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[shadows-ark-adventures]

brand new meaning to “Death Squad”

[blogangels140]

Ark Survival Evolved Unlock Hairstyles

Here are the commands from the wiki (for the hairstyles): And here is a list Press J to jump to the feed. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. After you have unlocked the hair style, you need to craft some scissors, equip them and use them on yourself by right clicking (pc). An UI opens where you can choose your hair style and hair length. When you click on accept, you will cut your hair short, don't worry, it now grows into shape by time.

Ark Survival Evolved Hair

Ark Survival Evolved Hairstyles

Braids Head Hair StyleConsume this to permanently unlock the style!Consumable (values pertain to Humans)TypeHairstyleItemAdded inv257.0

Spawn Command

cheat giveitem 'Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Consumables/BaseBPs/PrimalItemConsumable_UnlockHair_Head_Braids.PrimalItemConsumable_UnlockHair_Head_Braids' 1 0 0

The Braids Head Hair Style is a Hairstyle that can be accessed via Scissors once it is unlocked.

A quick video explaining how to unlock all hairstyles in ARK Survival Evolved.' Perspectives' Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons. Mohawk, Moustache Gamma Ascention - Requires that you beat all three bosses at Gamma Level, go to the volcanos Tek Cave Entrance, and get to the end of the cave to accend to Gamma. You can use the code below to summon all the items you'll need to unlock the ascention.

Obtaining(edit | edit source)

This skin can be unlocked by completing the Maximum Survivor Achievement.

Maximum Survivor

Reach the maximum survivor level.

Gallery(edit | edit source)

100% length, female character

100% length, male character

v·d·eSkinsBase Game

Clothing

Alpha Raptor Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Araneo Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • ARK Tester Hat • Birthday Suit Armor (Pants, Shirt) • Bone Helmets (Rex, Trike) • Bonnet Hat • Bunny Ears • Captain's Hat • Chieftan Hat • Clown Mask • Corrupted Armor (Boots, Chestpiece, Gloves, Helmet, Pants) • Cupid Couture (Bottom, Top) • Dilo Mask • Dino Ornament Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Dodo Pie Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • DodoRex Mask • DodoWyvern Mask • Easter Chick Hat • Easter Egg Hat • Fan Ballcap • Felt Reindeer Antlers • Floral Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Giga Poop Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Halo Headband • Headless Costume • Hockey Mask • Hunter Hat • Jerboa Wreath Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Love Shackles • Marshmallow Hat • Meat Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Nerdry Glasses • Onyc Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Party Hat • Pilgrim Hat • Santa Hat • Scary Pumpkin Helmet • Survivor's Hat • T-Rex Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Top Hat • Turkey Hat • Turkey Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Ugly Sweaters (Bronto, Carno, Chibi) • Uncle Sam Hat • Vampire Dodo Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Vampire Eyes • Werewolf Mask • Winter Beanies (Blue, Gray, Green, Purple, Red) • Witch Hat • Wizard Ballcap

Costumes

Bionic Creatures (Giga, Mosasaurus, Parasaur, Quetzal, Rex, Raptor, Stegosaurus, Triceratops) • Bone Creatures (Bronto, Carno, Giganotosaurus, Jerboa, Quetzalcoatlus, Raptor, Rex, Stego, Trike, Wyvern) • Brachiosaurus • Megaloceros Reindeer • Procoptodon Bunny • Stygimoloch • Styracosaurus

Saddles

Dino Bunny Ears • Dino Easter Chick Hat • Dino Easter Egg Hat • Dino Glasses • Dino Marshmallow Hat • Dino Party Hat • Dino Santa Hat • Dino Uncle Sam Hat • Dino Witch Hat • Parasaur Stylish Saddle • Rex Stomped Glasses Saddle

Weapons

Bow & Eros • Candy Cane Club • Chocolate Rabbit Club • Christmas Bola • Fireworks Flaregun • Fireworks Rocket Launcher • Nutcracker Slingshot • Pitchfork • Teddy Bear Grenades • Torch Sparkler • Turkey Leg

Scorched Earth

Clothing

Manticore Armor (Boots, Chestpiece, Gauntlets, Helmet, Leggings, Shield) • Safari Hat • Wyvern Gloves

Saddles Weapons

Scorched Weapons (Spike, Sword, Torch)

Aberration

Clothing

Aberrant Helmet • Bulbdog Mask • Chili Helmet • Cute Dino Helmet • Otter Mask • Reaper Helmet • Scary Skull Helmet

Saddles Weapons

Extinction

Clothing

HomoDeus Armor (Boots, Gloves, Helmet, Pants, Shirt)

Genesis: Part 1

Clothing

Corrupted Avatar Armor (Boots, Gloves, Helmet, Pants, Shirt) • Master Controller Helmet

Weapons

Genesis: Part 2

Clothing

Federation Exo Armor (Boots, Leggings) • Poglin Mask Skin

ARK 2 Promo

Weapons

Event

Clothing

Crab Fest Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Easter Egghead • Fish Bite Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Hawaiian Shirts (Bulbdog-Print, Gasbags-Print, Ice Pop-Print, Jack-O-Lantern-Print, Reaper-Print, Sea Life-Print) • Ichthy Isles Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Jack-O-Lantern Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Reaper Swimsuits (Bottom, Top) • Sunglasses

Costumes

Ghost Creatures (Basilisk, Bulbdog, Direwolf, Mantis, Reaper, Rex, Snow Owl)

Weapons

E4 Remote Eggsplosives • Flying Disc • Grilling Spatula • Sweet Spear Carrot • Water Soaker

Hairstyles

Head

Afro • Braids • Dreadlocks • Mohawk • Ponytail • Romantic • Viking

Facial

Curly Beard • Dread Beard • Goatee • Moustache • Mutton Chops • Romantic • Viking Beard

Emotes

Unlocks

Air Drums • Air Guitar • Archer Flex • Belly Rub • Bicep Smooch • Bunny Hop Dance • Caroling Emote • Dance • Evil • Flirty • Food Coma • Happy Clap • Heart • Hungry • Knock • Mosh Pit • Nutcracker Dance • Panic • Scare • Snowball • Turkey • Zombie

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Ark: Survival Evolved, developed by Studio Wildcard, is an action-adventure video game. Styling your ark coiffures is not a difficult task in this game. Though there are certain requirements that you need to follow in the game of ark hairstyles.

Being stranded on the island, players must survive in this game along with hostile human players, natural hazards, prehistoric animals, and roaming dinosaurs.

Ark Hairstyles are obtained by searching for Explorer Notes and as rewards for completing achievements.

All the survivors in this game can use scissors to cut other hairs or their own hairs in order to achieve real human hair. You can also color the hairstyle with dye. But remember that facial hair and head hair are dyed separately. You can access this from Scissors UI. With the best ark hairstyles, you can also try popular bandanas to enhance your appearance.

Different Types Of Facial Hair Styles (Male Ark Hairstyles)

There are different types of facial hairstyles that you must know in 2020. All of them are listed below,

Default Facial Hair

By default, this hairstyle is available for all male players. You don’t need to complete any task in order to achieve this hairstyle. This facial ark hairstyle is automatically set as default.

Moustache Facial Hair

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. However, after completing Gamma Ascension Achievement, you can unlock this skin hairstyle.

Goatee Facial Hair

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing Beta Ascension Achievement, you can unlock this hairstyle.

Romantic Facial Hair

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing Map Maker achievement, you can unlock the skin.

Dread Beard Facial Hair

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing one task, you can unlock this hairstyle.

Mutton Chops Facial Hair

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing Artifact Archaeologist Achievement, you can unlock this hairstyle.

Curly Beard Facial Hair

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing Maximum Survivor Achievement, you can unlock the skin.

Viking Beard Facial Hair

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing the Perfect Explorer Achievement, you can unlock the skin.

Ark Survival Evolved Hair

Different Types Of Female Ark Hairstyles

The below listed are the different types of female ark hairstyles that you must know,

Default Hairstyle

By default, this hairstyle is available for all female players. You don’t need to complete any task in order to achieve this hairstyle.

Mohawk Hairstyle

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing one of the tasks, you can unlock this skin.

Afro Hairstyle

Ark Survival Evolved Hairstyles

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing the Beta Ascension Achievement, you can unlock this skin.

Romantic Hairstyle

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing the Map Maker Achievement, you can unlock this skin.

Dreadlocks Hairstyle

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing one task, you can unlock the skin.

Ponytail Hairstyle

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing the Artifact Archaeologist task, thee can unlock this ark hairstyle.

Braids Hairstyle

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing the Maximum Survivor Achievement, you can unlock this skin.

Viking Hairstyle

Once it is unlocked, you can access this hairstyle via scissors. By completing the Perfect Explorer Achievement, you can unlock the skin.

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The Final Thoughts

You can twist your way in the ark by completing different types of achievements that are required to obtain ark hairstyles. You can get more hairstyles and grow your hair fast in the ark game via scissors.

It usually takes five hours for hair to grow in the ark because your hair grows in real-time. You can cut the survivor’s hair via scissors to make it short and giving different types of ark hairstyles. Besides, you can also have a look at the best peacock dress that will amaze you for sure.

On the other hand, you can also color the survivor’s hair by using dye. Therefore, these are the ways by which you can learn to unlock different hairstyles by completing specific achievements for males and females.

[sovereign-tempest]

Dimitra (ship meme!)

Send a ship and I'll tell you who:

Gives nose/forehead kisses: Dimitri, any chance to show affection he’ll take it

Gets jealous the most: Petra? XD

Picks the other up from the bar when they’re too drunk to drive: Dimitri. He’s aware he’s a lightweight so never goes that far. Can imagine Petra at a Brigid festival though... XD

Takes care of on sick days: Petra (well, both really but Dimitri isn’t exactly soft-handed XD)

Drags the other person out into the water on beach day: P-E-T-R-A

Gives unprompted massages: Petra. Dimitri may break a collar bone by accident.

Drives/rides shotgun: If Petra is a wyvern/Pegasus user she’ll sit in the front. Dimitri would internally shit himself. 

Brings the other lunch at work: Petra

Has the better parental relationship: Petra - only one with relatives like that XD

Tries to start role-playing in bed: Petra

Embarrassingly drunk dancer: Dimitri XD

Still cries watching Titanic

Firmly believes in couples costumes: Not sure either would care this much? Not to that degree anyway.

Breaks the expensive gift rule during Christmas: Dimitri

Makes the other eat breakfast: Petra

Remembers anniversaries: Both, of course!

Brings up having kids: Petra XD

[dulce-dailyprophet]

Saturday, February 16th 1980 { special edition! }

A DAY FULL OF HOT, STRONG LOVE: LOVERS & LUSTERS ALIKE INVITED TO THE FULL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

In honor of the celebration of St. Valentine’s Day, the office of the Minister for Magic has put together an invigorating day of lovely activities! 

By Baranabas Cuffe, Editor-in-Chief

9 AM - 4 PM: LOVE YOUR LOCAL ALLEYWAY ** 20% reduction in wares if dressed for theme; reds, pinks, purples, and heart imagery encouraged

Shopkeepers & street vendors will be lining Diagon to Knockturn Alley with Valentine’s Day themed wares & sponsored activities! 5% of all proceeds will be donated to the Elphias Doge Foundation. Look for your favorite shop { listed below } & come on by to show your support for local businesses! 

12 AM - 2 PM: LOVERS LUNCHEON: COUPLES ONLY

Despite being located at the Leaky Cauldron, Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop has swung by and will be taking over for the day! Filled to the brim with love & lace alike, the ‘haunt of happy couples’ will be showcasing all its enamored glory. A limited menu will be offered

12 PM - 3 PM: SHORT & SWEET SPEED DATING FOR THE SINGLE SIMPLETON WITH SPECIAL HOSTS: RITA SKEETER & GILDEROY LOCKHART

Located at Rosa Lee Teabag’s, the enigmatic Daily Prophet gossip column contributors will be holding a quick seminar about classic dating etiquette in modern times, as well as the rules of speed dating before commencing one of the biggest events of the day! Please stop by the tea shop for applications, as only a select number of participants are allowed per round. 

2 PM - 4 PM: WOOERS  & WAFFLES

Not in a couple? Not interested in speed dating? Need an excuse for a waffle? Well look no further! Florean Fortescue’s will be hosting an informal mingle time, equipped with a fully stocked waffle bar, complete with ice cream & toppings galore! Florean will also be debuting an exclusive flavor - Raspberry & Chocolate Snake Eyes, imported by our friends at the White Wyvern!  

9 PM - ?: THE SWEETHEART SOIREE ( SPONSORED BY WPN STUDIOS ) WITH SPECIAL GUEST CELESTINA WARBECK

Located in the heart of London at the Century Casino, WPN Studios is proud to present a dance party, with special guest Celestina Warbeck playing hits from her award winning album, Love Songs to Soothe the Soul. Tickets sold at the door - price includes entry to the casino’s limited buffet spread, as well as an unlimited drink voucher. Other food and gambling chips will be an additional charge. Please speak with the concierge about booking a room on the third floor!

Portkeys will be available at all major travel hubs & along several key locations in Diagon & Knockturn Alley to accommodate the high influx of travelers { continued on page 6 } ! 

{ Diagon Alley }:

Eeylops Owl Emporium: A kissing booth featuring the most temperate of the owls, but watch out! Try any tongue and you’ll get a decent peck! Only a knut a piece, no photos available; half off owl treats & cages for your feathery friend at home.  Special offer: Buy one owl, get a second free, but only from the bonded pair selection, indicated by the shared cage. Limit of one purchase per customer!

Flourish & Blotts: Half off the owner’s best selection of romance novels, steamy & saucy thrillers, and heartwarming love stories! Special offer: With special guest Gilderoy Lockhart signing ‘anything handed to him,’ including fan art, (tasteful) fan fiction, and copies of books (his own or others, doesn’t matter). There will also be a display of Valentine’s Day themed head shots for sale, pre-signed for Lockhart fans on the move or unable to wait in line. 

Gringotts Bank: CLOSED FOR THE DAY; currency exchange booth located out from for the festivities  Special offer: A sickle for a photo with Cupid! Cupid the Goblin, that is, and it’s ‘look but don’t touch,’ got it? (Touching will cost another sickle. No flash photography permitted!)

Magical Menagerie: A kissing booth featuring the softest & sweetest of the Kneazles! Kisses will be three knuts per each cuddle-lovey session, and a sickle for a photo!  Special offer: Heart shaped treats for the pet that owns your heart! Available in blood packet or biscuit! 

Potage’s Cauldron Shop: All inventory in use! Madam Primpernelle has taken over, and will be brewing her world famous Beautifying Potions for witches & wizards to primp & prune before your romantic night with that special someone. Special offer: Bring your own vessel, carry what you can at wholesale value! No questions asked!

Leaky Cauldron: CLOSED from 11 AM - 1 PM for LOVER’S LUNCHEON 

Secondhand Shop: The owners have kindly donated their entire inventory of theme-appropriate robes & costumes - don’t have anything at home to honor St. Valentine? Interested in receiving the theme participant discount? Stop by and grab heavily discounted wares and reap the rewards!  Special offer: Dye Draughts for sale! Already have an outfit picked out, but need to match the color theme? Look no further! The Secondhand Shop will be selling Dye Draughts in reds, pinks, and purples, as well as an exclusive red hearts on white background pattern! 

Slug & Jiggers Apothecary: A reputable selection of love potions, untarnished & untainted! A wide variety of safety & educational materials about the dangers of intentional love potion drugging included in all sales, as well as a complimentary vial of antidote just in case.  Special offer: Slughorn’s Soulmate Serum - not interested in trying a love potion? Want to attract potential suitors to your side without the hassle of inconspicuously drugging them? Simply dabble your neck & wrists with SSS & watch as people of your taste & type flock to your side, begging for another whiff! A hybrid concoction featuring heavily diluted Amortentia & Felix Felicis, a little will go a long way in determining if a potential partner is right for you - if not, they won’t be able to stand the smell of you!  ** note: results may vary, cannot be held libel **

{ Knockturn Alley }:

Borgin & Burke’s: Not everybody is feeling the love today - including you, right? Did you recently become single? Spurned by your star-crossed lover? Then stop by Borgin & Burke’s booth as you begin your plot for revenge! All Dark jewelry of the rancorous, relentless, and retaliatory magic being sold at wholesale prices!  The Coffin House: WIDOWS WOES SPECIALTY - we’ll bring back your dead lover for a fraction of the cost for one last Valentine’s Day together! The magic lasts one day only, before the clock strikes midnight and they crumble into a decaying corpse once again!  Dystyl’s Discount Bones: HEART BONES. What’s a heart bone? The bloody organ’s been Petrificus Totalus’d until calcified to perfect preservation! A true Mary Shelley original, sold in all shapes and sizes, including Goblin, House elf, & children! Limited inventory! Mulpeppers Apothecary: Need a little pep in your step? Some spice in your life? A little energy to make it through a long, hard night? Look no further! The Mulpeppers will be exclusively selling their Magical Stamina Draught, perfect for any witch or wizard on the move & in need of romantic rekindling before “special time.”  ** note: consult with your doctor immediately if erection lasts longer than 12 hours; not recommended for anyone pregnant or over the age of 100 ** Starry Prophesiser: Romance realm tarot readings at half the usual cost! Participate as a single, with a partner, or in a group (no more than four). Interested in something more in depth? Ask for a Soulmate Capability test and see if your love is written in the stars! **note: cannot be held libel for major romantic decisions made in wake of negative readings**

The White Wyvern: Can’t be damned to attend the luncheon or waffle bar? Need something to eat that doesn’t force you to mingle with other desperate singles? The White Wyvern will be selling Fried Snake Kabobs & Snake Burgers & Irish Potato Salad in honor of St. Valentine’s historical prevalence on this commercialized day of celebration. 

[sevens-shiplist]

I suggest Lizardbiteshipping for Swirly x Luke. Named because Swirly wears chameleon costume which is a type of lizard and Luke basically bites everything around him (even a bone who he stole from a dog) and I don't know If this will be relevant to the reason, but Luke also has wyvern type deck which wyverns are considered as lizards. Thank you.

Accepted. It will be added to the suggestion list

~ Mod Ray

[artholomeow]

FE lords ask meme

@pharalis tagged me and I’ll never pass up an opportunity to think/talk more about fire emblem........

@tinzeal and anyone else who enjoys themselves some FE, go ahead and do this if you want. No pressure.

Marth: Which Fire Emblem continent is your favorite?

I... don’t really care too much about the geographies, tbh. Especially since they’re always made of the same components (mountainous wasteland of roughness and wyverns, snowy poncy place of better-than-thou and peg knights, The Obligatory Desert, the place where the secretive tribe hides...), so it doesn’t seem to make too much sense to separate them to me. I guess I like Tellius...?

Alm: Favorite male Lord?

Ike’s a good boy, and I like Alm (even though his lineage devalues the point of his narrative imo) and Chrom. Hector’s always a hoot, and Heroes gave me a new appreciation for Seliph as well. I have a lot of love.

Celica: Favorite female Lord?

Celica’s a good one. I’ve also got a soft spot for Lucina, and if Micaiah had been done justice, I’d probably like her best.

Sigurd: Favorite class?

Mages. Especially dark (and to a lesser extent light) mages. Etzel, Raigh, Canas, Sophia, Knoll, Lyon, Pelleas, Henry, Leo... Honestly I probably wouldn’t like half these characters half as much as I do if they hadn’t been dark mages.

Seliph: Favorite skill(s)?

Adept and Galeforce. The more times I get to attack, the better.

Leif: Which character(s) do you most want to see added to FEH?

I don’t know. I would say Soren, but he recently got added, so I guess I have no regrets.

Roy: Favorite legendary weapon?

Ragnell...? Any weapon that lets me counter more of the scrubs that try to kill me, really.

Eliwood: Least favorite recurring character archetype?

The dumb, boisterous axe-user, if nothing interesting is done with them. Vaike was alright, I guess? But generally I just don’t care for them at all.

Hector: Do you prefer units that focus on defense/resistance or strength/magic?

Glass cannons all day every day! I’ve never even heard of this “defense” thing you’re talking of.

Lyn: Do you prefer units that focus on speed or on strength/magic?

Speed is God. Myrms > Mercs any day.

Eirika: Which game would you most like to see a sequel (or prequel) to?

I think Sephiran’s story would be really cool, 

Ephraim: Favorite sibling relationship?

Hoo boy. I guess the three herons? They’re all very different but they all support one another very well.

Ike: Favorite FE character in Smash Bros?

Robin, definitely. Corrin’s nice too but you know I just can’t pass up a mage.

Micaiah: Favorite healer class?

Falcoknights........? War Monk/Cleric? I.... I just want to smash heads....

Kris: Favorite avatar (includes Kiran and Mark)?

Uhhh, pass...? The ones that don’t have any personality I just don’t give a single heck about, and other than that there’s just Robin and Corrin, and they’re alright but... I guess I just don’t really have much of an opinion about them?

Chrom: Favorite FE ship(s)?

Ike/Soren. No one else even comes close.

Robin (M): Magic or physical weapons?

Bruh. It’s gotta be magic. On top of most enemies generally having worse res than def, magic is just plain cool.

Robin (F): Melee or ranged weapons?

Sniping fools from way away, chipping away at their health while they’re incapable of fighting back. It’s gotta be ranged.

Lucina: Favorite child unit(s) from any FE game?

Owain. He’s an idiot, and he’s really good at it. Not to mention he’s skilled enough to completely change his fighting style when he moves to Nohr.

Corrin (M): Favorite type of transformer class?

Hard to say. Post-localization Manakete maybe? Or ravens or herons. I suppose there isn’t a heron character I dislike, (and that’s counting Sephiran and Micaiah.) but as a class they’re... kind of lackluster.

Corrin (F): Favorite dancer (or variation)?

Its gotta be Reyson. The most beautiful boy you’ll ever meet, filled with enough anger to break all the bones in his own hand just to punch a gross asshole? Hell yeah!

Alfonse: What character in Heroes can you just not seem to be able to get?

Lucina, I guess? There’s a few event costumes I’ve wanted to get, but of most characters I wanted, I managed to get at least some version. But I’m also not hugely bothered? I’ll just get who I get, and sometimes getting someone I didn’t expect to can be really good.

Shareena: What character in Heroes have you gotten far too many of?

Barst, Bartre, Donnel and the original Pegasisters. And male Robin keeps showing up too, doing his fancy summoning animation even when he’s only got three stars, the show-off.

[gyromitra-esculenta]

Random Edgiest Fairytale quips <3 Had a laugh. With scorpions.

(1st meeting after the toad-to-face incident)

Gabriel detested interlopers, especially the ones that had no appreciation for his art, just like the blonde that apparently had ripped a bone off his scarecrow and was now throwing it for Ripper to retrieve. The traitorous dog brought it to him and then rolled onto its back, showing its belly, and expecting scratches from the total stranger.

“Who’s a good doggie!” The blonde cooed while obliging, not minding the puff of fire the hellhound exhaled excitedly. “You’re a good doggie! Yes, yes, you!”

So Gabriel decided to scare him off like all the others.

“Who dares to intrude on Death’s domain!” He did his best voice and cape flourish. The blonde looked up and his face scrunched up in obvious displeasure.

“This is really disappointing.” Clearly, this was not a reaction Gabriel was gunning for.

“What?”

“I was expecting some kind of demon, or at least a witch, after all the stories I’ve heard.” To add insult to injury, the blonde had not stopped petting Ripper in the meantime.

“I am Death incarnate and I will devour your soul!”

“And you’re just some kid in a lame costume.”

“No, I’m not! I’m a demon!”

“Sure. That’s why the stitching on the sleeve is coming apart?”

“Uh… no?”

“And why you have human hands?”

“Um…”

“And why is your mask just flat? It doesn’t even cover your entire face.”

“I…”

“So,” the blonde got up and Ripper, being the stinking turncoat it was, whined loudly, “see you ‘round.”

Gabriel stared at the other boy that had the damn audacity to wave at him before disappearing behind the line of trees.

And that was the whole story of how Gabriel took up crafts – because he was going to show that blonde buffoon!

*

(after eloping)

“How could you lose the horse!” Gabriel loudly complained, staring pointedly at Jack. “My feet are killing me!”

“Your wyvern ate our horse,” the blonde deadpanned.

“Oh, so now that’s my wyvern!?” Gabriel felt deeply betrayed.

“Two wyverns actually,” Jack added thoughtfully. “And three chicks.”

“You’re trying to say that this all is somehow my fault!?”

“Well, they are not following me. And that was actually my horse. I liked it.”

“I knew I should’ve killed myself!”

“On that note, can you ride wyverns?”

*

(some random thing)

“I know what we need!” After almost an hour of travel, Gabriel suddenly decided to share. “A big black cock!”

Jack almost walked into a tree face-first.

“…what?” He asked incredulously while eyeing Gabriel with a certain amount of justified suspicion.

“A big black cock. Do you have any money left?”

“I… why? Why would we need to buy a big black cock!?”

“For the spell,” Gabriel answered exasperated as if it was something painfully obvious. Granted, Jack did not know a lot about the practical side of magic, but he failed to imagine that a lot of spells called for a ‘big black cock’. Unless it was that kind of magic and… “You know, cluck-cluck, peck-peck, cock-a-doodle-doo?”

“Oh.” This time Jack considered intentionally walking into a tree face-first in hopes of knocking himself out.

*

(scorpions. after they had some sort of disagreement.)

Jack plopped down next to him on the fallen log despite the death glare he directed at him. And then blanched visibly to Gabriel’s satisfaction.

“I think I just sat on a scorpion.”

Gabriel scoffed.

“You’re an ungrateful rotter that I have no idea why I waste my precious time on, and you have the gall to call me a scorpion? You!?”

“No. I’m serious,” the blonde muttered, blinking, and then toppled forward, landing limply with his face in a patch of nettles. Gabriel looked to the side, and there was indeed a scorpion scurrying away from the log. Oh. It was a good time to start panicking internally, Gabriel idly thought, while pursing his lips. Well, he was panicking. In his own way.

What was that about the bites and stings? He should suck the poison out, right?

Wait.

‘Sat on a scorpion.’

Well.

Apparently, they were going to test that ‘immortality’ thing now. Gabriel picked up a nearby stick and poked cautiously Jack with it.

[dragon-discourse]

The Dragon Lore of Lady Trent

To close out the month I decided to make a post documenting the lore surrounding the dragons in this series, going book by book. I will be cataloguing both the biology of the dragons as well as how they fit into the cultures of humans.

Note: I am treating every illustration in these books as canonically accurate to the dragons they represent. This will be used to add to the information found within the text.

A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS

BIOLOGY

Overview

Dragons seem to be classified in two different ways. There are True Dragons, which are accepted as dragons by everyone, and there are Lesser Dragonkind, creatures either related to dragons or which resemble them enough to make one think of a dragon.

Dragons seem to be reptilian creatures in appearance, possessing scales. How exactly they are classified isn’t stated.

At least three species of True Dragons are capable of having runt individuals, that is, individuals who mature partially to adulthood, gaining adult characteristics such as their crest or ruff but remaining small in size. Whether this applies to all species of True Dragons and Lesser Dragonkind is unknown.

All True Dragons breathe something in addition to their breath.

Wings are not like those of a bat; judging by the cover art and what it said inside the text, dragon wings have fingers positioned on the wing bone.

True Dragon bones decay after decay rapidly.

Dragon bones seem hollow and oddly light.

Lesser Dragonkind

Sparklings

Originally thought to be insects

According to illustration, they posses six legs

Multiple species and colors

Spit out sparks, hence the name

Can be preserved in vinegar

Fall to ash when they die, unless preserved

Wolf-Drake

Vestigial wings

Brown in color, crimson eyes

Prefers female prey

Wyverns

Exist

True Dragons

Akhian Desert Drake

Gold in color

Moulish Swamp-Wyrm

Muddy green in color

Extraordinary Breath: Noxious Fumes

Vyrstrani Rock-Wyrm

Grey in color; albinos do exist

Extraordinary Breath: Ice Crystals

Does not become male or female until maturity, Runt is a neuter

Carry their dead to a cave; Dragon’s Graveyard

Sulfuric Acid can preserve the bones

Wing is full of holes covered by scales; holes open on the upstroke and the scales close them on the down stroke (found in other species as well)

Measurements: Roughly 5m in length

CULTURE

Draconean

Worshiped Dragon-headed Gods

Firestone was important, found in many of their temples

Zhagrit Mat: Draconean King who was transformed into a dragon monster according to legend.

Other

Preserved dragon bone could be used to build

Balaur is the Vystrani word for dragon.

Locals see dragons as pest; eat livestock

Dragons can be kept in Menageries

A Natural History of Dragons by Sir Richard Edgeworth is an important texts

THE TROPIC OF SERPENTS

BIOLOGY

Overview

The method for preserving dragon bone works on Savannah Snakes, but needs to be modified slightly.

Preserved dragon bones can be used to create a sturdy and light glider.

Dragon flesh is foul, including the flesh of the Swamp Wyrm.

Lesser Dragonkind

Sea-snake

Large

Drakefly

Four wings, two legs

Feathered, almost birdlike

Dragon jaws

Bifurcated tail

Eats insects and eggs

Wyvern

Still exists

True Dragons

Six Characteristics

Quadrupedalism

Wings capable of flight

A ruff or fan behind the skull

Bones frangible post-mortem

Egg laying

Extraordinary breath

Moulish Swamp-Wyrm

Semi Aquatic

Crocodilian-like hide

Cannot fly, only short gliding actions

Juvenile Form: Fangfish

Queens live in the lake, males live in the swamp

Queens are much larger, at least ten meters in length

Egg conditions determine which are male and which are female

Lay many small eggs, about ten centimeters in diameter

Hunt by lunging out of the water, using their wings to help them glide up to their prey

Also hunt like crocodiles

Hunt by waiting under their prey until their noxious breath causes them to fall from the tree

Like other dragons, their flesh is foul.

Savannah Snake

Green in color in the wet season, dun in the dry

Wings are translucent ans shine gold in the sun

Long narrow wings, can’t fly yet can glide

Hunt by running after their prey, leaping up and gliding over the heard, then using their diving momentum to pull prey from the herd

Females are solitary, males form small groups

Deep chest, narrow waist; built for running

Extraordinary Breath: Corrosive Mist

Measurements: Heaviest weighed 98 kg

Arboreal Snake

Savannah Snakes in a different habitat

CULTURE

Draconean

Slight ruins are found above the lake that holds the queen dragons.

Ruins hold a stone with writing on it.

Other

Moulish worship dragons

Believe that the slaying of a dragon is why humans die, killing dragons is forbidden

The Pure (those who have never killed) tend to the Swamp-wyrm eggs, distributing them, creating queens, and shepherding males to the queens

Legambwa means dragon in Moulish

Legambwa bomu is a ritual dragon costume controlled by the children, destroys the camp when there is unrest

THE VOYAGE OF THE BASILISK

BIOLOGY

Overview

Dragon flesh is foul, including those of Sea Serpents.

Draconic lungs are more akin to avian lungs than mammalian lungs.

Draconic taxonomy is brought into question, given how the Six Characteristics may be less of a hard rule and ore a spectrum of traits, with some being absent or more important than others.

Lêng is the name given to the Yelang. Ti Lêng describe wingless, flightless dragons while Tien Lêng describe winged, flighted dragons.

Most are not winged, and most are water loving.

Most that are named are not described, so I will be guessing as to which are which.

Firestone is petrified dragon egg.

Dragon bones can be used to make caeligers.

Lesser Dragonkind

Sea Serpents

Blue-grey in color, with purple markings according to the cover.

Have front fins only, no hind fins or wings.

Are believed to migrate, though the details of these migratory paths are unknown.

Range from the tropics to the far north, with younger serpents being found in the tropics and older serpents being found up north.

Northern Serpents are larger than Tropical Serpents.

Mid Latitudes have Serpents all year round.

Tropical Serpents have tendrils above their eyes and on their snout, Northern Serpents lack these features.

Tropical Serpents can suck in vast amounts of water and then expel it, while Northern Serpents do not, instead constricting their prey.

Does not count as an Extraordinary Breath.

Difference is behavioral. Sucking in cold water would be detrimental to Northern Serpents.

Texts suggest the Northern Serpents are over fifteen meters in length, able to raise up fifteen meters out of the water. The cover suggests that they are longer than thirty meters.

Hunt sharks and other large prey, though they will eat meat of any size.

Have foul flesh, like land dragons.

Posses four fangs.

Females have an ovipositor.

Posses ctenoid scales, with some features of placoid scales.

Northern Serpents have thicker scales than Tropical Serpents.

Due to age

While traveling Isabella comes up with the hypothesis that Northern and Tropical Sea Serpents are two species diverging from a common ancestor. This hypothesis is proven false.

Eggs are laid in the water, half buried by sand. They are gelatinous to the touch, and translucent.

Wyvern

Live in the mountains of eastern Bulskevo and into Saiure.

Wings and only two legs.

Lack an extraordinary breath, but are venomous.

Quetzalcoatl

Feathered Serpents

Feathers are green in color, and it has a horned head.

At least five meters in length.

Sun themselves at midday.

Crepuscular

Males have a patch of red feathers beneath their throat.

Bones do not decay

Kulkulkan

A similar sort of dragon to the Quetzalcoatl, possibly a close relative.

Dragon Turtle

Heads resemble those of Dajin/Yelang dragons, hence the name.

Lêng Kuh

Considered a delicacy

Shell is two meters or more in length

Come ashore to lay eggs

Bones don’t decay

Ti Lêng

Hok Tsung Lêng; Subterranean.

Kau Lêng; Aquatic

Lêng Ma; Dragon Horse

Hung; Two Headed

It has a head-like club at the end of its tail

Pa Siah; Elephant Hunters

Tê Lêng

“Mountain Demon Dragons”

Grey to black in color, with stripes

Live in mountain rivers

Hornless, unusual for Dajin dragons.

Have the tendrils typical of their kind, as well as a fring beneath their jaws

Mate for life

Fire Lizard

Size of small cats.

Gregarious, with a flight containing a dozen or more members.

Feed on geckos, rats, insects, and birds.

Ground nesting.

Only predator is the eagle, which will only attack a Fire Lizard that it raiding a nest.

Range from yellow to red.

Breathe sparks of lightning, and can be seen flying and breathing sparks when volcanoes erupt.

Lack forelegs.

Komodos

Studies suggest that this is not a dragon at all, nor is it related to them. Rather, it is just a large lizard.

About three meters in length.

Posses either a venomous or infectious bite.

True Dragons

Moulish Swamp-Wyrm

Males are implied to be less than four meters in length

Transplanting eggs to the rivers rather than the swamps result in fewer hatching than normal, many runts, and the ones which grow fully to be large, serpentine, and possessing fine scales.

Become mature in a few years.

Tien Lêng

Bê Lêng; Winged

Yin Lêng

Note: This dragon is not described at all, rather a name is given. However, in the real world the Yinglong is a winged dragon, so I can make a guess that this is a reference to that dragon. After all, Tien Lêng is a reference to Tianlong, and Lêng Ma is a reference to Longma, and so on. However, Yinlong itself is a genus of primitive ceratopsians, so it’s possible the Yin Lêng is flightless.

CULTURE

Draconean

General:

Their language was a Syllabary

May have two hundred forty-one characters

Carved charms are found at their sites

Coyahuac:

Has many pyramid ruins from the ancient civilization.

Structures found here could suggest that they tamed dragons.

Akhia:

May have been the center of their civilization, with much to be found there.

Broken Sea

Numerous sunken ruins

Ruins on Rahuahane hold egg chambers where the Draconeans hatched dragon eggs of an unknown species.

Mouleen

The stone above the Queen Dragon Lake is bilingual, having Draconean on one half and Ngaru, a known language, on the other. Essentially, it is a Draconean Rosetta Stone.

Other

The fangs of a sea serpent are valued for carving.

The Yelangese have some success in breeding dragons in captivity.

The Yelangese have began hunting dragons for their bones.

The Puian of the Broken Sea have a concept called Ke’anaka’i. A Third Gender, these individuals exist outside of the Man/Woman binary. It is believed they are Dragon Spirited, with their spirit coming from the island of Rahuahane.

Naka’i or Nataki means anything from Sea Serpents to Lizards.

Keongans will ride Sea Serpents by grabbing their tendrils.

Some people keep Drakeflies in cages, like one would do with an exotic bird.

IN THE LABYRINTH OF DRAKES

BIOLOGY

Overview

Dragons rarely breed in captivity, with success mostly belonging to the smaller sorts.

A fossil claw, 30 centimeters around the curve from base to tip, would be the largest dragon claw discovered, if it belongs to a dragon.

Dragon eggs are sensitive to handling.

Lesser Dragonkind

Honeyseekers

Note: I am unsure if Honeyseekers count as Dragonkin. They seem to fulfill the required Characteristics, but the book never specifies. I have placed them here under the assumption their their spit foes not count as a true Breath.

Males incubate the eggs, displaying for the female until he is satisfied with the amount of eggs he has acquired. If eggs are removed from the nest, a pair can be encouraged to bred indefinitely.

Can eat insects when necessary, but their primary food is eucalyptus nectar.

Have bristled tongues for collecting nectar.

At most are fourteen centimeters in length.

Spit noxious saliva, with the toxins being derived from their diet.

Make their nests from saliva and leaves.

Females are a dull green; males are black and yellow, with blue crests.

If Honey Seeker eggs incubate in a nest of Tamarisk leaves instead of eucalyptus leaves, they will spit salty saliva instead of an irritating saliva.

When incubated at high temperatures, a female Honey Seeker which was bright orange hatched.

True Dragons

Akhian Desert Drake

Organ which generates their Breath can be cauterized, thus rendering them unable to breathe fire.

Cannot breathe fire until they are mature.

Mate once a year, near the end of the wet season, producing around ten eggs.

Take five years to reach sexual maturity, though don’t usually start breeding until they are seven.

Mishandled eggs can result in hatchlings whose bones are dense and heavy.

If a Desert Drake survives its first three years of life it can live to be forty.

Possess large ruffs.

Females are larger than males.

Have a unique way of hunting. They will kill a prey item then leave it as bait for scavengers. When scavengers come they kill these, eating the original bait and the new carcasses.

A heavily gorged Drake can go a week without food, though it also cannot fly, and must return to its lair to rest and digest its meal.

Females don’t lair within ten kilometers of males.

During the mating season a female will climb to a peak and breathe fire into the air just before dawn. This act attracts the males to her location. She will then attack whichever males she is not interested in with her fire, until only a few remain. At this point,  the female will begin her mating flight.

Smaller males can win a mating flight if they strike quickly, otherwise the flight becomes one of endurance.

Males will attack and injure one another during the flight.

When a male overtakes a female he will often mount her. The female must then glide with him on her back as they mate.

Females lay their eggs in shallow bowls of sand, returning regularly to rebury them.

Clutches can have six eggs.

Eggs have hard shells, and the inner membrane provides extra nutrients.

Young Desert Drakes are social, nesting together at night.

Desert Drakes, at least the juveniles, will hum or sing to each other.

CULTURE

Draconean

The Temple of Silence is found in The Labyrinth of Drakes.

The Labyrinth of Drakes hold many ruins, including The Watchers of Time. These are five sitting gods, which are positioned outside of a temple. The temple was hidden for thousands of years, and when rediscovered it showed signs of conflict, with the bodies of men being found within. A nest chamber is also found within, containing the footprints of long dead hatchlings.

The stone containing the Draconean Text becomes known as the Cataract Stone.

Other

Jinn are believed to be spirits born from the smokeless fire of Desert Drakes.

Most conflicts between humans and Drakes occur with juveniles.

WITHIN THE SANCTUARY OF WINGS

BIOLOGY

Overview

Developmental Lability has replaced the Six Characteristics as the main way to classify dragons.

This refers to how the incubation conditions can drastically affect what hatches from the egg.

That being said, the term True Dragon is still used to describe members with the Six Characteristics.

Dragon Bones rarely break.

There seems to be some commonality in Draconic Behavior, which allows Draconeans to tame and domesticate their wild kin.

Dragons

Mews

Cope with the cold by shedding their wing membrane in the spring before regrowing it.

Are pests, often raiding stores and diving at yaks.

The cause of this behavior of yak diving comes from the Draconeans, who domesticated the Mews to herd their own yaks.

Have no Breath, and therefore are not True Dragons.

Are named for their call, which sounds like a cat.

Ce Lêng

Based off the cover of the book, the Ci Lêng has a very complex life cycle. The juveniles begin life with six legs, and they lack the horns and tendrils of the adults. As they grow, their second set of forelimbs start to develop into wings, and they grow the horns and tendrils of the adults.

They are large enough to carry a man.

The Draconeans are able to train Ci Lêng to perform a sort of complex dance.

Are a relatively tame variety of dragons.

Draconeans

The species originated from dragon eggs incubating in human blood. However, once the species began they were able to interbreed to perpetuate it.

Two meters tall.

Females are more common than males, with there being three to five times as many females as males.

Can shut off the blood flow to their wings. This is an adaptation to their cold climates, where reducing the blood flow to their wings would be beneficial.

As a result, wing spreading is used as a dominance display.

Are omnivorous, which is also most likely an adaptation to their environment.

Firestone is the petrified remains of Draconean Eggs. The potion used to petrify them was lost to history. Whether or not this process would work on other species is unspecified.

Hibernate during the winter.

Are capable of gliding, but not full flight.

CULTURE

Draconean

The Draconean creation myth tells of four sisters. When they bathed, the waters from their mouths became the first brother, the water from their backs became dragons, and the water from their fronts became humans.

Modern Draconeans believe that Ancient Draconeans ruled over humans because they believe humans came from them.

Ancient Draconeans seemed to be aware of their species Blood origin.

Modern Draconeans live in sister groups, made up of two to five sisters, though three to four is most common.

In order to keep their herd tended to during the winter, one sister group is placed in charge of tending to the village. These groups do not keep watch back to back years.

Draconeans live in sister groups, usually made up of three to five females.

Since females are common and males are rare, the sexes have different jobs.

Females do most of the work, including tending to the herds, farming, and acting as guards and patrols.

Males serve as the religious leaders and artists, as well as raising and teaching the young.

Every female in a sister group is viewed as the mother of their child group.

The Draconeans see the number four as a lucky number.

The Draconean language can be learned and spoken by humans.

Their religion is focused heavily on the sky, and the deceased are left out for carrion birds to pick at and carry away.

“Anevrai” is used to refer to the Ancient Draconeans.

A single sister group, along with a male rule each village. The Draconeans as a whole are ruled by an Elder Group.

Other

Yelang see dragons as a good omen, with folklore saying that the first Emperor was crowned by dragons in human forms.

Many human legends suggest that the Draconeans were cruel tyrants.

FROM THE EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE FALCHESTER WEEKLY REVIEW

BIOLOGY

Overview

While species of dragons with feathers exist, there are no known species with both feathers and scales. Since the Drakefly was depicted with feet similar to those of birds, we can presume that the scutes of birds do not count as scales.

Lesser Dragonkind

Wyvern

Since the Cockatrice is actually a taxidermy Wyvern, we can infer that the Wyvern is a biped, and that it has at least three fingers. The first two fingers do not support the wing membrane.

Wyverns can be taxidermied, suggesting their skeletons do not decay after death. However, as this story takes place after the secret to preserving dragon bone has gotten out, their skeletons still may decay.

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The Edgiest Fairytale 2

this one is Frankenstein's monster type of thing, but i still like those little shits. It’s mostly on here in bits and pieces 

At eleven years of age, Gabriel was everything a young prince should be, and much, much more. He was well-mannered although a tad overdramatic – but this particular quirk had followed him through childhood and wasn’t entirely unwelcome. After all, every prince should know his way around a proper soliloquy, even if it were only to woo his prospective princess.

Gabriel has also shown a strong interest in theater and poetry, warranting many a performance staged before the court, starting from a monthly thing, then escalating to biweekly, and finally - to the utmost terror of the courtiers - to weekly shows. When his repertoire grew to include, of all things, interpretative dance, the frequency of staged performances was forcibly cut down again to a monthly schedule to the silent relief of all involved.

Gabriel also did care about the animals, so much in fact that some of the ravens nesting over the former nursery gave up their ability of flight and waddled around on the ground, too heavy to fly more than a few meters in one go.

The Queen herself was also slightly skeptical over his choice in reading material, which mostly included romances, tutorials on black magic and hexing handbooks. Why couldn’t he develop a stronger inclination towards necromancy, for example, as was a longlived family tradition? The King assured her it was certainly merely a phase.

Gabriel also was ‘not going to marry no girl’. Certainly, the Toad Incident had no bearing on that little pronouncement.

*

At the tender age of eleven, Jack was a little shit everyone expected him to be.

*

The first time Gabriel had disappeared was just after his twelfth birthday and it was absolutely not connected to the fact he did not get that pony he wanted so much – the Queen decisively said no to any horse with eternal flames around its hooves. He ran away from home but came back two days later because in true ‘youthful rebellion spirit’ fashion he had forgone any provisions.

He brought back a puppy he promptly named Ripper. No-one had the heart to take it away even when the puppy turned out to be a hellhound leaving scorched and burned-out marks in the carpet or on the furniture every time Gabriel had forgotten to walk it outside. Some semblance of peace and relative quiet was unquestionably worth suffering a faint aroma of sulfur in the air.

*

The first time Jack had disappeared was just after his twelfth birthday and was in no way connected to the fact he did get that stallion he was promised. He returned a week later with a bag of jewelry, a minotaur head as a trophy, and a very confused scantily-clad voluptuous blonde in front of his saddle.

Said blonde murmured: ‘it seemed like a good idea at the time’, then asked for directions and went back home.

Jack was grounded for the following month – incidentally, two wyvern attacks and a giant rat invasion happened in the meantime. The next time he got grounded (which included a peace envoy from remote orc tribe begging for a ceasefire), there was a snake population explosion and the castle’s rafters got infested with dire bats.

“Prince Charming curse,” the royal astrologers agreed.

After the Queen wanted to take her bath and accidentally dipped herself in black slime which started breeding in the piping, her and the King reached a strained consensus: let the prince do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, and preferably outside the city, so the curse finds other outlets. The prince was virtually immortal, anyway.

*

When ravens had left the roof over ‘the nursery-turned-Gabriel’s private chambers’ (pronounced ‘Hell’ by a garish wooden plaque carved with a kitchen knife with added ‘No trespassing’ below and ‘Specially no girls allowed!’ nailed almost on the ground level - the servants, on the other hand, took to calling the place ‘The pit of disrepair and dirty underclothes’), it was a definite relief.

Until the moment it became painfully apparent the ravens left because the roof had been taken up by a mated pair of wyverns.

Gabriel reveled in the development – everyone else lived in fear of sleepless nights due to wyverns serenading each other and getting hit with the excrement when they did take to the skies occasionally (the Duchess still cried when she had to venture outside). The chicks took liking to chasing the courtiers down and then nipping at their calves.

“It’s a Fairytale Princess syndrome,” the royal medic had explained while nodding mournfully. “A very rare variant of the affliction. We call it Dark Princess.”

“What are we supposed to do!?” The Queen hyperventilated.

“It’s best to let it run its course, it usually fades in the forties, or after the marriage.”

When it came to light that certain encroaching fauna did follow Gabriel around, his solitary trips into the forests were… slightly encouraged. After few months, the prince managed to haul half of his belongings into rundown shack in the middle of the woods and spent there most of the time not taken up by his lessons or other interests.

*

Magic, as usual, found a way to slot everything into place, and screw up all and any contingency plans that were already in place, so the fact that both princes somehow managed to wander into each other’s presence should not surprise anyone.

Thirteen years old Gabriel detested interlopers, especially the ones that had no appreciation for his art, just like the blonde that apparently had ripped a bone off his scarecrow and was now throwing it for Ripper to retrieve. The traitorous dog brought it to him and then rolled onto its back, showing its belly, and expecting scratches from the total stranger.

“Who’s a good doggie!” The blonde cooed while obliging, not minding the puff of fire the hellhound exhaled excitedly. “You’re a good doggie! Yes, yes, you!”

So Gabriel decided to scare him off like all the others.

“Who dares to intrude on Death’s domain!” He did his best voice and cape flourish. The blonde looked up and his face scrunched up in obvious displeasure.

“This is really disappointing.” Clearly, this was not a reaction Gabriel was gunning for.

“What?”

“I was expecting some kind of demon, or at least a witch, after all the stories I’ve heard.” To add insult to injury, the blonde had not stopped petting Ripper in the meantime.

“I am Death incarnate and I will devour your soul!”

“And you’re just some kid in a lame costume.”

“No, I’m not! I’m a demon!”

“Sure. That’s why the stitching on the sleeve is coming apart?”

“Uh… no?”

“And why you have human hands?”

“Um…”

“And why is your mask just flat? It doesn’t even cover your entire face.”

“I…”

“So,” the blonde got up and Ripper, being the stinking turncoat it was, whined loudly, “see you ‘round.”

Gabriel stared at the other boy that had the damn audacity to wave at him before disappearing behind the line of trees.

And that was the whole story of how Gabriel took up crafts – because he was going to show that blonde buffoon!