DANTE
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NAME
???
NICKNAMES
Dante (Luke), Mac (Jules), Peridot/Peri (Riley)
SEX
Female
RACE
Dragon
In the loosest sense - she's a mutt, with quite a bit of wyvern in her, if the tail and the strong rear legs are anything by which to presume.
ALIGNMENT
True Neutral
AGE
Juvenile
SIZE
Small-to-medium
EYES
Orange
DIET
Carnivorous, scavenger
Physical Description:
This small and odd-looking little dragon stands roughly around twenty-six inches at the shoulder, and walks and hops with a two-legged stance. Her front arms are almost completely useless, and her wings more suited to balance and gliding rather than any sustained flight. Her legs and feet are large and muscular, and end in tiny talons with three toes facing forward, and one back. She has pointed, expressive ears, a beak-like snout and long whiskers. A barbed stinger at the end of a long, prehensile tail contains a fast-acting poison - to which she appears to be immune - that proves useful when hunting.
Behavior/Personality:
Dante is essentially a very hungry, curious kitten. She becomes instantly attached and loyal to anyone who feeds her, gives her gifts (preferably "shinies"), pampers her or shows her kindness. She has a simple and twisted sense of humor, and often engages in stalking and hunting play.
Quirks:
She is capable of human speech, but for most of her childhood, she was only capable of parroting and gibberish. HOWEVER, she also subscribed to the Sunny Baudelaire school of silly vocabulary obfuscation in that her gibberish sometimes made sense, in a roundabout way (e.g, responding “Apples” to a mass question about Commodore 64s, “Custer” to a question about fighting a losing battle, etc.)
As she matures, so does her ability to speak, though quirks do still occasionally slip out.
She enjoys tight and dark spaces and has been known to come up through water drains and roost in the odd guitar case when she was young.
Skills:
Eating. Hunting. Mooching.
Hoarding anything shiny – but is less discerning than the typical dragon in that a wedding ring and a tinfoil ball will likely be treated equally. Dante is also prone to seeking out books, tearing out illustrations she enjoys, and keeping the pages among her treasures.
She appears to be partial to Gustave Doré.
Strengths:
She can be cute and charming, she knows it, and she definitely uses this to her advantage.
Weaknesses:
Sticky paper traps, or any other type of pest control measures. Because of her naivete and tendency to attach to anyone bearing flattery and snacks, she is also is very easily led.
Glam rock.
Notes:
She has two siblings from the same clutch - a copper bruiser and a red runt, both males. Their locations are currently unknown.
