Aurelio

**Aurelio Swiftwing** is an adult male Deity and the current Head Doctor, working at the Palace's medical wing for Denali. He was abandoned at a young age for looking 'freakish' and grew up in an orphanage, though he had dreams of being a doctor ever since he was a child, it didn't come to him easily; being rejected at first by Abiri all because of his appearance. Luckily for him, however, Denali liked his appearance and accepted him. He has yet to be mentioned or make an appearance in any books.

## Personality

Aurelio is earnest, kind, collected and easygoing, being sure to advise those who need it in order to keep them safe. He hates judgement and having too much attention, preferring to just be ignored and to fade into the background. He isn't the most social being, but isn't rude, if anything, he's the total opposite. He cares too much about the safety of others and will put them before himself, adding onto the fact that he's self loathing and self consious about his appearance and anatomy.

He hates not feeling secure, and overly spicy foods, though he enjoys mint and sugary foods. Aurelio also hates rollercoasters, finding them absolutely terrifying. He's passionate and diligent in his job, and he's organised, as well as a good planner. He has a good sense of direction and a soft spot for children.

## Relationships

### Denali

His boss, the two oddly get along, though Aurelio can get quite tired of Denali's antics, him stealing blood from the Medical Wing to drink or snatching the autopsy files to read, he can sympathise with the king and his past, being one of the dragons he can trust and talk to about his issues. Aurelio thinks that Denali is a great person and boss, though he wishes that he would stop being so violent sometimes.

## Abilities

### Magical

#### Plant growth

As a nature aligned Deity, Aurelio is able to speed up the growth of plants. He can also grow plants from scratch, even when there is no soil present.

#### Plant manipulation

Aurelio is able to manipulate plants and control them as if they were an extra arm. He dislikes using this ability for violent tendencies, but he will if it's self defence.

#### Eternal life

Aurelio has the ability to grace plants with eternal life, meaning they will never wither, even in the winter, or in harsh environments. He will usually do this to gifted flowers that have been picked.

## Trivia

* Whenever he flaps his wings and flies, it sounds like an insect buzzing.
* He was promoted to Head Doctor by Denali himself after saving a patient from what seemed to be certain death.

### Design notes

* His tongue is forked and duotone in colour, split down the middle.
* He has two rows of teeth, one smaller row behind the larger front row. Most are unaware of this fact.
* He can control each set of eyes separately. He can make a row look in a different direction, or he can close them. He will usually close his top and bottom row while leaving his main pair open whenever a patient is frightened of his eyes.
* His underbelly is heavily armoured and plated, making it hard to cut through.
* He can control the mouth on his tail as if it were an extra arm or head, and the mouth can open and close. He usually uses this to hold extra things or to stop someone from doing something stupid. The mouth doesn't have a throat and he cannot use it to eat.
* Aurelio usually stands with his back legs and middle set of legs touching the ground, while his front set of arms is held above the ground.