Name: Enigma (formerly known as 'Dove')
Gender: Male
Size/Shoulder/Length: 5' s / 34' l / 26' ws - though Dove is quite fluffy and looks much larger than he really is, he hardly weighs that much, and compared to other dragons of his length he's a featherweight
Colors: Body Color: white; Wing Color: really freakin white; Stripe Color: black; Inner Fluff Color: black; Outer Fluff Color: really freakin white; blue eyes
Features: Hybrid Cat dragon, long noodle; four legs with very fluffy big paws, retractable claws; two feathered wings that are transparent or at least highly airy; cat head, external ears, feather antennae; very furry body; thick shortish fluffy-ass tail; unknown whether he will sire eggs or prefers live born but with the partner he has they'll be eggs
Powers: Winged Flight, even though his wings are basically lace and fluff, Enigma has never shied away from zipping into the skies for brief flights, usually to pounce on prey below; yes, he likes flying in broad daylight over the plains, prey doesn't even know what hits it
Teleporation, as most cats, Enigma is capable of teleporting to Directly In Your Way, though somehow also always manages to avoid being hit or kicked even by larger slower dragons; This power can carry him virtually any distance, and it doesn't stop on-world locally and it doesn't tire him in the slightest; he can go anywhere he's seen before, and if he's given proper visuals he can move between dimensions, this does require a little cat-nap afterwards though
Verbal Speech, the range of sounds that this cat dragon makes is truly impressive, and can emulate as well as interpret many different forms of animal-like communication; as a translator he has found his true calling!
Darkness Control; Hardly anyone ever even sees him, though he's bold as daylight and twice as pretty. That may be because he has control over darkness, as well as very strong teleportation - between those two things, he creates what amounts to blind spots in people's vision and then appears from that spot; he can only truly control the light levels around himself and quite nearby, but that's usually enough to work with even while hunting
Repulsion Gas Breath Weapon, Heightened Sense of Taste; this... cat has bad breath, it is his one failing, he does tend to have breath that smells like whatever it was he last ate, so he does try to eat things like bacon or the occasional orange peel... The breath weapon however can be useful to keep away other predators from his kill sites, or even pests on crops - things that are too small for him to bother eating, but definitely are prey to other creatures he can 'herd' with this breath right into traps, or get herd animals into their pastures
Impervious to Fire and Heat, all that fluff is definitely good for keeping just the right temperature; that doesn't mean he likes it cold, or particularly hot, but he doesn't take damage from even very hot fires - such as Mystere's plasma...
Parentage: unknown
Origin: Myrror's giveaway 2005 on the Nexus forum
Other Info: Had resided on Planet Twenty (hey it's full of fur!) but with this odd invitation to the Checkerboard Ball he realized how much of the multiverse he was missing out on. Having traveled to the event, and found a new friend in Mystere, as well as their 'bond' Solemn, who knows where they will wind up next!

Abilities/Skills: communication is his strongest suit, though he is still a bit standoffish toward some breeds (particularly canines, ew) so he has learned linguistics and a little social engineering in order to facilitate this better on civilized worlds

Personality: changes his mood with ease, but puts thought into any deeper alterations such as where he wants to live or with whom, and his name has changed far more than just once or twice. He will be known as Enigma for the duration he's off of Planet Twenty, but if he does return there he won't 'not' respond to Dove.

Name: Mystere
Gender: Female
Size/Shoulder/Length: 5'4" s / 33' l / 70' ws; where her partner is all fluff for his shape, Mystere is absolutely all muscle, and though she's 'small' in stature, she is very very sturdy, and must be careful when playing with her noodly or floofy friends
Colors: body graphite with dark grey iridescent scale patches and forefeet light grey socks; wings light grey on both sides, tail fins dark graphite; back ridges light grey; eyes turquoise
Features: Night Fury, four legs with retractable chonky claws, fins; two leathery wings with 5 internal fingers; axlotl-cat head very broad with sensitive ears and fins; body scaled with double ridge of retractable ridges (see powers); tail thick with extremely important double fins for flight stability; egg layer
Powers: Winged Flight, remarkably stable and strong in the air, but prefers calm weather, Mystere's flight is good for longer periods than typical for her breed, but does tire if pressed or if she cannot land for extended flights
Teleportation, highly unusual among her specific breed, and indicating that she's definitely part Light Fury, Mystere is able to both fly and burst through a plasma ball to speeds that defy conventional physics, this is a short-range power only, and she does have a plasma ball that is different from most too
Communication, Verbal Speech...ish; as Furies are very vocal among their own kind and can learn but not necessarily 'speak' other languages based on cues as well as verbal emulation, Mystere can almost hold a true conversation with dragons that aren't her breed. To others, she 'speaks' a kind of pidgin version of their tongue, and definitely enough to get her point across. With Enigma beside her he provides whatever context or other words are needed and she truly seems to appreciate this
Plasma Powers, 'dark' version, where many Light Furies produce an ultra-hot burst of flame that then shields them, hers is almost entirely black, a ball of darkness that looks best against a bright daytime sky; even her breath weapon is dark, like shadows and - oh look Enigma's got a similar power this is why we hit it off right? Her plasma breath is markedly hot and accurate to over 400 meters, with very short bursts almost like a machine gun; she can also shorten the burst range and do more blanket 'carpet bombing' at 50 meters or less, cruising low over an area and bombarding it with dark cloudy ultra-hot plasma; she can let loose for about 20 quick bursts or 10 snipes before requiring a full day of down time
Stealth, thanks to the dark plasma, as well as her dark and light scales, she can blend in with nearly any 'dim light' setting easily; even somehow at the Checkerboard Ball, she could stand on either white or black flooring and be 'missed' by the casual eye
Parentage: Unknown Night Fury with possible Light Fury ancestry
Origin: adopted from Remixstep on Deviantart, HTTYD (c) Dreamworks
Other Info: while she was intending to settle down somewhere nice, she's come around to the idea that she can move here and there, visiting a vast number of places that she'd hardly dreamed about. And, collecting things from each of them! That's fun!

Abilities/Skills: She fancies herself a bit of a spy, but she's far too light-hearted for that to be taken too seriously by anyone who learns that fact. However, she is very good at it, sneaking around and using her stealthy powers. The only thing that might give her away is a giggle, when she believes herself unseen

Personality: Enjoyable and gregarious, though only to a point. She wants to surround herself with friends and family, but isn't afraid to defend her territory or her group with fierce powers and posturing. She does prefer to talk or communicate first, and chankla later, but there would be no doubt she'd be chasing after anyone trying to harm her group with a big shoe... or a whole house, depending on her mood.

They met at the Speed Dating event, and hit it off right away. Probably because their breeds are both quite cat-like? How they even got to the Ball was a mystery - or perhaps The Mystery's work. Though also, both of these dragons were a little intimidated by the crushing weight of the entire ocean above the venue, so they decided to just... not look out the windows most of the time. Besides, there was a lot to see and do without that, including heading out to hunt, practice and show off their skills! Independently they had done both of those things, but Enigma spotted Mystere as she hit target after target in the long range Sharpshooting competition, and was quite intrigued. They did hit it off, it isn't just a case of sudden impulse or head in the clouds lust - Enigma has much to offer, and Mystere is a dedicated friend.

When their slinky noodle friend Solemn bumped into them it was after the Aerial Dancing, which neither of them were inclined to jump at, since they'd seen just how much effort it would take to 'compete'. The slender and youthful dragonet was their size... but did not stay that size for long, let's just say Solemn wasn't even a teenager when she attended the Ball! But her energy level and extremely strong telekinetic flight allowed her to weave through the Aerial event with style. Mystere could all but wear Solemn as a feather boa (like that one dragon over at the Drag Show part of the Ball!) and even at that point Solemn knew that this powerfully built dragoness was much more than she appeared.

As a trio they left for Planet Twenty, but they definitely did not stop there for long... (more below)

Name: Solemn Caelumpictor
Gender: Female
Size/Shoulder/Length: (as adult) 8'9" s / 80' l / 25' ws
Colors: body black along right half, soft white along left half, and down the middle underside from chin to tail tip a strip of medium steel-blue grey; wingsails, mane and tail, and claws in steel-grey as well; antlers graphite grey; eyes black with glowing white-grey irises
Breed Features: extremely long noodle dragon; four shortish legs with four clawed fingers on fore, and three clawed toes on hind; two short flightless leathery wings with three fingers and short wrist claw; furry except for feet; boxy face with external ears and velvet-covered antlers; neck and tail have long silky mane and tuft; Bonding is unnecessary but possible.
Powers: Wingless Flight, The ability to fly without the use of wings. Though she has incredibly strong telekinetic flight, that's the extent of her tk, she cannot lift things with her mind, just herself. But she does that so very, very well! If she's ever touching the ground, it's probably because she's asleep, or there's food that doesn't do well in transit. Or she's shapeshifted, people seem to freak out if she's human and floating...
Teleportation, The ability to teleport anywhere within sight or that can be strongly visualized in the mind. She got here with the ability, and can use local teleportation in a pinch, but isn't nearly as good with either Nexus or Local teleport to trust herself to get where she's going without, you know, twisting into a knot or getting tangled in a tree nearby. (Yes, absolutely, both of those things have happened, and she's learned from them...) That's not saying she can't do it, and given the right instructions and a clear landing area she is good enough to aid Enigma and bring Mystere along since she's the only one lacking this power.
Telepathy, The ability to communicate mind-to-mind, and Verbal Speech, The ability to communicate in spoken words - she is still young, but knows a lot of words. One of her favorite things is to grab a local-dictionary or thesaurus and look up alternate words for common things. She doesn't abuse this information, she just likes making sure that she can describe in detail anything that she's seen or experienced. Enigma's abilities surely help her here, they have a lot of books and offworld dictionaries in their home library now.
Shapeshifting - several versions including Anthropomprhism so she can appear to be a biped (where does all the length go? and oh that's amusing, her wings are now quite fancy and almost big enough to glide with!); fully Human, which she only rarely does, since Planet 20 isn't known to be very friendly toward humans; and Minor shifts that she uses to change physical shape but not her mass or weight, she can actually 'suck in' the long tail or body length to bolster those wings and 'look' impressive - but she still doesn't know how to use them to do much more than look cute. She's added wings, legs, even shrunk her body and added a second whole tail, in the past! She's quite good with this flexible shift power, in fact it's her most used and practiced power.
Fire Magic, her ability to wield magic related to creating and controlling fire. With her sponsors abilities to withstand or produce incredible heat, hers seems quite tame by comparison. However Solemn is capable of manipulating Mystere's plasma, provided the dragon has spat it out in a narrow area, and one of Solemn's habits is to take off in a spiral around that flame and shape it, as she corkscrews around and around, it's an amazing sight!
Poison Bite, in possession of a poisonous bite, she uses this to subdue large prey animals, though it only incapacitates them and doesn't do much else. She's heard of some dragons that have caustic or acidic spit, or obviously the gas breath of Enigma, but hers will deliver a short lived, powerful nerve attack that can render even a large herbivore unable to move. It doesn't affect their heart or lungs, so she does have to deliver a killing blow to hunt.
Parentage: sire Berith Caelumpictor x dam Dire Nightspark
Origin: Phe's Shipping Square May 2022
Other Info: She slipped away from the Abstract Destiny all but unseen. She'd lived there a while, unbonded but not unattended to, learning how to prowl or speak, and finding ways to occupy her time there. But when she was nearly a year old, something had filtered through the Nexus to that specific point in time-space, somehow, and she found her way through the multiverse without difficulty for the one time in her life when it mattered most. She didn't get lost, but never quite mastered the ability to breeze through the Nexus like some others did later. But Solemn appeared anything but her namesake when she arrived to the Checkerboard Ball.

The draconic side of this event was big, bigger than she expected even though it definitely had a dome and physical limitations in the way that the Destiny did. There were entrances to worlds far and wide clustered in a set of archways - some of them were carved out of the rock on the sea floor locally, and led to wilderness, others were airlocks similar to those from the Destiny, and opened into more high-tech areas of populated worlds. She had gone through a few of them just to see what each one was like - living on the Abstract Destiny was fun but these worlds had real gravity, people like she'd never seen, dragons like she had also never seen - so much! to do!

There was a pair of dragons, quite disparate in black and white, but hanging close to each other watching the Aerial Dancing Event near the end of the Ball. And it was for some reason, quite a happy coincidence that Solemn twirled and knotted her way through the air and finally with the last burst of music, skidded to a halt on the ground next to them. And into them, and around them, because there's a lot of her to go around.

It was Mystere who laughed and proclaimed how cute it all was, with the black and white tail going nearly around both she and Engima. For his part, Enigma sniffed at the youthful dragoness and shrugged his furry shoulders, accepting that she'd be around for good just as easily as the Speed Date that all but bonded he and Mystere together. And while they're able to move between worlds as a group, it's only due to Engima's powers mixing with her own just enough to keep them a unit.

Abilities/Skills: fancy dancing, aerial maneuvering is her physical forte and she does it non-stop. Since she's reached her full adult size, these maneuvers can be extensive, and she can herd several animals at once just by scooting low over the ground around their legs, menacing with her head and locking them in with her tail. This comes in quite handy on Planet 20, and she is known as the go-to girl for big feast prep without much fuss. She continues to loop and loop around the beasts moving them meter by meter toward a pit or other hunters who will then dispatch them easily.

Personality: An adept hunter she is! But she also loves socializing and learning things, her year at the Abstract Destiny showed her that there was much more to life than just hunting and flying. She wants to visit more worlds, discover new things, and see the sights, and has a collection of goodies brought from different worlds. Since she can shapeshift she does so according to the local needs: if they have furries, she's much more happy about it, since she doesn't have to really disguise all her features. A human-centric world, she can do, but only for limited time and only if she has a very safe place to protect her from prying eyes as she sleeps off a few-hours-long human-shape.

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It wasn't too long after Solemn declared herself an adult that the trio went jaunting again. From Planet 20 they went visiting numerous worlds, always taking care to arrive out of sight, just in case dragons weren't normal where they went. The Zekirans on Planet 20 had their own methods of travel, and even a list of places that they'd contacted along their long, long journey. Some of those worlds had died in the meantime, others prospered and were quite advanced. But it was one of the local Cheetah Kin tribe that provided a link to a dragonry world that seemed perfect for a wintery vacation.

Lantessama was its name, and there were quite a few things going on there. But Solemn declared that 'they have antlers like me!' so she floated over to their sands and proclaimed she'd be willing to protect an icy stretch of Planet Twenty for one of them!