Sun-Kissed Canopy Green Raikarith
| Sun-Kissed Canopy Green Raikarith | |
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| Impressee | Niora |
| Hatching Date: | 22 July, 2010 |
| Size: | 24.2 feet |
| Dam: | Peirith |
| Sire: | Bronze Dargonath |
| Lineage: | Here |
| Clutch: | Clutch:37 |
| Egg Credit: | Isandre |
| Dragon Credit: | Hattie and Isandre |
| Puppeteer: | Hattie |
Contents
Shimmers of Heat Egg
Pale sapphire, rich cobalt, and deep navy, cool and refreshing, collect at the base of this mid-sized egg, a watery swirl of shades of blue, edged by hints of sage and mint along the outermost edges. From darkened pool arise shimmering, silvery streamers, encircling the bulge of shell in a spiraling mass, growing ever paler as upwards they rise. Beneath the mist, color thins, from sapphire to periwinkle, from cobalt to lavender, from navy to cream, a slow transition from water to dust, until eventually the scintillation clears, leaving nothing but a sandy layer of near white across the apex.
Like the mirage it seems, Shimmers of Heat Egg slowly fades away, dissolving into chunks and bits of egg-shell as the hatchling within slowly tears its way out. First comes the blunted nose, followed swiftly by awkwardly placed legs and a lean, low-slung body. Finally managing to slide free of her prison, Sun-Kissed Canopy Green Hatchling pauses on the sands, still but for the constant twist and curl of her goo-stained tail, the rustle of dark wings. Then - slowly, cautiously, she begins to slink, hunting for something as yet undefinable.
Sun-Kissed Canopy Green Hatchling
The rich, vibrant hue of grassy green spills from nose to tail-tip, washing over the proud, wedge-shaped head, skimming down spine, over low, squat body, lightening imperceptibly along throat and belly into a pale malachite. Sun-kissed yellow highlights muzzle and high-rising eye ridges, tracing the line between spring-bright back and the paler celadon hue of her underside. Thin, flat ridges skim from head knobs to tail-base, marching along her spine in orderly precision, echoed on either side by rosettes of ecru, haloed by a deeper golden-brown. Her blunted wings, springing gaily from her shoulders, billow often upwards, fern-hued sails suspended between spars of a richer, deeper hunter green, like a verdant shading canopy. Her limbs, short and slightly rounded, jut from her low form at odd angles, angling outwards; perpendicular to her body rather than parallel. Long, elegant toes curve gracefully from short feet, tipped by creamy, blunted talons. Her generous tail, quickly thinning to attenuated delicacy, moves endlessly in curls and twitches, never quite still.
Temperament
Your Raikarith has a mind as agile as that ever-moving tail of hers and a kind heart that knows no limits. In her early days, you will have to be careful not to get caught-up in all her quiet confidence and calm certainty and it might be easy to let her wrap you up in her and keep you constantly close and safe, but you will have to try and remember that you are the one there to provide sense and stop her overreaching herself. She will seek to look out for you as much as you look after her, something that will continue on for the rest of your days, and, though it might be comforting and have you believing that there is no problem that she cannot solve, she really knows little of the world beyond you.
She will want to try and take charge, believing that she is fully- capable and can be depended upon, and you will have to judge each situation carefully before deciding whether or not to step in and stop her. For example, when it comes to the hunt, she will want to lead and be the one to look to, particularly to her green sisters. It's with her fellow greens that she will form especially strong bonds, with her clutchsisters and elders, bonds which will last a lifetime. If she manages to get a group of them together with hunting in mind: watch out. You might find that she's formed her own hunting party and slipped off to stalk the herdbeasts in the pens without permission. When she perfects the art of catching her own meals, you'll notice that she has a tendency to end the process quickly with a deadly bite rather than flattening or tripping her prey. After stalking to her heart's content, of course.
It's not that she believes she's secretly gold under all that green, more that she has been gifted with incredible self-assurance and a certain serenity to go with it. She may believe that she knows best in any number of situations, but she will rarely be overbearing in her desire to see everything and everyone achieve their full potential. During lessons, she will want to watch her clutchmates and learn their strengths and weaknesses, not to give her an advantage but to learn where everyone might fit. When she's old enough, she may well try and round up her siblings after class to continue more informal lessons, to hone what skills they have, and, ultimately, to bring everyone closer together. She'll want them to understand each other as much as she believes she understands them, and, though she isn't the gossiping sort, she will try and 'explain' others to those she knows, whether those others include you, your friends or even strangers. Often, these discussions about the motivations or heartbreak of someone-or-other will occur when she's sprawled in the sunniest part of the bowl, trying to catch the sun on every inch of her hide. Good luck moving her once she's found the warmest, brightest spot in which to sunbathe!
One thing that will become more and more apparent as she grows is her incredible sense of timing. This innate sense that she has been hatched with will begin to surface shortly after her early months and may well come in very useful for the both of you, for it's not her own interactions and daily life that she applies it to, but yours as well. She will seem to know exactly what needs to be said at just the right time; the right course of action to be followed precisely when a path must be chosen. Of course, with her being right so often, she may try and meddle in your affairs and try to guide you with varying degrees of success, depending on whether you are willing to listen or even able to walk the road that she sees for you. If all doesn't go to plan, she'll be disappointed and won't hesitate to make that clear, yet, more often than not, she will see her guidance as lacking and not any efforts you make to follow it. Never mind - you'll try again. You both will.
Her ability to manoeuvre smoothly in the air may initially be hampered by her inability to keep her tail still. At first, she might be less than graceful, yet hardly inept; simply prone to little slips and the odd bout of imbalance before she learns to get her whole body to co-operate when she wants to catch that tricky thermal. When she's got the hang of the whole thing, her flying style will mirror her stalking habits in many ways and she'll have a gift for putting on bursts of speed from nowhere and turning quick loops and sharp dives. She'll likely never be truly acrobatic in the air, though she'll never put on a poor show either. Within her wing, whether that's her class or adult assignment, she'll want to be seen as the top green, the reliable, steady one that everybody goes to when they need something. She'll have time for everybody and will happily lie in the sun with any number of them, but, should you require her at any moment, she'll be right there to soothe, reassure, and, should you need it, distract.
When it's time for to her to rise, you'll find that her calm evaporates slowly over a number of days, eventually boiling down to nothing but heat, as if she's stored up all that sunlight that she so adores to unleash it at the moment of her choice. Her observations about others will become edgier when she's proddy and there will be a subtle aggression simmering beneath the surface, but she'll never be nasty with it. Her flights will be about her wanting the best male to catch her and, though she has no biological reason for it, she has her pride and will expect herself to be able to evade capture until all but the strongest have given up. She'll employ every trick that she knows; every trick that she's learned from her sisters, and, when she is finally caught, will have time for her mate as long as he has time for her. She's not one to constantly seek his attention in the days that follow, but, should contact be maintained in the months after, you may find that she makes strong connections with a number of males.
Above all, she loves you and will do much to see you happy. She will not be blind and ignore any faults you might have, nor will she be easily manipulated by tears or emotional outbursts, but she will always remind you of your place in her heart and what you mean to her. Raikarith will console you when you are sad; be the rock you need when things go wrong, yet always, always will she be looking to the future, for a way to fix things and make progress so that you might never have to have doubts again.
Public Impression Message
Sun-Kissed Canopy Green slowly slinks to a halt, her body hugged low to the Sands as she achieves absolute stillness save for the flick and twist of her tail. Silent and focused, there's no movement from her for the duration of a few breaths, then her head tilts barely perceptively and she's up and moving all at once, taking swift steps until she's padding along as fast as she can convince her young limbs to move. She slows only once she's located the one that she's looking for, to reach a neat, deliberate stop at the feet of a girl with twilight-blue eyes.
Private Impression Message
You know that the unbearably hot Sands are still beneath your feet; can still hear the chatter of voices and the creels of dragonets, yet somewhere in all that a cool breeze creeps in, slowly weaving its way through your senses. With the breeze comes the rustle of healthy leaves and creeling softens to the chirp of distant birds, before the temperature plummets, taking with it the humidity in the air. The breeze is dryer now, casting up dust in its wake, swirling into a blinding tempest scattered by a rich, smooth voice. « Niora. There's my girl. Look at you, here with me. » There she is, the grassy green sitting to attention at your feet, introducing herself before you can think to ask. « Raikarith. Everything will be all right. You'll see. But if you could feed me before we begin with that... »
Mindvoice
You'll find that Raikarith has many different touches to suit her mood, though, over time, you'll learn that these can usually be sorted into one of two categories depending on her overall mindset at the time. When she's being herself, chilling with her siblings and chatting with you, her voice takes on a soft quality, breathy and a little shy, her mind filled with the rustle of wind through the trees, touches of verdant foliage and quiet wildlife sounds woven through, lending an air of calm. However, when she has it in her mind to do something and that certainty of her kicks in, her mind takes on a hint of sere grasses, heat-spiked wind and dust, like the savannah, her voice becoming deeper and richer. At these times, when she's hunting or proddy, for example - occasions when she is being particularly emotional or forceful - even a hint of a growl or roar might sneak in to surprise you.
Dragon Inspirations
Raikarith is based on Sarabi from The Lion King, with the similarities between the behaviour of geckos and that of lions woven through both her physicality and her temper. Her description is based on the Northland Green gecko, as you requested, and we hope that in Sarabi you will find the motherly elements that you were seeking in a green. Her mindvoice combines elements of both the gecko's homeland and Sarabi's to create an ever-shifting landscape depending on her mood.
Egg Inspiration: The egg theme for this clutch was 'fire and water', and so it is with this egg. It is based off of the concept of 'a desert mirage', in which certain climate conditions can create the optical illusion of water where there is none - which happens quite frequently in the desert.
Name Meaning
Raikarith is taken from the Maori words for gecko (Kakariki) and lion (Raiona). The Maori are an ancient tribe originating in New Zealand, where the gecko you requested for your dragon inspiration is found.
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