Violet and Purple

Hardly ever seen apart, except during classes, Violet and Purple were definitely the two closest of the sisters. Violet was smaller by a little bit, leaner and faster than her taller, more stately sister. But they both had their work cut out for them, and never took it less than seriously.

They were the first among the girls to pick up weapons and begin using them against the Combine. Even before Indigo asserted herself as their leader, they knew their place. They were the offense and defense, they were the sword and shield.

Though they were quite a lot alike, their powers and their chosen subjects were quite different, by necessity. Violet of course concentrated her attention on active principles: Speech for being able to command in a combat situation, Archaeology to know the history of warfare from the inside out. Her choice of Measuring Up in math, made for a good companion to Chemistry - between the two she would easily be able to figure out explosives and demolitions.

Violet's love of weaponry and tactics made it easy for her to swish past Gresilla Hagen's classes, though Purple did just as well in the same ones in different periods. Of course, Paintball was more of a distraction and practice for Violet than anything else, keeping her hand in with actual combat; for Purple she concentrated her efforts on hand to hand Martial Arts - it never hurt to know just what to do if some enemy got past your defenses. Violet had cause to use her sonic powers as both shield and attack, and though there were classes about such things in the Magic department, she didn't really want to drift so far away from the normal campus.

Purple's class 'Optimism Under Duress' was certainly an eye-opener for her - the kind of 'duress' that the cloned sisters endured on a daily basis from their early days in their world, was far worse than what kids here at Carramba might expect. Violet brought many informative tidbits to the Current Affairs class she shared with several other sisters.

Purple then took several more broadly intriguing classes - Multiplanar History and Martian Studies. While 'Martians' were not really the true subject of the class, more Alien Issues in general, it helped the girls understand the mindset behind some of the creatures and people they would encounter in the wild.

Because she was already quite good at spotting hiding places, judging angles and the like, Purple's participation in the Hedge Mazes class was superior, and her Cartography class was a breeze. Both of those, also, quite functional for the use of the group, to keep them safe, and to allow them to move refugees from place to place with minimal casualties.

The pair spoke in terms of casualties, collateral damages, and the like. It did unnerve some folks, but not the dragon-class instructors. Most of them had battle experience, and some even went through incredible odds to reach this world. The riders showed great respect toward the group of clone sisters, and helped them out by holding numerous seminars to find the 'right ones'.

Who would the right ones be for this pair? Who knew... But they'd better be able to keep up!

Dragon of Violet

Name: Banityna
Gender: Female
Size/Shoulder/Length: Smallish Bipedal, 7'6" hip / 30' l / 34' and 36' ws
Colors: Day Drak variant, bright metallic gold body and limbs; sunlit white wingsails; mane/tail floof is silvery-white; eyes are blues, horns and claws are graphite; only skin markings are permanent, hair is just paint. yeah, that's it.
Features: Icarian Drak; four legs, bipedal with longer hind legs than fore, 3 fingers and thumb, 3 claws with dewclaw hind; four wings, hind are slightly larger than fore but not by much, all have three visible fingers with a prominent wrist thumb, all bearing sharp claws; hide is thick leather with short heavy fur, mane covers back of head and full neck, strip down chest, tail tuft; head has external wedge-shaped ears, and two short spiraled backswept horns; Icarian naming, offspring will inherit naming structure (males na**, females **na).
Powers: Winged Flight, speedy and lithe in the air, though not remarkably durable for long flights or heavy weights. Bani likes to fly around Combine transport carriers and gunships, purely because there's no way they can hit her. And if they start getting close, she just teleports away.
Portal / Teleport, which she does on a regular basis, because she and Violet and their companions Purple and Mamtuzre do get into a lot of aerial fights with Combine. Though she isn't as quick to recover from a long 25km portal as some, she can execute short 1km burst portals in very rapid succession - this allows her to pick up and drop off items or people as long as she knows they're expecting it.
Mental Bond, Verbal Communication, Banityna and Violet have a strong emotional and mental bond, and tend to share more gossip than either of them would with either dragons or human companions. Their connection is enough that when Violet decides on a course of action, Bani steps up and does it.
Venom Bite, Bani's acid like her siblings is in her teeth, and tends to run on the 'burning pain' side rather than outright killing or paralyzing prey. When she bites things, they start screaming and often enough will lose their cool and attack whatever is nearby, blinded by the incredible neurotoxin. She likes watching them run in circles or try tearing their own limbs off.
Parentage: Draks Ore Female Benngena and Rough Trade (marked ore) Male Iriarty; Siblings (all) Banityna, Iglatyna, Gunnaty, Rionaty; During the April Fools 2021 nesting season she and Livoyee hook up and produce... Jocks and Gender Nonconformisms (including Bromanth, nohomoth, etc)
Origin: Icarus Dun Keiba messy nest
Other Info: according to the Icarus records at the Rookery, Day Draks are "uplifting and cheerful with a vast sense of humor". They have absolutely never seen 'cheer' like hers.

Dragon of Purple

Name: Mamtuzre (mom TOOZ ray)
Gender: Female
Size/Shoulder/Length: Small, Bipedal 7'6" at hip / 32' l / 24' and 28' ws
Colors: Rain, steely grey body and limbs, very faintly dappled with darkish blue; wingsails are more strongly blue with visible dark grey spotting; neck and tail floof is very shiny medium blue; horns and claws are grey, eyes are brightly pink
Features: Icarian Angora Drak, bipedal with shorter forelegs than hind, feet have 3 digits plus thumb/ankle claw with stubby large claws; two pairs of wings, in this breed the hind wings are slightly larger than fore, and set significantly farther behind other Draks, all wings have 3 visible fingers, no wrist thumb (though this Drak's parentage do have them, if bred to another of that type or with wrist claws they will appear), all with stubby conical claws; hide is soft leathery, with a very short velvet fur, except for wingsails which are bare leather; very long fur ruff on head and neck from behind eys to shoulder joint and slightly down chest, and tail end for several feet - this fur can be harvested and is faintly metallic looking; head has external ears and two gently curved backswept horns; offspring will inhert name endings based on gender, male re**, female **re.
Powers: Winged Flight, Mam is swift and sure in the air, as well as being able to move like oil around corners using her tail, arms, and complex wing beats. She is small enough that she can only handle one passenger, but that's fine, because Purple knows all the best shortcuts.
Portal / Teleporting, Drak portals are quick and easy methods to move between spaces, and Mam's expertise is clear. She paces herself between portals, but can tackle even very long distances over 100km with seeming ease. She does not do much in the way of portal-based transportation of goods or other people, but can use this to spy or sneak up on enemies quite well.
Mental Bond and Verbal Speech, Mamtuzre is mostly quiet, verbally, using few words but lots of gestures to indicate things. She knows the value of silence, but she's been known to blurt out heavily-accented curses or surprise, when she's taken unaware. Her bond with Purple is very strong and intimate, they know each other's position at all times, and can share information very rapidly at any distance.
Acid Spit, unlike many in her little angora clutch, Mam is very good with her offensive weapon. Being able to spit a glob of highly caustic sticky goo onto an enemy serves multiple purposes. She can aim such that it sticks their feet, or gums up a weapon, when dealing with Combine troops, and goes for the eyes for larger transport creatures and vehicles.
Parentage: Wind Angora F Drak Chamkare and Plant Angora M Drak Ksamkuz, known siblings include Trakareuz, Kashreuz, Churuzre, and Sareuz.
Origin: residing at Dun Keiba on Planet Icarus his dam and sire are quite happy with the decision to send their clutch to this world, after all they have needs for warm cloth and still want to keep the color in their lives...
Other Info: Rain Draks tend to be impulsive and sneaky, and while she's not all that impulsive, preferring to look before she leaps, Mam is a shadow dweller just waiting for an unsuspecting person or Combine to leap at. Hardly anyone has ever seen her enter combat, but they have darn sure watched her finish it.