Yami

Yami Gilbrass

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Tall and very lean, though more due to her only really taking the bare minimum of care of herself. Shows traits that are known only in first or second generation hybrids, though confusingly, they are mixed with the more common late-generation ones: Extensive scaling, though only a dull green and violet; normal iris and eye color that could lean either way, no magic... but, sports a pair of fully functional and quite large wings; as well as a tail digitigrade leg structure, and draconic hands and feet.

Body Features

Sallow, pale, slightly freckled skin. Wide shoulders, entire body seems to be longer than is common in humans. Flexible but tough green scales over much of her body; most prominent along her lower arms, lower legs, shoulders, and spine. A few violet scales around inner thighs. Fingers end in more claw-like nails, while feet are more or less fully draconic talons.

Facial Features

Long face, gaunt cheeks and thin lips. Strong eyebrows, always has a bit of a glaring look. Nose is slightly crooked (broken twice in the past), very small scales along her jawline and down neck. Slightly freckled. Teeth are rather notable too- prominent canines, indeed, all her teeth seem to be... of relatively normal size, but shape is a bit off, leaning sharper.

Identifying Characteristics

Winged and tailed, traits virtually unknown for the last hundred years.

Physical quirks

Fairly farsighted, constantly squints to see anything close; suffers frequent headaches and eyestrain because of this. Left-handed. Tends to walk rather hunched and slouched and with a bit of bend to her legs- seriously, it brings her down about three or four inches. Makes for a good intimidation tactic when she stands at full height though. Walk has almost more of a bounce or hopping quality to it much of the time, and standing fully upright and still requires her to use her tail for full balance. Extremely fast when actually running, and can leap quite high and far. Tends to keep her wings, when at rest, draped around her shoulders in a semi-cape looking fashion.

Special abilities

Draconic Physiology.
Displaying a series of traits that were completely unknown to the modern day, Yami has never been able to fully understand, control, or utilize this aspect. As far as most are concerned, it's simply an extension of having a (presumably) dragon father; the apparent exacerbation being a natural progression of growth- as a child, she only presented a pair of small wings and tail, with mild scaling over her shoulders, arms and lower legs, her feet appeared normal by human standards; only progressing to a more digitigrade shape around age 10 or so.
While age had some influence in the increased prominence of certain draconic traits, the truth is most of it has to do with Yami's perception and state of mind. She is among the hybrids who possess an ability to shift between a humanoid and draconoid form- never fully one or the other (she will always retain scales, wings and tail in the humanoid range; whereas the most draconic form still retains a tendency towards bipedalism, front limbs more in line with arms and hands, and in general never reaches the size of a true dragon). The changes can be willed, but can also slide towards one state or the other depending on emotional state or perception of being threatened. Between lack of knowledge about her own body, and years of steady mistrust and antagonism from others, Yami has been leaning steadily more and more draconic, though never letting go of the perception of being human.
She is also unaware of her inherent magical skill- primarily wind based, suited to allowing flight; but she also has some skill regarding earth (specifically: creation of certain gems and metallic elements like her father), and fire (generation, can't create it in high quantities or extreme heat though).

Apparel & Accessories

Pretty shabby dresser overall, due to several factors- a prominent one being lack of clothes that fully fit her features. Tops are usually sleeveless and open-backed, tying at the back of her neck and down at her hips. Pants were harder to modify, but she did eventually figure out a workable split-back modification. Shoes vary- most of the time she doesn't have any, they physically impossible to wear, though she's rigged together an odd sandal when she need to have some kind of foot covering.
Later in life: A bit more refined, less patchwork. Can wear actual shoes.
Favors dark colors (sticks to black/grays as much as possible in fact).

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Little to speak of, not that she's ever going to speak about it.
She has vague memories of a mother, a house surrounded by trees, a friend... disjointed fragments that never make a whole or even a solid piece.
She knows for sure, that she's been scrambling for survival on her own for a good chunk of her life now, the foster homes giving way to winding alleys and slow streets as she entered her teen years. Every year bleeds into the next, the only breakup being when the seasons shift- the cold nights hiding from the snow, summer days peeling her skin and scale. She simply drifts one day to the next, one distraction to another, more and more regretting that every day (or night?) she still wakes up, rather than just staying asleep forever.
(Raised by a semi-single mother through her early life, as her father was forced into hiding off and on for some time, though he supported Annette and their child as much as he was able from afar. Yami was subjected to a great deal of suspicion and mistrust as she grew up. While most adults managed to be... civil enough, a handful of children did not hesitate to harass and provoke her; Yami in return grew peevish and aggressive, though it didn't boil over into truly disruptive fights until she was about ten or so. Her mother tried to mitigate things as much as possible, they moved at one point to a less densely populated part of town, but things started up again before the year was out.
The tipping point came when Yami was 14, when several students tried to gang up on her. The fear sparked a transformation far outside of the gradual shifting she'd been experiencing, into a shape as much of a dragon as she could get. Miraculously, none of the attackers sustained more than a few glancing scrapes from her tail... but, driven by terror and years of turmoil, Yami took to the skies and didn't stop until her body crashed from lack of food and rest, a day and a half later. The strain of it took a toll on her memory- she was in a completely unfamiliar landscape, and everything before was too jumbled to make sense of. But, she was alive, and at least capable of base survival, even if it meant sticking to base instincts of hunting and hiding. She wavers between sociability and a near feral existence, sometimes spending months at a time away from civilization and roughing it in the more wild areas between.
She does a better job than even she thinks of dropping off anyone's radar- not long after she'd vanished, her father set out to find her- still goes out to search now and then, though after the first five years of no sign, he began staying closer to Annette more, the two of them trying to carry on as much as possible... though, they refuse to completely give up hope.)

Gender Identity

Agender, uses she/her pronouns. (Later describes herself somewhere slightly closer to bigender, but 'more nothing than anything')

Sexuality

Describes herself as equally indifferent to everyone. (Later revises to demisexual/romantic).

Education

Has vague memories of still being in school at around age 14, nothing concrete after that.

Employment

Anything that anyone'll take her for- gravedigging, landscape work, courier, and 'intimidation factor' to name a few.

Mental Trauma

Exists in a persistent, deeply apathetic state- emotions are shallow and short-lived, she seems to shrug off failure and success in equal measure. The only one that ever seems to last would be anger- she can snap quickly and rather violently in some cases.

Intellectual Characteristics

Shows high adaptability and aptitude for picking up a huge range of tasks and skills, though she's never yet put it into full use.

Taboos

Don't immediately set out to kill. Don't scavenge human remains.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

Non-existent.
... eventually motivated by a desire to figure out where she comes from, and what exactly her deal is.

Likes & Dislikes

Likes concealed areas, trees. Prefers drier, cooler weather, hates being caught in heavy rains. Dislikes heat or extreme cold. High preference for meat, seems fine with any type so long as it's not going rotten; shows bit of a distaste towards vegetables. Either adores or hates sweets- no inbetween, and it fluctuates with transformation range.

Virtues & Personality perks

Swift and light on her feet, highly flexible. Effective (if not exactly technically skilled) fighter, able to hold her own well against several opponents, even having decent chances of winning against two, maybe three depending.
She's highly intelligent; quite creative and adaptable when she does put effort into something, good at picking up new skills and retaining anything that requires muscle memory. Less skilled at book learning/retaining information at the moment, but that can change once she's in a more stable state.
Even when in a more stable place, emotions still run fairly high and hot- but there's a lot more range, she becomes quite passionate about things and people she loves, and is completely unashamed to display it. Incredibly loyal to those she trusts, no hesitation to jump in and fight for them- though she will back down if they ask.
Good dancer, too, for whatever it may be worth; though it can be risky with the extra limbs moving around!

Vices & Personality flaws

Emotions are a pretty hot mess- to others, she seems to either be completely numb or a rage machine, and Yami has about a similar assessment of herself- anything aside from fear is fleeting and so shallow as to barely leave an impression; fear and the anger that it turns into. She puts little effort into reining them in, the most she does is just try to remove herself from the place before she starts clawing. Memory is quite shot as well- sudden transformations do a number on her, mentally and physically, and she's more or less given up on keeping a steady track on more than what year and general season it is; she's even lost track of her actual age (she actually does give the correct one most of the time, but she's not certain of it is the thing).
Trouble staying motivated and focused, too easily falls in the 'what's the use' trap. Major reason why she's never put too much effort into figuring out where she's from- everyone only sees a monster, why should she go back to either: a family that never wanted her, or a family that would be disgusted and horrified with what their child had become? Fights taking risks or anything that's not an (to her) easily forseen outcome.
Rather brutal/dirty in tactics- fair play is for other people. Emotions are badly handled- either nothing or explosive, she doesn't have a good sense of moderation; as such, she gains a reputation for having a hair-trigger temper and a tendency to react violently when roused. Easy to unbalance and trip up once you get a sense of how she moves. She can hold against multiple targets, but they also provide a much higher chance of getting her disoriented and distracted- get her angry and she becomes single minded, easily outmaneuvered.

Personality Quirks

Keeps shoulders drawn in most of the time. Sways slightly when standing up straight, tail usually twitches some. Can be seen either bipedal or on all fours, slips back and forth between such locomotion pretty easily. Picks at scales frequently, especially when nervous.

Hygiene

Surprisingly decent, considering she's been half-wild for fourteen years. Tries to get into towns now and then for a bath, or at least restocks on soap and washes up wherever there's decent enough water.

Social

Social Aptitude

Comes off as deeply intimidating and unfriendly, which is fine by her. Brash, vulgar and outspoken, has learned that her appearance can back up quite a lot of empty threats. Mostly honest, though- harsh, but aside from times where she needs to say where she's from or what her situation is, Yami... really has no need to lie, the thought doesn't really cross her mind outside the aforementioned situations.
Appears incredibly confident, which is... ?? Maybe true? She's confident in her ability to bullshit things, so it more or less comes down to the same result. Own ego is... weird. Seems self-centered, though with a focus on the negative- 'I'm the monster in the shadows, I'm the worst thing to exist in centuries', type of thing.

Mannerisms

Very animated when you do get her talking- gestures a lot, lots of hand, wing and tail movement, face becomes surprisingly expressive too. Easily trails off into tangents and barely related thoughts, unfortunate tendency to get herself worked up over mostly nothing.

Speech

'Fuck' isn't a word, it's a punctuation mark in Yami's vocabulary.. along with most other profanities. Has trouble regulating tone and volume, usually edges on loud. Tends to drop words often, often exasperated tone (though entirely unintentional), frequently just stops trying to use specific words- lapses into using 'the thing that does the shit y'know', for example. Voice is rather scratchy and harsh at first- and it's worth noting, due to her physiology, she is capable of far nastier snarls and growls than humans can manage.
Does mellow out eventually- voice is well within contralto range, low with a tendency to crack at even more moderate pitches. Has some trouble with enunciation, words can run into each other if she's not trying to keep on track.

Species

Hybrid

Year of Birth

976 PR 26 Years old

Eyes

Dull and usually narrowed from squinting to see clearly. A rich, almost lazulite blue when discernible.

Hair

Shaggy and thick, mahogany brown streaked with gray. Usually rather tangled so it's hard to get a good read on length, cleaned up it'd reach well past her shoulders. (Later trimmed up to nearer ears)

Height

Variable. 5'11 min, 6'8 max

Weight

Variable. Usually on the leaner side.