Basic info
Eao (ay-oh) of Avalon

Male

Mountain born, Eao is thick and muscular. He has amazing physical endurance and strength. He is able to take more than one good hit and keep on coming.

Eao has the ability to see in the dark, and he has a camouflage reflex. (think dragon heart series) in which he can change shape to blend in with his surroundings as a rock.

The spines on his neck and back are semi flexible.

Eao is missing part of his right ear, he lost it in a territory fight with another dragon.

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Back story
Eao was born in the mountains of avalon. He was taught to live side by side with knights, to protect kingdoms when called on, and that the hearts of men would always be good if you gave them the chance.

He grew up believing this to be true, that is... until the knight he'd called brother turned on him.

Eao was an only hatchling. He loved his mother and father very much. They knew a knight they called family, and he'd been by Eao since his birth. Along side Eao grew the knights little boy Matha. The two were inseparable as friends, as brothers. They hunted together, flew together, and slept together some nights.

But greed can take its toll on the best of us, and as Matha grew it clamped its clutches around his heart.

In the town square a merchant was offering a high bounty for dragon hides. So much gold! Enough to buy his own land and start his own village...

Matha just happened to know a few dragons he could get close to without a fight...

And so that night while Eao was out, Matha poisoned Eao's parents. When Eao got home all he was greeted with were the stripped carcasses of the two noble dragons he'd called mother and father.

Horrified he ran to them, trying to find some sort of clue. He didn't need one, why settle for two dragon hides when you can have 3?

Eao didn't understand at first, he couldnt figure out why someone claiming to be his friend, his brother, would betray him so deeply for something as silly as gold. He had no time to contemplate on it, he was already being attacked. The knight had taught his son well, but Eao was very strong and a lot smaller than his parents.

Knocking the sword from Matha's hand he snatched him up and took to the air. High high high, until the air was almost to cold and everything below was a swirl of colours.

Matha begged for his life, saying that he would leave and never come back.

For a moment, Eao considered it. He thought about how he was taught. "Given the chance, people will be good."

But Matha had been good.. and given the chance.. he'd turned bad. He'd murdered great dragons and defiled their bodies, stripping them of their honour and hides. If Matha would tear his family apart, theres no telling what he'd do if given the taste of riches.

And so Eao let him go.

As the boy he grew up with (now a young man) fell through the air, Eao thought about catching him a few times.... but his heart had been blackened by the anger this betrayal caused.

As the years passed he remained bitter and wary of people and close relationships. It's hard to get close to him, but if you do- if you can prove to him you are worthy... his loyalty runs deep. Deep as an oath of the old code.