Name: Skeyler

Nickname: Skey or Sky

Gender: Female

Physical description: She has average height and weight; fair skin, with freckles spread across her nose; long, thick, brown hair that goes down to the middle of her back; pure, dark blue eyes.

Apparel: A simple light colored tunic and leggings; black, leather boots; black, riding gloves; navy blue, hooded, wool cloak.

Current age: 14

Personality: She is a spirited girl with a decent life, but a difficult past. She doesn't like to share her feelings with anyone, except Axel. She has friends, but non that are close. Although she has family around her, she still longs to have a real friend who she can trust and share with.

Weapons/abilities:

-Arkerym (great sword): A double sided sword. It can also split into two, one sided swords: Asha (spirit) for one blade and Der (soul) for the other. Asha is dark blue, while Der is pure black. The whole sword has a black hilt that does separate into two with the separate blades. Has a blue stone on the hilt (doesn't have it until she goes to Ellesmera)

-Typical magic abilities of a rider. (Low knowledge of it though)

-A recurve bow with arrows (her Grandfather, Roran, gave it to her for her 13th birthday)

Strengths:

-Has a unique sword fighting style.

-Has good aim with a bow.

-Because of an abundance of practicing with her bow she has good upper body strength.

-Knows how to fist fight.

Weaknesses:

-Currently has low knowledge of the Ancient language.

-She can be touchy about her parents and certain aspects of her past.

Relationships:

Axel: Her older brother. They are very close and tell each other everything.

Roran: Her grandfather. She loves him very much, and he understands her. He gives her space, but makes it known that he is there for her.

Katrina: Her grandmother. Since Katrina is the only female guardian, they are very close.

Oliver: Her /really/ good friend. After they met in Ellesmera, they became really good friends. Oliver wasn't like the other elves; he was younger and didn't hide as much from her. Skeyler at first was not planning on liking him at all. But, that quickly changed.

Raevyn: Enemy then friend. Things started out rough between them. Then, they quickly became friends.

Backstory:

Skeyler's parents were musicians for the kingdom. They performed shows all the time and loved music. They taught Skeyler to use and make instruments at a very young age. Skeyler learned to love music. Her grandparents were the king and queen over Palancar Valley, and they all lived in the castle that her grandfather, Roran, built. She had an older brother named Axel who was just a normal annoying brother. Axel shared Skeyler's love for music. Then, when Skeyler was 10 she went into her parent's room and saw her parents lying on the floor with blood everywhere. There was a man with a sword in his hand standing over them. The only features of the man that she could make out were his mesmerizing green eyes, his black hair, and a single scar down his right cheek. The man hit her on the head with his sword hilt and knocked her unconscious. When she woke in her bed, Axel rushed over and checked on her. She could tell he had been crying, but was trying to hide it for her sake. The funeral was all a blur. Her grandparents took care of Axel and her. After all of this she became closer with Axel. They told each other everything. Soon after her parents death Skeyler started feeling helpless. She was upset that she was so easily knocked out by the man. She insisted upon Roran teaching her to fight for self-defense. She became really good at sword fighting, using a bow, and fist fighting. Her sword fighting style was very unique. Roran had taught her, but she used two swords instead of one and began making up her own moves. Roran's main weapon in the war was a hammer, so she had input some technique from that into her sword fighting. She quickly began to overcome Roran in sparring, and he said that he had only seen a few people fight so skillfully. He told her that she reminded him very much of his cousin. He never explained who his cousin was or why he was like her, but she could tell Roran thought highly of his cousin. Skeyler had friends but they weren't very close so she felt like a loner most of the time. She confided in her family and her music. She still loved music and would play all the time, but never in public, always in the privacy of her bedroom. She lived a pretty normal life until her 14th birthday. It started out a good day. She had a part with friends and family like always. Roran gave her a brand-new recurve bow, since she had recently broken her old one. But then a visitor came into town. The woman arrived riding on a green dragon. Skeyler knew that dragons existed and that there were a few riders out there, but she had never actually seen one. The woman had a private meeting with Roran, but Skeyler listened in on the conversation. The woman's name was Arya and she had a dragon egg with her. She said that she was here to see if the egg would hatch for anyone. Arya had taken the eggs around town to have people touch the egg to see what would happen. The egg did not hatch for anyone. Arya had stayed the night in the castle with the egg stashed in her room. When Arya seemed to be asleep, Skeyler snuck into the room to examine the egg. It fascinated her, the deep blue and pure black hues. Suddenly Arya was behind her with her sword pointed straight at Skeyler's back.

"What do you think you are doing?" She said. Skeyler stumbled and out of instinct held onto the egg. Skeyler pulled back her hand quickly because her hand was burning. She looked at it and a shimmering blue spot appeared on her palm. It covered almost her whole palm. Arya looked stunned for a second, then smiled and put down her sword. The egg started to crack.

"It has chosen!" Arya exclaimed. The egg continued to crack until a blue scaly head popped out and broke through the rest of the egg shells. It was a beautiful blue dragon with black marks on it. Skeyler inched closer to the baby dragon and stroked him on the back as he hummed.

"Well, well. Go ahead and name him. He is yours. I will go get your grandfather." Arya then left the room leaving Skeyler alone with the baby dragon.

"Abalone." Skeyler said, still stunned. She picked up the dragon and stroked his snout. Soon Roran came rushing in with Arya right behind. He looked at the dragon in Skeyler's arms, then at Skeyler.

"What have you named him?" Roran asked his face filled with despair.

"Abalone." She replied. Roran looked at Arya and seemed to have a silent conversation with her. "When do you leave?"

"First thing in the morning." Arya replied.

Roran nodded then went over to Skeyler. "You should try to get some sleep; you will have a long journey tomorrow."

"But, what's going on?" asked Skeyler.

"The dragon has chosen you. You will become a dragon rider. We must go to Ellesmera, the land of the elves. There you will get some training, and then be led off in search for another teacher. Your grandfather's cousin." Explained Arya.

The next morning Skeyler packed a bag, and said her goodbyes. They set off on their journey riding on Firnen, Arya's dragon. On the journey, Arya explained a little about who she is, and what Skeyler would go through in her training in Ellesmera. She also explained what had happened when her dragon hatched. When they got to Ellesmera, Skeyler learned about simple magic and the ancient language. She learned about what she would face in her journey to come. She also learned a little more about her future teacher, Eragon. During this time Abalone grew large enough to carry one person, so Skeyler learned to fly him. Abalone and she became very close, which is inevitable for a dragon and rider. It was coming close to the time when they would have to depart. Arya introduced them to Oliver, a half-elf who was supposed to lead them to their teacher. Since Abalone could only carry one person, they would have to take a boat for the first part of the trip. The night before they departed Arya came to the tree house they were staying in. Arya gave her some tips and a few gifts including, a sword. The sword was extra huge, and Skeyler didn't understand. Arya showed her that the sword split into two swords, but can be used as one also. She explained that she had seen Skeyler practice her sword fighting and figured out her style. She explained that it was made using magic and a material called brightsteel. She said it cannot break and is protected from magic. Skeyler called the sword Arkerym as one but Asha and Der were the names of the separate blades. The other gift was a belt with colored stones all around it. Arya said it was the belt of Beloth the wise, and that Eragon would be pleased to see her with it. The next morning Skeyler, Abalone, and Oliver left for an island where they would find her teacher. On the trip, they came across another rider who had those mesmerizing green eyes of the assassin. Skeyler went crazy and attacked the girl. Eventually Ollie calmed her down and she explained. The girl introduced herself as Raevyn, and told her that her father killed her parents. She also said that his last words before he died were "Tell the girl Skeyler, I'm sorry." Skeyler started sobbing from there. Ollie and Raevyn comforted her.

Hobbies:

-Playing music (she pretty much makes her own instruments out of whatever she can find)

-Sword fighting

-Flying

Dragon

Name: Abalone

Gender: Male

Current Age: About 3 months

Type: Sky

Colors: Dark blue with black accents

Eyes: Stormy gray

Abilities: Can breathe fire, and blow and control wind, has extra good flying skills, occasional/spontaneous magic

Theme Songs:

Nothing Left To Say-Imagine Dragons

The River-Imagine Dragons

Kung Fu Fighting-Carl Douglas

Worn-Tenth Avenue North

A/N: Characters are my specialty. I have written OCs for other people's stories on multiple occasions. If anyone needs a character for a story, I might be able to help. I create fanfiction characters as well as other non-fanfiction characters. I will be posting some more of my OCs in the future. If you ever want me to write a character for you PM me and I will see what I can do for you.