Slifer the Sky Dragon

**Slifer the Sky Dragon** (*オシリスの天空竜*, Oshirisu no Tenkūryū) known as the *Dragon god of the Sky* is one of the three Divine Beast of Egypt. Slifer served the Egyptian God, Osiris until his death. Slifer was was imprisoned into a slab by the Egyptians Gods for millenniums and erase by existence.

Slifer forge a covenant with the Caelum prince Atreus with the aid on the Pharaoh, Nitocris.

## Profile

### Appearance

Among the Divine Beast, Slifer is stated to be the largest in terms of size. Slifer is a large, serpentine red-skinned, black-bellied dragon with spikes running down its body. Its wings are bat-like in form, with two thumb claws. Slifer's head has two mouths; the bottom jaw of the smaller top set is part of the top jaw of the larger set. The last tooth at each cheek is larger than the others. Slifer's head is crested with four spikes protruding horizontally, and two larger ones from the back of the head curving vertically; the sapphire common to the Egyptian Gods is nestled at the front of the crest. Its tail crest is shaped in a similar manner, but with a single flattened spike at the tip rather than two spikes. Slifer has short limbs with three-toed feet. It has been state that Slifer length spans around the world, similar to the Worlds Serpent.

### Personality

Slifer is a divine beast that lacks in form of intelligence and acts on primal instinct. Its hostile toward all forms of life and will attack on sight, this includes its fellow divine beast, Obelisk the Tormentor and the Winged Dragon of Ra. The only person it will not harm is his Master, Slifer will follow any command it is given and will prioritized their safety above all else.

It is theorized by Ishizu Ishtar that at one point it possess high levels of intelligence and wisdom as myths stated that it pledged its loyalty to serve the Egyptian god, Osiris. The myths indicate prior to his servitude, Slifer was a very prideful and arrogant dragon that challenge the mighty and flex to strength. He was well known for his quick temper, natural disaster were an omen of his foul mood.

She deduced that Slifer gradually lost his sanity by being seal for millions of years, unable to die due to his immortality and his grief over failing his oath left him to grief in isolation.

#### Hobbies

In his past, Slifer was known to enjoy fighting opponents.

## Biography

### Background

Slifer is one of the Three Divine Beast of Egypt, born during the creation of the world by Ra. As the years passed, Slifer grew to astronomical size, wrapping around the whole world. Much of Slifer's past was involve fighting the god who saw him as a threat and destruction incarnate. Slifer grew arrogant and pride, a byproduct over his overwhelming might, treated the world as his plaything until his encounter with the Egyptian God, Osiris.

Slifer came to admire and respect Osiris, that he pledge his loyalty to serve as his guardian and protector. During his time as a servant, Slifer became more wise and obedient, he was very loyal to Osiris, taking his position as his guardian seriously.

Learning about Osiris death at the hands of Seth, Osiris brother, Slifer went on a rampage to avenge his master and hunt Set. His rampage nearly cost the end of world that the gods, in an act of desperation, sealed the mighty beast into a slab. The gods insure to erase all records of him out of history.

His seal was uncovered by historians, Ishizu Ishtar and her family and uncovered his history and role during the ancient time.

## Abilities & Powers

### Overview

Slifer is an immensely powerful dragon that was feared by the gods and mortals. Slifer roars and movements caused natural disasters such as hurricanes, tsunamis, lightning strikes, and dessert storms. due to its unique ability many gods feared to face it in battle alone as Slifer was a divine being, thus any god kill by him was permanent. It took the combine might of the Egyptian gods to seal it.

Slifer once held the title of the second strongest of the three divine beast but due to being seal for millenniums resulted in Slifer losing his mind, rendering him as a mindless beast who acts on instincts akin to wild animals. This dropped his strength substantailly but still powerful enough to live up to his legend as an unstoppable force of nature.

### Skills

* Weather manipulation and natural disasters: As the Sky Dragon, Slifer is capable of changing the weather with his roar. His roar is loud enough to created earthquakes around 7-10 on the richter scale. his large serpent body slithering in the sky cause high wind movements capable of generation enough force to destroy mountains or cause devastating hurricanes.

* **Magic Immunity**: Slifer is immune to nearly all forms of magic, including magic design to slay dragons. Only magic at the level of gods are capable of hurting it. It is not immune to the abilities of the other Divine Beast.

* **Immense Durability**:

* **Flight**: Being a Dragon, Slifer possesses the ability to fly through the air using his wings.

* Immense Strength: At his prime Slifer was powerful enough to overpower multiple gods with ease, known to split the land, air, and sea. His strength was enough to frighten the most power beings during his era. The lose of his intelligence drastically dropped his strength.

### Abilities

* **Presence of the Dragon God**

It is a unique ability that made Slifer fear during his prime that revolves a three phase process. Slifer generates a large Mana Zone that can encompass large amounts of the surrounding area proportionate to the size of his body. Anyone caught within the zone loses half their overall strength. Slifer is immune to it's effects and so its fellow Divine Beats.
After the loss of his intelligence Slifer automatically has this ability active. his range drops substantially but still large enough to cover a mountain rain. Those who form a covenant with Slifer are immune to its effect.
* **Merciless Roar**

Slifer activates this technique in conjunction with the *Presence of the Dragon God*. Slifer lets out a roar with its second mouth that instantly kills anyone below 20% of its strength. As long as Presence of the Dragon God is active so is this ability. Those who survived must manage their reserve and fight strategically, making sure they don't fall below 20%. This add psychologic strain on his opponents.
Following the loss of his intelligence, Slifer is only able to use this technique by the command of his master. The technique downgrades considerably, instead of himself, Slifer uses the masters strength via the covenant as the base of the 20%.

* **Gluttony of the Dragon God**

Those killed by the Merciless Roar are converted into energy and devoured by Slifer, increasing his strength and limits. As his strength increased, in turn, Merciless Roar kills those who are now weaker to his increased 20% range. This creates an endless loop that eventually concludes with Slifer devouring all his enemy.
Following the loss of his intelligence, Slifer can only activate this ability by his master's command. The techniques is still the same but the difference is the energy is split in 1/4 and absorb by both Slifer and it's master. Unlike Slifer, the increase is not permanent to the master, as soon as this technique is released, so is the added strength obtained.

## Trivia

* Slifer is the second largest dragon in existence.
* Slifer has been described as an unstoppable force on nature.
* Slifer was seal long ago following the death of his master, Osiris. Enrage, Slifer went on a rampage to avenge his master that nearly destroyed the Egyptian world.
* Slifer was seal into a stone slab.
* Other than Atreus, Slifer served the god Osiris which puzzles Ishizu as legends claim Slifer will heed the call of the chosen pharaoh. Ishizu speculates that the Caelum Kings and the Pharaohs share a similar function with the gods that allowed Atreus to form a covenant.
* Like Atreus, Slifer was erase in history.
* Despite losing its sanity, Slifer has the instinctual urge to kill Set.
* Like the world serpent, it is said to his length stretches all around the world.

## Reference

https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Slifer\_the\_Sky\_Dragon\_(character)