Diomin

Diomin is best described as an oddball. She arrived to the clan suddenly one day with Undine and has stuck around since then. She had an unusually large hoard of money and items, and wears her mismatching apparel proudly. Some clan mates think she used to be a thief or swindler, and maybe still is. Either way, she is mostly friendly and socialable, and fairly easy to get along with.

If you have a weird question, she most likely has an answer. She is into all things strange and abnormal. She is sarcastic, excitable, inquisitive, and often distant or detached from reality, conspiring some new strange contraption or "genius idea". Scholar complains she uses up all their parchments for doodles and meaningless blueprints. She has yet to construct anything worthwhile or significant.

Diomin has many complex relationships with her fellow clanmates already, including but not limited to Undine, Scholar, Romeo, Berthlemas, and Elthaira. She is very talkative with her friends, but prone to also spin stories a little more dramatically than which they actually occurred.

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Early life

Diomin was born to a bogsneak and a wildclaw in the Shifting Expanse, having one identical twin. However, the clan she originally belonged to was raided, and the eggs were stolen by a flock of harpies and taken to the Carrion Canyon.

She and her identical sister were separated within the flock. Diomin's egg was taken to the harpy nests with intentions of being eaten. However, close to hatching time, a harpy that used to be the familiar of a long-dead dragon (and henceforth was friendlier) stole the egg and took it elsewhere within the canyon, where it then hatched.

Diomin was not exactly raised by the harpy, but the two stayed close together, clanless. One day, the harpy disappeared early in Diomin's childhood. Diomin then spent a large part of her time wandering around the Carrion Canyon and the Highland Scrub alone, occasionally fighting off Beastclans and even other dragons. If she happened to win, she would take a piece or two of the dragons' apparel and wear it as a trophy. Each piece she wears now has a story behind it.

Diomin fights in a manner that could best be described as unorthodox. Her magic reserves and capabilities are unnaturally low, so she does not rely on her own physical or magic strength, but rather the environment, and whatever contraptions she happens to create. She will use rocks, boulders, stones, makeshift spears, Beastclan weapons, slingshots, and enchanted items to pummel opponents. She will drag fights out as long as possible to wear out the stamina of the fighter. However, she never deals the death blow unless it is called for, such as self defense.

Early in adulthood, Diomin happened to encounter a very aggressive rogue dragon near the end of December. This dragon had been stalking a large part of the Highland Scrub and defending its territory fiercely - possibly even have killed a few dragons. This dragon attacked her, and relentlessly, because she happened to wander over the border. Both were locked in combat for a whole day until the brute had her cornered and too injured to fight back.

But rather than dying right then and there, a mysterious creature swooped in to help battle - a Wooden Marionette, long since been bullied by this larger dragon, and now finally having a chance to fight back. Whether or not Diomin actually killed the dragon is unsure, for many of her tales concerning dragonfights have been spun and woven, or dramatized, to sound more epic. But regardless, they both managed to at least take down the dragon, if not kill it, and drive it out of its territory.

Ever since that battle, the Wooden Marionette followed Diomin around. It could speak in short, garbled sentences, but not often. Diomin asked why it was following her. The marionette answered that it was once a Nocturne, but the dragon they fought before had cursed him and he became a haunted marionette. As thanks for saving his life, the Wooden Marionette pledged utter loyalty to Diomin for until his life was no more.

After that night in December, Diomin continued to travel around, fight Beastclans and dragons, until she passed through the Ghostlight Ruins, curious to find a sign as to what she should do with the rest of her life (an existential crisis was crippling her health at the time). It is there that she encountered Undine, and pledged her own loyalty to the Wind clan the dragon hailed from in thanks for saving her life.

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The encounter

This strange bogsneak is the first of her species to arrive to the clan. Undine encountered her in the deepest midst of the Ghostlight Ruins, where she made an offer of 50,000 treasure (the origins of which have yet to come to light) to join the warrior and her people.

Undine was of course baffled and incredulous by this offer, seeing Diomin as some sort of thief or other untrustworthy person. But during their speaking, they were ambushed by a Disoriented Spirit. It took the combined efforts of Diomin and Undine to defeat it, and only barely. They made it out with many injuries.

The manner in which Diomin fought greatly confused the seasoned soldier. She relied not on magic or her own strength, but rather whatever happened to be around her, or Undine herself as a living shield. It was unorthodox, but not completely ineffective. In addition, her familiar named "Matty" also aided in combat, in equally unusual ways.

Being chased around and attacked by the Disoriented Spirit caused them all to get lost. It was nighttime, so they both had to tucker down and find a safe place to rest. Diomin asked many questions about Undine and the clan she hailed from, but answered few questions about herself.

Both Undine and Diomin were Lightning dragons, something that they found to be a nice coincidence. Amidst their fears and injuries, they both managed to break the ice and share their experiences with the Lightning flight and the impeccable Stormcatcher.

Matty kept watch over the dragons and their surroundings as they talked. Undine explained the workings of the clan to Diomin, and how normally she and Elthaira would traverse the Ghostlight Ruins with trainees to reap the area's materials and strengthen those they brought with them to fight for the Windsinger. Diomin being the inquisitive and curious dragon she was naturally asked her since there was such a rigid structure to training, then why on Sorneith would she go alone. Undine admitted it was because she felt the need to escape from the chaos and business of the day.

As a token of their friendship, Diomin gave Undine a pair of beautifully cut citrine earrings to match her own. When they returned to the clan the following morning, Diomin gave Undine the 50,000 treasure anyways, even though the warrior already insisted she could stay for free. The money, though a little suspicious of its origins, was sent directly to the clan's vault. Diomin is now currently spending much of her time with Undine and training with her personally, and slowly befriending the other clan mates.