Sumptorium

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"Do you know what I've been taught? From my mother, transient and ephemeral? From my father, vengeful and spiteful? From my home, virulent and dangerous? Dragons do not—cannot—just 'live'. We grow. We adapt to our surroundings. We strive to survive, dominate our foes, overcome this world... we transcend."

A strange creature descended from the mighty Shahrivar, originally vaguely resembling a Fae in appearance (if Faes had hardened half-formed chitinous hides, malformed diaphanous wings dripping with ooze just a bit too thick to be blood, and the ability to influence other dragons by burrowing its spawn into their brains, that is), but recently having mutated and molted made it much more Aberration-like looks-wise. In truth, Sumptorium is a parasite—one with unseemly powers and a dangerous worldview brought on by its species & the otherwise unfortunate dragon who raised it as one of his own. The fluid its wings secrete contains imperceptible eggs that, upon ingestion by another dragon, work their way through the bloodstream until they reach the brain, and from there Sumptorium is free to exert control over the victim's brain chemistry. It starts off very limited, but progressively grows stronger, and after a year the victimized dragon becomes wholly subservient to Sumptorium, accepting and even worshipping it as a god above all gods, a la the Neurax Worm from Plague Inc. Has a violent rivalry with Beacon, who seeks to eradicate it as with all infections... though, whether her vitriol towards it gradually becoming more subdued recently is more or less concerning than she already is has yet to be decided.

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SUSHI BY MYTHDANCER

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YOU HAVE OBTAINED THE PARASITE

Something is... off... about the hatchling you've just found. It smells wrong, and something about the way it looks is setting off warning bells in your mind.... Welcome to the Parasite Introduction! This is a game to see how far the bloodlines of these dragons spread through breeding a single nest and then being exalted. This dragon may look like a perfectly normal dragon of its kind, but it is, in fact, not a dragon at all. It is a parasitic creature that enters dragon eggs and replaces the dragon within. The parasite takes the form of the hatchling and hatches in its place. It will then flee the nest (via being sold) and find a new nest where it will attempt to breed with a dragon and start the cycle again. After breeding, the parent parasite dies (via exalting), and a single hatchling becomes a new parasite.

Parasite from Lineage One

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LORE The First line of parasites can be found far and wide on Sornieth. Unusually blessed with large nests and hardy hatchlings, this lineage spread quicker than the other two remaining lines. This proved to be the lineage's downfall. Being so large, each generation diluted the bloodline further and further, and eventually the bountiful nests turned sickly, and only one hatchling per nest became a parasite. Observers theorize this is nature's way of curbing the previously uncontrollable expansion of the parasite dragons, and they theorize that the other lines may also develop mutations to control their spread. Now on their last legs of survival the parasite has invaded all the hatchlings of the first nest of the parasite parent. Theories have surfaced that this might be the raging storm before the final end of the parasites...

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HOW TO PLAY THE GAME Once you have this dragon, you must breed it with another dragon in your lair. After its offspring are hatched, you'll copy all of the text in the parent parasite's description into ONLY ONE of the hatchlings' bios/descriptions. This rule only applies if you are keeping the hatchling to continue the parasite line. If there are others interested in your parasite siblings, more parasites may be added to the single hatchling in order to continue the lineage. Then you'll exalt the parent parasite (this doesn't include the other dragon you bred it with as they are not part of the game). The parasite offspring must then be sold so the cycle can continue. Once you have hatched the nest, or sold the parasite, please post HERE so we can keep track of where the parasite is spreading. It is also a way for other players to obtain more parasites. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PARTICIPATE. Participating in this game requires the parent parasite being exalted. If you do not wish to participate, please send a message to @Niathria and remove the bio from the dragon. The dragon will be logged as unsuccessful and will be removed from the game. Its hatchlings will not be able to participate either.

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RULES Parasites must be bred immediately and then must be exalted once their nest has hatched. The hatched parasite must be spread to others through trades or the AH as soon as possible. The only way out of this is if the dragon is being used in a breeding project. After the desired hatchling is hatched, you must exalt the parent and the rest of the hatchlings. The parasite must have the parasite information found in their bio/description. Please do not breed parasites with other parasites. Any parasite that is not exalted after breeding is considered exalted. Any offspring after the first nest are to be ignored by the game. No ifs, ands, or buts.