Kaolinite

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😱 the one piece is real
 "How bad can I possibly be?" 
Kaolinite is an adult male SandWing known for his criminal endeavours. Kao is one of the most famous thieves across Pyrrhia, and many stories surround him and his treasure. He is also the biological father of Talc. 
== Appearance ==
Kaolinite stood out among his kind with his enormous size, imposing stature and his unusually pale scales. Just as the mineral he is named after, Kao's scales are mainly white like chalk. There are black diamond patterns alongside his body. His claws are also black. His backside has a light brown hue to it, and he has light brown speckles on his wing membranes. Not just his scales are odd - Kao's eyes are unusual for SandWings as well, being the colour of aquamarine. He has a massive frill, which is primarily white. Kao has collected a lot of scars over his lifetime. Some of the most notable are a slash scar on his brow, a large burn scar in his neck and a stab scar of his talon. 
* accessories
== Personality ==
Laws and rules have never been something Kao has been very considerate of. Instead he has his own set of morals, which just happen to partially align with common societal rules. The consequences of breaking the law is also not something he worries about, because he is confident that things will turn out fine. When he was younger he didn't outright go and break the law, but he didn't particularly try to follow it either. He didn't always listen to his parents, but they eventually understood that they couldn't control their son with strict bedtime or making him avoid certain locations, because if they mention it he would only get more interested going there. But the reason he didn't always listen to them were things like his own curiosity, which trumped everything else. 
As Kao grew older things changed in that regard. He started to enjoy pestering authorities. When followed by guards, he likes to lead them on. Kao is all about taking risks, though generally he doesn't do so at the expense of other dragons. Risking his own life is no problem, because Kao puts a lot of trust in his own skills and luck, believing in a positive outcome for himself at all times, and even if he fails it is basically on himself. Pulling in somebody who didn't even want this seems a bit unfair to him. It shows that even though he seems to generally distrust dragons, and disregards the law, Kao does show some care and concern for his fellow dragons. 
* hates the policeTM
* he is a gamer
* actually maybe he should trust dragons a bit less
* prefers to do things by himself tbh
== Story ==
The small town Kaolinite originates from was located near the MudWing kingdom and Celestia Fortuna. It was a generally unsafe area due to its location, but it was also this location that made Sky- and MudWing visitors not such a rarity. Especially the latter came by often, which is how Kaolinite got exposed to them and their culture from early on. Actually there was really nothing really bad about Kao's dragonethood, and his family was pretty well off. It is a time Kao remembers quite fondly, despite it having been such a tumultuous era.
As he grew from a dragonet to a not yet adult but old enough dragon, Kao started to help out his mother, who worked as a lockmaker. From her he learned a couple things. But life was not normal anymore. The second Pyrrhian war had begun, and Kao himself was affected by it. While he wasn't fighting at the frontline, he was a civilian located near it. Foreign soldiers soared past their small town, and soon some of them stopped. 
The village had been flipped upside down, just as Kao's life has been. He left trying to find a new place to settle after the war was over. Though Kao ended up on the wrong side of the law, joining a group of bandits, who tried their best to come by. The gang disbanded rather quickly after a couple of years, and Kao returned to a more stable job, yet he never fully quitted the Robin Hood lyfestyle.
Many years Kao had made his living by taking from others, while also holding his main job. He got better at it. But he also became more ambitious. Stealing from the regular folk was very much not in his style, and simply stealing from the rich started to be boring. He wanted to steal very specific things. 
* change of occupations
* joins a sus group and they do the stealing
* rising the ranks of the pirate thief world
* aiming real big
* success??? 😱😱😱
* now the big boys real mad
* my ordinary life
To be continued...
== Abilities ==
* Tribal: Kao has all the abilities of SandWings.
* Stealing: As an infamous thief who has not been caught it is to be expected that Kao is very skilled in this field. It is not just important to be able to take things, but do it without being noticed and getting away with it.
* Bargaining: Spending time around a lot of merchants, Kao learnt how merchants work and how to bargain with them. He's also gotta be careful to not get accidentally scammed as that may happen as well.
* Lockpicking
== Relationship ==
=== Talc's mother ===
* Former lover | positive
Love is hard when you're a bandit on the run. This is something Kao had to experience when he fell in love with a regular SandWing. She was aware of what he was, yet still decided to be with Kao. This relationship did not last long as Kao was still a very wanted dragon. He left the dragon he loved, not knowing that he had also left her one last surprise.
=== TBN ===
* Former buddy | positive
A thin SandWing. His stature made it easy for him to slip through and go unnoticed. He was one of the prominent figures in the gang and Kao was close to him. Kao leaving the group had made him quite upset, but he was also understanding of it.
=== Boris ===
* Former buddy | positive
A stocky IceWing. He may look grumpy but he was actually a sweet guy. Kao and him went along well. Like the others Kao eventually left him though.
=== Lampshade ===
* Former buddy | positive
A small-boned NightWing. Worked as an assassin. Thought the older dragons in the group were cool. Despite being a NightWing they didn't seem to have any issue bonding with Kaolinite and other SandWings.
=== Dingo ===
* Former buddy | neutral
Dingo was one of the younger bandits in the crew. As a newer addition Kaolinite didn't get to know Dingo that well as the time they had spend together was not long. Dingo looked up to the older SandWing, wishing to be like him. Kao however knew that leading a life like his was not ideal and he would have preferred Dingo to find a new idol and better path while he was still young.
=== Sonntag ===
* Familiar | neutral?
A blue regal SkyWing. Kao and him were never friends, but rather something akin to business partners. This guy was not somebody Kao particularly understood, but as long as he let Kao be, there would be no issue.
=== Fata Morgana ===
Kao is lucky enough to have never met her personally, but he has heard a lot of stories, and even without her own presence, Fata Morgana had managed to make Kao's life much harder. Kao and his buddies had some run ins with Morgana's so called soldiers. Kao took this quite personally, and this is reflected in his negative opinion of the crime boss.
== Trivia ==
* Kaolinite is a common clay mineral. It is usually white to cream coloured though iron oxides may make it more reddish-brown.
** The mineral is primarily used in the paper and ceramic industry, but it has a lot of other uses too.
* His favourite colour is red. He likes garnets.
* He collects porcelain figures.
* Kao knows Natter and might have met him before.
Category:Characters
Category:Males
Category:SandWings
Category:Occupation (Criminal)
Category:Status (Commoner)