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onblackwings〈 PLAYER INFO 〉
NAME: Zee
AGE: 18+
JOURNAL: thebutt
IM / EMAIL: silkenaracna@gmail.com
PLURK: zeeco
RETURNING: Damian Saint Lorrant
〈 CHARACTER INFO 〉
CHARACTER NAME: Khisanth
CHARACTER AGE: ~200
SERIES: Dragonlance
CHRONOLOGY: Shortly after being human for the first time.
CLASS: Unregistered
HOUSING: Gov' me, cap'n!
BACKGROUND: Here!
PERSONALITY:
Black dragons, on the whole, are evil creatures. They're unpredictable and unreliable, driven by greed, self-aggrandizement, and self-preservation, in that order, and Khisanth is no exception. They're your typical treasure-hoarding evil dragon, straight out of a D&D campaign. They're intelligent enough to mock humans, and cruel enough to do it right before killing them. And, again, Khisanth fits the bill. She's petty, she's easily offended, she has a childish and insistent sense of retribution and revenge, and she's impossibly vain. These are, again, traits common to all black dragons.
But Khisanth also manages to be a little different. She spent a good part of her limited life in the company of two undeniably good creatures. Kadagan and Joad taught Khisanth something that no black dragon ever learns: they taught her patience. With patience came the ability to see past useless rage and petty greed. Khisanth can even rise above evil intentions and mindless cruelty, if she sees fit to. The problem is that she rarely does see fit to. Still, the possibility for it remains, and every time that she fails to act thoughtfully or responsibly, she finds yet another one-up on her fellow dragons. She recognizes her failures as such, and can learn from them.
In addition to this unusual capacity for rationality, she's seen more worlds than most dragons can claim to have, through her shape changing. She understands, albeit begrudgingly, a human's perspective. She's been human, she's felt the sweep of emotions that goes with the change. And because that sweep of emotion got her betrayed, she's far more guarded against ever letting herself be carried away by them again. But she understands her capacity to feel them, and is far more comprehending of the sensation than any other dragon would be. It should also be noted that when she changes, her entire mentality makes a subtle shift. If she takes the shape of a small, nervous animal, she'll find herself furtive and darting. As an aggressive animal, she's more likely to attack, and will be fighting urges to do so. And so, as a human, she's more emotional. The change is a subtle one, but it builds. The longer she spends as a human, the less she acts like a dragon. She doesn't notice this change until she's a dragon again, and can look back on her own actions and decisions with a clearer mind. It took Khisanth just two days as a human to begin envisioning teaming up with the mercenary she'd just met to conquer the world with him— visions she looked back on with disgust and derision once she was a dragon again. And so while she's more likely to guard against the rapid swing of emotions she experiences as a human, they do start to build for her. It stands to reason that if she spent any more time as a human, she could be swept away entirely by the unfamiliar emotions she experiences.
Once or twice in her life, Khisanth has even been victim to feelings of duty, respect, and even rarer — pity. These are also foreign to the nature of a black dragon, but Khisanth has formed stronger relationships than dragons tend to. Although they are solitary creatures by nature, Khisanth has defied these inclinations often enough to form another rarity: friends. In Pteros, Khisanth found a dragon she could look up to. He was old, wise, and knowledgeable. And, yes, he was a coward, and contemptible for that, but she still felt enough gratitude (and pity) for him to forgive him his cowardice and put him out of his misery in the end. In Jahet, Khisanth found something even more valuable: the other female provided her with an equal. Khisanth respected Jahet, even going so far as to seek her body to give it a proper burial after Jahet had been killed. Jahet had been the only dragon Khisanth had ever met that hadn't betrayed her, and for that Khisanth really, truly, and unexpectedly liked her.
So, while Khisanth easily succumbs to the natural self-serving, and violent inclinations common to all black dragons, she's also capable of rising above them. She can see past her own greed and desires now and then, and she can even go so far as to have relationships resembling those humans are more familiar with.
POWER:
- Being a dragon, which comes with General Dragon Magic (which I can write out if you'd like!)
- Shape changing (into any species she sees)
〈 CHARACTER SAMPLES 〉
COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE:
[ For the sake of our sample purposes today, Khisanth has moved herself out of government housing and into the wild life of apartment living, a few months into Life In The Modern World. It's been going well. Today she languishes on a dimly lit couch, frowning faintly up into the frame. ]
I keep seeing hero costumes [ you can just hear the air quotes ] — that involve masks. Why? Masks are for hiding an identity, they don't inspire a lot of confidence. How can you be sure this person with the strange powers is here to help, and not run off with some possession of yours?
[ She pauses, and her attention drifts away to the room around her. The frown darkens. ]
And why aren't the lights working? They worked yesterday. Something must have broken. This is a terrible apartment.
[ electric bill who?? ]
LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE: From CNC2020!
FINAL NOTES: i spared you a truly ancient CnC post since i don't think that complies with the app guidelines anyway, god LJ is hard to look at these days
NAME: Zee
AGE: 18+
JOURNAL: thebutt
IM / EMAIL: silkenaracna@gmail.com
PLURK: zeeco
RETURNING: Damian Saint Lorrant
〈 CHARACTER INFO 〉
CHARACTER NAME: Khisanth
CHARACTER AGE: ~200
SERIES: Dragonlance
CHRONOLOGY: Shortly after being human for the first time.
CLASS: Unregistered
HOUSING: Gov' me, cap'n!
BACKGROUND: Here!
PERSONALITY:
Black dragons, on the whole, are evil creatures. They're unpredictable and unreliable, driven by greed, self-aggrandizement, and self-preservation, in that order, and Khisanth is no exception. They're your typical treasure-hoarding evil dragon, straight out of a D&D campaign. They're intelligent enough to mock humans, and cruel enough to do it right before killing them. And, again, Khisanth fits the bill. She's petty, she's easily offended, she has a childish and insistent sense of retribution and revenge, and she's impossibly vain. These are, again, traits common to all black dragons.
But Khisanth also manages to be a little different. She spent a good part of her limited life in the company of two undeniably good creatures. Kadagan and Joad taught Khisanth something that no black dragon ever learns: they taught her patience. With patience came the ability to see past useless rage and petty greed. Khisanth can even rise above evil intentions and mindless cruelty, if she sees fit to. The problem is that she rarely does see fit to. Still, the possibility for it remains, and every time that she fails to act thoughtfully or responsibly, she finds yet another one-up on her fellow dragons. She recognizes her failures as such, and can learn from them.
In addition to this unusual capacity for rationality, she's seen more worlds than most dragons can claim to have, through her shape changing. She understands, albeit begrudgingly, a human's perspective. She's been human, she's felt the sweep of emotions that goes with the change. And because that sweep of emotion got her betrayed, she's far more guarded against ever letting herself be carried away by them again. But she understands her capacity to feel them, and is far more comprehending of the sensation than any other dragon would be. It should also be noted that when she changes, her entire mentality makes a subtle shift. If she takes the shape of a small, nervous animal, she'll find herself furtive and darting. As an aggressive animal, she's more likely to attack, and will be fighting urges to do so. And so, as a human, she's more emotional. The change is a subtle one, but it builds. The longer she spends as a human, the less she acts like a dragon. She doesn't notice this change until she's a dragon again, and can look back on her own actions and decisions with a clearer mind. It took Khisanth just two days as a human to begin envisioning teaming up with the mercenary she'd just met to conquer the world with him— visions she looked back on with disgust and derision once she was a dragon again. And so while she's more likely to guard against the rapid swing of emotions she experiences as a human, they do start to build for her. It stands to reason that if she spent any more time as a human, she could be swept away entirely by the unfamiliar emotions she experiences.
Once or twice in her life, Khisanth has even been victim to feelings of duty, respect, and even rarer — pity. These are also foreign to the nature of a black dragon, but Khisanth has formed stronger relationships than dragons tend to. Although they are solitary creatures by nature, Khisanth has defied these inclinations often enough to form another rarity: friends. In Pteros, Khisanth found a dragon she could look up to. He was old, wise, and knowledgeable. And, yes, he was a coward, and contemptible for that, but she still felt enough gratitude (and pity) for him to forgive him his cowardice and put him out of his misery in the end. In Jahet, Khisanth found something even more valuable: the other female provided her with an equal. Khisanth respected Jahet, even going so far as to seek her body to give it a proper burial after Jahet had been killed. Jahet had been the only dragon Khisanth had ever met that hadn't betrayed her, and for that Khisanth really, truly, and unexpectedly liked her.
So, while Khisanth easily succumbs to the natural self-serving, and violent inclinations common to all black dragons, she's also capable of rising above them. She can see past her own greed and desires now and then, and she can even go so far as to have relationships resembling those humans are more familiar with.
POWER:
- Being a dragon, which comes with General Dragon Magic (which I can write out if you'd like!)
- Shape changing (into any species she sees)
〈 CHARACTER SAMPLES 〉
COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE:
[ For the sake of our sample purposes today, Khisanth has moved herself out of government housing and into the wild life of apartment living, a few months into Life In The Modern World. It's been going well. Today she languishes on a dimly lit couch, frowning faintly up into the frame. ]
I keep seeing hero costumes [ you can just hear the air quotes ] — that involve masks. Why? Masks are for hiding an identity, they don't inspire a lot of confidence. How can you be sure this person with the strange powers is here to help, and not run off with some possession of yours?
[ She pauses, and her attention drifts away to the room around her. The frown darkens. ]
And why aren't the lights working? They worked yesterday. Something must have broken. This is a terrible apartment.
[ electric bill who?? ]
LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE: From CNC2020!
FINAL NOTES: i spared you a truly ancient CnC post since i don't think that complies with the app guidelines anyway, god LJ is hard to look at these days
