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Ragged seems the best word to describe this hatchling for even with the glistening shimmer of egg fluids to coat the merest curve of a gaunt and hungry ribcage or drip down the scrawny hips to a long thin tail. A dragon down on her luck by all appearances, the verdant tone of her hide rather bleached — washed out and faded — offers no illusions of grandiose royalty here, but rather that of a sorrowed old beggar in the tattered remnants of her salvaged pride. Patchwork patterning streaks across forlorn neck ridges, extending to her wings where shadows and highlights form, a garish panorama to confuse the eye and befuddle the mind — are her wings really that tattered and torn? There clings however, to overlarge paws which stretch greedily grasping, the faintest glimmer of aureate gold — the promise of wealth untold, slipping sadly out of reach.
Egg Name and Description
Where Riches Unfold Egg
The wealth of ages lie emblazoned upon dragonshell; primarily of a brilliant green shade like crisp new paper money, yet gilded and limned upon the edges with patterns of gold and silver intermingled with copper and bronze — each lumpy bumpy blob of metallic shininess along the edges seems to resemble piles of stacked coins and marks. The riches of a treasure trove do not end there, surely, for scattered across the verdant shell, brilliant shimmers of jewel-bright colors seem to gleam and wink — the glaring brilliance of diamond, soft sea-foam sapphires intertwine with royal amethyst and glistening pearl. Indeed, this egg, round though it might be and of no particular difference from the rest of the clutch, is a jeweled coffer of a sorts, tightly clasped to horde its inner wealth for itself, not yet ready to reveal what might lie within.
Hatching Message
Where Riches Unfold Egg gives a sudden little shiver, a tremor running through the shell, and making it shake and rattle; a jingling motion much the same way that a full pouch of marks can look when juggled. Stirred to life by the hatchling within, the round green egg begins to wobble and rock; sand falling away from it with each successive little jerky motion.
Where Riches Unfold Egg will not be denied! Not with the spasms that rock it back and forth across the black sands beneath it, there's no stopping it. Not now! Not ever! A jagged streak suddenly marks a chaotic path across the shell, the first little break in the shell, and small flakes of emerald green shell fall away, lost underfoot as the egg wiggles frantically.
Where Riches Unfold Egg cannot hold back the wealth within its dark vault; embodied in the form of the unborn dragon within. More jagged lines appear across the rich looking shell, growing ever wider until at last, it spills forth its treasure, the shell simply disintegrating about the hatchling now lying upon the sands, a sudden forlorn little heap gazing in dismay at the tiny shards that are all that remain of her egg.
Impression Message
Desperately Destitute Melancholy Green Hatchling blinks forlornly at the shattered remains of her egg. It's gone, simply gone! Lost… all lost… her expression seems to cry as she raises her head upon that lean neck of hers. So indeed, she has lost it all, the egg with its riches and treasures, the dark vault of her solitude and miserly contentment. Something else must drive her now; hunger, need… and the sense of belonging. Somewhere out there amongst the white-robed candidates, she'll find her one, the one who'll feed her, warm her, love her. The one to make her rise from rags to riches. And there! The green hatchling gives a hiccuping little cry, gallumping forwards, paws outstretched. Skidding to a halt beside Falyen, the little brunette from Bitra Hold (the daughter of a wealthy merchant), the dragonet nudges against her legs, creeling. It's a moment of surprise, but then Falyen is reaching forwards, resting a hand against the eyeridges of her new dragon. "Of course, Talianth, we'll be the best transport team ever, you'll see! We'll be rich! But first, let's get you fed."
Inspiration
Credits
| Name | Talianth |
| Dam | Gold Miraneith |
| Sire | Bronze Zaqalekhth |
| Created By | Enka |
| Impressee | NPC Falyn |
| Hatched | June 06, 2010 |
| Ista Weyr | |
| PernWorld MUSH | |
