Lucrest

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Familiar: Rocco
Length: 20m excluding tail feathers
Wingspan: 49.09m
Weight: 42.57kg

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Back when the border of Emberglow Hearth skies roared with the sound of thunder, the Molten Scar re-earned it's "scar" with lightning marking the land, when the Highland Scrub cacti held more ash than water, and when the Carrion Canyon flooded with a sea of molten magma, the lightning and fire flights clashed in conquest.

As tension was building on the boarder between the two' lands, Stormcatcher was roaring orders that stretched over the Shifting Expanse.

"IN ONE MONTHS TIME WE SHALL TEACH THOSE TINKERERS THE TRUE MIGHT OF OUR LIGHTNING FLIGHT. GATHER ALL SPARKS AND MAKE THEM READY TO IGNITE"

Clans big and small ventured out to prepare, or make accommodations to ones whom where ready to take to the air.
This ditch of a clan was an outpost first, sanctuary second, so many flooded this very manor.

Swarms of dragons piled in left and right as Lucrest where one of the first to arrive, bringing his own supplies. Taking his roost before anyone, no one batted an eye.
Alas thou, a cog in a machine he felt. In his prime, yet still, not a charge in his own name to find. Stuck between the thunderous computer workers, and the twisted metal.

The sanctuary's watchful eye, Baitinclaw, spotted the down and drewyry Guardian wile making his rounds. The loon asked the dragon if he needed aid, and Lucrest spoke bluntly; "I want to make a name for myself before I leave, but no opportunity has presented itself to me."
"Then fly for a wile, I'll cover your hide", Baitinclaw replied calmly.

Lucrest left the lair and traveled north, following the Great Furnace's smog that blew over the Windswept Plateau and settled in the Scarred Wasteland to hide. By the time he returned from his plight, following the soot river up stream, he heard the roars of the Mistress of Fire and the bellowing Orders of Lightning as the two deities clashed in a test of might. Their forces struggled in a sea of sparks with embers raining down from the skies.

To this day, Lucrest still claims he saw the Windsinger himself, too high from the brawl to be spotted by any other soul. The God twirling his tail, commanding the debris to dance around it all. Spinning to the beat of a Song of Fire and Ice, it was a tango between lightning bugs and fire flies.

It was when he saw the chaos from far away, that he saw the beauty of the world that he much ignored all this time to prepare for this very fight.
But rather than join the fray, he scurried back where he came. Others whom in the melee that spotted him glared, thinking he once more caved.

Crashing back in his home's ground, he nearly buried Baitinclaw in sands as he dashed to stand in front of the dragon's sight.

"Ah my dear boy, back again at this sanctuary? Perhaps you just came back to tell me what your charge was before you turn tail?"

"That I did come back to see you again, My charge is to train others so that one day I'd help another 'me' to fly. But to do that, I can not leave. May you please let me stay?"

Baitinclaw sat there in thought, rubbing his neck as he eyeballed the stray.
"………Maybe. This place is rather on the full side…"

"What do you mean, 'Maybe'?! You just exalted everyone, I just past them coming here!"




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Lucrest came from a clan that where all preparing to leave and work for Stormcatcher. However he still wanted to see the world and find a charge, thankfully this inn took Lucrest in. He now flies out to the spire to gather new interns and trains them to be the best fighters for Stormcatcher's forces. He claims that his charge is to train others how to fly; mentally, metaphorically, or physically.
However unknowingly aware to him, no matter how hard he trains or how far he travels, he loves nothing more than a home to call his own and be around all his friends. Perhaps that's his hidden true charge, a home to fight for.

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"Tigs and I go way back. He can lift like any of them. He even caught my bird for me! Mess with his throat anymore though and I'll kill you. You don't touch him. He's my little bro. Only I can touch him."

"Oh! The egghead! Yeah, Snackers is great! He's really nice to anyone. I do kinda worry about him though. He's been stretching his wings out, but he's still a bit of a weakling. I mean, we don't live in Plague or anything but this place isn't kind to the meek too, you know? I wonder if I can talk him into trying out a routine..."

"You know Exil' and I were kinda just neutral on each other for a while, but then he had a bunch of stuff that you could paint with and make things with one day? And I just, I liked it? A lot? So now he, like, sneaks me nicknacks and doodads like he's a drug dealer and I get all excited like a little hatchling. My favorite stuff is whenever Boss gets any exports from the Windswept Plateau - especially the pottery. I've been trying to copy the patterns I see but it's a little tricky since I'm painting with my mouth over here. It's about the journey though, not the destination!"

"When the Boss can't make the flight over to The Spire -- Uhm, MY Boss. Not. The Boss - let me just start over. When Excalibur can't make the flight over to The Spire, I'm the one that flies Saeiqa over to see KyaDil and vice versa. She's chipper enough, she likes my energy and I like hers. When I see some of the dragons that I've trained flying about on my way back I try to pry into her affairs actually. A lot of them don't even acknowledge me because, of course, they are working. Few though that I bribed with some otherwordly snacks say that she's trying to find a cure for something. They can't say what though. Honestly, I'm just glad she's doing the Lightning flight proud with her hard work. I'll keep doing my part too!"

"Look man, I don't know what to tell you. I found her randomly, and then I talked, and then she talked, and then we talked, then next thing you know -- you know? Wait, what am I doing? It's my personal life, I don't gotta tell you what I know about her. Next question."

"I'm... actually a little worried about the kid's development? I think? He keeps biting people and says he need "the juice" from them. I am really hoping that it's just a hatchling doing its thing and not something KyaDil was doing to him behind our backs".

"You know, everyone gives this guy beef. But really, Apappy is just a really chill guy - uh - no pun intended. He's just living his life, as we all are, so I don't get why everyone rags on him. Apappy's also like absolutely needed when we go on expeditions in the Southern Icefield and saved me and Tiggs' hide like 20 times over. He's great. Love the guy."

"Have you ever had like... Those Goblins, the little guys? Yaknow them? You ever then like...seen one just stare at you... And you don't know if they got nothing going on in their head, or if they're being controlled by one of the Big Kahunas and you feel like they're plotting on how to murder you? That's how it feels to have Tinder hang out around here since she's an exalted one. Only, you know her head is full of murder. And don't tell me she isn't an exulted one because she HAST to be one. I saw took her to the registry and everything.
But anyway, yeah. It's the worst when she pulls out a clipboard and writes something down when I, like, drop a sandwich or something and I eat it off the floor. You don't need to document everything, Tinder!! I don't have thumbs like you do! What am I supposed to do!?"

"Gods what a f-....bloody peice of partchment paper Bait' is. I mean, I owe him a lot for helping me become who I am today. But then, like, I got to know the guy."

"How can a Snapper jump that high!? HOW?!"

"Man, what a lonely guy... He just stays in the corner of our lair with all the abandoned eggs we find when we go hunting and trading, or helping some honeymooners handle their freeloading hatchlings. I can count on the tips of all my sharp bits the number of times he's even been outside in the past year. I can't imagen... Like... willingly let all your memories just erode like that by choice. Just... sitting there, letting yourself pine away like that. Actually... No... I can actually - I think I know what that could feel like... And that's a fate worse than death.
...It's been a while since I last let Banto smell me. I should pay him a visit..."

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Favorite Foods: Lesser Shallowshark Seafood Schools of shallowsharks are extremely efficient at hunting and devouring larger shark species. 55 6 Cottontail Rabbit Meat When confronted with tone-deaf dragons, smaller dragons will plug their ears with cotton balls. Larger species will plug their ears with cottontail rabbits. 50 5 Old World Rabbit Meat This species has managed to thrive even in the aftermath of two apocalypses. All divergent species of rabbit claim Old World rabbits as their living ancestors. 50 5 Fish Oil Seafood Health-conscious dragons are obsessed with this stuff. 400 20 Aer Sprite Plant A gust of aer sprites can sometimes be confused for a swarm of fireflies in the right light. 41 4 Thunder Scarab Insect Found in the tallest trees, this scarab can survive and store energy from direct lightning strikes. 20 2 Renegade Dartling Seafood The color spots on dartlings can display as green, blue, or even purple depending on the area of Harpy's Roost that the fry developed in. 41 4 Granny Smith Apple Plant While the apples are sweet, Granny Smith herself was a bitter dragon. 50 5 Sea Bass Seafood When a coatl approaches, there are no more bass to see. 400 15 Mistral Beetle Insect The hooks on its legs are adapted to holding on during windstorms. 42 4 Cliffside Milkweed Plant This species of flower only grows from the cracks of mesa walls. 46 4 Wartoad Trainee Meat The only war this tadpole will be fighting is the war against hunger. 450 17 For some reason he does not eat birds. He hates the idea of it. He doesn't know where this habit came from… maybe its hereditary.

Trinkets Windsinger Painted Vase Trinkets A delicate vase, painted to depict the Windsinger. The brushstrokes appear to wriggle and dance across its surface, as if they yearn to peel off and fly away. 105 Playful Windsinger Puppet Trinkets A crudely-fashioned stuffed doll that resembles the Windsinger. It is made of fine satin cloth and held together with green ribbons. 1000 Charged Stormcatcher Sackdoll Trinkets A crudely-fashioned stuffed doll that resembles the Stormcatcher. It is pieced together with squares of fleece and is giving you quite the case of static shock. 1000 Stormcatcher Scrap Metal Welding Trinkets An imposing metal sculpture designed to look like the Stormcatcher. It looks like it was hastily constructed under an imposed time limit. 105 Hematite Minerals & Ores This material can be carved into lovely trinkets. 49 Featherfall Pack Chests The leather of this pack is soft to the touch. When you pick it up, something clinks inside. 0 Champion's Purse Chests A purse for the winner of an arena duel. 0 Stag Figurine Trinkets A charm given to travellers in hopes of a swift journey. 47 Crushed Petals Organics A gorgeous pile of red petals, ready to be ground into pigment. 42 Azurite Minerals & Ores This deep blue mineral is most often used as pigment due to its tendency to convert into malachite should it encounter too much heat. When not being harvested for crafts, they are admired for their large and beautiful crystal formations. 385 Featherback Pelt Organics A plush downy pelt that makes excellent bedding! 350 Waterskin Dragonmade Crafted from a sheep's bladder, this skin holds a liter of water. 40 Augite Fragments Trinkets These beautiful carvings can be polished to a reflective sheen. 24 Jade Minerals & Ores This stone is opaque and ready to be carved by a careful hand or claw. 120 Analogous Pigment Blend Organics This peculiar pigment blend has the unusual ability to match the tint of whatever it is applied to. 42 Rasa Pottery Fragment Trinkets Though damaged, shards such as these are repurposed and incorporated into new artworks by dragon crafters. 43

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