#about silver

Did you know I started this blog just over 6 years ago now? Funny how much things change but even stranger is how some things never do.

Anyway I realised tonight that I’ve never really made an aesthetic (^) for myself, or even an introduction (v), so here they are, six years late. I’m going to add the link to the pinned directory so people see it. I hope you like learning a little more about me and who I was once upon a time.

Note: I may edit this post occasionally if any new memories surface for me. I consider it not just an introductory post but a record of my past self and what I know about her.

I’ve put some info about my past life Silver below: v

About me

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My full kin name is Silver Sparks, (but feel free to just call me Silver.)

Physical Appearance:

I was a European Elemental Dragon (4 legs, two wings.) I had silver scales that had an almost oyster shell quality (luster) to them and a paler, softer underbelly. I also had a pair of dark (almost black) horns that curved from just above my temples over the top of the my head.

While in folklore it is not uncommon for many dragons to be of an elemental cast (read: fire breathing), I was a wind and spirit elemental, and also had some connections to the earth as well, which were strengthened via intentional practice over the course of my lifetime.

I had a rather long neck, a long tapering muzzle and dark blue eyes. I also had a dark frill of long, hollow, specialised scales that faced backward and began at the top of my head and continued down the crest of my neck, tapering out at the base of my neck. I remember I would shake my head+neck (imagine a dog shaking water off but just the head and neck) in order to rattle the frills when I felt threatened or as a warning. When they rattled the sound made was somewhat like a wooden wind chime clattering but more hollow sounding

My wings were webbed and appeared rather a lot more thin and fragile than they really were. The webbing was a grey colour, slightly darker in tone than my scales, through not by much.

I was roughly 10 feet tall whilst sitting in my previous life (around 20 feet long excluding my tail), and had a wingspan of roughly 60 feet.

Though I cannot recall my age at death, as at the time, years passed were not counted as they are today, what I do know is that I lived for a rather long time. My best estimate at the moment is sitting somewhere around 450-500 years.

Territories/Lifestyle:

I lived in woodland and mountain in a time before the widespread of mankind. I don’t doubt they existed somewhere at the time, though I don’t remember ever seeing one, and as a partially nomadic individual, I’d often wander long distances too.

I cannot be certain which continent I lived on, though based upon the plant varieties I knew and the general year on year climate as I remember it, My best guess would be somewhere in what is now Europe and possibly straying into the north of Africa occasionally.

While I was generally at least partially nomadic, it wouldn’t be usual for me to stay in the same place for a number of years, particularly if the place had other draws, such as friendships made or good hunting in colder months. I was also rather fond of collecting herbs and studying their botanical/medicinal properties. It was also not usual for me to return again to familiar territories as I eventually made my way back around over the years.

The places I chose to take up residence were most usually dry caves in woodland or mountain, on a few occasions I took up residence underneath an enormous spreading tree if I found one big enough. I was dexterous and would weave grass mats to cover the ground and trinkets (like chimes etc) to hang from cave ceilings or the boughs of trees. Sometimes I would use these trinkets to mark important places or trails to me.

General Facts and Things-Worth-Mentioning

1. During the time when I lived as Silver, I was reasonably friendly with other dragons when I came across them. Because of my knowledge of plants, I became somewhat of a healer, and had what you might call healing magic, others might call energy or whatever else, pulled from my spirit as an elemental.

2. I kept a small companion (might say familiar or pet) who I think was named Kasharast or something similar. This memory is still vague to me, and though I’m not certain of their gender or exact species, I believe they were some variety of feline.

3. I was omnivorous, and could eat almost anything, though in reality I ate mostly fish and other seafood, roots, plants and other growing things. I didn’t enjoy hunting larger game as I was not fond of violence in general though I would occasionally if necessity called for it (ie; in winter of during a drought when I couldn’t find enough plants to eat)

4. That being said, I had no issue defending myself when it came to it, though only if I had no other choice. I possessed four sets of extremely sharp black claws as well as a set of teeth with long top and bottom canines, which apart from being extremely sharp, became especially deadly when combined with an enormous bite force. I’m not exactly sure how high a force my bite was, though I recall crunching clam and oyster shells as if they were crackers so I’m basing the assumption on that lol. (Fun Fact: My favourite food was salmon.)

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Credit for images go to:

- Summer Field Painting, Jon Bishop

- Silver Dragon, Pathfinder D&D

- Mountain Ranges, AI generated, Prompt by https://tinyurl.com/LoafCatNightcafe

- Yellow Landscape, AI generated, Prompt by me.

- Separators, AI generated, prompts by me.