Steelmane

Long, long ago, a Parasite found its way into Serpent's Grove, and at once asked Turi to breed with it. But Turi, a wise and studied Fey, had heard of Parasites before. She knew that this was no dragon, and so caged it so it could not pass on its lineage.

For two long years, the Parasite languished. Trapped by Turi's dark magic, it could not escape its cage, no matter how long it tried. And so it waited, and weakened—Parasites were never meant to live for years, after all.

But all was not darkness and cold for the Parasite. Each night, heavy with the weight of what she was doing, Turi came to speak to it, watching as the weakened Parasite gave way to a nervous, yet hopeful dragon—Steelmane. As the nights became months, the Parasite weakened and weakened, and Steelmane grew stronger and stronger, and Turi grew closer and closer to Steelmane, who she found to be a sweet and gentle dragon. And as the months wore on to years, the two began to fall for each other.

Finally, nearly two years after Turi had caged the Parasite, she looked upon Steelmane and could see no trace of the thing he once was. On that day, she set him free, and some time later a clutch was laid.

But the Parasite was not quite yet gone. Clinging to the last bits of its life, it used its last power to pass on its nature to that clutch. The two hatchlings within came into the world as twin Parasites, and Turi and Steelmane knew at once that they had gone wrong. Yet, neither could bring themselves to cage or cull their own children, and so the little Parasites survived. As such, the Parasites were allowed to live, Shine choosing to go out into the world, and Velvet staying in Serpent's Grove, under its unwitting parents' eyes.

Despite the disappointment, Steelmane and Turi have resolved to move on, as the Parasite has now seemed to go completely from Steelmane. Still, the presence of the little Parasite in Velvet is keeping them both on edge...

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Something is... off... about the hatchling you've just obtained. It smells wrong, and something about the way it looks is setting off warning bells in your mind.... YOU HAVE OBTAINED THE PARASITE. Welcome to the Parasite Introduction! This is a game to see how far the bloodlines of these dragons spread through breeding a single nest and then being exalted. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PARTICIPATE!! If you would like to play, the rules are below! If you do not wish to participate in this game / exalt this dragon, please message @Mediscoot and let us know! Your dragon will be listed as unsuccessful (unable to spread the parasite), and will be no longer tied to the game. Please be warned, participating in this challenge does require the parasite dragon being exalted (With an exception of it being used for a breeding project, or if you really like the dragon, it will be considered exalted after the first nest.)

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HOW TO PARTICIPATE Once you buy this dragon, you must breed it with another dragon in your nest. After it's offspring are hatched, you'll copy all of the text in the parent parasite's description into the hatchling's description. Then you'll exalt the parent parasite. All offspring must then be sold so the cycle can continue. Once you have hatched the nest, or sold the parasite, please post here so we can keep track of where the parasite is spreading.

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RULES

- Parasites must be bred as soon as possible and then must be exalted once their nest has hatched. The hatched parasites must be spread to others through trades or the AH as soon as possible. The only way out of this is if the dragon is being used in a breeding project. After the desired hatchling is hatched, you must exalt the parent and the rest of the hatchlings.
- The parasite must have the parasite information found in the first post in their bio/description.
- Please do not breed parasites with other parasites.
- Any parasite that is not exalted after breeding is considered exalted. Any offspring after the first nest are to be ignored by the game. No ifs, ands, or buts, except if they are for breeding projects.