Dragon
Name: Mongoose
Gender: Male
Size/Shoulder/Length: Large (bulky) 10'3" s / 40' l / 90' ws
Colors: Limbs, back, dark graphite with deep warm grey scales, belly from neck to tail tip graphite, neck has orange spots on central scales, eyes are brilliant copper-fire orange; wingsails and back fin fire-red-orange slightly mottled, wings have tiny dark star patterns speckling all sails; teeth white, tongue black, horns and claws black
Features: Nightwing Sandwing hybrid, night dominant; burly build with four strong limbs, fore much bigger than hind, 5 and 4 claws, high heel-claw hind; two leathery 4 fingered wings with elbow strut and prominent wrist thumb, all limbs with curved short claws; body is front heavy and barrel-shaped, scaley skin, wide soft armor on underside from chin to tail tip, limbs have prominent plating, rough on hind parts and tail, smoother on fore and neck/head; body from head to tail tip has flexible short fin; head is beaked with forked tongue, external ears, strong eyebrow ridge, two conical back-pointing horns; tail ends in sharp stinger with venom sac for hunting
Powers: Winged Flight, a powerful, durable flier, Mongoose takes to the air at dawn or dusk but loves night flights or even flight over cities and ruins. He can lift quite a bit, but tends to fly low with weight. He is not speedy in the air, but actually on the ground can run remarkably quickly for such a huge beast. However in both air and on the ground, he is superbly flexible. He can twist around light poles and buildings, do loops over flying enemies, and squirm into improbable ground locations though he might get stuck... He is quite strong, though, and often will wind up crushing breakables or ruins if he runs into them.
Verbal and Vortal Communication, speaking Draconic in several breed-tongues, Mongoose has a smooth and somewhat oddly high voice. He can understand and speak English, some Vortigese, and often enough listens in on any semi-intelligent animals that chatter around his human. His Nightwing side, however, also gives him the ability to telepathically communicate, though he tends to only be able to do this with his human friend, or others with strong Vortal power. His range on this power is less than 300 meters.
Venom tail, in addition to his claws, powerful bite, and horns to damage things, Mongoose has a Sandwing's venom-filled stinger which he uses to incapacitate larger prey or enemies. He himself is also absolutely immune to venoms and toxins - though only animal or plant based, not synthetic ones.
Animal Friends, through his human's abilities, he can be 'accepted' by almost any animal that she desires. So it's not uncommon to find a bunch of animals hanging out with this large dragon, which he likes to treat as his 'current family'.
Parentage: Unknown Nightwing mother and Sandwing sire, however Hellfire does seem to share some Nightwing features particularly the coloration, so they may be related.
Origin: adopted from HufflepuffHannah, original by StephanieSilverfield on Deviantart, Wings of Fire world
Other Info: Though big and strong, and clearly dangerous looking, Mongoose is more protective and defensive than aggressive. He isn't all that 'friendly', but he definitely won't go seeking trouble, prefering to wait for it to come to him. It often enough does. And like Myzinum and several others, he's been tapped for this weird Human-invented 'Hallowed Silk' flight thing. It means he will get to hook up with other amazingly colored dragons, so he's all for that.