Egoe

Advisor to Mistress Erina, Member of the Aurum, Secret Trader

Despite the cold and unyielding air that comes with the way he carries himself, Egoe is one of the most personable dragons in Aurum... but beware of saying too much around him. While Egoe is blind, he can "see" living things by sensing their presence, combined with his keen sense of hearing.

His favorite pastime is stalking hallways and listening to secrets being whispered rooms away, and he savors the chance to threaten exposing those he overhears. He'll offer to keep their secret for a price, but on occasion, he'll turn around and sell these secrets to whomever offers more..

Egoe was left alone in a forest soon after birth. But it was not long until someone found him - Eusimod, a young girl who was quite fascinated by him. The blind child was unaware of how curious he looked - as, having just been born, having extra wings and seeing only darkness was all he had experienced. Eventually, Eusimod’s parents found their missing daughter, who’d gone into the forest alone. They took in the little boy hatchling along with her, and named him Egoe.

The family that adopted him was quite rich and influential. They treated him as their son, although they clearly favored Eusimod over him. They thought him fragile because of his blindness, and when important guests were over he was treated as a trophy and an oddity for his wings.

Eusimod dearly loved her brother, but she also treated him like he was feeble. She tried to lead him around and tell him where to go… Egoe hated this. As he grew older he couldn’t stand this coddling or how his family dismissed him and tried to show him off. He was capable, so why wouldn’t they believe him when he argued? And so, Egoe often escaped his sister at night, slipping away from her careful eyes to traverse the mansion alone. He would hear, with his ears made more sharp by his lack of sight, the many noises of the quiet house. He would overhear conversations. He would collect secrets that he was never supposed to know.

He found it fun. He reveled in the opportunity to confront people on their secrets, and then extort money out of them to keep him from spilling the beans. And then he would turn around and sell the secret to whoever offered more than the original price. And all of this, he did behind his family’s back. He had finally grown into the Ego that his name and fate had laid out for him.

But one day, he shared the wrong secret. It would destroy his and Eusimod’s parent’s fortune, but he didn’t know that at the time - he didn’t have enough info. When he shared the secret, it became public - everyone, including Eusimod, denounced their parents. She removed herself from the family and took Egoe with her to a new home - the Aurum. Egoe didn't agree to this, but she took him with her anyway. This was the final straw for him, although that anger wouldn't come to fruition for a while.

The entire palace could hear it when he finally blew up on his sister, and they could sense something had changed. The next morning, she didn't guide him when they walked around the palace, and Ego exuded a new confidence - one that was icy and chilling and dangerous.