Arveiaturace (/ɑːrveɪˈɑːtʃɜːrʌs/ ar-vay-AH-chur)
Arveiaturace was an ancient White Dragon
“I smell warm flesh and hear the panic of beating hearts. Ready your spells, Meltharond! We have uninvited guests.”
— Arveiaturace, to Meltharond's corpse.
Physical Description
Identifying Characteristics
Even after Meltharond's death, Arveiaturace still carried his skeletal remains and rider's palanquin on her back. In his later years, Meltharond used a complex web of spells to keep his bones intact and in their proper place—these magics continued even after his death, causing his skeleton to sit upright and even move his skull to face whichever direction Arveiaturace was facing.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Meltharond died sometime around the Year of the Striking Hawk, 1326 DR.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Arveiaturace was feared by all sailors along the Sword Coast, save for the foolish few who dismissed her as a legend. Seafarers referred to her as "Iceclaws" due to her habit of swooping down on ships to grab crew members for a quick snack.
Mental Trauma
Meltharond's death was keenly felt by Arveiaturace, and she was gripped by a deep and abiding loneliness. She interacted with mortals primarily to find a new, trustworthy companion, but could never find someone who inhabited all of Meltharond's good qualities.
Intellectual Characteristics
She was more intelligent and patient than most other white dragons, and vastly more sensitive. Yet she still retained her kind's lust for revenge and instinct for savagery, and was not gentle or kind by any means. In combat, she would lose all sense of self-control, ripping and tearing until everything and everyone around her was destroyed.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Although their relationship began with hatred, Arveiaturace eventually came to love her rider, Meltharond. He treated her as an equal, and the two chatted with each other constantly. When Meltharond died after many centuries of companionship, she fell into a deep melancholy.
Her loneliness occasionally compelled Arveiaturace to answer the White Dragon Arauthator's calls to mate—on these occasions, she left the remains of Meltharond at home.
Arveiaturace had friendly relationships based on mutual respect with the archwizard Laeral Silverhand of Waterdeep and the shipwright Old Aldon of Mintarn. She was feared in Candlekeep following an incident in which, having learned from one of her captives of a sage's disparaging account of Meltharond, she flew directly to the fortress library, ripped the roof off the main building, and snatched up the terrified writer to correct his views on the dead wizard. Less than a month after that, Laeral personally visited Arveiaturace at Ice Peak to hand her a copy of the more laudatory tome The High History of the Mighty Mage Meltharond. Laeral stayed with Iceclaws for more than a tenday hence, discussing matters of an unknown nature. What is known is that following Laeral's visit, Arveiaturace seemed to steer clear of vessels sailing in the vicinity of Waterdeep.
Family Ties
Once her children grew large and bold enough to challenge her domain over the Ice Peak, Arveiaturace drove them from her lair to fend for themselves.
Alignment
Chaotic Evil
Species
Age
Ancient
Children
Current Residence
Ice Peak
Sex
Female
Other Affiliations
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