Right, here's my sheet. Feel free to tell me if you have issues with it. [hider=Nikola][b]Name | [/b] Nikola Drakengard [b]Age | [/b] 15 [b]Gender | [/b] Male [b]Level/Tier | [/b] Adept 2 [b]House | [/b] Dracona [b]Appearance/Attire | [/b] Short, pale, and thin, with short, messy brown hair. Nikola isn't exactly the picture of perfect health and his shabby appearance makes certain people worry about him, especially considering the constant bags under his eyes which make him look like he needs sleep. Above those bags his green eyes are often muddled due to sleepiness but take a certain shine when he's faced with something interesting. Nikola understands he's not exactly a looker so he typically dresses plainly, with a loose fitting hooded robe on top of basically presentable clothes. [b]Alignment | [/b] Bystander [b]Personality/Habits | [/b] When looking at the boy, it becomes very hard to believe Nikola is from house Dracona. He is very quiet, and there are times when it's as if he's forgotten how to speak. In reality, he's a little slow in social situations and likes to take his time responding. When he speaks he is always polite to the other party, whether they are human, animal, or inanimate object. He lacks confidence in speaking (and many other things) and tries to make up for it in other ways, small actions to indicate acknowledgement or the presentation of small gifts for apologies. Although he spends a great deal of time studying or reading, he's not exactly introverted; he has a great curiosity about the things around him and will make motions to explore their workings. He's shy talking to others but won't hesitate to do so if it will benefit him, and those that talk to him seriously find that his appearance belies a great pride and determination. He has joined the cute and fluffy club in order to get to grips with socialising. [hider=Background] An orphan since birth, Nikola was raised in a small out of the way orphanage in a town he never knew the name of. Ever since he remembered he had been plagued by mysterious nightmares, of a mysterious foreign world filled with all manner of wondrous beasts. Even as a child he was aware of their great and terrible power, which caused him many sleepless nights. His insomnia took a toll on his health, making him appear frail and sickly. Years went by, and as children came and went, Nikola remained. He was resigned to his fate until one day, a nobleman came that changed everything. It was a day like any other, but then the nobleman came. The nobleman was intense, with a force of personality only matched by his beard. Nikola happened to cross gazes with the man and was startled by his sharp gaze. They stood and stared at each other for a time, Nikola staring simply out of curiosity, while the nobleman seemed to peer into the boy's soul. Soon afterwards the man turned to the women running the orphanage and declared his intention to adopt Nikola. As it turned out the nobleman was the current head of the Drakengard family, a powerful noble family whose ranks featured many gifted invokers of house Dracona. He was also an eccentric, and had picked up a rather strange hobby. Ever since the death of his wife he had fallen into the habit of visiting various orphanages on the lookout for children with the potential for invocation. He had them undergo a strict training regimine in the hopes that they fulfilled their potential, with the goal of raising an appropriate heir to the house of Drakengard. And so, Nikola's new life began. It was similar in some respects to life at the orphanage; sharing a living space with other children was something he'd done all his life, after all. But the atmosphere was much more stifling. Meals were had in silence, his education difficult, his training more often than not met with failure. This time around the people around him weren't his siblings, they were competitors, and it was obvious that Nikola was around the bottom of the pile. And on top of that, his nightmares continued to make his life miserable. But it was during one of his sleepless nights that he got to see another side to his adoptive father. He had woken up in the middle of the night after a fit of nightmares and decided to tour the mansion to clear his head. It was then that he found his father, reading a book and sipping wine under the moonlight. The man noticed Nikola's presence and, rather than shooing him away, beckoned him closer. They talked at length about various topics. First about his training, then his education, and then about summoning and the various creatures that could be invoked. Before he noticed the sun was peeking over the horizon. Nikola made his excuses and went to do his morning preparations, but before he went his father stopped him and told him he had great expectations for his new son. From then on Nikola did his best to live up to those expectations. Like his siblings he was enrolled in L'Mordryn academy when he was old enough, which meant it would soon be time for him to summon something. When the time came he wasn't sure what to look for. He opened the portal with ease, because he had become quite good at it. He looked for various draconic races, as he'd decided that he'd wanted to follow his father's footsteps. But their natural pride in themselves was something he couldn't match, and his childhood trauma had never gone away. But he looked and looked, and eventually he let his instincts guide him. He linked with something warm, something that he felt a bond with. Soon enough that something came out, and when he saw it he knew he'd found a friend. [/hider] [hider=Favorite Summons] [b]Kitten[/b] [img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dragcave/images/a/a8/Pillow_male.png/revision/latest?cb=20160522062733[/img] A pillow dragon, the sheep of the dragon family. The species primary lives in frigid conditions and thus traded tough scales for thick fur. A rather sedentary species, sleeping most hours of the day. They hunt by projecting sleep inducing pheromones around themselves, which induces their prey to let their guards down. The dragon will then snap their their jaws down on the hapless creature and eat away. While the trading of scales for hair may seem detrimental to their defence, a dense layer of fat makes them surprisingly difficult to meaningfully damage. They are rather weak to fire, however, as their fur is rather flammable. Their fur is very soft, ideal for fur coat. In spring they begin thinning their coats, in preparation for the coming heat. They can also shake off a large amount of their fur to distract predators in an emergency. It's here they use their largely vestigial wings to flap or glide to safety, as without their coats they become significantly lighter and thus actually fit for flight. Although, less fur means less heat retention in a cold environment. Kitten is a child of the species, so while adult pillow dragons can be quite large, Kitten is only around the size of a cat, and it has the intelligence to match. Pillow dragons were always on the lower end of intelligence amongst dragons anyway, and its adolescence only adds to the matter. Nikola named the young pillow dragon so because it had reminded him of one more than anything, and it responds well enough to the name. Their link is very strong, with Nikola being able to summon Kitten effortlessly and keep him out almost indefinitely. They often go to sleep together as the pillow dragon's peaceful aura helps him ward off his nightmares. They can often be found in quiet places together between classes, Nikola buried in a book with Kitten sleeping on his lap. [/hider][/hider]