Serapheth (Gold)

## Background

Gold Serapheth of Tuckal is the Peacekeeper's Age's longest running gold, played by Jabberwoky. She hatched among the Curses weyrling group, laid by Gold Imorith at Fort Weyr in 2761, and sired by Bronze Eberhardth.

Due to the fact that Almandine Cabadath is her grandfather (Imorith's father), whom is the reason for many mutations (including the existence of Garnets), she was born with black markings, as will any gold that she clutches. Nornth is the only example of this that has been seen thus far.

## Appearance

Serapheth is a long dragon, but not terribly tall. She's definitely gold, even if the dark, sooty-black markings all over her suggest she's something worse. She's also rather small for a gold. Actually, there's a lot of bronzes who are bigger than her. Her wings, however, are massive, positively large for how small she is. She is a multitude of golds, mostly a bright, yellow gold over her back and hind legs, all the way over her wings and tail. Her neck ridges are black, with stripes down her neck. Her chest and belly are a lighter, tarnished gold, and she has almost white-gold speckles across her hides. The edges of her wings are blackened, streaked with shadow. She has an almost snakelike quality to her and her movements.

The tiny queen with a soft voice is a misleading creature. There is a serpentine quality to Serapheth's voice, quiet and soft most of the time, soothing almost except for an eerie monotone that carries across most of what she has to say. This is the norm but is broken abruptly by shrieks of pure rage when facing any sort of disobedience.

## Personality

Hail the small queen in her infinite glory! Hail her or be her victim! Serapheth may be a bright beauty of a gold but inside there is a darkness that demands to be knelt before. A calm and reserved exterior hides a vicious and murderous side that can flare up over even the smallest slight. Her command is absolute and any who would defy her must be punished. This is the law of her world, the structure of her mindset, and the unyielding truth of who she is. Her cruelty knows no limits and she is not above using her influence on other dragons to get her way. One for spectacle even from a young age, Serapheth is prone to theatrical violence, wanting an audience to see the results of her rage. Control through fear. Control with iron claws. This is Serapheth. As she has grown, some of her more vicious sides have mellowed, and she has learned that she needs to temper herself to be loved and adored. This has not done away with her true nature, she has simply learned how to play the game better. She is completely and viciously protective of Tuckal, and the world will tremble before their might. She will rule Pern one way or another. Her human is perfect, and there will be no other who can compare to her.

## Hatching

The Hand of the Red Star, the eighth egg to hatch out of 21, was the one to hatch Gold Serapheth. As soon as she hatched, the Immortal Guardian egg hatched alongside her. Serapheth quickly leapt towards Brown Athreth, the dragon from the second egg, tearing apart his wings. In a burst of adrenaline, Tuckal rushed towards her in an attempt to pull her away from Athreth - which then caused Serapheth to turn on her, mauling her, but then eventually Impressing to her.

After her Impression, Candidate Noleon touched her neck, as if to claim her as his gold after she'd already impressed to Tuckal, which caused her to lash out and attack him, eventually killing him.

## History

Around the time of her graduation, Danse of Gold Macath had transferred in from Benden, meaning Fort Weyr had two senior golds. Serapheth, with a desire for power, wanted that leadership position, despite people not wanting her to have that position due to her violence. After Gold Macath had laid her clutch, she got into a fight with Serapheth and lost (The two golds were separated before they could cause any serious harm) - meaning Tuckal and Serapheth took up a Senior Leadership role in Late Spring 2763. A lot of people were concerned in the run up to her maiden flight and clutch - yet, her first clutch hatched mostly without issue. After Danse of Macath was lost Between in 2764, Tuckal and Serapheth became Weyrwoman.

In her second flight, now as a Senior Queen, however, Serapheth called for her suitors to fight over her, Bronze Keramerth inevitably winning, which resulted in Brown Vaugnairth (the sire of her first clutch) attacking him. This resulted in Vaugnairth being grounded by Serapheth. After the clutch was laid, Vaugnairth and Keramerth fought on the sands, Vaugnairth cracking the gold egg. For this, Serapheth banished Vaugnairth. People protested this, several riders calling themselves the Titans and setting up an encampment in the Summerlands with Vaugnairth. During the touching of this clutch, riders claiming to be from Benden Weyr attacked, claiming they wished to eliminate Serapheth's mutant line, and kidnapping two riders (Yasmin of Blue Ssath and Pia of White Ryodath). Her eggs eventually hatched, but the gold egg that Vaugnairth damaged did not hatch gold, and instead hatched blue. After Benden threatened to execute Pia, Tuckal and Serapheth attacked Benden, to rescue the kidnapped riders.

Serapheth rose for the third time, earlier than she was expected, and initially chose Brown Wireth of Negan - yet, she was denied this choice by Tuckal in favour of her lover's dragon, Bronze Sinanjuth. Serapheth's third clutch hatched, and there was violence on the sands. Many of the dragonets attacked candidates, a green even killing one. The Trailblazers, not long after their hatching, were later poisoned by Pellay of Blue Qth, who fled before she could face punishment. As well as this, four of them were oversized, including a new Gold, Nornth, who with her rider would become Junior Weyrwoman. Around the same time the Trailblazers were poisoned, an assassination attempt was made (also by Pellay) towards Tuckal, after which Serapheth seemingly mellowed out; if she were to get too violent and volatile, she risked triggering Tuckal's seizures.

After Wyzeth was safely brought back to Fort once she had been rescued from Benden, Serapheth swore to protect her, threatening bronzes and browns if they got too close to her. Not long after this, she rose once more, Bronze Sinanjuth being chosen to sire her clutch once more. Rumours started to spread that her clutch would also be poisoned after what happened with the Trailblazers, that did not happen. However, her fourth clutch did bear a unique, a chimera, and a blue who later revealed herself to be biologically female, and capable of clutching.

After Nornth's flight wherein she proved herself to be even more violent than Serapheth, Blaze was demoted from his position as Junior Weyrleader and successfully assassinated, leaving Serapheth to be the only remaining Gold at Fort Weyr. Brown Wireth, the dragon initially denied by Tuckal in Serapheth's third flight, eventually managed to catch Serapheth during her fifth flight. She laid only ten eggs, and most of them were small, and did not give much emotion towards the candidates at the Touching, but the clutch did contain a chimera, the second to be clutched by her so far. Three of the eggs needed Serapheth's help to hatch.

When she rose for the sixth time, Bronze Diyarth caught her, putting Z'osh in the Weyrleader position. Z'osh's traditionalist views and Tuckal's progressive views conflicted, and would only eventually get worse. However, a healthy clutch was laid, including a unique mutation. Soon enough, Z'osh would start to abuse his power, and eventually placed Serapheth under house arrest, as well as all of the garnets, uniques, and female Bronzeriders.

## Clutches

Serapheth has clutched six times, so far, with a total of 78 offspring.

Her maiden clutch was the Elements of Harmony clutch, sired by Brown Vaugnairth. The first dragon she hatched was a mutation, Carnelian Tianth - and the clutch was not entirely free of other odd mutations. For example, Byth, a Green dragon, ended up matching her in length upon meeting her adult size.

The dragons from her first clutch are as follows:

* Bronze Lalauth - feminine pronouns
* Brown Celeth
* Brown Jaklath
* Carnelian Tianth - unique
* Blue Ixith
* ~~Blue Qth~~ - vanished after Pellay was found guilty of poisoning the Trailblazers
* ~~Blue Raiboth~~ - killed in Threadfall
* Green Byth - oversized
* Green Charith
* Green Flyth
* Green Pasirth
* Green Twelith

Her second clutch, the Soldiers of Sorrow, was sired by Bronze Keramerth. This is her largest clutch to date, with 16 eggs, including a gold egg. Brown Vaugnairth, the sire of her previous clutch, attacked the gold egg, cracking it. This caused the dragonet inside, Blue Seieith, not to develop properly, causing him to have odd proportions. Allegedly, if he were not damaged, he would have been Gold. This clutch's Touching was attacked by Benden Weyr.

The dragons from her second clutch are as follows:

* Bronze Hildath
* Bronze Noath
* Brown Amuroth
* Brown Casvath
* Brown Kasshuth
* Garnet Artesiath
* Garnet Minevath
* Garnet Quebeleth
* Blue Banajeth
* Blue Bidath
* Blue Sacroth
* Blue Seieith - oversized wings, metallic sheen, gold eyes
* Green Haroth
* Green Lieuteth
* Green Murasath
* Green Yuiryth

Her third clutch, the Awakening of the Trailblazer clutch, was the first to be sired by Bronze Sinanjuth. Another gold egg appeared in this clutch - this time, actually bearing a gold. Nornth, Serapheth's first gold daughter, appeared to be just as violent as she is, if not worse. More strange mutations appeared, such as many oversized dragons (Nornth, Zamth, Saikoth and Kshatriyath). Several of the dragons appeared to be somewhat violent - Garnet Rozeth blinded a candidate, and Green Exiath killed one.

After they hatched, someone - later revealed to be Pellay of Blue Qth, a rider of one of Serapheth's first children - had poisoned the Trailblazers, leaving many of them with permanent injuries, and leaving Exiath dead.

These dragons are:

* ~~Gold Nornth~~ - oversized. Assassinated.
* Bronze Shainith
* Brown Saikoth - oversized, feminine pronouns, twins with Zamth
* Brown Zamth - oversized, twins with Saikoth
* Garnet Neozeoth - twins with Nightengath
* ~~Garnet Nightengath~~ - twins with Neozeoth, killed in Threadfall
* Garnet Rozeth
* Blue Nuth - feminine pronouns
* Blue Recksith
* Blue Zetath
* Green Douzeth
* ~~Green Exiath~~ - killed after the fellis poisoning
* Green Kshatriyath - oversized
* Green Quantath
* White Unicoth

Serapheth's fourth clutch, the Seekers of the True Self, was the second in a row to be sired by Bronze Sinanjuth. The clutch contained a unique, Izanagith, and a chimeric dragon, Bronze-Garnet Magasuth, who hid a violent, murderous nature (much like Serapheth herself) behind a dorky, cowardly guise. One of her Blues, Hinokath, was also hatched biologically female, and clutched.

These dragons are:

* Bronze Magasuth - chimera
* Brown Mikazuchith
* Jasper Izanagith - unique
* Garnet Sakuyath
* Blue Hinokath - biologically female
* Blue Jirayath
* Blue Kintokith
* Blue Velveth - iridescent sheen
* Green Himikoth
* Green Nanakoth
* Green Tomoeth
* Green Yasogamith

Serapheth's fifth clutch, the Inescapable Rain clutch, is her smallest to date, sired by Brown Wireth, with only ten eggs. Again, another chimera hatched; this time, Bronze-White Louicyth.

These dragons are:

* Bronze Louicyth - chimera
* Brown Fukoshith
* Brown Zaylith
* Blue Goumath
* Blue Shinadoth
* Green Asakurth
* Green Kaniyath
* Green Kuzoth
* White Joheith - black white
* White Raidoth

Serapheth's most recent clutch, the Blessings of the Moon clutch, was sired by Bronze Diyarth - the flight that would eventually put staunch traditionalist Z'osh in power. Prior to this hatching, the candidates had an odd dream, which some of the dragonets ended up remembering. A Unique hatched, the third Unique to be hatched by Serapheth - Tanzanite Yharnath.

These dragons are:

* Bronze Ludvith
* Bronze Paleskyth - feminine pronouns
* Brown Ghermath
* Brown Logariuth
* Tanzanite Yharnath - unique
* Blue Cainhurth
* Blue Gascoigth
* Blue Yhargulth
* Green Essengeth
* Green Koth
* Green Nith
* Green Vacuouth
* White Ebrietath

As well as her 78 children, she also has 38 grandchildren, meaning 116 dragons in total are descended from her. None are yet to come from her two most recent clutches, but, there have been many from her first four. The clutches from her offspring include the Gates, the Operas, the Souls, the Paladins, the Haunts, the Princesses, and the Final Guard. Some of these clutches show mutations that could be related to her genetic line, such as Varelsith being the first pure black White.

Her grandchildren are as follows:

* Brown Belgaerth (Gates; Celeth/Artesiath)
* Brown Mosraelth (Gates; Celeth/Artesiath)
* Green Rannath (Gates; Celeth/Artesiath)
* Blue Dymrith (Gates; Quebeleth)
* Green Saraneth (Gates; Quebeleth)
* Bronze Remponath (Operas; Casvath)
* Brown Pavith (Operas; Casvath)
* Brown Rivoth (Operas; Casvath)
* Garnet Ambreth (Operas; Casvath)
* Blue Gioth (Operas; Casvath)
* Blue Gravith (Operas; Casvath)
* Blue Magsith (Operas; Casvath) - blind, feminine pronouns
* Green Marnith (Operas; Casvath)
* White Shiloth (Operas; Casvath)
* Brown Einth (Souls; Minevath)
* Blue Raerth (Souls; Minevath)
* Green Norenath (Souls; Minevath)
* Green Wynleth (Souls; Minevath)
* Bronze Apocryth (Paladins; Nornth)
* Bronze Veototh (Paladins; Nornth)
* Brown Hyuth (Paladins; Nornth)
* Brown Lumiouth (Paladins; Nornth) - born without leg
* Brown Palath (Paladins; Nornth)
* Garnet Hellfith (Paladins; Nornth)
* Garnet Vaheoth (Paladins; Nornth)
* Blue Eseath (Paladins; Nornth) - feminine pronouns
* Blue Haenath (Paladins; Nornth)
* Blue Kalzeoth (Paladins; Nornth)
* Green Auruth (Paladins; Nornth)
* Green Krugith (Paladins; Nornth) - oversized
* Green Plemeth (Paladins; Nornth)
* Green Willomath (Paladins; Nornth)
* White Varelsith (Paladins; Nornth) - oversized, black white
* Blue Carth (Princesses; Neozeoth)
* White Adorath (Princesses, Neozeoth)
* Blue Harmoth (Haunts, Neozeoth)
* Green Vivath (Haunts, Neozeoth)
* White Torikoth (Final Guard, Hinokath)

## Trivia

* Serapheth is based on Akito from Fruits Basket.
* She is the smallest Gold, and probably always will be, at 50ft in length.
* Her egg was entirely monochromatic.
* She has only hatched four whites, despite her 78 children.
* She has no great-grandchildren; her sister, Phaedrath, on the other hand does (Kersuth, Zulth, Ziath)
* She has hatched bronze, brown and blue dragons with feminine pronouns, but no garnet or green dragons with masculine pronouns.
* Despite being undersized herself, the only undersized dragon she has hatched is Hinokath, whereas she has hatched many oversized dragons.