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The eldest of five siblings, he was expected to set an example for them, especially in their studies of magic. He didn't mind this, for the knowledge he acquired gave him abilities he had never before dreamed of. He could make things tremble if he gave them a hard look, and later on he could move them without coming near. His abilities grew until it became a regular occurrence for him to set things on fire or make them explode if he so much as glanced at them. It wasn't his abilities that gave his teachers pause, though -- it was his attitude. Where other hatchlings would fall over themselves apologizing for their mistakes, Alberge didn't care. His star-colored eyes shone, and he immediately would wheel around, looking for something else to practice on. He was disciplined accordingly, again and again, until he sullenly apologized and achieved some semblance of good behavior. Before he reached adulthood, he and his siblings were sent out into the world. Some of them put down roots in other clans. Others were trained to serve various deities. Alberge himself was quickly taken in by a clan who called themselves the Disillusionists. They had begun forming alliances with clans in other flights and were looking for elemental ambassadors. Alberge, with his potent powers, was tapped as a candidate. He looked around the clan, sizing up the competition. There wasn't really any to speak of: the only other Arcane dragon in the clan was a flighty young Skydancer who seemed to prefer gambolling about outside rather than exercising his magic. Alberge smirked and continued his "studies" with a will. Months passed. The clan had many Ice dragons, and Alberge watched with interest as the process for selection of the Ice ambassador continued. There were many candidates, but over time, the rest of them found more pressing responsibilities or decided they just weren't up to it. There were some who were completely excluded from the selection process -- for example, [/color][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=25504398]Metalicana[/url][color=#724D79] was an Ice dragon possessed of formidable magic. But he had come to the clan as a hostile intruder, and had joined it in disgrace. No clan in their right mind would choose him as a diplomatic ambassador, at least not until he'd learned a great deal of manners....Alberge turned away from him. Soon the selection process was completed: the role of Ice ambassador was delegated to [/color][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=26004569]Hiveriel[/url][color=#724D79], a Tundra with a warm and loving heart. But Alberge didn't see that, and instead nodded approvingly at the Tundra's mastery of Ice magic. Alberge thought himself a master of Arcane magic, with his abilities to make things explode, to move whatever he laid eyes on, and to shake reality in short bursts. He didn't acknowledge the fact that these things were now happening whether or not he willed them to. All it took was for something [i]strange[/i] to happen, and he would preen and remark on how it was undoubtedly a byproduct of his burgeoning abilities. The other dragons nodded uncertainly, but really, the word they were focusing on was not "ability", not even "magic" -- it was the word "byproduct". Byproducts were almost always unintentional. Alberge didn't want to see it, but the other dragons could and they did: he was losing control of his powers -- assuming he'd had any control over them to begin with. It would have been better if he had acknowledged his faults, but he did not, or perhaps he could not. He'd gotten lost in a dream of grandeur, and there was no waking up when he didn't want to. "There are none so blind", the elder Disillusionists sighed, "as those who will not see." Quietly, and without consulting Alberge, they removed his name from the list of candidates. Then they went looking for another candidate. And so Alberge remained lost in his dreams of glory, not seeing reality unfold around him. Even when the clan leaders' daughter returned with a bright pink Spiral tucked under her wing, and the Spiral peeked out with bright pink eyes, he didn't consider how his position might not be as secure as he'd originally thought. So finally, when it was the Spiral, and not he, who was granted the position of Arcane ambassador, Alberge's dream didn't just break, it [i]exploded[/i]. It fell to dust around him like the countless artifacts he'd practiced on, and he stared in disbelief as [/color][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=26635401]the young Spiral[/url][color=#724D79] was presented with a Starlight Cloak made specially by the dragons of the Starfall Isles. Magic crackled through the smaller dragon's crystal body, and Alberge turned and slunk away from his brilliance. For a long time, he nursed his wounded ego in silence. His dreams of Arcane glory were gone -- but not dead. No, instead, they reassembled themselves into something different. Now he was dreaming of glory...the glory of leading a clan. Alberge didn't think about founding one; he had no mate or children and wasn't inclined to marry. Instead...yes. The clan he'd put down roots in would serve him just as well. They all knew him, and he knew them, too. It would be easy enough to undermine them and then manage them once [i]he[/i] was the lord.... And so he clung to a new dream. He would attain leadership of this clan. He'd make them regret passing him over for some young upstart, the spawn of no-name parents from a clan he hadn't even heard of. He'd show them how [i]majestic[/i] a leader he could be, a worthy vessel for the glory of the Arcane Flight, not just an ambassador, or even a lord, but a king, or possibly...dare he think of it?...[i]an emperor[/i].... When he was assigned the role of clan guard, it was all he could do to choke down his disappointment. He accepted his new assignment coolly and civilly. He was left alone to put on his armor, and for a long moment, he wanted to dash it to the ground and blow it apart with his mind. He sucked in a deep breath and managed to get himself under control. [i]Now, soldier, put it on....[/i] Some days later, he was standing guard, waiting out the hours until the shifts changed. His companion was Metalicana, the Guardian who had intruded upon the clan and been forced to join it as a punitive measure. He had challenged the progenitors for control and been soundly beaten, and the main reason he kept to their rules was because he was afraid of feeling their wrath again. He had been defeated by them in full view of the rest of the clan, and as a matter of fact, Alberge had been there....He had only been a hatchling then, huddling behind the matron's legs and watching curiously as Lord [/color][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=25521458]Nachtstreiter[/url][color=#724D79] had beaten back the larger Guardian before eventually forcing him to the ground, one forepaw on his gleaming throat. Alberge made some comment: an idle statement about how much time had passed since Metalicana had been recruited by the clan. He was such an upstanding member of it now, and to think that he had originally come here as an enemy! To which Metalicana had snarled, "Don't talk to me about [i]that[/i]." Any other dragon would have been cowed by the Guardian's ferocity, by the unspoken threat of violence, but Alberge was too far gone to know fear. He saw the glint of bitterness in the crystal Guardian's eyes, and all he felt was a twisted sort of hope. Perhaps he did have an ally in this wretched place, after all. Perhaps his dreams of glory had not yet come to an end.[/color] [right][font=Copperplate Gothic Light][color=#A593B0][size=5][b]~ The End[/b][/color][/size][/font][/right] ----- [center][color=#BBBABF][size=1][b]PREV.[/b][/size] [size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/7#post_32436971]Dragon[/url] | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_2323941]Contents[/url] • Characters [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507351]A-M[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507353]N-Z[/url] • [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507355]Stories Pt. 1[/url] | [/size][size=1][b]NEXT[/b][/size] [size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32436993]Dragon[/url][/color][/size][/center]

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[*] [i]Not[/i] a fandragon -- he was bought pre-named. [*] Probably the first unsavory character in my lair (and even that didn't last long; it doesn't make much sense for the clan to keep willful troublemakers around). For a while, he was mortally afraid of [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/3#post_31601024]Nachtstreiter[/url], who flattened him [i]magnificently[/i] (and, if we take their site-based stats into account, could probably also flatten him [i]literally[/i]). [*] Bonded with [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32436987]Alberge[/url] over their mutual unsavoriness, and with [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/7#post_32436971]Nebuchadnezzar[/url] because he was...new, I guess? They mostly complained about stuff, and then when they started backbiting various clan members, Nebuchadnezzar bailed on their little clique. Left alone with Alberge, for the most part, Metalicana soon began to realize that his "friend" was too unstable even for him. [*] Frankly, Metalicana's own density and stubbornness were what saved him from getting roped into Alberge's plans. If he'd taken a more active role, he probably would've been ejected from the clan and imprisoned in the Fortress of Ends (yet another thing he is mortally afraid of. Despite his "I'm so macho" facade, Metalicana is afraid of many things). [*] He is actually starting to pick up tiny bits of wisdom and self-awareness. Speaks harshly to his familiar because he is uncomfortably reminded of how foolhardy he was at that age as well. [*] Although he and Dulindara regularly produce kids, this is NOT canon. Lore-wise, they have no relationship beyond just being clanmates. It's actually impossible for them to progress beyond that since Dulindara is a robot and has neither the capacity nor the inclination to reproduce. The kids they produce can instead be explained as Metalicana's flings with various dragonesses. [*] Metalicana is also frightened of [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/11#post_32803515]Taljiwald[/url]. It was kind of flattering at first to have such a beautiful spirit following him around, but he started to get unnerved by the way she wouldn't stop staring and smiling at him. He's not above yelling for help from his clanmates when he's feeling extra-creeped-out. She doesn't do this so much anymore, but still pops up from time to time. [*] He probably could have formed a grudging sort of friendship with [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/11#post_32803534]Amaroth[/url], but Roth bailed on him pretty quickly when Taljiwald followed them home. [*] Despite Alberge's reformation, Metalicana isn't interested in developing a firmer friendship with him. 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[center][color=#BBBABF][size=1][b]PREV.[/b][/size] [size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32437050]Dragon[/url] | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_2323941]Contents[/url] • Characters [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507351]A-M[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507353]N-Z[/url] • [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507355]Stories Pt. 1[/url] | [/size][size=1][b]NEXT[/b][/size] [size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32437073]Dragon[/url][/color][/size][/center] ----- [columns][color=transparent]......[/color][nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=15438539][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/154386/15438539.png[/img][/url][nextcol][color=transparent]...[/color][nextcol][font=Garamond][size=7][size=5][color=#73C4C4]crystaline[/color][/size] [color=#BBBABF]|[/color] #15438539[/size][/font] [b]Bio:[/b] No [color=#BBBABF]|[/color] [b]Lore:[/b] Yes [color=#BBBABF]|[/color] [b]Art:[/b] No [b]Jump to lore:[/b] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32437068]Time Freeze[/url] [b]Factions:[/b] (none) [b]Possible Connections in:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/53#post_40892432]Science & Engineering[/url][/columns] [list][*] First off, yeeeeess, I know his name is misspelled; he was purchased pre-named and honestly I kind of like how it looks and am too lazy to change it. XD [*] First XXX, wheeee! ~Funny how those used to be a thing back then. >_> I think he might also have been the oldest derg in my lair at the time, plus he was another dragon whose accent I dropped money on (after the fest) because it fit him so well. [*] Chill old guy, kind of tired but still has plenty of spark left in him to build things and teach other dragons. Tbh, he was a much better inventor in his youth, when he had more energy and magic and hadn't yet sustained many injuries. Nowadays he gets tired quickly and it's not uncommon for him to abandon projects or pass them on to other dragons. [*] Despite that, he's still very respected because many of his completed inventions remain a huge help to the clan. He's also still an active teacher and does regular maintenance work around the lair. A lot of the clan's engineers got their start as his helpers or apprentices. [*] His most useful invention is the one that nearly doomed him and his previous clan: the time-freezing machine. What it does is project a cone of magic (visible as ice-blue light) that freezes time and anything caught in its beam. The prototype was unsuccessful in that after the machine was shut off, the effects of the elapsed time caught up with its victims. As a result, they very quickly got hungry, thirsty, and tired after the machine was deactivated and some of them, like Crystaline, developed painful lesions on the skin. The prototype was destroyed, but Crystaline kept the blueprints. He was able to perfect his machine with the help of many of the Disillusionists, particularly [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32437073]Jubilant[/url]. The machine can now be used to freeze things and people, and even after it's turned off, the elapsed-time effects won't impact whatever was caught in its beam. It requires a lot of power to use, however, so it is used only in emergencies, particularly medical ones. It has also been used to subdue hostile beings such as [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/9#post_32437108]Euclid[/url] and [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/13#post_32803814]Apophys[/url]. Some beings are immune to its effects. [*] Crystaline also frequently works together with [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/20#post_34811403]Karmanh[/url]. They are both interested in robotics and do regular studies and maintenance on the clan's artificial members. [*] His familiar, Lucrezia, also serves as a lab assistant.[/list] ----- [center][color=#BBBABF][size=1][b]PREV.[/b][/size] [size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32437050]Dragon[/url] | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_2323941]Contents[/url] • Characters [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507351]A-M[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507353]N-Z[/url] • [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507355]Stories Pt. 1[/url] | [/size][size=1][b]NEXT[/b][/size] [size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32437073]Dragon[/url][/color][/size][/center]

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That still didn’t stop him from doing a double-take when he saw the glistening iceberg jutting out of the forests of the Windswept Plateau. He hovered and squinted—it was still there. A huge chunk of ice, glittering like a great diamond, surrounded by towering bamboo trees. The forest had begun to grow around and over it; it resembled a gigantic egg laid in a nest of overgrown reeds. The Nocturne glided closer. As he did, he saw wisps of vapor swirling up from the iceberg. He felt the chilliness of it. He squinted, saw something encased deep within the ice.... Fast-forward a couple of minutes later, and he was flying back to his team as fast as his wings could carry him. [i]"How old was it? How long has it been like that?"[/i] he was thinking all the while. For underneath the ice was a great structure, one that had been carved by dragon claws and magic. The ice had entrapped a full lair. The question now was: Was it still inhabited, or un-? And if it was, what of the inhabitants?[/color] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/gjlsxh9bghz1wm6/3-ice.png[/img][/center] [color=#2B768F]The Disillusionists came back to the lair to investigate. After their Ice ambassador assessed the situation, they set to work, digging and scraping. The Ridgebacks bored through, building a tunnel from the outside world through the deep blue ice. The rest of the investigators clumped outside and did their best to ignore the noise. “I’ve never seen anything like it before,” said [/color][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=26004563]Hiveriel[/url][color=#2B768F]. He was agitatedly grooming his coat, smoothing the deep blue fur over and over again. The other dragons regarded him with some amusement. “I’d be surprised if you’d seen anything like it,” [/color][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=25521457]Veritas[/url][color=#2B768F] said lazily. “Weren’t you only a hatchling when you first came to our clan? And didn’t you grow up in the Sunbeam Ruins?” “Umm,” said Hiveriel, and he flattened his ears in embarrassment. They were only teasing him. They’d done some investigating before coming over and had to agree with him: the situation certainly was unusual. “I’m guessing it’s a magic spell gone wrong,” said Hiveriel, a few minutes before Adrastos managed to poke his nose through the last layer of ice. The Ridgebacks cleared the ice chips away. They huddled together, their spines clattering as they shivered. The other dragons moved cautiously into the tunnel and then they peeked into the lair. It was somewhat larger than the Disillusionists’ home. After the investigators poked around, they made another discovery: the lair was frozen inside as well. But not literally frozen, wrapped in ice. No... The lair was frozen in [i]time[/i]. They came across the inhabitants, a large assortment of dragons all paused in the middle of various tasks. Sleeping, cooking, cleaning.... “What happened here?” breathed [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=25521458]Nachtstreiter[/url][color=#2B768F]. Hiveriel’s hackles were raised. “It’s sorcery,” he said, “but I’m unfamiliar with it. It doesn’t...” He took several long, deep sniffs. As the others watched him, he admitted, to their further bafflement, “It doesn’t smell [i]entirely[/i] of magic. There’s something else mixed in.” They found a likely explanation. Near the center of the lair was a largish room—a lab by the looks of it. A large machine leaned against one wall. Its blocky shape was at odds with the bell that extended from its top, curving gently like a flower. Faint blue light poured from it, bathing the lair and the dragons nearby. Several of them had been caught in the beam; they hung suspended, claws outstretched and jaws agape. Even their clothes were frozen as if they’d been photographed in mid-flight. The Disillusionists clustered on the edges of the room. They avoided the cone of light; they could feel the chill wafting away from it. Hiveriel shivered and pointed to it, whispering that it was sorcerous and should not be touched. “How are we to release them from this enchantment, then?” Nachtstreiter inquired. As they discussed among themselves, the Ridgebacks wandered in. [/color][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=24999387]Adrastos[/url][color=#2B768F] sat down, his spiked tail twitching against the floor, but [/color][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=25197371]Hemera[/url][color=#2B768F] ambled around the room. She eyed the blocky machine curiously. With a great sigh like a long, drawn-out groan of thunder, the blue light faded and plunged the lair into darkness. The dragons yelped and turned around, feet and tails thudding. Thankfully, light still seeped in through cracks in the icy walls, so they could see Hemera crouching by the machine. Its bell was now tilted down like a wilting flower. “What did you [i]do[/i]?” Veritas gasped. The Ridgeback winced and prodded her claws together. They made a hideous [i]snick-snick[/i] sound. “I wanted to take a look at it. I may, um, have poked it a bit. Maybe.” Then they all heard another sound. It was unmistakable: a soft sigh, an extended breath. The other dragons, the ones who’d been frozen—they were waking up again. They were breathing. “Still alive!” Hiveriel gasped in relief. As if that had been a signal, they heard a creeping, cracking noise. The ice that had encased the lair was finally falling away.[/color] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/gjlsxh9bghz1wm6/3-ice.png[/img][/center] [color=#2B768F]The dragons of the Wind clan were largely all right, but they had not escaped their ordeal unscathed. They were incredibly hungry and thirsty but didn’t have enough strength to gather food. The Disillusionists took it upon themselves to share some of their stores. When they returned, the situation in the lair still hadn’t calmed down. Some of the dragons spoke of leaving. There were not a few hostile glances cast towards a Wildclaw, whom the Disillusionists soon learned was their engineer. His name was Crystaline—due to the color and luster of his scales, doubtless. He meekly accepted the food he was given and ate by himself. He remained crouched next to the machine, which he’d partly dismantled. It was [/color][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=25555187]Frostlyn[/url][color=#2B768F], with her large and compassionate heart, who sat down next to him. After a brief silence, she commented, “Good thing Rofthoffer passed by when he did. Otherwise things might’ve turned out worse.” “I suppose they could’ve, at that,” Crystaline agreed reluctantly. He was somewhat older than most of the Disillusionists and seemed positively weary at that point. “That’s an interesting contraption. Did you make it yourself?” Crystaline affirmed this. He had, he explained, been trying to create a device that would stop other dragons from becoming hungry or thirsty. “But as you can see, it didn’t work that way,” he admitted. “Our bodily functions were paused for a while, but when you un-paused the machine, all our appetites caught up to us.” He frowned and scratched his head. “Gonna have to work on that further, I guess.” “Are you from the Shifting Expanse?” “Me? Naw.” His eyes were light blue, as pale as the ice that’d encased his home. “I was born in the Southern Icefield. My mother was a Lightning dragon born and bred, though—guess I get some of my tinkering talents from her.” He smiled faintly. “She’d probably yell at me for this, too.” He seemed to notice Frostlyn more carefully now. He watched the light playing over her wings. “And you, young miss? You from the Stormlands as well?” Frostlyn shook her head. She half-spread her wings, explaining how she’d acquired this marvelous prosthesis from the Lightning dragons. Crystaline was quite curious; he continued to ask questions, some of which Frostlyn could barely answer. She explained as best as she could, all the while ignoring the wary looks Crystaline’s clanmates were shooting her. It was obvious that they were worrying about what else he would build, and what other bonkers effects it would have on themselves and their lair. In time, the lair was back in working order. Some of the dragons were indeed preparing to leave, Crystaline among them. His clanmates no longer trusted him after his disastrous experiment, and they requested that he join a new clan. His situation wasn’t as dire as it should’ve been. The Disillusionists had agreed to take him in. “You don’t eat much, and we could use an engineer,” Veritas had told him. She had arched an eyeridge. “After all, you don’t spend [i]all[/i] your time building newfangled contraptions, do you? I assume you know basic electronic repairs, like with copper wiring and fuses and such.” Crystaline did know basic electronic repairs; it was where he’d gotten his start. As his new clanmates prepared to guide him back, they asked him, “Are you ready to go?” He was. His old freezing machine had been disposed of, but he still had his blueprints, and the lands of Light were rich in resources....Perhaps in time, with other dragons to assist him, he’d be able to refine his invention, put it to good use. Perhaps in time...[/color] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/gjlsxh9bghz1wm6/3-ice.png[/img][/center] [color=#2B768F]It might’ve been because of his being frozen, but his skin reacted adversely to the brilliant sun of the Light lands. It began to blister and crack, till the Wildclaw had to don a thick leather coat to protect himself from the heat. He found himself blinking more often in the bright light, too, and so he had to resort to wearing goggles with thick, green-tinted lenses. Yet he was happy. The Disillusionists were quite open-minded about his work, so long as he tested his inventions deep beneath the earth or out in the open. There was one other problem, though: he lacked an assistant, something he needed now that his body had been damaged by his experiment. But his new clanmates drew the line at helping him with his inventions, so he was on his own. [i]Perhaps in time...[/i] “What’re you doin’?” The voice was small and piping. Crystaline peered over his desk at the newcomer: a small, bright pink Spiral, curled neatly on the floor like a spring. He looked up at the Wildclaw with huge, bright eyes. His name was [/color][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=26635401]Jubilant[/url][color=#2B768F], the Wildclaw recalled. He had arrived a few days ago; there’d been a big ceremony for him and everything. As Crystaline watched, the Spiral slowly uncoiled himself. He toddled around the room, looking curiously at the various parts and half-finished devices on display. “I’m drawing a plan for a machine,” Crystaline answered. “Would you like to see?” He held up the blueprint, a new draft of the invention that had frozen his former clan some years before. “It’s very nice,” Jubilant answered politely. “It’d be great if you could fetch some things from around my room. Would you like to help me?” Crystaline asked. He’d meant it facetiously, but Jubilant gave him an eager nod. And as he did, light crackled briefly through his body: bright white light, like a star tearing across the night sky. Very quick—but Crystaline knew what he’d seen. He’d found an assistant, if not a friend. Would the Arcane Spiral’s magic be a help or a hindrance? Only time would tell. In time, he would grow to be a great fighter and magician, a worthy Ambassador of the Arcane Flight. In time... But for now, he looked up at Crystaline, his tail wagging. “OK. What d’you want me to get for you?” he asked.[/color] [right][font=Copperplate Gothic Light][color=#73C4C4][size=5][b]~ The End[/b][/color][/size][/font][/right] ----- [center][color=#BBBABF][size=1][b]PREV.[/b][/size] [size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32437050]Dragon[/url] | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_2323941]Contents[/url] • Characters [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507351]A-M[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507353]N-Z[/url] • [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507355]Stories Pt. 1[/url] | [/size][size=1][b]NEXT[/b][/size] [size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32437073]Dragon[/url][/color][/size][/center]

[center][color=#BBBABF][size=1][b]PREV.[/b][/size] [size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32437063]Dragon[/url] | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_2323941]Contents[/url] • Characters [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507351]A-M[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507353]N-Z[/url] • [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507355]Stories Pt. 1[/url] | [/size][size=1][b]NEXT[/b][/size] [size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/9#post_32437083]Dragon[/url][/color][/size][/center] ----- [columns][color=transparent]......[/color][nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=26635401][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/266355/26635401.png[/img][/url][nextcol][color=transparent]...[/color][nextcol][font=Garamond][size=7][size=5][color=#EC0089]jubilant[/color][/size] [color=#BBBABF]|[/color] #26635401[/size][/font] [b]Bio:[/b] No [color=#BBBABF]|[/color] [b]Lore:[/b] Weirdly, no, but he's got a ton of cameos. [color=#BBBABF]|[/color] [b]Art:[/b] Yes [b]Jump to lore:[/b] (none yet) [b]Factions:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/84#post_51373738]The SKWAD[/url] [b]Possible Connections in:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/46#post_40354135]Alliances & Diplomacy[/url][/columns] [list][*] Jubilant was purchased at around the time I was becoming familiar with the concept of Flight Reps. I scried him as an adult, and bam, he was a real winner! [*] Named "Jubilant" because his colors remind me of cherries jubilee. And he looks like he's made of gelatin! [emoji=spiral star size=1] [*] Despite not having any dedicated lore of his own, Jubilant is crucial in [i]a lot[/i] of other dragons' stories. Funny how things turn out. [*] His magic was initially as unstable as [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32436987]Alberge's[/url] first -- perhaps even more, since he is incredibly powerful. His edge over Alberge was that, in addition to his powers being identified when he was young, he was very receptive to training and always willing to heed more experienced sorcerers' advice. [*] His accent will also be tied to his lore, once I get around to writing it. I hunted for it for a long time and was so, so stoked when it finally popped up on the AH for treasure. X'D [*] A voracious reader who has knowledge on just about any topic. Is also equally valuable for his combat skills. Come to think of it, he probably doesn't have time to attend to the diplomatic side of being an Arcane Rep and would probably be better off with an assistant or as a full-time thaumaturge instead.[/list] ----- [center][color=#BBBABF][size=1][b]PREV.[/b][/size] [size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/8#post_32437063]Dragon[/url] | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_2323941]Contents[/url] • Characters [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507351]A-M[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507353]N-Z[/url] • [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/1#post_30507355]Stories Pt. 1[/url] | [/size][size=1][b]NEXT[/b][/size] [size=2][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2323941/9#post_32437083]Dragon[/url][/color][/size][/center]