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This dragon is a member of the Arcane flight subspecies CrystalSpines and meets the color and genetic criteria set forth by that flightThe colors and genes of this subspecies symbolize the crystalline ocean water and rocky pink spires of the Crystalspine Reaches


BEHAVIOR
{easygoing} {empathetic} {clairvoyant}

These dragons tend to be healers and counselors, particularly good at consoling homesick dragons and helping them to find a sense of peace and calm through sage advice - although all individuals of this type are not necessarily friendly. Their personalities tend to take after the turbulent seas, and vary just as much. Some who are magically-inclined may be able to show visions of change to their friends in their reflective, glassy parts of their scales. In the colors of the sea reflected there, how far you can see on the horizon might be a good indicator of how far into the future they can guide you (clear skies means a further horizon; but on a steely, foggy day, one’s focus should stay on the immediate future). Those close to Crystalspines may note that the tint of their hides tends to change just below the surface, like the reflection of a storm brewing, depending on their individual emotions - a bit like a chameleon, although more subtle. In a way this can often be a disadvantage, as it makes it very difficult for Crystalspines to hide their true feelings, and they often get into trouble with friends and clanmates for quite literally wearing their hearts on their sleeves.

Of course, such talents require study to hone, as any other Arcane arts may. Some Crystalspines born into their native clans may have the privilege of being surrounded by scholars who can help them achieve their full potential, passing down tales and texts to help them learn the history and craft of their type, how to induce and control the visions they give, and the best way to give comfort to friends in emotional turmoil. Yet others may remain completely indifferent to such studies and, like the many currents of the sea, simply choose their own path, which their counterparts are encouraged to support nonetheless. Some clans consisting of Crystalspines are known to be intensely exclusive and religious, while yet others are the complete opposite. Ironically, and somewhat unlike the typical Arcane bunch, a common platitude among Crystalspines is, “knowing nothing is often a virtue,” meant to dissuade others not from seeking knowledge as a whole, but from looking for too many answers outside of their own hearts, leading to brash decisions. They will often be the first to admit such glimpses tend to be incomplete, and can be interpreted in many ways depending on one’s viewpoint.


LORE
Dragons originating from the Crystalspine Reaches whose physical characteristics seem to mimic their home territory. The crystalline blues represent the seas, where they meet the bright-pink shores and cliffs of the Arcane landscapes, represented in the pink areas of their bodies and spines on their backs. Their physical presence often can often strike a sense of calm nostalgia into those who also spent their time as a hatchling on the Crystalspine shores.

These dragons are said to descend from a culture of Arcane acolytes once revered as oracles (and it’s true that to this day, a significant number of Crystalspines do tend to choose a life of exaltation with respect to Arcane divination and magics - though not all). In past times they lived in small groups who devoted their lives to divination and the Arcanist, some who even claimed not just to be able to see through time on the astral plane, but to travel through it on the physical one. Proof of whether these claims were true has long since been lost, and it’s become widely accepted that it was more than likely a myth conflated from their ‘fortune-telling’ abilities.

In more recent times the Crystalspines have become much less devout to their craft and live in many different groups and clans along the sea, pursuing their own individual studies alongside their traditional ones, and not necessarily keeping in touch with one another, although sometimes large congregations will meet for ancient holidays or particularly troubling matters (such as weather disasters and food shortages). Most Crystalspines will extend hospitality and any care they can provide to weary and downtrodden dragons.