Quercus
(#31111934)
Level 1 Coatl
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Energy: 50/50
This dragon’s natural inborn element is Arcane.
Male Coatl
This dragon is hibernating.
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Personal Style
Apparel
Skin
Scene
Measurements
Length
7.21 m
Wingspan
10.72 m
Weight
740.99 kg
Genetics
Grey
Piebald
Piebald
Strawberry
Toxin
Toxin
Moon
Runes
Runes
Hatchday
Breed
Eye Type
Level 1 Coatl
EXP: 0 / 245
STR
6
AGI
7
DEF
6
QCK
7
INT
7
VIT
5
MND
6
Biography
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Full name: Quercus Goes by: Quercus, Query Role: Ferry Operator Friend(s): Avery Romantic interest(s): N/A Relative(s) in the clan: Tome (father), Verso (aunt), Bound (uncle), Shadow (uncle), Johnna (mother), Etsu (grandfather), Mitena (grandmother), Eztli (great-uncle)
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"No need to worry - this ferry is quite sturdy, and I'll see you safely to your destination." The spirits and dragons dwelling on the island of Prufrock in the Starfall Isles had reached an uneasy truce. The thin veil separating the island from the spirit realm had been shored up and patched, and while many spirit ambassadors manifested physical forms and dwelt among the island's dragons, passage through the veil was limited and strictly supervised in the hopes of keeping the boundary between the realms stable. It had been a long time since the last attack on the clan by malevolent spirits, and that, combined with several days of unseasonably balmy weather in the winter months, contributed to an atmosphere of relief and festivity. During this period of calm, two couples decided to make nests on the grounds near the island's heart, each nest resulting in two eggs. The nesting grounds were situated among gardens whose flowers had been tricked into blooming early by the warm weather, and the watchful parents enjoyed strolling through the blossoms as they awaited the birth of their offspring. The first pair, clan founder and head librarian Emrys and his mate, the warrior Elyta, had raised many hatchlings together, though all had since left the clan to seek their charge, to enter the service of the deities, or to find more materials for their research. They had recently adopted several stray hatchlings, however, which had rekindled their desire to have hatchlings of their own. The second pair, bestiary compiler Tome and carpenter Johnna, kept watch over their first nest, both nervous at the thought of being parents but eagerly anticipating meeting their offspring and seeing which parent they took after, what personalities they developed. The winter winds returned on the day the eggs hatched, specks of snow whipping about the dragons huddled around the nesting grounds. Emrys was attending to the library's magical wards, and Jo was in her workshop finishing a commission, but Tome and Elyta stood watch, shivering in the unexpected chill. Tome's father-in-law, the genealogist Etsu, kept vigil with them, awaiting the newest additions to his family tree. Wards and warning systems had been placed throughout the island, but somehow a malevolent earth spirit slipped through and made its way to the nesting grounds, intent on disrupting the lineages of the clan's founder Emrys and its leader Eztli, Etsu's older brother. The spirit, shaped like a shadowy, spotted beast of prey, crept up on the nests just as a crack appeared in one of Tome and Jo's eggs. Tome, raised in Oakrest by mothers who had trained him to combat such beings, was quick to spot the threat, though thanks to a battle with a similar spirit when he was younger, he had lost the use of his left leg and was no longer able to fight. He shouted a warning to Elyta - the guardian was in charge of the clan's martial defense and had fended off far greater foes - but the spirit hadn't manifested a physical form, and she lacked the ability to see it. She blindly struck out, aided by Tome's directions, frantic to keep the peril away from the hatching eggs. Etsu looked on helplessly, as the scholar could neither see the spirit nor fight it. He tried to stand in between the spirit and the nests, but he had no way of knowing from which direction the spirit would come. As the crack broadened and a small snout stuck out, the spirit slipped between Elyta's outstretched claws and darted into the newly hatched wildclaw, eager to escape the relentless onslaught of blows and set on possessing the young, impressionable dragon. Tome watched in dismay as the spirit merged with his daughter; he limped over, resolved to do everything in his power to drive it out, but he was stopped by the sudden appearance of his elder siblings, the exorcists Bound and Verso. They had been on the mainland in Lantern Port, purchasing beeswax candles from a traveling merchant for use in their rituals, when they detected a breach in the wards. The siblings flew back to the island, arriving just in time to see the spirit fly into their niece. Cracks had meanwhile appeared in the shells of the three other eggs, and the dragons hastily moved the emerging hatchlings into vacant nests while the exorcists sealed off the area surrounding the newborn wildclaw as they attempted to drive the spirit out of her. Much to their horror, they soon realized that the spirit had merged so tightly with her that the only methods they knew to employ to separate them would result in her death. Emrys had arrived by that time, the wards having alerted him that something was amiss, and he helped the exorcists place runes on the wildclaw to seal away the spirit and to protect the hatchling's psyche from it - since they couldn't separate the two, they did what they could to segregate the spirit within the wildclaw's form and ward her against its influences. They also placed protective runes on the other hatchlings - the wildclaw's coatl brother, and the two sons of Emrys and Elyta. A day that should have been happy and joyous had been ruined, though the parents did what they could to turn their sorrow into hope as they gave the hatchlings their runes and their names. The wildclaw Ayla and her brother Quercus were both named after the oak tree - an emblem of strength as well as the symbol of Tome's childhood home and his mate Jo's favorite wood. The guardian Avery and the tundra Evin were likewise given names that meant "wise counselor" and "young warrior" in the hopes that they would grow strongly and live up to their names. The protective runes and promising names appeared to do little to help, however. Ayla was never sure if her thoughts were her own rather than the spirit's, and she seemed to possess both a spiritual sight and a physical strength that exceeded that of most dragons. She studied under her exorcist aunt and uncle, learning about spirits in the hopes of recognizing the spirit's influence on her, and she kept a diary to try to decipher which parts of her were really her. Her sibling and her nestmates had not been attacked directly, but they still suffered the effects of the spirit's assault. Her brother Quercus was plagued by seizures, while the guardian Avery was dismayed when his tundra brother grew bigger than he; the clan's physician diagnosed him with dwarfism, and while it was possible that both of their conditions could have been inherited, the parents were far more eager to blame the spirit, whose foul aura had surrounded the nesting grounds as the hatchlings broke free of their eggs. Evin was the only one who appeared unscathed, though this affected him in its own way - the others could bond over the ways the attack had marked them, and the adults showered them with attention, but he was expected to be the strong one, the "normal" one, as he was the only one without a condition or special needs. Many who didn't know which of the siblings had been taken over by a spirit often assumed it was Quercus, as his more violent seizures certainly made him appear possessed. Some of his attacks were milder, and he merely stared blankly before regaining consciousness; others resulted in convulsions and muscle spasms which left him extremely fatigued afterward. The unpredictability and strangeness of his condition led many of the clan's dragons to feel awkward around him, not knowing how to react. As a result, he became especially polite and placating, even for a coatl, acting cheerful in the midst of his worst days, determined to win others over with his attitude even if his body's involuntary actions scared them away. Quercus studied woodworking with his mother, and he has found infrequent work repairing the ships that harbor in Lantern Port. Due to his seizures, he was discouraged from flying long distances and made to take the ferry from the island to the mainland; when he grew older, he declared his intention to take over the operation of the ferry. Skilled in transportation magic, he redesigned the boat, carving a coatl figurehead on its prow and applying runes that made the short trip between the island and the mainland both faster and smoother. He also worked with the krystallomancer Zamir to place summoning crystals at both docks. Any dragon with a little magic can summon the ferry to them if it happens to be on the opposite shore, and though the ferry can operate on its own, Quercus prefers to operate it himself, much to the dismay of friends and family members who worry that he will have a seizure and fall overboard. Though they had grown into friends due to their shared birth and the harsh reality of their conditions, Quercus was still surprised when Avery confessed to him that he was his charge. He feels both flattered and humbled that the guardian has dedicated his life to his protection, though he fears he must be rather a disappointment as a charge. He is close to his moon spirit grandmother Mitena - she considers his moon runes auspicious and comforts him when others call him mad thanks to his uncontrollable condition. |
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