Kael — The Flame Beneath the Shadows
Quick Info
| Name | Kael |
|---|---|
| Species | Dark European Dragon |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | Normal: 50' (15.2m) / Minimum: 8'2" (2.5m) / Maximum: UNKNOWN |
| Abilities | Dark Red Fire Breath, Shadow Clone Creation, Shadow Realm Refuge, Size Manipulation, Immortality |
| Partner | Athena (Thalassurnyx) |
| Home | Coastal Cave by the Sea |
| Alignment | Protective, Loyal, Neutral-Good |
| Notable Titles | The Last Ember of the Shadows |
The Story of Kael
There was once a time when the world still felt young. Dragons soared across endless skies, and among them lived Kael — born into a proud lineage of Dark European Dragons, keepers of fire and shadow.
He was just a hatchling when everything he knew was torn away. The hunters came — other dragon breeds, fierce and full of hatred — and they descended on his family without mercy. Kael didn’t know what else to do... so he hid. He slipped into the only safety he had: the shadow realm. From there, invisible and helpless, he watched as his family — his parents, his brothers and sisters, his friends — fought and fell, one by one.
He couldn’t help them. He couldn’t save them.
When the blood stopped staining the skies and the last roars faded into silence, Kael crawled out from the darkness, trembling. What he saw would haunt him for centuries: the broken bodies of those he loved, strewn across the stones, the air heavy with the smell of smoke and sorrow.
He ran. He ran until the world itself seemed to bleed into a blur.
Eventually, he found a lonely cave by the sea, far from the battlefields and bloodshed. There, he survived. He grew. He hunted the small creatures that dared approach his new home. He mastered the burning fire inside him — a dark red flame hotter than anything ordinary dragons could summon. He learned to bend the shadows around him, to create clones, to hide within the folds of darkness itself. Over many long and bitter years, he crossed the threshold of immortality. Time could not touch him anymore.
But loneliness did.
For a long time, Kael thought that was all life would ever be — survival. Existence without purpose. Until he met her. Athena.
She was unlike anyone he had ever seen before — a Thalassurnyx, half his size, with scales that shimmered like moonlight on the ocean waves. At first, they circled each other like wary shadows. But something changed. Slowly, carefully, Kael let Athena in. They hunted together. They raced the winds. They spent long hours just lying under the stars, saying nothing because nothing needed to be said. Friendship bloomed into something stronger — something deeper than either of them dared hope for.
Love.
Eventually, Kael and Athena chose each other, not by ceremony or by law, but by something stronger: by devotion. By the silent, fierce understanding that they were each other's world now.
Now, Kael guards Athena with every breath in his body, with every flame in his soul. He is not just a survivor anymore. He is a protector. A partner. A heart still burning against the darkness.
"I have seen my world torn apart, watched everything I loved turn to ash while I hid, powerless, in the shadows. I have carried the screams of my past through endless lifetimes… but in you, I found a reason to step into the light again. You are the fire that no sorrow can extinguish, the home my heart never thought it would find again. For you, Athena… I would burn the world anew — just to see you smile once more."
Kael and Athena
Kael and Athena share an unbreakable bond — forged through loss, trust, and endless devotion.
They are not merely companions; they are each other's anchor, light, and reason to keep fighting.
Together, they would cross any shadow, face any storm, and protect one another at all costs.
Their souls are entwined beyond fate, beyond fear — truly inseparable.
Kael and Athena share an unbreakable bond — forged through loss, trust, and endless devotion. They are not merely companions; they are each other's anchor, light, and reason to keep fighting. Together, they would cross any shadow, face any storm, and protect one another at all costs. Their souls are entwined beyond fate, beyond fear — truly inseparable.