Bending the River 'Round the Mountains Green, Tualarth Runic Gizzard Stone: Sleep GasTualarth consumes firestone and breathes sleep gas instead of flames as per the item in Kalatis' Rare Relics
I wrote about Melonwei Impressing Tualarth before I thought I'd be playing Melonwei. >.>; Whoops. But! Little green Tualarth goes here!
Princess of the Rebel Underground Gold, Adelindra Aeon's Kiss Speech:Italic#fff146
Melonwei found a derelict nest of wild firelizard eggs on the beach, the mother nowhere to be seen. Perhaps something had happened to her, perhaps she had abandoned the nest, Melonwei was not to say. All she knew was that few of the eggs remained viable and of those, it was hatching day and someone had to be their mother. Precious green Tualarth waded into the sea to snatch fish to bring the ravenous youngsters, and one of the survivors, the little gold, Impressed upon the fallen Veiled Sister and rising apprentice weyrhealer that day.
The tenacity, stubbornness, and refusal to die that the little gold displayed, combined with her personality -- by appropriate turns completely affable and a vicious little beast when threatened -- reminded Melonwei of the princess of her home nation of Il'lorne. Not the princess who had assassinated the king to take his throne, but the sister she banished into the sewers and who presumably continues to direct the Resistance to this day from that same base in those same sewers. Thus, Adelindra earned her name.
She earned it more when she aged out of babyhood and Melonwei discovered that the clever little golden beauty could talk. Granted, a pure Pernese firelizard is not the apex of shiny intelligence or complexity, but Adelindra is by far delightfully surprisingly much smarter than Melonwei anticipated and much smarter than pure Pernese flits tend to be, and any conversation at all is reward enough.
Adelindra is a lanky little thing, long-limbed and a little spidery. Her egg sat abandoned for a good long while. She's never going to look perfectly healthy, always a little drawn and underfed, but she's now at least cared for and for all that she looks underfed...she isn't. Melonwei will never admit to having a soft spot, but it does exist, and its name is Adelindra.
Melonwei is a woman of dual personalities ever since her departure from the Withered Mask. She is both powerful and ruthless, but at the same time vulnerable and fragile. She is in transition between what she was, and who she will become.
Also is this particular Hellhound of dual emotions, though for him it is not transition it is strength!
He is one of the rare Hellhounds that advanced up the ladder of their kind, being born an Omega and both through battle and deed ascended to become a Hunter. And here he has found his place, and his purpose.
As the rank states, he is first and foremost a hunter. Set on a trail and there are very few things he cannot track down. When he starts his pursuit with his prey in his sight, he will never fail to run it to ground. He never forgets a scent he is asked to follow, and nothing - not rivers, nor mountains, nor a fortress walls - will get between him and his prey. He is serious and determined, rarely showing a sense of humor or participating in celebrations except as an observer. His mind seems utterly enthralled in the hunt. He is powerful, strong and agile, fierce and proud.
But then the coin flips, and his duality comes to light. He is a startlingly generous creature, especially for a Hellhound. If his Bonded asks him to hunt he will stalk only the best for her. When he makes his kill he will not withhold a single morsel for himself, delivering the whole to Melonwei no matter his own hunger. He will find herbs for her healing and return with more than she needed. If she is helping those in need, he will supply a bounty to fill their bellies. He will push himself to exhaustion to ensure others have enough, and Melonwei most of all.
He is Hunter, he is Provider.
Standing at three feet tall at the shoulder he had charcoal-colored fur that lies smooth to his body, giving him a streamline appearance and accentuating his powerful muscles when he moves. As it is with his fellow Hunters each paw is crimson red to match the band across his startling ice blue eyes.