Leviathan (Ahren)

LEVIATHAN 
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status
deceased; spirit
 
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age
~2,000 yrs
 
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gender
 
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orientation
 
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tribe
seawing
 
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occupation
spiriting
 
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location
east pyrrhian sea
 
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playlist
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INTRO
Leviathan, or Levi as he is known, is an adult male SeaWing spirit who lived during Darkstalker's day. He is a former cartographer who wanted to become famous by discovering a continent to the east of Pyrrhia- there had been rumors about a continent to the west but no one really talked about a continent to the east. He died trying to cross the ocean, of course, and is now a vengeful spirit stopping any dragons who try to cross over by creating massive storms or by straight up drowning them. 
Levi is both a cautionary tale to young dragonets about being too curious and a horror legend of the dragon who haunts the Eastern Pyrrhian Sea. No one has been able to befriend him for centuries except a fellow ghost named Ren, who has helped him remember what being mortal felt like. 
Please don't steal him, as he holds a special place in my heart- while he's not a sona, I still have projected some of my experiences/feelings/relationships onto him. 
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LIKES
* creating maps
* geography
* maths
* exploring
* goat meat
* affection
DISLIKES
* drawing portraits
* inaccurate maps
* arrogance
* vegetarianism
* jellyfish
* manipulation
STATS
strength
perception
endurance
charisma
intelligence
agility
PERSONALITY
*As a dragonet Levi was always too aware of the world around him
*He would be the kind of dragonet to tell his friends that the Tooth Scavenger wasn't real- not because he wanted to see them get upset, no, but because he thought he was genuinely helping them and "educating" them
*Was (and still is) very blunt, would tell his classmates exactly what he thought of them. Again, not because he wanted to be mean, but because he genuinely had no filter and thought he was educating the dragonets
*Always had grand dreams of fame, very idealistic. Not doing something great, no, but the rewards and glory that would come afterward- Levi, the lowly dragonet from the Sea Kingdom, would be revered by all!
*He would tell his only friend, Brine, all of his plans of what he'd do and how good his life would be after he got rich
*Brine in turn would tell Levi about his secret dreams of becoming King and having the most power out of everyone else
*In a twisted way Levi did become as famous as he dreamed to be
*Levi is kind of a control freak as well. He got into cartography because he liked knowing where everything was, and cartography combined that feeling of adventure with control. 
*Because of this he loved math as a kid and would be that freaky nerd who could do double digit times tables in his head
*Struggled a lot more with language classes, especially writing/composition ones. He could not come up with stories at all and thought that analyzing poems by long-dead authors was dumb. 
*Very book smart and slightly street smart? No burglar would really want to mug Levi though
*Learned a lot about other dragons' emotions from Teal and Beatrix, and learned more about how to talk to dragons without weirding them out
*Levi was very respectful and didn't really care about a dragon's background, as long as they were honorable he liked them
*Tries to be very polite and courteous, but can sometimes butt in to conversations he's not a part of 
*Extremely distrustful of strangers, but surprisingly thoughtful
*Was very passionate about food and could go on hour-long rants about the delicate blends of rosemary and mint in this steak
*Thinks that vegetarians are dumb, and that meat is clearly superior to fruit and greens. Barely tolerates seafood, though, and would much rather have beef or pork
*However all of this went out the window when Levi died and became a ghost
*There would always be a pressure in the back of his mind, telling him that no matter what, he could never let anyone past the East Pyrrhian Sea
*Levi doesn't know where it came from and why it's telling him to do so but he listens anyway
*For the first few centuries he just succumbed to it and ruthlessly killed any intruder in the sea
*Regressed a lot, personality-wise. Lost a lot of the compassion he had learned and turned into kind of a killing machine
*Lost a lot of his memories by kind of just pushing them away and out. 
*Eventually, though he met Ren. Ren is kind of a character foil to Levi? They're very compassionate and their whole thing is about helping dragons at the lowest parts of their lives. Levi would accompany Ren on their salvation missions and started remembering things about his life and started remembering compassion and empathy
*One day it all just crashed down on him and he had something of a mental break? The fact that he killed so many dragons, hurt them and hurt their loved ones, just rammed into Levi and he couldn't get out of the guilt he was feeling for days
*Every time he starts to go downhill with the guilt, though, Ren reminds him that he was literally not in control of his body and that his willingness to change and the guilt he feels shows that he's not totally murderous
*Levi has become a lot more patient and while he can't fight back against the voice, he can delay his response to it as best he can 
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EARLY LIFE
*Levi was born to a young SeaWing guard named Mollusk. His father was never around and Levi just decided asking wasn't worth it and didn't really care about his dad anyway. He was content with his mom and that's all that mattered
*She named him Leviathan because she just strung random syllables together and thought it was cool, she didn't really care that it wasn't anything sea-related. It would become sea-related later though, as he would become a sea monster-ish guy!!
*Was raised communally with the dragonets of the other guards
*However, one dragonet stood out. His name was Brine, and his mother was an illegitimate half-sister of Queen Lagoon. Lagoon didn't really know what to do with her half-sister and nephew- Brine's mother had no claim to the throne, but had royal blood so she couldn't be discarded as easily. 
*Lagoon eventually set Brine's mother up with a ladyship and a comfortable life in the palace as captain of the guard. Brine was shoved in with the other guards' children even though he was of a higher status than them, which made him very salty for years to come.
*Anyway Levi was drawn to Brine
*They were friends in only the loosest sense of the term. They were the only ones willing to hear out each other's crazy ideas of glory and stuck together like glue. While they didn't necessarily harbor affection for each other they were still the only ones who had each other's backs
*Other dragonets thought that Levi and Brine were a) weird or b) gay. Nah, Levi's aroace and Brine was in no way attracted to him
*When Levi was 4-5 years old his mom announces that she has a new boyfriend, a SeaWing teacher named Carp, and took him to meet him the next day.
*Levi didn't mind his mom having a boyfriend but she hadn't even mentioned seeing someone before that and he felt a little hurt, like his mother didn't trust him. 
*Mollusk actually just didn't want to upset Levi and decided him meeting Carp immediately would be more helpful to Levi, as Levi wouldn't go crazy with speculation or simmer with anger for a long time. She was wrong lmao
*Carp genuinely tried to foster a good relationship with Levi, but Levi would just shut down any attempts at bonding. Carp was incredibly confused- he was a teacher, dragonets loved him! Except this one, which he hoped would love him the most!
*Carp gave up eventually and just learned to coexist with Levi. They bonded a little bit though, mainly over their shared interest in history.
*The sweetest point of their relationship is probably when Carp asked for Levi's blessing to marry Mollusk and they just had a whole conversation about how strong and hardworking Levi's mom was
*Mollusk and Carp get married when Levi is 7 and Levi is happy for Mollusk at least. He is her best man/bridesmaid/flower girl all at once.
*Levi doesn't struggle in school too much academically, he's great with maths and geography especially. 
*He has more trouble with the social part of it, he would be too loud at times and just refuse to speak at other times. His only friend- well, companion- for years was Brine.
*Brine and Levi's relationship was not very healthy, both resented the other quiet a bit- Brine resented Levi for being a lower class dragonet that was surprisingly decent, and Levi resented Brine for never really caring/listening to him. But again, they were the only ones that had each other's backs.
*Wanting explicit care and affection is a reoccurring theme for Levi, as you can see from his relationships with his mother and Brine.
*Levi finished secondary school with top marks and was accepted for an internship under a well-known cartographer named Prime Meridian (Meridian was his name, Prime was just a funny add on) along with a quiet SeaWing named Teal and an anxious NightWing named Beatrix. 
 
ADULT LIFE
*Levi honestly quite enjoyed his internship with Prime, Teal and Beatrix were nice too. He finally had friends that weren't silently horrible to him like Brine was, and he started to realize just how screwed up his closest "friendship" was.
*Would travel around the Sea Kingdom, mapping islands and archipelagos. Sea Kingdom is a great place for map practice because of the various inhabited and uninhabited islands there, along with mapping the underwater locations and such. 
*Levi, Beatrix, and Teal had a nice partnership going on. All three would scout out the area, with Levi performing calculations, Teal sketching out the map, and Beatrix finalizing and decorating it. Prime would then review it. 
*Levi was... happy, for those few years. In all honesty, he dreaded splitting up but didn't have the guts (and neither did the others) to suggest staying together, and kind of just told himself that it was inevitable. 
*Levi kind of stopped talking to Brine during the internship, which made him pretty angry. Levi would come home to visit his mom and stepdad and Brine would show up and start angrily shouting, which would make Levi fume angrily. 
*Fights almost happened multiple times before their respective moms (and Carp) showed up and stopped them. Levi stopped talking to Brine altogether after the 2nd time that happened.
*Levi was mildly successful after his internship and kind of just went on his own way, continuing mapping the Sea Kingdom. 
*Beatrix went back home to the Night Kingdom, and Teal went with her. They later got married. 
*Levi comes home one day and actually spends a very nice day with Mollusk and Carp. The next morning, though, Brine shows up. He is initially super apologetic and offers to take Levi to a restaurant to catch up
*Levi is obviously suspicious but accepts. The dinner goes better than he though it would, but Brine keeps reminding Levi that he's not as famous as he wanted to be at this point, and that maybe his childhood dreams won't ever come true at this point. 
*Brine keeps insinuating that Levi was never destined for fame, which really pisses Levi off. They leave cordially but Levi can't get Brine's words out of his head
*For weeks Levi keeps thinking about what Brine said and started thinking of ways to prove him wrong
*Levi has noticed something curious during his internship: the world is a sphere. And what's even more interesting is that Pyrrhia covers only around a third of it. He reaches out to Beatrix and Teal to confirm that and they've noticed it too
*He's heard many stories about the Lost Continent to the west, but no one had really mentioned one in the east. 
*And so Levi made up his mind. He would find the Third Continent.
*Levi journeyed to the easternmost settled island in the Sea Kingdom and bought a boat, along with some supplies in the dead of night. He didn't want people to worry too much if he didn't come back. 
*He stayed in the town for a day, and then started sailing east at dusk. He barely had any experience with sailing though, and had a very hard time figuring out what to do.
*After sailing for a day, Levi noticed... a storm? It was approaching fast, though, so he started packing up his stuff and tried to brace for impact. Massive waves broke his boat and he barely survived the storm.
*The ocean was calmer now, but Levi had still lost basically all of his supplies- including his fresh water, food, and compass. Oh my moons, he realized, I'm going to die.
*He chose a random direction to start swimming toward- he's a SeaWing, he could make it! Right? Right? Ri- Moons. I'm not going to make it.
*After a day of swimming a storm crept up on Levi and he finally realized how much he screwed up. He's already extremely exhausted and dehydrated, and while he could just try to drift back to shore he has no idea which direction the current will take him
*And so the sea takes Leviathan. 
 
AFTERLIFE
*"washes" up on island
*Realizes he can't feel himself, his corporeal body is gone
*Absolutely terrified. 
*He tries to swim in the water but ends up... standing on top of it? The only evidence of him is stronger waves rippling
*Starts to break down in tears. What have I become. 
*He feels... a pull. There are 5 dragons in the ocean. His ocean. They can't be there. They'll hurt. They'll harm. I have to protect. 
*They are... searching for something. Someone? "Lost at sea." "Dark teal SeaWing"- like me?- Doesn't matter. I must protect.
*4 left... 3 left... 1 left....
*Safe. 
*After killing those 5 dragons, part of a search party for him, Levi loses much of his consciousness/conscience for the next couple centuries. He forgets much about his life and murders any dragon in his path
*He later describes that time to Ren as "staring at a white wall. Those dragons were nothing to me. I just knew I had to protect, and it all felt like a blur. They kept sending out search parties to find me and the other missing dragons but eventually gave up- the Legend of Leviathan had begun."
*The Royal SeaWing Massacre happens 6 years after his death
*Turns from "Leviathan" to "The Leviathan [of the Sea]"
*Meets Ren accidentally. Ren's purpose is to help dragons at the lowest points of their lives, with no one to lean on and no one to help them. This one young SandWing was ready to give up on life completely (they were suicidal idk how else to explain), and swam out to sea to drown. 
*Levi was going to help them, but before he could cook up a storm, Ren appeared and stopped the dragon
*Levi watched curiously as Ren was able to help the SandWing back to shore and encouraged them to keep on living. SandWing breaks down into tears and Ren calms them down, giving them advice and promising to be there to guide them in the future. 
*The feeling of "PROTECT PROTECT KILL" was lessening without Levi having to kill?! What??
*That was the first time in centuries that Levi hadn't killed an intruder in his sea. He hadn't realized that the dragons had a life and reasons for trying to cross and that they could be spared if only they turned back. 
*After the SandWing made their way back home, Levi approached Ren
*Ren was initially very apprehensive and thought that Levi would immediately start trying to kill them. Ren hated feeling the dark, brewing presence whenever they would get close to the East Sea. They had helped family and friends of dragons lost to sea, and eventually figured out that Levi was the cause of it. 
*Was ready to beat up Levi but Levi ended up being really polite and just asked them "How did you do that."
*Levi eventually explained to Ren his situation- how the thoughts wouldn't leave him alone until the intruders were gone. Wanted to learn how to get them out in another way. 
*Ren was still suspicious but obviously felt bad for the guy. Offered to let Levi accompany them on their missions, on the condition that he would not kill anybody
*Levi agreed, the sun was finally starting to break through the haze of the last centuries. 
*Ren would invite Levi on missions but would instruct him to stay way, as the clouds that followed him could scare Ren's dragons
*Levi learned a lot from just watching Ren take care of other dragons. He'd begun to realize things about others that he didn't even when he was alive- how everyone had their demons on the inside and that communication could help with everything. 
*Ren and Levi would discuss the dragon and their problems after they had helped them, and Ren would try to get Levi to open up as well. Levi had started remembering things about his own life more and more, and started wondering what happened to his mom and stepdad, as well as Teal and Beatrix.
*One time in the Night Kingdom Levi saw a portrait of a NightWing SeaWing couple that looked exactly like Teal and Beatrix. That opened up a whole new dam of memories- worse ones as well, mostly involving Brine.
*Levi opened up to Ren about some of his trauma and they opened up to him in turn, telling him about how dysfunctional their parents were and how they were bullied in school. The two started bonding after that, and became closer and closer over the span of a century.
*Inspired by Ren, Levi has now stopped immediately drowning dragons that go too far east. He tries to push them back towards shore first with winds/currents, and if they're persistent, then he calls up a storm to scare them away. If they still try to continue, then he drowns them.
*This doesn't happen very often though, he's killed only around 2 dragons last century and maybe 5 the century before that. Most get the point and turn back after Levi calls up a stronger storm, especially since most dragons are just going east on a dare.
*Levi and Ren have continued to be friends and have started trying to reach out to other spirits, like Giselle. Most spirits keep to themselves, though, and think Levi and Ren are annoying.
*Levi has figured out what happened to most of the dragons he knew, assisted by Ren. Beatrix died of a stroke, with Teal following soon afterward. His mother and Carp grow old together, surviving the Royal SeaWing Massacre and eventually moving away from the palace and into a small hut along the coast, not far from the location of the modern town of Seabend.
*Brine's mother dies during the Royal SeaWing Massacre and Brine is able to use his mother's title to grow his power and influence, becoming an important SeaWing noble and owning a considerable amount of land in the kingdom. One of his descendants marries in to the SeaWing royal family, and so Queen Coral and all of her children are all related to Brine. 
*Levi is just trying to enjoy the rest of his existence with Ren, however long that may be. He watches over with interest as dragons of new tribes arrive in Pyrrhia, and is excites to see what the future holds for both continents.
*To this day Levi doesn't know if there is a third continent and would honestly rather not know- he's terrified of finding out that his death was all for nothing.
*A couple centuries after Pyrrhia is industrialized, so-called Mythbusters Casper and Crayfish visit Levi to try to disprove his existence.
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PREVIOUS (LIVING)
*Teal overscales
*Lighter teal mainscales
*Very light teal, almost white underbelly
*Glowing light teal glowspots
*Wings are a similar color to his webs, a little lighter though
*Has an ornate wing pattern with swirls and waves
*Wing patterns weren't exclusive to the SeaWing royal family during Darkstalker's time, although wing patterns in non-royal dragons were rarer. The royals also had a more recognizable pattern
*Has wave-like patterns on his legs and tail too
*Dark greenish-teal horns/claws
*Blunt claws, better for holding quills with. 
*Greenish-teal webs
*Golden yellow eyes with flecks of brown, uncommon for a SeaWing
*He always received compliments for them, but Levi's mother had dark blue eyes. Perhaps his father had some hybrid ancestry.
*Before death he was a pretty scrawny guy
*Taller than average, but skinny and not intimidating whatsoever. Unathletic as hell
*Often seen muttering to himself, but would immediately stop when someone looked in his direction
*Always had ink-stained claws
*Carried around a satchel with paper, quills, and a small bottle of ink.
*Wore a pearl earring in his right ear and his left was scarred when he and Brine, as dragonets, ran away during recess and accidentally stepped on a barracuda's eggs. The barracuda caught Levi by the ear and ripped away a chunk
*Wore a bracelet woven with sea glass on his left leg
CURRENT (GHOST)
*Levi's appearance changed quite a bit after his death. 
*In the Ahrenverse, when dragons become ghosts, some of their appearance changes. The more vindictive and malevolent they are, the more their appearance changes. Levi is a mid-level vengeful spirit- he changed quite a bit, but not as much as Actaea, a more vengeful ghost. However, all "dark" ghosts' eyes change to red, regardless of how dark they are.
*His scales became a lot bluer, but still had the same formula of light mainscales and dark overscales and such
*Mainscales changed to a light greyish-blue
*Underbelly turned to a very light blue
*Glowscales became a light almost purpleish blue
*Overscales turned to a deep blue
*Kept wing patterns/wave-like patterns on legs and tail
*Horns became dark blue
*Webs became just a blue. Idk how to prettily describe that color
*Eyes changed color from his pretty gold to red. He doesn't know about this, however.
*Lost all of his accessories- he has no need for them, after all- EXCEPT the pearl earring. 
*All of his scars disappeared EXCEPT his screwed-up ear. That was beyond saving, even for Ahrenverse Ghost Magic. 
*Not as scrawny as a ghost, he has more meat on his bones. 
*Can summon limbs at will, often forgets to show his legs while in a particularly murderous mood
*His body is semi see-through, at around 80% opacity. 
*Always has a group of clouds/a storm following him. 
*Constantly surrounded by a mist/fog-like substance, sparks with lightning when angry or murderous 
*Can control the weather to some degree. The nearby weather reacts to his emotions, with giant storms and even hurricanes forming when he's angry or upset. When he's happy the skies clear up- except for the permanent clouds following him. 
*Levi can also summon storms, but that takes a lot of his energy and it's hard to control them. Finds it easier to just get mad and then manipulate that storm. 
*A few older SeaWings pray to him and leave him offerings to keep him satisfied. Levi has no idea this happens though, and if he did, he would think it was weird. He wouldn't be able to do anything with the offerings anyway. 
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MOLLUSK
Even before his death Levi wasn't very close with his mother. She was always very reserved and would hardly ever be open with him, and he in turn never really felt that he could trust her with his problems. Despite this, though, Levi did truly care about his mother and he knows she loved him too. He sometimes wonders how he reacted to his death and if she would still love him if she found out what he became- her only dragonet, lost at sea, now a monster of the ocean depths.
CLAM
Levi saw that his stepfather genuinely wanted to have a good relationship with him, and often regrets pushing him away. He's glad his mother found someone to spend the last years of her life with, and thinks that in another universe they could have all been happy together.
BRINE
Levi and Brine were only friends because the arrangement was mutually beneficial. As dragonets, only Levi was willing to listen to Brine's crazy ideas of becoming royalty someday and only Brine was willing to listen to Levi's delusions of become a world-famous cartographer. They were the only ones that had each other's backs as dragonets, and would defend the other from bullying just to not be alone. Eventually, just barely tolerating each other turned to openly resenting each other during adolescence. 
Their relationship only worsened when Levi left for his internship. Brine was deathly afraid of being alone, and felt betrayed by Levi for leaving him to fly around and draw pictures; likewise, Levi felt that Brine never really wanted him around and decided that leaving would be the best for both of them. Their feud culminated with the final dinner, and Brine's words that night were indirectly responsible for Levi's death. Although Brine did eventually become royalty- well, his descendants did- he always felt that something was missing from his life after Levi's death (probably Levi himself). Perhaps if they had communicated better their relationship would have been better, but what's done is done.
REN
Levi cares deeply about Ren and they are definitely the most important dragon in his life right now. They've helped him regain his conscience and break out of the murderous funk that he was in for ages. By accompanying Ren on their salvation trips, Levi has begun to understand the perspectives of dragons trying to cross his sea and sees how similar they were to him when he was younger, and tries to not make them suffer as much when they die. Levi greatly admires Ren's ability to find the good in any dragon and how they never give up on even the worst dragons. 
Levi and Ren love exploring Pyrrhia and trying different cuisines and attractions that they weren't able to when they were alive and geeking out about nerdy stuff like weather patterns. They love judging new queens and placing bets on whether this new queen will last longer than the old one. Likewise, sometimes Pyrrhia is their personal comedy show and Levi and Ren make fun of whatever new stupid thing modern dragons are fighting about or whatever bad decisions random dragons make.
GISELLE
Levi really hopes to get close to Giselle, but doesn't want to scare her off. Plus, he doesn't want to disturb the rest of her existence, as she seems content enough to watch over the MudWings and bless couples occasionally. Levi admires her quiet strength and how forgiving and mature she was, lifting the spell on the forest with her courage.
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Levicooleffects.png|his ref at full opacity. base by Sockrosma, fill by me
Levisockflat.png|flat version of his current ref.
LeviScrollCool.webp|lightning-less fullbody by scroll!!
LeviWil.png|wil!!
LeviDusk.webp|dusky!!
CrazyScalesLevi.png|cat!!
LeviLloyd.png|lloyd!!
LeviRadar.png|radar!!
LeviAhrenDoodle.jpg|doodle by me
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