Sex: Intersex; goes by male pronouns
Human
Medusa is so angry about his human! Terry is self-centered and inconsiderate and always talking about things the hatchling can't understand (either because Medusa himself is "too young" or, you know. Blind. Which Terry forgets frequently)… but, well, he's nice when he tries.
Physical Description of Dragon Form
Even for a hatchling, Medusa can seem a little intimidating. For one thing, with a smooth protruding forehead and large pick like fangs, it can be hard to see him as cute, like the other little ones. It has multiple earlike appendages fanning backwards from its head with strange ridges and holes. Notably, the dragon has no eyes, and it is very clearly blind.
Medusa has strange hooked claws that don't seem very attuned to fighting. That would be because they're not. Designed like shovels, they're designed for digging, which is something the hatchling excels at. No wings, he has instead strange membranes fanning out from his forelegs, rippling as it catches the air. Similarly, his long tail extends into a broad, flat tip which he slaps things with frequently. Apparently he can use the vibrations he senses through these membranes to identify objects and textures.
Physical Description of Child Form
The first thing people notice about Medusa is that his eyes have no pupils. Since a dragon's human form is simply another shape for the same essence, Medusa remains blind even as a toddler. However, he seems remarkably less intimidating as an androgynous little child. His skin tone is warm and earthy, befitting a dragon of his kind, and his dark hair is styled into dreadlocks. Due to his affinity with soil and sand, it isn't rare to see Medusa streaked with mud and come home with clothes dirtied. As he slowly develops his seismic sense, Medusa's developing a tendency to walk around barefoot.
Personality
When you're naturally blind and lacking any kind of perceptual sense the first few weeks of life, nature gives you a few tools to help you along. One of those tools, in Medusa's case, is a cautious, patient, and no-nonsense attitude. His line of dragons are born with a serious nature to prevent any mishaps that could come from foolhardy or foolish decisions. Unfortunately, with a carefree, busybody human like Terry, nature's blessing has been little more than a menace. Medusa finds his human absolutely insufferable
Likes
- Digging - it's in his nature, he's good at it, and boy does the earth feel good!
- Human Faces - he finds them fascinating, so he can't help but want to feel them and figure them out.
- Smooth Things - apparently his kind think the smoother the forehead, the more desirable the mate; in light of this, they also tend to just like perfectly smooth objects.
Dislikes
- Water - his kind are native to deserts and live underground; water isn't very kind to them.
- Colors - they're something that his kind has absolutely no concept of and he feels left out.
- Rushing - doing things in a hurry leads to mistakes, and mistakes can be dangerous.
Fears
- The Ocean - Medusa can't even conceive of a place without air or solid ground and he doesn't want to.
- Flying - he's only truly blind when he has nothing solid around him.
Heritage
The line of dragons Medusa is from is native to the deserts of Africa, notably around Egypt. Archaeology buffs will note that Medusa, with four clawed limbs and a flat tipped tail, looks nothing like the dragons of Egyptian mythos, which resemble serpents. This is because the Egyptians rarely caught glimpses of these actual dragons, who dwelled deep underground. The entire species of dragons are blind, having no need for eyes in the darkness of the earth. They instead depend upon a seismic sense, constructing images of their surrounding and movements through vibrations caught by the membranes on their forelegs and tail. These dragons are intersex and reproduce in an unusual manner - the dragons lay an egg deep in the ground along with that of their mate's, and after thousands of years, the great heat and pressure will fuse the eggs into one.
Relationships
How does it feel about the humans?
Other dragons?
Please update this as you go along!
Other
Anything else?
