Jacinth

Created by Darkmoon for the Song Oc Contest. Do not steal!!!
==Appearance==
At first glance, you would think Jacinth is a pure SkyWing. He has all the features of one: the typical body and scale shape, the large wings, the curved horns, and even the standard red and orange scales. However, a closer look reveals that his spines are quite different from average, being longer than a SkyWing's, very pointy, and black as night. He's also got a row of black, NightWing-esque scales under his wings. These small differences set the stage for Jacinth's whole persona.
While he may appear average, Jacinth is not your normal dragon. His blood red scales glisten malevolently in the light and shadows. His bright crimson underscales accent his bloodstained claws. His wing membranes are the red-tinted orange of a dying sun, and the size of his wings makes him seem taller. His underbelly is the stony gray of hard granite, and his horns and claws are the brown of an aged oak tree. The bright yellow of his eyes is piercing, but arguably his most noticable feature is his scar.
Jacinth has seen some hard times, and his scars show that. His scar that draws the most attention is deep, and it runs from the bottom of his right ear, across his throat, and over to his left shoulder. This scar never healed properly, and it's still an angry shade of pink. He's got another big scar on his left palm, a thin white line carved into his scales many years ago. Besides this, he's also got several small scars crisscrossing his underbelly from accidents and bullies in his childhood.
The one thing about Jacinth that only he can see is the shackle on his left hind leg. It's a transparent black cuff, which has several miaty chains hanging off of it. While this cuff appears invisible to others, Jacinth is well aware of it, and he hates it. No matter how often he tries to cut through the misty shackle, it always deflects his claws or reforms. This chain is a record of his bad deeds, and it will forever weigh him down as a reminder of how hopeless he is against the darkness.
==Abilities==
Jacinth is a mostly normal SkyWing. He has good flying skills, but nothing extraordinary. He can breathe fire, but no firescales or anything like that. But there is one thing he tries to hide from everybody, one thing that truly sets him apart: he has magic, though not in the traditional sense.
He hates his power, and he can feel his soul turning as the monster of the dark curse tries to take over. He has been hiding this power his whole life, and he will hide it for as long as he can.
==Personality==
Jacinth is a very introverted dragon. He's never really fit in, as the weird guy with no father. From a young age, his differences always mattered more than his similarities to others. Having an uncontrollable magic inside him always made matters worse, and Jacinth has been an emotional wreck ever since he was three and a half years old and he learned he had to leave his childhood home.
He's never been very social, and his only friend is a pretty female SkyWing named Topaz. Jaci is glad to have her in his life, but even their friendship is different. He's never told her about his powers and his curse because he's afraid of her reaction. He's built up so many walls to protect himself, he can't even have an honest friendship, but it isn't entirely his fault.
Little by little, Jacinth's soul is being eroded by the dark force within him. His efforts to keep control are a constant battle in his mind: light versus dark, hope versus despair, love versus anger. When his emotions become too much, Jaci turns to the dark. He gives into the monster. But he jas a good heart, and Jacinth hates the monster he's slowly becoming.
==History==
Jacinth was born to a SkyWing mother, and he never knew his father. It was rumored that his half NightWing father had been killed after they finally found proof that he was a hybrid. He was raised in a small mountain village for three years. A week after he turned four, Jacinth and his mother moved to a larger town so that he could have a better education. It was around this time when odd things started happening to Jacinth.
Between the stress of the move and his complicated emotions as he left his childhood home, Jacinth was a ticking time bomb. He finally exploded when some school bullies were teasing him about not having a dad. Before he realized it, he yelled at the bullies and they were flung back. One of them hit a wall and broke their wing. He didn't know it at the time, but this was an early demonstration of his animus powers.
Things were normal again for a while after this happened, but small outbursts of his power kept happening, and they were getting bigger. He didn't know why these things were happening, so he couldn't control them. He got desperate when he turned ten and still had no control over these powers. Unexplainable things were happening, and they were hurting his life. The rumors around him kept him from getting a job, while his frequent outbursts caused suspicion among the villagers. He lived in constant fear, knowing that at any point, the villagers might try to hurt him or his mother.
He had heard of a place called the Midnight Hollow. It was a dark place in the middle of the woods, and rumor was, one could gain immense powers if they were brave enough to go there and strong enough to defeat whatever evil lurked there. According to legend, there was some mystical being there who could grant great power, but it took a very strong and determined dragon to find it and free it from its shadowy prison. The legend claimed that by freeing this being, a dragon would then be entitled to ask for whatever riches or power they desired. Jacinth didn't want riches, but he needed power that was strong enough to harness and control whatever magic or powers lurked inside him.
One fateful day, Jaci set off to find Midnight Hollow. He didn't know what he would find, but he was desperate enough that he didn't care. He walked for hours in the woods, unable to fly because of the thick tangle of branches. When he got to a darker part of the forest, he picked up speed. He was certain that he had found Midnight Hollow, and he was right. The forest became steeped in shadows despite the afternoon sun. When he got to the Hollow, Jacinth was surprised. There was no beast or evil force guarding it. All he saw was a tall stone, which was marked with these words: Beware the tales you have been told, the power you seek is evil of old. If you wish to be its heir, this is what you must do to prepare: satisfy the stone with blood, and power will come to you like a flood.
Jacinth drew his claw across his palm, and he wiped his blood on the stone. He waited, but nothing happened. Then he looked at the stone, and he saw new words beneath the warning: This sacrifice is not enough. To gain power, you must be tough. If power is what you wish to gain, draw blood until it falls like rain. A bit annoyed, Jacinth sighed. However, he obeyed the stone. He picked up a rock shard, and he sliced his own neck until a deep cut formed, giving him his signature scar. He started bleeding quickly, and as his blood fell on the stone floor, the darkness on the trees started coalescing around the stone, dark tendrils forming to make the shape of a dragon.
The dragon spoke, telling him of the power of the Dark One, a power he had just earned. By willingly shedding his own blood, Jacinth had given the darkness in the hollow enough power to break its tether to the forest, and it could now move freely. But since Jacinth proved how hungry and desperate he was for the power to control himself and his life, the darkness chose him as its next Dark One. With no further explanation, the dark tendrils formed themselves into a cocoon around him. Jaci absorbed the darkness, and he could feel the power. But he also felt the immense darkness, and immediately regretted his decision.
Jacinth went back to his village, feeling different with the dark power inside him now. He tried to go back to normal life, but it got increasingly hard. His patience wore thin, and as his own feelings got darker, the darkness began to goad him on. It took the form of a dragon, whom he nicknamed Obsidian, and this dragon tried to make him do bad things. He threatened dragons to get food for him and his mother instead of begging. He almost strangled someone after they insulted him. He fought against the darkness to make sure he never killed, but he was inevitably pushing everyone away. One day, he snapped.
His mother disappeared. Not knowing how or why, he used his powers to find her. He followed her trail into the woods, where one of his biggest enemies had dragged her. She was on death's door, and she died soon after he found her. He got so angry at her killer that he couldn't stop the darkness this time. With ease, he crushed the killer's heart, instantly killing him.
He immediately began to feel regret, but Jaci couldn't change his actions. He felt weighed down, and Obsidian gleefully pointed out that he was more weighed down than he realized. Confused, Jacinth looked to where Obsidian pointed, and he found a ghostly black shackle on his ankle. As he watched, a new link formed out of thin air, adding itself to the two chains already there. Obsidian said, "You're getting darker, dearie, and your bad deeds will always leave their mark!" He was right.
Jacinth couldn't stay in his village anymore. He had lived there for nine years, but he just couldn't take the bad memories anymore. He flew away, taking only his most prized posessions with him. He found another village miles to the south, and he tried to have a fresh start there. He bought himself a house with some conjured gold, and he tried to make friends. Due to his unpredictable mood and slightly violent nature, many of the townsfolk decided to stay away. One of them wouldn't, though, and she was a pretty young SkyWing named Topaz.
Topaz was twelve, a year younger than him, but she was peppy and determined to be his friend. They bonded quickly, and soon they grew closer. They've been friends ever since their first meeting, developing feelings of friendship, trust, and even maybe love in the three years they've known each other. Jacinth hasn't told her about his curse, though, as he's afraid she'll leave him if she finds out. He controls his powers around her, although he's still added some links to his chain by doing dark deeds after moving. He can't change the darkness that lives inside him, no matter how hard he tries.
==Gallery==
Jacinth_by_SpaceshipEarth.png|Reference by SpaceshipEarth
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