  Tabitha “Tabs” CardingAge: 124yrs old, looks early 30s - Pronouns: She/They/He - Species: Dragon - Sexuality: Pansexual/Polyamorous Security Clearance Level: 1 - Specialization: Junior Steward #54NCT - Sanctuary, Maine, USA 
△ Motherly, Generous, Good Cook ▷ Carefully controlled emotions, Flirtatious, Sarcastic, Musically inclined ▽ Depressed, Hoarder, Territorial About Tabs used to be a regular human before a fateful encounter with a dragon turned her life completely upside down. Transformed into a dragon herself, she’s had to learn how to adjust to her new abilities and life circumstances. She does what she can to help others in her situation while maintaining a healthy emotional distance. One can’t live their whole life in fear however, so she continues traveling and exploring and seeing what she can do with the new life she’s been given. Typical Appearance 6’9” - 250ish lbs - EYE COLOR: Green-gold - HAIR COLOR: Blonde with a reddish tint While in human form, Tabitha is very tall, almost Amazonian, and lanky with fair, white skin that is absolutely covered in freckles. Her long, butt-length, blonde hair with a reddish tint to it is usually tied back in a braid, while her bangs tend to be messy. Tabs’ eyes are green with a gold ring around the pupil, although her whole iris will turn gold the more of her dragon form she’s feeling. She is physically fit with some muscle definition. In Dragon form, Tabs stands at about 6’11” at the shoulder. She has four powerful legs, and two leathery, bat-like wings. Her general build is almost more feline in nature: lithe and lean. A golden mane, the same color as her hair, goes down her long neck; there are also tufts of golden hair at her elbows, heels, and the tip of her tail. A pair of horns sweep back on her head, hooking upward, while a smaller horn sits at the front of each of the longer ones. Her scales are golden in color, except for the stripe of brown scales going from under her chin, down her neck and belly, and down to the tuft on her tail. Both her front and back feet are cat-like with four fingers or toes and a dewclaw. This makes it hard for her to pick things up or manipulate objects easily. Gear & Extras Tabs tends to dress in neutral earth tones, preferring pants and shirts to skirts or dresses, but she can make anything work. Fancy occasions tend to bring out brighter, bolder colors, usually in jewel tones. She generally travels light with just her phone and wallet, preferring not to bring too much of value with her lest it be lost or stolen. She has two tattoos: a magical green key on her right inner forearm and a regular yellow key on her left inner forearm. When the magic of the green key is activated, turning a doorknob will open a moderate interdimensional pocket to her hoard room.
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 ▲ Superhuman In human form, Tabs has superhuman senses and strength. Sight and smell are the strongest senses, with hearing coming in a close third. She could lift a truck or a minivan and throw it a short distance, and if necessary, her strong legs can give her a slight advantage of speed. Her skin retains a scale-like durability, though she’s certainly not indestructible. ▲ I’m a Dragon, Rawr! Tabs can shift at will between her human and dragon form, even if her human form is the one she feels more comfortable with. Her dragon form is bigger, stronger, and has the power of flight. Whatever she’s wearing just kinda melts into the dragon form and unfurls when she changes back. As the dragon form is technically her true form now, Tabs must spend at least an hour every day in dragon form or she starts to feel icky and get cranky. ▲ Firepower Whether in human or dragon form, Tabs has the ability to breathe a stream of fire. She also has limited ability to manipulate fire. She can’t pull it to her from across a room, but she can send it there. Usually she just uses it to cook. Her affinity for fire also makes her more resistant to higher temperatures. Another dragon’s fire would likely leave a mark, but mundane fires are manageable. ▲ Draconic Telepathy Tabs has found that she’s able to communicate telepathically with other dragons or those with dragon blood. She tries not to use it too often because it might freak the other party out, and she’s had minimal training to keep her own mind closed to outside mental contact. ▼ Controlling Emotions Her ability to transform is often closely tied with her emotions, so an extreme in any direction can prompt an unintended transformation. Fear, rage, or sadness will cause the change as an instinct of self-defense (ex: claws, fangs, scales first); extreme joy may cause a change as the magic in the blood seeks freedom from the confining human form (ex: wings or tail first). Tabs must be careful to remain emotionally balanced, or at least emotionally neutral. Little annoyances and small joys come and go without too much of a problem. ▼ Great Depression Even after almost a hundred years, Tabs is not taking the concept of her “ascendance” very well. She’s already lost so many people and she’s not looking forward to losing however many more in her presumably very long lifetime. She knows she’s not immortal, but she still can’t wrap her head around the idea of living for centuries. It’s hard to want to make meaningful connections but isolating herself doesn’t help either. Some days, it’s just hard to be anything at all. ▼ Hoarding Addiction Ever since becoming a dragon, Tabs has had a predilection for treasures, specifically gold. It’s still something she’s getting used to/trying to control. Needless to say, she guards the secrets of her hoards very carefully, and in general, she is frugal with her money because any time she has to pawn off pieces of her hoard is painful. ▼ Don’t Lose Your Key The magical green key tattoo on her right inner forearm is susceptible to anything else that can ruin a normal tattoo. It’s tied specifically to her human form, so she can’t access it in her dragon form. And any significant damage to the tattooed skin in human form can ruin the magic that makes it function. Losing access to her hoard like that would be devastating. It’s possible the spell could be reworked but it would take some serious time and effort, and Tabs may not have access to someone who could do it properly. History Tabitha was born in 1902 to an Irish mother and a British father. The dynamic between the two sides of the family was always tense, but as a family unit, they were always happy. Tabitha’s mother passed away when she was 5, and she was raised by her father and maternal grandparents in Dublin so that her grandparents wouldn’t have to lose the last piece of their daughter. Her father always blamed himself for her turning out to be such a tomboy, but they never regretted any of their adventures. As a professor of archaeology, he took her to museums, or sometimes they explored historic or abandoned castles across Ireland and England. When WWI began in 1914, Tabitha was sent to live with her aunt and cousins in New Rochelle, New York. She would have returned home once it ended, but the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War meant trouble back home. She ended up staying in New York until 1924, after the conclusion of the Irish Civil War, getting a taste of the Roaring 20s before returning to her father, who was by then living in Surrey. Her father was amused to see her with bobbed hair and dressed in the latest American fashion. It was something he would tease her about long after she abandoned such styles. In July of 1926, Tabitha and her father went on one of their exploratory trips to the ruins of a centuries old castle in England. They split up to explore different parts, and while poking around in the cellars, Tabitha fell through a hole in the crumbling floor. She woke up with a nasty headache in a cavern far below the castle, scraped and bruised and bloody, and face to face with a giant golden dragoness. The dragoness, though a terrifying surprise, had saved her life. The dragoness was dying, alone and afraid after centuries of solitude, with no offspring and a hoard of treasure to protect. Without Tabitha’s consent, the dragoness performed a ritual, the Gift of Ascendance, a spell which passed all of the dragon’s magical essence into Tabitha, binding at the level of DNA and altering her completely. The pain of such intense change knocked Tabitha out again. The spell drained the last of the dragoness’s remaining strength, and she passed away. Tabitha woke up a few hours later to the poking and prodding of an air sprite who’d come to check on the dragoness. Instead, she’d found a female lying in a ring of cinders – all that remained of the dragoness. Finding her old friend dead and a new Being to take care of, the air sprite helped Tabitha leave the cavern and smuggled her to safer places, cliff-side caves and the hearts of forests, etc. Tabitha never got to say goodbye to her father. She spent the next decade in the company of other supernatural and magical Beings, learning about her new heritage and learning how to exist in her newly “ascended” state. While grateful for the help of those she had met, Tabitha was not content to hide, dangerous as it might have been to venture back out into the world. She and a few other young supernaturals set out on their own to explore the world and test themselves and their abilities. In secret, Tabitha helped free POWs in WWII, liberating those under Nazi persecution anywhere she could. She sat in numb disbelief over the destruction caused by the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, cried over the death of Gandhi, raged over segregation in the US, and marveled at the science of space travel. Tabitha continues to wander, taking in all the wondrous sights that the world has to offer while staying on the peripherals of society. Her travels also help her maintain and expand an extensive network of connections, both supernatural and human. If anyone, supernatural or otherwise (though usually supernatural), needs a roof or a meal, Tabitha’s door is open, and if her guest is particularly stuck, she’ll check with her contacts to see if anything can be done to help them. In the meanwhile, she’ll keep traveling. Most recently settled in a small town in Maine in the USA, Tabitha has been there for about five years with no immediate intention of leaving. She has a decently paying job as a cook, and she doesn’t go poking her nose where it doesn’t belong. On her nights off, she can sometimes be found volunteering her services at homeless shelters in the nearest cities, mostly looking for wayward supernaturals who might need somewhere a little safer to stay for a bit. Upon hearing that some weirdness was happening in other parts of the country, Tabs set out to investigate and ended up falling through a Rift. Since then, Tabs has joined up with the AoTM in order to preserve some sense of purpose. Not confident in her ability to fight something as massive as the Corruption, she at least wants to help take care of the beings that are fighting the tough fight. Stewardship feels more up her alley, and she's enjoying getting to know this new place and its people.  |
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▲ +15 Points - Tabitha puts extra love into every dish she works on, and people notice.
▲ +15 Points - Tabitha puts extra love into every dish she works on, and people notice.
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(?) This character is not yet well known in any areas and has not yet done anything to increase or decrease their reputation. They are still true neutral.
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