Altostratus

first bought/third ever dragon

Altostratus

familiar

Rambra Rambra

Native to tropical wetlands, Rambras are known to charge headfirst into overwhelming odds.

I got this familiar pretty early; not the first, but almost definitely a Coliseum drop. Thought the “charge headfirst into overwhelming odds” snippet fit Alto’s lore at the time, and it’s stuck since.

[uhh I made this section way too big, might finangle it into one row with the stats later]

info

lore notes

this is a Bit of a mess because Alto’s lore basically encompasses a couple significant eras of my lair, but for lack of a history page it’s all getting squished here for now. pardon the tangents!

Viral Evolution

  • once a wandering would-be warrior; upon meeting Maelstrom and Lapilli, pledged herself to their service
  • helped raise the orphan Azurite, but Azurite quickly surpassed her mentor, to Alto’s chagrin
  • in an attempt to “help” the clan better, plotted to raise an Emperor—by recruiting eleven unwitting imperials, Schism included
  • plan was revealed via friend-of-a-friend shenanigans (Schism was friends with the “bee faes” (survived today only by Riviana), who uncovered the plot) and a bunch of drama happened
  • ultimately, all the imperials but Schism fell to the Wyrmwound, and Altostratus was promptly exiled

lost

  • [I wrote a scene at one point about Azurite encountering Alto post-exile, but idk if it’s saved anywhere]
  • wanderings took Alto back to the Shifting Expanse for some good self-reflection. in no particular order:
    • wings broke; got them replaced/supplemented by prosthetics
    • found a stray Fire egg who later hatched into Gizmo; “raised” it from afar but never got too close
  • eventually wound up in the Tangled Wood, and met the corven beastclan Cryptocelus in the Ghostlight Ruins. Alto allied with them in an attempt to help fight back dragons who’d “discovered” the venue, but it all got lost to the shadows… [read: I lost interest and did a lair purge]

and since then…

  • later, reunited with Maelstrom & Lapilli [trained to level 25 together]; parted on much better terms
  • ambiguously wandering since, with no strong allegiance neither elemental nor clan-wise. but reportedly she’s doin’ good

Archaeoraptor notes

We love an atoner. Alto’s story covers most of Viral Evolution’s, and I haven’t really known what do with her lore-wise since then, but I think she’s cool. And although I’ve occasionally toyed with the thought of changing her genes, her outfit’s pretty complex and I’m happy with how she looks as-is :>

As a side note, she has three offspring—Asher, Brook, and Codi—who themselves don’t have lore, but their father Cristofori did! He was Viral Evolution’s healer for a while, but his BFF/partner Reverie was one of the imperials dragged into Alto’s Emperor-raising scheme. Needless to say, Cristofori wasn’t happy about that. The revelation severed whatever relationship he and Alto had, and other than that Gizmo-raising detour, she’s been effectively on her own since.

categories

dragons by element

Earth

  • Layes
  • Scylla
  • Bokeh
  • Sretno

Fire

  • Gizmo
  • Hestia
  • Contralto
  • Cygnus
  • MiamiTriggerfish

Wind

  • Riviniana
  • Kieran
  • Comet
  • Novak
  • XxCaptnPlasmatog

Water

  • Exuberant
  • Iko
  • Glissando
  • Caspian
  • Seafoam

Shadow

  • Carnation
  • Andante
  • Jester
  • Miasma
  • CabochonLuster
  • dashcon
  • Asclepius

Ice

  • Galena
  • Avi
  • Midst
  • Holly
  • Staccato
  • Squid

Lightning

  • Altostratus
  • Fern
  • Raizel
  • Amaranta
  • Falsework
  • Ghost
  • Koirin
  • FestiveFervor

Light

  • Soleil
  • InexplicableFern
  • Honse
  • Dusk

Nature

  • Drosera
  • Notturno
  • Vivace
  • Mallow

Plague

  • Maelstrom
  • Lapilli
  • Pestilence
  • Delphi
  • Eavn
  • Axius
  • Zachariah
  • Disappointius
  • Fred
  • Ascher
  • Alcho
  • TtrboneTchotchke
  • Marlowe
  • KanelosMenthe

Arcane

  • solar
  • Schism
  • Skiptrace
  • Rothide
  • Fissure
  • Dmitri

dragons by breed

Aberration

  • Asclepius
  • Novak
  • Layes
  • Ascher

Aether

  • XxCaptnPlasmatog
  • FestiveFervor
  • Sretno

Auraboa

  • KanelosMenthe

Banescale

  • Andante
  • Vivace
  • Holly
  • Glissando
  • Contralto
  • Falsework
  • Staccato

Bogsneak

  • Pestilence
  • Disappointius

Coatl

Dusthide

    [none]

Everlux

    [none]

Fae

  • Lapilli
  • Riviniana
  • Gizmo
  • InexplicableFern

Fathom

  • Squid
  • Honse

Gaoler

  • dashcon
  • Dusk

Guardian

  • Alcho

Imperial

  • Schism
  • Miasma
  • Zachariah

Mirror

  • Maelstrom
  • Drosera
  • Skiptrace
  • Delphi
  • Galena
  • Rothide
  • Soleil

Nocturne

  • Notturno

Obelisk

  • Fissure

Pearlcatcher

    [none]

Ridgeback

  • Eavn

Sandsurge

    [none]

Skydancer

  • Altostratus
  • Kieran
  • Raizel
  • Axius
  • TtrboneTchotchke
  • Marlowe

Snapper

    [none]

Spiral

  • Fern
  • Midst
  • Exuberant
  • Amaranta
  • Iko
  • Jester
  • MiamiTriggerfish
  • Ghost
  • Koirin
  • Fred
  • Scylla
  • Bokeh

Tundra

    [none]

Undertide

  • Cygnus

Veilspun

  • Mallow
  • Seafoam
  • CabochonLuster

Wildclaw

  • Avi
  • Carnation
  • Comet
  • Hestia
  • Caspian

dragons by lore affiliation

Viral Evolution

The Inn

    [TBA]

[other lore]

    [TBA]

no lore

    [TBA]
other categories:
  • level 25
  • has art