Arcturus
(#36217465)
Level 1 Imperial
Familiar
Irradiated Astronomer
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This dragon’s natural inborn element is Nature.
Female Imperial
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Personal Style
Apparel
Skin
Scene
Measurements
Length
26.55 m
Wingspan
14.42 m
Weight
6988.75 kg
Genetics
Midnight
Crystal
Crystal
Shadow
Shimmer
Shimmer
Gloom
Circuit
Circuit
Hatchday
Breed
Eye Type
Level 1 Imperial
EXP: 0 / 245
STR
6
AGI
6
DEF
6
QCK
5
INT
8
VIT
8
MND
6
Lineage
Biography
A SEPTEMBER SURPRISE HACHLING PROUDLY BRED BY
Named after the forth brightest star in the sky :3
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“Look to the stars, my child, and they will show you the way.”
That was the first thing Arcturus could remember hearing. She had hatched one night in the Viridian Labyrinth alongside her brothers, Rigel and Behemoth.
Her mother, Thetis, was concerned. She had been visited in a dream by a strange, older Imperial with skin the texture of sandpaper, smelling of things not-quite Sorneith. He had shown her, in a dream, a little hatchling, one of her own, struggling against the backdrop of the Shifting Expanse. It faltered, exhausted, and Thetis feared it was lost, until it was caught by a flurry of stars that descended rapidly from the heavens. As it was carried out of sight, the very words she’d relayed to her daughter after her birth were said to her: “Look to the stars and they will show you the way”.
Arcturus didn’t understand what her mother meant at first. She played outside with her brothers, mostly at night, but always stopped to stare at the stars. This was when she began to feel...strange. Like she didn’t belong. Like the stars in the dark, clear sky above the Lair of Many References were calling to her, whispering precious secrets. She wanted to fly up to them so badly, and so, one night, she did.
They were friendly, those stars. They giggled and twittered and fluttered around her like little blobs of dust in the sunlit air. Arcturus could understand them perfectly, and she spoke to them in the same twinkly language until her mother, frantic, flew up and pulled her back down into the nest. Thetis scolded Arcturus, and Arcturus argued that she wasn’t doing anything wrong. Her brothers sided with no one, too busy trying to bite each other’s tails.
Her mother warned her about flying too close to the stars, worried that the dream, which had plagued her ever since her clutch was born, would come true. Thetis invented a story about a young, foolish dragon named Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse flew too close to the stars after hearing the twinkling noises Arcturus had described. The stars had engulfed him and turned him into a star, and the reason he shined so brightly in the sky is as a warning for other dragons to stay close to the ground.
Her brothers were scared, but Arcturus didn’t listen to her mother. She flew close to the stars the next night, but they did not engulf her. Instead, they formed a mirror-like surface in front of her in the shape of a bear’s head. It shined briefly for a second, before showing a vast, dreamlike plain above a bleak landscape. The stars wanted her to go there, because only there would other dragons believe that she could talk to them. They told her she was an astral guide- an interpreter of the constellations and a friend to the wider space beyond her planet. She could walk among them without losing her breath or feeling lightheaded, and she could move them as she pleased.
Arcturus was excited, and immediately tried to make a smiley face, but they crowded her, gently steering her back to the ground, telling her to save her energy. She had a long journey to the Shifting Expanse, and had to find The Seer Who Dreams when she got there. The stars would help guide her, she would need only to ask them nicely and respectfully. After all, she was an equal to them, not a superior. As Arcturus fell asleep, the stars rearranged themselves into a vaguely dragonish shape and flew away.
The next day, Arcturus awoke, questioning if everything she had learned the previous night was a dream. She asked her mother about the geography of Sorneith, and as Thetis described the Shifting Expanse, she broke the news. She was going away to find The Seer Who Dreams there, because the stars told her so!
Thetis was skeptical and fearful, but she could not break her daughter’s resolve. Thetis understood why; it had to be the doing of that Imperial! But, if it was what her child wanted, she could not stop her. After many sad hugs with her mother and brothers, Arcturus left the Lair of Many References full of determination, the old words echoing in her mind. But they were not in her mother’s voice this time. Rather, they were formed by the quiet, hushed tones of a new dragon. The new voice promised her knowledge and control of her newly discovered abilities, and promised that she could always visit her family in dreams whenever she wanted..
Named after the forth brightest star in the sky :3
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Arcturus (/ɑːrkˈtjʊərəs/), also designated Alpha Boötis (α Boötis, abbreviated Alpha Boo, α Boo), is the brightest star in the constellation of Boötes, the fourth-brightest in the night sky, and the brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere. Together with Spica and Denebola (or Regulus, depending on the source), Arcturus is part of the Spring Triangle asterism and, by extension, also of the Great Diamond along with the star Cor Caroli. The traditional name Arcturus derives from Ancient Greek Ἀρκτοῦρος (Arktouros) and means "Guardian of the Bear", ultimately from ἄρκτος (arktos), "bear"[10] and οὖρος (ouros), "watcher, guardian". It has been known by this name since at least the time of Hesiod. This is a reference to its being the brightest star in the constellation of Boötes (of which it forms the left foot), which is next to the constellations of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, the Greater and Lesser Bears. (Wikipedia) |
“Look to the stars, my child, and they will show you the way.”
That was the first thing Arcturus could remember hearing. She had hatched one night in the Viridian Labyrinth alongside her brothers, Rigel and Behemoth.
Her mother, Thetis, was concerned. She had been visited in a dream by a strange, older Imperial with skin the texture of sandpaper, smelling of things not-quite Sorneith. He had shown her, in a dream, a little hatchling, one of her own, struggling against the backdrop of the Shifting Expanse. It faltered, exhausted, and Thetis feared it was lost, until it was caught by a flurry of stars that descended rapidly from the heavens. As it was carried out of sight, the very words she’d relayed to her daughter after her birth were said to her: “Look to the stars and they will show you the way”.
Arcturus didn’t understand what her mother meant at first. She played outside with her brothers, mostly at night, but always stopped to stare at the stars. This was when she began to feel...strange. Like she didn’t belong. Like the stars in the dark, clear sky above the Lair of Many References were calling to her, whispering precious secrets. She wanted to fly up to them so badly, and so, one night, she did.
They were friendly, those stars. They giggled and twittered and fluttered around her like little blobs of dust in the sunlit air. Arcturus could understand them perfectly, and she spoke to them in the same twinkly language until her mother, frantic, flew up and pulled her back down into the nest. Thetis scolded Arcturus, and Arcturus argued that she wasn’t doing anything wrong. Her brothers sided with no one, too busy trying to bite each other’s tails.
Her mother warned her about flying too close to the stars, worried that the dream, which had plagued her ever since her clutch was born, would come true. Thetis invented a story about a young, foolish dragon named Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse flew too close to the stars after hearing the twinkling noises Arcturus had described. The stars had engulfed him and turned him into a star, and the reason he shined so brightly in the sky is as a warning for other dragons to stay close to the ground.
Her brothers were scared, but Arcturus didn’t listen to her mother. She flew close to the stars the next night, but they did not engulf her. Instead, they formed a mirror-like surface in front of her in the shape of a bear’s head. It shined briefly for a second, before showing a vast, dreamlike plain above a bleak landscape. The stars wanted her to go there, because only there would other dragons believe that she could talk to them. They told her she was an astral guide- an interpreter of the constellations and a friend to the wider space beyond her planet. She could walk among them without losing her breath or feeling lightheaded, and she could move them as she pleased.
Arcturus was excited, and immediately tried to make a smiley face, but they crowded her, gently steering her back to the ground, telling her to save her energy. She had a long journey to the Shifting Expanse, and had to find The Seer Who Dreams when she got there. The stars would help guide her, she would need only to ask them nicely and respectfully. After all, she was an equal to them, not a superior. As Arcturus fell asleep, the stars rearranged themselves into a vaguely dragonish shape and flew away.
The next day, Arcturus awoke, questioning if everything she had learned the previous night was a dream. She asked her mother about the geography of Sorneith, and as Thetis described the Shifting Expanse, she broke the news. She was going away to find The Seer Who Dreams there, because the stars told her so!
Thetis was skeptical and fearful, but she could not break her daughter’s resolve. Thetis understood why; it had to be the doing of that Imperial! But, if it was what her child wanted, she could not stop her. After many sad hugs with her mother and brothers, Arcturus left the Lair of Many References full of determination, the old words echoing in her mind. But they were not in her mother’s voice this time. Rather, they were formed by the quiet, hushed tones of a new dragon. The new voice promised her knowledge and control of her newly discovered abilities, and promised that she could always visit her family in dreams whenever she wanted..
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