know how and what to work on with her because Ari has very little experience with areas like that.
    

    Anyway that's all I got :] If you made it this far you deserve a whole dumptruck's worth of cupcakes. The rest of her life will need to be roleplayed out :D
    

    
    

    Ari
    
    
    

    Ari belonged to my mother before me. She's my tutor, caretaker, friend, nurse, therapist, all kinds of wonderful things to me, I hardly deserve the love she gives me. I'll never understand what it is that bonds her to me so...
    

    *Ari flutters to your shoulder, looking guilty. You cringe a little as she lowers her wet-nosed muzzle to your ear, whispering,*
    

    Her mother made me promise to watch over her in her absence. I honor that above every code and commandment in this world.
    

    
    

    Friends
    
    
    

    Poprel: Poprel's a quirky little thing, I don't remember if I mentioned it before but there's lots of hybrids out there in the word, you'd be surprised. However I think Poppy's one of the strangest- her species goes through a complete metamorphosis. They are born as Aisha kittens, but as they mature they begin to elongate and grow wings and claws and scaled arms. By the time they're mature they more closely resemble Draiks like me. Poppy was adopted though, she never knew that she was any different from her surrogate litter until she hit her adolescent years. It was fun in a twisted kind of way to watch her slowly transform- she's not progressed very far, her antlers have only just begun to come in and her eyes have just finished narrowing out. Interesting, don't you think?
    

    Other than that Poppy is the greatest friend I think I'll ever have (aside from Ari, that is.) She can be pretty cheeky a lot of the time, and she nags a lot, but somehow I love her all the more for it.

    Fellow Dragons
    

    (Ero pic to be provided)
    

    Ero: Ero is another Draik I've been applying for for months... so far it doesn't look like I'll get him but I can always hope. If I don't receive him it'll be a bummer HOWEVER, since I adore the character I've created for my version of him so much I'll probably just make him a Shoyru and call him a Draik anyway. I love Ero. Even though nobody else really does.
    

    Family
    

    All I have is me and Ari so far, and that suits me perfectly. I had a mother at one point, Ari tells me her name was Tiwei, but I haven't seen or heard from her in years. I don't even remember what she looks like....
    

    (Jai will one day be integrated into me and my best friend's household of fifty plus characters, there she'll make truckloads more friends, but for now she's at a solitary roving point in her life.)
    

    Account Mates
    

    Depends which account I go to O.O

    
    
    Love?
    

    I hardly have time for this, I've got too much to learn! All besides I'm far too young hehe.
    

    Current Roleplay
    

    Roleplay is: OPEN/Closed
    

    RP Info: It is almost impossible to get on Jai's bad side, Jai is too accepting and kind and tolerant. If you're excessively rude she might get annoyed with you down the road but for the first couple of times she'll probably just get really confused as to why you're acting like that. HOWEVER, be aware that in a roleplay Jai and Ari are a twin package, you can't have one and not the other, they're inseparable. Ari is ten hundred times harder to get along with, and you don't get to Jai until you can convince Ari you really intend them no harm. Jai is usually able to tell just by looking at you, but Ari is devoted to protecting her little dragonling.
    

    	The Tale of Rasconza and Jaiyze (no no, it was very good :D Trust me I've gotten way worse before. Mine'll probably reek worse) A ways south of that particular Draik was huddled a curious pair, a second Draik and a diminutive Zomutt, both fast asnooze sheltered beneath a tangle of birch roots. This Draik was decidedly female, fragile both in structure and in feature, and was small, underdeveloped somehow, her body design compact. Her tail was twice as long, as though compensating for her stunted growth, and was a lurid shade of turquoise, marvelously plumed and encrusted with scraps of frost. A pair of massive spiraling horns curled up from the apex of her sloping skull and two mule-like ears swept back along her neck, thickly furred in mouse brown. Beside her rested the petite Zomutt pup, her pelt marbled like a flame and delicate wings patterned like the sun. Though the stormclouds made it near impossible to be sure, it seemed about midday and these two were still sound asleep. The snow fluttered to the barren icy ground like feathers from a split pillow, sticking there and coating the permafrost with a radiant new blanket of white. Safe though they were now if the storm thickened into a blizzard the pair would be trapped in the hollow of their log and they would have to either dig their way out or suffocate. As if she were jabbed in the shoulder the Zomutt awoke, cringing as though she'd subconsciously acknowledged that fact, and blinked her black eyes blearily. She cast one quick glance at the sky and another one down at her dragonling, the cogs grinding visibly in her head. With a sharp little nod she made up her mind and pounced lightly up onto the Draik's comparatively gigantic shoulder, prodding her gently while she yawned, Jai, Jai please wake up, we've got to move on. The Draik, apparently called Jai, responded with a muted little grunt, exhaling a caustic poof of morning breath into her warden's unwelcoming nose. Fah!" the Zomutt snapped, tumbling back off of Jai, kicking her sharply in the scapula as she went. The Draik rolled swiftly to her stomach, her orb-like eyes wide and bloodshot, crying, Oh whatever is the matter, Ari? Get your fat rump off of me and I'll let you know," the Zomutt squawked from somewhere beneath Jai's bum. The Draik quickly complied, looking sheepish and apologetic as she peeled herself up from their worn nest. Ari twitched a bit in the pine needles before awkwardly righting herself, her sapphire eyes flashing irritably. Good grief, the way you smell you'd think I've never taken a day's care of you," the Zomutt complained, trotting out of their makeshift den and into the encroaching snow. "Come on, as soon as we reach running water I'll have a look at those chompers. Don't dawdle, hurry up now!"

    Adoptables!
    
    RULES FOR ADOPTABLES.
    

    1. I have only one main rule. DECENCY. Have the decency to leave in good grace if I decline a trade, to only take your own customs and only use it for page decoration, giving proper credit of course, y'know, common sense stuff.

    RULES FOR THIS PARTICULAR SET
    

    1. Aren't I a confusing person. ANYWAY with this set... it's my first Draik adoptable set EVER and thus probably looks like total poop. The shading is disastrous (for how hard it was to do you'd think it'd look better O.O) and it's just all around BAD.
    

    2. But if by some miracle you're all still interested here's the catch- I can't really edit it. Maybe I could, but they will probably end up looking a whole buttload crappier than they already do. So.... this is kind of going to be your Draik's patterns in this form...
    

    3. And it's wingless. If you've ever seen how I draw wings you'll understand.
    

    4. If you're not one of the very few I could find to do trades with and you still magically want one please send SNUFFLUFF (main account) a neomail with "Let's get wired" as the title. ((that's not inappropriate I swear. Wired is a caffeine rush. These guys look like they haven't slept for centuries.))
    

    And that's all :)

    Status
    

    Requests: CLOSED
    

    Trades: OPEN if I like you and your template
    

    
    

    
    

    	Jaiyze Seronera Poprel Jedth Kyrouan Rasconza

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