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Player Information
Name: Tora
Timezone: PST
Personal Journal: dickfires
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Email Address: impromputations@gmail.com
Former/Other Characters in the RP: None here!
How did you hear about us?: Well, a long long time ago, some unknown Maka apped into my game and became the best monorail ever. :U
Character Information
Name: Spyro
Canon Origin/Series: Spyro the Dragon
School Year: 6
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Out of school living location: Bettyhill, Scotland, in the Highland area. He lives in the same area as his closest uncles, but which home he stays in switches off every holiday so they can all help take care of the little dork.
Blood status: Pure.
Personality:
Spyro on the surface tends to come off as arrogant and cocky, cracking jokes before taking on his enemies and mocking his friends when he finds them annoying. Though his jokes are always clean in nature (don't want to offend their gentle, fragile sensibilities too much!), they are a major source of irritation and anger for most of his enemies (probably because he adds some salt to that wound, too), which means he's pretty darn good at them! Hahahaaaaa.... or at least, he thinks he is. Of course, with his friends, it's all in good fun. And his cockiness really does know no bounds -- he rushes into everything he does, headlong and proud of himself, sure he'll win no matter the outcome! But for good reason -- ever since Gnasty, he really hasn't been defeated yet. That's because he's actually pretty territorial about his world and his friends -- If there is a big baddy on his turf, it's his job to take them out. Sure he'll accept help and all that along the way, but really, it was his job all along. A birthhright, you know?
He's pretty immature for his age, and very irresponsible. Losing things, having a hard time keeping track of stuff, the works. Spyro also likes to get into all sorts of mischief -- if he can find a way to pick on/prank you, he will, trust me. And he'll bring it up for weeks. Past pranks = good future material, dude! Despite all of his cockiness though, he's not stupid. He's just very sly, and knows to be serious when the situation calls for it. He's also not afraid to use underhanded means to gain the advantage in a battle; for example, using someone's own magic against them while using his own abilities to pick at their weaknesses at the same time.
Spyro is also pretty smart, or at the very least a quick thinker -- able to pick apart puzzles quickly and easily, and find ways to outsmart and trick others to his advantages.
Of course, on top of all this, it's good to keep in mind that he is a punk -- mohawk, skateboarding, mocking people, and blatantly disregarding authority. That's basically him in a nutshell.
Canon Background: (For all intents and purposes, I'm only detailing the games produced by Insomniac, as the fandom as a whole treat it as a seperate canon from the rest of the games and Enter the Dragonfly is something even the game producers wish to forget.)
A long time ago, when the world was green, there were more kinds of animals than you've ever seen --
I mean um.
The adventure begins with Spyro and all of the other dragons, chilling and mocking on Gnasty Gnorc during an interview on their news network, and unfortunately ol Gnasty happened to be tuned into the news at that time. Having invented spells to turn gems into creatures and vice versa, he let out a massive spell that turned all of the dragons into crystal -- except Spyro, of course. So he set out like the badass little dude he is, traveling around the five homeworlds and rescuing all of the adults from their containment and, finally, defeating Gnasty Gnorc (seemingly) once and for all.
Fast forward a few years -- Spyro and his good buddy Sparx are out looking for a holiday at Dragon Shores. Unfortunately? Ripto was looking for a vacation spot at the same time, and just happened to choose Avalar for the job. The Professor & co. use a handful of magic and science to rig a portal up to the Dragon Realms, thinking them to be giant, fierce creatures, and it transports Spyro into their world to do the job. Spyro goes along with it, speeding through the three homeworlds of Avalar and collecting Orbs and Talismans along the way, and -- after beating his cronies Crush and Gulp -- eventually take out Ripto (also seemingly) once and for all and finally take his goddamn break in Dragon Shores.
All that for a smoothie and a break at the beach.
Some length of time later, and Spyro's the hero of the story again. Having just celebrated the Year of the Dragon (a twelve year anniversary where the new batch of dragon eggs are flown into the Dragon Realms via fairies), the dragons of the Realms had just passed out into a food coma, and -- of course -- didn't notice when a rabbit (Bianca) and her rhynoc cronies ran in and stole all the eggs. Ends up it was by orders of the Sorceress -- the cruel (and pretty ugly) ruler of the Forgotten Worlds, which exist on the other side of the planet from the Dragon Realms. Being the only ones big enough to fit through the holes Bianca made, Spyro, Sparx and Hunter (a bro from Avalar that Spyro kinda picked up along the way) travel to the other side of the world to retrieve the eggs. Along the travels through the four worlds, Spyro meets (AKA buys the freedom of) a bunch of new friends, and Bianca and the Sorceress whip up a handful of monsters to throw at Spyro to get him to stop messing everything up -- until Bianca realizes that the Sorceress wants to kill the baby dragons and switches sides. Thanks to the witch rabbit's help, Spyro's able to (seemingly) defeat the sorceress (using magic and a variety of canons/turrets/alien machinery).
Background (AU!Canon; HP):
Doggedly studying and investing time with dragons is something that Stephen (or Spyro, to his friends) and his family have done since they can remember. In his family, when the men grow older, most of them go to live closer to the dragon reserve that their family helps with (the others most likely going on to becoming advanced flyers), and his parents -- as dragonologists -- were no exception. To his luck, Spyro was born around that area, so he's grown up around dragons ever since he can remember, too. His parents, after having him, stuck around for a few more years before being needed at the dragon reserves down in New Zealand. Rather than taking a small boy with them to a new area with unfamiliar people, they left the five year old in the care of two of his uncles: Gildas, a competitive flyer, and Nestor, a very wise dragonologist. From an early age he's grown up around the giant reptiles -- his body covered in small, light scars from baby dragons over the years -- and he, too, is very, very interested in them.
Around the age of ten, his uncle Delbin bought Spyro a small, crested gecko to keep him company, knowing that his trip to Hogwarts was going to be in the next year or two. The young boy named the gecko "Sparx" due to both its coloration and spark-like spikes running around its eyes and down its back. The only time Spyro's ever seen without his little lizard is when he's not allowed to have him -- and even then, he's known for sneaking the gecko around inside his jacket. He's taught Sparx how to stay still and hide this way, and sneaks him butterflies that he catches to keep the gecko fed and happy. ... There's a good chance he's tried it in Hogwarts, too.
His first two or three years in Hogwarts weren't all too hard; he just had to put up with a handful of bullies, thanks to his farm boyish up bringing (of course, the blame for THAT can all be placed on uncle Tomas; being the sheep herder that he is, he asks Spyro for help at home a lot of the time). It was pretty easily dealt with though, and most people leave him alone for that kind of thing. Though nowadays, he's not against trying to rough someone up for picking on him or his friends/family! (He's also learned thanks to his first years that the other students don't expect him to throw a fist instead of a spell -- he's gone through quite a few detentions because of it.)
Misc. things of note:
- Spyro excels in Care of Magical Creatures, Flying, and Charms, though he really only cares for the first two, thanks to his upbringing.
- He has a habit of collecting and hording jewelry, coins, money, and other "treasure"y things, but no fake stuff. No plastic or anything, yuck.
- He owns a handful of dragon skin items, all made by his uncle Argus -- a dragon skin jacket that he wears when he's not in his robes, a dragon skin bag, and his uncle even reworked the cover of his journal to be dragon skin. It's notable to mention; Argus won't use the hide of a dragon that didn't die naturally, and all of Spyro's items are made from the hide of a single dragon.
- He loves all reptiles, but mostly dragons. He's also got a habit of drawing them all over his notes when he's bored, because he's bad at paying attention to things like lectures.
- He's owned Sparx since he was really little. The gecko's basically his first "friend", and he hopes the little guy lives for the rest of his days.
How would your character fit in to each House?
Gryffindor:
Courage
Spyro is very, very courageous! He's jumped headlong into things knowing that if he doesn't do it, no one does. Of course, though, one could argue that this is honestly just his bravery than his courage, as he's never really shown to be afraid of anything he's faced. Rather, he finds them all easy to beat and -- for the most part -- a waste of his time.
Nerve
If the definition I've got is right -- that being that this is a synonym for "constitution" -- he's very steadfast with his beliefs and ideals, and very hard to shake out of a positive mindset. If he believes what he's doing is right, he'll stand by it. On top of that, he's not very easy to frighten! He's very calm, cool and collected, even under pressure.
Bravery
As I said for courage, Spyro's not one to dilly dally when someone needs to be taken down -- if there's someone threatening his and others' ways of life, he does everything he can to stop them. He laughs in the face of danger. This is where his fearlessness channels in -- he will face any adversary, any challenge, if it means that someone got something good out of it.
Chivalry
... Okay, I'm sorry, I laughed. Spyro isn't chivalrous. He fights with underhanded methods -- making sure he's the one with the most advantages in the battle, or even just with the most knowledge -- and he's far from polite enough to count, either. He mocks everything that challenges him, and doesn't give a rat's ass if whomever -- or whatever -- he's facing is at a horrid disadvantage.
Hufflepuff:
Loyalty
Spyro is loyal to a fault. It's gotten him into almost all of the problems he's face in canon, and it's sure to get him into even more in HP canon. He doesn't mind it -- but the reason why he charges into so many things headlong is because of his loyalty to his friends.
Fair play
Please see the "flock of birds vs. a canon" example under Slytherin. Spyro just doesn't play fair -- it makes it a lot harder, and he hates working hard. He'd much rather work smart.
Hard work
... Again, he hates working hard. He takes short cuts, skips things he'd rather not do, and if he doesn't have to get his hands dirty? He won't. He's more likely to dump his work off on someone else, if he doesn't feel like doing it.
Tolerance
Spyro's got a short amount of patience. If something is irritating, there's a good chance he'd rather get rid of it, than put up with it. For example, old people. Spyro can't stand listening to adults and seniors ramble and lecture, and he's more likely to cut them off and continue on his way than to put up with it.
Ravenclaw:
Wit
Spyro is a big, flaming ball of wit -- one can even argue that he's not even all that smart. It's just wit. He uses it to outsmart all of his enemies and complete puzzles, even if whoever he's up against is smarter than he is.
Intelligence
His intelligence is arguable at best. He knows and understands things that didn't even exist in the dragon realm -- such as military rankings, and how to operate heavy and complicated machinery. But at the same time, he needs to be constantly reminded of little facts that he should know, and is constantly getting lectured by his elders. So it's hard to say. He's either very smart, or very not. For all intents and purposes, I'm leaning towards he is intelligent.
Learning
... Ahahaha. Spyro doesn't care to learn anything new. He'd much rather chill at the beach all day than spend it doing productive things, like learning or creating or picking things apart. Surprisingly though, he will sit through a lesson if there's a puzzle at the end, as he's got a love for puzzles and logic tricks. But other than that, no. He and learning don't get along.
Creativity
He's pretty creative! he just expresses his creativity differently; using it as a way to complete puzzles, or understand something in a new light than before.
Slytherin:
Resourcefulness
Spyro is very, very resourceful. He thinks on his feet, after all! If there's something in the area to use, he'll use it -- if he's got dirt on people he doesn't like, he'll use that too! It's all about getting the advantage, and he'll do it by any means necessary. For an in-canon example, take mounting a canon against a flock of birds for an example. He doesn't play nice.
Ambition
Saying Spyro has no ambition is like saying he's not a purple dragon. It's just not a thing. Once he's got something to work towards, he won't stop until he's there. Even if it's a short term goal like visiting the beach, he'll still work towards it in any way necessary.
Leadership
The only time Spyro's not the leader is when he isn't there, trust me. Even though he can be very diplomatic and step down when others want to take the lead, there's a good chance he'll end up playing backseat driver becaus he just knows what he's doing. Leading others comes naturally to him.
Cunning
Spyro's very cunning -- he has to be, since he needs to think on his feet a lot of the time. All of the intelligence he DOES have is poured into his slyness, and he uses it to a great advantage. ... I feel like this is 90% of everything I've said so far.
Sample Journal Entry:
[A couple of blots dot the side of the page, with notes from (quite obviously) Potions jotted down randomly, and in short hand. After a second, a messy doodle of a broom appears on the page, with elements clearly inspired by dragons.
A moment after that, Spyro's chicken scratch inky mess physically, written form of a keysmash handwriting joins it on the page:]
Sorry, thought this was my notebook. For notes, I mean.
Whatever! What do you guys think? [An arrow apears along with it, pointing to the doodle --]
I bet it would fly a lot better than some of the shabby brooms I've seen. Or at least hover a lot better, maybe even glide if you need it to. Ever nearly fallen off your broom before?
Plus it looks way wicked, right? That's a lot more than you can say about some of the types you see here at school.
Sample Interaction Post in Third Person:
Spyro stared at the school issued broom, picturing all the injuries he could get flying on the damn thing. He was supposed to be a Beater for his house this season -- and unfortunately Uncle Devlin was still too busy deciding what broom to get the boy than to actually send him one. 'This thing's nothing but a handful of twigs charmed to a stick, ain't it?' he couldn't help thinking, grimacing at the idea of flying on the years old thing when his family back home is probably whizzing around on Firebolts right now. He held his hand out over the broom on the ground -- mentally thanking whoever it was that gave him enough free time to practice -- and gave it the command from first year. "Up."
It hopped about half a foot in the air, and landed back on the ground with a very ungraceful thump. "... Tch. Figures this thing isn't worth the oak it's made from. C'mon, up, you lame broom. You can still fly, can't you? The first years learn how to fly on you -- it'd be pretty shitty if you gave up on someone my age." At the command again, the broom did little more than look like a pathetic, elongated frog, hopping up a handful of inches from the grass. 'Probably a defective broom..' Spyro thought, picking it up with a little scoff. "How lame! I bet your brother's gonna be way better than you, dumb broom."