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Andesine

(#24307051)

Level 1 Snapper

Energy: 0/50

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Physical Attributes

Battle Stats

Measurements

Length

7.17 m

Wingspan

2.21 m

Weight

8893.31 kg

Genetics

Umber
Giraffe

Cerise
Facet

Hickory
Gembond

Hatchday

Jun 08, 2016
(7 years)

Breed

Adult
Snapper

Eye Type

Ice
Common

Level 1 Snapper

EXP: 0 / 245

STR

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QCK

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Lineage

Parents

none

Offspring

Biography

Andesine the Pustulent
Cryptid: Fetid Horror

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Lore

Every group has it's myths. Stories told to frighten hatchlings into good behavior, or versions of old stories changed over many years of retelling, until nobody quite knows the truth. The Geodes are no different.

One such story begins with a clan traveling across the continent to lend aid to an ally. Having received word that their friends were under attack, the clan departed in a rush, flying all night and pushing themselves to exhaustion in their desperation.
The leader chose to take a risk, flying in a direct line over the Wyrmwound rather than curve around it and waste precious time. As high as they flew, they were safe from the disgusting substances roiling below them. However, there was nowhere to land safely in an emergency. The clan leader's decision to take the risk proved disastrous.

A storm had been threatening all day, and as the exhausted dragons winged their way over the Wyrmwound, it broke. Many dragons were laden down with their flightless comrades or supplies, and sopping wet feathers and fur only added to the struggle. Nervously, they picked up their pace, squinting through the rain, praying to the Deities to see the edge of the Wyrmwound soon.

But it wasn't to be. One dragon coughed, a horrible, rattling sound. Then another. The clan was starting to panic now, as the air tinged green around them. They weren't to know, but the rainwater mixing with the contents of the Wyrmwound released foul gases into the air, and this far from the edge the clan had nowhere to go. One by one, dragons began to succumb to the gas. Slowly suffocating, several plummeted from the sky, to be caught and dragged through the air by their clanmates. But nobody could manage for long. Supplies were torn free and dropped, dragons of all breeds screaming in panic.

One dragon - a Snapper named Andesine - hunkered low on the back of his mate, a huge Guardian named Claudyia. He egged her on fearfully, being flightless there was nothing more he could do. It wasn't long before he noticed signs of struggle in his powerful mate. Her breathing became labored and her wing beats became sluggish, but still she flew on, teeth gritted in silent concentration.

Andesine knew there was no hope for them. Not together. His greatest fear in that moment was that his lover would not be able to make it. Nuzzling his head into his mates neck, he took a deep breath of the noxious gases.
"Claudyia! I'm sorry!"
Her head whipped around, eyes wide.
Andesine smiled at her, and spoke gently.
"I love you."
He plummeted like a stone through the air, hearing Claudyia's scream of grief and terror as she quickly lost sight of him in the pouring rain. He shut his eyes and waited.

The glowing green substances, foul and pustulent, swallowed him up whole. Forcing his way through the viscous mess, he swam desperately. He wasn't to know, blinded by rain as they had been in the air, but the edge of the Wyrmwound was not so far away.
By some freak accident of nature, Andesine did not die. The Wyrmwound's taint twisted and mutated his body, but in ways nobody could expect.

The creature who crawled rasping onto the bank bore little resemblance to the dragon who had fallen mere hours ago. He faded in and out of consciousness as he lay on the bank, the rain washing away the slime covering his body.
Blisters covered him, oozing and fetid. His skin had corroded down to the bone in places, which shone stripped and white, flesh cauterized around it. Limbs twisted and mutated, spindly claws protruding from his shoulder. Sticky slime dripped from gaping wounds. Even as he lay there, the blisters healed. But more grew in their place. His body was in a constant state of mutating flux, healing and destroying itself, spewing forth foul ooze only to produce more.

When he came to, his mind had changed. His brain having degraded along with his body, he lacked the cognitive ability to comprehend who he was or what had happened. What he did feel, he no longer knew the words to describe. Loss, loneliness, and a desperation to end the pain of isolation.

Unable to die but not ever able to overcome the Wyrmwound's effects, he roams the continent searching for whatever it is that fills him with such longing.
Every now and again, he will find a dragon.
Eyes filling with tears, he runs toward them, moaning and sobbing with relief. He holds his victim in a tight embrace, stroking them lovingly as he tries desperately to communicate. "Claud... yia..." He gurgles, his voice sounding like a death rattle as he repeats a word he doesn't even understand. He doesn't hear the dragons screaming, doesn't notice as the sticky slime from his body pours out to engulf them, stripping nutrients that its host can no longer provide. Soon they are silent, suffocating slime pouring into their mouth and nose. Then they are still, then they are gone.

Andesine sits sobbing in a puddle of slime, not comprehending what has happened.
Before long he forgets, dragging himself upright and shambling onward in his search.

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