Valen

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*CRASH*

"Nobody move! Or breathe! Or blink!"

"Tahw?! Ehtaerb ew fi nappeh lliw tahw?!"

"I SAID NOBODY BREATHE!"

Valen is... an odd dragon to find onesself in the presence of. Valen hails from a long line of potion masters and alchemists, but one would not notice this if they were to watch him work. Indeed, where others such as Baldwin seem entirely unchanged by their time by a cauldron, Valen started off as a very basic looking dragon, over time the fumes of his various potions and... misdeeds with a cauldron have left him more brightly colored than when he was born, with no real explanation as to how the colors happened. It is not that Valen is a bad alchemist, per say. He knows what the ingredients do, in what orders, and for what reasons. But his applications of those things tend to always go slightly awry, whether it from laziness or lack of concentration, no one can truly be sure. But, many who might be asked would tell you not to lend him your cauldron.

Valen had a few brushes with darker aspects of alchemy over the years. Poisons and potions of ill repute, and though he did not do them often, he knew there was a market out there for them. That all changed however, when one of his potions when catastrophically wrong. The potion was meant to be a love potion, but due to an accidental drop of something Valen cannot remember, the potion exploded, wiping his memory clean as could be, with only his knowledge of basic alchemy intact. He wandered, lost and alone, for many months, until he came across friends who would help him find a new, happy home, where perhaps someone would teach him how to do alchemy properly.

As so he found his way to Sirion Lair, and they accepted him as one of their own. With the help of Bianka's practice in potions, MoonStone's intelligence in elements, and Duststorm's wide horizon in alchemy, Valen learned some very usefull skills on not blowing himself up. Still wanting to pursue his dream in being great at alchemy, the Sirions made a separate room in their lair for Valen to test experiments. He shared it with Duststorm, Bianka, MoonStone, and whoever else needed it at times, but most of them tried not to enter his room. After all, he still had his old traits in alchemy, and tended to have some backfiring experiments.