Ayu-Asra
Ayu-Asra is a pigeon-sized two headed dragon that has attached itself to Sylvie as a pet. The two heads have different minds, and their intelligence could be compared to a bright bird.
His main interest is food, followed by shiny things.
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Appearance
- Basic structure: Two longish heads on serpentine necks, two agile tails of similar length as the necks, two pairs of legs, one pair of wings; two crests – skin over thin spines – that can flatten or raise according to mood run from the top of his head all over his back and taper out towards the ends of his tails.
- Feet: Bird-like, with horn claws, three toes forward, one back.
- Wings: Bat-like, three fingers sprouting from the “hand”. The skin of the wing should be connected to his flank at least as far as to his hip. No additional bone sprouting from the elbow.
- Facial Details: Eyes are narrow, yellow and with vertically slit pupils. He has eyelids and does things like blinking. Many small, pointy teeth that curve backwards slightly. The tongue is pink, pointed and not terribly flat in section. Nostrils should be similar to a crocodile’s, but not closeable.
- Skin: Muted green colour. In principle, there are small, overlapping, transparent scales (which he sheds like a bird sheds feathers) over it, but I generally don’t draw them. The skin of that crest, as the skin of the bat-like wings, is lighter than that of the rest of him.
Additional Information
- He can imitate sounds, including words or short phrases, and has some of them associated with recurring situations – for example he can say “food” in several languages, and has been known to use that and a soulful look in an attempt to beg.
- When Sylvie stays longer in one place, he may start a small “hoard” of whatever shiny things he can pick up.
- Similar to a cat he may pounce small, moving things. One thing he’s done was reducing a fool’s cap someone wiggled in front of him as a toy to shreds, and taking at least one of the bells to his hoard on top of a cupboard.