Asakurei_expanded_ref

"Demons can be noble too" (c)

An expanded version of the previous reference. I've updated the old file as it bugged me.

Music theme: Cliff Lin - This Is War [link]

Personality and backstory:
In youth: A merciless beast who came from Abeiriat, a demon world, out of curiousity. He could easily kill any dragon he saw in his way, often he devoured their meat and hearts; however he ate only males, while females were victims of his "charm" (oh yeah, 'xxx'). He never touched kids though.
Later: He was a caring mate, who never could understand why he was given such a happiness. After his mate's death his life became empty, so he seeked for battles and gladly joined all fights he could (he learned a spell for transformation). Asakurei decided to live as a "human", rarely, a few times per month going on hunt alone and taking his real form far away from cities.
Accidentally he met his son, about whom he didn't know (oh yeah, that's Kuramento). Atm the demon dragon acts as noble warrior (in a human society), as a loving and "obsessed" father (pity for Kuramento), as a wise, experienced elder dragon. His lust for kills is gone.

Weaknesses
- holy objects;
- light (as energy, from light beings);
- his unwillingness to show his real form to people (not that he would be killed...);
- his son ("precious gift").

Other facts
- dark fire is very dangerous for light beings;
- dark fire harms even fire-"proof" dragons, often the burns look like a mix of acid and fire "effects";
- he prefers to fight with claws, blades and teeth;
- his "powers" are dark magic and dark fire/normal fire;
- like any other demon, he has a regeneration ability, but it can heal only broken bones/wounds, he won't grow a new tail or head;
- he knows Zosimus and even teaches him dark magic a bit, but they know each other only in their human forms;
- he has a horse named Kiba who tasted his blood.
_{-I'll add more if I recall-}

Human form
I have no reference for it myself as I can't draw humans well, but there is a work of how he could look [link]
I promise to re-do his face someday as it's scary.

Demonic ranks
All demons of Abeiriat have ranks.

-Lesser demons are the weakest. They have no special powers, so they fight with claws and teeth. Some can be immune to fire (Quello and Questro, for example).

-Average demons usually have some abilities like fire, magic or other. Automatically all demonic dragons are born with this rank, but may grow higher. Demons of this rank and higher possess demonic claws which are often attached to the finger bones (impossible to take off). Demonic claws are stronger than dragon teeth/horns/claws/spikes, so even one is a dream of every dragon hunter. The only disadvantage is that they slow down, because of their length and form. Average demons who know magic can learn how to turn the claws into normal.

-High ranked demons have mastered their abilities + acquire the ability to take a human form. Some skilled average demons can do it, too, but they use magic while high ranked can do it without any spell, just by will. Demons of this rank and higher can change the claw shape to a normal one without magic as well.

-Emperor's "favourites"/Elite are the best of high ranked, often with unique powers. Their number is no more than 50, and any new "candidate" has to fight a volunteer from the "elite". If it wins, it becomes a new "favourite", if not - stays the high ranked.

-The Emperor is the most powerful demon. The current one is rumoured to be able to control movements of any creature.

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Асакурей, папа Кураменто, темный дракон.
Получил прозвище "благородный" за то, что часто строит из себя аристократа + за то, что ненавидит демонов ниже его [ранга].

Крылья предпочитает такие, объясняя это тем, что "они похожи на крылья падшего ангела". Их размах регулируется.

Слабости: свет (как элемент), святые предметы...и Кураменто. Рядом с Кураменто он ведет себя как довольный кот, постоянно пытается приласкать.

Темное пламя (темно-фиолетовый + черный) и темная магия.
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All's mine