Hydrose

[Hydrose]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 420px; background-image:url(http://i.imgur.com/pN4s1.png); -moz-border-radius: 40px 0px 40px 0px; border-radius:40px 0px 40px 0px; padding: 10px; border: #181818 solid 10px;] [STYLE=width: 340px; background-color: 333333; padding-top: 4px; text-align; center; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 16px; -moz-border-radius: 40px 0px 0px 0px; border-radius:40px 0px 0px 0px; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 5px; color: 777777;] NAME / TITLE [STYLE= border: 8px solid #333333; width: 100px; margin-top: -55px; float: right;] [STYLE=width: 340px; background-color: 181818; padding-top: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: -0.5px; color: 777777; text-align: justify;] include a short quote or lyrics here [STYLE= width: 290px; background-color: 5e5e5e; text-align: justify; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 9px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 9px; color: 181818; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 40px 0px; border-radius:0px 0px 40px 0px;] NAME & AGE: Hydrose, Young adult, 235 years of age ORIGINS: Hydrose, a Lakewing, was born 235 years ago in the month of May on the 4th day to one of the few female Lakewings near Berk. He was sheltered by his mother (the father had left before his birth) and fed in a cave near Madman’s Gully. His mother left him when he reached 50 years due to abandonment as his mother wanted a more independent life, as most Lakewings are famous for. Hydrose (not named at this point) made a living in the small freshwater streams and abandoned fishermen’s catches around them for the next century or so as he approached adolescence. It was during this time that he came to be known to the residents of Berk – particularly the fishermen, and was hunted – as a common or garden dragon (the type of dragon they initially believed him to be). However unlike the Common or garden dragons, lacewings are notoriously intelligent and quite an intuitive species and did not fall for the largely obvious traps or ambushes set by Vikings, only infuriating them to search him more increasingly, less so believing him to be a common or garden, but still wanting him as a prize became a goal for many Vikings coming of age to prove their worthiness to the tribe. This caused him to be nearly caught on one stage by a Viking, who gave him the name ‘Hydrose’ when he missed the killing blow, allowing (now named) Hydrose to escape and hide. Since then, over the 85 years that followed Hydrose has remained uncaught, and has largely dropped out of memory by the majority of the Viking population, except for the odd tale or folklore story on Friday evenings. Hydrose now lives a solitary lifestyle away from Vikings in a canyon known now as ‘Toothless Canyon’. GENDER: Male BREED & STANDING: Wild, [ Lakewing ] A medium-length dragon that commonly lives in or near large lakes or rivers, they usually follow the river downstream to find other deltas or tributaries and follow them up to the source to search for potential mates, or to find other sources of food via land, commonly Viking fish catches or other riverside mammals. They are around 15 feet long, nose to tail tip. They have dappled white/grey stomach plates that reach from under its jaw to the end of the tail. It has strong arms and legs, useful for swimming and catching prey, with the addition of hooked claws and rough ‘pads’ on its feet. It is able to fly short distances on its wings, but cannot support extended flight; as such it prefers a combination of gliding and predominately running to get around. Lakewing dragons are also capable of shooting jets of a highly flammable oily and toxic substance. The streams of the oily liquid are limited if the Lakewing has not eaten in the past two hours and by what it has eaten – more fish equals more oily and toxic whilst more meat means more flammable and sticky etc. [STYLE=width: 340px; background-color: 333333; padding-top: 4px; text-align; center; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 16px; -moz-border-radius: 40px 0px 0px 0px; border-radius:40px 0px 0px 0px; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 5px; color: 777777;] SKIN-DEEP HEARTS [STYLE=width: 120px; height: 100px; background-color: 1e1e1e; padding-top: 4px; text-align; center; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 16px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 2px; color: 777777; margin-top: -55px; float: right;] GENERAL INFO [STYLE=width: 340px; background-color: 181818; padding-top: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: -0.5px; color: 777777; text-align: justify;] include a short quote or lyric here [STYLE= width: 290px; background-color: 5e5e5e; text-align: justify; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 9px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 9px; color: 181818; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 40px 0px; border-radius:0px 0px 40px 0px;] LIKES: Swimming fish early mornings Humans (to the level of not immediately attacking at first sight – he will usually just carefully observe anyone who approaches) ambushing prey/hunting Storing food for later DISLIKES: Larger non-aquatic dragons Heavily populated areas Absence of large bodies of freshwater Vikings that attempt to lure or hunt/harm it Losing fish (in the water or lost reserves) Frogs (especially Trevor) POSITIVE TRAITS: Swimming (a very fast and strong swimmer, he is able to carry up to three Vikings on his back should he ever wish/need to) Hiding for extended periods of time Possesses a fast running gait Gliding Pretty intelligent (he can be quite inventive/intuitive/resourceful) Accurate with his liquid-based breath ability Storing food in cool areas, preserving them for when food is low in the future NEGATIVE TRAITS: Dislikes sharing Untrusting Holds grudges indefinitely Hard to calm down FEARS: Being attacked by an even larger dragon Being irrevocably Tamed (He isn’t generally aggressive toward humans, but he equally doesn't want to be tamed) Extended Droughts His stored fish supply being stolen or running out quickly OVERALL PERSONALITY: Hydrose is a calm, intuitive, resourceful, yet confident dragon. He is slow to anger, but when he is eventually enraged, is a force to be reckoned with. He is quite happy to respect the Viking boundaries as long as they respect his own, and over the years they usually have. As Hydrose is a predominately solitary species of dragon, this solitary nature transfers over to his own personality, as hinted earlier – preferring to avoid human contact, but if unavoidable or via random meetings, Hydrose is one of the few dragon species that will not attack on site, preferring to mainly observe or ignore whichever human is encroaching on his territory. However, it is also this solitary nature that makes Hydrose relatively inexperienced in dealing with Vikings (despite having been hunted by some of them in the past, he has had little real pursuit or been hunted by them, and underestimates the Vikings because of this. He instead prefers to hide in the water, or if necessary (i.e. Vikings getting really quite close / bold) will spray them and discourage them from coming back. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: The Lakewing species as a whole: They are around 15 feet long, nose to tail tip, and stand averagely at 9-10 feet tall. They have dappled white/grey stomach plates that reach from under its jaw to the end of the tail. It has strong arms and legs, useful for swimming and catching prey, with the addition of hooked claws and rough ‘pads’ on its feet. It is able to fly short distances on its wings, but cannot support extended flight; as such it prefers a combination of gliding and predominately running to get around. Hydrose: 14ft long from nose to tail tip, and stands at 8 feet tall when on his (4 feet long) legs. He has medium length (4 inches long) serrated teeth for grabbing and holding onto prey, hooked razor sharp talons, four strong legs for its predominately swimming and running mode of movement, he also has two large wings for gliding with / aiding in water movement. These wings are around 10 feet long and average at 7 feet wide and are an inch thick overall. He has a light white dappled underbelly plates from his jaw to tip of tail, whereas the top areas of his body are a darker bluey green colour, also stretching from nose to tail tip. He also has 2 feet long slanted back white horns that point backwards, as well as six 1 foot long tail spines along his back, starting from his lower neck down to just above the start of his tail. The end of his tail is quite flat and spade shaped, for better control in the water, the overall qualities of his tail are that it is 6 feet long, quite thick and very strong (and can be used offensively if required). ABILITIES: He can spray large accurate jets of an oily, flammable and highly toxic (depending on what he has recently eaten) liquid substance from his mouth, like most Lakewings his expelled streams of liquid breath are limited at around 8 ‘sprays’ commonly, but the maximum amount they can ‘fire’ when they are in water is currently unknown due to most Lakewings having seen the recorder by then and chasing them off or leaving the area. These jets of liquid are usually surprisingly accurate and can sting (initial impact of the toxin) to the point of short term paralysis in that area of the body, again depending on what he has recently eaten – at worst skin would be irreparably damaged, and could be burnt off, thus allowing the harmful substance to enter the bloodstream killing the offender relatively quickly, Hydrose is also perfectly capable of biting or slashing a limb off with his very sharp teeth and claws, or knocking an average Viking out cold with a well placed tail slam i.e. the head or upper torso. Hydrose also behaves similar to a crocodile in that he prefers to stun foes with his breath, before dragging them into the water and drowning them. [STYLE=width: 340px; background-color: 333333; padding-top: 4px; text-align; center; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 16px; -moz-border-radius: 40px 0px 0px 0px; border-radius:40px 0px 0px 0px; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 5px; color: 777777;] EVERYTHING ELSE [STYLE=width: 120px; height: 100px; background-color: 1e1e1e; padding-top: 4px; text-align; center; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 16px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 2px; color: 777777; margin-top: -55px; float: right;] OOC INFORMATION [STYLE=width: 340px; background-color: 181818; padding-top: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: -0.5px; color: 777777; text-align: justify;] include a short quote or lyric here [STYLE= width: 290px; background-color: 5e5e5e; text-align: justify; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 9px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 9px; color: 181818; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 40px 0px; border-radius:0px 0px 40px 0px;] KEYWORD HIDDEN IN THE RULES: -Hysteria- OOC NAME TO CALL YOU: Rosprey/Whitty RP EXAMPLE: The cool water surrounding him relaxed him; here in his true home he was safe. Nothing could catch him here in the water. That had tried so far anyway the dragon pondered. The silt filled depths proved no burden to his adapted eyesight, his gaze cut through the particulated water like two searchlights in the dark. Looking, searching for the large Pike he had seen ambushing a small fish of some sort earlier as he had been sunning himself on a large rock that overlooked the lake. There! A small flicker of movement in the periphery of his telescopic vision, a grey silhouette rushing into the silty clouds near the shallows. He rushed forwards, propelled by his large tail and streamlined body, accelerating quickly towards his prey, the pike caught a brief glimpse of him and sped off, equally quickly in acceleration, streaking away into the silty clouds. However he was gaining. He opened his maw to snap down on the pike, the pike still trying to evade him but without luck, as Hydrose was matching every twist and turn it could pull. When suddenly out of the blue, a small frog swam into his path, an avalanche of pure fear and adrenaline came over Hydrose, he immediately turned upwards and sped out of the water – opening his previously lowered and swept back wings and glided to the shore line, landing heavily as customary to his gliding nature – panting quickly and eyes narrowed to a thin slit looking back at the water. The frog came hopping out before settling on a nearby tuft of grass, eyeing him – as if to determine whether it was worth the effort in hopping after the dragon to get him off his territory. Hydrose hissed as menacingly as he could, as he slowly backed away wings extended, tail swishing back and forth like a smooth scaled pendulum. He leapt around and up to his nearby cave that overlooked the area. Hissing again in the rough direction of the offending frog to give himself some sense of security he headed towards the back of the cave, sniffing briefly at a piece of weed on the floor before grabbing a large carp and settling down to chew on it, ears pricked towards the faint distant sound of ringing iron – the Vikings are up to something again he thought before gulping down the carp and laid down, crossing his forelegs and resting his pointed chin upon them, gazing out at the world.

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Haha, this is an interesting app, I like it a lot! But you're missing one Negative Trait from the minimum of four asked of. Could you also change your display name to the name of your character? :3

The Lakewing seems a reasonable enough custom dragon, so I'll accept that ^_^

Also, (more for my sake, since I'm bound to draw this guy eventually) you've only mentioned the plates that line the underside of his body - what's his upper body like? Does he have any other features that sets him apart?

Thank you ^_^

[Hydrose]

Hey Red, it seems some stuff has been lost in translation - that I've uploaded the wrong saved version! I'll remedy it soon - thanks for the notice and accepting my Lakewing

[Hydrose]

Just getting back to this, the orginal file had become corrupted (gah) I'll be reuploading the proper version soon - sorry to have kept you all waiting!

[Hydrose]

Right re-uplaoded, but format seems a bit dodgy on my screen sorry! So If it still a bit dodgy here are the modifications:

4th N. Trait: [/li][li] Hard to calm down

Hydrose's Specific descrip: Hydrose: 14ft long from nose to tail tip, and stands at 8 feet tall when on his (4 feet long) legs. He has medium length (4 inches long) serrated teeth for grabbing and holding onto prey, hooked razor sharp talons, four strong legs for its predominately swimming and running mode of movement, he also has two large wings for gliding with / aiding in water movement. These wings are around 10 feet long and average at 7 feet wide and are an inch thick overall. He has a light white dappled underbelly plates from his jaw to tip of tail, whereas the top areas of his body are a darker bluey green colour, also stretching from nose to tail tip. He also has 2 feet long slanted back white horns that point backwards, as well as six 1 foot long tail spines along his back, starting from his lower neck down to just above the start of his tail. The end of his tail is quite flat and spade shaped, for better control in the water, the overall qualities of his tail are that it is 6 feet long, quite thick and very strong (and can be used offensively if required).
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As for changing the display name - I'll figure out how to do it now

[REDKITEBAIT]

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Looks awesome, good dragon, good app ^_^ Happy RP'ing!

Please:
1. Link your profile to your signature.
2. Add yourself to the MEMBER DIRECTORY
3. Add your FC/PB to the LIST if you need to.
4. Add yourself to the POPULATION.
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