ShadowCrafters Experiments in Animus Magic

== Entry One ==
My name is Shadowcrafter. I am an animus Nightwing, under the rule of Queen Moonblood. She has graciously allowed me to experiment in hybridization of dragons and Scavengers, using a combination of science, and magic. I have my own workshop near the dungeons of her palace in the Night Kingdom. I am required to be under the supervision of at least one guard at all times, though I believe i have quite a while until I loose my mind. This journal will help me keep track of my studies. 
== Experiment One ==
=== Log 1 ===
I have enchanted a Mudwing dragon egg to grow Scavenger traits, such as a face, and torso. It will hatch in two months.
=== Log 2 ===
The egg is starting to smell weird. I fear the dragonet inside has died.
=== Log 3 ===
The time came and past for it to hatch, the dragonet inside drowned because Scavengers are not meant to grow in eggs. I have cut open the egg and what was inside was horrible. I am going to burn it, and possibly delete these first logs.
== Experiment Two ==
=== Log 1 ===
I am going to again try to enchant a dragons egg to grow scavenger traits. this time I will be much more specific, and i am using a nightwing egg. The spell is as follows:
Enchant this nightwing egg to grow a scavenger inside, with wings, horns, and the tail of a dragon. Enchant it to be able to survive until hatching, under any circumstances.
The egg will hatch in two months
=== Log 2 ===
The egg seems to be developing normally so far. The queen has banned me from using any more dragon eggs for my experiments, unless this one survives. Perhaps I can grow one from a mammalian pregnancy...
=== Log 3 ===
The egg should be hatching any day now. My creation will be beautiful.
=== Log 4 ===
I was wrong. I was so wrong. this... thing, Hatched out alive alright, but its a horrible little demon. It cried an unholy scream once it hatched and wont stop. its skin is a tattered mess of half-developed scales and muscle. It cant move its wings at all and appears to be in immense pain. I will have to put it out of its misery...
== Entry Two ==
The queen is no longer allowing these experiments. Im not sure I want to continue after the thing hatched. I feel horrible for bringing it into existence, just for it to die. I burned the body but its horrible little skull wouldn't burn. I decided to keep it as a reminder to be more careful. It watches my every move from its perch on my shelf. The blackened bone brings out the ape-like qualities mashed into the Dragon traits. Im so sorry, little one.
== Entry Three ==
The thing is haunting me. It swoops into my dreams and blots out the sky. Its gaunt, boney, body and oily skin constricts it. its face is unpleasant to look at but it forces me to look inside my own mind. i wake and see the skull staring down at me and have to run. I haven't slept in several days because of it. its horrible, elongated paws and claws tear at the corners of my vision. I need to destroy that skull.
== Experiment Three ==
=== Log 1 ===
This experiment will be on a scavenger parent named Orange. I got permission from her to enchant the baby growing in her stomach. It should be born in 3 months.
=== Log 2 ===
Orange said she feels fine, and the baby's heart is beating strong. Orange is worried that it will hurt but I assured her I would keep her safe and alive. one more month to go.
=== Log 3 ===
The baby was born earlier today and Orange almost bled out in the process. I had to enchant her to temporarily make more blood, but she and the baby survived. It didn't turn out quite how I wanted it too, but its something. It has a nubbish tail and vestigial, underdeveloped wings. Orange doesn't like it and refuses to see it. I promised not to enchant her again.
=== Log 4 ===
I enchanted the child to grow fuller wings and a proper tail, but now he wont stop crying. I cant take this much longer. Orange still refuses to be near the creature.
=== Log 5 ===
the child died over night. reason unknown
== Experiment Four ==
If Animus magic can truly do anything, it can do this.
=== Log 1 ===
I have gotten permission from a different Scavenger, Eel, to help me create my experiment. Orange still believes this is a terrible idea. The enchantment is as follows:
Enchant this scavengers baby to grow beautiful Black wings like a nightwing and a black tail. It will have claws and horns like a young dragon, and it will survive its birth.
It should come in four months.
=== Log 2 ===
Eel feels fine. Orange has been banned from seeing her to avoid stress. Eel is excited for the experiment 
=== Log 3 ===
the dragon baby was born today. its skin is oily and black, and it was able to run on all fours just an hour after birth. Eel is willing to take care of it but the two of them are in lockdown so the creature doesnt escape. it doesnt want milk like other mammalian young, but it wont hurt its mother either. it has bitten me several times and it likes to scream its terrible scream.
=== Log 4 ===
The creature is haunting my dreams, along with the past children. They think its fun.
== Entry Four ==
Eel loves the little monster. I don't understand why. It gets out of its room often and stalks and stares at me with its blank face. It has one cyclopean eye, but it can follow movement perfectly. This is the way of The Grim One.
== Experiment Five ==
[LOGS DELETED]
I refuse to speak of this incident
== Experiment Six ==
=== Log 1 ===
Im going to try to create a dragon egg from stone, like in the legends of Jerboa.
=== Log 2 ===
It looks and feels like a normal rainwing egg, but I'm worried it isn't developing properly
=== Log 3 ===
Number 4 broke the egg. I believe she is still angry about experiment 5. On the bright side, there was a dragonet growing inside, so that experiment was a success.
== Entry Five ==
Number 4 has gone missing without Eel around to look after her. I believe she is still skulking away in the dark nearby, watching me. I've been waking up with long scratches nearly every day. I see it running in the corner of my eye but I turn to see nothing there. I haven't slept for 3 days now, but i still cant catch The Grim One.
== Experiment Seven ==
=== Log 1 ===
Ive created another egg from stone. the enchantment is as follows:
Enchant this rock to change into a Seawing dragon egg, with ocean blue-green scales, and forest green eyes. the dragonet inside will developed to look like a scavenger.
=== Log 2 ===
The egg is developing normally. I have taken extra precaution to make sure The Grim One doesn't try to kill it.
=== Log 3 ===
The egg has gone missing. I fear number 4 has stolen it. I really hope she doesn't hurt it. She taunts me in my dreams.
=== Log 4 ===
the egg would have hatched by now. I haven't seen any sign of The Grim One or experiment 7. I still don't know where they are and its almost worse not having The Grim One stalking me. everything is too quiet now...
== Entry Six ==
Its been nearly two months since The Grim One disappeared with the egg. Queen Moonblood is not happy with me losing them, and threatened to lock me up again. everything is too quiet. I can hear the blood rushing in my ears, and my own heart beating. I've started talking to myself out loud. I slept for around 27 hours yesterday and had nightmares the entire time. Great writhing masses of shadows coming down from the stars to snatch up me and my creatures. I don't remember if I was hatched under a full moon or not...
== Experiment Seven B ==
=== Log 1 ===
The Grim One has returned the dragonet unharmed. Its still alive, thankfully but seems to have a hard time moving. It has shown a particular liking for raw salmon, which can be attributed to its seawing-ness. I've been trying to get it to eat vegetables and fruit. like a scavenger but it refuses.
=== Log 2 ===
The Grim One has taken a particular liking to Seven, and will attack me if she thinks I do anything wrong to it. I've been trying to teach Seven to fly and The Grim One does not like how I do it. He is actually surprisingly better at gliding then walking.
=== Log 3 ===
Number Seven has officially learned how to fly, and now i've been teaching him how to hunt. The Grim One keeps bringing back chunks of dragons and trying to get Seven to eat it. I've been trying to teach The Grim One that hurting other dragons is bad but she just throws the dismembered parts at me and fly away.
=== Log 4 ===
Seven has disappeared with The Grim One again. There have been spotted all over the night kingdom and Queen Moon is angry at me. Ive been trying to catch them again but not doing well.
== Entry Seven ==
I've finally managed to capture The Grim One again, and she is in chains, as per orders of the queen. I feel terrible locking her up but I don't have a choice. the other option was her and Seven being executed. She refuses to eat anything but dragon meat. Seven is much calmer then The Grim One but he is definitely capable of extreme violence, with little to no remorse. 
 
== Experiment Eight ==
=== Log 1 ===
This experiment is a little different. Instead of having a scavenger grow dragon traits, I will be suturing wings into their backs. My first subject is a scavenger named Cloud, and I will be using Sandwing wings. 
=== Log 2 ===
The surgery was a success, and I have enchanted Clouds wounds to heal and be able to use them. Now for testing.
=== Log 3 ===
Cloud is having a hard time learning to fly. She keeps saying she sees shadows.
=== Log 4 ===
The Grim One has gotten out again, and Cloud has disappeared.
=== Log 5 ===
Cloud turned up dead. I believe The Grim One or Seven killed her. Seven denied any knowledge.
== Entry Eight ==
I did an necropsy on Cloud, and what I found was not good. Her organs were an unnerving shade of grey-black, and her heart had shriveled to a quarter of normal size. Her stomach was riddled with cancerous tumors and the wings are already partially decomposed. The Grim One is watching as i write this, and I can feel her single eye boring into my very soul. I fear she has killed again.
== Experiment Nine ==
=== Log 1 ===
I am making another version of experiment 4, using skin tissue from The Grim One. She shrieked at me until I did it. I turned the skin into an egg and it should develop into a creature like her 
=== Log 2 ===
The egg is developing normally, but The Grim One wont let me touch it. She is caring for it more like its treasure then an egg.
=== Log 3 ===
The egg hatched. It might be worse and more disturbing then experiment five. The Grim One swiftly took it away, along with Seven. I will not speak of it more.
== Experiment Ten ==
im starting fresh. The Grim one is somewhere else, and wont be heckling this one.
=== Log 1 ===
Ive taken a young dragonet from an orphanage to run my experiment on. He is a little sky-night hybrid named Nymbus. The enchantment is as follows:
Enchant Nymbus to turn into a scavenger, but keep his wings and his tail
=== Log 2 ===
This did not go as planned. Nymbus is screaming and crying in pain so I undid the enchantment and wiped his memory of it. I will try again with better wording.
=== Log 3 ===
The new enchantment is as follows:
Enchant Nymbus to (1, feel no pain (2, turn into a scavenger, but keep his wings and tail for flying (3, be completely loyal (4, keep his claws and horns for personal defense
=== Log 4 ===
I'm not sure if this worked. He looks how I planned him to, but he isn't loyal to me like I enchanted him to be.
== Entry Nine ==
The Grim One is silently stalking me again. I see her in my dreams. she stands on my chest about to dig her claws into my eyes. I cant blink, I cant move, I cant scream... and she knows
== Entry Ten ==
Nymbus ran away with Seven and The Grim One. Apparently I wasn't specific enough. He still sees me as a father figure but will go as The Grim One says. He's been picking and biting at his skin and scales until it bleeds and doesn't even realize. Perhaps I should have him feel pain, but I fear the transformation will cause him pain. Nymbus is constantly covered in scabs and his own blood
== Entry Eleven ==
Nymbus managed to chew off his entire talon, so i enchanted him to regrow his lost limbs. it may have been a mistake because now he refuses to eat anything else but his own body. every day, he will cut something off himself and eat it raw just to watch it grow back. over, and over, and over...
== Experiment Eleven ==
=== Log 1 ===
I am attempting to do an experiment with a scavenger-icewing fusion. since their blood is so different, i'm going to have to do some complicated magic. I have taken a recently diseased Icewing and will attempt to fuse it to a scavenger. i will have to figure out how to keep the parts alive so they don't start rotting off the scavengers body. 
=== Log 2 ===
I'm not sure its possible to do. this may count as 'animus magic cannot revive the dead'
=== Log 3 ===
Fusion was successful, however, the wings are still rotting off and unusable. Continued testing needed.
=== Log 4 ===
the necrotic wing tissue is spreading to the scavengers muscles. He is in immense pain and asked me to put him out of his misery. This is the end of experiment 11, and I will answer no further questions.
== Experiment Twelve ==
=== Log 1 ===
This experiment will be a little different. I am taking a young Dragonet, with severe Neurological failing, and will fuse her, still, alive, to a Scavenger. The young Icewing will feel no pain as her body is morphed with Experiment 12.
=== Log 2 ===
Fusion was a success, Experiment 12 is functioning and able to mover her wings and tail. Problems arise when because Scavengers are not made to live in cold temperatures like an icewing, and Experiment 12 is experiencing extreme hot and cold flashes.
=== Log 3 ===
I fear Experiment 12 is dying.
=== Log 4 ===
Experiment 12 has frozen to death over night, in nearly 70 degree Celsius weather. The Grim One has taken her body and will not speak as to why. Seven and Nine are still AWOL.
== Entry Twelve ==
Experimant 9, A.K.A. mini-grim, was killed by a nightwing last night. It was attacking a town several times in a row. The Grim One is furious
== Experiment Thirteen ==
=== Log 1 ===
Today i will be attempting to make an aquatic scavenger. i will be taking a seawing dragonet and shaping it into a scavenger. technically, it will still be a dragon. I have a young subject named River who is willing to participate in this study. i must be extra careful in the phrasing of this spell.
=== Log 2 ===
The experiment was mostly a success. with gradual small changes i was able the transform the subject into a larger then average scavenger. he retained teal blue scaled skin as well as webbed digits and gills similar to a Seawing. the only issue is he doesn't seem to understand me anymore....
=== Log 3 ===
After several weeks of the subject being virtually unresponsive to language, i have confined it to a cell. there is no more light behind their eyes and they act purely out of instinct. Result disappointing....
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