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Description

Name: Kali
--means “the black one,” “devourer of time”
Gender: Female
Race: Oriental, Sky
Age: 184 years

Height: 13’ 6”
Length: 28’ 2”

Weapon of Choice: Powerful electrical surge (breath weapon)

Rider: Ayla Halifax

Stat Chart: -pending-

Orientation: Heterosexual
Allegiance: Shadar
Worship: Gozreh (Storm and Sky)

Appearance
Build: Long, serpentine body and lithe in muscle toning, but otherwise has remarkably canine-ish features. She has powerful legs that provide substantial lift when she wishes to enjoy the freedoms of flight. She has a tail longer than her actual body length.
Fur: The fur coating her body is typically short, though starting near the top of her head is a dark blue, almost violet mane that stretches all the way down her back to the tip of her tail, which thickens and lengthens to a tuft. She is mostly a lighter blue, while on her shoulders and above her haunches are spots of two darker blues that dapple her pelt.
Horns: Colored pale cream and smaller than the length of her head the horns angle backwards, with two prongs.
Eyes: A dark blue that almost matches the violet of Ayla’s.

Scars:
Four thick lines starting at the top of her skull, slanting downwards and slightly to the left.

Accessories:
Manacle - bound to her left foreleg, the iron manacle still holds its place. Though it could easily be removed, she keeps it as a memory of her imprisonment, and that nothing can hold her forever.

History
Kali was born a dragon of wild origins, cared for in a large brood by a very young, beautiful oriental with proportions much the same as Kali has now. She grew up learning how to hunt from her mother and fighting skills from her siblings, and occasionally from her mother when the dragon of the sky fought off a male that sniffed too close to the young dragons of her clutch. Frequently, the young dragons would be left on their own for a short time while her mother hunted for them.

One return took longer than it ought have. The young ones grew restless, Kali especially. The brood could sense that something was wrong; the air crackled with all the tension of a coming storm. Their mother returned late, a massive wound soaking her chest fur with scarlet blood. A strange stick was buried in her chest, snapping against the ground as she collapsed. It smelled of the elf-meat her mother had sometimes brought them. Cries of distress filled the air as their mother’s breathing slowed to a halt and the light died from her eyes.

The cries caught the attention of many predators in the area, other dragons as well as the pack of wolves that had been stealing the scraps of kills Kali’s mother had left. But now there were not just scraps, but larger beasts that could provide the pack with a feast. Still, they had to wait for the passing of the dragons before they could move in on the brood. The smallest and weakest were the first of the brood to go; killed by disease and scavenged by lesser creatures. The wolf pack moved in, taking a few others. The clutch was decimated when a large male dragon came in and sought to make a quick meal. Their numbers dwindled, but the threat of death was not just from outside their rapidly shrinking family.

Some of the younglings were growing hungry, and without a mother to feed them, they turned on each other. What at first seemed like the playful wrestling of old turned quickly to violent and bloody battles between siblings, pausing only when one fell so they could feast. Soon, only three of the original twenty-four of the clutch remained, and they went their separate ways.

From then, Kali wandered for a seemingly endless length of time across the land, finding herself most drawn, inexplicably, to a forest near Melindev. It was there that she settled down, but she began to grow restless. It did not help that she felt as though she was being watched. Her restlessness grew the longer she stayed in the forest, until one day she wandered to a spring. It was there that she saw the dark figure of a Drow, preparing for a swim. Their minds collided as two storms, full of energy and raw power.

-the remainder of her history can be found on Ayla’s application-

Personality
l Reasonable l Protective l Determined l Loyal l Vain l Impetuous l Blunt l Violent l

Reasonable: Though she may seem otherwise, Kali is actually the voice of reason within the relationship between herself and Ayla. Frequently, she thinks things through a bit more thoroughly than her rider, and, depending on circumstances, is more prone to listening to the reasoning of others.
Protective: Though she is willing to defend those in danger from someone other than herself, she holds no one’s protection higher than Ayla’s. A threat towards Ayla would be disastrous on the part of the offender, as they might end up being on the wrong end of a very angry dragon.
Determined: Like Ayla, Kali has had a certain determination (or stubbornness, depending on how one looks at it), since she was very young. Without her strong will to live, she would not have survived long past her years as a fledgling. She has a mind hardened against ideas opposing to her own personal beliefs, reluctant to change her mind once it’s made up. She will often reject the help of others unless it is something she knows she cannot do on her own.
Loyal: Kali’s loyalty is even more brittle than Ayla’s. The moment she sees that an allegiance to someone might impair Ayla’s health or her own standings, she will sever her link to the individual, prompting Ayla to do so as well. To those that can hold her loyalty for a great length of time, however, a congratulations are in order: the longer a friendship remains, the harder it is for her to break ties.
Vain: Kali holds herself to very high standards, both in her physical appearance and her abilities (hence why she named herself as she did). She is rarely seen without a shining pelt and sharpened claws, her mane groomed immaculately. Even her scars, she holds to some amount of pride, as they serve as a trophy from a battle she considers to be a glorious win; and the manacle on her front wrist a trophy of achieving freedom. Kali is proud of her wild background; the only thing she sees wrong with herself is that her spots are something of an impurity.
Impetuous: Prone to making rash decisions, acting quickly without thoughts of consequence. Kali frequently lets her tongue ahead of her mind and may act on a base impulse that has been imprinted on her mind since her hatching. However, when Ayla is present, she is more likely to reign in rash decisions and think before she acts.
Blunt: It is only partially by accident that Kali does not control her tongue. She has sharp words that are ready to roll off her tongue, responding to an insult with an insult. However, she also carries the nature of a dragon that does not know the gift of selective lying, and sometimes offers truths where they are not wanted.
Violent: Thanks to a rough raising and wild heritage, Kali’s temper is likely to turn on a dime on the strangest of subjects, though her temper flares most frequently in the presence of danger to Ayla. In this, she may lash out with a snap of her jaws, whipping her tail, or flashing forward a sharply clawed paw. On rare occasions, she may threaten to present the offender with a charge of blue lightning.

Cardinal Trait: Protective

Strengths:
Agility - A long, slender body of grace and flexibility serves to provide Kali with a heightened ability to throw a flurry of attacks and duck nimbly away from retaliation.

Weaknesses:
Ayla - She knows that Ayla is prone to falling victim to old wounds, she often lets her guard down to make sure that Ayla is of good health.

Tidbits:
Kali will not name those she does not like.
She calls other dragons based on their color if names are unknown.
During times of great irritation, the air around her seems to crackle with energy.
Displeased by her spots; she sees them as an impurity.
Not realizing it was Drow scent on the spear that killed her mother, Kali blames the elves for her mother’s demise.
Can be heard to call her breath weapon as “the true hellfire.”

Soundtrack:

Counting Bodies Like Sheep by A Perfect Circle

Relationships:
=neutral
=acquaintance
=special
=friend
=family
=respect
=crush
=love
=dislike/fear
=hate

Dragona:
-pending-

Vanguard:
-pending-

Shadar:
-pending-

Description

Name: Kali
--means “the black one,” “devourer of time”
Gender: Female
Race: Oriental, Sky
Age: 184 years

Height: 13’ 6”
Length: 28’ 2”

Weapon of Choice: Powerful electrical surge (breath weapon)

Rider: Ayla Halifax

Stat Chart: -pending-

Orientation: Heterosexual
Allegiance: Shadar
Worship: Gozreh (Storm and Sky)

Appearance
Build: Long, serpentine body and lithe in muscle toning, but otherwise has remarkably canine-ish features. She has powerful legs that provide substantial lift when she wishes to enjoy the freedoms of flight. She has a tail longer than her actual body length.
Fur: The fur coating her body is typically short, though starting near the top of her head is a dark blue, almost violet mane that stretches all the way down her back to the tip of her tail, which thickens and lengthens to a tuft. She is mostly a lighter blue, while on her shoulders and above her haunches are spots of two darker blues that dapple her pelt.
Horns: Colored pale cream and smaller than the length of her head the horns angle backwards, with two prongs.
Eyes: A dark blue that almost matches the violet of Ayla’s.

Scars:
Four thick lines starting at the top of her skull, slanting downwards and slightly to the left.

Accessories:
Manacle - bound to her left foreleg, the iron manacle still holds its place. Though it could easily be removed, she keeps it as a memory of her imprisonment, and that nothing can hold her forever.

History
Kali was born a dragon of wild origins, cared for in a large brood by a very young, beautiful oriental with proportions much the same as Kali has now. She grew up learning how to hunt from her mother and fighting skills from her siblings, and occasionally from her mother when the dragon of the sky fought off a male that sniffed too close to the young dragons of her clutch. Frequently, the young dragons would be left on their own for a short time while her mother hunted for them.

One return took longer than it ought have. The young ones grew restless, Kali especially. The brood could sense that something was wrong; the air crackled with all the tension of a coming storm. Their mother returned late, a massive wound soaking her chest fur with scarlet blood. A strange stick was buried in her chest, snapping against the ground as she collapsed. It smelled of the elf-meat her mother had sometimes brought them. Cries of distress filled the air as their mother’s breathing slowed to a halt and the light died from her eyes.

The cries caught the attention of many predators in the area, other dragons as well as the pack of wolves that had been stealing the scraps of kills Kali’s mother had left. But now there were not just scraps, but larger beasts that could provide the pack with a feast. Still, they had to wait for the passing of the dragons before they could move in on the brood. The smallest and weakest were the first of the brood to go; killed by disease and scavenged by lesser creatures. The wolf pack moved in, taking a few others. The clutch was decimated when a large male dragon came in and sought to make a quick meal. Their numbers dwindled, but the threat of death was not just from outside their rapidly shrinking family.

Some of the younglings were growing hungry, and without a mother to feed them, they turned on each other. What at first seemed like the playful wrestling of old turned quickly to violent and bloody battles between siblings, pausing only when one fell so they could feast. Soon, only three of the original twenty-four of the clutch remained, and they went their separate ways.

From then, Kali wandered for a seemingly endless length of time across the land, finding herself most drawn, inexplicably, to a forest near Melindev. It was there that she settled down, but she began to grow restless. It did not help that she felt as though she was being watched. Her restlessness grew the longer she stayed in the forest, until one day she wandered to a spring. It was there that she saw the dark figure of a Drow, preparing for a swim. Their minds collided as two storms, full of energy and raw power.

-the remainder of her history can be found on Ayla’s application-

Personality
l Reasonable l Protective l Determined l Loyal l Vain l Impetuous l Blunt l Violent l

Reasonable: Though she may seem otherwise, Kali is actually the voice of reason within the relationship between herself and Ayla. Frequently, she thinks things through a bit more thoroughly than her rider, and, depending on circumstances, is more prone to listening to the reasoning of others.
Protective: Though she is willing to defend those in danger from someone other than herself, she holds no one’s protection higher than Ayla’s. A threat towards Ayla would be disastrous on the part of the offender, as they might end up being on the wrong end of a very angry dragon.
Determined: Like Ayla, Kali has had a certain determination (or stubbornness, depending on how one looks at it), since she was very young. Without her strong will to live, she would not have survived long past her years as a fledgling. She has a mind hardened against ideas opposing to her own personal beliefs, reluctant to change her mind once it’s made up. She will often reject the help of others unless it is something she knows she cannot do on her own.
Loyal: Kali’s loyalty is even more brittle than Ayla’s. The moment she sees that an allegiance to someone might impair Ayla’s health or her own standings, she will sever her link to the individual, prompting Ayla to do so as well. To those that can hold her loyalty for a great length of time, however, a congratulations are in order: the longer a friendship remains, the harder it is for her to break ties.
Vain: Kali holds herself to very high standards, both in her physical appearance and her abilities (hence why she named herself as she did). She is rarely seen without a shining pelt and sharpened claws, her mane groomed immaculately. Even her scars, she holds to some amount of pride, as they serve as a trophy from a battle she considers to be a glorious win; and the manacle on her front wrist a trophy of achieving freedom. Kali is proud of her wild background; the only thing she sees wrong with herself is that her spots are something of an impurity.
Impetuous: Prone to making rash decisions, acting quickly without thoughts of consequence. Kali frequently lets her tongue ahead of her mind and may act on a base impulse that has been imprinted on her mind since her hatching. However, when Ayla is present, she is more likely to reign in rash decisions and think before she acts.
Blunt: It is only partially by accident that Kali does not control her tongue. She has sharp words that are ready to roll off her tongue, responding to an insult with an insult. However, she also carries the nature of a dragon that does not know the gift of selective lying, and sometimes offers truths where they are not wanted.
Violent: Thanks to a rough raising and wild heritage, Kali’s temper is likely to turn on a dime on the strangest of subjects, though her temper flares most frequently in the presence of danger to Ayla. In this, she may lash out with a snap of her jaws, whipping her tail, or flashing forward a sharply clawed paw. On rare occasions, she may threaten to present the offender with a charge of blue lightning.

Cardinal Trait: Protective

Strengths:
Agility - A long, slender body of grace and flexibility serves to provide Kali with a heightened ability to throw a flurry of attacks and duck nimbly away from retaliation.

Weaknesses:
Ayla - She knows that Ayla is prone to falling victim to old wounds, she often lets her guard down to make sure that Ayla is of good health.

Tidbits:
Kali will not name those she does not like.
She calls other dragons based on their color if names are unknown.
During times of great irritation, the air around her seems to crackle with energy.
Displeased by her spots; she sees them as an impurity.
Not realizing it was Drow scent on the spear that killed her mother, Kali blames the elves for her mother’s demise.
Can be heard to call her breath weapon as “the true hellfire.”

Soundtrack:

Counting Bodies Like Sheep by A Perfect Circle

Relationships:
=neutral
=acquaintance
=special
=friend
=family
=respect
=crush
=love
=dislike/fear
=hate

Dragona:
-pending-

Vanguard:
-pending-

Shadar:
-pending-