Alcarus

Alcarus grew in the Southern Icefield, and was raised by hard working dragons who had one life motto "what is meant to happen will happen." The fatality stroke several times, bringing mishap, misfortune and sometimes tragedies. But it was always "it's meant to happen. All we can do is get through". During his young age, he did not question this philosophy. Their home part of the Ice domain was a harsh territory, and they all had to fight the indigenous creatures for their land and food. Their land was infused with Shade energy, there had been shade-touched beings imprisoned nearby. Their duty was at least to make sure it stayed dormant. Sometimes they lost precious things, limbs or even beings. Not taking it too much to heart was necessary to survive. However, there was something inside him that tried to break free from that fatality prison. Under the cold, dull coat of his small pearl was a shining core burning with the rage to live his life, not to endure it. And then, when he barely was adult, Alcarus contracted a magical illness making his bones slowly expanding and taking over his body, condemning him to slow paralysis. That's when he decided he would fight, not wait for death to slowly come to him. He traveled the land, looking for mages, healers and chamans to cure the desease. He met a nomad clan of warriors of the snow and mountains, true nordic fighters, attuned to ice magic, and joined them. They, also, had a motto, that looked a lot like what Alcarus heard during his hatchlinghood ; however, what they added at the end of the sentence made all the difference : "What is meant to happen will happen. All you have to do is to prove yourself worthy of the fate the Dragon Deities trusted you with."

Seeing things with this perspecteive eased Alcarus' torments. He lived with the nomads a few years, becoming a trusted and powerful warrior, learning magic and successfully keeping the illness away with bone magic. However, he knew he wouldn't always be able to do so ; and the more he heard about his friends travels, the more he was willing to leave the Icefields to live his life - to prove worthy of the trial the Icewarden sent him. Finally, he left and traveled a few more years before arriving in the Plateau and coming looking for our renowned Mage College. Our healers agreed to look for his cure and several mages offered their help to reduce the pain and illness progression. As it was going to be a long journey towards recovery, Alcarus offered his services as a warrior to the clan. He quickly joined the guards guides as their mission to guide and protect fit his personnality, but still have to find his beastclan partner. Rather solitary and secretive, Alcarus is honest, protective and faithful. Besides his ice magic martial abilities, Alcarus also uses bone magic as a weapon, which allows him to keep control over the bones illness expansion. He can not used it too much though, as it may greatly injure him. The balance is subtle, but Alcaru have great control over his magic and body. His looks are important to him : he spends time taking care of his scales and making sure he always looks tidy and clean, even if he just made a bloodbath of threatening creatures. He cannot stand being rude to a fellow clan member and for him, good looks are a part of good manners.

Male (he/him), demisexual





Guard Guides Partner:

Kelp Caretaker Familiar Maren prefer pristine, unbroken stalks of kelp, and work to cultivate them. 2890

Nathaniel, young and determined maren "If I had half your sheer willpower, I can assure you, my friend, that the Deities themselves would fear me." Once an apprentice assassin, Nathaniel's meeting with Alcarus changed both their lives. Now living with the friendly neighborhood Maren tribe, Nathaniel is training to become Alcarus' Guard Guide partner.

Nathaniel wanted to join his tribe's dragons assassins. However, frail and weak as he was, no one took the young kelp caretaker seriously. To prove his worth, he ventured far away in dragon territory, waiting for a victim to show everyone he was able to slay a beast as mighty as a dragon and come back unharmed. Things, however, didn't went as planned, as he entered a shore on our Guard Guides patrol territory at night : a highly trained warrior as Alcarus was unlikely to be surprised by this newbie assassin. The attack was quickly dismissed. Alcarus, faced with usual threat, would have destroyed or driven away the menace without mercy... But the idea of finding his Guard Guide partner, reinforced by the hours he spent patroling with Phineas and Darius, occupied his may more than he would admit. Because of that, he was exceptionally lenient with the young Maren who was trying to murder him... several times : if Nathaniel wasn't strong, he certainly was obstinate. Alcarus dismissed his attacks every time, until the young Maren, humiliated and exhausted, was too tired to flee. Calmly, the Pearlcatcher explained him how our clan treated the beastclans, and offered to bring him to our friendly Maren tribe where he would be healed... and have the opportunity to rethink his assassination project.

The local Maren convinced Nathaniel he didn't have to visualize his future in blood, if he knew which dragon clans were ready to build a peaceful future with beastclans. A bit lost at first, the young Maren didn't quite give up his goal of becoming a skilled warrior, able to take down mighty threats, but was now picturing it more in a defensive and exploration fashion, than warfare special assassination operation. The time passing, he felt much happier in the society of his new clan and the future they promised him... and he knew the Guard Guides initiative had an open position for a beastclan partner.

Determined, he went straight to Alcarus to show him what he could do, afraid someone better than him would take the spot. His fear was baseless though, as Alcarus had plenty of time to find a competent partner, and didn't, for he wasn't looking for skill : Phineas and Darius' example really inspired him a strong desire to experience such a deep bond, and he wouldn't choose anyone he didn't felt a connexion with. In fact, the moment he tried to keep the young maren with us in instead of simply considering him a threat and killing him, he choose him.

Romantic Partner: Eidvi

"How do you even find me interesting? How can I fulfill someone like you?"
Eidvi admires the willpower with which Alcarus decided to fight back and to live. To their eyes, learning to take control over what was once a deadly illness to make it a powerful weapon is the most attractive trait to see in another dragon. Besides, Alcarus' personnality is appealing to them. They first offered their Plague help with managing the illness because they felt it was worthy of a Plaguebringer's priest attention, but knowing to learn Alcarus, they took a personal interest in the matter...
Alcarus doesn't mind their weirdness, and in fact he craves love so much he doesn't really know how to handle that attention, but surely wouldn't want it away. They often have philosophy conversation.