Venus
(#53448385)
Level 1 Imperial
Familiar
Ruffled Serpent
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Energy: 44/50
This dragon’s natural inborn element is Light.
Male Imperial
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Personal Style
Apparel
Skin
Scene
Measurements
Length
28.33 m
Wingspan
16.26 m
Weight
7561.11 kg
Genetics
Shamrock
Petals
Petals
Shamrock
Butterfly
Butterfly
Radioactive
Glimmer
Glimmer
Hatchday
Breed
Eye Type
Level 1 Imperial
EXP: 0 / 245
STR
6
AGI
6
DEF
6
QCK
5
INT
8
VIT
8
MND
6
Biography
VENUS - Special Effects Artist
Pixel art by Falariaaa <3
At first blush, the Shatterskull Circus does not seem to be especially welcoming to Light dragons. With its towering tents and death-defying stunts, a great deal of its activity discards practicality and storms straight into ostentatious. In the circus, the show is everything, even if logic dictates otherwise.
But the surface impressions of the circus do their job well, masking the show's inner workings from all but the most observant ideas. Beneath the star-studded spectacle lies an intricate operation, one with hundreds of moving parts that must align perfectly night after night. Anticipating every possible bug in the machine is a task for only the most organized and experienced dragons, ones who are willing to devote all of their time to study and efficient application.
Venus thanks the gods daily that's not his job, especially since he could probably handle it in a pinch.
Raised in a particularly scholarly clan, he's no stranger to sticking his nose into a problem and combing through all the pieces until he finds the solution. It's that instinct passed down straight from the Lightweaver herself, the one that demands mysteries be unraveled and the truth be uncovered. While that tends to put a damper on Venus's relationship with the illusionists of the circus, it also means he excels at making the circus experience real.
There's nothing quite like special effects to sell a performance, after all, but many of the circus's most talented faces cannot juggle intense, enticing effects without a little help. Instead of delivering a flat show, though, they turn to Venus and his tiny spectacles and his towering cauldron of mystery.
(The mystery comes from the popcorn and candy floss that guests sometimes dump into it while it's out of use and on display. Venus hasn't yet convinced Walter to keep the cauldron back stage at all times.)
Fairground residue scraped off the edges of the pot aside, Venus takes immense pride in his work. When he first visited the Shatterskull Circus, he longed for a place where he could feel so at home. Watching the performers jostle and joke with one another outside of their tents stirred a corner of his heart that had long since been covered in the dust brushed off of heaps of scrolls. Even once he returned to his scholarly habits, Venus daydreamed about belonging so comfortably, without the expectation of academic advancement or stoic silence.
But now he's a vital part of the show, stirring up all manner of concoctions to add dazzle and flair where it's needed most. It's simple chemistry, he insists, dumping in ingredients he swears he's measured but you swear he's eyeballed, and the results are consistent, as they should be coming from any Light dragon worth their salt. Really, it's no trouble to brew a potion that smokes in a rich, billowing red when exposed to water. And whipping up a batch of bubble poppers, the kind that burst when they're thrown to the ground, throwing off little blips of light and sound? Venus could do it in his sleep as long as he has the right ingredients.
Toeing the line between practical and special effects has become his specialty, and made him indispensable to the Shatterskull Circus's success. The shows wouldn't have the same flair to them were the performers left to their own devices (frankly, Venus suspects there would be more blood and less glitter), and their success in the Windswept Plateau would likely dwindle. He's truly vital to daily operations.
More importantly than that, though, he finds himself surrounded by friends.
It's true that the performers and stagehands tend to split up to some degree, spending more time with those who share similar roles, but the easy camaraderie that Venus dreamed of so long ago permeates every waking hour. Everyone knows one another in the circus, from the newest performer to the oldest member of the set-up/tear-down crew. And even better, everyone is willing to protect one another at the drop of a hat (or play a particularly choice prank to drum up the audience, an occupational hazard for any victim). This is the life he wanted more than shelf after shelf of withering parchment and essays in cramped, wavering script.
Gulliver, the lead pyrotechnics expert, says Venus is getting soft in the heart and the gut after all these years. Too much snacking by the cauldron and doling out favors for every nervous performer in search of a leg up. But he only says that after they've kicked back over a hearty meal, the night's show behind them and morning clean-up ahead. Like Venus, he understands what it means to finally call the circus home. He just likes a little more smoke and spice in his work than Venus cares for, that's all.
But their differences don't matter. In the Shatterskull Circus, they're more than friends. They're family, brothers in all but blood, and if Venus spends the rest of his days stirring cauldrons and stopping up vials meant to be shattered, then it'll be exactly the way he means to go.
Bio by Tues.
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