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Full Name: Amkh Ade'Suhayl Sa'Banji
Meaning:
Amkh= A label meaning "dishonored"
Ade'Suhayl= The Royal Family name, meaning "Crown of Stars"
Sa'Banji= "Second/Lesser born of twins"

Nickname: Sanji
Meaning: Soarer

Stage Name: Feng Shui
Meaning: New Fad

Gender: Male
Age: 167 (adolescent)
Mane Color: Indigo
Eye Color: Yellow with Purple Iris
Nationality: Enhyen'deiman
Heritage: Disinherited Royalty

Appearance: An adolescent Eastern Dragon, about 20 feet long, and standing chest high when on the ground (minus antlers). His antlers are a dull, light brown with two unsharpened points. He has bushy, indigo eyebrows, a small goatee of the same color, and the beginnings of a mane around his face. His scales are pure white, marred by many pink scars. Beneath his left eye is a symbol that reads "Dishonor" in his home dialect. He has three talons, and one thumb on each leg. A mane of fur traverses the entire length of his body, indigo in color. A row of stomach plating extends from his chest to the tip of his tail, pale cream in color.

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Personality: Sa'Banji, who much prefers to be called Sanji now that he's gotten out of the Palace, has been heavily affected by his life in his Family's Court. He has issues with self-confidence due to the contempt he received daily from the Nobility and his Family, and has a very hard time trusting anyone, even those he's known for a long time.

Family to him means little more than a nest of dangerous intrigue, and friends are just people that try to get something from him. However, this thought is mostly just a reflex from his past. His mind knows that cannot be true for everyone, and that he should remain open, but years of having to defend against all sides has raised some walls that will be difficult to lower.

There are times that the walls will lower. This mostly happens when he's flying and practicing Ayl'toman, since both of those activities remind of his happier childhood. At these times, he's very relaxed and talkative, even playful. He's also incurably curious about places, things, and people that aren't his home world, asking questions almost to the point of his listener going insane.

At times, he can be incredibly naive. While living in the Army toughened him up to a point, he was Royalty for a time, and was used to, if not respect, than plentiful food, and shelter. He also tends to treat money as if it grows on trees.

Likes: Ayl'toman, Flying, paint, reading, learning, performing, art, salmon
Dislikes: Aristocrats, arrogance, people interfering with his work, being cooped up somewhere where he can't see the sky, army rations
Hobbies: Flying, practicing Ayl'toman, researching ways to remove the brand and change his scale color, carving wood

Strengths/Abilities: First and foremost is his flexibility and dexterity while flying. Being an Eastern Dragon, he is inherently magical, which allows him to fly without wings. Since he isn't burdened by the physiological limitations of winged creatures, he's capable of carrying fairly heavy weights while flying. His limit right now is about 400 lbs, roughly two grown human men. Being exceptionally limber, he can literally tie himself into knots, though generally doesn't like doing so, since it can be tricky untying himself.
Being a member of the Royal Family also means that his magical potential is greater than most of his kind, but being the Amkh, he was forbidden from studying it. Nothing is stopping him now, though.

Weaknesses: It isn't apparent while he's flying, but when Sanji is on the ground, he favors his front left leg, which received a particularly nasty bite wound while he was in the Army. He hopes that the limp isn't permanent, but only time will tell. The limb can be trusted to pull heavy loads, but putting too much weight on it can cause it to collapse.

Sanji also has some self-confidence issues that almost border on an inferiority complex. Having been used to being treated as a Lesser dragon by pretty much everyone he interacted with on a daily basis, he lacks confidence in his most of his abilities, save when it comes to flying.

Sanji's temper is very short. It was frayed to the point of extinction by Ra'Inji, and he needed the anger during his stay in the Army, but it's a liability in his social life. Any hostility directed towards him usually results in a verbal snap, and sometimes a physical one if he feels threatened.
However, he rarely holds grudges. His greatest anger is held towards his Family, and his brother, so he doesn't waste the energy it takes to really work up a good hate against anyone else.

It should also be noted that he is being pursued by his Family, who know he's alive for some reason. One of Sanji's worst fears is that they'll send someone to kill him, since he didn't die like he was supposed to in the Army.
Unknown: The brand also acts as a weak signal. As long as he's alive and has the brand, they'll know he's out there.

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Yay, Zee! I think it's really creative to go for a non-humanoid character, particularly an eastern dragon, except... He looks a little lot like Haku from Spirited Away, be that intentional or accidental. He's such a great character otherwise that the appearance feels a little detracting. (I'm not telling you to change it, just pointing it out.)

I really, really like his history. It's like nothing we've seen before around here and looks like crazy!fun. (And his stage name = totally awesome. smile ))

The personality, likes, hobbies, etc all check out nicely, as do the abilities. So really? My only gripe about this concept is that he looks like Haku, and that's hardly a gripe at all.

Good luck! smile

Yeah, probably. What if it was red?

No, that's not too haku-ish. Haku is aquamarine and white, and once you're away from that you should be fine.