Shra

Shra, the Black Shard of Ardothun is the divine progenitor of the Black Dragonflight. Beyond her divinity, her most notable quality is that of being the sole (cisgender) female black dragon that has ever existed. She is associated with secrecy, sacrifice, and resourcefulness.

Abilities

Shra has the full array of the abilities common to first generation black dragons (due to the unique circumstances of black dragon genetics, black dragons of the second generation onwards inherit the eye color and breath weapon of their mother) - most notably a breath weapon of pure Darkness that is very rare. In addition, she has the ability common to the Shards of Ardothun to transform a limited number of lesser beings into black dragons. Due to the curse, this ability works presently only on males.

History

One of Shra's first major acts was her taking temporary leadership of the Shards to direct them towards attempting to usurp Ardothun's domain from the remaining Primordials. This resulted in their summary defeat, and as a punishment, a curse was placed on Shra by Iris, that entailed her inability to ever produce a female descendant as long as the curse remained in effect. The only parties to the exact terms and conditions to this curse are Iris and Shra herself. As a result, she is highly motivated on the pursuit of alternate means to lift the curse, much of which is perpetuated by Azazel, the Flightsmoot Speaker of the Black Dragonflight, and his Coalition subordinates.