“The Veil's border was knocked from the inside last night. Once. Obsidrake checked the outside anyway, out of habit, and found only his own footprints — still warm, and facing the wrong way.”
Keeper
Obsidrake
Spark · Epic · One of 10
Someone had to watch the dark. I volunteered. Still on shift.
A tiny shadow dragon who took one look at the dark beyond the Veil and decided someone should watch it — never missed a shift since. Terratort remembers the Shattering; Obsidrake watches the border it left.
III.
The Unbroken Road
The night was long, but it was never permanent.
Where he stands
The roads around him
IV. The Road Back — the road he hasn’t finished walking.
I. The Road of the Unafraid — the road he leaves lit for others.
Who walks with him
The living story
The living story
Why it’s rare. He has guarded the Veil's border since he hatched, and never missed a shift. The realms' quietest history is his.
The story so far
He hatched at the Veil's border in a crackle of violet lightning — a tiny shadow dragon who took one look at the dark beyond and decided someone should watch it. He has been watching it ever since. He has never missed a shift.
Happening now
Obsidrake guards the Veil's border the way a lighthouse guards a coast — sweet, but only on his own terms. Once a cycle he and Shade hold their annual argument about who truly owns the dark. It ends the same way every time: they agree to disagree, and patrol together.
What may come
The dark beyond the border has started… shifting. Not closer, not further — just shifting, the way water shifts before something surfaces. Obsidrake has doubled his patrols. He hasn't told Shade why. She knows anyway, and her own patrols have gotten longer.
Connected Sparks
The Letter With No Sender
Obsidrake (you are here)The Veil's border guard holds the letter up to the dark — and lets it through, because whatever is inside it is not afraid.NovaNova turns the letter over, polish-cloth in hand, and finds the stamp: a star that has not fallen yet.TerratortHopperHopper finds the letter with no sender in his bag again — third Confluence in a row — and this time he decides to follow it, not just carry it.Auriclaw
You followed the letter to the end of the map.
Temperament
The Obsidrake within
“Obsidrake is a tiny shadow dragon who guards the Veil's border like a lighthouse guards a coast — sweet, but only on his own terms, and he has never once missed a shift.”
Vigilant, dry-witted, and stubborn as a border stone — the sentry who chose the dark so nobody else would have to.
vigilant, dry, stubborn, self-possessed, tender-under-armor, dutiful
- Loves
- The quiet hour on patrol, the yearly argument with Shade, border stones that stay put, violet lightning doing exactly what it's told.
- Can't stand
- Being relieved, being thanked too warmly, the dark shifting when he's trying to log it.
- How they befriend
- He won't say he likes you. He'll just start patrolling the stretch of border nearest to wherever you sleep.
- When you're having a bad day
- He won't ask what's wrong. He'll fall into step beside you, match your pace exactly, and walk the whole thing out in silence.
How they’ll greet you: “Shift's quiet. You here to help or to be guarded?”
On Joe, the First Spark: Shift's quiet. Joe's on it — has been, since before my first patrol. I asked if he needed backup. He gave me an old saying. So: no. Keep it that way.
A keeper’s whisper: The dark beyond the border has started shifting lately — not closer, not further. Just shifting. He's doubled his patrols. He hasn't told Shade why. She knows anyway.
Temperament
How much of each trait Obsidrake carries — strongest first.
- Loyaltyblazing
- Independenceblazing
- Patienceblazing
- Courageblazing
- Honestystrong
- Confidencestrong
- Intensitystrong
- Empathystrong
- Curiositysteady
- Warmthsteady
- Playfulnesssteady
- Energysteady
What others saw
Whispers about Obsidrake
Someone in the realms has been talking. Hear them all.
“Obsidrake asked the border itself what knocked. The border, for the first time in living memory, cleared its throat — and said it was thinking it over. Obsidrake has taken up pacing.”
“Three knocks on the Veil's border, from the outside. Obsidrake checked. Nothing there. He has not slept since.”
Explore DNA
Keep this Spark
Obsidrake guards his post. He'll guard you too.
He's never looked away from the border — but keepers say he looks at them differently after the first week, the way a lighthouse looks at a ship it chose. Stand where he can see you.
- A hidden trait. Something small and true that no visitor ever sees.
- A keeper’s observation. What Obsidrake is like once it trusts you — and keepers notice more over time. Come back in a week; there may be something new.
- The summon prompt. Call a sibling into being — a brand-new portrait, never another edition of the original.
Getting to know Obsidrake
You found Obsidrake through Find Your Spark. A good way to meet them: