Darious Iscanzas

Darious Iscanzas is the name of a living weapon used at various points throughout history starting in the early Golden Age.

Early Life

Darious was the quasi-illegitimate son of Emily and a dragon named Orenfeng Iscanzas. He was half human and half dragon. His parents were mated(equivalent to married) in the eyes of the High Mountain Flight, but their relationship was never made public to the human population of Arindell; at a time when human and dragon relationships were not respected.

At the age of ten, Darious fell ill with a sickness neigther human medicine nor magic could repair. The dragons estimated, at best, Darious might live to be seventeen or eighteen in human years. Orenfeng, a powerful dragon sorcerer, resolved to either find a cure or ensure his son lived the fullest life he could in his short time. Orenfeng raised his son among both humans and dragons, and for three years they traveled the verse, sharing experiences and searching for a cure to Darious's mysterious illness.

When Darious was around thirteen, his father was killed by a member of Ozork Flight, igniting the war between Ozork and High Mountain. With his father dead, the remaining dragon sorcerers of High Mountain sought a less orthodox solution to the problem.

First Weaponization

Since it seemed unlikely a cure would be discovered, the dragons used their magic to increase Darious's own magical abilities substantially. With drastically increased power, he could then use human magic to constantly 'heal' himself, which in theory would allow him to live a reasonably long human lifespan. The dragons reasoned that this was acceptable, since normal dragon-halfs don't live much longer than humans anyway(a typical dragon-half will live to be about one hundred and twenty, the dragons reasoned that using magic Darious might live to be eighty).

However, the plan was unsuccessful, and Darious continued to deteriorate. When he was around fourteen, the dragons of High Mountain placed him into a sort of suspended animation deep inside the Eerie. Darious's mother, Emily, who by then was Pendragon of Slayer Dragons was finally informed of his worsening state, and around ten years after the initial suspesion, Darious was revived and given a day to spend with his mother; the first prolonged contact they had had since his early childhood