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Death is quite a complicated thing, mostly because no living creature will ever be able to understand it. It will always be different for everything that breathes. But know this; underneath Sornieth, past every observable star and constellation and universe, is the After. It is a mystery. An enigma. It teems with spirits and souls, and it is almost the afterlife. But it is also a land of death.

Nobody knows what kind of thing a soul would have to do to be sent to the After. Most say that when certain dragons pass on, they come here, not alive, but still with a mission. Creatures that left their world violently. Others say that maybe there is a portal on Sornieth to this alternate dimension. But nobody can know for sure, because the beasts that come here remember nothing of their past life. Maybe little shards, if they are lucky. The souls in the After spend their years of harrowing survival clutching to every small sliver they receive, anything that could take them back to their pasts. But the After is not kind to any dragon. One by one, everything there falls, and then they are gone just as suddenly as they came. The only permanent things are the Spirits, good and evil creatures either intent on protecting dragonkind or tearing them apart.

There are rumors, now. Rumors of a Spirit Warrior, destined to slay the monsters that roam the forests of the dark realm. There have always been stories like these, passed around in the After from dragon to dragon, as each tries to absorb the hope that they so desperately need from it. But surely, it is just a myth.

Isn't it?

General Rules
- A death in the Coliseum means that dragon must be exalted.
- Once a dragon reaches Level 25, the challenge will technically end, although I might keep going if I ever reach that point.
- I'll be playing in a slightly altered Hard Mode, which means that when I get a food item, I'll randomly select three dragons from the Pinkerlocke and fight in the venue one down from the highest level dragon, if any dragon is below the highest dragon's level.
- Fleeing battles is fine, as long as any given dragon is wounded enough to warrant it.
- If you only have three dragons eligible for the Coliseum, and a dragon faints, that dragon does not have to be exalted.
- All dragons can faint once in the Coliseum without dying, if they have a familiar, because I'm a softie. However, their familiar will die in their place. After this one time, though, if they faint they must be exalted.
- Also because I'm a softie, the first three dragons which began the challenge cannot be exalted until they are past level ten. This will hopefully allow the story to advance a little ways before the death begins.

Drops
- Plants: 10 - 20 matches
- Insects: 20 - 30 matches
- Seafood: 30 - 40 matches
- Meat: 40 - 50 matches

- Materials / Trinkets : Usually, these would mean to do writing or some sort of art for your Pinkerlocke, but because I can't do digital art to save my life and I'll be writing for almost every item, these will just mean that nothing in particular happens.

- Familiars : Buy the cheapest dragon in the auction house of a specific breed. Use a random number generator (between 1 - 14) to determine which breed you will get!

1. Fae
2. Guardian
3. Mirror
4. Pearlcatcher
5. Ridgeback
6. Tundra
7. Spiral
8. Imperial
9. Snapper
10. Wildclaw
11. Nocturne
12. Coatl
13. Skydancer
14. Bogsneak

- Apparel : You must breed two dragons. The dragons chosen are up to you. When the eggs hatch, a coin must be flipped for each hatchling. If tails, it dies and must be exalted, and if heads, it lives.

- Battle Items : Flip a coin. If tails, nothing happens. If heads, then randomly select three dragons using the "food" rules ten rounds consecutively, quitting midway if a dragon dies.

* All rules are based around @Tar 's Pinkerlocke rules! Some aspects have been slightly modified.

[center]========================[/center] [center][font=optima][size=5][color=#4A5156]dragons[/color][/size][/font][/center] [center]========================[/center] [rule] [rule] [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=37138165] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/371382/37138165_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol][font=optima][size=5][color=#4A5156]Henny[/size][/font] [size=4][color=#4A5156][font=cambria]Henny is a brand new soul in the After. She's an energetic dragon that far prefers brawn over brains, and faces everything head on. Although Henny is an excellent warrior, she can be rather blunt and often accidentally hurts the feelings of others without meaning to, mostly because of her consistent inability to understand other dragons. [/columns] [rule] [rule] [columns][font=optima][size=5][color=#4A5156]Irsaspri[/size][/font] [size=4][color=#4A5156][font=cambria]Isaspri is a stern, grumpy guardian Spirit. Alongside his companion, Gareth, he defends newcomers to the After until they are strong enough to fend for themselves. He may be cantankerous at times, but in the end his dedication is to destroy the enemy Spirits of dragonkind, and he will fight against them to the last breath. [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=37149059] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/371491/37149059_350.png[/img] [/url][/columns] [rule] [rule] [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=37142681] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/371427/37142681_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol][font=optima][size=5][color=#4A5156]Gareth[/size][/font] [size=4][color=#4A5156][font=cambria]Gareth is a cheerful, friendly guardian Spirit, who, with the help of his friend Isaspri, protects the dragons of the After. Naive and quick to trust any and all creatures that he comes across, it is likely Isaspri's skepticism that has kept him alive. Nonetheless, his jovial attitude draws others close to him, and bring hope to the dragons that he so desperately wants to protect.[/columns] [rule] [rule] [columns][font=optima][size=5][color=#4A5156]Gwyn[/size][/font] [size=4][color=#4A5156][font=cambria]Gwyn is a thin, poorly built Nocturne. However, she makes up for her frailness with her intelligence. Although once a scholarly dragon, with no books or common knowledge in the After she wanders aimlessly, with only her failed experiments at her side. [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=37472912] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/374730/37472912_350.png[/img] [/url][/columns] [rule] [rule] [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=38033185] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/380332/38033185_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol][font=optima][size=5][color=#4A5156]Wren[/size][/font] [size=4][color=#4A5156][font=cambria]Wren is a determined, powerful hatchling. She is known to be somewhat sarcastic and moody at times, and deeply thoughtful at others, but when caught at the right time she's energetic, kind, and friendly. [/columns] [rule] [rule] [columns][font=optima][size=5][color=#4A5156]Oriole[/size][/font] [size=4][color=#4A5156][font=cambria]Oriole is a shy, quiet young hatchling. Although technically larger than his sister, he is undeniably the runt of his nest, with his tenancy towards physical weakness. However, he seems deeply in tune with other dragons and the world around him, and oftentimes his words suggest that there might be more to him than meets the eye. [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=38033187] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/380332/38033187_350.png[/img] [/url][/columns] [rule] [rule] [center]========================[/center] [center][font=optima][size=5][color=#4A5156]familiars[/color][/size][/font][/center] [center]========================[/center] [rule] [rule] [columns][img]http://flightrising.com/images/cms/familiar/art/11666.png[/img] [nextcol][font=optima][size=5][color=#4A5156]Kerai[/size][/font] [size=4][color=#4A5156][font=cambria]Kerai is Gwyn's familiar. She aids Gwyn in her ventures, and boasts an impulsive, yet carefree personality. [/columns] [rule] [rule]

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[center]========================[/center] [center][font=optima][size=5][color=4A5156]o n e - b e g i n n i n g[/color][/size][/font][/center] [center]========================[/center] [center][item=slimy tusk] [/center] [font=cambria][size=4][color=4A5156]The first thing that Henny saw was the white. It twisted and turned and swam in her vision, and for a moment she didn't know what it was. It bit furiously at her scales and burned her eyes. "W... what?" she hissed. She had never seen anything like this, especially not in the... Wait. Where was she from? Henny's legs refused to move. They were firmly lodged in the earth, and so cold that she could not feel them any longer. [i]Stay calm[/i], she whispered to herself. Everything would work itself out in due time. This was what she knew. Allowing her limbs to relax, she drew in a rigid breath, and icy air filled her lungs. It reeked of ash and rot and carrion. Henny imagined a center of calm in her mind, and allowed her anxieties to be swallowed up. Yes. Good. Now, her legs flexed, slowly, gently, waiting for the snow - ah, yes, that was what it was - to give way. In, out, in, out. That was it. Minutes passed, and they dragged out until they seemed like hours to the young Guardian. And then they really were hours, and the fierce cold sank its way deeper and deeper into her hide, and the snow stayed firm around her legs. Her eyesight was blotched with huge circles of black. With frenzied thoughts, she flailed with all the strength she could muster, her mouth open in a silent scream. Her claws sank deep into the snow, but without the power she once had they did nothing. Her memories were empty. She remembered nothing. She really was truly alone, in this raging blizzard, dying, without even the memories of the loved ones she might have had to keep her company. Quietly, Henny sent up a plea to the Lightweaver. But this was not the realm of the gods. [center][font=optima][size=4]========================[/center] [center][font=optima][size=2][color=4A5156]@ReshiramCupcake[/center]

[center]========================[/center] [center][font=optima][size=5][color=4A5156]t w o[/color][/size][/font][/center] [center]========================[/center] [center][item=moonglow foxtail] [/center] [font=cambria][size=4][color=4A5156]Just as Henny had lost consciousness, two shapeless figures appeared in the haze. They didn't even seem to be part of the landscape at all; their colors were too vibrant and their feathers hardly blew against the harsh gale. Their claws glided effortlessly across the snow, as if they weren't even there. The one on the right, a silvery sort of dragon with stripes of red and green across his hide, flicked his tongue warily. "I don't like this one bit," he whispered to the other, whose hues were powerfully dull, made up of browns and blues. You know that I don't like looking at dead dragons, Isaspri." Isaspri snorted. "Nobody does, Gareth. Pull yourself together," he snipped. Gareth did not seem fazed, but he instantly fell silent, and the two walked together without words until they arrived at the slumbering body. "I can't look," Gareth murmured. Isaspri bent down over Henny, nostrils flaring gingerly. His warm breaths drove the frost from her scales and revealed her scales, shining in the muted sunlight. He inhaled, exhaled, focused his purple eyes on her chest. A moment of quiet. And then a soft heave. "Alive," Isaspri said briskly. Gareth smiled goodheartedly. "Thank the stars!" he cried. For the smallest moment, the traces of a smile flitted across Isaspri's maw, but in an instant it was gone. He nodded to himself, prodding at the sleet that had built up all around. The Guardian was lucky to have kept her head above the snow; had she been here a moment longer or had moved ever so slightly to the side, she would be long gone. "Right," Isaspri said. "Let's get to digging." With determined eyes, the claws of the two Spirits bit into the snow and tossed it by the handfuls behind them. Thick, frozen mud gathered under their talons, but they only winced and continued onward. This was just what they did, their daily work. They acted without thought. Gradually, the small shape under the mound was revealed to be a huge Guardian, blue wings splayed out, frills bent uncomfortably. She was restless, kicking and hissing, with smoke fuming from her nostrils and spines standing straight up. "There's some fight in her still," Gareth said absentmindedly and with approval. In the After, only the creatures with willpower would ever survive.[/size][/font] [center]========================[/center] [center][font=optima][size=2][color=4A5156]@ReshiramCupcake[/center]