Music is moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
-Plato ***
Name:Damascus
Gender:Male
Theme SongKecharitomene-Loreena McKennet
I chose this song because it was mysterious and a bit dark and quiet at points, like Damascus.
Story:Damascus curled up next to a fence post, wrapping his scarf over his nose.
Today had been hard. He had only earned just enough money to buy him dinner for that night.
A cold winter breeze blew through his fur. No money meant no place to stay. Which meant he was on his own for shelter. If it had been spring or summer time the jellybean dragon would have been fine, but it was winter.
Damascus was what you would call a gypsie. He played his violin to earn money and traveled wherever he decided to go.
As of right now, he was in Oklahoma.
Ever since he was a bean Damascus had wanted to travel, but his parents, Solomon and Mary, had never approved.
Solomon was a professional Violinist and Mary stayed at home with Damascus.
There did come a day when Damascus was old enough to leave the house, and his parents said:
"Go on your own for a year, without any money or help from us to show that you are capable of providing for yourself."
It may seem harsh, but that was how Solomon had found his job when he was his age.
So that April, Damascus took his violin and his scarf and left.
Seven months later here he was.
Playing his violin on the streets and sleeping outside most every night.
But Damascus loved it.
He wouldn't trade it for all the money in the world.
Damascus had started to take violin lessons from his father at a young age. Now he played almost perfectly.
"Get out of my field!"
A voice interrupted the JBD's thoughts. To his left a farmer stood, wrapped up in a dark coat.
Damascus nodded, a little annoyed, and stood up slowly, not wanting to cause any trouble.
He swung his violin case over his back and began to pad away.
"wait..." the other dragon said, "you have nowhere to go?"
Damascus shook his head.
"well...I guess you could stay here.."
Damascus's ears pricked up, surprised, and he turned around, "that would be nice."
"follow me." the farmer said simply, leading him towards his house.
"I don't have any money to pay you with." Damascus said truthfully.
"You can play." the farmer motioned to his violin case, "my wife is with her family this weekend so no one else is her but me."
Damascus smiled, opening his case. He tuned the violin and began to play.
Personality:Damascus is a calm, mysterious JBD that has a knack for the violin. (he has been playing since he was young)
The kind of dragon you may see one day, and be gone the next.
Damascus doesn't have many friends, due to the fact that he doesn't stay in one place very long, but he does make a friend every once and awhile.
He may seem a little standoffish when you first meet him but once you get to know him he can be very kind.
Gifts:
Playing the violin
Damascus has played the violin most of his life. He was as you might say, 'born to play it' because of his fur.
Hiking
He has to walk to get wherever he wants to go.
Holding his temper
Damascus isn't very quick to anger, and if he was, it could get him into trouble.
Flaws:
Singing
He may be good at the violin, but singing is not one of his talents.
Using anything technology-related
Damascus prefers to talk to someone in person, and the internet isn't of much use to him.
He walks with a slight limp on his left side
(due to falling out of a tree when he was young)
Likes:
Traveling
Damascus travels for a living, and he loves it.
Seeing new places
He gets excited everytime he visits somewhere new.
Blackberries
These are his favorite fruit. He buys them whenever he can.
Dislikes:
Talking too much
When Damascus was a child, he usually got in trouble for talking (mainly for what he talked about) so now he just doesn't talk much alltogether.
People who talk too much
They tend to annoy him.
Climbing trees
Damascus had an accident when he was younger, and he broke his leg falling out of a tree.
***
I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.
-Ray Charles(thus, this is the end of my forum, I hope you like it! (I apologize if it isn't that pretty, I haven't quite figured everything on this site out)