Female Hatchling
Name: unnamed
Species: Heart Briar Rosa Dove
Birthday: Sunday, December 3, 2023
Owner: Kestrad
Element: Void 
Shy, timid, and fluttery, briar rosa dove hatchlings have a strangely ethereal quality to them, as if they might simply disappear at any moment. They require a great deal of care from their parents or their magi, relying entirely on them to provide seeds, berries, and insects to eat. They are strangely quiet for young birds, only ever cooing softly when requesting their next meal. Due to the half-blooming rosebud on their back, briar rosa doves always smell faintly sweet, the scent so soothing that their presence is often used as a sleep aid.
Somewhere deep in the heart of Synara City, in a pocket where centuries of magic have pooled, a magi might stumble upon an ancient tower. Raised and carved from the very stone the city was built upon, ensconced in verdant thorny vines, every inch hums with the memory of primal, unknowable power. Somehow your feet have taken you here, though you do not recall the steps. As you pause before this monument, the vines part slightly, revealing the seam of an ancient doorway. You press hesitantly on the stone, and it gives, gently sliding away before you. You catch the briefest glimpse of what seems to be a person resting on a bier made out of thorns and roses, but when you blink, the person is gone, and all that is left is a single egg. The thorns dissolve beneath your hands as you take the egg, and you feel a strong compulsion not to linger. After you've exited the tower, you glance back, but it is gone - all that is left are the old ordinary houses lining a quiet alley in Synara's historic district, and an egg that smells faintly of roses.
Sprite art: Mysfytt (hatchling) | Description: Kestrad