#animus oc

Following the flames of hope in the descendants of Whiteout the animus gene becomes particularly strong. The Nightwings fully break off from the Rainwings starting a new royal line beginning with Fierceteeth's daughter. Due to the new abundance of Nightwing animus dragons the Nightwings become reliant on them to rebuild their tribe. One animus Nightwing named Mythseeker begins a secret relationship with a Seawing messenger called Marine. Shortly before their eggs are laid Mythseeker is killed by a group of Rainwing assassins to eliminate the threat of the Nightwing animi. Marine leaves her clutch of three hybrid eggs on a bay watching over them until a tropical storm washes all three eggs away with only one egg surviving. The remaining egg washes up on the shores of the Nightwing kingdom found by a Nightwing called Stargazer, a Nightwing seer who interprets the future through astronomical events. Stargazer having recently had her own eggs adopts the egg. When it hatches under a full moon she realises, having been a close friend of Mythseeker, the hatchling is his son. Assuming he would inherit their father's animus magic she fakes a prophecy that her adopted son would be an animus.

Her prediction proves true and Neptune is brought before the Nightwing queen to be the new animus. From a young age Neptune is trained as a tool for the Nightwings and celebrated to the near point of worship for being an all powerful prophecised animus. Stargazer in secret takes him to visit his mother but Neptune decides to stay with the dragon who raised him only occasionally meeting Marine. Neptune is made to wear skyfire as his Seawing genes cause the seer abilities he gains from his full moon hatching incredibly distressing and painful. The skyfire also masks his inner doubts from the Nightwings, he is haunted by stories of animus dragons like Darkstalker and Albatross and fears the seemingly pointless enchantments the Nightwings demand will lead him down a similar path. Despite having no interest in ever marrying or any form of partnership he is placed in a arranged marriage with a high-ranking noble's daughter named Honourbringer. She has similar intentions to him and they bond over plotting to escape the arrangement. He enjoys the one friend he is allowed to have.

At 6 years old the Nightwing queen allows him to attend jade mountain academy so he can receive training from other tribes on how to master his animus magic. He insists his adoptive siblings he was hatched with also attend guilt-ridden that they are neglected in his favour. He struggles to make friends in his winglet outcast for his upbringing. Except for one dragon a fellow hybrid named Venus Dragon-trap the infamous 'hybrid princess of the leafwings' the rainwing hybrid niece of the queen she tries so hard to silence. Venus encourages Neptune to learn to stand up for themself and be assertive and the two become close friends. In the end both push eachother towards a better life Neptune stands by Venus as she challenges her aunt for throne. And Venus stands by Neptune as he demands to be treated as a real dragon by his tribe loosening the constant demands and ending the arranged marriage with Honourbringer. He continues to work on carefully crafted projects with his magic and spend time with his family and his two best friends Venus and Honourbringer.

oh god this was meant to be a short summary

it's a little cliche but I like it. Arguably Stargazer is an awful parent (well-meaning but it only gets you so far) but it's rare for any of my OCs to have moral parents Marine is also worse. My OCs tend to have a dead dad,morally questionable mother and morally better (though how much is better changes) adoptive parents. I don't know why this is not reflective of my real life parents.

anyway as a reward here's a scribble of him invoking his purest essence which is sad wet cat.