Alkaid

**Alkaid Burnet** was a young male Star Guardian and the brother of Hamal, being a student who took up several part time jobs around the community in order to earn money for their poor family, though it wasn't a lot, it was certainly something. He eventually came down with a serious illness and died due to the family being unable to afford the medicine which was capable of curing his blight. He hasn't debuted in any books yet, but was mentioned in *The End: Uncrowned*.

## Appearance

Alkaid was quite similar in appearance to his sister, except lacking the ram-like horns that curve around her ears and bearing a slightly different colour palette. For starters, he had a slightly hotter pink colour scheme, with a scruffy piece of fluff that was seated on top of his head with a darker pink streak in it. He also had tufts on the tips of his ears, resembling that of a lynx. Moving further down his face, he had the face of a feline, with a snout and black button nose not seen in the common dragon.

His eyes were a firey amber colour, though less potent than Hamal's orange eyes, with a darker pink star pattern just underneath them, stretching down onto his relatively thin cheeks, a result of not being able to eat much due to the poor financial state of his family at the time, though this wasn't obvious at first sight due to the fur coating it, just like the rest of his body.

Moving down onto his neck, his underbelly stretching to the very tip of his tail was a darker pink, and at the tips of his fur were a slightly darker pink than his usual pelt colour, though it wasn't as dark compared to the likes of his underbelly hue. He had a neck covered with soft fur, though it wasn't that taken care of, nor that thick, unlike his sister's now.

In terms of attire, Alkaid usually wore a dark navy, ragged shirt full of holes that his soft pink fur would poke through. He didn't really have any other clothes, as that was the best thing he had in his wardrobe. He also wore darker blue jeans than his shirt, which were also ragged and littered with holes and tears.

If one were to look at his wings, you would see they bear a striking resemblance to Hamal's, feathered, with a talon at the top and heart patterns on the bottom feathers. These feathers were typically scruffy and unbrushed, making them look quite odd sometimes. Meanwhile, his arms and legs were thin, frail like twigs, and looking like they'd snap under his weight. He also had the heart patterns on his shoulders, and his paws fade into a darker pink on the hands. His claws were retractable, and he typically had them sheathed.

His tail was long and furred, with a heart shape at the tip. This heart shape had a notch in the side.

## Personality

Alkaid was kind, sociable and outgoing, being there to help whenever he could. He was altruistic and cared deeply about his loved ones, doing vigorous part-time jobs that put stress on his frail body to earn savings to keep the family afloat financially. He loved animals, and nature, enjoying walks out in the woods. He was curious, and had an inquiring mind, being able to think up good questions or ideas for school projects. He wished to be an biologist when he grew up, but that dream never ended up being achieved as he died before he could even become an adult, causing a lot of grief for his family.

He was adventurous and had a free spirit, enjoying life despite having poor, and was relatively intelligent too, he knew how to fix things around the house and excelled at his classes. As for other Star Guardians, Alkaid loved to make new friends, and even believed that Deities weren't all that bad and could redeem themselves, and prove to be good friends as well as allies.

Alkaid loved to decorate things and had a sense of style, he had always liked fashion and wished to wear cool outfits someday, being relatively ashamed about the ragged clothes he wore daily, although he wasn't selfish, he did feel embarrassed about his home and money, considering most of the other Star Guardians in his class didn't have the same issues as him.

He wanted nothing more than to help his family out of the financial mess, and he was willing to push himself to his limit if he were to achieve that. Even when he became sick, he worked through the pain to gain money, still trying hard to help the family, until the day came he became so weak, his body gave in and he fell to the disease that plagued him.

## Biography

### *The End: Uncrowned*

Hamal told Sunny that a part of her didn't mind if she died, because she could meet her brother, Alkaid, in the afterlife.

## Relationships

### Hamal

Hamal and Alkaid were the closest in the family. As children, Alkaid and Hamal would play together, using their imaginations to escape their reality. Alkaid liked to talk to her about nature and other things, helping her through her stress and looking out for her. Alkaid worked the hardest especially for her, wishing for her to have a happy life and to grow up strong. In his final moments, Alkaid mentally apologised to Hamal for not being able to do more for her, and wished that he achieved his goal of getting enough money for her to have a better life.

### Acamar

Alkaid was close with his father, wishing to help him by working several part time jobs around the community, though his efforts were relatively in vain. He was aware of his love for reading and knowledge and would usually use the money Alkaid received to get him books. Alkaid insisted that he didn't need them, but he was touched by the kind gestures anyways. He mentally apologised to him as well as Hamal and his mother for failing to get them a better life in his final moments.

### Alamak

Alkaid and his mother were close. He enjoyed it whenever she took him out on nature trails together, and worked to get her money to attempt to decorate the house more to their liking. The two would often write short stories together, and made up their own characters to write about. He mentally apologised to her, as well as Hamal and Acamar, for not being able to give her a better life in his final moments.

## Trivia

* Alkaid had died to his disease during a job. He was helping an older Star Guardian with her gardening, when he suddenly had a very painful convulsion and collapsed, writhing in pain. The female he was working with tried to call for help, but when medics did arrive, it was too late, he had died.
	+ It was during this painful convulsion that he made a mental speech apologising to his family for 'failing them'.
		- His death would then lead for a young Hamal to wear a cloak, hiding her true identity from the students at school.