Barker

BARK: Tangle

Found by the clan's coli team while hunting in the Forgotten Cave during the Riot of Rot. The young skydancer responded by barking aggressively as they wandered too close, but calmed down a little when Tangle gave him gentle scratches behind the horns and declared him a 'friend'.
He still instinctively reacts like a dog when alarmed, and generally behaves a little doglike in everyday life, but over time he has learned to act and speak like a dragon when needed.

Spending too long lost in a cave full of fungi has left him with some kind of incurable fungal growth throughout his body. Although it seems his fungi don't pose any threat to others, his appearance can still cause them to keep their distance.

While he now has a stable symbiotic relationship with his fungi, Barker's body is still permanently weakened. He spends most of his time lounging in the shade of trees, seeming to stare into space despite the large mushroom that has grown over his eyes and blinded him. What goes on in his head is a mystery, if there's even anything going on at all.