Saiya App

Name: Saiya
Gender: Female
Type: Western Dragon
Species: Desert Red
Age: 634
Date of Birth: June 30th
Personality:
Saiya tends to swerve from warm and friendly, to deeply angry and hostile depending on time and circumstances. She tends to highly value characteristics that lend themselves towards survivability, both in herself and others. She can also be quite vicious even against herself when she feels that she isn't accomplishing her goals, putting herself into danger or hardship as a form of self-punishment. That being said, she tends to have a very soft spot for young creatures (dragons and otherwise), protective and nurturing. If another earns her trust, occasionally she will let down her guard and expose the fact that she was once quite kind and still can be; time hasn't been kind.

In addition, she loves to keep secrets; knowledge is power after all. There are none who know truly everything about Saiya, and she tends to be paranoid about anyone who digs too deeply into her past.

Hobbies:
Physical training, as well as crafting various objects that are utilitarian. Many times she can be found reading the many books she's discovered in her journey, as she has a great respect for knowledge.

Likes:
She often enjoys a good fight that leads to her learning something, and has been known to sometimes start a fight purely for this purpose. She also enjoys mentoring younger dragons, though it can often be misconstrued as her being deliberately vicious to them; in her mind, she's preparing them for a world of harsh realities. She likes exploring and isn't terribly resistant to new ideas, enjoying intellectual debates.

Dislikes:
She dislikes those who do little to improve themselves, or behave in a manner that might indicate that they have had an easy life. She also highly dislikes needless death, even going so far as to spare an enemy. Long speeches, formalities, and manners are often lost on her.

Fears: Saiya is most afraid of losing those who earn her trust. She has a large amount of difficulty establishing relationships that are healthy, and so when such a relationship (such as friendship) is established she can become almost irrational when the other individual is threatened. She also fears being completely alone; many years spent surviving amidst the sands has resulted in her having difficulty collecting her thoughts when she feels that she is in no ones thoughts. Finally, she fears large bodies of water.




Place of Origin: Muh'az Desert, on the continent of Verula.
Tribe: Ki'Sha
Position: Lekuz'a
Language: Rough Kishin (Those who hear her, can tell she has an unusual accent; you could describe it as "someone who learned to speak a language by reading from books")
Home: Desert
Parents: Orphan
Siblings: Orphan, Unknown (Leaving this open as a possibility)
Relatives: Currently Unknown
Mate: No
Offspring: Deceased
History:
Saiya doesn't remember parents, family, even a sibling being present in her life. She hatched in a sea of sand and fire, and was forced to rely on instincts to survive much of her childhood. To the desert, she was just one more predator that would one day become prey. For many years she hunted and devoured one of the few creatures she was able to even at a young age, a venomous scorpion that contained a neurotoxin that caused paralysis; any creature on the verge of starvation prefers the pain of venom over starvation. Malnutrition wracked her younger years mixed with bouts of severe pain from poisons, causing her ability to breath fire to stagnate and become much less intense when compared to other dragons. The pain was rewarded however, as she started to develop production of the very same toxin she had been exposed to on a daily basis. It was with this newfound ability that she became more capable of hunting larger and more dangerous prey, and with it steady survival.

This all changed one day when she came across a ruin cleverly hidden in the desert, one she had only found because prey had been using it as a burrow. Initially she cared little about the strange markings on the walls and simply painted the floor with the blood of yet another dangerous desert denizen. This changed however when she noticed a depiction of a dragon, something clicking in her mind for the first time. It seemed to call out to her at the time, and so she approached it; blood still dripping from her jaws. She would reach out and touch the marking, and unknowingly open the entrance to the ruin; and within would discover the existence of other dragons, and much of the information needed for her alchemy.

Determined to find the creatures depicted in the ruins, she made use of an ancient (and highly outdated) map to journey across the desert in the general direction of the Ki'Sha tribes homelands. Over this period of time, she was able to encounter the occasional dragon and learn the basics of the Kishin language. The journey ended up taking a significantly larger amount of time than would be typical due to many ventures to ruins and encounters with other dragons along the way however. The most significant impact this portion of history had on her was her offspring; they had been the one thing to interrupt her journey for years. A tragic attack would leave her childless in the end however, leading to her current instability/bitterness, her devotion to constant training, and the seeking of a new purpose. This new purpose eventually came to be the question of her origins; why was she left in the desert and never sought out after so many years? Such a question she felt could only be answered by the most knowledgeable of the Ki'Sha tribe, leading to her current day efforts of seeking out the leadership and those who might be able to answer this question.

• Bright yellow feathers crown her head, and taper off along the back of her neck
  

• Bright red scales cover most of her body, and when contrasted with ebony spines and markings give others to sense that she is venomous
  

• Her short ears often reflect her emotional state
  

• Saiya often wears a multitude of different clothing, much of it scavenged, to cover up her bright scales.
  

Height: 28 ft.
Length: 82 ft.
Wingspan: 195 ft.
Scale/Fur/Feathers: Headfeathers are yellow, scales are ruby red with black markings.
Eyes: Black sclera with yellow pit viper pupils.
Accessories: Wears light sand-colored garments that help camouflage her in the desert when hunting, due to the brightness of her colors.
Armor: Fragments of old dragon armor scavenged from the desert and rusted out, but kept in surprisingly good condition considering. Also sand-colored.
Horns/Spikes: Two rows of black spines jut outward from either side of her spine, starting from the back of her head and travelling down to the tip of her tail; she has a limited ability to keep them lowered, in order to avoid accidental harm to others. The tip of her tail features a spear-point spine that seems designed to pierce.
Overall Appearance:
Without garments/armor:



Abilities:

• Venomous Napalm: She is able to breath fire that is up to 800 degree's Fahrenheit. The temperature however is not the danger; typically globules of her toxin (listed below) is spread out along with the fire, causing a reduced venomous effect and giving the fire fuel to burn for a couple of minutes.
  

• Venomous Bite: Her fangs can inject a neurotoxin that induces paralysis, but doesn't harm the victim; after a period of an hour (smaller dragons)
  or fifteen minutes (large dragons) the toxin loses enough effectiveness to allow movement, but things such as speech and high speed movement may be impaired for a longer period of time. Size also affects how quickly the effect occurs in the victim, and the number of bites can multiply the severity.
  

• Unusual Knowledge: Due to many years spent living and travelling the deserts, she's encountered many ruins and come across odd bits of knowledge and artifacts. She keeps useful items on her person that can distract (noise), momentarily blind (light), or enhance physical conditions (alchemical mixtures). The effects are usually limited, and augment or support her at physical range.
  

Strengths:

• Saiya typically relies on her significant overall physical conditioning built up over many years spent surviving in desert conditions
  

• She fights dirty whether it be through use of a blinding object (Mirror reflecting light, a claw full of dust), poison, or through manipulation.
  

• Saiya is (usually, except in certain conditions) calm and patient in combat conditions
  

• She has an unusual collection of knowledge and scavenged artifacts, which can catch others off guard
  

Weaknesses:

• Saiya is emotionally unstable at times; finding the right trigger can drastically reduce her effectiveness.
  

• Saiya has rarely if ever encountered cold conditions, and her body is poorly suited for environments other than the desert and its high temperatures.
  

• Saiya lacks much of the mainstream knowledge that other dragons might find commonplace, making it difficult for her to adapt to civilization or understand much about other tribes.
  

• When her clothes and scavenged armor are not present, she is extremely easy to see from a distance due to her bright coloring.
  

• Saiya has a lot of difficulty blending in even with the Ki'Sha, due to her half-feral upbringing; she cares little for traditions and mannerisms, which can cause friction. Much of the learning she does with regard to the gods is done simply for appearance, secretly she harbors ill will for anyone (including the divine) that was the cause of her abandonment.
  

• Saiya lacks options at longer distances from opponents.
  

Fighting Style:
Saiya's fighting style can best be summarized as unconventional, using trickery and poison to wear an opponent down over time while taking advantage of her own significant endurance. Because of her lack of longer range abilities, her goal is often to close the gap as fast as possible. When dealing with larger opponents she often tries to take advantage of the cumulative effect of her bite's toxin to debilitate their strength, and when faced with smaller or similar sized opponents she will often resort to her venom laden firebreath to slow them down or limit their options. She much prefers a ground confrontation over an aerial one, and her goal while in the air will often be to bring the opponent down to the ground where her bladed tail and fangs can be brought more easily to bear.

Magic:
Saiya is able to create alchemical mixtures using knowledge scavenged from the desert, to augment her physical abilities.

• Adrenal: (+) Reflexes become enhanced, to the extent that she is able to react twice as fast. Lasts for 10-15 minutes, similar to (for example) caffeine. (-) After the effect ends, she becomes slightly impaired and her reaction speed lowers by 1/4th for an hour.
  

• Death Delay: (+) Allows her to continue fighting past wounds that would normally have made her collapse such as: traumatic blows to the head, blood loss, limb loss (Improves clotting factor). Lasts for 5 minutes. (-) Dramatically impairs cognitive capability during it's effect. She's much less likely to dodge a blow, use a strategy, or stop herself and becomes unconcerned about sustaining further injuries.
  

She knows little of any other form of magic due to her uneducated upbringing.

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