Site-transferred Dragon

[Tirya Moonflame]

This is my bronze Urukath, who was written for me on a now-dead site and who I'd like to bring to Isle.

His and his rider's full profile from their original site can be read here, but I've copied Urukath's part here for your convenience.

His rider's basic concept is "ex-Holdless who deliberately joined a Weyr in hopes of Impressing".

If I'm allowed to bring him here, he'd be somewhere in the range of 3-5 Turns old and my concept for him would be "incredibly possessive of his rider, to the point of biting the dragons of people who try to get close to him".

Urukath

Theme: Orc
Credit: Isra
Image Base By: Mistywren
Name Based On: 'Uruk' means 'orc' in the Black Speech, the language of Mordor created by Sauron.

Color: Bronze, #54461B
Rank: Weyrling
Clutch: Gold Phediath and bronze Ulaith – Turn 4

Personality:

To say he's a little rough around the edges wouldn't be far from the truth at all. Urukath is blunt and one hundred percent honest in all things, to the point of abrasiveness and what one might consider to be cruelty. He doesn't sugar coat things, and he won't beat around the bush if he has something to say to someone. This isn't because he enjoys hurting peoples' feelings, but because being anything but one hundred percent honest is a foreign concept to him. Most dragons don't lie as a matter of course, but most of them learn tact from their riders. Urukath is not one such dragon, and he doesn't see why some people consider this to be a bad trait.

As one might imagine, Urukath is something of a loner. He possesses the same bond with the rest of his kind as other dragons, but that bond does not generally compel him into close proximity with other dragons most of the time, either in a physical or emotional capacity. S'ran is enough of a companion for him on most days, and when he does interact with other dragons, it tends to be as one warrior to another, or even as a Captain directing his troops – he is a bronze, after all. To that end, he's not a dragon who easily conforms to being commanded by others; obviously they wouldn't be in a position of authority if they didn't deserve it, but Urukath will remain suspicious until they've actually proven themselves competent in his eyes. If they should fail to do so, they will find him near impossible to command until they have.

That isn't to say, of course, that he doesn't have a heart. It's simply well-shielded and difficult to find. After all, a warrior can ill-afford to have loved ones to worry about when he's in the midst of battle, and his concern with getting himself and S'ran through Threadfall unscathed is generally more than enough emotional distress for him. Should you manage to worm your way into his heart, however, you could wish for no greater ally. Urukath will be your brother-in-arms, your champion, your defender. Acting out against a friend is, in his mind, just as if you acted out against him, and Urukath will respond accordingly. It is generally unwise to harass those he calls comrade, because unlike most dragons, he's not afraid to shove someone around if he feels the situation warrants it.

Given these rather brutish qualities, one might expect Urukath to be rather slow of wit, and to some degree, he is. He's not cunning or canny or really capable of anything that requires a tremendous amount of guile. That doesn't mean he's stupid, just that he much prefers to deal with things directly, and in turn to be dealt with directly. If he thinks you're trying to trick him somehow you'll get to see just how quickly he can get rip-roaring mad, and unless you can prove that you weren't, you'll lose his trust. Thankfully, Urukath isn't the type to hold a grudge, though he would if he could. The truth is that his memory isn't the best; he'll remember what's really, intensely important, but he tends to forget minor details rather quickly.

Weyrlinghood:

Because of his tendency to positively steamroll over any obstacle in his path, Urukath will do very well in Weyrling training. He will also do very poorly in some regards, because once he learns how to do something, the last thing he wants to do is spend days doing it over and over again. He wants to be taught more, regardless of whether or not the Weyrlingmaster thinks he's ready, and it won't take long to discover that Urukath is one of those dragons that pushes himself beyond his limits rather quickly. S'ran will have to keep a close eye on him, especially when they get near to the big milestones, namely flying, firestone training, and learning to go between.

His tendency to charge into things like a bull in a china shop isn't likely to earn him many friends in the process. Even among his peers Urukath will be something of an outsider, and not just because other dragons think he's a show-off or because he's scared them off. He honestly doesn't much care to socialize with his fellow hatchlings, and if S'ran allows it, this will set a trend toward perpetual solitude later in life.

For all of the difficulties he'll present to his rider, Urukath will be thankfully predictable in other respects. He'll grow well and evenly, without a multitude of stop-and-start growth spurts, and while he'll be somewhat ungainly and awkward at first, it won't take him long to grow into himself and adjust to moving and handling his own body with casual ease.

Mating Flights:

Urukath is a fighter, not a lover. This is one bronze who seems to be interested in mating flights only because it's instinctively wired into him, and even then, only just. It's not often, if at all, that he'll bother to chase after greens when they rise. His size is prohibitive enough to keep him from catching them even if he should chase, but unless the need is particularly pressing, or his rider has an interest in the rider of the green in question, Urukath seems utterly content to leave most greens to the other males.

Golds, on the other hand... all bronzes share a special connection to queen dragons, and Urukath is no exception. He's not the type to flirt with or flatter them beforehand, to try and get in their good graces so that they might deign to choose him once they rise. No, Urukath is a fighter even in love, for he will forcefully prove himself to be the most worthy mate. When a gold rises, he chases with single-minded intensity, with no other thought but outdoing the competition and claiming the queen as his own by sheer strength and prowess. He won't wait for her to choose; if he spots an opportunity to make a catch, then he'll reach out and grab it whether she seems ready to be caught or not.

Should he lose a flight, Urukath isn't the type to really hold a grudge unless the bronze that won is a truly insufferable git. He tends to forget the flight rather quickly unless he has a good reason to remember it. Should he win, however, the gold might find him to be surprisingly courteous. He won't be at her every beck and call, won't be a doting and loving mate, but Urukath will do his part nonetheless, hunting for the queen if she requires it and guarding the eggs she lays with the same ferocious intensity he took into the initial mating flight. He will also guard the queen herself until the next time she rises in flight, for until that time, she belongs to him and to no other male dragon, and anyone trying to edge in on his territory will have to deal with him personally.

Threadfall:

Kill it. Kill it, burn it, sear it from the sky. Urukath is made to fight Thread not only in body, but in mind, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a dragon more dedicated to clearing Pern's skies of the parasite than he is. Urukath is a steam engine; what he lacks in the maneuverability of the smaller dragons and the stamina of those larger than he is, he more than makes up with sheer determination and force of will. If Thread is falling, he will rise to flame it, and he will not stop until it's gone no matter how tired or hurt he gets. Because of this, S'ran will have to be particularly careful when gauging the strength Urukath has left during 'Fall so that his dragon doesn't overexert himself or make a minor injury worse by refusing to go and have it treated.

And Urukath is bound to get injured. During 'Fall he is a risk-taker, not simply out of the pressing need of his duty to char Thread, but because he gets a thrill like no other when they Weyr rises to fight the menace. There is nothing to him that is more glorious than the battle, and in his mind, there is no dragon better at fighting Thread than Urukath. He'll go out of his way to prove it if necessary, which will prompt his rider, his Wingleader, and perhaps even the Weyrleader to call him to task for taking unnecessary risks. No matter how mature he becomes, this is likely a trait that will never change, and not just because it's a matter of pride. If he sees Thread, he will sear it from the skies, and woe be it to S'ran if Urukath should ever be seriously injured enough to be grounded from 'Fall for any length of time.

Mindvoice:

Rough, grating. Urukath's voice is granite against marble on a good day, deep and growling and far from comforting. Should you anger him, it turns into something not dissimilar to being stuck in the middle of an avalanche. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be much else in between, and it'll take some practice to be able to read the highly subtle nuances of his tone when he speaks to you. Urukath is not a dragon that easily telegraphs his emotions in his thought speech, but there are a few signs to look out for. If he's happy, then he's apt to be more descriptive, his voice more of a flowing rumble. If angry, it turns sharp and short, stone striking against stone, and he'll speak with the minimum amount of words required to get his point across. He might be difficult to read at first, but once you learn to understand him, it will be easy to divine his mood from his tone of voice.

Description:

From nose tip to tail forks, Urukath is built for his purpose in life. This is not a dashing, handsome bronze, not a sleek greyhound or thickly built muscular bull among his color. He is not built to outmaneuver flighty greens or outlast patient golds.

Urukath is built to fight.

On the larger size of average for his color, Urukath might have been considered a buff, bulky dragon had he the musculature to fill out his heavy-boned frame. As it is, he appears somewhat unfinished, his hide stretched over his skeleton like a tautly pulled skin on a drum. He's big in a rawboned sort of way; there is a proliferance of muscle clinging to his body, but he will always look as though he needs more. This in no way detracts from his imposing presence, however; if anything, it only enhances it. The sheer breadth of his chest and shoulders proclaims that he would be a massive beast indeed if he was fully fleshed out... not that anyone in their right mind would ever consider him to be small as he is. And somehow, that rough, angular build only seems to make him all the more fierce looking, as if he'd been etched out of coarse stone instead of hatched from an egg. Even his wings, which are surprisingly long and large, look as if they've been carved from fine, semitransparent jewels instead of being made of flesh.

His features are just as fierce as the rest of him. Urukath's head is heavy and angular, and there's not a person alive on Pern who would ever call him pretty. He's got a strongly cut jaw, broad and with a slight but still pronounced underbite, and no matter what angle you look at him from there are a few teeth that always manage to protrude from his muzzle. His eye ridges are thick and heavy, for all the world making him look as though he is permanently glaring at the whole world... which might not be far from the truth. It cannot even be said that the color of his hide makes up for what he lacks in physical beauty, because it doesn't. True enough, Urukath is certainly a unique hue; he's a dark, deep bronze, his hide flecked with even darker mottling that looks distinctly like old, tarnished rust spots... or maybe dried blood, for they are a reddish bronze hue against the aged, coppery armor that comprises the rest of his hide. The only part of him that could be considered beautiful would be his wing sails, and only if they catch the light in the proper fashion. Even then, there is something unsettling about that beauty, as if the thin membrane has cast a pallor of blood over a dying sun...

[Dragonmage]

Since Tirya already made a thread to ask about transferred dragons, I'm putting this here to avoid spam.

This is Urukath's brother/nemesis/general nuisance Chiaroscuroth, also known as Chia-pet or Chia-face.

If I am allowed to bring him into the Rocky verse, he would be a brown with the defect of having spotty coverage when talking to people. I can elaborate if you need me to.

His rider is a worry-wart dragonhealer, whose original profile can be found here.

Chiaroscuroth

Theme: Rat
Credit: Isra
Image Base By: Mistywren
Name Based On: Chiaroscuro, which means “light-dark” in Italian; it is also the name of the primary rat character in Kate DiCamillo's “The Tale of Despereaux” novels.

Color: Bronze, #D4A000/977300/ffd56b
Rank: Weyrling
Clutch: Gold Phediath and Bronze Ulaith

Personality:

A charming, witty little fellow. Chiaroscuroth is chipper and sprightly, far unlike the normal proud, regal, overinflated personality one might expect from a bronze dragon. He's friendly and bright, quite personable to most, if in a slightly reserved fashion. Though a touch shy at first, it doesn't take much to draw him out of his shell, so to speak. He genuinely enjoys the company of others and will carry on a conversation with most anyone who's willing to chat with him, or who at least doesn't mind listening to him chatter on about one thing or another. And chatter on he will; Chiaroscuroth will dominate a conversation without really trying to, even if what he's talking about is mundane and inconsequential. He doesn't mean to, of course, and will be contrite when he discovers that he is, but it happens frequently nonetheless.

It's rare for Chiaroscuroth to lose his temper. He doesn't really have much of one, to be honest, and generally prefers to avoid confrontation than get involved in a spat, but even he can get roused to irritation. When he does, he puffs himself up both literally and figuratively with indignation. He certainly won't get into any sort of physical altercation, but he'll have no problem telling the offender off, though to be perfectly honest he hardly comes off as intimidating. Being small doesn't help, but the fact that his voice tends to break and squeak when he gets angry makes it incredibly difficult for anyone to take him seriously.

Being a dragon, Chiaroscuroth honestly doesn't understand why T'sani spends so much of his time worrying about things. Because he is worried, though, Chiaroscuroth will be worried as well, even if he doesn't really know why and tends to forget that he should be worried fairly rapidly afterward. But oh, when it's on his mind, will he worry! Worry worry worry, and he'll chat about it with his friends; did you know we're short on cloth? Oh yes, it's positively dreadful! Why? Well... well, we need cloth, of course! There are some things that he does understand the necessity of worrying over, like food and Threadfall and firestone, but by and large he only worries because he thinks T'sani needs the emotional support. Every now and again he will try to talk his rider out of being so upset, though he generally has mixed results.

He also doesn't understand why T'sani wants to do the same thing at the same time every day. Routine is all but a foreign concept to him, and while he'll have to acquiesce that some things simply happen routinely as a matter of course, by and large Chiaroscuroth tries to avoid being predictable like it's a plague. He won't sun in the same place two days in a row, or even at the same time unless the sun is particularly good then. When he hunts, he tries not to eat the same thing twice, and he absolutely abhors it if he and T'sani have to do sweeps over the same area more than once. Given T'sani's love of his routine, they will be at odds on this matter quite a bit, particularly since Chiaroscuroth doesn't like upsetting his rider when he does break routine. Spontaneity is just so much more fun, engaging and entertaining him, and while he might try to conform to a patter to spare T'sani's sanity, he generally ends up going stir-crazy and breaking away from routine in a big, exuberant way. They'll need to find some sort of happy medium to keep from driving each other crazy.

Weyrlinghood:

At first, it will seem as though Chiaroscuroth will excel at Weyrling training. He'll practically devour every lesson he's taught... but then things will start getting rough. Doing the same thing day after day, repeating the same lessons... Chiaroscuroth loathes the same old boring routine, and will quickly seek to find other diversions to entertain himself with. It'll be up to T'sani to help keep him focused, and to keep him from trying something rash and dangerous if he should get bored. Being the imaginative sort, Chiaroscuroth may very well get himself involved in a few pranks here and there just to liven things up a bit.

Being a small bronze, T'sani will have an easier time than most in dealing with his dragon's growth spurts. Chiaroscuroth will grow steadily and evenly, which will at least have the advantage of giving his rider one less thing to worry about, though T'sani will need to make sure he doesn't overexert himself and strain a growing muscle.

Mating Flights:

Though his small size will mean it'll be incredibly difficult for him to stand a chance at catching a queen, Chiaroscuroth will still try for it nonetheless, and he'll definitely go after greens. He'll be one of the few bronzes capable of keeping up with the nimble, wily antics, as well. What he lacks in stamina, however, Chiaroscuroth more than makes up for in charm. He's not necessarily an outrageous flirt, but he'll make a move now and again if he feels he stands a chance with that particular female, especially if said female is a gold. That being said, while he may find himself enamored of a particular female every now and again, Chiaroscuroth isn't the type of dragon to settle down with a single mate, and unless T'sani is particularly distressed by his choice to do so, will chase practically any rising dragon.

Should he win a mating flight, Chiaroscuroth will try to be a good mate, but unless he holds a particular interest in the female he caught, he won't be all that good at it. This isn't because he's a player who simply wants to get the most notches on his bedpost, so to speak, but because of his social tendencies. Chiaroscuroth likes to meet new dragons, and his emotions tend to fluctuate accordingly; he might become infatuated with a particular green for a while, but unless she's got the right sort of bright, vibrant personality, he'll quickly grow bored with her and move on.

Threadfall:

Fighting Thread is the best job in the world. It's difficult, yes, and extremely dangerous, but in spite of that, Chiaroscuroth loves it because Thread never falls the same way twice. It always keeps him on his toes, keeps him mentally stimulated and concentrating on how to get himself and T'sani through 'Fall unscathed. Because of this focus, he isn't apt to get majorly injured unless the circumstances of a particular Threadfall are exceedingly difficult.

In spite of his efficiency, however, Chiaroscuroth isn't likely to make Wingleader, at least not at first. While he can last a full Threadfall, the fact that he is easily outlasted by pretty much every other bronze in the Weyr means that he's unlikely to be considered for the position. That isn't to say that it'll never happen, but he and T'sani will definitely have to work for it. Wingsecond is another matter entirely, and with their combined mental fortitude, the pair may find themselves in high demand for that rank someday.

Mindvoice:

Unsurprisingly, Chiaroscuroth's mindvoice is very light and quick, though remarkably pleasant to hear. It's on the high end of the tenor range, and he compensates for his tendency to talk very quickly by enunciating his words very precisely, though that sometimes doesn't help if he opts to use big words. He doesn't have much of a vocal range otherwise; his voice gets raspy and rough if he tries to talk in too low a pitch, and if he gets overly excited, startled, angry, or otherwise emotionally riled up, his voice breaks and tends to develop a bit of a squeak. Because of this, he compensates by injecting a large amount of emotion into his words; you might not always be able to decipher his tone, but the feeling that accompany what he's saying to you make his moods quite plain and easy to read.

Description:

For a bronze dragon, Chiaroscuroth is downright tiny. He doesn't even fully reach the minimum length expected of his color, topping off only at 36 feet, and could almost be considered dainty. He's nowhere near as broad across the chest and shoulders as his bronze brethren, being more slender and streamlined than is usually looked for in a dragon of his color. That being said, there's not a single bronze dragon on all of Pern that can twist and turn in mid-air as he can, and he is by far one of the fastest bronzes, even if he does sacrifice a fair amount of stamina because of it. His wings are long and narrow to aid him in his fast, darting flights of fancy.

This inherent daintiness leaves its mark on his every feature, as well. For the duration of his life, Chiaroscuroth is more apt to be called cute instead of handsome, which one might consider to be an odd description for one of Pern's majestic, mighty bronze dragons. It's only the truth, however; Chiaroscuroth's muzzle is long and narrow, his features fine-boned almost to the point of delicacy. He has large, wide eyes set beneath highly arched eye ridges, giving him a perpetually startled expression. This is only enhanced by the fact that he tends to move in quick, sharp jerks, as if something had frightened him into action. Nevertheless, he's still a good looking fellow; his hide is predominantly a warm, tawny gold-bronze hue, with darker, piebald patches of true bronze along his back, shoulders and head. The same color graces the arms and fingers of his wings, while the sails themselves lighten back out into a lighter shade of gold-bronze once again.

[FaizahPandora]

Tirya, since you want him to be at Isle, and Isle is accepting bronzes, go ahead and make a profile for him. So I can review it and accept him. Just keep in mind that he has to have a defect of some sort.

Dmage, both Rocky and Isle are accepting browns, so just make his profile so I can review it.