Volucris

## Birth and Childhood

Volucris was born from the union between Semel and Corco. As an infant, he was always very curious (as is usually the case when it comes to babies, but let's disregard that for now.) Whenever he found something interesting, he would shove it into his mouth or play with it. It was in this manner that Volucris obtained a great number of scars, but he wore them loud and proud when he was old enough to realize what they were. To him, they were signs that he was willing to try anything. These scars would probably also be the reason why the Phoenix, a demon, decided to help Volucris out whenever he needed its help.

The minor details of the meeting are mostly unknown, but we do have the general gist of the encounter. Volucris, who had been five or so at the time, had been wandering around the forest looking for something to play with when he saw a bird. This bird was the Phoenix, but Volucris thought of it as a "very shiny birdie" and approached it, wanting to catch it. Possessing a medium level of intelligence, the Phoenix thought that Volucris knew what it was and was bravely approaching it despite his fear. As you may know by now, the Phoenix granted Volucris its protection, disappearing in thin air after blessing him. Soon after, Volucris' appearance changed.

## Teenage Years

Several years later, Volucris finally realized how stupid he had been, but he didn't scold himself - rather, he laughed. By just randomly approaching the Phoenix, he'd managed to gain its help. And so, as any other person would, Volucris decided to figure out how well he could use the Phoenix to his advantage. However, there was one problem - Volucris had no idea how to summon the Phoenix at will. As a result, Volucris made up his mind - he would do just about anything until the Phoenix showed up. Included in this "anything" was randomly charging at Noctis he met in the human world, committing several crimes against criminals, hopping in and out of Inanis, annoying the heck out of many angels, and doing stupid things.

Eventually, Floppa got sick of Volucris' endless energy and threw him into a pocket dimension where, hopefully, Volucris would calm down. But his whereabouts didn't matter, either - Volucris would run around until he felt tired and cast a bunch of magic spells. However, no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't summon the Phoenix. Giving up, Volucris decided to concentrate all of his magic power in a single ball of energy and directed it towards the wall of the dimension. It winded up ripping a hole in the realm and, having been sucked into the hole, Volucris found himself in Caelum. Having not realized the gravity of what he had done, Volucris bounded away. Floppa didn't question it, but he did tell Volucris to never do that again.

## Adulthood

Finally, many years later, Volucris managed to summon the Phoenix. It felt more like the Phoenix gave up on avoiding Volucris and thought that if it gave Volucris a way to summon it, he would give up. In a way, it was right - Volucris snapped out of his energetic phase as soon as the Phoenix presented itself to him. However, the fiasco wasn't over. Volucris still had yet to gauge the Phoenix's abilities, so he spent a large amount of time studying the Phoenix. Eventually, he gathered enough information to figure out how he could best fit the Phoenix into his fighting style.

In the end, Volucris winded up making the Phoenix turn into a sword. It was the only way it could fit into his move set, and it was also easier to avoid suspicion with - no one would question why he had a bright red sword on his back, whereas if he simply had the Phoenix follow him around, everyone would notice the flaming bird. Floppa had the magic department research it a bit but eventually left it be.