Allopathes, the Black Coral

 

Name Allopathes
Gender

Female, she/her, see below

Homeworld Dragon Pact's (pending specific)
Species

Dragon Turtle Variant: Coral - Speaks verbally and can speak draconic and aquan natively, she learned english and local undersea languages easily; Amphibious, breathes both water and air equally but does tend to remain under the surface more than beaching herself; Budding and Bigender Breeding, is able to reproduce asexually if needed by using the coral pips on her shell, or serve as either male or female for breeding with another (usually water-based) dragon, naming usually water or oceanic themed; Natural Cure, shrugs off conditions like poison and paralysis within a short time; Dark and Low Light Vision, being under the sea means adjusting to light that is nearly not there, 120 feet range in complete darkness and line of normal sight in low conditions, though she does complain about the brightness of the sun sometimes...; Prefers salt and brackish water and warm climates; piscivore with the occasional algae/seaweed ingested; appearance as shown, but species tend to be brighter and with pastel shades rather than her Melanistic coloration (which will likely pass to all offspring in ways); Social, more than normal Dragon Turtles, but territorial when they do find a place to remain at home

Age and Size: currently considered at the cusp of Child and Teen, 15 years (the same as any other Soph!) and since her breed tends to grow rather large, she's already too big to fit in basically any school room. 14' at the shoulder, though she'll be that size for at least another 30 years, and likely grow to around 22' when she's elderly; measured from tip of forefin to top of shell, length = height x 5 at adulthood

May bond to other dragons requiring one, but does not require it herself

Totem Dragon! (Large at adulthood, B/F +3 / -3 dex (flippers, no walking, but highly agile in water), Drive 0 / +2 Water Navigation only, adult size Bonk +10, +5 kks
Nut If I say 'water chestnut' don't hurt me
Class Sophomore 25kks
Smarts 6
Bod/Feet 9/3 (water agility/dexterity)
RWP 1
Luck 3
Drive 0/8 water nav only
Looks 6
Cool 2
Bonk 9
Powers

Dragon Turtle Variant - as a dragon she's definitely got all the bells and whistles of a magically-enabled species. Not all of these will be of much use unless she takes some classes to help control them, but all can be passed on in any offspring. Physical traits are detailed above in Species.

Breath Weapons: can shoot water strongly from her mouth and throat, which is what she usually uses to hunt, stunning groups of medium-sized fish or aiming carefully and hitting hard enough to puncture a large one's skull at short range (60 feet); this can be modified by magically adjusting the temperature of the water spray, generally she plays more with Ice Breath than Hot Water, because she claims it's more accurate (which it is) and won't linger in ways that might damage the area (since heat will often hurt things she doesn't want to harm!). The Ice Shard can be sniped both in and out of water to deadly effect as a single foot-long shard, accurate to 60 feet if she knows where the target is or will be; she can create a fan of superhot water that then drifts a bit which can help with very cold water being thawed, but where she lives right now doesn't exactly have that problem...

Siren Song: can sing a soothing, haunting melody that will cause drowsiness and sleep, this wordless song even works if people record it, so she is thinking perhaps there's a career in sleep studies and insomnia aid.

Encourage Plant Growth: magically able to enliven the local water plant and coral population, works on surface plants but she's rarely in proximity to those. She does help out by diving to the deep-ocean research facility where they have plants to produce their oxygenated air, again a good career path open to her!

Magic: though she isn't really one to go into the actual-magic-casting field, she is fully capable of learning more about her innate spellcasting, and if someone demonstrates any given 'force of will' or self-enabled power around her she might even try emulating it (Sorcery).

Clusters 9

Oceanography +3 She's keenly aware of the things going on under the waves, and wants to make sure that everything is clean, healthy, and sustainable. If it has to do with fish, water purity, coral shelf health, weather patterns, or currents and tides, she knows about it!

Skills 18

Knows The Seabed Around Southern California +3 while she will likely settle slightly farther out from the coast as a fuller-grown adult, she's traveled extensively around the entire Baja peninsula, following the whales and dolphin pods, touring to scope out places to settle down. But in the process she also knows where the surfers and divers hang out, and directions to the deep-sea research platform, as well as the undersea dragon portal. When she sees the fish populations reducing, she encourages any of the local sea dragons to hunt elsewhere for a season or two to let them increase again

Plant and Coral Identification +3 as with the fish she'll definitely keep up on terminology and information regarding local life. With her powers, she can maintain these where she has no control over the fish - while the other dragons are out hunting in distant planets' seas, she's making sure that the local seaweeds, algaes, and coral systems are healthy enough to support their fishy inhabitants again

Magic Detection +3 Though Twoarth isn't specifically 'all' magical, she knows that there are large pockets of natural magic scattered liberally around the double-sphere planet, including mid-sea and on the ocean floor! She'll hang out in some of those where possible, to soak up the feeling and get in a little practice for her skills and innate abilities. She is trying to locate the Pacific Coastal magic source or cultural spot

Knacks 3 Aim Water Spout +3 hunting is important though there are actually easy ways for her to get food from the local area. However she always wants to make sure that her ice shards or breath weapon doesn't hurt divers or surfers, or other students!
Period Class / Instructor / Grade (Failing, Passing, Decent, Excellent, Superb)
1 Terrain Correction / Ninhursag / Decent (seas/coral reefs only)
2 Sea Dragon Care / Acuan / Superb (usually subject but also aide!)
3 Locals Underwater History / Seagrove / Excellent
4 Fur-Side Languages / Hylith / Excellent
5 Cartography / Lari (Video) / Superb
6 Deep Sea Water Sports / Dean Rhein / Superb
7 Fur Side (Underwater) Literature / Seagrove / Excellent
8 Oceanography / Plunge / Superb
Pets None
Parents? Anthozoa, unlikely to have any further parentage
Siblings? So Far:
  • Allopathes (Zekiran)
  • Chelonii (Ktrenal)
  • Fontinalis (Dragonflight)
  • Garibaldi (Birdie)
  • Glaucus (Trix)
  • Hexacorallia (Tygryph)
  • Lessonia (Neishai)
  • Montipora (Phoenix)
Image From Nomi, Mermay 2024
Other Info Given how many other draconic species are now found on Twoarth and even in the oceans it's a sure bet that at some point she'll have bebbies!

Story

Dragon

Name: Sybessin (sigh BESS in)
Gender: Flexible, shifter, fertile with darn near anything or anyone
Size/Shoulder/Length: small even for clutch, 27' long
Colors: mottled silver and black, with black wings and webbing
Features: four legs with 3 clawed toes and webbing; two large leathery wings with one visible finger only along entire leading edge; neck has low fin crest from head to shoulders; body is rubbery; eyes have pupils; they are able to breathe air, bearing nostrils and lungs, and only with powers can breathe below water;
Type A - Head is more blunt nosed, has two standing fins on sides (Alskyran male feature, irrelevant for this clutch's gendering); forelegs are thinner; tail is shorter and ends in a split horizontal fluke with webbing
Powers: 6 Fly++
5 Telepathy, Echolocation
4 Breathweapon, Deep Swimming
3 Camouflage power, Dark/deep vision
2 Sonic Manipulation
Parentage: Emaeliass and Vandrin
Mate/Offspring: ? could be ANYONE
Origin: Summer Swim 20th Anniversary Art By: Shard
Other Info: Spends at least as much time above as below, but likes moist areas and high pressure