A New Family for a New World

There was certainly a presence in the Shrinethat had called to Nadira, though it was contained for the moment in a shell. A large egg that any from the Weyr could easily identify sat in a nest of gray stone, and watching over it was a gentle-looking unicorn with a rose gold horn. She lifted her gaze as Nadira drew near, then lowered her head in greeting.

Hello, dearie, she said, her Mindvoice gentle and grandmotherly in tone. I was wondering who might come to the Shrine. I believe we've been waiting for you. She delicately stepped up to the woman and lowered her head to touch Nadira's shoulder with her horn.

Bond! The Gentle Grandmother Compassion Unicorn to Nadira!

Perhaps a minute after the Bond had taken place the egg started to rock back and forth. Cracks formed on its surface, and as pieces fell away a grunting could be heard from within.

C'mon - I got this - oh come away already! One scaled leg broke through, then a tail, then the shell shattered to reveal a black mottle dragonette.

The female dragonette shook the last bits of shell from her head, then looked right at Nadira.

Ah! You're here, Mine. I'm glad for that - I couldn't sense you, so I thought you might not make it for my hatching. Not that we wouldn't find one another eventually - you're too good for that. I'm Sigrith, Mine.

Bond! In the Darkness Hope Shines (Somewhat Guffly) Brightest Female Hope Giver Black Mottle Dragon, Sigrith to Nadira!

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In the Darkness Hope Shines (Somewhat Guffly) Brightest Female Hope Giver Black Mottle Dragon, Sigrith

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With there notably moody natures it might come as a surprise that a Black Mottle would develop the Hope Giver mutation. Even the influence of their mixed bloodlines can't typically override their tempestuous temperaments, and in Hope Shines it certainly has not. She even has a black's fondness for shiny things. But she has the mutation anyhow and it has come out in a cheerleader personality...in a sense.

You think this is hard? Oh please! You're so much tougher than this pathetic trouble.

You get right back in that bed right now! You're sick and you need rest to kick the virus' tail back to between.

Don't you dare let me hear you say you can't. I know you better and I'm not going to let you give up!

Yes, Hope Shines is a bit of a bully in the best sense of the word. She fully believes that Nadira can do anything she believes in, and won't hear otherwise. Even when things are at their darkest that's when she will help her Rider shine brightest even if the dragon needs to shove her into it. You might say she has full belief in the power of positivity. Just no one ever taught her the value of a gentle touch now and again.

Hope Shines is as dark of hide and scale as an obsidian stone. She has only a single band of scales across her chest at heart level and across her wing bones; the rest of her is smooth hide. She is rather unique as she is quad-horned with both the forwards sweeping horns of a black and the straight top-of-the-head horns of a silver, both of which are an almost pearly ivory. She stretches twenty meters long from nose to the ace-shaped frill on her tail tip, and the frill is where her Hope Giver mutation, a pink ribbon in a single looping bend, is displayed.


The Gentle Grandmother Compassion Unicorn

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An elderly unicorn, Gentle Grandmother brings with her a wealth a wisdom, kindness, and compassion that was a natural to her from birth and has only grown with the passing of years. No matter how stressful the situation or how upset Nadira may become she will simply sooth with a soft Mindvoice and patient, loving eyes. She has seen so much and come through the other side that honestly very little has the power to rattle her now. She is grandmother to all and her loved ones are 'dearie,' and 'honey.' No matter the heartbreak, no matter the problem, she's more than willing to offer her sage advice and the comfort of her presence.

Standing as tall at the shoulder as your average horse and with an equine body, Gentle Grandmother has a pale mint coat and dark evergreen mane and tail with natural sapphire ends that hangs in soft waves. Her eyes are sea green-blue and shining with gentleness and her rose gold hooves and horn are always burnished to a welcoming sheen (even if she sometimes drapes her horn in a lacy cloth so that it adorns her brow and nose).