Artius

Artius is an ancient-class dragon, that has lived for over 4000 years. He claims Mortorio Mountain as home.

Appearance
Artius as a dragon can switch between genders or races using polymorph.

As a male he seems to be an attractive young man with a distinct lack of facial hair, a lean but well-defined musculature, and long red hair that he lets flow.

As a female, she seems to be an attractive young lady with long golden hair.

Artius in his dragon form had four thick, powerful legs and claws with beautiful golden scales covering its body, similar to those of a reptile, with a serpentine tail. Arteas's wings are membranous, like those of a bat. Arteas's head is large and wedge-shaped like that of most reptile and he also has horns.

Personality
Artius has a strong will and dominant personality befitting his position as an Ancient-Class dragon. However, to those, he cares for he can also be seen as a jovial and happy going individual.

History
A Wyrm dragon who has lived for over 4000 years, he owns the Mortorio Mountain that is located within the Krataus Empire.

A thousand years ago, Artius spent time as the wife of Jamuren, though he did end up leaving after spending about a decade with him.

Artius discovered Dark when he was wandering near the Mortorio Mountain, he hid Dark using the magic spell Camouflage from Master-Class warrior Duke Rubinski. After Dark left Artius realised he would be caught but didn't intervene as he knew Dark was under the protection of Naiad.

Afterwards when Dark attempted to reach Master-Class and went under Qi deviation, Artius sensed a demonic presence and saved Dark. He raised Dark, due to him losing he memories for a period of time and came to see him as a "daughter" as Artius did not know of Dark's curse. Afterwards he recognised Dark as a son and Dark recognised Artius as a father.

Abilities
Artius is a being that cannot be reached by mere humans, is a great being that can cover the skies with his wings, they can summon powerful winds to shred their foes. Artius possesses immense power, being able to easily defeat Master-Class and Grand Master-Class warriors and even easily defeat these level of warriors in titans. Despite their enormous physical prowess they possesses great wisdom and magical prowess surpassing even the greatest of human mages.

Innate Power

 * The ability to wield the power of the wind.

Spells

 * Artius has the ability to use spells like the highest class of mages. This means he doesn't need to chant.


 * Spells Known:
 * Light
 * Camouflage
 * Mana Seal
 * Fire Charge
 * Fireball
 * Wind Blade
 * Hell Fire

Trivia

 * Spirit King Naiad stated that the humans Artius killed is at least in the three digits.
 * As stated by Duke Rubinski, the Gold Dragon's strength feels as if he well beyond any Master-Class, at least Wyrm-Class, or perhaps Ancient-Class.
 * Artius is of Wyrm-Class in regards to his age, however, his power is an anomaly among dragons as it reaches Ancient-Class, even though he is younger than Ancient dragons.
 * Dark has claimed that the Gold Dragon Artius has perfectly organized Qi/Mana and can be said to have reached the mythological power of True Enlightenment of Life and Death.
 * Gold Dragon Artius gave form to Dark's energy center which enabled it to become a Dragon Heart.
 * Artius met Emperor Frank Von Gragiett, before he was an emperor and only a child.