Astaroth
(#5582669)
Level 25 Spiral
Familiar
Time Devourer
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Energy: 50/50
This dragon’s natural inborn element is Plague.
Male Spiral
This dragon is hibernating.
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Personal Style
Apparel
Skin
Scene
Measurements
Length
3.42 m
Wingspan
2.62 m
Weight
85.11 kg
Genetics
Charcoal
Iridescent
Iridescent
Rust
Shimmer
Shimmer
Maroon
Underbelly
Underbelly
Hatchday
Breed
Eye Type
Level 25 Spiral
Max Level
STR
115
AGI
8
DEF
8
QCK
70
INT
5
VIT
31
MND
5
Biography
Astaroth
The "Poet"
Theme Song: -
The "Poet"
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“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt,
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills,
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
   
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To those who are used to a spiral dragon's typical hyperactive demeanor, Asteroth can be a bit... unsettling. To those not familiar with it, Asteroth is still unsettling. While most spirals are constantly in motion, constantly chattering, constantly a ball of energy, Asteroth is still, quiet. He will sit, neatly coiled, wings folded, still enough to be mistaken for a statue. He has a rather unnerving resemblance to a large snake, waiting for its prey to stray into reach. You would think that such a long dragon with his bright gold coloring and eye-catching apparel, would be easy to spot, but he has a disconcerting habit of suddenly being in a room where he wasn't before when someone turns around, with no indication of how long he's been there. Or what he's doing. Besides watching them. Watching them with wide, unblinking eyes... When he opens his mouth, he tends to reinforce this image, since he never speaks in a straightforward manner. Everything out of Asteroth's mouth is rhyme, poetry, riddles, all of an equally uncanny nature somehow managing to relate any topic, no matter how innocent, to something unsettling. Whether they come from some forgotten tome or he makes them up on the spot, no one is sure. Many dragons have a difficult time carrying on a conversation, however civil, with someone who responds in nothing but weird couplets. Many of his rhymes are quite complimentary, but they're couched so oddly that it can take a while for his listeners to understand. He's never less than a gentleman, but his demeanor nonetheless has a tendency to give his clanmates the creeps. In truth, Asteroth is aware of the somewhat unsettling effect he has on those around him, he just doesn't particularly mind. He's always known that he's wired a little... differently than other spirals, and this is just part of it. The hyperactive, constant motion that characterizes the rest of his species has always seemed fairly ridiculous to him. Why waste your energy doing much of nothing until you drop, when if you wait, what you want will come to you? In one way though, he does share a bit of the mania of his species, but in thoughts, not in body. Should he not guard his thinking, he'll be drawn down some complex path of thought and get lost in it. His mind wants to be constantly engaged. To appease it, he constantly speaks in poetry. The challenge of coming up with on the spot rhymes, meter, and suitably complex imagery constantly is usually enough to keep him engaged. To those unaware of this, acquainted only with his silent demeanor, he can be especially strange, because when you untangle all the riddles he speaks in, the content is quite educated. He seems to have a strange spanning knowledge of any number of unrelated things. He has an equally uncanny ability to answer any question, although it's up to the questioner to untangle his rhyming reply, which will usually be fraught with symbolism and obscure references, but always correct. Sometimes they'd swear he even knows the answers to things that by rights he should have no idea about, like the location of a lost object. As always, he refuses to give a straight answer about that. Some of these things are his little secrets, after all. ~Story by Mirrorstone |
"Who am I? You wonder.
A poet, A muse,
A little obtuse.
But who are you?
Another wanderer...
Lost in this mechanical zoo.
You see, I am an observer,
I am a table set for two
With doubt on the other end
My only trustworthy friend.
We dine with rhymes, lose track of time
Living out each moment in my mind.
They say my silence is unbearable
It is far too loud to bear!
Their question is always ‘What?’
My answer is always ‘Everything!’
They can’t untangle my riddles
Yet seek to play with my demons.
So who am I? Truly?
Perhaps an illusion,
Drawn from your delusion,
Trapped in your eyes,
Riding on your highs,
A duo-tone of desire and aversion
Yours truly, a fanciful perversion."
by Mukti
"Tell me a riddle.
Friend.
Tell me a sideways song, a burst of static chatter,
Paint the walls with your words, give me your ghosts.
Show me the bruises of your bones.
Sing to me in the silence,
The plague-dark, the werewolves’ moon.
Give me your stories when you are safe
For you are drowning in the selkie’s sea.
Tell me a riddle.
You don’t have much time."
by SilverSilver
by Sazzer
by Dohmalore
by MyLoveless
by xape
by Luminene
by ChocoChimera
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