Personality

Barnaby is, to put it bluntly, not the kindest person you would ever hope to meet. Born into the lap of luxury, he comes equipped with an egregious amount of arrogance and a nasty tendency to look down upon those that are "lower" than him. He is used to being pampered and having his every need and want taken care of at his command, and telling him "no" is considered a blasphemous act that he takes great offense to.

While his smugness speaks for him, he isn't a loud person and is actually soft-spoken with a very pleasant voice.... now if only the things he said were even half as nice, even without yelling he cuts others to the bone with his icy demeanor. But when not almost perpetually annoyed he is actually a relatively quiet soul and is personally sensitive to loud noises and/or crowded events, much more enjoying peaceful places within nature. His short temper typically does drive people away as expected, so he spent most of his days alone save for the company of any wild animals who cared to join him, his favorites being the frogs near the ponds he liked to relax by. He doesn't seem negatively impacted by this isolation as far as anyone can tell, in fact he seemed to despise the company of people and he was usually found in the royal garden with a book and tea to get away from them.

This is how he was brought up, so admittedly his disregard to others isn't entirely his fault; from birth it was ingrained into him that he was in the elite of dragon-kind after all, nobody was worth his time or his kindness so he simply should not associate with others, and anyone who took issue with his attitude is blown off as a jealous peasant whose opinion doesn't matter anyway. The young prince is the very definition of a spoiled rotten brat, coddled by his parents and never raised with discipline or disappointment a day in his life.

Now you would figure having his life of decadence crumble around him so violently would teach him a lesson in humbleness, right? Wrong! In fact the only impact this had was making him double down and become much more angry and bitter to the world. How dare this happen to him, whoever masterminded his family's ruin will most certainly pay even if it was the last thing he ever did!

So despite being put through heavy amounts of stress and trauma from the whole ordeal, you'll find his ego has not diminished in the least bit, but his paranoia has certainly heightened. Nowadays after being overthrown he is incredibly anxious of attempts on his life, which makes him lash out with animosity much more than he used to towards any unfortunate people he may run into in his travels; despite having a very powerful partner to protect him, he still can't help but feel danger that may or may not truly even be there. Thanks to this the only person who has been able to make progress on Barnaby's behavior so far is Alistair, the only one who currently makes him feel safe and whose polar opposite upbringing on the streets gives the reality check the snooty dragon needs to realize life is not so simple.

But while Barnaby cares heavily for Alistair and genuinely respects him, this progress is still very minimal thanks to how stunted Barnaby's growth as a person was during his days in the castle, it's very clear he doesn't know how to be his own person and merely followed the ways of his family's lineage with no other thought in exchange for a comfortable life.

It is very evident by his baffled reactions to lower-class life though that he's genuinely never been faced with what it's like in the grittier world that the "peasants" live in, and paying attention to what Alistair and others have gone through without the tint of luxury blinding him has slowly made him start to question the morality of living so well off while others suffer. His journey into becoming a better person may be a slow one, but Alistair's efforts are making a memorable impression on him, and he may actually even be enjoying learning from the hearty man and discovering who he truly is outside of the template of royalty forced upon him since birth.

Of course you won't hear him admit that, and you certainly won't go a day without hearing him complain to the somehow ever patient Alistair about how much lower quality everything commoners have is......oh well, baby steps will have to suffice for now.

Magic

Barnaby is a dragon who has control over air, much unlike the general fire abilities that most others of his kind have. As royalty, he was brought up to use this ability to protect himself from those that would seek to do him harm because of his status. Most notably, he is able to whip up vicious gales capable of causing massive damage should he feel threatened enough, and this is his primary means of defense as he is rather petite and easily overwhelmed by physical force. That being said he is not generally a willing fighter and will summon gales long enough to make an escape, but if he is pushed to desperately fear for his life he will not hesitate to steal the air from someone's lungs and watch them suffocate if he feels he has to. That is the darker side of his ability that he prefers not to have to touch, but thankfully has not needed to.....not yet, anyway.

Barnaby doesn't always have full mastery of wind though, his control of this element ties into his emotional state and he can lose his grip to rather strong moods. If his feelings are strong enough while he's trying to use his power, it will no longer respond to him which puts himself and everyone around him in immediate danger if he cannot calm down. However, as someone who is very good at keeping himself collected, he rarely has outbursts and generally uses his magic for more docile purposes such as granting himself the ability of flight or cooling the area down in warm weather. Seldom does he ever feel the need to use it outside of pacifistic actions. As a younger dragon his current wielding isn't considered super impressive by much more seasoned magical users and he has many years to go before he's able to have a perfect grasp on his abilities, but he works hard to maintain it.

Besides this, he also has a magic unique to him, the calculated product of being passed throughout generations and what many sought to kill him for and take for themselves. It is a very special magic that can only exist in the members of the royal dragonic bloodline, and it's been used to maintain the kingdom for thousands of years. Its effects vary from person to person, but for Barnaby it manifests in the enhancement of his intuition. He is capable of reading the feelings and intentions of anyone who comes near him, as if everyone is an open book to him without ever even uttering a word. Because of this it is nearly impossible to lie to him or manipulate him, and he is often sought in helping make decisions on who to hire to serve the royal family as well as making sure there are no traitors hiding within the kingdom.

There is a catch to this magic though, and that is the fact that Barnaby does not have access to its full potential at his age. What he can do now is only a very small fraction of what actually is present within him, and because he has not yet hit the maturity needed to handle this power it can also come with negative side effects. In his case he is overstimulated by how much he feels from other people which will drain him both physically and mentally quite often, sometimes to the point of making him ill. He sadly cannot control when his magic is active either, sometimes it's passively activated without him doing anything and sometimes he cannot get it to work when he wants it to. As dragons age much slower than most other species it will take him a long time to unlock his potential, but once he finally does it's speculated he will have full fledged psychic magic. Whether this is true or not can only be determined by him reaching that point, so time will ultimately tell what path his magical journey takes.