Azrael

THE IRON SPINE - THE CRUCIBLE


Azrael, named such for her black seraph wings and metallic body, is far from a death-bringer. While powerful through size alone, she is much more interested in creation, however violent that may be. She wears the Flameforger's Crucible, a mobile engine of magma and flame acquired via Smoke's contacts in that realm, through which she works to bring light (of a sort) to the darkness of the Tangled Wood. Azrael is a blacksmith, though with a Shadow bent - she builds traps, and delights in making illusionary lights, be they den defenses or twinkling jewelry.

Azrael possesses a crafty mind favoured by the likes of Tangle and Esdni. However, she is stubbornly individual and will not be tempted, provoked, or ordered into the realm of politics. For this steadfastness, itself a valuable trait, she earned the appellation Iron Spine long before she took up the mantle of the Crucible.

Like her siblings, the twins Caia and Cato, Azrael is transgender. She is decidedly female and has always identified herself as such. She endeavours to walk as bipedally as possible, as female Ridgebacks do, and finds her nose spike to be embarrassing and uncomfortable (though occasionally it comes in handy for examining especially hot metals). Her mother Absaia is a bit confused, but supports her daughter as much as she does all of her large clutch. Her Ridgeback cousins of all stripes are perfectly accepting, and as Mirrors have little sexual dimorphism and pay little attention to gender anyway, that side of her family gives her no trouble either.

Source: hatched
Current Value: 28g/kt