Keipr

Name meaning: boat (small boat), canoe; sledge-runner (m), changed from Piper
(Pronunciation: k-eye-per)

Clan resource gatherer and guard.

A distinctive and bizarre dragon, his voice sounds like creaking wood and rustling leaves when he speaks. He covers his face and chest to hide the grotesque mutations his long-time diet had wreaked upon his body. Grossly infatuated with Sansaghae, his partner, who moved with him to join the clan.

One child from many nests and siblings, Keipr easily slips away unnoticed to live alone on the barren Frigid Floes. As he grows up, he wanders further north into the Starfall Isles, soon stealing onto the mainland in search of better food than the Floes' scarcity. He settles to live in the Starwood Strand, but the arcane-infused grub and flora slowly change his already magic-susceptible composition; over time, glowing branches grow from his face and shoulders. One day he sees a small, young dragon examining some glowing slugs, and settles to watch them. Day after day they come back, and day after day he watches them, soon growing fond of their "meetings". When the young dragon finally confronts the shadow they'd seen watching them for weeks on end from the tree boughs, Keipr sheepishly reveals himself. Over time, they evolve from friends to partners. Soon, the young dragon wants to travel across Sornieth and expand their research and knowledge. Keipr leaves the Strand for the first time in years and follows.

I don't care if I'm just a specimen to him. In the end, he's still mine.

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