~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Don’t let them fool you. Masculinity isn’t the absence of everything gentle.” “Don’t let them fool you. Femininity was never meant to be the absence of strength.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Agrias hatched beneath the jeweled lanterns of the silkwing palace, already noticably different from the rest of his other siblings. The first gasp was not her own, but the gasp of an attendant watching over them. Agrias was born completely split down the middle, one side vibrant with common silkwing vibrancy, the other darkened, though not pitch black. Even before the dragonet first could even comprehend such concepts, whispers hissed throughout the court. ”Is it a princess?” “It is a prince, I’m sure!” Agrias was born with a mutation seen in some butterfly species; Gynandromorphy. Where a creature is split down the middle, both sides being different genders biologically. Which, for a royal, posed several questions. Being half and half, no one truly could decide for many years if Agrias should be eligible for the throne or not. She was half male after all. That gray area stuck to Agrias throughout growing up; both pressured to be a future heir, and yet others considered him taboo. Growing up always meant observation. She was a rare gem among the nobles, undeniably eye catching when entering a room. They adored her beauty, even if they did not know how to classify her. Courtiers stared, artists begged to paint her, scholars measured him. Some dragons treated her like a curiosity, others like a scandal. Agrias never rejected either presumption. In fact, he embraced both sides. Fascinated by his own dimorphic identity. Two kinds of beauty, two kinds of self. While the court bumbles over themselves trying to figure out what to call him, she never felt the need to decide it. Besides… it was entertaining watching the court fumble. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Agrias 9 in dragon. About a young adult. Prince and Princess of Silkwing Kingdom. Personality: Positive (+) Self-assured, poised, charismatic Neutral (=) Reflective of environment, theatrical, drama chaser. Negative (-) Egotist, detached from court drama, occasionally stirs trouble for entertainment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Original base by Roselock22 on DeviantArt!
