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AMITYVILLE ACADEMY ENROLLMENT FORM

Name: Ricar (Rye-Car)
Nicknames: Rama
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Faction: Monster
Race: Greenhorn Dragon

Natural Ability: Y1: Talks to animals: Living in a deep forest, Ricar can understand most creatures and can give them simple tasks if they show willingness to help.
Y2: Shapeshifting: Greenhorn Dragons have the natural ability to shapeshift into humanoids so they can interact with "the average" Halloweener. When appropriate, Ricar can also shift back into his monstrous form at will. (under normal circumstances ie. not wearing a pin)
Older dragons that visit the human world can transform into a single creature. ie. "Why would you think this is a dragon's lair? I am but a humble goose and this is just a cave, stupid human! There have not been dragons for many centuries." Shapeshifting into this single creature takes years of practice and is what each dragon strives for. This is of course a great way to get human paranoia to work in the monster's favor.

Personality

Socially Awkward: Ricar's not familiar with many subspecies of the residents of Halloween. As a result, he's not sure who would make a good friend or how to interact with others. In addition, he does not behave as a 'typical, outspoken monster' would due to his upbringing. He is shy and polite which tends to make him a bit of a social outcast among monsters.

Eager: The thirst for adventure and new experiences burns within him like a fire. Anything he feels he has even a remote possibility of doing well, he will attempt in the task and continue working on it until the task is finished. He especially loves physical challenges, but writing assignments he struggles with and hard time finding the point of.

Affectionate: Those that gain Ricar's trust, this trust also comes with a deep affection or respect. He will fight to the death to protect trusted allies.

Animal Lover: Ricar grew up with forest friends rather than other monsters. As a result, he tends to gravitate towards pets rather than others. They are at least easier for him to talk to.

Background aka. Personality: Long Version
Ricar's skittish, gentle peryton mom was the one that raised Ricar. Calling him "Rama" because it was easier for her to pronounce, she taught him her ways of life: Be polite and apologetic when conflict arises. Help small creatures if they are in danger and don't bully anyone if there isn't a challenge present.
His father seemed to always be away on 'business' but the times that Ricar did get to spend with his father, he would be regaled with tales of what 'real dragons' were- giving Ricar the impression that he was regal, important and most of all, greatly feared. Because of the tales spun by his father, Ricar considers stripes to be a sign of a great bloodline. Like any child, Ricar took every story to be a true legend. While he doesn't look down on others that lack stripes, he does have rose-colored glasses around others with stripes, putting anyone else (or any creature) up on a pedestal regardless of their actual stature. Ricar also amassed physical prowess due to his natural stature and size- a form he used most often, especially when training with his father until he learned to use his human form at puberty. As a result, he can pick up or manipulate heavy objects where the average monster could not.

However, because his father was not around much, his mother tried picking up the slack on teaching him dragon shapeshifting magic with a disastrous result- Ricar now has a deer's tail when in human form. This makes him self-conscious. No dragon should be labeled 'cute' according to his father, so Ricar tends to hide this from his peers by explaining that it was just an inherited trait from his mother- in all essence a half-truth.
Growing up, Ricar is learning the hard way that Greenhorn dragons are on the bottom of the totem pole- even for monsters. This just makes him confused because his father's tales have all dragons portrayed as regal and respected.
Humans just don't write terrifying tales about dragons anymore and as a result, he's a rather rare breed in Halloween town because of that lack of fear from the human world. He tries to put up a tough front like the dragons from his father's tales, but he hasn't spent much time around others and as a result, often says the wrong thing or reverts to his mother's polite-to-the-point-of-being-submissive habits. This combination just makes him quite socially awkward and insecure.

Ancient dragons would amass hoards made of shiny trinkets and treat it very possessively. While the modern Greenhorn dragons no longer hoard shiny trinkets, this nature of being protective and affectionate towards things -and others they like still lives within Ricar. Ricar is slow to trust, but very affectionate towards those that gain it.
Despite growing up in a not-so-ideal-environment, Ricar maintains a positive attitude, seeking adventure and new experiences, though slowly and cautiously when it comes to other students.

Why are they enrolled in Amityville Academy? Growing up, Ricar's discovered, he's led a rather sheltered life. Between his father's tales of grandeur about dragons from the human world to his skittish, adoptive Peryton mother and her strict rules about not picking on anything smaller than he, Ricar has learned that dragons are not the same powerful creature from his father's tales of the human world as they are in the world of Halloween. He wants to learn how to control his abilities properly, to grow stronger and eventually go see this human world his father has so enthralled him with.

FEAR Ability: Fire Breath: Ricar has the ability to produce a short burst of flames in an attempt to throw his opponent off-balance. [Headlights]

Physical Description:
Eye Colour: Dark green
Hair Colour/Style: dark red, short and messy.
Skin Colour: deep, slightly bright red with darker red stripes (I don't know how to describe exact hex colors...)
Clothing Style/Colours: Colorist’ choice on style. For the colors, I'd like any shade of green with gold colored accents. (He is a dragon after all) but whatever looks okay. I'm not all that sure what would be appropriate or look good on him.

Extra: (Your character's special features: His antlers show when in human form, though a bit shorter and a lot less branches. He also has a deer tail when in human form.
References: Something like this for his coloring and most of his monster form.