Dancing lights of the North. Ribbons of colors, eternal lantern in the deep of the snowlands. It own many names. But none of them is strong enought for describe the magnificience of those wonders of Nature. Not only they're beautifull, they raised me. They teached me the past, for helping me building up a better future. They taught me the real meaning of our past errors : Don't try to go back. Learn, and go foward. This infinite windsom, I have access to it. I can see them. I feel them. In my blood. My soul. My heart. But its a forbidden knowledge, that I must keep the secret of. And that a part of my soul, flew away from me evrytime. I will become a lifeless monster, if I decide to abuse from them. No personality. Nothing. But whatever. It might only happens to others, after all.

Name : Nordicy Gender : Female Age : Unknown ; She is not immortal Current residence : The White Desert and Inshikuu's Forest Specie : Oriental Draik Petpet : Poke Specie of the petpet : Powtry Powers : Read events of the future and the past with the aurora borealis, can learn few weak magic tricks. Main colors : White, Gold, Green, blue Size : 5 meters from the top of her head, to the tip of her tail. Special Objects : The bracelet around her tail

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Icy eyes are of a deep blue. She can see 7 times better than a human, like an eagle. She has a great night vision too. Scales are covering her back, the top of her arms and her legs and the top of the tail. These scales are here for protecting Icy from predator's attacks or branches when she is on a forest. The thick fur that is covering her belly is for protecting her from the cold temperature. This is quite useful in winter. In Nordicy clan, everyone has the same physical appearance. They are all white too. The only thing that changes is the colors of the eyes, the fins, the tail tips and the feathers. Each draik has its own colors. They can be blue, red, yellow, grey… Anything! In general, males have 5 different colors and females have only 3 different colors. In the case of Icy, she is gold, blue and green. In General, Nordicy body is longer than the normal draiks. It's because her breed come from the east of Neopia, around Shenkuu. She has strong muscles for flying. Her feets has only 3 toes. She has lots of difficulties to walk because of that. Her clan comes from the cold forest on the south of Shenku, so she can easily survive in a really cold environment.

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Many, many years ago, under the cold sun of the ice plains, there was a group of strange creature. They were all dragons, with big rainbowy feathered wings instead of their arms, and a thick white mess of fur and scales were covering their whole body. There horns seemed to be formed of ice, and their colored parts were shining, and reflecting their bright shades on the immaculate white of the ground. Each single of those creature was holding an egg. In fact, they were all female, and they made a long trip from their home land, for making hatch their offspring in those sacred grounds. It is said that a baby who hatch there will be blessed, and be protected until the end of their life. But that's only a mere excuse for making a trip of thousand of miles, for escaping to the agressive temperaments of the males. So, its why they are all there, digging large holes for hosting their precious children. They will have to wait a few days before they will hatch. Only a few days ? Yeah. And that's the most dangerous : If we don't protect an egg enought long, it'll simply die due to the extreme cold. That's why inexperienced mother often negelect by accident to lay on their egg, and at the same time, loose their soon-to-be-child. And those sad mothers, will have to wait for the other to hatch their eggs. It often happens that those poors dragons try to steal someone else child, for taking it as their own : To remplace theirs, who never had the time to hatch and discover the beauty of the world. But I had luck. My mother was to her first time there, for sure, but she'll never let me die. Despite the lack of food, and ewater, she stayed there, protecting my egg of her body. It weakened her, but she was alive.

And this day. This sad day... A creature arrived. It was the most terrible thing that I could ever see. Sharp teeth, thick white fur, and those lifeless neon blue eyes. In less than one hour, he changed my life. He started to jump on the weakened mothers, and their eat their eggs. It was a real mess, an horror. Some mothers had the time to fly away, and left their eggs to the mercy of this monster. He didn't left this chance, and ate them too. My mother knew. She was the next prey. But she left me the only thing that could save me. She torn out some of her fur and feathers off her bellly and arms, wrapped me in this warm blanket, and burried me, under the ground. Then, she stod up, and jumped on him. She tried to attack him, hurt him, make him suffer, but she was too weak. And he was too strong. In only a few minutes, there was nothing left from my mother. She sacrificied her own life for me. The most precious gift she could give me...

And I hatched few hours later, and I had to manage to get out the ground all by myself. Once outside, I had to return quickly into my warm little abode. And I stared for hours at the sky, where warm light were dancing, hight above. More I was looking at them, more they showed me thing. Things that I've never tought about. Things that I've learned from. I was reading the lights of the sky. They showed me their name were the aurora borealis. Aurora... I'll call them Aurora. Borealis. They... Were my friend. My family. Years fleed. I've grown up. And they showed me how to survive in the hotility of the plains. They have showed me many things of the past. Including why I'm here, alone, in this ice plain. But strangely, those lights only show me events of the past. And I don't choose what I'm seeing. They decide. To show me. But I don't care, I still love them. I would spend my whole life staring at those, but I also have to get food, and manage to stay in a good healt. Anything, even a simple cold could be fatal here. And I couldn't admire my light more. My aurora borealis. Mine.

And now, I am 10 years old, the equivalent of 26 in dragon years. Time flee so quickly.. I've grown quicly from a little newboarn, to this tall, colorfull dragon. My colors started to show up when I've been a teenager. I wonder what,s the real use of them ? They just shines, and makes me visible from miles here. But still.... They are the same colors than my lights. Now, we are matcing ! I think I'm really obsessed toward Aurora. But that's a mere dependance. And its not that bad... But today is a special day. I have the feeling... The feeling that something good will happens. Now a decade that I'm here, and its the first time I feel like that. Aurora keep insist to say nothing. And why so ? I don't know. It seems that it don't want to show me. I feel, something familiar. A scent in the air, that tells me someone is approaching. I've devlopped quite sensible senses while being here, since I'm all alone,a nd any predator could mean my end... But this scent is different. And it carry good news. But, what's this ? There is something to the horizon. Something shiny. Colorfull. And there is a lot of them.

When the females landed, they all looked at me like if I were a monster. Maybe I am ? But I'm all the same ! Winged arms, colors... When I apporached, they all went back cowardly, screaming some insults, in a language that I don't understand. They all hold eggs, tight in their arms. And suddently, one who's clearly taller, and stronger than the others went in front of my. She had clashing red, orange and gold colors all over her. And her piercing fierce eyes show all the age she had. And the wild temperament she had... When she looked down at me, I felt something was wrong. Her attitude melted, and she almost break down crying. She turned back to the others and gave few others, and take me appart. She looked at me and said few words in a foreign language. What a shame... they are of the same specie than I, and I cannot even speak ! In reponse, I made my interrogative eyes. I also tried to let out some wierd sounds for mimicking her speaking. She smiled. She pointed at me and said really slowly :' Noooooooor-deeeeeee-ceeeeee' . Nordicy ? I repeated slowly the word, trying to don't murder it. The elder smiled. She pointed at herself, and said really slowly 'Yaaaaay-rsaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar-daaah' Yersarda ? Oh yeah. That's surely her name. I repeated it and bursted out laughting. She also started laughting. Then, for the next few hours, she learned me a few words, and now, I'm able to speak a bit. 'I love you' or 'I is speaking' and 'I have blue green and gold feathers' are one of the few sentences I'm able to say. Happily, I have a photosgrafic memory, so, its only a matter of time for me to learn their language almost fully. Meanwhile, I'm just happy to run around and help the soon-to-be-mothers, like I saw them in the sky...

Quite a few days laters and many hours spent with Yersada, the eggs hatched. And from now, she didn'y had enought time to give me anymore, so, I returned a bit, aside from the others. And I stared at the sky. And I saw again the scene of my birth. And I saw again my mother. She had Red, gold, and dark blue colors. Red ? And gold ? Like Yersarda ! And then, I saw my mother holding my egg, speaking of a low voice, and repeat, repeat... Nordicy. It was the first time I ever heard a sound from the auroras. Maybe its because they waited for me to be ready ? But... Its so crazy... Yersarda... Yersada... She,s related to me ? In wich way ? How ? why ? SO many questions in my head. And any answers. I ran directly to the leader of the little pack of femal dragon. 'Yersada you be... ?' I calmed down and searched in my head the right word. 'You be Nordicy ...' What's the word ? what ? vIt was just slipping away from my finger. I know it. I KNOW IT. 'YOU BE NORDICY GRANDMOTHER ?' In a total shock, she almost dropped the newborn she had in the arms. 'What ? What are you saying ? You said... But its totally impossible. Come with my, Icy'. While she was saying that, I pulled her to the land and showed her the aurora borealis. 'And ? That's only a simple aurora. What I have to say is more important.' Is she blind ? She can't see the proof that she's related to me ? HERE ! Above our head, we can see the dancng lights show us the day of my mother birth, with Yersarda at her side ! Why am I the only one to notice it ?

Nordicy. You must know that... I don't know how you landed here. And... I know you look somewhat... Like me, and that gold is a rare color in our race. Also, the fact that I gave you a name, is that I wanted to give you the name of my grandchildren that never have seen the day, because of my daughter who had to die. And... It seems you have been adbandoned. And... I have no idea. And don't stop such stupid things. Its not a thing to do to scare me like that or give you false hopes.' She was clearly nervous, and quite sad by the current events. It seems that she avoided the subject for the next few days. Until the day they had to left. 'Nordicy... Its time for us to leave and return from where we came. I know you have grew up there, but do you want to come with us ? I just... Want to raise you up as my own daughter. And maybe you'll get friends of your age, and maybe get a brand new life there. Are you interested ?' I understood only half of the sentence, but I was bouncing of happiness. Aurora will guide me, I'll get new friends, and... Oh, a new life ! It would be so great after all those years alone. Oh, so great.... ' NORDICY WANT COME HOME' are the only words she was able to express out of her exitement...

Leaving the lands she has been raised on has been quite a pain morally. Even if its cold, creepy, and its hard to get food or things to survive, its my home. Where I planed to die. But the perspective of a new life is way too much exiting for ignoring it. Whatever the sacrifices, I think I'll get a better life somewhere I was suppose to be ? Anyways. Its only a new adventure who begins ! So, its in state of mind that I took fly in the immensity of the arctic sky. The trip lasted a few moons. The babies were growing up realy quickly, and were reclaming more and more food and attention. It became worse when some of the intrepid ones tried to jump off their mother for flying... when their wings were even not completely formed ! They're so ... foolish. But they are kids afterall... Its why I started to fall with them, trying to make the competitn of the own who will touch the ground first... But Yersarda was alwys there for catching the baby before it touch the ground and yell at me saying how irrespoonsible and immature I was to let this poor defenseless thing crash to the ground. But I don't understand ? We were making a race afterall...

While flying, I was always behind, but I understood some conversations about me. 'She's so immature' or 'She's emotionally late in her minds : She don't have maturity at all' and even ' She can't make the difference between good or bad'. I just don't understand why they are saying that. I'm quite old now, and I can do what I want. And at least, I have my Aurora to calm me down. I may be ignorant, but I'm not dumb... And whatever. I onyl have to keep flying, keep my head cold, and keep flying. And, from day to day, the landscape changed. Snow was melting, I even had some wierd things far away. I think Yersarda said they were... trees. Its kind of big ... And.... Wierd... But comfortable. But under their shelters, its just too warm. Too humid... I prefer to stay at the top and stare at the sky. Where Borealis started to get ereased. More I go to the south, more it fades away. I want... So much to get it back ! But I have to keep going foward...

My first steps in the village were all shaky and insecure. It was mostly a big mess of platforms, huts, and bridges, all hung to ... trees ? I think that's it. Evrything is painted of bright colors, and the heavy sweet scent of flowers come to our nose in waves. Some sun rays are able to pierce throught the shelter of the trees, and illuminate the meadow of gold and green. The whole scene was paradisiac, but still too humid to my taste. And the lack of Auroras... Just keep haunt me. But getting into a new life isn't easy, and its not the time to get away !

Amanuet ___Ama is a plushie being dragon the night. A malediction or a benediction ? No-one knows. It seems that she is protected by unkowns beings, because I heard that she has been resurected two times. This little piece of dragon may look really inofensive, but she will do the impossible to protect her human friend Marie.

Rickunadini ___Una is a nice, but narcissic person. She is what we can call a "Guinea pig". She serves for Geisha apprentices. She is learning them how to make-up, dress, and place their hair. She often let her students making cosmetic experiences on her, this is why she is constently wearing make-up on her white face.

Anvoid ___Being an Island Gelert, she lives on a lost Island. I often tought that she were crazy, because she often told me that her father was a Maraquan gelert. We all know that they just don't exists, but she keep try to convince us, showing her fins and her ability to stay underwater for hours witout the need to breathe. She is really annoying with this, but she is a wonderful guerissor. She have imposant magic skills too, that she uses for making the good around her, like she can.

Griifyy ___Yirfig was an Eyrie used in silver mines. She has been kidnapped form her mother, when she was only a baby, for being raised here. The employees used the enormous strenght and the sensibility to the toxics gazes of her specie, at the profits of big compagnies. The men who's are working with her, and the other representent of Grii's specie, thinks that putting silver jewelery on Eyries of this kind will increase their surnatural capability, and will make them more docile. But its totally false, Yirfig knows it, but she plays the game, in hope that one day, she will escape from this hell...

Rayktai ___Ray's quite terryfing. He has been wrongly connected to the Yeti, since many centuries, but we lastly discovered proofs that they're both different specie. Ray's is totally unique in his kind : He is unable to speak, think properly, ans is really obseded by eating and hunting. He also adores sleeping. The basic things, you know. He tends to make stupid decision, because of the fact that he's guided with his dominant instinc of predator without pity, who kills only for the fun of it.

Volk ___ Volk is a fire spirits who lives in a volcano, not that far from Armeva. We aren't sure about it, but it seems like if he is a protector : He has the power of control Volcanos. When he is mad, he can make errupt it, or can calm it down for save the tribe who lives next from the mountains. He has a firemane, an hight symbol in the hiearchy of the people of the tribe. He is really nice, but has an excessive temperament, who make him really unpredictable.

Lostsoul_ ___ This littly guy is incredibly shy, but really kind. He takes under his roof anyone who asks for it. Even with that, he stay really distant, and enjoy reading and daydreaming. When we look at him, we have the constant impression that he is always looking far away, and that he isn't really here. It s a bit normal, duue to the fact that he is an otphan since many years now... He currently takes care of a wierd graveyard ...

Medusa ___ Medusa is really mysterious. This cerature from the gods domains is what some people call a "Gorgon", but I personally beleves that she is a monster. If you have the bad luck of look her in the eyes, you will be morphed into a stone statue for decorating her cave... She attract her victims with her melodious voice. The 5 snakes she has on her heads are extremely poisonous: If you touch one, you will dies in 5 minutes only ! Also, her tail don't have a defenitive form : She can morph it like she want. It can take the form of a hand, a human... She haunts forests, mountains, plains, beaches... Alway in quest of bring back home another poor living being imortalized in stone.

Jhayi ___ Jhayi is an exiled princess. Why ? Because she is born as a twin, and in the society where she lives, parents are forced to have one child only. Even the kings. So, for avoidng civil war due to the situation, they sent Jhayi away in the plains with a clan of exiled people. When she grow up, her goal is to rturn Armeva in a peace state, like it used to be, by deleting the monarchy of her family. Such a big task for a simple girl. I don't know if she will be able to do this, but she is so determined, that I think that she has a chance, whenever how small it is.

Poke is quiet. He can't move. He is even not a living creature. He is just an unbreakable little snowman. Even if you will put him outside in the middle of summer, on a warm beach, he will stay perfect un-melted ice. You can push him in a canyon, and he will still remain in one piece. When I was little, I made a snowman. I wanted him like a friend for the eternity, I worked for days on a complex magic trick. This was supposed to make anything indestructible… And it worked. This is how Poke came in this world. I have had him since forever, and I will keep him to the end of my days. Even after that, I think he will stay next to me…

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