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[CHARACTER INFO]
CHARACTER NAME: Aurican!
SERIES: Dragonlance, from the Lost Histories Saga.
CHRONOLOGY: In the beginning of the First Dragon War, when he and three elves took flight to find the gods for the return of magic.
CLASS: HERO ALL THE WAY that's how metallic dragons roll. The guy is literally Lawful Good.

BACKGROUND: To know Aurican's history is to know the history of the Gods.


 Paladine, the God of Light, Good and Redemption, created five forms that he created in his own likeness. Takhisis, his evil sister, stole and corrupted his creations into her own image, creating the first chromatic dragons. Grieved, Paladine asked the God of Neutrality and Creation, Reorx, to create monuments in remembrance of his lost children. Reorx sculpted Paladine’s five dragons out of brass, copper, bronze, silver, and gold. Moved by his work, Paladine breathed life into the sculptures, resulting in the first metallic dragons. 

The Daughters of Paladine and the Sons of Takhisis became the first beings to populate Kyrnn, but they never bore any offspring for thousands of years. Eventually, Takhisis and Paladine bred with their own respective dragons, and grew a clutch of their own dragon eggs. While Takhsis had her eggs nested in her own infernal plane, the metallic dragons’ eggs remained on Kyrnn. Takhisis decided to take Kyrnn for herself and sent out her sons to destroy the only threat between her and total domination. One by one, nearly all of Paladine’s Daughters were murdered saved for the gold Aurora, Aurican’s mother. Aurora in turn killed them all while protecting the nest, though the battle cost the matriarch her life.  

Centuries after the battle, Aurican and the other dragons hatched. They lived in relative safety of their grotto, until a strange figure by the name of Patersmith appeared to them. He told them stories of Aurora and their mothers, of the long-lost magic, and the battles between the chromatic and metallic dragons, and how magic was lost with the death of their mothers. Eventually, they went out on their own and took up separate lairs in the various corners of Ansalon. Aurican took up an interest in mingling with the elves, and developed a passion for music and ballads, as well as lore the metallic matriarchs. His obsession with magic became the very defining trait among his brothers and sisters.  

Meanwhile in the Abyss, Takhisis’ children with the first chromatic dragons hatched, with Crematia as the strongest of all of the red dragons. Gathering vast armies of ogres and balakai, she attacked  the elves. This caught the male metallic dragons’ attentions, and they flew to the Khalkist Mountains to investigate. Crematia led an ambush attack with other chromatics, aided by magic, resulting in the death of the Blayze,  Burll, and Smelt. Darlantan and Aurican barely escaped with their lives, and met up with the elf leaders for a plan. It was soon decided that the only way to stop Crematia and her forces was to fight with magic. Aurican and three elves that studied to gods went on a quest to find magic. In the meantime, Darlantan and the elves engaged in guerrilla warfare against the chromatic dragons and the ogres and bakali. 

A decade passed until Aurican and the elves finally arrived with five gems with the color of red, blue, green, black, and white. With these enchanced dragonstones, Aurican and Darlantan and the elves have a fighting chance. They used these enchanted gems to entrap each chromatic dragon based on their scales. Eventually, only the blue dragons and Crematia remained. 

However, the blue gem was stolen and there was a delay against capturing the blue dragons. While the elves were scrambling to find the stone, Aurican and Darlantan spotted Crematia and the blues. Aurican went after Crematia while Darlantan distracted the blue dragons. He killed two dragons before being chased by the remaining three into higher altitudes in the atmosphere. The aerial battle became so high up that it allowed Darlantan to take cover of three moons, colored in white, red, and black, suddenly appear.  The blue dragons’ lightening breath blew craters into the moons’ surfaces. When there were no more moons to take cover, the blue dragons finally took the final advantage and struck Darlantan out of the air with their lightening breath. At that point of the battle, the elves regained the gem and entrapped the remaining blue dragons into the dragonstone. While falling from the battlefield, Darlantan brought shards of the three moons with him. 
Crematia ultimately escaped from Aurican’s wrath, and he returned to the elves for news of the blue dragons. When learning of the conclusion of Darlantan’s battle, Aurican immediately rushed toward his silver brother’s side. Dying from the wounds obtained from both the lightening and the fall, Darlantan recounted his battle to Aurican.  

Aurican told him that the three moons were the tombs of the three gods of magic who gave him the dragonstones, and that they were being punished by the other gods of their transgression.  Understanding the power these small shards have, Darlantan instructed Aurican to take them and share them with their unborn children. Understanding exactly what Aurican must do, he swallowed all the shards and flew away to the grotto, his speed already aided by magic. Approaching the eggs, he gives the gift of magic to the unborn dragons. 

Several centuries later, Aurican became the only pupil of Patersmith left alive, with all the other female dragons died from old age.  It made him feel a little lonely, yes, but he has his children and the other young wrymlings to have him company. It's then he and the wyrmlings heard grave news: Crematia has returned and somehow discovered a way to the dragonstones, resulting in freeing her kin dragons, and has brought along her own red-scaled children to pave the way for domination.
Ordering the wyrmlings to gather and stay at the grotto, Aurican immediately departed to war. He finally finds Crematia and battles her, this time aided by magic. Finally, he bested and killed her, but in the struggle he discovered the name of her heir, Deathfyre, and his eventual discovery of the grotto. Immediately teleporting to his home, he warned the wymlings of the danger and told them to flee. Ensuring they followed his commands to flee, Aurican flew out of the grotto, preparing to fight off the chromatics as long as he can. Unfortunately, there were too many of them and while Aurican managed to take down half a dozen dragons, he was overwhelmed and killed.

Unfornately, most of the wyrmlings, his included, didn't in the end survived, resulting in chromatics culling most of the metallic dragons into only half of a dozen survivors, with one male and female of each color. But Aurican's sacrifice was not in vain, and the dragons grew up and have wyrmlings of their own.

Aurican's role, while relatively minor in the book he is featured in, had a major impact in the workings of Krynn. With him and three elves, magic returned to the world once more, and as a result created a line of mages and magicians and wizards that lasted throughout the millennia. If it wasn't for Aurican's dedicated efforts, the Heroes of the Lance would have a very different story.


PERSONALITY:

Like all gold dragons, Aurican is scholarly, wise, and well-mannered. He despises all things evil, and he does not hesitate in extinguish evil when it appears to him. Unlike his metallic cousins (though he often calls them his brothers, as they grew up together and became very close), Aurican does not actively go out and search for evil. He’s more inclined to seek more peaceful activities like socializing with other lesser beings like elves in an assumed form, or composing ballads. Out of all of his kin dragons he is the most creative, with his love for the theater and music, as well as architecture and the fine arts, as well with an obsession with magic. He has great patience and it is truly rare to find him acting out on his emotions for having such great emotional discipline. It’s often seen that to witness him overwrought with grief is just as disturbing as to see him emotionally distant when he is usually pliable in a casual setting.

 However, because of his godly origins, Aurican has a certain arrogance that is clearly dragon-like. He believes that all beings, save other dragons, are lesser in status with him, with their lack of lengthy lifespans and magical and physical might. But he has a very important lesson instilled with him early on his life: always show mercy, even to his enemies. He doesn’t kill or taunt in sport, and would rather offer a hand of friendship instead. He also doesn't seem to really understand sarcasm, and if there is any sign of him having a sense of humor, it is likely lost to many people who have known him throughout the millennia.

 Aurican often lacks the drive of many lesser beings because of his long lifetime. In fact, it can be said that humans made more accomplishments than he does because it simply takes more time on his part to do so. And the few accomplishments he made were influential, such as returning magic to Kyrnn and his assistance in winning the First Dragon War.  Because he can live for so long, his capacity for love is very different to those of a short-lived person. He does not believe that he himself is capable of loving because of his draconic nature, but that is simply not the case. It is very much likely that he is very much capable of loving, but only in a different way that can only be suitable with his own psychology and lifespan; merely in the way that is not what is normally considered to be as such with the likes of humans or elves.

 His lifespan very much determines how he acts out and how he talks. To a lesser being such as a human, he acts and talks very wisely. While it is true that Aurican is wise but in actually he merely has patience and good manners on his side, as well as millennia of worth in time spent in meditation and philosophy. However, he doesn't quite understand the emotions of lesser beings. Logic, certainty, but him seeing an angry human is like us seeing an angry cat: we can see the anger, but not we are not always aware what is causing it. Aurican is aware of this flaw, but he never makes any effort into really understanding or even change it, due to his arrogance as a dragon.
However let's not forget that Aurican is first and foremost a dragon, and he has his dignity and pride. All dragons hoard, though what they consider to be treasures depends on the dragon. For Aurican, he values friends, family, and the arts (both the mundane and the arcane), and he guards them with much tenacity as any other dragon would guard their baubles and gems. To have them stolen or destroyed can force out an awful show of grief . . . but it will also show the rage he is fully capable of having, and he will not rest until he has his vengeance. A dragon on the drive for revenge is being that is greatly feared in Kyrnn, and usually there are no survivors. While he prefers to be on the passive side of things, he is not afraid to show his fangs if he feels he is being mistreated or the people or things he "hoards" are being mistreated as well. Some say that this is hypocrisy on his behalf, but there are limits to his mercy.

POWER:
First and foremost is his dragon breath and he has two kinds that all metallic dragons have. One is an elemental blast and the other is a non-fatal breath, and each kind breath is unique to the dragon type. As a gold dragon, Aurican can breathe fire and be immune to fire attacks, and his non-fatal breath weapon is a weakening gas.

Another power of his is his dragonfear - a type of personal gravitas that can make lesser beings (meaning those who are not dragons or gods) who will tremble or panic at his presence. Usually this power doesn't work on those who are are less likely to be affected by simply be in similar alignment with him or is used to his presence after a while.

Aurican is capable of shapeshifting to any being or animal he can wants to be. However, he retains his natural dragon strength in whatever form he is in. When he obtained magic he can cast spells in that form as well.

Being born of the gods Aurican has the potential for magic, but with the passing of the Daughters of Paladine magic have been largely gone. Eventually he have returned magic to the world, his canon
point will take him where he has no received spell casting power. Here's the list of spells he is shown in canon, when I decide to canon update him further on in the game:

-          Teleportation
-          Haste; can enhance speed upon himself or others
-          Illusions*
-          Levitation*
-          Invisibility
-          Elemental enchantment (can recreate a gust of frost, for example)

*Aurican wasn’t seen using these spells, but by the younger wyrmlings he was protecting and teaching. As the only draconic teacher of magic, it became only logical that he would have taught them those spells.

[CHARACTER SAMPLES]
COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE:

[ There is a voice, deep and resonate that does not hide the old age or the wisdom that comes with it. ]

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?


[ There is a 'hmmm' and a rustle of paper. ]

Poetry here is unusual, but it is has its ingenious parts.

I have only recently arrived here. I was on a path, to go where no one has dared gone before, and then I was here. My comrades are not with me. Three strange men are triplets, and of very old age. Each one wore a unique robe - a robe of blood red, the other of pure white, and the last as midnight black, respective of the gods of magic do they follow.

I pray to the Platinum Father for their safe return.

In the mean time, I will learn more about this strange land, and hear more from its poetry.

[ There is a pause. ]

And what shoulder and what art.

Could twist the sinews of thy heart?

And when thy heart began to beat, 

What dread hand? And what dread feet?


LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE: When dragons take wing, the earth trembles.

Or at least that's the old proverb goes. He's not sure the origins of the proverb, but it possibly has its roots way back in the days of the old matriarchs. The earth is not trembling beneath him as he flies under a glorious afternoon sun, but it is certainly something else.

As Aurican flies over this strange city, this strange land. This is no city he has ever been to - it is so dark and so warm he doesn't even need to flap his wings, only to ride the enormous thermals. The City - really, why is it called it that? What is wrong to honor it with an actual name? - is enormous. Larger than the city of the elves. He is not comfortable with it - it is too strange, too rigid, and in all honestly, it is too crude for Aurican's tastes. At least the Silvanesti painstakingly crafted their work with metal and glass and stone - Aurican is not sure what these buildings are made out of, let alone that the streets are paved with.

He notice bystanders stopping and looking at him in surprise and awe, even fear as those affected by the dragonfear started to flee from their lives. He turns and flies out of the City, to find sanctuary to the rolling hillsides, even a mountain or two.

No, this is not the realm of the gods, he is certain that is the case.

He simply hopes that there is no need for the earth here to tremble in his presence.


FINAL NOTES:
I have a permissions post for his dragonfear, but that's pretty much it!

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