Post by Nyara on Jun 4, 2019 10:14:55 GMT
nova Lineart by Spiritwollf the basics full name • Nova nicknames • n/a age • Twenty Three (dragon equivalent) primary standing • Lone Dragoness secondary standing • Shadowed Protector faction • Currently Unaffiliated species • Dragon - Night Fury gender • Female sexuality • Demi-heterosexual the appearance orgin • How to train your dragon height and weight • 25 feet long, 1560 pounds overall appearance • For the most part, Nova is just like any other night fury. A sleek, medium sized reptilian dragon with physical similarities to geckos and axolotls in build and the appendages around her head. She has a long tail with a pair of fins at the base and a pair of fins at the end to aid in flight, as well as large bat like wings and four sharp claws on each foot. She has sharp but retractable teeth, and along her back are many spines varying in size, though she lacks any on the back of her legs. In coloration Nova is the customary jet black of her species, though across her back, wings, head, and along her tail is a lighter grey dappling, almost like a smattering of stars in the night sky. However, her entire underside as well as the inside of her wings remain perfectly black. Her eyes are a vivid purple, ranging from a lighter pinkish hue nearest catlike pupils to a much darker purple moving outwards. When charging a plasma blast, her spines and star-like markings glow a vaguely pinkish purple, and her plasma is this color as well. the personality likes • flying, swimming, fish (curiosity, and as food), stars, birds (not as food), quiet, companionship, helping others dislikes • most humans, boats, large crowds, lots of noise, enclosed places, unnecessary violence, leaving others behind strengths • independent, intelligent, adaptable, patient, speed, hunting, swimming weaknesses • wary, unpredictable, distrustful, reclusive, involuntarily selfish abilities • dive-bombing, speed, plasma blasts, echolocation, splitting spines, dark 'camouflage', cloaking (exhaustive) dreams • to find other night furies, to find a long-term companion she truly trusts fears • being captured by hunters, her kind dying out completely, being cornered/surrounded, being unable to fly overall personality • Being part of a species hunted to near extinction and seeing the only ones she has known of her kind fall prey to this genocide, it is no wonder Nova has very little trust. Driven by survival instinct and self-preservation first and foremost, no matter her morals, Nova tends to put herself first. It is not that she is selfish - at least she does not intend to be. However, she does not trust others, and prefers to keep to herself. With all her bad experiences in life, especially with humans, Nova has a very difficult time letting her guard down around anyone, even fellow dragons. It takes a convincing act for anyone to get particularly close to her, and even then she tends to remain on edge. From this fact, she often seems feral or rather dangerous, only adding to the reputation of her species and further ensuring her safety. She does not wish to be feared, and she gets lonely always being by herself, but she is too caught up in her memories and the possibility of being captured. Due to this, not only is she wary of company, but also of her surroundings. She tends to ensure she always has an exit, preferably multiple, and has come to fear enclosed spaces or anywhere that may make it difficult to fly or make a quick get away. Despite her strong self preservation instincts that overrule much of her nature, there is much more to Nova than the flighty feral beast that meets the eye. One thing that might surprise some is her curiosity. Being a very intelligent species, Nova is naturally drawn through curiosity to anything that catches her interest. She may approach hesitantly, but she can not help but have her interests captured by anything particularly new or perplexing. Things that test her comprehension, or are particularly interesting to look at, are of most interest to her. She is more likely to approach things that seem harmless, generally things that are small or immobile. Alongside her curiosity, she also has an ingrained maternal instinct and compassionate persona under her layers of mistrust. She deeply wishes for company she feels safe with, and misses being with her own kind. She not only enjoys helping people, but feels drawn to those that need her help, having a protective instinct, especially toward the helpless such as young or injured. She hates letting others down or having to leave them behind, however she will unfortunately allow self-preservation to overcome this if she sees no other choice, no matter how guilty it makes her feel. A sensitive soul at heart no matter how tough she often acts, should Nova ever find someone she feels she can truly trust with her life, she will be extremely loyal to them, and any betrayal on their part would be shattering. She is prideful in her existence as a night fury, and dreads the day there are none left. the history father • Unnamed, deceased night fury mother • Unnamed, deceased night fury siblings • Unnamed brother - deceased night fury important people • Anya - human, status unknown overall history • Nova was not hatched alone. Instead, she had a mother who warmed and cared for her, a brother who was hatched as raised alongside her, and a father who protected and hunted for the family. It should have been a happy youth, and at first it was. Well hidden, the little family led a reclusive live, sticking to their small island cave system. It was unbeknownst to young Nova that they were hiding, only that the world was not safe but home was. Their mother was always with them, and their father often left at night to hunt while the hatchlings played and their mother watched on, and during the day they would hide away and sleep, for they were safest roaming under cover of darkness. Their mother could not be so watchful, however, when their father disappeared. He left to hunt one night, and never returned. What the small family did not know was that he had been sighted, and so as not to let the others be discovered, had tried to lead them away and been captured. No matter what their mother may have known or not, she was much more strict and cautious after that. However, she now had to be the hunter and protector of their family. From their mother, Nova and her brother learned to hunt, swim, fight and fly. They had to learn how to take care of themselves, how to get away quickly and quietly. She taught them stealth, especially, how to properly use the night and shadows to their advantage. She taught them to survive. She tried to teach them caution, too, perhaps almost trying to drill fear into them. However, without experience, caution was a difficult thing for a curious young dragon to learn. Nova's brother was the most adventurous of the siblings, but they were so tied at the hip that Nova's more recluse nature did not matter. Wherever her brother went, she was sure to follow. And follow she did. One day her brother spotted something in the water - a boat. He wanted to investigate, for their mother had described such things and the creatures that owned them, but never told them why whey ought to stay away. It was a foolish mistake, and it cost them everything. The two siblings were captured, and their cries lead to the capturing of their mother too. She had stayed her distance at first, but she could not abandon her young, so her eventual capture was inevitable no matter how prolonged it was. The fight of Nova's mother saw her ended first, and it was then that one of the humans decided to set the siblings free. She was young, perhaps a stowaway or maybe a crew member who had a change of heart. Either way, she was the first human to show Nova kindness as she put herself at risk to free them. In a last second decision, Nova took the girl with her as she made her escape. Her brother did not make it. With nothing left, she could not let herself turn back. She wanted to see if her brother could make it, if she could help, but she had known in her heart she could not, and sacrificing her freedom for nothing would have been the last thing he or her mother would have wanted. So she took the girl and flew away. The humans did not report the loss - they had their prizes, and as they had not known of the younger dragons before they caught them, they got more than they expected anyway. Perhaps that was what added to the belief that all the species was lost. With a surprising alliance between human and dragon, Nova and the girl both went into hiding again, flying far from home and that horrible place. At first they sought out other dragons, but everywhere they found them seemed to risky for a night fury. They found a new place, somewhere safe, somewhere alone. Nova taught the girl to survive, kept her warm and safe. In return, the girl who was named Anya named her Nova in turn, and did all that Nova could wish. She kept her company. Nova could have sworn she would have grown mad if she had lived alone in that time - she was not ready to be alone yet. They lived as just the two of them for a long time, meeting a few other lone dragons, never staying in one place too long lest they be found. Eventually, though, the inevitable happened. Humans. It was on their arrival that Anya did the last thing Nova had expected - she turned on her. With this betrayal, Nova was heart broken, and she flew away. She still held the girl partially in her heart, and even clung to the name she had given to her and all that she had taught her. However, her trust was further broken and another wall arose. What she did not know, was that Anya did not turn on her at all. When she was seen so friendly with Nova, Anya was asked to bring her to them - they had seemed friendly, but Anya had seen the trap, and while she agreed, it was ultimately a lie and she wound up trying to convince Nova to leave. With how loyal Nova had become, the only way to get her to go was through scaring her off, and cementing in her a further wariness of humans for her own safety. the role player alias • Nyara pronouns • She/Her how did you find us? • Proboards Support ad other characters • None |
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