Crisis

Giant Naga
Size: about 75” from head to ground
Blond hair
Blue/teal eyes
Teal scales
60 years old

Crisis can be considered the main character of the Felaryan universe. The mouth of the logo belongs to her. ^^

She is a young, cute and carefree naga who enjoys life greatly and seems to always be in a cheerful mood. She lives near a giant tree, in a zone between the Jungle of perils and the great swamps north of Negav city. Despite her appearance, she is a voracious and cunning predator and a very good hunter, fast and silent. She greatly enjoys the thrill of a good hunt and loves to play with her prey like cat with a mouse. She hunts and eats any living being small enough for her to swallow, except for all nagas no matter their size. This includes humans who are an important part of her diet. She always swallows her prey whole and alive because she enjoys feeling them squirm in her belly and because it's a lot more "fun".

But despite that Crisis has a sweet and gentle nature and is known for her kindness among other nagas.

Her past

Crisis's physical abilities are impressive and a lot higher than the average naga: She is fast, agile and very skilled in stealth. This come from the first part of her life where she learned to survive on her own. She has never known her real parents and raised herself, alone at first, but eventually moving in with a pack of Felaryan Fairies who rescued her when she was almost fatally wounded by a tonorion ( a young Felaryan naga is about the size of a human when he/she born, and thus vulnerable to creatures an adult naga could simply ignore. ) Without them, if she had even survived, she would have a totally different personality than what she has now: Darker, wilder, distrustful and primitive.

Also her ever cheerful and playful mood comes directly from these Fairies, as well as the innocent and naive look she has. That's partly because Felaryan fairies love to trick adventurers this way: appearing as tiny, weak, and fragile creatures, but becoming giants in the blink of an eye with their size-shifting powers. When you know Crisis well you realize that she is a LOT less innocent and naive than she appears and you also realize that she enjoys tricking the world with her false innocence. ^^

How to not be eaten

If you are human-sized, that's very hard... Crisis is very voracious and as long as a human doesn't distinguish themselves from the countless others she has already eaten, she will just think of them as another cute, tasty and wriggly thing that belongs in her belly and is too small to be considered a person.

To avoid this tragic fate:

First she must not be too hungry or the your case is almost lost by before you've started it. Hearing her stomach growl is a sign of impending doom. The key point is for the human to get out of the "food category", where humans belongs by default, between the moment when they are caught and the moment where they will be swallowed... in short: by being very convincing very fast. That's technically not impossible but few remain cool-headed enough when confronted by her. The thing to do is to make Crisis somewhat forget that she wants to eat you or catch her interest in some way. Obviously things like: fighting, threatening, flattering, begging, and trying to reason with her won't work because she has seen it countless times.

To make matters worse, Crisis is very playful and will not hesitate to play dumb and make her prey believe that there is a glimpse of hope and that they have managed to convince her. However if you ever manage to get out of the "food category" you will have almost nothing to fear from Crisis anymore.

Her favorite prey are cat people ( especially girls ). They are even tastier than humans to her and they are smart and agile, making chasing them interesting and fun.

It's worth noting that Crisis's stomach is extremely strong and resistant. It can easily withstand the explosion of a grenade and will digest everything that finds its way there. Even a marine in a armored titanium exo-skeleton would have no chance of survival...

Like and dislike

-Crisis respects good hunters of her size and is always eager to share tricks and hunt-stories with them.

-She has a weak spot for music and beautiful voices.

-She likes courage. For example several times she has spared courageous humans who fought her and were going to sacrifice themselves to buy time for others. However, this happens rarely.

-She has a curious nature and absolutely adores stories, especially if it comes from a different world. Several times a human has saved themselves by being a good storyteller and speaking about their world of origin. That was the case of Léa.

It's very difficult to make Crisis really angry: she is not antagonist, isn't-strong-spirited and is generally afraid of confrontations. Still, one of the surest ways to do it is to harm one of her friends or something dear to her ( Crisis is very loyal to anybody she considers a friend ). Crisis would then "switch" into serious mode. She then becomes very focused on doing what needs to be done, be it a rescue or a swift kill. Ironically if you manage to really anger her, she wouldn't think about eating you anymore, she would think only about punishing you, which is not necessarily better.

Crisis looking all cute and innocent...