Name: Menasa Raykugen
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Fairly tanned in comparison with most of the Viking populous and bearing thick, dark hair that he refuses to cut much more than just trimming the ends, Menasa definitely sticks out. His hair is almost always braided and reaches down to his upper back. He generally has a stern look to him, as if always on alert, looking for something when nothing is there, but if you catch him in a good mood and tell a few good jokes, you'll get to see his brilliant smile. Tall and lean, though with a fair amount of muscle mass, Menasa can definitely hold his own, though with the added advantage to being small enough to be agile and quick.
Personality: Very quiet in almost all respects, the most he ever speaks is when he is speaking to Khozo, his dragon. He isn't opposed to speaking to others, he just doesn't see much use to it, so he only speaks when necessary.
History: Son of two very experienced hunters, Menasa grew up always on the move, always learning how to provide for his peoples. One day, however, a strange task was assigned to his family, to ride off upon their dragons, taking a few extras along with them, and go off in exploration of new territories. At this time, Menasa was only eleven, not quite the official age to own a dragon himself, but he already had his picked out for when he was old enough. Khozo, as he called the dragon, was always the kindest to him and they got along very well, so his parents had no objections to the young boy's decision. When on the trip, they took the juvenile dragon with them as they flew out across nearly endless seas. One day, though, they came across a small, ovular island that seemed to have bountiful inhabitation. They all landed so as to meet these new people's and make peace among nations, the mission having great success. After a month or so, they were in need of returning home to report their findings, much to young Menasa's dismay, but he didnt dare disobey his parents, and so, off he flew, they leaving a couple of dragons behind as good will gifts. Only a good five minutes off shore, however, they were attacked by a screaming death, Menasa being told to dive off into the sea. As he did so, his parents and their dragons fell close being him, barely alive. Khozo, having followed closely behind the group, fished Menasa out of the sea to bring him back to land and gather help, but by the time that he had come back with the other Feather-hides, it was too late, leaving a traumatized little boy on this foreign island to live. He did, however, grow up nicely with the other children, learning their traditions and trying to fit in as well as he could, but at heart, he was still back home with his people. At night, he would hide and cry for his lost parents, crying till he couldn't anymore, then letting Khozo carry him to his small adoptive home to sleep. He grew up like this for years until he grew stronger, mentally and emotionally, and made himself more useful. By the age of fifteen, he is now able to join dragon training class.
Type of Dragon: Common Feather-hide
Dragon's Name: Khozo
Dragon Breed Description:
Very common in uncharted, far north-eastern regions, these dragons are built tough. They had to survive in almost constant cold, and thus, through natural selection, only the smartest lived to pass their knowledge to the next generation. One of the main reasons for this is due to being able to remember where to find prey, and also, finding more uses to it than just consumption. The large birds in the north are favorites of these dragons, they being about half as tall as the dragons that are about the size of a large wolf, or maybe a horse's foal, reaching up just past the waist on an average human adult. The birds that these dragons hunted had large feathers to accompany their large bodies, and so, to further insulate against the cold, these dragons would pluck a few feathers from each catch and tuck them in their most tempature sensitive areas, just between layers of scales so that they would stay. Over the years, evolution and adaption had its way with the creatures and they began to grow large feathers of their own, thus saving them time and energy spent plucking and aranging, and giving them more time to hunt. Eventually, though, as prey dwindled, the dragons had to move south so as to find more food, though some brave troopers stayed behind to ensure a safe nesting place should the others ever come back. Heading south into more forested regions, these dragons came in contact with humans who named them Feather-hides due to their abnormal adaption. Seeing that these humans had an abundance of food, the Feather-hides bonded themselves to these humans so as to obtain it and to learn the ways to hunt in this area. Ever since, these dragons have been loyal companions to these humans, they becoming the most basic of dragons for a new rider to obtain due to their ease of training, their loyalty, and their good tempered nature.
Feather-hides are very connected to their surroundings, able to sense things within the earth and sky as if having an evolutionary sixth sense, but their fire breath attacks are very weak, only useful for taking prey out of the sky, knocking it to the ground, without harming it too much. This evolutionary trait came about so as to waist as little of the animal as possible to charring.
Khozo has blue markings painted on him, though most Feather-hides are rather plain.
Dragon's Personality: Khozo is very loyal to Menasa, and isn't very violent in nature. He often treats Menasa as more of a child than a young adult, as he basically raised him.
