The Dragon
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About
Physical Description:
Zebby most frequently chooses to appear in a human form, regardless of what his actual species might be - which I guess just makes him functionally human.
The man looks a little wolfish, with spiked, dark red hair, sideburns, and a goatee. He needs, and wears, glasses (for far-sightedness). His ears are pointy. He may or may not have horns and/or a stubby goat-like tail at any given time.
Zebby also has piercings (lip, ears, others??) and one large tattoo - a circle which goes around his left side and loops around back of his neck. He doesn't put it on display or talk about it, and would probably never let on about its purpose if he had a choice.
Personality:
Cool and level-headed, Zebby has (or claims to have) existed for a long time and has a deep well of patience to draw from. He doesn't seem to have a temper or a tendency to become vicious - not that's been seen, anyway. In fact, to all appearances, he doesn't feel very strongly about anything. Zebby definitely plays his cards very close to his chest.
He has personality quirks like a cat's: He'll follow you around and stick close, but he'll act like it's pure coincidence or, worse, an inconvenience. It's not uncommon for him to pull a leaf out of the feline handbook, visiting a minor inconvenience on some hapless fool while affecting a smarmy sort of "Whoops! Was that me?" attitude.
Abilities:
Dragon: Despite evidence to the contrary, it turns out he actually is a dragon. He can turn into one. Or I mean I guess he can stop pretending not to be one? It's. Hoo. That's something, isn't it.
----> Other stuff: Even in a human form, Zebby can do some neat things. He can sometimes fly! He can be really warm, and maybe breathe fire! He can play the trumpet! (This last thing is actually just a thing he can do; it's not related to being a dragon.)
Guardianship: Less of an ability; more of a magical time bomb. His tattoo is not one that he chose to receive; it is a mark of binding, given to him... at some undetermined point. It connects his head, heart, and arm and represents the bending of his thoughts and actions to the service of a ward. When it's activated he is bound to whatever person the mark specifies, essentially becoming their guardian by necessity. It's not currently nor has it ever been activated, however. He's not sure when it will happen or what will set it off, and it's unknown if the binding will have an end point or if it will prove to be indefinite.
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