Credo

credo confido
nothing in life will come for free... won't you just trust me?
the greatest scammer	the greatest scammer
 	
character 	character
artist 	fritz
status 	last seen alive
age 	20
tribe 	arachwing
gender 	male
pronouns 	he/him
orientation 	straight
alias(es) 	n/a
goal(s) 	text
residence 	whatever town that doesn't chase him off..
occupation 	merchant, traveler
relatives 	doesn't matter
abilities 	ArachWing tribal, photographic memory
likes 	money, foolish dragons, salt/spice, gambling, forests and caves, rain, exploitable things
dislikes 	the law, police officers, the government, other thieves (he wants to be the "best"), the color white, sugar
love interests 	n/a
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Credo is a male ArachWing, and is an infamous merchant appearing occasionally in both pyrrhia and pantala. he is constantly running from those that he owes money or those who want him dead for the scams he has committed. he sells "rare" items, which in reality are items found commonly all over the place, and attempts to gaslight his customers into thinking these items are ultra rare and worth their price. then, he slowly jacks up the prices, little by little, until their already high amount of price is practically... insane. because of his height and size, he's been known to be a little bit of a thief, as he commonly can be seen pick pocketing dragons for all their worth.
appearance
cyan eyes, cyan eyes that seem to stare into one's soul, enough to manipulate you into buying his stores. round with sympathy and sadness, he tells a tale quite sad with a drooping body. but don't be a fool, it is an obvious lie, he can often be seen with a devious expression, counting his large stacks of money quite greedily. he is quick and fast, and with a great past, he is not sad at all, it is all to make a sale... he is quite a good actor, for that is originally what he was schooled for, but changed occupations halfway through. he is quite short, only able to reach to a dragon's shoulder blade. his build itself is skinny, limbs lithe, and quite frail, too. don't be fooled, he eats enough, for his lies often include needing the money for food. He is quite fluffy, a flop of hair over his head, and a fluffy sail going down his neck. his tail itself is fluffy too, but ends abruptly, a fourth of the average dragon tail.
his snout is curved with a slight slant upwards, completely smooth, never with a frown. his eyes are wide and lovely, the promise of what he could of been. his horns twist downwards, forming a loop, then appearing up top with two tips, quite similar to a ram's horns. the tip of his snout is a darker russet red, as though it has been dipped in paint, with a few small splotches reaching further into his face. there is a slightly lighter stripe on the upper part of his head, his head in itself being lighter compare to what has been described so far. there is a cream splotch on the corner of his head, with a few freckles spreading upwards. his ears are large, swooping back and landing about where his snout stars. two small light dots reside on the tip of his ears, the inner part being a light orange-red. a patch of fur, neatly styled back, the same color as his snout, resides on the top of his head. he makes sure to... "comb" this part frequently, always wanting to look his very best.
credo's patterns heavily rely on pointillism rather than simply fading into another color. down his spine, rather than spikes, a luscious mane of fur goes down his neck, and a few tufts of it grow on his underbelly, as well. the upper part of his neck is a dark orange-red, similar to what is seen on his head. below it is a slightly lighter orange, which becomes a creamy orange color, marking his underbelly. this same pattern trails down to his torso, and eventually his tail, though his stubby, fluffy, rabbit-like tail is mainly a light orange. his legs are... similar to the electric blue tarantula. his shoulder blades are the same middle-orange seen between his two darker colors, before abruptly switching to dark blue, slowly becoming lighter, bit by bit, until, at his "paws", which have close resemblance to cyan. his toes are dark blue. his smaller-than-average wings follow this same pattern, though the base isn't as dark as the top of his legs. they fade into lighter blue, but never cyan. 
personality
confidence. arrogance. charisma. 
his personality has ... a big role to play. he can manipulate it at ease, though he has a true one that resides deep in his heart, as well as the windows of his soul sharing what he could of been. 
to strangers, he shows a specific attitude. with him carries a charismatic face, able to charm anyone into at least viewing his wares... which is where he will then guilt trip and act like a miserable man. a skill of his that he learned long ago includes the idea of... crying?, in which he can force himself to cry a lot easier than others can. he is quick to break down, even the slightest 'no' causes him to make his eyes round. does he find shame in doing this? he once did, but when he was paid a handsome amount for his salt, he took advantage of it. to him, guilt-tripping works like magic... apparently, his very healthy (and alive) mother "died" and he needed funds to pay for her funeral. he got the funds but no funeral was ever held...
he finds some sort of pride in his ability to scam dragons.
he's a charming man. he's quite convincing, even if everything he's using is false knowledge. he knows how to get on one's side, worming under their scales. he can be anyone's friend, as long as he switches his personality, tweaks it slightly, to be able to be likable under said dragon's eyes. from then, he's been known as 'curious', constantly asking questions to know more. that we, he can use it against them when he starts jacking up the prices. he's also very... creative, often coming up with ways to beg his customers to stay that... surprisingly work (he probably goes behind his tent and has a very 'serious' conversation with them... most likely he's just. threatening their entire family!) He claims he's very adventurous, but won't go out and save his clients when they are at risk of being eaten... oh well. That's why he never finds any "rare" or "new" items, he just.. goes for a walk in the local park, pick a few flowers, color the petals differently, and boom, slap them on sale.
he knows its wrong... he even has a guilty conscience. he feels bad for the customers that buy his overly-priced products, but at the same time a flicker of excitement... for those that are "dumb" enough to buy them are what makes his day. he never rubs it in their face, though, he's actually quite smart. upon raising him he was always known to get the teacher's questions right. a photographic memory, he has... yet, faces are blurry to him, voices are much more recognizable. 
he's quick to pounce on innocent dragons, easy to immediately leech off the rich. if he sees an opportunity to sell, even if in the most dangerous places, he'll do what he has to do until his wares are sold out. he's a bold dragon, not a strategist, and usually is quick to jump to conclusions about... certain things. he'll put himself in the open, in front of hundreds of dragons, if that's what he has to do. the only time he'll run if his life is in immense danger, say, fifty dragons after him. he's confident his small size will save him. his arrogance is often times why he gets himself in such danger, it blinds him as though his eyes were never there, only drive for more money.
credo's a prideful guy, known to always be "right", even if he's not. he'll come up with another answer just to top off someone else's, to be the best. he's determined to shine brighter than anyone else and he'll kill himself to do it. multiple times now has he barged past gang leaders to claim he's the best fighter, and then get beat up for it. and yet, he never learns from his mistakes, and he continuously does what he does best. he's an annoying scumbag, and he's done no work to fix what he has become. he knows it, he knows he's a prick... but the money he gets is too impressive to change a thing.
from friend to friend, his personality differs. he keeps mainly the same personality with his "fake friends" (those he call his 'customers'), but is a little nicer to them, especially to the long term ones. most customers are recent, before he jacks up the prices, but long term customers are something he laughs at for buying his overly expensive re-painted daisies. sometimes, he'll even give them stuff for free (he's just manipulating them to stay)! since he doesn't live with them, he doesn't exactly care... for he gives not even a mouse tail for the lives of anyone who's bought from him. according to him, every dragon is expendable, another one will just come down the road. he'll be fine, surely?
underneath all the layers that he's created.. he does have a "real" personality. to only those he shares that are his true friends, to those who don't judge him for his scams, to those that don't know what he does with his "spare time". he's a loud dragon who tends to crack jokes (most being dark), not really being serious even when he needs to be. he can let his guard down, showing how he's truly tired. but these times are rare, he's much too guarded to show other dragons these traits that "slow him down", and he rarely sees the dragons that he shows this side of him too.
after all, he's constantly on the run from his fate in prison.
biography
*long ago, the arachwings went under ground, forced under by wicked hivewings who, at least, Credo deemed, cruel creatures who had utterly no clue of what they were doing. he still holds it against them, to this day. he could of lives a normal life.. but the riches were too tempting, and he is quick to throw this out of his mind. he cares... little... about his tribe's history.
**'to keep going' he would always remind himself... 'target the HiveWings too much, and they'll figure you out'
*he was hatched along with two other siblings, two of them being twins, though he was the oldest by a few minutes. they were killed off before he had a chance to grow up beside them.
**his parents never educated him on why they had to die, though after genuine curiosity struck him deep, he looked through scrolls and found that HiveWings were mostly likely their cause of sudden death. its not like he cared, he cared for nothing, really, but maybe he would always... raise the prices higher around hivewings...
***likely why he is wanted across all of pantala and most of pyrrhia.
*before he became a thief, he had a relatively... normal life, at least, for an ArachWing. he was hatched in the pitch black, buried deep underground in a system of tunnels, the sunlight never able to breach forth and shine on his fur or his scales.
*his parents tried their best to educate him before he went to school, allowing him to be able to read signs. however he was much more of a street smart dragonet, rather than a book smart one.
**often roamed the underground streets in the "colony" he lived in, visiting multiple different stores and already starting to pick pocket.
***his family wasn't exactly "rich", and they certainly weren't "middle class". rumor has it that his siblings were cannibalized in the winter because his parents were on the brink of death and his siblings were "runts".
**strayed away from his home for days at a time... his parents were worried at first and often looked for it. after all, he was only 1 when he started wandering out. he was viewed as the "local stray" and would be tossed scraps from the stores.
*deep down, he always had a rebellious nature, a need to defy the rules and do what he wanted, so in his room, around midnight, he'd spoon away dirt to make a tunnel to the outside world. 
*it wasn't enough that his parents gave him free reign on the streets when he could easily be hurt or trampled by dragons hurrying to their work for the day, he needed more.
**eventually got caught... he didn't really have much time for it, anyways. it was a loud and messy process that was taking a lot longer than what he originally thought.
*went to school when he was 2. which is where his courage failed him... it was okay with adults because they weren't really loud or silly, but dragonets were the complete opposite, and he felt as though he stuck out like a sore thumb.
under construction
*stuck to huntsman from the very first day of school
**they soon became best friends, though credo, when looking back, realizes that they jumped into their relationship. he was never able to see huntsman's true colors and was never able to just say... "I don't want to be friends with you" because he was afraid of breaking his heart.
*pretty normal school life, nothing... happened that was of any interest.
**though his school was... "interesting". the dragonets in itself were ... a little weird, so he steered clear of the,
*met orb weaver in his fourth year of school. they quickly began to hang out, forming a better relationship than he had with huntsman. 
*they actually spent most of their days together, which resulted in credo's grades significantly plummeting. he wasn't studying or doing homework, he was just waiting on weaver's doorstep.
**eat, go to school, see weaver, sleep, repeat.
*until orb weaver grew distant. that's when he was framed for huntsman's death, and kicked out of the tunnels into the dangers of the world above.
**for once, he was scared. when he sneaked out, he could always slip back into the tunnels without fear of anything else being able to fit.
*he was cast into the world, his face all over the wanted posters. everywhere he turned, there was always the danger of another murderer or a bounty hunter.
*credo cast his eyes towards the rich... discovering that they had done so by .. "working" a job above ground, though the most common he saw was a merchant.
**he became a merchant but... none of his wares were really being sold, and so he had to come up with other creative ideas.
*started selling unique items
**they got sold out quick
***...and they were selling out faster than he could collect them.
**this is when he had his idea of... gathering common stuff and recoloring them, or messing around with them, to make them look like something wild and exotic.
*he then started to make a living off of this... before wanting more. he was getting a lot of money from regular dragons, so he started looking towards the black market.
**started finding "odd" dragons, even going as far as to finding what was left of princess burn's weirdling tower's "creatures", and selling them to underground gangs and illegal scientists.
*however, when he jacked up the prices like the idiot that he is, he started being hunted down by multiple gangs.
**eventually he was swooped up by a company (gang in disguise) named Postquam. 
***"postquam" acted as... a cult, basically. they carved the symbol of their leader that they viewed of as a god, and had "prayer" time, as well as "worship" time. credo was brought before the leader (their true name was kept hidden, but they were named Secret), and credo begged for protection in exchange for giving Secret forty percent of the money he earned from his scams.
***it was... an uneasy alliance, but it worked out just fine.
*credo stumbles upon #hypnosis, and later #owen. his trips to Pantala become much more frequent rather than before.
*about a year later, credo gains the symbol of secret and is allowed into said gang, though he was never truly a "member", more like a leech.
**it was definitely worth it for him, though. a parasitic relationship where he lied about the money he got to not give secret as much as he wanted? hell yeah.
*gets caught by the local authorities and sentenced to life in jail due to several accounts of murder (including huntsman), scams, fraud, identity fraud, manslaughter, assault, and blackmail.
*secret's gang busts him out... but robs credo of all his money
**they lie to secret that credo was killed sometime in the breakout, so secret held a short funeral and moved on with life.
*credo was furious and decided to take the gang down... and ratted out all their locations to the authorities as an anonymous arachwing, thus causing every single member to get locked up.
**secret never knew it was credo, though. he just assumed that it was a mole, but never found out who, because he was sentenced to death and killed about a week later
***credo felt... a little bit bad, but not devastated.
*he begins to sell his wares again, like usual, this time being more careful than before and... not getting caught, surprisingly, even though the armies of Pyrrhia have been notified to capture him if they see him.
**he avoids towns such as Salvation and Sanctuary, or many other major cities. though he will sneak around from time to time as he likes to paint his fur a different color to blend in
***most common time he goes to sanctuary is during the full moon festivals
*nowadays, he's not seen as much, though he's still wanted and not confirmed to be dead. they won't stop searching for him until they either find his full, alive and intact body or his remains. there's a group now, determined to catch Credo, called the Credit (means trust in Latin). they're right on his tail and they have been for a while... as they follow the cries of dragons who yell "get that ginger rascal!"
relationships
his friends do not mingle. each friend has a different story, all a lie, and if they start comparing, they will figure it out...
hypnosis
"Who do you think..? not a scammer, right? you trust me.. don't you?"
a dark night, stormy. chased by yet more officials across Pantala. and credo was getting tired. so the first dragon he saw once this thought crossed his mind was hypnosis. he practically begged and wheedled until hypnosis begrudgingly let him into his tunnel home. the only reason credo was able to pull this off was because of the fact that credo promised that he was a weary traveler, in need of rest for the night. and so that's what he did, rest, though was careful not to eat anything. for what exact reason that he did this was unknown. they began to chat, and for one of the first times in credo's life, he let his guard down and relaxed. he couldn't tell you why, perhaps it was hypnosis's strange appearance or the fact that they didn't know who he was. so the story credo told hypnosis was his real life, only snippets to a stranger so they could find some way to relate and for it to not be an awkward night. they discovered that they had a few things similar, and began to just.. chat. 
for a while, credo stayed around hypnosis's area and they would chat almost every day... and now that credo knew hypnosis much better than his customers, he couldn't find the heart to scam him. perhaps it was this or the fact that he was a tribe mate... and he hadn't scammed any arachwings. yet. so he kept his secret business hidden and undercover, doing it only when hypnosis wasn't around. he wanted to keep this relationship, the one where he felt like he was plunging his snout in a cauldron of water every time he talked to this intriguing dragon. he didn't have to remember any lies. didn't have to remember what he had said and hadn't said. he was just... being himself if he hadn't been framed all those years ago. who he would of been if he hadn't been chased constantly by officials and forced to steal for a living. 
this was the closest thing to a normal life for him, one of his only friends. even if they quarreled every now and then, he wasn't ready to let it slip away ... and so credo spent a month or two every few months in Pantala just to chat with hypnosis. 
positive 
owen
"I wouldn't scam a dragonet..."
a shivering dragonet and a sly dragon. what was the worst that could happen? besides, credo found owen young enough to be able to manipulate... wait, what? no. that may have been his original though but after watching Owen longer, he began to feel bad for him.. what had traumatized this dragonet so much? and so credo vised to have self control and not immediately turn a helpless dragonet upside and dump all the coins out of his pockets. he chose to try and be an "older sibling" figure, to be able to comfort this dragonet and for him to maybe have a brighter future... 'sides, they were both tribemates (well, even if Owen is half rainwing), and credo had an unspoken law that he wouldn't rob his tribemates. he wasn't that greedy, yet... and so he tried his best to take care of Owen, specifically trying to seek him out just to make sure he was okay. credo would set off entire days of "work" just to help this dragonet.
they met when credo was running away from cops, Owen from his past. they met at an undisclosed location at an undisclosed time. rather, they will not spill the exact information. credo saw the dragonet as a possible victim for robbery but... decided against that when the moment he started his sugar-sweet talk, Owen seemed to see right past his lies and began to shy away. credo retreated, but then met Owen the very next day, and this time gave owen some food, specifically from a nearby fancy resturant... and credo watched over Owen when he was eating, just to make sure he felt a little safe... though I don't think that helped very much. but after about eight minutes of silence, our scammer friend began small talk, trying to get owen's favor.. and so he did. however, owen remained wary because he knew exactly what type of poison credo was.
credo does try to take care of Owen, even if ... owen's not too big of a fan of it. the thief will occasionally bring Owen meals and all, and have some small chat and bring Owen to special places, such as a sunset over a cliff, it seems that wariness and a the bit of tension left will never leave.
semi-positive
orb weaver
"End of our days, old friend... may you find your way... in the jail that you belong, haha!"
an old friend. they met in the underground tunnels of the arachwing kingdom... and because they were both lonely dragonets, they quickly bonded together, sticking together like glue. they had... similar personalities (before credo's facade to scam) and similar likes and dislikes, often seeking each other out after their days had ended and sneaking through the tunnels, giggling through the hallways. when they grew up, they started.. sneaking outside, to watch the sunset, and soon enough, Credo started feeling things for her. and he confessed, one day, the sun whipping their manes of fur. and she agreed. their parents accepted their decision and they were officially dating.
of course, nothing good ever lasts forever.
over time, weaver began to grow much more.. distant. every time credo asked her out, she'd always come up with some sort of excuse. she began changing rapidly, hanging out with the more popular dragonets and shunning credo every time he came near her, as if she was to lose some sort of status if he were near her. and one day, he confronted her... their last day in the sunset together. she got all mad and sad that he was leaving her, as though it was never a toxic relationship. he stormed off, heartbroken from all the recent events. but that was not the end of her.. because when he came back inside the tunnels, his guy best friend was dead. killed by none other than orb weaver. and he was blamed for it, cast out of his tribe (more like... ran off before he was arrested) and word was spread around to catch credo dead or alive.
and he will, always, always hate orb weaver for ruining his life. but... he can put the blame on her for driving him towards his path as a scammer... so perhaps it wasn't so bad after all.
negative
huntsman
"Not much to say..."
former best friend. they met in the tunnels of the arachwing kingdom... when credo was shy and nervous and twitchy, afraid of socialization. quickly, huntsman caught along, and invited him to his group. of course, credo never really got a long with anyone else in said group for "stealing" away the main man. so often times credo would follow huntsman around like a little shadow, or a leech, the friend group called him. but he didn't care. as long as he was near huntsman in some way. however, huntsman began to grow distant whenever orb weaver hooked up with credo, which heavily weakened their relationship, making the rest of the friend group... suspicious.
what stopped credo from fully liking huntsman was that he couldn't really be himself. there was always something wrong with him, always something that needed to be fixed. and he was ignored if he did something wrong... it was a little bit of a "toxic" relationship.
and when huntsman was killed, credo was devastated. but he was easily blamed and nearly killed from the heavy stones they hurtled at him.
semi-positive
secret
"What do you think this is? A charity?"
secret and credo may have been known to have been "partners in crime", but they had a very different story behind closed doors. credo always hated having to dig through secret's enigmatic personality, it was like he actually had his name for a reason....
never been a great relationship as it was much of an employer and boss kind of trope. it physically and mentally hurt credo every time he had to give secret "massive" amounts of money. at least it helped credo move along without as much worry of the officials catching onto him.. but he was never aware that secret wasn't involved in the gang's plan to "kill" him and take all money. but because he thinks that secret was a part of that, he'll always have a deep burning hatred in his heart, which is why he chose to bust the gang and get everyone (minus himself) arrested. he didn't feel bad when secret gave him a pleading look, and instead chose to rob him of all he had. credo never regret what he did to secret. backstab and betrayal... but at least he walked out fine and with all his money and even more.
neutral
trivia
*based off the electric blue tarantula
*sells pretty random things, has been known to sell painted animals and plants, describing them as "new species".
*sometimes, he'll find weird dragons and kill them. sort of like burn's "weirdling tower", which is why he is viewed as wanted across the world.
*credo likes to smoke pipes, thus resulting in lung problems.
**he also chews tobacco on occasion. has mastered the 'spit into the bowl' thing.
*absolutely, with a burning passion, hates seafood. he hates the smell of it, how it tastes... fish in general just gross him out. he avoids SeaWings whenever he can... because he thinks they smell like fish. 
*gore in general makes him throw up, so harvesting the bodies of mutated dragons makes him sick but, he'll do anything for a quick buck.
*some of the main dragons that buy his wares are either gang members or peasants, desperate to please some higher-up to get into a better position.
*credo's name means "I trust" in latin... even though he should not be. 
**actually not his real name, but he renamed himself as to be able to use his "real" name when not scamming...
***all the wanted posters of him have the name "credo". his real name is arano.
*from time to time, when he's "bored", he'll just... steal some cash from a bank.
*if a dragon has a pocket, he becomes "curious". (curious meaning that he's about to steal everything from said pocket to see if anything has any worth)
*those who are scammed by him, or, more commonly, pick-pocketed, call him "ginger rascal"
*moral alignment is a mix of chaotic evil and neutral evil.
*doesn't scam dragonets... unless they're annoying him.
**he has taken candy from a toddler before and laughed in its face as it cried.
*he has a burning hatred for anything sweet but loves salt and spice.
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