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HiddenShadow

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Familiar

Silver Kitsune

Energy: 42/50

Personal Style

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Scene

Physical Attributes

Battle Stats

Measurements

Length

4.15 m

Wingspan

6.17 m

Weight

546.08 kg

Genetics

Ice
Iridescent

Lavender
Eye Spots

Obsidian
Ghost

Hatchday

Dec 26, 2013
(10 years)

Breed

Adult
Pearlcatcher

Eye Type

Fire
Rare

Level 25 Pearlcatcher

Max Level

STR

124

AGI

DEF

QCK

INT

VIT

MND

Lineage

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Offspring

Biography

HiddenShadow

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

HiddenShadow joined the clan when both were rather young, and perhaps that's one of the reasons she's so protective of it. She and it have grown together in age and strength, from something relatively small and weak, to something much more, and greater than the sum of its parts. Although she's not the only dragon concerned with the defense and safety of her clan, she's the one in charge of organizing and planning it. She takes care to run her proposed changes by Cheyanne and Chrono, the two guardians who took the clan as their Charge and take its safety just as seriously as she does, but the two of them usually agree that her ideas are good, and for the most part allow her to do as she sees fit.

Most of the clan isn't exactly sure where HiddenShadow came from, or what brought her to their clan, as she's very reluctant to talk about her life before she joined them. Those who have been there long enough to remember when she first joined have only a few more pieces to the puzzle than thise who weren't. They remember Nocti returning from her wandering with a young pearlcatcher in tow, an adolescent just out of the stage of childhood. She bore deep wounds, and collapsed into a deep and fevered sleep as soon as Nocti brought her to a soft bed, and convinced her that she would be safe there. Although they tended her wounds as best they could, for a time they worried the young dragon wouldn't survive. They were severe, and the sleep she lay in was deep and dark, with her barely waking enough to eat and drink a little before sinking back into it.

But survive she did. When she woke, she didn't speak for a long time, as though whatever she had endured before she arrived there had driven her to muteness in an effort to cope. Though the other dragons wondered where she had come from, and how she had gotten such wounds, Nocti wouldn't speak of it, saying that it was not her place to tell while the subject of it couldn't speak at all. She was weak from her wounds, but as she grew stronger she crept around the lair, following in Nocti's shadow, hiding from strangers, and flinching at loud noises and sudden movements. She was slow to trust any dragons but Nocti, although their leader gently helped her become more familiar with them, one at a time. She seemed especially frightened of any of the clan's warriors, who soon learned to take care not to wear their armor around her, lest she flee into some hiding spot that would take all day to discover, too afraid to come out. It was clear that something terrible had happened to her and her old clan.

It took gentleness, patience, and time on the part of her new clan to convince the young pearlcatcher that she was safe and cared for here, in her new home. The whole clan was proud of her on the day she finally spoke her first word to them, having healed enough to come out of her trauma-induced muteness. Having waited a long time for it, for even Nocti didn't have the answer, they asked her what her name was. She hesitated for a long time, thinking about it, before answering “call me HiddenShadow.” Whatever her name had been before, this was the one she felt most comfortable with now. Although she no longer ran or flinched whenever anyone new came into the room, she still retained her habit of keeping out of sight in the shadows. It seemed to make her feel safe.

When she reached adulthood, and the time came for her to choose a role within the clan, she knew that she wanted to protect it. She was still somewhat fearful of taking the way of the warrior, but she was willing to do what she needed to keep the clan she had come to love safe. She quickly discovered that she had a skill for more subtle protections as well. As though her own magic had heard her desires, spells of warding and guarding seemed to come naturally to her. She has laid many of them around the lair, especially around the hatchery, designed to keep everyone within safe. She takes care of security in mundane ways as well, noting entrances and weak points that an enemy might try to get in through and seeing them locked and strengthened, and doing nightly patrols of the lair to investigate anything she sees or hears that seems wrong. She often crosses paths with NightHuntress, who also keeps to the shadows and protects the lair in stealth. The two of them sometimes work together as partners, and a close friendship has developed between them.

She met her mate, BloodySnow, during a skirmish with a group of serthis, who seemed to think their peaceful lair might be an easy target. They were holding their own, but it promised to be a difficult fight, until a strange spiral swept in out of nowhere. Between his quick and agile fighting, and the bolts of lightning he summoned, the tide swiftly turned their way and they sent the serthis slithering off. When the spiral bowed over her paw like some knight of old, praising both her beauty and her fighting prowess alike, HiddenShadow found herself smitten. He followed them back to the lair, proclaiming that he sought a worthy clan to keep, and surely any clan she belonged to must be so, and has been there ever since. He set to wooing her, which she met with a mixture of excitement and nervousness. He seemed to recognize that she needed it to happen slowly and on her own terms. The obvious care he took to make her feel comfortable and admired while he courted her won her heart, and she accepted him as her mate.

HiddenShadow is still quiet and soft-spoken, as though she sometimes forgets that a careless word won't alert some enemy to her hiding place. She also still has a tendency to keep herself hidden, not revealing herself until she's swept the room and is certain that it's safe. Sometimes it's clear that memories of whatever happened to her and her old clan are particularly hard for her to bear that day, and she seeks quiet and solitude. However, she has opened up, no longer the scared and silent young dragon she used to be, with a beloved mate, good friends, and cherished clanmates. Her boisterous mate in particular does his best to cheer her up when she is solemn, or sinking into old and unhappy memories, always managing to bring a smile to her face. She's made a good life for herself in the Windswept Plateau, and she will do whatever she needs to do to protect it.

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