Terpsichore

Ardath can silence a room with a roar. Terpsichore can silence a room with a whisper.

She has presence; she's always had it. It was trained into her from an early age. Every movement says Look at me. Watch what I do.

She is compelling.

It was her presence that got her a job with the foremost traveling dance troupe on the Windswept Plateau. Dragons would come from miles around to gather in the hollows where they set up their twinkling lights bright cloths and painted screens. She danced all the classical roles -- Lightweaver in The First Age; Thevetat in that tragic tale of dragon lovers, Thevetat and Mynoas.

It was her presence that attracted the unwanted attention of a certain clan leader, who thought he had a right to any pretty dragon that crossed his path. When Terpsichore refused, he might have forced the issue. But she is stronger than she looks. He settled for bankrupting the troupe.

It was her presence that caught Amaryl's eye - for why else would she bring back this dragon among so many dragons? Amaryl saw in Terpsichore what she lacked in herself.

So. One day, soon, Terpsichore will lead the Clan Syrinx. And in the mean time, her touch is felt in little ways throughout the lair.

And always, above all, her presence.