Nue

==Nue is my oc made for the Myth-Inspired Character Contest ==
"Even if the world turns its back against you, I'll be there to create a space for you to live, no matter the cost,"~Nue
 	
Background Information	Background Information
Creator 	me
Main Attribute 	convoluted love
Elemental Attribute 	earth
Theme Animal 	Nue
Theme Colour 	brown
MBTI Personality 	type here
Character Information 	Character Information
Age 	30 at death
Gender 	female
Orientation 	straight
Occupation 	priestess
Tribe 	Sand/Night
Goal 	allow her son to survive and gain honor
Residence 	(in death) a shrine
Relatives 	father, unknown mother, Shard (husband / deceased), Sandspeaker (son)
Allies 	family
Enemies 	those who harm her family
Likes 	"love", coconuts, chocolate
Dislikes 	"hate", bitter things
Weapons 	unneeded
Quote 	In the end I am the only one who can help him
=== Appearance ===
In life, her tail seemed to flick up and down as if it had a mind of its own, the deadly SandWing barb seeming to be the head of a snake, deadly and dangerous, ready to poison whoever comes in reach.
Her legs were additionally muscular and large, able to pounce like a tiger onto whoever caused her anger. However the most animalistic part of her was her mutated SandWing ruff, the ruff forming around her face as if the hair of a monkey and with her demented eyes that seemed to stare at any dragon as if they were a full course meal Nue looked like a beast. Additionally, her dark colouring made it seem like she was a dark billowing cloud of smoke, spreading misfortune to those around her.
All of this however was done after the experiment, before the experiment had taken her sanity away, Nue was a beautiful young hybrid, her figure that of a NightWing, her SandWing feautures only being her yellow colouring, elegant tail barb, and ruff.
After the experiment, her previous shining onyx eyes were glazed over, leaving behind an empty dragoness corrupted by hatred and love staring out into the distance. Her previous light colouring was replaced with a dark purple and black, with only the tips of her ruffs and tail a soft yellow, a harsh reminder of what she was before she changed. Light scar marks cover her entire body, an afterimage of what was done to her, the atrocities she asked to be done to herself.
Now in death, she has reverted to her previous form of a hybrid dragoness, the signs of her experiments that caused her death gone. The absence of her feet and the transparency of her body would be the only signs that the dragoness was a dead ghost.
"Everyone deserves to be loved, but only one will be loved by me'"~Nue
=== Personality ===
Nue was a bright and cheerful dragoness, always smiling, always looking out for the good in other dragons, always there for her one and only son. However appearances are often deceiving. Although her love for her son was not false, her cheerful optimistic attitude was also underlined with a great hatred.
That hatred was one of the multiple reasons she joined the experiment, and the reason why the experiment succeeded. After the experiment, all other emotions the dragonness had experienced; happiness, sadness, disgust, anger, joy... warped into a convoluted love towards her son. She began to believe that her son who was shunned from society would be taken in if she became the villain that he slayed.
In the end her plan succeeded, she became the villain of the story the last emotion she experienced being the great despair that comes with death, the despair that she was unable to spend more time with her son, and that the last expression she saw on her son's face was one of anger and hate. That despair chained her onto the world, her spirit returning to fulfill a death of servitude, servitude that was used to make sure no other souls went down her same path of destruction. Now she is but a doll, a ghostly doll only used to make sure no other experiments were conducted.
"If this body of mine rots, I'd just need to get another one'"~Nue
=== Abilities ===
Nue's abilities after the experiment were on par with myths of old. Her snake-like barb's poison tripled in effectiveness, a mere scratch able to incapacitate or kill a full grown dragon. Additionally to this, the speed and ability to control her barb increased, her tail almost becoming a snake, jabbing and biting at those who came near.
Nue's muscles also became enhanced, her moves a lot more animistic, her legs able to pounce from far away even when her wings were restrained. The way she fought was not calculated or smart, more the way a dragon high off of adrenaline and anger would react, the way the hunter of the jungle, the animals dragons usually have no trouble fighting fight. The bestial movements of a cornered animal.
The most strange ability Nue gained was the way she seemed to disappear into a cloud of smoke, her muscles and body able to contract into strange positions, thereby dodging countless blows as if she was an incorporeal creature, a creature that was only smoke and mirrors.
In exchange for the prowess of a beast, Nue lost her sense of self, turning into a mindless machine of destruction, her only thoughts that of revenge and love. As if the world was fighting back against her reversion back into a animal, Nue became unable to use her fire, from where plumes of red and gold came out, only a dark billowing smoke remained. A billowing smoke that she used as a screen, hiding her true form from those still alive to look.
"Love is the only thing I have left, but even that I can't do properly'"~Nue
=== History ===
Nue grew up as a daughter of a rich merchant. Her mother officially was dead, at least that's what Nue was told and she grew up not knowing why her SandWing father had her with a NightWing dragoness. For the most part, her father was silent and reserved. She was forced to cook and clean for the two of them, the only praise she would receive being the small smile that would cross his face when she did something well. "Sacrifice everything for those you love" was one of the only lessons her father taught her. The point was most likely for her to sacrifice everything for her father but Nue never held those sorts of emotions. "Love" was something that was preyed upon, something that caused you to sacrifice everything for.
When Nue turned 16, her father introduced her to her fiance. It was a marriage for politics and riches, her husband (a dragon named Shard) being descended from a branch of the SandWing royalty. "Shard is your new husband, the one you will love." Those words from her commonly absentee father was her introduction to the SandWing. Nue was unsure whether or not the emotion she felt towards the dragon was "love", however due to the words of her father Nue decided that it must be that. The two were married happily for ten years, having a dragonet in the second year they were together.
When Nue turned 26 disaster struck. A change in the SandWing queen resulted in a complete purge of royalty, Shard and his family were killed, Nue only being saved after promising that her son would never get married and have dragonets. Broken and tearful, Nue tried to return home, only for her father to lash out in anger "you were supposed to die with him!" he cried, "was your love only that much?". Nue swore to herself that next time her love would be enough. Focusing her "love" on her only son, Sandspeaker, Nue cultivated a hate inside her towards the royalty that caused the death of her "love".
Then, when Nue was 29, the scientists came to her with a proposition. "We can help save your son who is being shunned by society for his royal blood," seeing her suprise, the scientists explained the deal, Nue would turn into a savage beast, killing the current royalty and extracting her revenge that way, additionally the only one able to kill her will be Sandspeaker, both revenge and happiness for the one she loved would come. She only needed to sacrifice herself.
Remembering the words her father always told her, Nue sealed the deal. The plan came around just as the scientists said that it would. Nue was killed by her son, her son was given a position of honor in the courts, leading a life of prosperity. Sandspeaker never realised that the monster he slayed was his mother, and Nue became a doll for the ghostly spirits to make sure such inhumane acts were never committed again.
"I'm supposed to despise them? Then I will. For the sake of love'"~Nue
=== Relationships ===
==== Father ====
Although he was the one who raised her, Nue only feels apathetic towards the merchant. However she takes his words to heart, especially those about love.
==== Shard ====
Love isn't the way to describe her emotions to the former royalty, she was told to love him so she "loved" him to the best of her ability. However Nue did feel sadness when seeing his dead body.
==== Sandspeaker ====
The recipient of all her leftover "love" from Shard. She is willing to sacrifice everything for him, believing that it is the best course. Anything he says on the matter is ignored, the only purpose of love is for sacrifice so why should she live with him together?
==== Shard's Killers ====
Hate is too strong of a word and would not describe her emotions. She does not believe them to be anyone worth sacrificing for, but if she is supposed to "hate" them for "love" she will.
==== Scientists ====
She is glad that they understood what she wanted. She knows that they used her, but she is fine being used. In the end, all that matters is her love's happiness.
"Don't you see? I'm doing this for love!'"~Nue
=== Trivia ===
*based off of the Japanese yokai Nue
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