There were many things Adele didn't know, and so she longed to seek them out. Her mind was a blank page; she was the one holding the pen. So the red and blue mare did something she felt was terrible, but necessary to her wellbeing.
She left the caves.
They had been her safe haven, but one can only run around in so many circles before they get bored. And so Adele left the safety of the caves to venture elsewhere, to run in circles somewhere else. There was a whole world outside the caves, so the mare saw no use in confining her knowledge to one system of depths.
After Adele had slipped out of the Sanctuary, she ran for the first time in months underneath a moonlit sky. Her opalescent blue legs covered a great deal of land with each lengthy stride she galloped. Vera could soar throughout the sky once again, watching her bonded from above. It was freeing. They knew it was dangerous to be wandering at night, but it the frosty air was far too refreshing to ignore.
The unlikely pair traveled for who knows how long before Adele's legs gave out, and Vera's wings struggled to keep her afloat. At this point, strips of daylight painted the sky with hues of orange and blue. Adele smiled at the sight, flicking her flaming tail.
'It's been too long since I've seen a sunrise,' Adele remarked, turning to the ivory dragon perched upon her back. The dragon looked at her bonded with tired eyes and merrily chirped in agreement, too fatigued to do much else. Adele understood the reptile's state, as she shared it, but it would be foolish to saunter around in the open as they were. They had to find a safer spot.
Adele continued to walk throughout trees much taller than herself before she came across a truly magnificent sight. It was a large stone structure, the top painted with colors that illuminated everything caught beneath it. It's beauty was difficult to even comprehend.
Surely a safe location for a short nap.
The red and blue mare wandered up to it, plopping down beside a gentle brook. The cold chilled her coat, but it did not stop her from getting comfortable. Vera curled up in a ball on the top of her bonded's stomach, immediately over come by sleep. Though the spell did not so easily come to Adele.
She laid awake as the world around her continued to stir and revive from it's own slumber, her thoughts branching out beyond simple sleep. She thought most about her family and friends. Adele was not exactly a two year old filly - she had to have met with others before, built relationships, shared an evening chat with her parents. But where were they? Were they even looking for her?
There was Aaron. Perhaps he had looked for her at one time, though his search was a failure. Maybe Adele was the one who needed to start searching for them instead.

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ooc; @[Tyradon] just a thread for tyra to recruit Adele and tell her about their being family and all! :)

Amid Adele's thoughts of family, a voice sounded her name. "Adele?" The voice was deep, obviously male. But it didn't sound like Aaron's had. Another stallion who knew her?! What a shock. Adele briefly wondered if she had been a slut before she lost her memory, but dismissed it quickly. She refused to jump to conclusions.
The mare picked her head up to see a dark stallion advancing towards her. A dragon accompanied this equine as well, one of viridescent coloring. His coat was riddled by scars, but he had a similar body to her own, it seemed. Incredibly muscled, though hers was not quite as massive as his. In some way, he seemed familiar.
Vera stirred, waking from her slumber to see the new pair. She was intrigued by the fellow's dragon companion, it made him the fourth equine they had met to have a reptile bonded. But she wasn't complaining at all. The dragon's tiredness shifted to excitement. She rose from her perch upon Adele's two-toned belly to fly and hover near the new pair, ivory eyes particularly interested in the jade colored reptile. She kept her distance, for the dragon was cradling prey. Vera was not about to interfere with that, but chirped a friendly greeting to the fellow dragon anyways.
Adele stood after Vera had removed herself from her stomach. The mare's features were confused to say the least as she studied the new being. He was so familiar. Was he present in a dream she had once? Oh, she didn't know.
The mare moved forward, eyes muddled and concerned. Why couldn't she tell who he was?! It was maddening.
And then it hit her. Visions of an equine who could only be her father flooded her sight. He looked so much like this stallion...
"T - Tyra..Tyradon?" Adele's voice was hesitant, soft. She was shocked to have even found the name nestled in the emptiness within her mind. She revisited the vision of her father, rolling in over within her thoughts till it became increasingly clearer and more visions came. Terrador. Aera. Peixos. Ophelia. Kimber. Aaron. So many names and faces came to her all at once. It wasn't much to go on, but it was something. It was shards of her memory, barely there, but there nonetheless.
Tears filled the mare's eyes, blurring her vision slightly. All this time she had been so lost, and here before her was the missing link to her past. Some of it, at least.
Adele broke into a canter to close the gap between them, rushing to Tyradon with a grin of unbelievable happiness plastered upon her features. She halted a mere couple of steps away from the stallion, looking up at him with grateful orbs. The red and blue mare moved her muzzle in the direction of his cheek, if he so allowed her lips would touch his ebony hide with care.
"Oh, brother, I've been so lost," Adele whimpered, looking up helplessly at the equine before her. She hardly knew him, that was true, but they were family, bound by blood. He was much more than she had ever dreamed of finding.

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ooc; it's cool with me :) @[Tyradon]

A toothy, reptilian grin lit up Vera's ivory features as she watched the jade dragon tuck away her prey into her bonded's ebony crimson to play. The green dragon whirled in circles around her, performing aerial moves in which Vera had never tried, or thought possible for that matter. She had never played with another dragon before. Well, since she lost her memory she hadn't. The dragon encountered Torasin's own brown reptile, but they had been so focused on the task at hand that there was no time to sacrifice to such activities. Nonetheless, Vera trilled in joy and dove after the more colorful reptile, hoping that her nervousness didn't show.
Adele smiled a bit at the sight of Tyradon's wrinkled nose, the crimson liquid running down his skin from the cadaver his dragon had tucked into his mane. It only slightly amused the mare to see how well he put up with such a thing. She wouldn't have been so tolerant. As if Vera could keep anything in her flames anyways.
The red and blue mare noticed Tyradon flinch, his body tense before relaxing and returning her touch. How odd. Then again, they hadn't seen each other in years. Things change. Horses change.
"It's good to see you, sister," he said. Everything about his deep tone of voice was comforting. Her body relaxed, eyes watering, although she refused to cry. This was a moment she had dreamed of, she wasn't about to ruin it with tears, even if they were in joy.
"What happened?" Tyradon asked, brow furrowed. Adele looked away from the stallion, her gaze finding her diamond-like hooves. It was a long story, one that wasn't something she could so easily explain without feeling slightly embarrassed.
"I had no one - no herd, I couldn't find my friends, Aera or any of my siblings. It was just me and Vera. I didn't know Helovia well, I managed to wind up at the Frozen Arch with Vera one day. There was an accident, a lot of ice..." Adele's voice faded, looking fairly ashamed of herself. These were mostly assumptions, she couldn't even remember waking up that morning. "I lost my memory," Adele stated simply with a soft sigh, ivory condensation pouring from her lips, "I'm starting to get it back, though. Little things here and there - faces, names. I can't remember actual events. I met Torasin once, he said something about how I got such an...exotic appearance, but I can't remember it happening."
Adele shook her head slowly, blue, orange-flecked eyes fluttering upwards to look back at her brother inquisitively. He knew her story now, but she was curious as to what had become of him in these years.
"What about you, what've you been up to?" Adele asked with a soft, genuine smile painted upon her lips.

Adele flicked an ear over at the dragons, noticing their play. It was amusing, poor Vera wasn't nearly as skilled at the art of flying as the jaded reptile bonded to Tyradon. Vera trilled and attempted a few spirals, trying to loop around her playmate. The little ivory reptile did her best to mirror the other dragon's moves, some of them were more successful than others. Well, it was a start.
"I will try and fill you in on as much as I can," Tyradon offered. Adele looked up at her brother with all the gratefulness she could portray through a look. She had lost everything, and now, here was the closest thing to a savior that she knew; her very own brother.
"Thank you," Adele smiled, feeling oddly blissful. As if she was at peace. It made sense that she would be, she had just found every answer to the questions she had about herself. What a strange concept. Adele probably knew more about the anatomy of lizards than she knew about herself.
A soft chuckle fell from Tyradon's lips as he started to begin his story. It had been years since they had last encountered each other, so much must have happened. "I left Anarore and took my own herd out in the wilderness - I spent my years destroying unicorn and pegasus scum, cleansing the world of their filth. But it caught up with me, and a unicorn with powerful magic took my own powers from me, and reverted Cynder to a hatchling. We wandered for a few months, getting our collective strength back, then came here."
What had happened to the pair more recently was sad, but the rest of his history was pretty impressive, nothing she wouldn't expect from her own fl - wait. '..unicorn and pegasus scum..' They were scum to her. She had met very few of them, that was true, but the ones she had encountered weren't all that bad. They were strange, with odd customs, but they weren't a waste of space or anything. They deserved a right to live, too, didn't they? Obviously Tyradon didn't think so. Adele trusted his judgment, taking the words to heart while blending them with her own views.
They were not scum and she would not kill one without reason, but they were to be avoided at all costs.
"Now, myself and a mare are creating a regime - the next generation of Helovia, ready to seize power and push the false kings from their thrones. You will join us?"
Sounded promising. Even though it sounded like a question, Adele knew it wasn't. But she had no problem with joining Tyradon's Regime, supporting his cause. He was her brother after all.
"Of course," Adele stated without hesitation, excitement gleaming in her eyes. What an adventure she had stumbled upon.

Vera was beginning to get the hang of aerial tricks, they were becoming easier and easier with every loop, twist, spiral and dive she performed. The encouragement of the jade reptile was only heightening the joy she found in the unfamiliar activity. Lost in her tumbles and spins, Vera barely noticed the lack of her partners company until she noticed the bloodied prey from earlier being hurled towards her. The little dragon was sent backwards slightly as she caught it, but recovered her balance immediately. Confusion was evident upon her features until she realized it was some sort of tossing game that the other dragon wanted to engage in. She propelled it back to the larger reptile, looking slightly apprehensive as she didn't know exactly what she was doing.
Adele smiled at Vera's clear lack of knowledge about play. It was almost depressing. Vera knew about two or three other dragons now but rarely visited with them. Perhaps she should setup a play date for her companion! It was a bold idea, where would she even find those dragons? Oh well, she'd have to dwell on it further later. Now her brother was in need of her voice.
"Good. Bear in mind it is a secret society, for now, so keep all information to yourself. If you go to the Threshold to recruit, give as little information as possible - send them to myself or Confutatis for further briefing."
Secret. How exciting. Adele nodded, beginning to become curious about why they were a secret at all. What was so imperative to their existence that it must be hidden?
She didn't question it. She wouldn't question Tyradon. He didn't seem like the type of horse you question so easily.
"Tell me, sister, what are your talents? Can you fight, spy?"
Adele almost laughed at his words, but they sounded serious and were filled with genuine interest so the mare saw it best not to. Fighting was something she was capable of, but spying? Did she really look like a spy?
"I cannot spy, I'm afraid," Adele mused, a lopsided grin painting her lips, "my appearance does not allow such engagements, I am better versed in combat. And crafting, I am gifted in that area as well."
Adele was proud of herself. How many could say they were skilled in multiple ranks? Most were only suited for one role only. She was built for two. Her story was just beginning as well, she could always develop further. Her mind was a canvas to be painted upon by life. By Tyradon. She just had to pray he would be her Picasso.

Vera hovered in awe, watching as her emerald playmate spiraled with the carcass, now their toy. She caught the mutilated cadaver with ease, tossing it upwards just to catch it once more before sending it back to Cynder. She let the larger reptile control their antics, mirrored whatever she did. Vera was still unused to the idea of play.
Meanwhile, Adele was pondering her brother's words. Hiding in plain sight. She had a sorrowful sorry with the loss of her memory and lack of family members. The mare was innocent, rarely saying a mean thing about anyone. There were no reasons not to trust her. Except for her appearance. But not many were shallow enough to judge her solely on looks, for the mare was consistently friendly.
Adele nodded her head, considering the life of a spy. "I might have to try that sometime," She spoke mischievously, a lopsided grin making it's way onto her lips.
Then Tyradon inquired about her views on the other species; the mare was slightly relieved the other leader of the Regime, Confutatis, was a bit more accepting. Her brother's obvious distaste in the unicorns and pegasus heavily influenced her next words, for she wanted to be someone her brother could be proud of and not just because they shared blood. But because they shared a similar sense of honor.
"I really prefer equines. The other species don't particularly bother me," Adele began, losing her grin and moving into a more serious tone, "when they stay out of my way, that is. I can't say I trust them, but I wouldn't harm one without knowing they've committed a crime other than simply being born."
She had described her views to the best of her ability. Adele expected that it wasn't quite what Tyradon wished to hear, but regardless of their shared blood, they were different beings. She was, unfortunately for many, entitled to her own beliefs.