hello everyone! if you've been following me for a bit, you may recognize this guy here. he was a legend of spyro themed adopt i made a few months back, but i ended up getting super attached to the design. my bestie saw how much i loved him and very generously paid for him and then gave me ownership!
after that i thought about what to do with him, and eventually decided to add him to my TLoS AU, the legend of fire and ice! (TLoFaI for short) he is the cousin of voltz, who you also might recognize if you've been here for a few years :D
as a small note before i get into his bio, i had to make a slight design change to him so that he fit into the lore of TLoFaI. shadow dragons or dragons that have shadow heritage often have black sclera, with their pupils being funky colors and the irises not being present. this is why voltz has black sclera even though she's an electric dragon, because one of her moms (penumbre's aunt) is a shadow dragon! this also means shadow dragons can be born without this trait if they have a non-shadow parent :)
Backstory: Penumbre is extremely shy, and tries his best to avoid social interaction. Although this might make it seem as though he doesn’t want to talk to others, deep down he really wants to make friends. He’s just scared to death of others! What if he annoys them, or what if they’re unkind towards him? Keeping to himself will keep him from getting hurt. That’s what he tells himself, anyway.
The rare few that he trusts adore him - he’s funny and nice and always looks out for others, even creatures he doesn’t know. But it’s easy for them to feel frustrated by his avoidant tendencies; it would be so easy for him to make friends, and no one understands why he struggles so much with it.
Trivia:
He is decent with his element, but he is best specifically with the abilities to jump into shadows and manipulate shadows.
He uses these two abilities to help creatures from the shadows, as he is too afraid to approach them directly.
Voltz is his cousin, and although the war makes it difficult for the families to see each other often, the two still have a pretty close bond.
Tan grandemente doloroso. Aquel que se manifiesta cuando uno menos lo intuye, y con él, acompañado, vienen los recuerdos. Tan sutiles, y sencillos, como un sueño, y tiempo después, regresan más fuertes y con más intensidad, como un terremoto, llegan a ti, y te estremecen hasta hacerte caer de rodillas.
Las noches que paso en vela, cuidando tu artístico sueño. Las madrugadas en las que encuentro tus ojos en la penumbra. Las noches en las que anhelo el estar contigo, para quitarme esta sed de ti. Simplemente, una noche más en la que me haces falta.
Es tan irónica la forma en la que quiero dormir para soñarte, pero quiero permanecer despierta para pensarte. Es un hecho que de cualquier forma habitas en mi mente. Navegas en ella, destruyes las olas alrededor para poner todo en calma con tu voz.
Vienes y te vas. Viajas y regresas. Te paseas delante de mi con tu guitarra en mano. Susurrando versos en mi mente. Es doloroso, pues jamás puedo acercarme a ti, decirte que te amo, o que te extraño. Que necesito de nuevo, a esos brazos en torno a mi cintura, que necesito de esas caricias dulces, de esos besos amorosos, de esos versos entrañables y exquisitos. Necesito más de ti.
De nuevo, otra noche más en donde me atormenta tu recuerdo, recargado a la orilla de la puerta. El cabello alborotado y esa sonrisa de medio lado. Otra noche más donde susurras mi nombre. Otra noche más, donde no te tengo y abrazo al vacío en tu ausencia. Una noche más en la que tu presencia perfora a la mía.
