Adelinde - The Shifting Dragon




"I don't believe it is an uncommon thing for caring parents, all through this Universe, to tell their nestlings that they may become anything they want to be. And yet, among those of my kind this saying may be more literal than one may expect. You may become a slender flier dancing through the skies, lose your wings and legs and swim among the wonders of the ocean or even become living crystal with magnificent gems replacing your scales. We change so much through our lives and ultimately become that which we most cherish. And yet, I always go back to those words I heard in my nest... and seeing all the possibilities spread before me, I frown at the thought of picking a single one. I may have preferences, true, but to those words my answer will always be the same. I'll never settle,and I'll be anything I ever fancy to be"



------- Deep in the reaches of space, there exists the remote planet of Larnath... a place ruled not by massive cities and technology, but by the claw and fire of those living within. Among a diverse fauna, the uncontested settlers and sovereigns of this land are a race of dragons, that thorough their life shape their powerful forms to better adapt to circumstance and their environment. Their whole population numbering only the tens of thousands, only a handful of Cyrasili are born among their ranks... and Adelinde is one of them.

------- Hatching out of a lone egg like most of her kin, Adelinde has been an individualistic and adventurous spirit ever since a very young age. Not one prone to sloth and rest, she quickly grew into a slender and agile form to better run through the forest of her homeland, crawl into the narrowest caves and fly quick and recklessly through the clouds. However, Adelinde never truly settled for one ambient, for one role and even at times she grew tired of the limitations she set for herself being her size. With most of the population of her planet hunting for their own food, it's not strange to learn how to fight... but Adelinde went a step further into learning true combat out of sport and as defense due to her preferred, slender and relatively small form. She's quite tiny compared to her elders, but being unwilling to sacrifice her agility and the freedom it brings she has kept herself small even in comparison to her peers of similar age.

------- Her zest for life, exploration and her unwillingness to settle in any role let to the awakening of her Nexus... that which allowed her to change shape with a degree of freedom unheard off among her kind. While adapting to new conditions or new appearances is usually a conscious effort, for her people it is a process that takes months for the banal and years for truly great changes. Adelinde on the other hand can use her Nexus to adapt much more quickly depending on the change to occur and the power poured into it. This power allows her to change her coloring, change her draconic breath, grow in size, toughen her scales, grow her claws and adapt to her environment when given enough time to expose herself to it. Given this gift, her experience and interest in other races and the need for contact with the outside worlds, Adelinda was one of the handful picked by her race to step out to the Collective while her planet kept itself mostly in isolation.