Purple Lips

## Base Stats

It is characterized by a beautiful jewel on its forehead. Its jewel has enough brilliance to make people greedy once they look at it.

Purple Lips' jewels are sometimes processed into valuable brooches or accessories. The Dragon Association considers it taboo and illegal, but hunting for Purple Lips jewels is still taking place. In order not to lose its jewel, Purple Lips live in isolated areas or in rough terrain.

## Story

### Jewel of Promises

A child got lost in the woods.

It was because they were walking on a winding road with only one thought to find a dragon, and they became distant from the people they came with. In a forest where no matter how much they shouted, only their own voice echoed, the child walked towards the end of the winding road.

How long have I walked... They heard the sound of a waterfall pouring from somewhere. The child followed the sound and moved forward. The earth was bathed in dazzling sunlight, and a waterfall crashing down towards the floor was flowing down a large river.

The child looked down at the waterfall from the edge of a cliff. What reached the end of the child’s gaze was a group of light. A group of Purple Lips were swimming there.

The jewel on Purple Lips' forehead was shining as if it were made by melting the unpolluted sea. It was a shape containing the sea, sunlight, and mystery.

The childs’s eyes were taken by the mysterious creatures they had never seen before, and cautiously approached Purple Lips. The group of Purple Lips sensed the intrusion of a stranger and prepared to leave in a hurry. As the group of Purple Lips fled, the paincked child shouted.

"Wait a minute!!!"

Despite the child's cry, the group of Purple Lips were busy running away. In the middle between the Purple Lips who were hurrying away and the man, only one Purple Lips stood still.

The person Purple Lips looked at was young and realized that they were crying. Seeing that they were far from a hunter, Purple Lips wondered why the child had visited this place.

"Are you looking for jewels too?"

"Hey... I didn't come to get jewels... I came to find a dragon... but on the road... whimper..."

The child's cries didn't stop. Purple Lips sighed and waited for the man to relax. The child couldn't stop crying, and Purple Lips climbed the waterfall and headed towards the child.

"If you got lost, you should have gone down. There's nothing at the top of this mountain."

"But, I wanted to see the dragon..."

Perhaps they relaxed a bit, the child's voice was calm. Purple Lips was worried if the child could walk to town. It would take half a full day of walking to get to the village... If the child gets lost or meets a hunter...

Purple Lips remembered the hunters in the nearby village. The giants came to the waterfall, aiming for Purple Lips' jewel. Some Purple Lips in the group had their jewel stolen, so the group who escaped from the hunters vowed never to swim near the village again.

Purple Lips was deeply troubled. However, it was impossible to leave a child who had lost their way here. After making the firm decision, Purple Lips said to the child.

"I'll show you the way. Follow me."

Along the riverside, the child and Purple Lips began to slowly descent from the mountain. When the child found it difficult to walk, Purple Lips let them ride on its back and kept walking.

Purple Lips realized that not all people in the world are bad. By the time the sun started to set, Purple Lips and the child were able to to come down halfway from the village.

"Thank you so much!!! I got this far thanks to you."

"From now on, don't climb the mountain alone"

"Yes! Let's meet again next time! I'll be sure to come back!"

Purple Lips was grateful for the child's promise. It wanted to thank them for letting it know that it is not afraid of everyone in this world.

"To recognize me, there is nothing like this jewel. Please come back with this jewel."

What Purple Lips gave to the child was its jewel. The jewel of Purple Lips, which contains the sea and sunlight, shined beautifully even in the child's hand. Purple Lips used the newly created memories as a jewel and swam to its nest.

## Evolution

### Egg

It is an egg that a bright jewel shines. Jewels shine all the time, day or night. It is known that the brilliance of a jewel has the power to attract people, and once the gaze is taken away by a jewel, it is known that it is encroached on it's beauty that can not be distracted.

### Hatch

Since hatching, it has been looking for places where people are rare. It reacts very sensitively to human voices and sometimes hides itself in the deep sea. They are very agile, running away into terrain that is difficult for people to find.

### Hatchling

Unlike hatches, hatchlings sometimes find difficult areas to determine habitats. It swims very skillfully and at high speeds, which is said to be faster than the human eye can follow. When Purple Lips swims, a calm current spreads out, making it difficult to spot it swimming.

### Adult

A dragon that swims swiftly using its soft skin. It is one of the dragons that are not greatly affected by the terrain because it can swim at high speeds even on rough terrain. It is also a very sensitive dragon as it is known to be able to detect the habitat of other dragons using its mane and tail. In order to protect its jewel, it practices swimming deeper to escape from surprise attackers.

Purple Lips sometimes live in groups in sparsely populated areas. It is a dragon that is good at communal living, such as living while incubating an egg together. They move together to avoid hunters who are looking for their jewels and run away together. Due to this nature, it is wary of all other dragons.

In particular, it doesn't get along very well with hostile dragons. When a hostile dragon appears, the group of Purple Lips wrap the dragon in their long bodies and drive it out of the group. They also use this tactic on those who want to hunt their jewels to show them that they will never aim for their jewels again.

## Trivia

This dragon was originally labeled "The square is too crowded to join." in the English translation . This is likely due to a broken pointer for in-game text during the Evria update that resulted in several dragon names pointing to unrelated text or garbage data. Coincidentally, there was also a broken pointer in a December 2023 update (adding a ceiling to the Santa Claus present feature) which inadvertently caused the crowded square text to be replaced by "Purple Lips".