Xisitana

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Scales: Small red scales, also described as scarlet; they bristle outward when she is tense 29 42.
• Early condition: Initially gaunt and bony because she did not eat enough eggshell before her first growth sleep. Her neck and tail together account for more than half her total length, making her undernourished body look particularly scrawny 3.
• Later build: Becomes robust for her age, but remains less than ten feet long during the confrontation with Virix’s group 29 42.
• Wings: Still incompletely developed at the oasis, leaving her slower in flight than the older dragons competing for food 43.

Personality

Xisitana is proud, quick-tempered, and intensely competitive. She resents Sol’s greater size and his habit of taking the best food, repeatedly attacking or insulting him despite losing their fights. Even while envying Sol, she takes satisfaction in being slightly longer than Kalpu 3 5 29.

Her attachment to treasure makes her easy for Sol to manipulate. She cries when he forces her to swallow a Dragonvein Crystal fragment rather than keep it, yet later agrees to hunt in winter weather when he promises a crystal she may retain. Her desire for another trade persists even after he steals her prey 12 25 29 30.

She is enthusiastic about conquest and susceptible to bloodlust. During the Boarfolk attack, she and Kalpu continue killing after the tribe submits, stopping only when Sol strikes them. Nevertheless, her aggression is not merely bluster: she fights centaurs and Half-Orcs alongside her brothers, and helps defend Sol against older Blue Dragons despite being afraid 17 22 23 32 42.

Abilities & Skills

Fire Breath and Fire Resistance

Xisitana possesses a red dragon’s innate fire breath and resistance to flames 4.

• Can ignite wood even while her breath organs are immature 4.
• Uses fire breath in battles against centaurs and Boarfolk 17 22.
• Can strengthen her breath by eating Coal supplied by Sol 16 21 22.
• Can lie beside a fire with flames licking her scales without needing to retreat 4.
• Early use of fire breath increases her hunger 4.

Physical Combat and Hunting

Xisitana fights with her claws, teeth, and body weight, and participates in coordinated hunts 3 6 14.

• Climbs onto Sol’s back to claw him and bite his neck during an early sibling fight 3.
• Flanks prey with Kalpu while Sol attacks from another direction 6 14.
• Helps kill three centaur warriors and attacks Half-Orcs at close range 17 32.
• Helps Kalpu catch the falling Sol, then holds off two Blue Dragons while Sol fights Virix 42.
• Remains substantially weaker than Sol and suffers serious injuries against older dragons 29 43.

Draconic Physiology

Her true-dragon constitution supports survival on poor food and recovery from ordinary injuries 3 23.

• Can digest gravel and obtain a small amount of nourishment from inorganic material 3.
• Possesses strong natural regeneration, allowing ordinary flesh wounds to heal quickly 23.
• Can dig shelters with her claws, though hard rock rapidly makes them sore 20.
• Has limited endurance compared with Sol, becoming exhausted during extended escapes 12 15.

Flight

Xisitana progresses from gliding out of the family cave to flying on hunts and between settlements 5 25 36.

• Uses her wings for travel, hunting, and aerial support 25 36 42.
• Her immature wings leave her at a disadvantage during the oasis’s competitive feedings 43.

Appraise

Like other true dragons, Xisitana possesses the innate ability Appraise, which instinctively estimates the value of precious metals, ores, crafted objects, and equipment 12.

• Immediately recognizes the loss in value when Sol shatters a Dragonvein Crystal 12.
• Cannot yet store treasure in her stomach and later regurgitate it intact, a skill available to more developed true dragons 12.

Equipment / Items

• Dragonvein Crystals — Receives fragments and whole crystals from Sol as growth supplements, rewards, or payment for hunting. She repeatedly tries to keep them as treasure instead of eating them 12 20 23 25 43.
• Coal — Consumes portions supplied by Sol to enhance her fire breath before combat 16 21.
• Shiny stones — Packs these possessions when the siblings abandon their mother’s cave 11.

History

Early Hunger and Sibling Rivalry

Xisitana’s first growth sleep leaves her underfed and weaker than Sol. With Chilier absent and no food prepared, she eats gravel before joining Kalpu in an unsuccessful attack on their older brother. Chilier’s return offers little relief: their mother eats most of a boar herself, and Sol takes the best remaining scraps 2 3 4.

Sol persuades both younger siblings to leave the cave and hunt, then establishes his right to eat first through force. During their first bharal hunt, Xisitana and Kalpu help drive the animal toward him, but receive only its head and ribs. Sol then tricks them into fighting each other while he finishes most of the meat 5 6.

Escape from the Centaurs

When Chilier disappears again, Sol insists that the cave is exposed and leads his siblings away. Xisitana and Kalpu first search for their mother’s treasure, finding nothing worth taking beyond their own shiny stones 11.

During the escape, Sol forces Xisitana to swallow a Dragonvein Crystal fragment. He supplies crystals to strengthen both siblings partly because stronger creatures produce more Mental Power Essence through their emotions toward him 12 13.

When centaurs pursue them, Xisitana helps prepare Sol’s trap by crushing Ivy and spreading its juice over a Large Barrel Bomb. She then fights alongside her brothers against three centaur warriors and helps move a corpse onto the bomb as bait. After the explosion devastates the pursuing force, she complains that Sol announced only his own name rather than hers 16 17 18 19.

The Hillside Settlement

After months of wandering, the siblings settle in low hills near a lake and dig a shelter together. Xisitana subsequently joins Sol’s attack on the local Boarfolk. Her bloodlust continues after their surrender, requiring Sol to stop her and Kalpu physically 20 22 23.

During winter, Sol uses Dragonvein Crystals to persuade the younger dragons to hunt for him. Xisitana volunteers first when he promises she may keep her reward. Later, she brings back a live hare hoping to trade again, only for Sol to seize and eat it while pinning her down 25 29.

When Half-Orcs raid the lair, Xisitana and Kalpu rush out to help Sol. The siblings escape, receive more crystal, and return to pursue their retreating attackers 32 33 34.

Blackrock Fort and the Oasis

Chilier recaptures all three offspring and brings them to Blackrock Fort. She negotiates for them to serve her after adolescence, while Storm Fang places them under the wyrmling nurturer Leilia. Leilia takes them to an oasis inhabited by more than twenty dragons 35 36.

After helping dig a new cave, Xisitana and Kalpu are thrown out by Sol and establish their own nearby lairs. Despite their resentment, they support him against the Blue Dragons: they soften his fall after his wing is injured and prevent two opponents from interfering with his fight against Virix. Both suffer substantial injuries and receive Dragonvein Crystals as rewards 39 42 43.

Xisitana and Kalpu later steal food while Sol distracts the other dragons. During a subsequent coordinated attack, two Green Dragons incapacitate them in their caves with poison fog and drag them outside. By their next appearance, the siblings blame Sol for the suffering caused by his conflicts with the other dragons 44 46 50.

Relationships

• Sol — Older brother, hunting leader, and frequent tormentor. He takes her food and deliberately provokes her anger for Mental Power Essence, but also supplies crystals, shares food on occasion, and relies on her help in battle 6 13 29 41 42 43.
• Kalpu — Younger brother and usual partner against Sol. Their cooperation repeatedly gives way to rivalry over food, treasure, and physical size 3 6 12 29.
• Chilier — Mother. Her neglect contributes to Xisitana’s early hunger; when she returns to collect her offspring, Xisitana tries unsuccessfully to flee 4 5 35.
• Leilia — Blue Dragon wyrmling nurturer entrusted with the three siblings after their arrival at Blackrock Fort 36.

Notable Quotes

“Damn you, Sol! How could you give them only your own name? You should have let those four-legged bastards know about the great Xisitana too!” 19

“Let me go! You damned robber, you stupid villain! That's my rabbit, stop eating!” 29