Mesquite

Microlore: Adventurous and curious, this dragon was the apple of his father's eye. In his youth, he would leave home for days on end, and when he returned he would tell his father great stories of the life beyond the buttes and canyons that his birth clan called home.

As he grew, he inherited his father's early arthritis, and moving his large frame became cumbersome and painful. Even shifting his ribs to breathe deeply was sometimes painful, and exploring and travel were long gone from his options.

Instead, he has become a storyteller, often entertaining hatchlings during bad weather, his words spin enchanting landscapes and dangerous deeds, each one borrowed from his own youth, from the faint memories conveyed through his Touched nature, or from the stories of others who have traveled and returned to the clan. He keeps his quarters in a spot where he can see as much of the surrounding countryside as possible, but also somewhere close to the hustle and bustle of the clan, so he never has far to travel.


Hatchling name: Mesquite for his tree-like coloring and his rangy, lanky proportions as a hatchling. This is the name his family called him as he grew up, but not necessarily the one he kept when he joined a new clan.

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This dragon is Stonetouched.

In Dragonhome, there are those who are born Stonetouched. They hear the past in the dust on which they walk. The feel the whispers of those who have gone before as they pass the stone bulwarks of their lairs. They know, deep in their bones, that they live as a result of a tremendous history.

These come from families deeply blessed by Earthshaker himself. Families which he smiled upon in favor in the times when the gods walked Sornieth.

Often clerics, and sometimes considered mad, these dragons struggle to live presently as they are constantly drawn towards the past. They are known for seemingly vapid stares as they are caught up in something beyond what the untouched see and hear, and for what sound to be half-mad whispers as they speak with the past.

Those who study and train and attempt to become better able to handle their skills can live a life of peace, walking between the past and the now. Those who do not take this time are doomed to be pulled under time and again, wrestling with the then to retain something of what they are.

In Oakrest, the Stonetouched come from Chandra's line, and they are marked with rings like eyes to symbolize seeing what can not be seen.