Photuris (Silk/Night)

"Firefly"

Male : 23 : Artist : Aro/Ace

Tribe(s): Silkwing x Hive Nightwing Hybrid

Appearance: {A mostly Silk looking hybrid with dark scales and gold spots}






Abilities: Silk, Weak Future Sight (Has visions of possible deaths, but the chances of them happening are usually very low)



Personality:

Photuris is a bit different from most. He tends to keep to himself and is fine with not talking to anyone for months, but doesn't mind it if someone else approaches him either. To those he doesn't know he's polite, but cautious, only telling them as much as he thinks they need to know. When he knows someone very well he's a lot more open and honest- telling them almost anything. Photuris dislikes lies, both told by him and by others, as he thinks the truth is more important, although he has no problems with leaving out important things.

He is fascinated by other dragons and the way they act and think, but Photuris tends to feel disconnected from others, which can make their emotions and motivations seem almost alien to him. The fact that death scares most dragons isn't something that he is aware of.

Even as a very young dragonet he's had visions of possible deaths from other dragons, usually when he is near them. He is desensitized to violence and death and always has a notebook and pencil with him to draw any visions he has. If someone shows interest he's more than happy to talk about it, although he is cautious with telling others about the visions. Usually he claims it's just his imagination instead, even if it only makes him look more weird. He has a collection of bones and preserved insects as well.

Photuris is usually very forgiving- everyone makes mistakes after all. But he does remember, and when he gets a vision of someone who he dislikes, or even just one that he thinks is interesting, he'll try to increase the chances of it coming true. Life doesn't matter much to Photuris, he's seen death all his life and knows it can't be avoided forever, so it doesn't matter to him if someone dies now or later, all he'll do is make sure it is worthy of becoming art.


History:

His mother, Naga, was a mail carrier, mostly delivering messages for the less rich dragons between the hives. One night while flying between Jewel and Tarantula Hive during a storm one of her bags broke, sending letters and packages flying. She tried to grab them with her silk, but because of the strong winds it got tangled up and she was dragged out to sea.

She ended up on the Nightwing Island, where she was found by a Nightwing called Glowworm. He took care of Naga and helped her stay hidden from the rest of the tribe, as he was worried they would kill her. They eventually fell in love, which then resulted in them having an egg. Glowworm was excited about it, thinking it would give the Nightwings a reason to let Naga stay on the island, but she was still very afraid of the strange tribe and feared they might want to use her or her child in the war. So while Glowworm was sleep she used her silk to tie the egg to her chest and began to fly back to Pantala.

Somehow she made it to the continent, after days of flying and resting on the islands she found. But as she was resting on one of the islands in the Dragonfly Bay the egg began to hatch, under one full moon. Naga barely noticed the colour change to silver, and thought it was just because her scales were mostly white as well. She named her dragonet Photuris, and the next morning she took him home to Bloodworm Hive.

Naga kept his hybrid genes mostly hidden, and as a dragonet Photuris always had to wear scarves or even a cloak to hide his black streaks. In school he was fairly average, but had no friends. They were all too creeped out by him, especially when he started describing all the possible ways they might die. Naga was worried about it of course, but never had anyone look at him, as she was worried about them discovering he's a hybrid.

Photuris kept having thoughts, or even visions of death, sometimes even his own, but found it difficult to describe them. Instead he started drawing them, at first just the deaths that stuck with him the most, but as he got older he started keeping a sketchbook with him, so he could draw them all whenever he got them, but because Naga told him it was all his imagination he didn't think they were real at all. Until one day while he was walking home from school Photuris saw a murder he had a vision of before. It matched his drawing exactly, but he didn't tell his mother or really anyone else what he saw.

After that he started skipping schools to see how many visions came true. Very few did, and not all of them were in places he could go either, so Photuris started hanging around other crime scenes as well just drawing what happened. At first the guards were cautious of him, some even thinking he was somehow involved with them, but eventually they just got used to the weird kid that followed them around.

No one even noticed he was a hybrid, until his metamorphosis. The mostly-black wings were difficult to hide, so Naga claimed one of her old friends who died years ago was his father, so he was a Silk/Hive hybrid. She was punished, but his life didn't change too much, other than being treated even worse than before.

He had no idea what kind of job he wanted to do as an adult though. Photuris had no interest in selling his art, but didn't have the endurance to become a mail carrier like his mother either. He was assigned as a servant to one of the Hivewings instead, who treated him like garbage. Photuris mostly neglected his work, sometimes even locking himself in his cell for days just drawing. While the rebellions in Vinegaroon Hive didn't spread to Bloodworm, the death of the Lady caused a lot of the Hivewings there to become suspicious of their own Silkwings as well. Photuris started having more visions as well, mostly of Silkwings he knew and often even his own deaths.

Eventually he ran away from the hive, to what became Sirex Hive. At first he mostly stayed hidden, afraid his Hivewing might come after him, but he learned the new hive was a lot more kind to Silkwings, and even had his cuff removed.

Family

Parents

Naga (Mother)

Glowworm (Bio Father)

Arachnocampa (''Father")

Relations

''Bee Boi'', The Hivewing he used to work for. (Enemy)

Did you buy an item for this character? If so, what did you buy?: Future Sight