Post by Melantha on Aug 19, 2013 11:05:39 GMT -5
Your username: Melantha
Character's name: Xanthe (F)
Character's age: 5 (36 in Eldunari years)
Character's attitude: Strong willed but broken, depressed, resentful, disheartened, distressed, mentality wounded and scarred. can be playful and childish at times, caring, kind and loving.
Character's Race: Dragon Eldunarí
Character's appearance: Xanthe was once a majestic Yellow dragon who's scales shone like the sun and sparkled like the suns reflection off a pool of water. Her Eldunari is much like her scales, a Golden Yellow gemstone that is about the size of an apple.
Character's allegiance: Neutral
Weapons: Magic/Energy but isn't capable of using it at will.
History: Xanthe hatched for a 14 year old boy name Solaris who had been exiled from his dwarf village for being half human.
Her egg was being ferried from Surda when the transporter of her egg stoped at a Nomad camp. Her egg was presented to a number of the young nomads including a young boy that travelled with them. At the touch of one young man she hatched feeling the sadness of his past but despite this she could feel kindness and honesty, Bravery and Loyalty, intelligence and strong in both mind and spirit radiating from his touch.
Xanthe and Solaris where sent to Ellesméra to train, they spent five years bonding, training, growing and learning before they recived their first mission. It was a simple one they were to investigate a group mixed of soldiers and magicians who ventured around the land to recruit potential soldiers, magicians, lords and ladies to the Empire.
Xanthe soon learnt that her rider had fallen in love with one of the Empires Magicians. Xanthe and Solaris followed the convoy to each city and at nightfall Solaris would sneak away to meet her.
On one of the nights Solaris brought Neona to their camp.
Neona told them how she was basically forced to swear allegiance to Galbatorix at thirteen. Xanthe and Solaris had always been told that those that served Galbatorix did so willingly but learning of Neona’s circumstances changed their opinions.
The lovers parted ways promising to keep in touch, but five weeks after parting ways Solaris learnt his lover was pregnant. Because Neona was unable to leave her family or disobey her alliance to the empire, Solaris made the decision to go to Urû'baen to be with her.
It didn’t take long for Galbatorix to learn of the presents of a rider in his city. Neona helped them make a temporary deal; they were aloud to remain in the city as long as they resumed Neona’s duties while she was otherwise unable. Xanthe didn’t trust Galbatorix’s generosity and she was right to do so.
A small wedding was arranged soon after. It took place in a large clearing by a lake so that Xanthe could attend. She gave him away at the make shift alter as she was his closest and only family present.
A week latter they begin their service. It was those days that they were away that Xanthe began to fully understand Solaris’s love for Neona; his mind was constantly filled of thoughts of her and, he would barely eat or sleep when they stopped to make camp so worried for her and his unborn child.
They would return after being away for weeks at a time and each time return astonished at how big Neona’s belly had grown. Xanthe enjoyed lying out in the hot sun besides the house as Solaris enjoyed what little time he could with his pregnant wife, if her rider was happy then so was she.
Xanthe and Solaris were sent out one last job before they had finished their service. They were to meet with a tribe of Urgals to discuss their treaty agreement or at least so they thought until the Soldiers accompanying them and the Urgrals they were meeting turned upon them. This was no peaceful meeting, they were up against at least 20 soldiers and Urgals combined. Overwhelmed and out numbered in the struggle the soldiers captured Solaris and held him against his will. She was constantly surrounded by hoards of Urgrala who brandished their weapons at her.
Role Play Sample:
“What is the meaning of this?” She heard her rider say.
Xanthe growled swinging her tail to keep the Urgala’s behind her from approaching further.
“You have made it quite clear that you will not swear your allegiance to the King, so I have no choice but to carry out my orders, take him away.” She heard the commander demand.
Xanthe roared and a jet of bright yellow flame shot out of her maw enveloping her enemies. But it hadn’t done a thing to the magically protected foe. She watched on helpless as the soldiers beat her rider unconscious before dragging him off. She swiped at the enemy with her claws and snapped at them with her maw but they overwhelmed her with their weapons beating her back.
“Solaris! Wake up” She called but it was useless his mind was blank he was out cold.
From behind the ranks of Urgalas the commander approached “Once last chance, if you wish to save your self and your rider, surrender your heart of heats to me.” She heard the commander request.
“How dare you ask that of a dragon!” Xanthe replied mentally while roaring fiercely at him, insulted.
“The King can request anything of any creature of this land.”
“It would be tragic moment for your riders wife when she learns her child will grow up fatherless, and what ever would happen if She learns the truth, would you really want the child to grow up parentless?” she heard him sneer.
Taking a long moment she would not stand for threats against her new family, if she had to make a sacrifice for her rider she would do so gladly to ensure his happiness. “Enough, I will submit to your will but you must swear to me in the Ancient language that you nor any of your men or Urgala will kill Solaris, myself or any of his family.” Xanthe demanded.
“You have made a wise choice Dragon” the commander replied before continuing with his promise in the ancient language once he was done he nodded to her “Now you?”
Xanthe contracted her neck closing her eyes she reached down inside of her body to her heart of heats. Her body began to shake and her yellow scales glowed rippling down her body towards her head and tail. She had seen a dragon disgorge their heart of hearts before but never imagined that it would be so painful every muscle in her body tensed up. She emitted a strange low humming noise as the Eldunarí slowly rose to her throat.
Xanthe could feel a hard like rock in her mouth, with great hesitation she surrender her heart of hearts to the commander who now stood in front of her. “Now, let my rider go!” she commands
“My soldiers will escort him home” the commander replied
Xanthe watched as the Urgalas and the soldiers closed in around him as he retreated. It was the strangest feeling being in two places at once and for a moment the feeling distracted her form what was happening in front of her. She felt the Commander hand her Yellow glowing Eldunari over to a man dressed in a dark robe and at the same time could see the enemy begin to close their ranks around her.
“Dispose of the over grown lizard while I sever the riders connection!” she herd robed man yell.
Xanthe roared furiously, as the enemy charged her on all sides. Her first conscious thought was to fly but when she tried to move her wings they would not obey.
“How can this be?” she yelled furiously into the minds of all those present.
“You won’t be dead, perse just no longer attached to your body” she heard the commander yell with a laugh.
Xanthe moved to attack but she found that her body lagged in response. Frustrated she roared in warning but the continued their attacks. One Urgala had peirced her side with a spear easily and continued to tease her with feeble attacks that did her minor damage as did her other attackers.
She began noticing her other limbs were not responding; she came to the conclusion that the robed magician was trying to gain control of her body, they were playing with her.
Her front leg on the left side failed to react causing her to stumble helplessly to the ground with a thud. Her limbs shook as she fought for control over herself.
She lay on the ground struggling to get up as Soldiers emerged from the group taking the opportunity to attack now that she was down and less of a threat. They continued their attacks cutting and stabbing her with their swords and spears.
Xanthe a once regal dragon was now reduced to tears her roars turned to strange cries with every blow she felt more pain. At that point all she wanted was it to be over but as her body died slowly her mind became more aware of the pain until it all suddenly ended.
History Continued:
Xanthe’s Eldunarí was taken to Galbatorix and stored with his collection and is used against her will to produce energy.
After Galbatorix’s fall Xanthe finds her Eldunari among with the others in Eragon’s possession.
Xanthe’s Eldunari now resides in a volt at New Doru Araeba
Xanthe spends most of the time withdrawn into her own mind. The only thing stoping her from asking the elves that look after her Eldunari to end her existence is the urge to find out what happened to her Rider and his wife and child.
Fun Facts:
Solaris and Neona named Melantha after Xanthe and Neona's birth mother Melody
