Lena
(#36211961)
Level 1 Coatl
Familiar
Sunbeam Dryad
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This dragon’s natural inborn element is Arcane.
Female Coatl
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Personal Style
Apparel
Skin
Scene
Measurements
Length
7.82 m
Wingspan
8.19 m
Weight
1042.79 kg
Genetics
Pink
Iridescent
Iridescent
Pink
Facet
Facet
Rose
Underbelly
Underbelly
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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Lena woke before dawn, restless. The dark was fading, the air sweet and inviting, and she wanted to go somewhere. Not anywhere in particular. Just out in the air, enjoying the dawn. She took off silently, so as not to wake her lair mates, and flew toward the sunrise. Once she was far enough to not wake anyone, she started singing. It was a beautiful morning--or would be shortly. The sun was rising, and the clouds were all edged with pink and rose, like her, and with gold, like the flowers on the mountainside below her. Off the top of her head, she made up a verse praising the clouds, even as she dove down to the mountainside to land amid the flowers. Their scent was delicate not yet brought out by the warm sun. The meadow soft and wet with dew. Lena sang and danced, then rolled in the flowers, coating her feathers with pollen so she was pink and rose and gold, like the sky. And then she heard the echo. She sang another note, and the mountains sang back to her. She played with the sound, calling up echoes like a call and response song, like she had her clan around her, all joining voices to make a bigger song. It was heady and magical, and she lost herself in the song for a while. Then a lower voice joined hers, and her eyes flew open. On the other side of the valley, a sunbeam dryad sat, his hair and leaf wings, like hers, matching the sunrise clouds. Her voice faltered--she had no fighting skills--but he just kept on singing. He was smiling at her, a gentle, shy smile, and when she fell silent, he gestured for her to continue. So she did. As they sang, the birds woke up and joined them, and then the low, lonely sound of a grove piper sounded from down in the hills. The song was wordless, at first, and then he started a popular love song, his voice lilting with a strange accent. It was a two-part song, and she sang her part. Their voices blended so well--it was so perfect. She closed her eyes and just sang. It was a magical moment, but that was all it was. Her future was with other dragons, and his with his own clan. She knew that. But still, when she opened her eyes, she hoped for something more. He was gone. The sun was warm on her feathers and the scent of the flowers was rich and full, but the birds and pipers had fallen silent. She hadn't heard him standing up or moving, he'd been singing with her just a moment before, but he was gone. She picked some flowers and wove a lei, and then another one, in silence. She tried singing, but it sounded empty without the accompaniment. Belatedly, she thought that she shouldn't be staying in a place that the beastclans had claimed, it wasn't safe. Still, she hesitated. Finally, she laid the leis on a warm boulder and leapt into the air, winging her way home, her heart full of conflicting emotions. Lena kept singing, off and on, all day, enough that her sister asked her what dragon had caught her eye. She just laughed, and said, "I like singing." Her sister knew that was true, and accepted the comment, whether or not she believed it. xxxx
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xxxxThe next morning found Lena waking before dawn, and again she rose into the soft, pre-dawn air. She told herself it was foolish to return, but her wings took her back to the mountainside, to the boulder which had no evidence of the flower leis she'd made the day before. Had some mountain goat come along and eaten them, or had he come to claim them? Hesitantly, Lena started to sing. She started quiet, but soon the song filled her heart and she let her voice soar, bouncing off the mountains. Like the day before, her own voice echoed back at her, blending with the birdsong. She kept her eyes open this time, gathering flowers to make another lei. No dryads or pipers joined her song, but she left the lei on the boulder again. This time, she flew up as high as she could and circled, watching the lei below. After a time, the dryad appeared next to the boulder. He picked up the lei and vanished. Her heart beat faster. xxxx
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xxxxDay after day, Lena returned to the boulder, singing and leaving a lei. When that meadow's flowers grew thin, she brought flowers with her. Eventually, the dryad started to sing with her again. She went to her clan's loremaster, asking about the beastclans. Where did they live? What were their magics? What did they eat? She made up a feast suitable for his kind, and took it with her. After they sang the love song, which had become their usual end song, she took out the food and laid it out, leaving it with the day's lei. xxxx
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xxxxThe next day, she found a meal of fish and clams set out for her on one side of the boulder. She set the food she'd brought on the other side, sat down by the fish, and sang an invitation. He replied, and appeared by the food she had brought. She gazed into his eyes and fell silent. "Hello," he said. His voice was as melodious as any coatl's. "Hello." Suddenly, she felt shy. And he wasn't even a dragon! "Where did you learn to sing like that?" Automatically, she answered, "From my family. It's natural to coatls, you know." And then silence again, with birdsong. "And you? Where did you learn to sing?" "From the pipers, mostly. There's not a lot of sunbeam dryads who sing. It--it's lonely, always singing alone." "I like singing alone." Birdsong. "But of course, I only sing alone when I want to. I can see it would be different if you didn't have a whole family of singers." The dryad reached for some food, and paused. "I hope I picked foods you like." Lena took a bite and smiled. "It's delicious!" He ate too. "This is really nice. How did you know what dryads eat?" "Probably the same way you know what coatls eat." They laughed, and relaxed, and finished the meal. "I--" They both started, him low and her high, and it harmonized. They held the note out, savoring it, and then laughed together. He waved for her to proceed, the same gesture as he'd made the first time she saw him. She took a deep breath. "I don't know if you'd want to, but if you do, you could come live with my clan, and sing with me and my family as much as you want." He smiled. "I'd like that. At least I think I would. I'd like to try, anyway." "That would be great." They finished their meal, and then wove leis for each other. When they left, they sang a song of adventure and companionship, and it rang far more true than the love song. But then they sang the love song, for old time's sake, and then another and another, all the way back to her lair. | xxxx |
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artist | WyldDandelyon (lore writer) | trainer
artist | WyldDandelyon (lore writer) | trainer
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