zerogravity

@SilencedRose

I said it with Seiichi and I'll say it again- what an interesting idea for a dragon. Anyways, here's your lore! :)


Bio:

Zerogravity is really the opposite of the way they look on the outside. At first glance you may see a small, helpless hatchling slowly meandering it’s way through the Frozen Wilds until it succumbs to the frost. But get a peek at those eyes, and you’ll understand that they are far more sinister than they let on.

The truth is that Zerogravity really once was a helpless hatchling. Long ago, a small, unnamed gaoler hatchling had separated from it’s mother and somehow managed to make its way to the Frozen Wilds. Eventually, as was expected to happen, it died, though it’s body was preserved by the intense cold. And one day, the Fallen Frost Spirit Caelyn stumbled upon it. Then a bodiless spirit, Caelyn decided the small hatchling’s body would make an excellent vessel. So they inhabited it, reanimating the frozen corpse and shaking off years of built up ice.

What you now see before you is a deadly spirit that has forced many a dragon to falter and succumb to the encroaching frost. Their small body blends into the snow excellently, so anyone lost in the Frozen Wilds must watch their step carefully or risk upsetting the malevolent spirit that haunts the frozen wasteland. They also tend to have a talent for being everywhere and yet nowhere all at once, meaning a permanent sense of being watched is a fact of life, or rather survival, in the Frozen Wilds.



Story:

It was midday, yet it was so silent it could’ve passed for midnight. A red mirror stood with snow up to her belly, cuts from razor-sharp ice shards disguised in her sanguine scales. She didn’t know where, or who, or even what she was- the bone-chilling frost had eaten away at her memories. The only things she did know were that death was imminent and she was being watched.

She attempted to croak out a ‘hello?’ but she didn’t know the last time she’d come across unfrozen water, so it came out as barely a whisper. Instead she continued walking, as she’d done so, so much over the past however many days, weeks, months, or even years she’d been here.

I must’ve died and gone to hell. . . A lone and feeble thought made its way through her head. The first in a while. Suddenly, her foot connected with something furry beneath her. Startled, she withdrew her front claw, only to see a small hatchling. A note of sympathy filled her heart.

“Aw, poor thing.” Her voice was barely a hoarse whisper. The hatchling seemed to grow angry at the notion that they were a ‘poor thing’. They got up from their supposed nap spot, shook of a bit of snow, and walked off, glaring back at the mirror as they did so. Confused, the mirror followed them, only to slip.

Her claw sunk deep into the snow, and yet didn’t connect with anything. In fact, this seemed to be a sort of hole- inhabited only by frigid snow.

“Look who’s the poor thing now.” A growl sounded from above the mirror. She craned her aching neck as she sunk into the snow. It was the hatchling. As her neck began to be eveloped, she attempted to cry for help.

“I- help!” It took all her remaining energy to muster up an average-volume plea, though it was so hoarse it could barely be understood. The hatchling placed a single claw on her cracked and bleeding lips, as if to silence her.

“Aw, poor little thing. Sinking down to your doom are you? Aw, poor baby.” The hatchling sneered, mocking the mirror. Then they pulled their claw back as her face submerged in snow, and with a cackle and a poof of smoke, they were gone. At that point the mirror was struggling to breath, the only part of her not enveloped by snow being the tip of her tail. There was no heat in her, sucked out long ago by the frigid air of her hell.

So there she sank, the bottomless pit of snow seeping the last of her life force out. All she could do in those final moments was curse that hatchling. She didn’t know how, but they were certainly responsible for her frigid fate.

@/SilencedRose

Caelyr / Zerogravity

Despite being in a sedate state, the entity known as Caelyr still has an affect on Zerogravity. It's hard to enjoy the garden when you know your time is limited. Not to mention everything dies every time you get near it. The icy mist that seeps from Zerogravity's body leaves an early frost. When Caelyr takes control again, it turns into a deadly snow.