Styx
(#41957943)
The reaper.
Familiar
Sakura Owl
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This dragon’s natural inborn element is Light.
Male Imperial
This dragon is on a Coliseum team.
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Personal Style
Apparel
Skin
Scene
Measurements
Length
27.66 m
Wingspan
22.47 m
Weight
7694.24 kg
Genetics
Wine
Metallic
Metallic
Wine
Striation
Striation
Cream
Stained
Stained
Hatchday
Breed
Eye Type
Level 10 Imperial
EXP: 1916 / 27676
STR
22
AGI
6
DEF
6
QCK
11
INT
8
VIT
8
MND
6
Biography
- S T Y X -
Purchased:
- Skin: Deimos (850g) - 2021-07-19
- Tertiary Gene: Stained (1200g) - 2021-07-20
Updated Styx
Original Styx
- L I T E R A T U R E -
"It's okay, I've got you." Styx held a shivering pearlcatcher tight to his chest. "I promise, you won't ever be cold again."
A single tear rolled down Styx's snout. He had pulled the pearlcatcher from a freezing river. She had fallen in and drowned. It was Styx's duty to take her safely to the afterlife. Her eyes followed his flowers, his candles, his bird. A small smile perched on her her face. She opened her mouth, but Styx hushed her. He smiled warmly at her. She was so small and frail. Barely grown. He wondered what family might be missing her. Something clenched in his chest. A familiar sadness that held him eternally captive.
Styx landed gently on a golden platform. He set the pearlcatcher down. "You'll be safe here, I promise," he spoke softly. The pearlcatcher smiled. She flung her arms around his neck. "Thank you so much," she whispered into his mane. Styx gently patted her head before pushing her away and leaping off of the golden platform.
He returned to the river where he had found her. Her body floated on the surface and her pearl sat nestled in the bottom. Styx pulled her body out. It was cold and dripping wet. Ice clung to her fur and delicate eyelashes. He gently closed her eyes, may she never see terror again. With a flick of his wrist, a grave opened up in the ground. He placed her body in and turned back to the river. He fished the pearl out and placed it in her talons before closing up the grave. A candle flitted past his face and landed on top of the grave. It would remain eternally lit and keep her body safe.
The scene reminded Styx of his own death. It was the dead of winter and it was freezing cold. He had been with his parents, but a storm blew in. It was a white out blizzard. He had lost his way and was separated from them. Styx remembered trying to stay warm with only his silks. The wind bit at his scales and pulled at his mane. His tears froze to his face and clouded his vision. He fell to the ground, unable to move. Then, someone appeared. A big, golden imperial. He offered his hand to Styx and helped him up.
"It's okay, I've got you." The imperial said. "I promise, you won't ever be cold again."
Styx fell into the larger dragon's arms. The imperial ran his talons through Styx's mane. He lifted Styx and placed him between his shoulder blades before pushing off the ground. Styx held tight to the imperial's mane. The imperial landed on a golden platform and set Styx on the ground. Then, without another word, he took off again. Styx turned around to see a dragon shrouded in darkness. He couldn't tell what kind of dragon they were. They held out their paw to Styx. He took it gently. The dragon picked him up and set him in a boat. The dragon stepped in and started to paddle away from the golden platform. The water was black and murky. Beneath the surface, ghostly dragons swam.
"I bet you have a lot of questions," the shrouded dragon said. "You died. I don't know how, that's not my business, but it is my job to make you an offer. You have two options. You can either accept your fate and go to the afterlife or you can become a grim reaper. Grim reaper are like that imperial who brought you here. They have physical bodies and can remain in the physical world, but their job is to bring the souls of the dead here."
Styx thought for a moment. "Does everyone who dies get this choice?"
"Yes. Everyone gets this choice, but most choose to accept fate. To become a grim reaper is to give up your eternal peace."
"But the grim reapers help other dragons. They give up their eternal peace to help other dragons attain eternal peace."
"That's correct."
"Then, I want to be a grim reaper. I want to help other dragons forever."
Styx blinked. It wasn't often that he remembered that day. His death had been cold, but the golden imperial was so warm. He wanted to be like that. He looked down at the simple grave of the pearlcatcher. There was no time to linger, more dragons needed his help. But he allowed himself to linger. Tears flowed down his snout. He mourned the pearlcatcher.
And he mourned himself.
Everything he did was for those he cared for. Everything he did was to bring comfort to others. He no longer lived for himself. He didn't live for himself anymore. His life was not his own. But he wouldn't change his decision for anything. The eternal sadness was worth it.
(Bio/short story by Reiyn, #291920)
kind summers and gentle winds
light breaks through the crown of the forest
caresses a peaceful world below
and warms chilled paws from a river stream
late autumn, spices, and pumpkins
delicate petals and kindled smiles
flames lick the walls of the hearth
snug blankets made of fur
and silks wrapped around one leg
an easy world to fall asleep to
(Poem by sillywinter, #289438)
- A R T -
(Art by SquishiFishi, #480123)
(Art by Sandcastle, #280420)
(Art and gijinka design by leylines, #95066)
(Art by dd2900, 460217)
(Trinket Bottle by Amariel, #86020)
- N O T E S -
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