History - Age 0

Illiandrus was hatched from an egg, stolen from a nursery the Cult of Taimat had cultivated. A group of adventurers (namely Vaniesa, Nell, and Sil) were the first people she ever knew. Although she considered Tiamat her mother, Vaniesa was her mom, and Nell was her dad, and Sil was her sister.

While the other two helped as well, Vaniesa took it upon herself to be Illiandrus' primary caretaker. She didn't care that it was a black dragon's "nature" to be naturally evil, she wanted to show that anyone could be good if someone was there to help them along. Illiandrus struggled with understanding morality, the concept of 'good' and 'evil' was something she didn't grasp. She merely did what she wanted to do, but Vaniesa's influence and praise when doing 'good' things helped slowly guide her down the path Vaniesa desperately wanted to believe she could tread.

Unfortunately, during their adventure one of the people she had grown attached to, Nell, died and she didn't understand why. She grew upset, angry, forever changed by his death. She didn't want to listen to Vaniesa's lessons anymore, she wanted Nell back and would do anything and kill anyone in order to make that happen. Vaniesa discouraged her, insisting that while she knew that Illiandrus was rightfully upset and mourning, there were better ways to handle this. They would go after those that had murdered him, but killing indiscriminately was not the way to do things.

Despite the loss of Nell, they continued on, fighting many battles, many more close brushes with death, and Illiandrus continued to grow and to learn with each day that passed. She became stronger and much more in-tune with her draconic insticts, learning more about the world and about people and morality. She knew she could easily give in to what she wanted to be, but eventually she came to care about Vaniesa and Sil and her desire to keep them safe grew. Over time she found herself doing good things out of habit; a substantial reason was to make Vaniesa and Sil happy, and sometimes it was out of spite, but knowing it made her companions happy gave her a sense of satisfaction.

The Cult of the Dragon was eventually defeated, at least for a time, with the death of the Wyrmspeaker Rezmir. Nell was brought back from the dead to Illiandrus' elation. Their small group was finally reunited... for a time.

It was very shortly after they took down the Cult when they once again seperated, not through death, but life needed to continue on. Nell had a family to return to, Sil had her own business to take care of, leaving only Vaniesa to look after Illiandrus. This suited her just fine, and although she knew the others were fine and merely elsewhere in the world, it was a struggle to adjust to everyone going away. This was made harder when Vaniesa decided to travel to Amn to follow a lead that could potentially help in regards to furthering her knowledge of dragons as well as the Cult.

Things only grew more complicated with another dragon entering the picture. Rukodyne was a metallic dragon, and Illiandrus didn't trust him as far as she could throw him. She felt as though Vaniesa was being stolen from her, just as everyone else had been, and she was torn between keeping her distance and the need to protect someone who was important to her. This grew even harder when Vaniesa had another child, Ignatia. In the end she ended up growing more clingy and trying to take back the attention she wanted, getting her way when the Cult of the Dragon reared its ugly head once more by coming along with Vaniesa.

Design

Species

Black Dragon

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Designer

Sadincae

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Design Notes

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• she has vertically slitted eyes
• there are two battle scars on her face, visable in both elven and dragon forms
• hair is black with a green shine
• has fangs and very sharp nails

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She should look fairly young when drawn, but not a child; she is an adult considering she is a full dragon and should look like she's in her extremely late teens to early twenties.

She nearly always has purple eyes, although when really needing to blend in she will make them green. The pupils are always slitted regardless of color.

Any draconic aspects are completely optional and not required when drawing her in most circumstances. If being drawn they are typically limited to horns and a tail. She would only have these features to emulate Ignatia.

When fighting in her elven form, she generally uses two Scimitars of Acid Splash. If drawing them, the scimitars are identical.

A majority of the panels of her skirt hide multiple Bags of Holding where she'll keep her adventuring gear, as well as anything she happens to loot and/or steal while traveling.

Relationships

Vaniesa Lorathon - Mother

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Over the course of many years, Vaniesa has grown to be someone Illiandrus will call mother without a second thought. She finds her irritating and nosy and a pain in her side, and someone she loves and knows loves her in return. Illiandrus is appreciative of the efforts Vaniesa's made to understand her, and she enjoys traveling with Vaniesa despite the occasional lecture over her behavior. If anything were to happen to Vaniesa, it would destroy a major piece of Illiandrus in the process.

Ignatia Lorathon - Younger Sister

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She doesn't take Ignatia seriously, amused at her insistance that she's just as strong as a full dragon. She takes every opportunity she has to tease her, but Illiandrus doesn't hate her despite what Ignatia believes. She is jealous of her though, for the simple fact that she's Vaniesa's biological child, but she keeps this to herself. In later years, she makes attempts to repair their relationship and show that she cares in more visable ways.

Rukodyne Akari - Adversary

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She doesn't hate him, but she will never consider him her father. They have a mutual knowledge that regardless of what Rukodyne does to keep her from getting into trouble, she'll always find a way to wriggle out from his constant watch and do it regardless just to spite him. The only thing that she gives him is that he understands much clearer what she's capable as a dragon than her mother ever could, but whether that's a benefit or a detriment changes constantly.

Ellis - Bodyguard

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She knows exactly why she was assigned Ellis as her bodyguard: she's an extremely capable rogue in her own right and is the closest anyone under Rukodyne's employment could possibly be to keeping up with Illiandrus' shenanigans. She's more than happy to keep Ellis constantly busy, to the extent of including her in whatever trouble she may intend to get into at any given time. They're closer than Illiandrus would ever willingly admit to anyone, including Ellis.