Skyshimmer

Description

Saphira’s natural form is a juvenile female faerie dragon, with a sapphire blue body with bright iridescent blue butterfly wings, and a long prehensile tail able to hold onto small objects. Since becoming a bound companion of Chiliad, her typical draconian form is a miniature gold, silver or hybrid gold/silver dragon, with a touch of iridescent color, typically on the horns. She must have wings to fly using either gold or silver form, but can assume her faerie dragon form when she wants to hover. She sometimes uses a wingless form for swimming or squeezing into tight places.

Saphira is very curious and often a bit hyperactive. She often smiles showing a toothy grin, which isn’t always as friendly looking as she means. She can slow down to stalk something she’s interested in, but more often just turns invisible before investigating. While she’s a bit narcissistic and attention seeking, she is also jealous and likes to sit on Chiliad’s shoulder to show a dominant position and how close she is to him.

Background

When Chiliad summoned a special animal companion, Nathair Sgiathach sent a very special faerie dragon to serve as familiar. Princess Saphira is the juvenile granddaughter of Queen Glister and had not settled down to protect a forest glade. She had made enemies with certain members of the unseelie court and needed a safe place. Since bonding with Chiliad, she has slowly gained power and changed color, reaching a translucent sapphire blue, with associated powers. The power coming from bonding with Chiliad assures she will never leave him.

Chiliad’s special animal companions serve like wizard familiars, performing small tasks, including house hold chores, guarding Chiliad in his sleep, and delivering messages.

Stats

Class: Wizard (Minstrel) 10th / Druid (Beastfriend) 11th

Race: Faerie Dragon

Move: 6, Fl 24 (A), Sw 9

Hit Dice: 2

Intelligence: Genius 18

Languages: Elvish, Faerie Dragon, Sprite, Pixie, Birds

Grants 32% magic resistance to Chiliad when in physical contact

Wizard spells (10th): 4 4 3 2 2 (doubled 8 8 6 4 4)

Bard singing and abilities of a 10th level Minstrel

Illusion and Song spells preferred

Priest spells (11th): 5 4 4 3 2 1

Major Spheres: All, Animal, Combat, Elemental, Healing, Plant, Time, Wards, Weather

Minor Spheres: Divination, Protection, Travelers

Faerie Dragon Powers

1. Telepathy with Chiliad and animal companions within 2 miles
2. Invisibility at will, even when attacking or casting spells
3. Detect invisible objects and creatures
4. Bliss breath weapon
5. Wizard 10th / Priest 11th
6. 72% Magic Resistance

Familiar Enhancements

1. • Mantle Protection when within 30’. Pay 1 hit point a day for a non-shared set of mantle spells (defensive and utility only) with no distance limit while on the same plane.
   • Spell Progression and Casting Level for Wizard and Priest spells are enhanced by 1 level. The number of spells learned is doubled for 1st to 5th Level spells.
   • Mind Blank
   • Bigby’s Dextrous Digits 1/day 3 turns per wizard level
2. • Speak with Animals (reptiles)
   • Change Self to change size +/- 25%, subtle body features, color, pattern/markings and cloths design at will.
   • Comprehend Language 1/day
3. • Speak with Animals
   • Dancing Light 2/day 2 rounds per wizard level.
4. • Alter Self to:
     • any tiny to small sized animal
     • Sprite, or similar tiny fairy being
     • any medium sized demi-human form when polymorphed
   • Fly 1/day
5. • Sense of Direction 90% to determine north.
   • Detect Magic 3/day 2 rounds per wizard level.
6. • Polymorph to become Myriel, a female moon elf 1/day 2 turns per wizard level. Includes cloths of cloth, leather and other organic materials; from plain to fancy design.
7. • Wraithform 1/day
8. • Cast 1 additional wizard spell and 1 additional priest spell per day. Must be within 30’ of kiira for 1 hour to gain spells.
   • Polymorph to appear as a miniature Silver Dragon 1/week 1 turn per wizard level.

Magic Items

• Necklace of Elegance and Protection +3

Alias

Saphira has learned to assume a variety of alias' in order to follow Chiliad to various locations.

Sylmae

Sprite

Sylmae has milky white skin, wavy golden hair, pointy ears, bright blue eyes and iridescent crystal wings. She wears short silky dresses in a variety of colors, with gossamer accessories. She likes sparkle and often wears a miniature tiara.

Sylmae talks fast all the time and flits about. She has a hard time staying still and often does her work quickly but not always the best quality. Her voice is a high pitched tinkle. If you listen, you’ll hear her slip in various compliments about how wonderful lady Saphire is.

This is the form she usually assumes when she needs to do tasks better suited to hands.

Move: 9, Fl 18 (B)

Sea Sprite

In this form, she has smooth skin with a blue grey tinge similar to the underside of a dolphin. She loses her wings and has webbed fingers and toes.

Move: 6, Sw 24

Myriel

Moon Elf

Myriel is very petite and has pale skin with a blue sheen, long gold hair and green eyes with gold flecks. She can adjust her apparent age from young to young adult, often appearing as an apprentice and therefore of little consequences. She likes to wear long colorful dresses or robes with intricate patterns, even when adventuring with Chiliad. She’ll add necklaces, rings, earrings and wire braids to her hair to suit her mood.

She is quiet and somewhat mischievous. She almost always has a smile on her face, and the more mischievous she is feeling, the more teeth show in her smile. She’ll giggle at the drop of a hat, and sometimes when it isn’t appropriate. She is not mean, but she’d rather tease or trick you to do things her way than to ask directly. She has a strong singing voice.

This is the guise she will use when she feels the need to enter buildings or locations with Demi-humans. Unless she knows she’ll need this form for a specific purpose, she’s happy to assume it whenever it pleases her.

Move: 12

Aquatic Elf

While retaining the overall look of Myriel, her skin and hair takes on a green tinge. Her hands and feet have webbing. She has several hard to see gill slits hidden behind her ears.

Move: 9, Sw 15

Aurora

miniature Silver Dragon

Aurora has the appearance and proportion of an adult silver dragon but is only about 30 feet long. Her scales are shiny silver with iridescent sheen. Her eyes are gold and horns are deep purple.

Her breath weapon is a 20 foot cloud of euphoria inducing gas. She doesn’t have any magical abilities inherent to silver dragons, but can fly and physically battle with typically dragon tactics equivalent to a juvenile silver dragon.

Move: 9, Fl 30 (C, D when mounted), Jp 3

wingless Silver Dragon

While retaining the iridescent silver scales, her 30 foot body is more like a slim gold dragon without wings. She can’t fly without wings but can breath underwater and is an agile swimmer.

Move: 12, Jp 3, Sw 12

Midnight

tiny Shadow Dragon

Midnight is the same size as her normal tiny draconic form. Her scales are a cloudy translucent deep grey like shadows, with deep violet iridescence in bright light. Her eyes are deep violet. Her claws are deep maroon. Due to her color, she has a 40% chance of hiding in shadows, though she is usually invisible when she wants to hide.

Like Midnight before her, she is quiet and sneaky. She occasionally plays tricks by taking and hiding possessions from others. She only speaks to her companions by telepathy, and otherwise only speaks in direst emergency.

She retains her breath weapon of euphoric gas, but it will appear billowy and dark.

This is the form she will assume when following Eriyin on covert missions, or when in subterranean environments.

Move: 18, Fl 21 (B), Jp 3

small Snake

In this form, she has a draconic head, but the body of a small 3 foot snake with dusky purple skin and deep violet eyes.

Move: 15

Mole Dragon

Is a mole dragon

Move: 9, Br 9

Gecko

Is a giant gecko

Move: 12”, Cl 6”

Animals

While Saphira can assume the shape of nearly any creature from tiny to medium size, she has a number of standard forms she has perfected and routinely assumes.

• Pseudodragon - Red-brown scales FL 8".
• Gecko - Brown speckled scales.
• Green Iguana - Green scales and spikes.
• Caiman - Green grey scales SW 9”.
• Tortoise - Grey brown shell.
• Salamander - Brown leathery skin.
• Sea Turtle - Green shell.