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1. Who is your clans leader(s)? What are they like?
My two progens, Niet and Yastrebok!
Niet is an optimistic and strong willed type of person, and wants only to build a clan that’s welcoming to everyone, and to keep her subjects happy. After she was cursed and her original clan were destroyed, she spent a while alone simply surviving, until by chance she found Yastrebok’s dying body washed up on the beach. She took him in and used what few medicinal skills she knew to save his life, and figured having someone to look after would help keep her mind off her dead friends and family. The need to feel busy is a trait she keeps with her for her entire life, often opting to work instead of sleep knowing that she’s prone to nightmares. Because she puts the happiness of the clan before all else, she’s not above using underhanded methods to do what’s best for them.
Originally, Yastrebok was a cheerful soul who would handle the social side of leadership. When Ogygia was a small clan, he took time to get to know each member personally and was generally well liked. As a boy, he too lost the clan he grew up in, and while solitary accidentally intruded on beastclan territory, which left him with severe injuries and the loss of his left arm and three of his four eyes. Outnumbered, it seemed he would die there, until a tidal wave struck the shore, killing a great number of the beastclan and dragging Yastrebok out to sea. He considers the fact that he survived and washed up on the beach where Niet could find him to be an act of mercy from his God, the Tidelord, and as such is very religious. Ever since that day though, he suffers visions, and claims he can hear the Lord’s word in the waves, and is particularly plagued by a reoccuring prophecy foretelling clan Ogygia’s doom. With time, this prophecy has come to cause him great paranoia, leaving him miserable and withdrawn. He also vanishes for weeks at time without a word to anyone, saying his actions are not his own and that he is under the will of God, and in time they will understand. However, this has caused most of the clan to lose faith in him as a leader.
7. Clan priests/priestesses?
I guess Yastrebok sort of qualifies? It’s not exactly his job, but he’s an oracle of the Tidelord who’s seen and respected as a leader figure to a religiously influence group (The Undisonus). And that’s basically what a priest is right?
Temahae isn’t a priestess, but she can act as a stand-in for Ice Flight based rites, considering she knows the Preservation Recitationspretty much back to front. Aneikenon is familiar with the funeral/death rites, but he’s not going to do them for anybody, because he’s an asshole.
I’m still looking for a dragon for her, but I have another character in the works who IS actually a priestess though! She’s not in Clan Ogygia, she’s part of the Smoke and Mirrors storyline though. She’s a priestess of the Lightweaver who specialises in exorcism - which leaves m0.RGAN with a big target painted on his back.
11.Monster dragons! Undead, spirits, vampires, ghouls, werewolves, or anything based on the supernatural?
My lore’s kinda boring for this sorta thing but lets see:
Technically, Thulani is a deity, but because the civilisation that worshipped him died out over time, he lost most of his power and so is more “spirit like”.
Dantalion……MIGHT class as undead? He doesn’t actually know if he died or not, because he doesn’t remember and didn’t stick around long enough to find out. He functions as normal though, so he pays little mind to it.
m0.RGAN is actually a spirit though! Or a ghost, whichever works. He was bound to an armoured body as part of someone else’s experiment, but ended up being more self-aware that was originally intended. He has no memories of his former life or what he may have looked like before, but something drives him to protect the vulnerable. As such, he lives his life as a knight type figure, protecting those who can’t protect themselves and enacting retribution upon those who harm them. As a person, he’s very formal, polite and chivalrous, in great contrast to Prrin and Ravadove, who he’s seen with most often.
23.Which dragon is the must untrustworthy? Likewise, which dragon would you trust with your life?
Most untrustworthy - Probably Iru. Io and Othira are up there too, Io because of her impulsive and violent nature despite her mantra of needing to be a hero, and Othira because, well, she’s a follower of the Shade there’s not much more to be said there. However, Iru is probably the most untrustworthy - despite the nonthreatening appearance - because they have no real goal or motive. They do as they please while prioritising themselves and their own enjoyment, and as such can turn on a dime against people they were previously close with. Will Sell You To The Shade For One Corn Chip, Depending On How Badly They Want That Corn Chip At Any Particular Moment.
Most trustworthy - Because Lockheed, Lis-Mirolu and m0.RGAN are all knights in some way or another, they’re trustworthy people who are typically honest, good and protective of others. However, their trustworthiness depends on how good aligned you are as a person - criminals or those with a skewed moral compass would have no faith in them.
On the other hand, despite being a mercenary, Dantalion has a surprisingly decent moral compass and is in the process of trying to make good by old enemies, not make more of them. If he gives you his word on something, bad or good, you can have faith that it’ll get done - after all, it’s his pride thats on the line.
