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*TW: mentions of abuse, abusive living situation*
When Jupiter's egg hatched, his family was nowhere to be found. Instead, he was in the possession of a human research team, who had plucked him out of his nest while his parents were away/sleeping. They had been incubating his egg to keep him alive so that they could research him, but they hadn't realized he was so close to hatching. Having no knowledge of how to take care of a living dragon, the research team was at a loss. They didn't want to leave him in the hands of the wrong people, full knowing what most non-magical humans in the realm think about mythical creatures like dragons. After struggling to keep him a secret and take care of him, they finally relented and gave him to an orphanage specifically tailored towards rehabilitating orphaned mythical children. Despite the check up on the quality of the home, the nasty intentions of the headmistress went unnoticed and the (mostly) well-doing humans placed him in an unsafe environment, promising to come back if they could find his parents.
The humans that dropped him off never came back- not that Jupiter would remember, since it was when he was a small hatchling. During his time at the orphanage, he grew up enough that at age 5 he developed his human form. The headmistress didn't pay much mind until the day that he was able to present as a human child rather than a dragon. She relentlessly encouraged that he be in his human form as much as possible, assuring him that the outside world hated dragons and would look down on him for being inferior. Due to the forced form holding, his development was stunted and he became unable to easily turn between dragon and human and his dragon tail won't stop intruding on his human form.
As he got older, he started to see the orphanage as it really was and who the headmistress was. He started sneaking out to go to the library in the village near the orphanage's land, in which he met the first human who he remembers showing him genuine kindness. The librarian- an old man with an odd accent- and his deaf grand niece became his first friends and were the driving forces for him seeking out a better life.
Ford is a travelling merchant and inventor, successful enough to have special access to upperclass areas such as the Spire. Jupiter was sitting off to the side, covered in mud as he watched kingdom officials apprehend the orphanage masters and escort the children to a safer place. Before one of the officers could interact with him, Ford sat down across from him in the mud and talked to him to help keep him distracted from the situation. They quickly became attached to each other and Ford visited him in the new- SAFER- orphan house for a few weeks before opting to try to adopt him as his little brother.
Aristotle is a dragon deity that paints dreams. There's many legends about him, but the general idea is that he's made out of stars and that his paint is made out of space dust and the cosmos themselves. Jupiter's life goal is to meet Aristotle, a dream started by the librarian. He doesn't know if he'll ever get to meet him or if he's actually real, but Jupiter still looks out for any opportunity or hint to where or how he could find him. He has a feeling that maybe Aristotle could tell him who his parents are or at least where they are, since he supposedly visits the dreams of every dragon.
Daniel is Ford's best friend...and by extension, someone that Jupiter can trust. He's not entirely sure he considers him a friend though, since...he only really just gets on his nerves. Something about Daniel's push-over personality makes his eyebrows furrow and eye twitch. Despite this...Daniel is pretty good at comforting him, only second best to Ford himself.
After moving to live with Ford in a different kingdom, Jupiter was having troubles befriending people- not that he was particularly good at befriending anyone in the first place. He met Ceri, who is the only kid his age that happens to come from the kingdom that he lived in. Even though he'd like to forget about what happened when he lived there, it's still a good starting point for a companionship. They're not super close just yet due to a mix of Ceri's socially inept personality and Jupiter's standoffishness, but they still cherish each other a lot more than the other thinks.
Callisto is a parasitic worm snake that feeds on electricity. The worms are a nightmare for home owners, as they infest the outlets and cause the electricity bill to sky rocket. Electricity from an outlet- despite having an plug in tail- does not taste nearly as good as sinking their teeth into an electric blooded dragon. Although rarely a bothersome species due to their intimidation of dragons, Callisto was an outlier and went straight up to Jupiter without a care in the world and tried to bite him. Jupiter really didn't appreciate the attempted biting part, but something about Callisto's confidence and spunk lit him up with happiness. Ford REALLY doesn't like Callisto since he's quite literally a parasite feeding off of his brother, but Callisto and Jupiter have a bond. He's somehow been able to train the worm to respond to language cues, leading to quite a few moral questions about exterminating the surprisingly intelligent species. . . Ford just wants him gone, but Jupiter keeps bringing him back so he's here to stay.
