Smokeheart

s m o k e h e a r t
he / him • artist / student • demi-pan
currently revamping
Smokeheart 	Smokeheart
 	
art by 	radar
Background Information	Background Information
creator 	radar
attribute 	social ineptitude
element 	-
animal 	-
color 	maroon, red
song 	
mbti 	isfp-t
Character Information 	Character Information
age 	20 (hy)
gender 	male
orientation 	demiromantic pansexual
occupation 	artist, college student
tribe 	skywing
relatives 	-
residence 	possibility
allies 	-
enemies 	-
likes 	-
dislikes 	-
abilities 	normal skywing abilities
weapons 	words, talons, teeth
loves 	n / a
a p p e a r a n c e
revamping
----old
From the outside, all one would see is a nervous, little SkyWing, shying away from the world in hopes of never being spotted. In hopes that no one will find out about the... figure he shares his mind with. For his description, one would fondly put, nervous expression with a tint of annoyance. Looking like an average SkyWing with a shade of garnet red scales. This covers most of his warm body, although it shares land with other shades of red and pink. Flat upon the top of his back, scales that are much lighter than that of his mainscales patter across. Not only on his back, but also the top of his head.
Separating a maroon underbelly from the garnet mainscales, a thin row of scales form a river between the two lands. Coming in the color of a dull reddish pink. Both underbelly and this finely colored river go down to the very tip of Smokeheart's tail. Only around the base where the small spine protruding from below his ears sits does one see this color again. The color that fills those lovely, anxious eyes remain a shade of dark emerald. Perhaps mixed with a slightly lighter hue of green, just to lighten the color just a little. Pale pinks flow across his back, perhaps the most noticeably strange thing about him.
In fact, the very incorporation of pink in a SkyWing is strange. Anyway, these low-studded spines remain this pale pink, from forehead to tail tip. That is, it is also the coloration of the twisty horns crowning the back of his head as well as his talons and wing spines. Not only that, but the small spine mentioned before, under his large, short ears. Which to mention of a purple tint to the innards of them. Caking the front of his legs, up to the center point of his wings to his very paws, red. The same red used to run across the top of his body and caressing the top of his head.
The wings branching from his shoulders remain as big as always, just like any normal SkyWing, for better flight capabilities. Upon the wing's membranes is colors of a shade darker garnet red than that of his mainscales. Alas, there is nothing more to describe his wings, but there is much more to describe nevertheless. Like, say, the cold, silver chains beating around the warm scales of his neck. Both holding things, the higher one being a small light brown pouch that looks like it might hold fairy dust. The other one remains black and is much bigger than the higher one.
Both of these pouches hold certain materials inside, the top pouch holding small vials of paint whilst the other one holds school-related things. Along with pencils and paintbrushes for his future career. Smokeheart is stocky and short, only considered tall because of his somewhat long neck. And only considered big because of his large wings. His talons are hooked, but dull, so is any other rather "sharp" spine upon his body. The SkyWing's eyes, considerably large and round like the moons, his tail, thick with fat at the base before softening out at the tip. Little hints of paint decorate his body, in all colors from forest green to bright orange. The only scents that cover his body is that of library books and paint, perhaps even lead here and there.
p e r s o n a l i t y
revamping
* generally a lonely person who keeps ruining all his friendships by not maintaining them. seems very conflicted in his mind. one part of him believes this is for the best while the other longs for companionship.
* to him, not landing a joke is equivalent to the death penalty. really sensitive to second-hand embarrassment and will either run away from or throttle whoever is the source of it.
* tries to hide the anxiety he gets in social situations by being a sarcastic jerk who acts like he doesn't care about anything when, in reality, he cares about everything.
* can hold a unnecessarily long grudge against people for the strangest of things. like people asking about his art, but never like... asking questions, or if they briefly engage with his stuff, say they're interested in learning more and never do.
----old
Socially anxious, distant and unusually relaxed about the status he's in. Although he's put on quite the act of being rude towards others, perhaps to hide the insecurities that hide beneath. Even then, he can't help but feel really stressed out just by talking to someone else. A scintilla of doubt follows him around, stalking the back of his mind. Smokeheart is a... strange dragon, must I say. He isn't great at socializing with others, he hates being all fluffy and affectionate and he additionally believes that no one would want to bother helping him through his hardships. Even though that is far from the truth. The SkyWing has a great amount of tendencies to put words into other dragon's mouths, make them say things that they aren't actually going to say.
He's prone to getting picked on for his... unusual behaviors lately, talking to himself mostly (although he's talking to his counterpart), but also some rude remarks about his art. This is perhaps what has led him to become so distant, apathetic and rude, the remarks and comments on his art and just overall being bullied by others. One problem with this being is that, he can never really learn his lesson the first time. And it has led him to only seeming to learn through his mistakes, nothing else. Even though it might seem a bit strange and worrying, Smokeheart doesn't really seemed concerned about the very fact that he hosts a demon within him, rather he focuses on what he loves most. Despite the worrying glances he gets from those who have seen the inner nature of the demon themselves.
Trusting others seems to be just as hard to socializing, the reason behind this is not really known by anyone, not even himself. It just... happens, y'know. He just has trouble trusting others, and while this doesn't make him gullible, it makes him seem almost paranoid that someone is going to double cross him. Really the only one Smokeheart trusts fully is his counterpart, the last dragon one would expect to trust if he were normal. But oh well, that's just the way it goes, I suppose. It does seem that there is some room in that dark head for love, to care about others, no matter how small that is. Although, being more distant from most dragons in his life, he isn't quite sure who he cares about. Other than, of course, his inner nature.
natsu's personality
Yes, one is probably thinking this is a bad thing, harvesting a dark presence inside, although as mentioned, the SkyWing doesn't seem too concerned about this at all. This being, "Smokeheart's inner nature" as most call them, is the darker presence stored within the dragon's mind, the other consciousness. They're considerably renown for being charismatic and a bit more trusting than their partner. They spend most of their time hidden within Smokeheart's mind and within his mind is where the two of them converse. Yet they can come off as overprotective and by some means overbearing. Whenever they feel like they need to protect Smokeheart, they'll possess him and lash out.
The demon seems to hide an inner sadness in which they only talk about with Smokeheart on rare occasions. They sympathize with the SkyWing's issues with family members, having dealing with issues in the same category. Though they are much more severe than Smokeheart's.
b a c k s t o r y
concepts here. 
*lives in the outskirts of the city sanctuary with the rest of his family, parents and his older brother, heatwave, in whom was prone to getting into trouble.
*often got into fights with his brother, heatwave often treated him like a baby and would never take his concerns seriously. it was clear heatwave was his parent's favorite, much to smokeheart's dismay.
*then when he was finishing middle school, that whole "everything changed" thing happened, sorta.
*was prone to being picked on for his strange looks or his art (which wasn't that good, honestly). it kinda worsened his social anxiety and annoyed him even more.
*smokeheart, pushed to his limit, decided to put an end to it by doing something stupid and reckless but it worked nevertheless.
*comes back acting like, who's laughing now? not him but not the other dragons either.
*overreacted. i mean, he stopped getting bullied because he summoned a demon to scare them off. he solved the problem, but now no one talks to him out of fear that they'll get killed.
*demon didn't quite click with smokeheart and was uncertain what they were doing in his mind. didn't tell his parents about what he did at first, but it was kinda hard to hide a demonic entity that lives in your mind.
*attempted to reach out and connect with the literal inner demon in his head. though he was a bit afraid and distrusting of them. he knew well enough from the books he's read that this wasn't someone he wanted to make into an enemy.
* the demon was sorta just moping there, though they seemed willing to connect.
*didn't really think that the demon would stay in his head and though they had the power to leave when their buisness was done... that was not the case.
*their relationship at first was like a newborn learning to walk for the first time. it was wobbly at first, with the occasional falling to the floor, but after awhile they mastered it.
*both of them could relate as both have dealt with similar issues. though the demon's were much more intense than smokeheart's.
*heatwave, smokeheart's older brother changed his ways, instead of being constantly pestering him with insults he seemed much more concerned and scared for and of him. parents as well.
* had the let the cats out of the bag when smokeheart had to restrain the demon, whom he nicknamed natsu, from attacking his father.
*mother was a doctor and father was a psychologist. both the them agreed that they wanted to remove the demon from their son's head.
t r i v i a
*moral alignment is chaotic good.
*love languages are physical touch and gift giving.
*original concepts were developed through daydreams, built around a young dragonet who had a demon resided within them who'd often lash out. in response they separate themself for everyone else to protect them. this concept was fleshed out and changed quite a lot.
**let's just say, in the original concepts, smokeheart and the demon didn't have that good of a relationship with one another.
*kudos to arrow for helping me come up with the name.
r e l a t i o n s h i p s
please roleplay beforehand
p a r e n t s
kinda sees them as a threat to his partner, natsu. they want to remove them from his mind and do who knows what to them. he's scared of them and what they might do to his friend, often purposefully avoids them just so they don't have to argue again. after coming out, they've been more smothering, concerned, and vigorous when it comes to him, often trying out different things to "cure" him.
Mixed Emotions
h e a t w a v e
The two brothers never had the best relationship to begin with. Before Smokeheart split his consciousness with a demon, Heatwave always acted mean and annoying. He'd often make fun of his younger brother's hobbies and push him around. Not only that, but he'd treat him like a very young dragonet and not take him seriously. Smokeheart hates him for all of these factors and he was one of the reasons the SkyWing was pushed to getting help from an demonic entity. Heatwave was by all means the worst bully which was made worse by the fact that the two lived together.
But recently he's changed. He's become more concerned for the wellbeing of his younger brother. Which if you ask Smokeheart is out of character for him. Even though he's toned down his mean streak and has acted much kinder towards him, he still believes that he's faking it. Still is he distrustful of his older brother and still does he greatly dislike him. Put it simply, Smokeheart will never forgive his brother for what he'd done to him. No matter how hard he tries to get on his good side, he'll never receive it.
Negative
n a t s u
Unlike what one would expect (and how the relationship used to be in past concepts), this creature has the closest relationship Smokeheart has ever had with someone. Tight partners with one another, shall I say. And by that, I mean the two of them are close enough for the SkyWing dragonet to trust them fully. Which is saying something since, like mentioned, he hardly trusts anyone at all. Though Natsu may come off as a bit overprotective, their aggressive tendencies have been mellowed down by the time they've spent with their host, Smokeheart. Though spikes of aggression do come out upon seeing specific images or when they feel they need to defend Smokeheart.
Despite a somewhat rocky start to their relationship, they saw something in the SkyWing dragonet upon meeting him. They could sympathize with him after dealing with a somewhat similar experience. This is what originally bonded the two together, that is until the dragonet started growing on them. Sometimes this annoys the SkyWing, but in a good way. It feels good to know that someone has your back and cares deeply about you. Even then, Smokeheart sometimes has to restrain them from attacking anyone who they think is hurting him in any way.
Very Positive
g a l l e r y
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Smokeheartdoodles.png|doodles. features smokeheart's new half-posessed form as well.
reference base by joy ang, colored by moonmoon
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