Dragon Pepper [Ready]

[Tiktaalik]

Name: Pepper

Gender: Female

Age: Young teenager

Species: Dragon

Eye colour: Yellow

Character colour: Light gray

Mane/Tail/Other: She has freckle-like splotches of black and grayish markings on her face and a few other places, and black spines.

Physique: She's a bit awkward and gangly, and has lost a lot of her 'cuteness' from when she was a baby dragon, and is roughly the size of an above-average sized pony standing upright. She also has a bit of an overbite coupled with large front teeth.

Residence: She travels the land, in search of excitement or adventure. Or gems. (but sometimes returns to her boss' tower to keep the place from collecting too much dust)

Occupation: Adventurer! And gem hunter. Novice magical trinket dabbler. Hobo.

Unique Traits: She carries a small, battered and junky sword she found with her...but it's mostly for dully whacking things with. She doesn't really have the stomach to actually stab anything. She has a rudimentary understanding and skill when it comes to common magic trinkets and spellbooks and whatnot, and knows enough to use them. Also, she can breathe fire, of course, and has the strength that comes with being a dragon. Though, she's still getting used to the latter.

History: Pepper doesn't have a very 'storied' history(which she hopes to change). She was hatched by a wizard unicorn--not for any test or anything, but just because they wanted a dragon to research. And a helper around their tower... She was named Pepper for her markings, and after she was grown a bit, started her life as an assistant without much incident. As years went by, she couldn't help but become interesting in just what was in all of the books and whatnot she often fetched or returned. With her unicorn caretaker's approval, she began to learn the basics of magic and the world, though what really seemed to interest her were the more speculative books, and fiction.

It was the few adventure and fiction book, along with myths and tales, that most likely had the greatest effect on her personality. Except maybe the ones where the villain was a dragon... Even though she was content enough to stay in the tower, only going out for the occasional supply run, she often daydreamed about witnessing an adventure or going on a quest for real. From the bestiaries and history books, it sounded like even crazier and more exciting things were possible in reality. She never expected she'd get a chance to ever experience it, though, seeing as her boss didn't get out much...

Her somewhat mundane life went on, until one experiment in particular that her wizard friend was attempting. Something with teleportation, or a portal, or something--she really wasn't sure then, and remembers even less about it now. All she knows, is that something went wrong, and her unicorn friend just...poofed away. Along with the book and notes they were using to do it. So she had no lead on how to help or where they might have ended up. After a great deal of panicking an running around in circles, Pepper eventually came across a note, telling her that if their latest experiment went awry, then she was free to go, because they likely wouldn't be returning for a very long time. Though, they would appreciate it if the tower was in order whenever they got back.

At first, with her entire job and purpose in life now shattered, Pepper merely stayed at the tower, sadly dusting the shelves and reordering books and whatnot. It didn't take long to consider doing as the note said and going off on her own. However, it was boring and lonely by herself there... So, soon enough, she packed some essentials, and wandered out into the world. Luckily, the experiment before the last had involved allowing her to grow into a 'teenage' dragon, so she had the strength and size to afford blundering into a bit of trouble--many creatures that might attack a pony avoided her entirely, making her learning process at the beginning of her outside life a lot less painful.

After orienting herself a bit, she decided to use this chance as a chance to try and live out some of her fantasies, and go on some adventures herself--as the hero, even--unearthing forgotten knowledge and rescuing people, and having fun ,too. And maybe finding some gems to snack on... Maybe, even find out where her boss and fiend ended up along the way. Seemed as good a way to go about it than any other. It sounded fun, at least.

Character Summary: Pepper basically wants to live her life like some kind of storybook hero--even though she's the dragon. Which, she is still rapidly learning, is not so easy in the world outside the tower she grew up in. Despite this, though, she tries her best and does a half-decent job sometimes, and remains as enthusiastic and excitable as ever. Even pushing aside her often ridiculous and naive(and often grating) behavior, she is still a very happy and kind dragon, willing to help out with even mundane tasks when she has the time(possibly due to her time as an assistant), and can even display some legitimate bravery and strength when it really matters.

Another trait that's likely left over from her assistant job, is her desire to learn about magic and things in general, and despite her energetic tendencies, enjoys reading through books. Though, if they're very technical, she's likely to just skim through them...which usually results in botched magic use or something later on. She's also clumsy in other ways--and awkward--, not yet used to her own size and strength, often bumping her head or spines on doorways or shaking someone's hand or hoof too tightly.

Even though she's usually positive, she does have moments where she mopes about certain things, especially when she fails at something, since she always tries so hard. Or, sometimes when she realizes just how gut-wrenching and dangerous adventuring and fighting can actually be, and feels like a wimp. She also gets lonely sometimes, what with her aimless questing around the land, and even gets homesick occasionally along with missing her caretaker and boss.

Pepper also has a very pronounced weakness for gemstones... She'll sometimes even go so far as to ask for the jewelry that someone might be wearing if her cravings get the best of her, which leaves her feeling ashamed afterwards. For the most part, she doesn't really want a hoard or anything, though--she's only interesting in eating them.

[Bellosh]

For the most part, this character is a very great fit for Canterlot Chronicles. However, we have ruled that because CC needs to stay true to the basic mechanics of the universe depicted in FiM, that dragons are not capable of performing spells like unicorns can. However if you can find an alternate type of magic for Pepper that doesn't use spells, then we can consider it. Otherwise, this app looks good.

[Tiktaalik]

Right... My brain wasn't realizing that at the time for some reason. > > I think I fixed it though. ;l

[Bellosh]

Occupation: Adventurer! And gem hunter. And novice magic dabbler. Hobo.

You might want to list something more specific so that people don't get the wrong idea about your dragon's abilities.

[Tiktaalik]

Kay. Anything else need tweaking?

[Armony]