skylanderwishes:

MOD POST:

So, after weirdlanders posted an answer regarding dragons who were kind to her in Warfang, I decided to introduce my first dragon-y steps into the Skylanders fandom.

A long time ago, I made an Earth Dragon. Gaea was first pitched as a friend to Feuriah, in the original The Legend of Spyro universe.

Because I myself understand the hardships of being picked on and bullied when I was a child, my heart went out to Feuriah, who I found out through her creator would happen in abundance, I created this gal. Gaea and Feuriah share a close bond as children, teenagers, and after that, I’m not too sure. I’d like to say that Gaea will always call Feuriah her good friend, and in fact, saves her daughter from an untimely death.

In the Skylanders Universe, it’s just as The Lost Queen tells it. When they were younger, and before she became evil, Gaea and Feuriah were friends. Gaea witnessed Feuriah tear down Warfang, after years of being subjected to the verbal, physical, and emotional abuse at the hands and claws of its citizens. While she tried to protect her friend when they were younger, she could only do so much, and could not be there by her side all of the time.

Gaea felt somewhat to blame for some of the abuse, as she herself was born ‘deformed.’ The red glove on her forepaw is actually a prothstetic, made of magic stone that she can shape at her will. She felt that because she was a target, and most of the time could be found with the the future Lost Queen, the abuse would only be doubled. It is this, in part, that leads her to never seek out vengeance against The Lost Queen in later years, as well as a deep fondness for her old friend.

On the Shimmering Isles, she is careful to tell the younger ones that while they have the potential to be dangerous, The Kurosians are not demonic beings. More, a race of dragons who lead a more violent lifestyle, who have potential that not even the great scholars of old could pen down. She is deeply saddened when eventually she hears news that the Kurosians were wiped out, all but one: The Lost Queen. Perhaps one day she might try to leave The Shimmering Isles to speak to her, and reconcile the past, but that is uncertain.

I’m giving consideration to making Gaea a guest-star on this blog. Or perhaps making her a separate blog all her own. For now, I’ll tentatively say that yes, she will be a guest-star on this blog.

So there you have it! Gaea is indeed my character, as well as Majidah/The Djinn/Koof.

skylanderwishes:

Character Name : Asiirha (AH-Sear-HAH)
Nicknames: Inky
Gender : Male
Age : Unknown, Ancient Dragon  
Species : Kurosian Dragon 
Relationships : Separated from first mate
Children : The Wyrm Matriarch
Role: Anti-Villain (has committed incredibly villainous acts, against his will, gaining himself a villain’s reputation)
Nationality : Born and raised in Kurosia
Homeworld : Unknown
Element : Dark Magic – Specializes in Shadow Magic: Imitating other Elements, traveling through shadows, and completely cloaking himself in them to remain hidden to the naked eye

Personality : Passionate, Honorable, Stoic, Confident, and Calm. Once an Overseer of Shadow in Warfang, it is said that his true personality shines through when he is surrounded by whelps: not a kinder individual among the Kurosians can be seen. He has in him a great deal of conflict, due to wanting to ensure the prosperity and unity of his people with all other Dragonkind, and occasionally has bouts of great anger that can wipe out entire armies.

Backstory

Asiirha was raised among royalty, side-by-side with the future king and his rookery mates. He is a rarity amongst the Shire, born with ‘Obsidian Kurosian Metal,’ a mark of a great and powerful Shadowmancer amongst their kind. Thus he is trained, and he is also feared. At an early age, he does not understand this, and lived the normal life of a child in Kurosia. It is not until he reaches the early days of his teenaged years that he began to grasp the gravity of his position, and how utterly he is feared and respected.

It is on the eve of this realization that he is betrothed. Unlike most of his kind, who would battle prospective mates to near-death, Asiirha’s birth is cause for special circumstances. He is intended to marry the future Matriarch of Fear, one of the rarest elements in all of Skylands, and he is whisked away for decades to be raised by her side.

Ruxandara was a bitter and quiet girl. She does not make any attempts at being his friend, or even trying to like him at all. Asiirha, to his part, attempted to make things easier for her. He was nothing but kind to her, and she is nothing but cruel, and nasty. When she wasn’t either of those she ignored him, so he turned instead to getting to know her people.

The Fear Dragons, or the ‘Aryos’ as they called themselves, were also a proud and strict people. But they relied on their powers rather than carving a path through the world via battle in order to gain respect from others, though their violence is close second in Dragon Society by the Kuros’. He never quite befriended any of them, but became a point of fascination for them, as their powers could not affect him. Some accredited it to his ‘Obsidian Bones,’ others to the fact that his intended was the future Matriarch.

While some in Kurosia would have relished their mix of fear and respect for him, their awe instead displeased him. He did not want to have their respect because of his power, or the lack of power they held over him. Instead, he wanted to earn it, and to befriend other dragons of like minds.

It is this train of thought that eventually leads him to ask his fiance to travel Skylands with him. She eventually agrees, longing to find a way out of her marriage somewhere beyond her people, and so they travel together. During their travels they meet another rare Elemental dragon: Atropine, leader of the Poison flock. He joined them on their trek, until they eventually came to Warfang.

The alliance between the Kuros and those of Warfang was tentative at best. But Asiirha’s demeanor and his two allies, dragons those in Warfang had never before witnessed, granted them entry. Over the years the three formed bonds within the city, gaining enough respect through deeds rather than birth. Eventually, they were asked to join The Guardians, as Overseers of their own Elements. Asiirha and his comrades accepted, and that was the beginning of the end.

Asiirha eventually betrayed Warfang to join Malefor, and was banished from their good graces. They were given shelter in Kurosia, but Asiirha found he could not enjoy his homecoming. Though he and Ruxandara were wed, his true heart remained in Warfang, held unbeknownst even to his love, in the talons of the Wind Guardian’s niece. Ruxandara used the powers she had accumulated over the years to seal him to her side, to curse him so that he could not do that which was not her will.

And so it was that he betrayed not only those in Warfang, but also his own kind.

Malefor and his Apes, as well as Ruxandara and Atropine’s peoples, attacked Kurosia, wiping out all of the Black Dragons. But Malefor turned on the Overseers in a final act of dominance, though once Ruxandara was murdered, and her hold on him broken, Asiirha fled to The King and Queen’s castle. It was there that he found The Queen in a destroyed nest, weeping over the loss of her children. He begged her to leave with the survivors, eventually dragging her away from the betrayal he could not bring himself to admit to.

During their escape, he fled, unable to face his shame and self-loathing, placing himself into self-exile. None yet know where he resides, though it is clear he punishes himself greatly….

Malefor and Asiirha

Truth be told, there was not much of a relationship between the undead dragon king and Asiirha. Even during those early days, Asiirha was under Ruxandara’s control, and all of his interactions with Malefor were at her whim. During the murder of the Puros and Aryos leaders, however, Asiirha managed to mortally wound Malefor, and it’s rumored that the Purple Dragon never walked the same way again.

The Lost Queen and Asiirha

A great deal of guilt surrounds Asiirha about The Lost Queen. Not only did he betray his own people, but he ultimately was the cause of the death of her unborn children. If he had resisted, even the slightest bit, one or more of his kin could have broken her spell….

And her whelps would have survived.

When she was first brought back to Kurosia, Asiirha was wone of those tasked with introducing her to their laws and moral code. Five decades older than her, he looked to her like he did any of the younger dragons, though she held a special place in his mind and heart from day one. For he understood what it was like to grow up being treated differently, and understood the anger she held in her heart from being treated thus.

He was witness to her Mating Fight with Kurogh, and there to help them both tend to their wounds after they were declared fit to be mates. Asiirha confessed to her, teasingly, if he had not been mated, he might have challenged her himself, and congratulates her on claiming a place as Kurogh’s Queen.

It is in him that she now and then confides her mistrust of Malefor, and he is unable to do anything but scoff at her suspicions, despite his own sinking feeling that Malefor will turn against them. Under Ruxandara’s control, he can do nothing but wave off her fears, and tell her she is ‘being silly,’ though she is doing anything but.

After he flees the punishment from her he knows he deserves, Asiirha watches her now and then through Shadow Scrying, and desperately loathes himself for how deeply he has wounded Kurosia’s Last Queen.

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Asiirha has been around for a looong time now. Originally, he was either my idea for Malefor’s dad or Cynder’s. It wasn’t until weirdiehyenas (aka weirdlanders ) came up with her Kurosian Lore that he really got a lot of depth.

But it wasn’t until I gave him a Skylanders counterpart that his Legend of Spyro story was given even MORE depth and life.