Delphyne

“No matter how many times a snake sheds its skin, it will always be a snake.”
-Apollo about Delphyne
This character was created for Eunoia’s Myth Inspired Character Contest, based upon Python from “The Battle of Apollo and Python”
=== Introduction===
Roaming the isle of Delphi in the Sea Kingdom, you halt, scenting an unusual stench. You see a cave, and pace inside blinking. The body of a massive hybrid was discarded on the cave floor, an arrow pierced in its chest. You cough, the scent of decay was powerful as you paced around the lifeless figure. You see two stumps where hind limbs should’ve been, and have to jump to avoid a puddle of venom still bubbling on the floor. The hybrids’s face was contorted in a look of pure, unbridled rage and deeper still within the cave, you see the slumbering form of another massive RainWing. You jump, and cautiously prod her scales. The dragon did not move, it was as if she were in a coma. You rush from the cave, hoping to never look back. You swear you see a glimpse of golden scales sweeping into the cavern as you flee. 
===Appearance===
====Physical====
Python is a Rain/Night hybrid. Physically, he has a RainWing stature, but her scales are entirely NightWing. A frill coils from beneath each ear, and thin quill-like spines extend down its back. Its eyes resemble a SandWing’s however, with a black pupil and sclera. He was hatched with no hind legs. He also has two small horns curling alongside his bigger ones, and all of his teeth are serrated and deadly. 
Python has been described as “sickly” and “thin” but none of these claims were ever correctly proven. Python towered over many RainWings he met, due to his NightWing-like stature, and was often seen as intimidating. He was described to have a very aggressive looking exterior. 
====Coloration====
Unable to change his scale color, Python was shades of gray/green. He had darker gray/green on the top of his head and very dark green wings. His wings were dappled with vibrant red speckles and he had red scales down his body. His frill was a darker, blood red and his eyes were a paler red. He had very light green and black markings decorating his body. He had black horns/spikes running down his spine. 
Others would describe Python as a sickly green, and his wings dripping with bleeding stars. It is unsure if Python himself started these rumors to assist his reputation or not. 
Simplified Version: 
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====Accessories ====
None 
====Scars====
*Knife scars decorating tail
*Faint claw scars on face
===Abilities===
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===Personality===
*Vengeful
*Hating
*Aggressive
*Easily aggravated 
*Easily annoyed
*Untrusting 
*Loyal (to family)
*Spiteful
===Family===
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 Note: The Family tree scrolls to the right. 
===Relationships===
====Apollo====
Apollo is a Sand/Ice with only the SandWing genetics affecting his appearance. He is an outgoing, chatty, and friendly dragon who was hard to anger, though he hated Python with a passion. Apollo never forgave what Python, Gaia, and Skykeeper did to his mother. He is the twin brother of Artemis.
Apollo is the dragon equivalent of the Greek God Apollo.
====Artemis====
Artemis is a Sand/Ice with only the IceWing genetics affecting her appearance. She is calm, observant, logical, and prepared. She is easier to anger than her brother, and prefers not to meddle in the affairs of other dragons. Instead, she roams the continents with her followers, known as the “Hunters Of Artemis”. These hunters help control tyranny throughout Pyrrhia with carefully planned assassinations. She is rather indifferent to all of her relatives.
Artemis is the dragon equivalent of Artemis, Goddess Of The Moon. 
====Gaia====
Gaia is Delphyne’s RainWing mother. He gets his adoring love of green from his mother, and has often been told he has her eyes. Gaia, however, was no ordinary RainWing. She had distant LeafWing genetics, allowing her to control and speak to plants at her will. She was often called “Goddess Of The Earth” or “Mother Nature”. Gaia did indeed love her dragonet, but was forced to give him up according to his father’s rules. 
Gaia is the dragon equivalent of Gaia, Titan of Nature 
====Leto====
Leto is a beautiful IceWing with glossy white scales and accents of lilac and blue. Leto caught the eye of Sandstorm, a relative of Skykeeper. She was hated passionately by Gaia, and Gaia forbade her from having her eggs anywhere in The Dragon World. Sandstorm, having animus abilities, created a new island known as Delphi. 
Leto is the equivalent of Leto from Greek Mythology. 
====Monkshood====
Monkshood (more commonly known as Meg), is a close companion of Apollo. The two discovered Python after he was reincarnated and killed him again. Meg is a LeafWing with strong leafspeak, and has a RainWing dragonet as her companion. She calls him Peaches.
Monkshood is the equivalent of Meg McCaffrey from The Trials Of Apollo by Rick Riordan 
====Skykeeper====
Skykeeper is a large Animus NightWing. He was often known as the “Titan Of The Sky” or “Ouranos”. Skykeeper is the father/grandfather of many others including Sandstorm. Skykeeper was described as having the patterning of the night sky on his scales. The constellations spiraled across his wings, and deep blues/ebony with accents of dark purple. He is the father of Timekeeper.
Skykeeper is the dragon equivalent of Ouranos from Greek Mythology. 
====Sandstorm====
Sandstorm is a SandWing/NightWing gifted with bands to control storms by his father, Timekeeper. Timekeeper also known as “Cronus” or the “Titan Of Time” gifted his dragonet with these and proclaimed him “King Of The Sky”. Sandstorm is the father of Artemis and Apollo, as well as many many others. 
Sandstorm is the dragon equivalent of Zeus, God Of The Heavens.
Timekeeper is the dragon equivalent of Cronus, The Titan Of Time.
===History===
Hatched to his mother, Gaia, Delphyne was raised by his single mother. The RainWing raised her dragonet to despise his father, Skykeeper, and his son, Sandstorm. Sandstorm met the IceWing, Leto and the IceWing mothered two dragons, Apollo and Artemis.
However, before, Leto could have her dragonets, Gaia tasked Delphyne to prevent Leto from ever laying her eggs anywhere on earth. Delphyne obliged and began hunting the IceWing, chasing her across both continents with never-tiring rage. The IceWing carried her eggs with her throughout their incubation, in pouches around her throat. She needed to land for the eggs to hatch, but Delphyne was always there. Leto called the hybrid “Python” due to his cunning and constricting behavior, unknowing it was his middle name. Python was still in pursuit of Leto when Sandstorm pitied the young IceWing. He created an island just off of the coast of Pyrrhia and called it “Delphi” in spiteful honor of the tortuous hybrid pursuing the IceWing. Leto landed on this island, and her two dragonets hatched. She deemed the IceWing Artemis and the SandWing Apollo and proclaimed them goddess of the Moon and god of the Sun. Once Python discovered the existence of Delphi, he traveled there and chased the family out. Apollo gravely injured him with his bow, and scratched out one of Python’s eyes. Once handicapped by the blindness, Python vowed to destroy the children of Leto, as he had failed his mother’s task. His mother, soon requiring to go into a lengthy hibernation, appeared on Delphi, and claimed it as her resting place. Before falling into her endless slumber, she named Python the “Suns Bane” in accordance with his burning hatred of Apollo. 
Delphi became a sacred place to Artemis and Apollo, due to its significance and the powers it bestowed Apollo. Apollo became the first “Oracle” or non-NightWing dragon to possess future sight. Apollo could see the future and he drew his power to do so from Delphi, however with Python being there, Python could also draw power from the location. Python’s natural abilities became heightened, venom stronger and talons sharper. Python lived for many years alone with the slumbering form of his mother, getting larger and more snake-like. Python’s eyes became so strained in the light that he rarely, if ever, ventured beyond his cavernous home. Apollo was soon tasked by his father to destroy Python and Gaia and take back Delphi. Apollo obliged and traveled towards Delphi, arriving there within a few weeks. 
The battle between Python and Apollo was stuff of legend, and still talked about as “Pyrrhian mythology”. It is said their battle was so incredibly fierce Apollo’s fire lit the entire sky, and Python’s venom dissolved forests. In the end though, Apollo brutally killed Python and ended his rein of terror. Apollo did Python one final honor and burnt him completely to ashes before scattering them over Delphi. It is unknown if Gaia survived the attack, but since she was never seen again, she was presumably killed as well. 
===Quotes===
“By all the gods overhead, I swear on the Styx, that I will avenge you, mother.” —Python to Gaia
===Trivia===
*Delphyne is another name for the legendary Python in Greek Mythology
*In earlier mentions of the serpent, Python was said to be a “she”, but later was referred to as “he” hence the gender-fluidity
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