Isria

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thinking of you is stabbing pain
what I can't forget is something like a curse to me
one day, one second
if I can erase itmy world would be more beautiful
Isria is an ancient genderfluid IceWing believed to have roamed the icy lands of the Ice Kingdom thousands of years ago. They are portrayed as a cruel and villainous figure in the Legend of the Great Dark Dragon. The legend provides an explanation why the NightWings and the IceWings worship — and condemn — the moons.The legends say a lot.Created for Rain’s character contest.
==Appearance==
Isria’s physical description in the many legends written about them is almost a legend by itself. Though their story may not be known widely across the kingdoms, their appearance is quite infamous among all of the mysterious figures in the IceWings’ tales. It is considered a major trait that defines them — even contributing to Isria’s notorious, disgraced title. 
Their scales are told to be black, smooth, cold, and flawless like a deep and starless night.
Isria is told to be a demon, a creature of shadow and darkness, much like the IceWings’ scorned, sworn enemies, the NightWings, who were told to be back then the counterparts of the IceWings — light and dark, moon and ebony. Isria’s mere appearance was unwelcoming to any passing dragon — or so the legends say. No one knows for sure about their appearance — like their gender, their appearance seems to be fluid, never solidifying, and constantly moving.
The earliest records of them describes them as a large, hulking dragon, of equal size of their estranged sibling, perhaps bigger. No dragon alive knows. Their wings are large and the color of scorched black cinders, with only slightly paler membranes — horribly ravaged by frostbreath, and somewhat crooked, each wing finger tipped with a murderously sharp, serrated claw. 
These claws also gleam on their talons, wickedly curved like a knife — and as dangerous. Their teeth also are sharp as these curved claws, often stained with blue blood, unlike their own orange-gold blood, bleeding from the long, jagged scratches many have dared to give. A forked blue tongue slipping in and out of the mouth. Paler spots of color swirl around their snout, their legs, the base of their long, curly tail — almost prehensile like a RainWing’s. 
They were thin and lanky; their big size was in regards to their infamously long and brittle spines, even longer than an average IceWing’s, let alone any proper dragon’s. They trailed down their body, all the way down to their tail, where they grew longer and sharper to the point of the very tail becoming a deadly spear.
No one truly knows what the Great Dark Dragon looks like, and their face is no exception. The countless tales and horror stories about them agrees on one trait of their face, however.
Their eyes are not normal eyes. They are pale and glowing and empty, without a trace of a soul. They are smooth as glassy marbles, as white as coconut meat. They’ve been described to be like empty snakeskins, dead blood-sucked grubs.
It’s a mystery.
==Personality==
Isria is a superficial dragon in their infamous tale. 
They do not have a motivation for their actions; no spite that arose from a painful experience, or a heartbreak that led them down the path to what they became today. They are simply in the world as literal darkness, a harsh reminder that there is always a thing called evil in the world, that no matter how many times good tries to stamp it out, it always exists.
Such a character has a twisted personality.
A creature of chaos, yet of cool discipline and order at the same time. A creature of darkness, yet they can hide that easily — and show that as easily. Isria is a dragon with all the evil and dark qualities a dragon have, because if they don’t have those qualities, there is no purpose for them, because Isria is merely a name for a mask that shields the real thing they are — evil.
Dark, cold, chaotic, violent, calculating, merciless, ruthless, forceful, twisted, cunning, wild, evil. That is enough to describe their personality. If they do have one.
==History==
Their story always starts with a warning. A low whisper that gently reminds the wide-eyed dragonets.
”Be careful, little IceWings. When darkness is near and your cry in despair, the Great Dark Dragon has you in their grasp.”
There’s always a pause after that, to let the ominous words sink in; then the real story starts.
 
Long, long ago, before the dragons were in power, before there were tribes, before the Scorching took place on Pyrrhia, before there were three moons, there were only two ice dragons in existence.
They did not have names. They were simply known as ‘The Great Unknown’ and ‘The Great Nameless.’ Our elders say that they had two children. One, as you dragonets might know well, was the Great Ice Dragon — known by their allies as Isrina.
But they had a sibling,
The sibling’s name was Isria, the Great Dark Dragon. And as you might know, little ones, they were quite unlike their sibling.
Isrina was a gentle, wise soul from the start, and they used all they had to help dragons — few dragons existed back then, but many of them needed help. And when they breathed, their frostbreath created the northern lights — glowing lights in the sky that acted as a sign for lost dragons in the mountains, and also one of our biggest gifts — the gift of guidance.
And there was Isria, their sibling.
They were a vengeful spirit. They spent their days traveling around the continent, like their sibling, but unlike Isrina, Isria caused destruction and chaos wherever they went. Always the world would find Isria maliciously cutting down trees, crushing mountains, and blowing away just about everything to clear her path — and Isrina scrambling after their sibling to make things right again,
Indeed, Isria’s frostbreath created furious gusts of wind, snow, and hail, which still freeze our dragons and knock them off cliffs into the dark, churning sea below — another death to please the Great Dark Dragon.
Yes, Isria was a dark creature. 
They were massive, exactly the same size as their sibling, but had scales — and a soul — of a completely different color. While Isrina sparkled pure, blinding white, Isria seethed in the shadows, wreathed in black and dark shades — much like the infamous dragons of night back then… though we now know them as NightWings.
Ah, yes… the NightWings. 
The night dragons — frankly, all of the dragons and scavengers back then — knew of the Great Ice Dragon and their estranged sibling, the Great Dark Dragon. And they were intrigued.
The night dragons considered Isria a … kindred spirit, as one might say. And one of them, the Great Night Dragon, poured poison into their ear, whispering sweet words about Isrina, about how if they were the more respected dragon… Isria could do anything they wanted to them, to make them the more feared one.
Make it look like an accident, the Great Night Dragon murmured. You can manipulate them.
They also told Isria to feed their sibling a special plant; under the guise of being a healthy meal, it would leave them weak and struggling for breath… easy to twist to one’s will. And in that exact moment, Isria could swoop down and strike the fatal blow; then Isrina would be gone, and finally, finally, the night dragons could have what they wanted.
No one knows exactly what they wanted, little ones. There is no point in telling you that, because the sole purpose of the Great Dark Dragon’s story is to emphasize good and evil. No point in spiraling deeper into the night dragons’ conspiracies.
Isria did as they were told; they felt strange, though, at that time. They felt… as if they weren’t in control. As if someone else was moving their talons and putting thoughts that weren’t theirs into their ear. 
They shrugged it off.
Isria did as they were told; they slipped in the plant — a curious red and green vine — into Isrina’s meal, and soon after, the Great Ice Dragon seemed to weaken, look unfocused, as if they were drifting out of their body. Isria’s time drew closer and closer with every pounding heartbeat.
And when they lunged to deliver the fatal blow, something unexpected happened.
The Great Unknown and the Great Nameless had been watching — they were virtually immortal spirits, after all. They watched, and when they saw Isria and Isrina’s clash, they intervened.
As the two struggled, lashing out at each other, their parents turned them into the third moon. This ancient legend has that Isrina became the shining, glowing silver surface of the moon, while Isria became the dark, unlit side of it.
The two siblings are still here. We can see them in the sky, Isrina lighting the path for wanderers lost in the night, while Isria endlessly attempts to block their light from shining on Pyrrhia and causes furious waves to drown unlucky swimmers. And they still exist in beliefs, ours’ and the NightWings’, because the moons still bless us and curse them even after thousands of years.
==Relationships==
===Isrina===
Not a very complicated relationship, as some may suspect. After all, the two are only representations of key elements in life, and in their legend; good and evil. They were born to be polar opposite of each other. Legend, in fact, says that only Isrina could dare to stand in the way of the destructive path of their sibling; it was Isrina who gave Isria those scars.
Isria despises seeing everything Isrina does work out perfectly; and it’s true. IceWings nowadays only remember the Great Ice Dragon’s good deeds, and the old tale of the Great Dark Dragon slowly crumbles to dust. Few IceWings remember the times when the story was still being told, when they were little dragonets.
They have good reason to suspect that’s why, if the legend is true, Isria loathes their twin. Why the dark dragon keeps trying to chase the light, endlessly, as centuries go by and the moons keep spinning.
===The Great Unknown and The Great Nameless===
Isria couldn’t be bothered with their parents, and surprisingly, so did Isrina. They were distant from their parents; they didn’t look like their parents; and their parents couldn’t be bothered to keep in touch with them either.
But, the legend that is even older than Isrina’s and Isria’s, say that the Great Unknown and the Great Nameless were the sky, or lived in the sky. Some elders do ponder whether or not they rose Isria’s and Isrina’s spirits into the sky to keep them close to their chests, or just to keep a careful eye on them.
===The Great Night Dragon===
Manipulative; perhaps the halfway opposite of Isria. The Great Night Dragon’s name is unknown; and the NightWings don’t bother telling the IceWings. Whoever they were though… they seem to have a mind sharper than Isria’s.
The Scorching did not happen yet, but the Great Night Dragon was still trying to resist the scavengers’ rule. And what they found about them while trying to learn about them as best as they could… they made a chilling discovery. They used it against Isria, and convinced them to use it against Isrina.
Isria blames this dark dragon for their fate, or so the legend says. They curse the Great Night Dragon’s tribe with their shadow, making sure that Isrina’s light never shines fully upon the tribes’ eggs, though once in a while the light slips from their grasp.
==Trivia==
*Isria’s gender is truly fluid; their gender depends on how one interprets them.
*Isria’s and Isrina’s names are derived from the word is; in real-life, it is the Norwegian word for ice.
*Their blood is a reference to ichor.
*The legend seems to subtly hint that the ancient IceWings knew what the breath of evil was.
==Gallery==
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