Name: Atheth
Color: Green
Appearance: Much like her inspiration, Atheth is small and fluffy. She is the shorter end of her color with rather gigantic wings, all things considered. They provide amazing agility and the ability to be nearly silent when in flight, a handy thing if one is stalking some escaped prisoners. She doesn't carry much fat on her but muscle, giving her a rounded appearance instead of blocky or muscle bound body builder sort of look. She has a short, boxy face and her head knobs are shorter than average for her species. Atheth's eyes are larger than most other dragons and they're as round as her body to give her a constantly owlish expression of surprise or, when her head is tilted correctly, the look of intense and immediate doom.
As a hatchling, Atheth is an ugly little thing of snot colored green. There are spots of darker and lighter green along the majority of her body, along with wisps of lighter green near the crown of her face. There is no real indication of what she'll grow up to look like but for the reason, she is just a jumble of wonky greens. She seriously doesn't care about this.
Personality:
Three times as many glorious gifts shall be yours on account of the king's arrogance.
But refrain, and obey me.
As long as everyone realizes she is the most intelligent in the room, everything is okay. Her arrogance isn't
entirely unfounded and that is perhaps the worst part of it. Atheth is a horribly smart dragon, defying color stereotypes by being the last flirtatious green
ever and possessing an impressive memory for a dragon. She devours information, is quite good at concentrating, and uses big words to sound worldly and well educated. She looks down her muzzle at anyone that doesn't and is, in her eyes, the lesser of the two. It's a matter of pride to Atheth. Ones back should always be back and chin high; don't slouch like a hussy.
One of her better traits is that she has no problem in changing her mind. If presented with a sound and reasonable argument, she is logical enough o not fight facts. Facts are just that for a reason. As long as she can't counter it with an argument of her own, just as logical and well researched, Atheth is content to change her mind as often as required. If someone argues without solid proof, she sticks to her own guns. Escaping her acidic words (when she is winning the battle) and large vocabulary can be difficult; to do so is considered a talent. It's really up to her rider to keep her from going completely batshit when it comes to dealing with people who are stuck in hidebound tradition al thinking and see her as 'just a green'.
Oh, yes, Atheth is very much for color equality. It isn't just because she's at the bottom of the totem pole, so to speak, but because she
is more intelligent than a good deal of her siblings and not to mention the other dragons not fortunate to be sired by her father and clutched by her mother. Atheth consideres herself to be of a superiour stock due to her particular upbringing and birth. Even if she is one of thirteen, she is still special, and that means her hide has absolutely no bearing on the fact she is good at logic puzzles and figuring out how it was the prisoner managed to shank the guard. Your tricks can't stand up for her brain and if a larger dragon attempts to boss her around, Atheth will buck and kick like no ones business, using her words first and should that fail, her claws and teeth. Violence is uncouth and unseemly for a lady of her intellectual means but that doesn't mean she's going to refuse to use them when the time calls for it.
Atheth is not a loyal dragon. That should really be a redeeming quality, shouldn't it, being loyal? Atheth sees it as a weakness and not something dragons should really have. Hey can't hurt people but people can hurt them, are allowed to even, if it means saving a human life. Sure, their riders may complain but that doesn't mean they aren't allowed to in the more dire of circumstances. She knows that V'tyai has been ordered to cripple any dragon that misbehaves and believes that it is incrrect; her loyalty is not the the Weyr, not to the set way of things but rather her rider. Her rider is the ultimate authority, the one that Atheth turns to when the powers of deduction have failed her. She loves them with all of her little snappish hearts. She picked them for very good reasons and,a ter all, shouldn't that be enough? She thinks that it should be. If given an order she does not approve of, her rider will be the one to make the decision. This could be a very bad thing should her rider take a turn for the worse.
When it comes to Flights... Atheth tries to suppress her own desire to Rise until the very last moment. She sees it as a waste of her time. She doesn't
like to waste time. Even when she decides (or is forced to, due to that damned biological thing – Thanks, Kitti) to Rise, she will call out to a select few males to Chase. Any invaders will be mauled. Badly.
Why me? On the surface people may look at them and make the more obvious of connection of fierce small woman on a fierce small green. That's all well and good and bully for them, putting the most basic of ties together. Atheth is tough like Jaykkial and just as protective of her status. Jaykkial is a determined young woman that had rough patches in her life and her own demons to overcome. Atheth can appreciate that. She is a young dragon who knows just how to get Jaykkial back on the right path of
not becoming a borderline alcoholic. Again. Atheth is They could be so much more than what they are and with Atheth on her side, ready and willing to launch herself at a face at Jaykkial's command... Perhaps that will give her devotion to that craft she always wanted: Dragonriding.
And, of course, they can both be cuddly lovely muffins when no one is looking.
Based On: Burrowing Owl and Athena
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