Can you tell me about your Haardrak Alius pretty please with a cherry on top? 🥺🥺🥺👉👈🙏🙏🙏
"anon" yeah right i know exactly what youre up to
this is alius and he is one of my haardraks :)
He was abandoned as an egg (which is a semi-common practice among haardraks that is losing popularity) but he still managed to learn more advanced language and social skills, though not by traditional means.
As a haardrak, he is offered one randomized magical ability. Haardraks are one of the less magically-inclined of the magical species in Draksauria, so usually, these abilities are mostly in the category of gimmicky party tricks that sometimes defy the rules of reality.
Alius's ability happened to be the ability to see "ghosts." Unfortunately, this was not a two-way street, since he's entirely invisible to them.
"Ghosts," in the Draksaurian sense, occur as a remnant projection of a magic-user, who doesn't necessarily have to be dead, but often is. For the most part, these are just the remnants of paranoid harpies who split off their consciousness to go act as a glorified security camera, though over the years they often move onto other things to entertain themselves. Sometimes, the formation of a ghost is related to certain conditions during death as well. Either way, there is a rather thriving community of ghosts, and Alius is one of the select few who are privy to their discussions.
Thanks to listening to their interactions, Alius was able to piece together an understanding of language and the wider world. He gained a passion for puzzle solving, as well as a bit of a morbid fascination with death. Eventually, he found his way to the city and built up a reputation as a rather dependable private investigator.
Alius is pretty soft-spoken and has a bad habit of not responding when spoken to, due to his history interacting with people who didn't even know he existed. Watching something that no one else can see certainly nets him some strange looks, as does his tendency to walk away in the middle of a "conversation" if he has an idea.
Despite a rocky start, he's definitely been able to carve out a nice life for himself, though he still struggles with interpersonal relationships and has yet to make any close friends- not counting the stray cheep that followed him home one day.
