Name: Dragomorph
Full Name (never used): Pufpopil Dragomorph
Sex: Female
Physical Age: Approximately 18
True Age: 3
Also Goes By: Drago
Residence: A small apartment two blocks away from the Dream City theater district
Height: 2'11"
Weight: 70
Eyes: Black
Fur Color: White
Primary Goal(s):
To make it big as a serious dramatic actress
To prove to the world that Dragomorphs are more than cute comic relief for RPG heroes
Secondary Goal(s):
To keep herself going to avoid coming back to the Dragomorph Forest a failure
To find a steady source of work that doesn't require cheesy supporting roles or mercernary jobs
Strengths/Abilities:
-Excellent actor, in spite of her short fluffy appearance. If she were a human, she'd probably be leading a Broadway production right now. (See weaknesses)
-Surprisingly competant at mercenary work, largely in part due to the tendency for opponents to underestimate her.
-Is not deterred by seemingly impossible odds, but not because she's an optimist. Rather, it's because she's probably come up with some logical (in her mind, at least) explanation for why things are the way they are.
-Fire breath and low-level dragoon training.
-Temporary flight.
Weaknesses/Quirks:
-She's short. And fluffy. Needless to say, she doesn't get a lot of respect.
-Tends to be overly sensitive about herself. Gets very defensive as a result.
-Has an odd habit in times of extreme danger (and only rarely) to pass out, resulting in strangers coming in to save the day. Furthermore, she has no memory of what has passed, which confuses her when she's accused of breaking the fourth wall in this manner.
-Long ears don't help in fist fights. Trust us.
Likes:
Video Games
Independent Cinema
The Classics
Fresh Garden Salad
Monty Python & other quirky sources of humor
Video Game soundtracks
Anime
Dislikes:
Xenoracism
Being picked on
Funny Animal Cartoons
Being called by her first name
Injustice and Evil
Background:
There's a small section of the RPG Universe called the Cute Animal Land, home to such creatures as moogles, wind rats and other such creatures whose sole purpose for existence is to add to the marketability of role-playing games. Among these groups is a small, obscure species known as dragomorphs, who are a mixture of dragon and rabbit. In this enclave, all dragomorphs are considered to be of the same family, and thus all have "Dragomorph" in their names, along with some nauseatingly cute first name.
Among these cute little critters was born Pufpopil, known simply as Dragomorph to the outside world. From the start, it seemed as though she was destined for greatness -- her capacity for acting was incredible, landing her a starring role in several dragomorph dramatic productions within the first several months of life. (Dragomorphs age approximately six years to every human year, and thus mature relatively quickly.) Deciding it was time to make her way in the world, Dragomorph said good-bye to her fellow bunny dragons and made her way in the world, convinced of her rise to stardom.
Reality, however, is a harsh place, and in Dream City, Dragomorph soon learned about the aesthetic nature of show business. Turned down for major roles, she often found her only source of revenue coming in funny animal cartoons. Occasionally, she was offered work in less wholesome work, but her healthy sense of intraspecies sexuality made her turn these roles down quite quickly. Eventually, with her funds dwindling to nothing, she was forced to take on mercenary work, although being of the "good" alignment she tended to turn down any work that seemed too evil. Thus, while she takes on such jobs to pay the bills, Dragomorph keeps trying -- and hoping -- to prove to the world that dragomorphs, too, are people.
It should be noted that Dragomorph hates -- I mean, REALLY hates -- her first name. In fact, she despises the pandering her species does to try and attract RPG heroes, including adding "puf" to the end of their sentences. To that extent, she never tells people what it is.
An extra note: the odd "fourth wall" destruction she's capable of channeling has less to do with psychic abilities and more to do with an odd connection to her author, shared by other characters of that author. The only difference between her and the others, though, is that not only does she not know about this, but she doesn't seem to want to find out. Chalk it up to maintenance of reality.
Fellow Authors, please ask me before you:
-Depict Dragomorph as overly naive. She's got a freaking weird sense of logic, but she's not stupid.
-Use the "Fourth Wall" plot gimmick. Beyond the fact that the characters are all my own, it's something that should be saved for extreme dire circumstances, because it's really just a reference to her desperation move.
Fellow Authors, please do not:
-Write something with me in it and not let me see it.
-Kill Dragomorph. That's just mean. :-(
Posted on May 6, 2003, 7:50 PM from IP address 66.165.22.100