Gillis

Gillis Nine of Pentacles Gillis is a core of burning energy wrapped in an exterior as slick and unconcerned as the oiled back of a duck. Most of the time she will sit back and let others do the job of making fools of themselves. Flick the wrong switch, however, and instantly unleash a vindictive, pointy, and extremely intelligent Skydancer with a vicious tongue and zero obligations to anyone. Gillis is respected in the clan for her Arcane talents, but her intelligence is too bitter to be useful in an advisory or teaching role and she has no interest in becoming tied down to such dull duties anyway. As with her brothers, Gillis remains an outsider within the clan; aloof and complex to befriend. Her smirk is just as unpleasant as her scowl, and her laughter is invariably mocking. If one can stand the barbwire sting of her words, however, Gillis can be an invaluable and skilful companion. Although nobody will ever come as close to her heart as her little family, those she is fond of are rewarded with emotionally cool but iron-clad loyalty.

History: Gillis and her brothers came down from the lands of the Arcanist mostly on the whim of her twin, with his restless feet. Before their arrival, they lived wild among the giant crystal formations of the Reaches; clanless from their earliest days, relying on themselves and their wits alone. During the War of Swords Gillis was responsible for maintaining a magical sensor net, which failed when the Cliff Caves were raided from within.

Physical: A small, wiry Skydancer with hard eyes, Gillis could be pretty if the light was kind and your expectations were low. Her rune burns constantly over her brow, unless she consciously makes the effort to switch it off. This she rarely does, as the rune is a point of pride and a deliberate signal to take her skills seriously. Gillis is a mage, but not a battle mage. Her skills in combat are negligible, and her magic is entirely effect-based; using glowing pink artificial leylines to channel enchantments or hexes. The shimmering crystal glass over her eye is to aid her in seeing where the invisible lines of her magic criss-cross.

Gillis is no friend to water and prefers to fly. She lacks the ridiculously long wings of her twin- a fact she delights in reminding him of- and she is fast and efficient in the air with the typical agility of a Skydancer, if rather lacking in endurance.

Familiar: Soriss the wind Serthis is Gillis' other brother. Gillis and her blood twin, back in their youth, squabbled over who should connect to Soriss as a familliar and the bond flipped back and forth between the two for seasons. Eventually, however, it settled on Gillis, and she shares an emotional bond with the Serthis. This has not brought them closer; indeed if anything it's been the catalyst for even more arguing, but it does provide the advantage that Soriss and Gillis can each sense if the other is in trouble. Gillis is just as fond of Soriss as she is her biological brother, though the amount of snide remarks the two exchange could easily lead one to assume otherwise.

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Hyosper: Gillis loves her reckless twin dearly, though you might not be able to tell. His unhinged antics are (when directed at others) a constant source of entertainment, as well as glorious schadenfreude when he pokes things too hard and they explode in everyone's faces, including his own. When his antics are directed at her, however, Hyosper is able to immediately get under her skin and does so with great delight, provoking the usually unflappable Gillis into immediate bickering and even straight up scuffles.

Ulaya: Though she doesn't admit it even to herself, Gillis is burdened by guilt about the death of her Tundra friend. Outwardly, this manifests as a venomous intent for revenge that is directed mostly towards Rennic. She used to be quite attracted to the charismatic warrior and took his betrayal personally, and would now relish any opportunity to make his life a living hell.

Offspring: Gillis has hatched two daughters, sired with Rennic. The first was stolen by hatchling hunters from Shadow, lured away by trickery to serve in the deep dark. The other is Kalura of Northslope Clan, a sly and influential dragon who seems to have inherited both her parents' patience and acuity. Gillis has not thought about Kalura since her departure from the clan- probably for the best, all things considered- as her bitterness over the theft of her other daughter occupies any passing maternal thoughts she might have.

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Soriss The Not-Serthis Soriss is a lazy jerk. The clan generally pretends that he does not exist. Mainly this is due to his attitude: Worse even than Gillis, Soriss meets every attention turned his way with rude scathing remarks, even attempts at kindness and respect. He has his siblings; they are the only friends he requires. Even the other Beastfolk of the clan can't tolerate Soriss, and he is left alone. Soriss has grown up with the twins, and is an especially bad influence on them, if such a thing can still be possible; hanging around with them and making scathing remarks, or goading other dragons into quarrels with them. He and his siblings consider arguing a sport, one which all three engage wholeheartedly in on a regular basis.

History: Soriss came to Driftwood Shore with Gillis and her twin from the crystalline caves of their home. Before he met them he was lost, alone, a youth in torment. He likes to imply he has some dark and bloodstained childhood, but it's likely he's making this up just to mess with people. If his siblings know the truth of this they aren't saying, though they seem just as eager to mock these stories as everyone else. The Serthis attack of the War of Swords soured Soriss' relationship with the clan still further, though he clearly had no loyalties to the enemy.

Physical:
By Beastclan standards Soriss is a somewhat effeminate male of his species. Although long departed from the ranks of his kind he still adheres to traditional Serthis styles, mainly out of convenience. His association with dragons and the Arcane don't seem to have altered him in the slightest, and aside from his intimate knowledge of dragon culture he remains not dissimilar from a typical Serthis of his breed. Soriss fights with breath and motion, using Wind magic and a few dirty dragon tricks to fight. He is much slower than his siblings but makes up for this in stealth and general durability. Soriss has a strong grip to his coils and fists, but like all green Serthis his fangs are not venomous.

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Siblings: Everything Soriss learned about dragons in his early days was shown to him by the two orange Skydancers he came to call his siblings. Soriss would not be caught dead getting mushy about it, but in many ways he owes his entire life and everything he is to their acceptance and friendship and he knows this. Hyosper is his brother and Gillis is his sister, and he loves their fighting and he loves their bickering and he belongs with both of them and that's that.

Beastclans: If Soriss never sees another Serthis again, it'll be too soon. He has no interest whatsoever in rejoining 'his people', and hasn't for cycles. It would be easy to say that he thinks of himself as a dragon, but that would be silly, because clearly he isn't. He's... just him, okay? He indulges his sarcastic Serthis nature and his Serthis tastes in prey and entertainment, but confront him with any genuine aspect of Serthis culture and he will become distinctly uncomfortable. Other races of beastfolk are ignored or looked upon with disdain. He finds the struggle for independence from the 'tyranny' of dragons to be especially worthy of contempt. Any insinuations that he might have sympathies with the beastclan movement are met with particularly poisonous remarks, and his siblings do not take kindly to them either.