Laika

She/her / Enderman turned Robot turned half dragon forsaken by their creator

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Backstory: 

Laika started her life as an Enderman and was raised in The End. An only  child of two mothers--an inventor and a Noble (their names lost to  time). Laika often snuck into the inventor's lab to mess with her  supplies--being a tinkerer at heart. And loved learning about history of  the End and of other places with her Noble mother. But at the end of  the day, she was one out of many and there wasn't anything special about  her. She was just like everyone else!

The  Endermen used to be a very advanced culture in The End, living  alongside robots that had been created with the help of their god,  Zenith. The Endermen held great knowledge and shared it with those who  were willing to visit their lands. Zenith gave them the ability to  create life, through robot cores and giving them the knowledge they  needed to preserve it.

One  day when Laika was playing at the edge of the void, she fell into the  dark expanse. She was swallowed up whole. There wasn't anything aside  from the dark. It was a long time before help game, finding Laika badly  damaged by the effects of the void. Crumbling away and loosing  themselves more each day.

The  inventor tried everything so that her daughter could live on. But even  with that and the Noble's influence--Laika kept getting sicker. Nothing  was working. There was no cure and if nothing were to be done and Laika  wouldn't make it.

Zenith  visited the Inventor, giving her an choice, a price for letting Laika  live. The choice was obvious. Laika was put into one of the unused  prototypes for the robots and came to life. One of the less advanced  models and with a lot of limitations but,, alive at least, right?

Laika  acted like she had been before! Except,, there were slight things  missing. Not having certain memories, or having interest in the same  things she had before. The Inventor was convinced this couldn't've been  her daughter and was betrayed by the god she had trusted. Given back a  fake replica. The Noble didn't think that way, greatful for Zenith's  kindness and was greatful for Laika to be there at all! Not knowing of  The Inventor's deal. But that didn't matter.

Laika  was now a machine. Mind more regulated and robotic--stilted as the was  now code mandated how to act and respond and whatnot. Laika was not able  to fufill the new expectations of being a robot and not be how she used  to act.

This  was until Zenith, their god, went into a rage. The endermen had (to her  words) SQUANDERED her gift and she scorched the land to ash. Resulting  in the fall and the isolation of the End Dimension. It slowly corrupted  the Endermen and turned them into the beasts that they are today. This  also went to the robotic cores, corrupting the robots into husks of  their former selves.

But not Laika,, not yet,,

Laika  at this moment was meeting with The Inventor once more, a small  argument turned into a fight. Laika asked why she wasn't cared for  anymore? She was still there! Made of wires and code but still heself!  The Inventor was convinced the robot in front of her was an ill copy  trying to mimic her daughter.

Laika lost it and--she doesn't quite remember what happened.

Reguardless.  There was nothing left in the End for her. Laika steals one of the  ships that they had around--driving it into the void and the End taking  its last visitor for a thousand years.

Laika  crashed into the Overworld and loss of directive, any home, any  purpouse. Laika's system crashed and her core badly damaged (ripped  out?). Laika was there in the smoldering ship. Alone and Forgotten.

[SEASON 1]

Unaware  of the time that has passed, Laika wakes up to RNG discovering her ship  and quickly sees him as a friend. She meets other people that live  close and nearby and gets to know them near and dearly! The only strange  thing about this place was that,, nobody truly died. If they got "died"  they would come back, no harm, no foul! Strange.

It  doesn't take long for things to go off the rails, as RNG has been  collecting the materials to open up the end--as it was their  programming. A God of Knowledge and Power, Godl is the God of the end  and relegated to the Nether. He knows The End's Knowledge was sealed  away and encourages RNG to pursue this. 

Laika  knows the End is dangerous. She can't,,, remember how she got to the  Overworld and the downfall of Zenith. But one thing is clear, it's Dangerous and going back would spell ruin and disaster.

In  the mean time, Laika makes friends with Koipa, a friendly hermit from a  mushroom island; Alexandra, a recluse Russian afflicted with a golden  midas touch; and Jack, a banished jester from a castle far away; and a  god of Gold--Godl for short--relegated to the Nether but able to speak  through golden armor. Laika and Koipa helped gather dozens and dozens of  stacks of dirt for Alexandra's new home and along with other escapades  like that! Everything was perfect!

Laika  had some issues with one of her arms, and in an effort to help repair  it, Alexandra cursed her arm with gold. But,, being a robot it didn't  affect her, in fact made the injury nullified!

When  RNG reveals to Laika of his plans to go to The End. She tries to stop  it the best way she can by trying to break the needed elements for the  porta--but is stopped by Godl. Godl  was FURIOUS. Laika refused to stop her efforts of sabatoguing the End  Mission. Godl tried to dispose of Laika, ending up cracking their face  badly and loosing vision in one of their eye.

Alexandra came in the nick of time, promising she'd be able to steer Laika away from sabatoging things any further.

[SEASON 1- END EVENT]

Laika didn't want to go. She was more-or-less dragged in as she relived the traumatic memories of her past. The  others explored the ruins, finding tidbits on Laika's past through  journals of the Inventor and Noble and of Zenith herself. Zenith had  been a benevolant god. The god of Life and Death. Those in her presence  would not fear death and be given life and prospertity. Until she saw  her own citizens as leeches and destroyed what she had made.

What  nobody knew was that by killing the Ender Dragon--Zenith in her own  monsterous state much like the Endermen--would cause their deaths to  matter, to take affect on them. Alexandra makes the killing blow and  everyone heads to the exit. Laika quickly takes the egg and sees  everyone go into the portal one by one. Except for Koipa and RNG. But  RNG starts to act strange,,,

RNG takes a change in tone. Less. Himself. Laika  pushes Koipa into the portal, leaving her alone to face down RNG alone.  But that wasn't him. His programming took ahold and now was the  "Killswitch" initive.

Killswitch  tries to convince Laika to give it over, he needed it for something.  Something important. Laika threatens to destroy the egg if he laid a  claw near it--but they both know she won't do that. It reaches a  stand-still and Killswitch retreats further in the end, leaving Laika  alone. The only thing to do was to go through the portal back to the  Overworld.

[...]

The  End Event ended terribly. The only thing protecting Laika from the ire  of Godl and the rest of the SMP was the Ender Dragon Egg she held in her  possession--preventing her death and the thing now causing the collapse  of the server.

Alexandra  could not assure Laika's Safety anymore when Godl's wrath was to a  standstill. Organizing the End Expidition and not able to see the  knowledge that was kept in the dimension. Godl demanded to know where  RNG was, and for the Ender Egg in Laika's posession. There wasn't much  he could do when Laika was using the egg's protection.

Laika  removed her golden arm in an effort to disuade Godl from hunting her  down. Laika still ran though, as she always did. Always had done. Ending  up all alone. Being left to figure out how in the world she was going  to fix what she felt like she was responsible for--dooming everyone's  death.

And the guilt of not being able to stop them. She could have. And she didn't.

[SEASON 2]

With  Zenith's Death and the opening of the end, the characters that have  been in a sense of immortality in relation to spawn/the ender portal now  have a limited amount of lives. Not a number, though. Each time they  want to go back. they'll have to give up something dear to them. And  Laika will be the arbitor of this, being the one to say the bad news and  force them to give up something,,, unless they didn't want to come  back. Not like they'll remember. But it still takes its toll. Tis the  curse of the Ender Dragon Egg holder.

Laika  was intent on this being an isolating endevour as she ran far far away  and ended up in a desert. All alone. Like it was always supposed to be.

But  people kept visiting her--Jack, at first ran away from Alexandra as she  had continued to spiral and had made a lab for experiments. Jack and  Laika lived as weird roommates as Laika took him in and they became  better friends. Jack taught her what real "human" food was and Laika  tasked Jack with some chores but they worked on things together!

At  the fact of Koipa going mad and being put into jail, Laika broke in and  broke Koipa out. Taking him in for a short period of time before  spending his time with RNG. Who was,, back to normal? Laika couldn't  believe that. And kept her distance.

Time  goes on and Laika's learning more about the Ender Dragon Egg.  Experiments, notes, learning the system. The results are not pretty. And  in the night one lonely night, Jack took the egg to try and ease some  of her worries. With no egg, Laika could stop fretting to much. STOLE it from her. Laika tracked Jack down and Jack tried to reason with her. It escelated. Jack was dead. Just like the inventor. Just like how it was long ago--

[SEASON 2- DRAGON LAIKA]

Laika was far enough at that point that it didn't hurt until after the fact. With  the Ender Dragon egg embeded in her chest and dragon limbs and tail to  boot. Laika was aware enough of her surroundings to see anything  oncoming as a threat.

RNG,  Koipa and Alexandra fought against the Dragon Beast that was now Laika  and took her down. Removing the egg from her chasis and took Laika deep  underground of Alexandra's lab to escape Godl's eye.

Laika  didn't wake up and their internals were too damaged at the start. Like  she was dead. Laika had to undergo severe repairs. Alexandra and Koipa  spent months reading and researching into old Enderian robotics to  repair her.

Laika eventually woke up. Now kept in another prison. A  recreation of the End to try and ease her recovery but it ends up  making it worse. Laika is grappling on if she truly is the same person  she was before now. And what makes it worse is that Koipa is seemingly  the only one that sees hope in this disheartened Laika now. Now that  Laika knows everything,, and how powerless she is to stop the impending  doom. But maybe having one friend supporting her is enough...