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Ferro - Information and Details
9 years ago
I'm working out details of Ferro, here is what I have so far!
Part of this may be changed, or maybe it won't. I will have to add more stuff later because not everything is covered.
Dutch angel dragons are genderless. I refer to Ferro with male pronouns.
Name
-Ferro Giconi
-Pronounce as if these words are English, first I is a very briefly pronounced long E sound and second I is a more pronounced long E sound.
-Ferro's name means Iron Bird. (I wanted brass dragon but couldn't find anything I liked!)
-Ferro is a prefix in English and a word from other languages meaning Iron.
-English Prefix: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ferro-
-Word in other languages: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ferro
-Giconi is, to the best of my knowledge, an African word for Bird or a specific kind of bird. I tried my best to find references or translations of this word other than those "baby name meaning" websites but I couldn't.
- http://www.indiachildnames.com/name.....px?name=Giconi
Skills
Ferro is very good at fixing and building mechanical and slightly magical devices. If it is mechanical, he can fix it.
Ferro is not good at fixing electronics. He can do basic things like make sure a fuse isn't blown or check if anything looks obviously burnt or melted, but beyond that he needs someone else to figure out what is wrong. If he is told exactly what to do, he can at least replace what is broken.
Magnets are a mystery to Ferro. He has tried to work them into devices, but they always get stuck to the wrong things. He has tried enchanting them to do what he wants but to no avail.
(Some have confused Ferro as meaning something about magnetism. It doesn't.)
Ferro is left handed and has very good motor control. The mechanics on his arm and hand improve this motor control even further using magic he has spent years improving. This allows him to accurately hand craft details so small a microscope is required to see them.
Wings
Ferro's wings were never very good. They have always been weak and they eventually became damaged to the point he couldn't fly at all. No one knew how to help Ferro with this problem, and even magic that should have helped didn't. Eventually Ferro had to painfully remove his own wings and replace them with mechanical wings fused to his bones for strength. Feathers from the original wings were reused as much as possible but are in somewhat bad shape.
Leg
Even with wings replaced, Ferro can't fly very well. The mechanics on his leg increase how much strength can be put into a jump to help make up for poor flight.
Metal Hoof
Ferro lost his left paw to injuries from jumping and landing too hard. He replaced it with a metal hoof and gave it all the magic he could to absorb impacts. It is enough for a comfortable landing from 18 meters high, and a painful, but serious injury free landing from 22 meters high. All the energy from the impact has to go somewhere though, and that usually means the ground beneath him. Concrete slabs are cracked, metal is dented, and wood is splintered into small pieces. He has made attempts to dissipate the force into the air but has been unsuccessful.
"Blood"
When cut, Ferro leaks molten brass. While Ferro can't be burned by his own brass, it is a searing hot 1100° celsius and will burn anyone else who touches it. Unfortunately for others, it is deceiving and some have been burnt. The brass that comes out of Ferro does not glow like normal molten brass, instead it remains brass colored and shiny with a high surface tension. It is much like mercury except that it burns stuff.
Abdomen
Ferro suffered major injuries on his abdomen (undecided cause). With help from a much more magical dutch angel dragon, he was able to build and enchant something like a generator to convert what he consumes into energy. He didn't have problems doing this before, but this improves the efficiency. He covers it to block the light when sleeping because the glowing can't be stopped unless Ferro looses all his energy. This wouldn't necessarily mean he is dead, but it would be a huge problem that he can't fix on his own.
Leather Belt
The belt around his chest is there to help hold some things in place. It is simple unenchanted leather with a brass buckle.
Lantern
The lantern hanging off his chest belt is the first thing Ferro ever built and enchanted at a young age. It originally used fire to generate light, but Ferro wanted something that flickers less and that could shine brighter so later on he learned how to give it a magical glow instead.
Pain
Pssh, pain? Ferro took off his own wings to replace them with something mechanical!
Actually that hurt a lot. Don't do it unless you really have to.
(I want to expand on this but I don't want to turn this into some emo always in pain sort of thing... not sure what to do)
Things I still need to decide on:
Horns
Things going down back and tail
leg bracelet thing
Gear clock glowing thing on his chest (crafted using his brass blood, replacement for whatever the equivalent of a heart is in a dutch angel dragon)
Part of this may be changed, or maybe it won't. I will have to add more stuff later because not everything is covered.
Dutch angel dragons are genderless. I refer to Ferro with male pronouns.
Name
-Ferro Giconi
-Pronounce as if these words are English, first I is a very briefly pronounced long E sound and second I is a more pronounced long E sound.
-Ferro's name means Iron Bird. (I wanted brass dragon but couldn't find anything I liked!)
-Ferro is a prefix in English and a word from other languages meaning Iron.
-English Prefix: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ferro-
-Word in other languages: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ferro
-Giconi is, to the best of my knowledge, an African word for Bird or a specific kind of bird. I tried my best to find references or translations of this word other than those "baby name meaning" websites but I couldn't.
- http://www.indiachildnames.com/name.....px?name=Giconi
Skills
Ferro is very good at fixing and building mechanical and slightly magical devices. If it is mechanical, he can fix it.
Ferro is not good at fixing electronics. He can do basic things like make sure a fuse isn't blown or check if anything looks obviously burnt or melted, but beyond that he needs someone else to figure out what is wrong. If he is told exactly what to do, he can at least replace what is broken.
Magnets are a mystery to Ferro. He has tried to work them into devices, but they always get stuck to the wrong things. He has tried enchanting them to do what he wants but to no avail.
(Some have confused Ferro as meaning something about magnetism. It doesn't.)
Ferro is left handed and has very good motor control. The mechanics on his arm and hand improve this motor control even further using magic he has spent years improving. This allows him to accurately hand craft details so small a microscope is required to see them.
Wings
Ferro's wings were never very good. They have always been weak and they eventually became damaged to the point he couldn't fly at all. No one knew how to help Ferro with this problem, and even magic that should have helped didn't. Eventually Ferro had to painfully remove his own wings and replace them with mechanical wings fused to his bones for strength. Feathers from the original wings were reused as much as possible but are in somewhat bad shape.
Leg
Even with wings replaced, Ferro can't fly very well. The mechanics on his leg increase how much strength can be put into a jump to help make up for poor flight.
Metal Hoof
Ferro lost his left paw to injuries from jumping and landing too hard. He replaced it with a metal hoof and gave it all the magic he could to absorb impacts. It is enough for a comfortable landing from 18 meters high, and a painful, but serious injury free landing from 22 meters high. All the energy from the impact has to go somewhere though, and that usually means the ground beneath him. Concrete slabs are cracked, metal is dented, and wood is splintered into small pieces. He has made attempts to dissipate the force into the air but has been unsuccessful.
"Blood"
When cut, Ferro leaks molten brass. While Ferro can't be burned by his own brass, it is a searing hot 1100° celsius and will burn anyone else who touches it. Unfortunately for others, it is deceiving and some have been burnt. The brass that comes out of Ferro does not glow like normal molten brass, instead it remains brass colored and shiny with a high surface tension. It is much like mercury except that it burns stuff.
Abdomen
Ferro suffered major injuries on his abdomen (undecided cause). With help from a much more magical dutch angel dragon, he was able to build and enchant something like a generator to convert what he consumes into energy. He didn't have problems doing this before, but this improves the efficiency. He covers it to block the light when sleeping because the glowing can't be stopped unless Ferro looses all his energy. This wouldn't necessarily mean he is dead, but it would be a huge problem that he can't fix on his own.
Leather Belt
The belt around his chest is there to help hold some things in place. It is simple unenchanted leather with a brass buckle.
Lantern
The lantern hanging off his chest belt is the first thing Ferro ever built and enchanted at a young age. It originally used fire to generate light, but Ferro wanted something that flickers less and that could shine brighter so later on he learned how to give it a magical glow instead.
Pain
Pssh, pain? Ferro took off his own wings to replace them with something mechanical!
Actually that hurt a lot. Don't do it unless you really have to.
(I want to expand on this but I don't want to turn this into some emo always in pain sort of thing... not sure what to do)
Things I still need to decide on:
Horns
Things going down back and tail
leg bracelet thing
Gear clock glowing thing on his chest (crafted using his brass blood, replacement for whatever the equivalent of a heart is in a dutch angel dragon)
