Elke Cios

A black dragon separated from her brother during the second Purge and raised by dragonslayers because she was just so darn cute.

Physical Description
Bordering on the short side, with short black hair and brown eyes.

Early Life
Elke was born in a typical dragon community and lived happily with her parents and older brother until the second Purge took the rest of her family from her. Dragonslayers found her, but (apparently) thought she was so cute they decided to keep her and raise her rather than kill her, resulting in the world's first draconic dragonslayer. Elke hid her not-aging status from the majority of the Enclave by faking her own death every decade or so.

Elke is responsible for mentoring Erielle. She didn't think to let her protégé in on her draconic heritage, and effectively abandoned the girl by faking her own death.

Life in Ryuheim
Two years after her most recent false death, Elke arrived in Ryuheim just in time to save Erielle from Misal's plot to "remove the dragonslayer threat." Not long after, Elke met the Guardian Kairon and fell head over tail for him, resulting in a minor scandal until everything got sorted out.

Elke continues to train the occasional dragon to be a dragonslayer, starting with her nephew Arran and continuing with her son Raike.

Skills and Abilities
Dragonslayer combat skills: Elke's combat skillset is specifically geared toward fighting rampaging dragons, many larger than herself, as part of a one- or two-person team, and she can adapt this fighting skill to situations against humans as needed.

Magic immunity: As a dragonslayer, Elke is in possession of a pendant made out of a dragon talon (blue in her case) that, due to certain rituals worked on it, protects her against draconic gifts. Elke's pendant is exceptionally old due to her draconic lifespan, and as such has developed an unforeseen side-effect of almost-sentience, able to act in limited capacity outside its normal sphere of influence (occasionally sabotaging abilities not actively being used against its wearer if the pendant's magic determines that outside ability to be a threat somehow).

Personality
Sassy and stubborn, and rather fond of flings (prior to meeting Kairon). Very opinionated, but fiercely loyal to those she cares about.

Kairon Ieydon
Elke's mate.

Tey Cios
Elke's brother, the last living member of her family.

Erielle Stormhaven
Elke's protégé in the Dragonslayer Enclave, and honorary younger sister (though physically Erielle is about a year older than Elke due to human aging).