Null

''The majority of this page was inspired by Esteria's and Eva's own OC pages. There will be minor spoilers for A New Hope and A Fading Star Will Rise Again below.''

Overview
Null is a teenage Night Fury appearing in the fanfiction A New Hope, with minor showings in A Fading Star Will Rise Again. He is described as an awkward dragon and often blends in with the shadows, preferring to stay silent and keep without an opinion. Null became Tonic's apprentice at a young age after he lost his eye do to his inability to fly. The following sections will include spoilers for A New Hope, but only for the parts released to the public. If you regularly check the page, there won't be any troubles regarding spoiled information if you read ahead on this document.

Background
Null's father, Stonewelder, never meant to become a dad, and after his mom revealed she was pregnant he left. His mom, filled with bitterness, would often take that anger out on her children, but only in verbal abuse. Silhouette adopted the 'break or be broken' philosophy and had nothing to do with Null, leaving him in the dust as a kid. A flight accident, due to his abnormally small tail fins, led to the loss of his left eye and hospitalization. Tonic helped the kid out when he realized the Fury's family didn't care, and eventually adopted him as a full-time apprentice.

Personality
He is described many ways, mostly with confusion. The dragon is respectful to his elders and very passive, hating confrontation with a passion. Null has a lot of self doubt but is very knowledgable when it comes to medicines.

Strengths and Abilities

 * Fire Power: Null is able to shoot a blue blast from his mouth and it's his main form of defense.
 * Cloaking: Null can cloak himself by running, leaping, or diving through his plasma blasts. He actually built up a fairly high tolerance for heat, and, while still able to get worn out, is not tired after a round of cloaking.
 * Lightning Shot: While it is rare that Null can get high enough to use his lightning abilities, they are quite powerful.
 * Intelligence: As most Night Furies, Null is very intelligent. He is capable of storing a lot of information and has a high-functioning memory. He memorized most of the medical advice Tonic taught him and is highly reliable in that guard.
 * Markings: It's controversial whether it should be called an ability or not, but it should be noted that Null's spines glow blue when he is attacking.
 * Open-minded: In direct contrast to Serenity's close-minded behavior, Null keeps an open mind to issues and generally has good advice. However, this advice tends to go unsaid as Null is afraid to hurt anyone's feelings.
 * Collected: In the middle of a crisis, Null is the one who keeps his head in check. It's the only time where he really feels certain on things, and he isn't afraid to act.

Fears and Weaknesses

 * Social Anxiety: Null is terrible in social situations, keeping to himself and loosing track of the conversation. A tick of his is that he always refers to dragons with a title, such as miss or mister, even if they feel uncomfortable with it. He mumbles a lot and can even work himself up so much that he ends up getting sick before attending social gatherings or just talking to a patient.
 * Phobophobia: or, the fear of surprises. Now, it's just certain surprises, like things jumping out at him or someone stalking him. This stems from the fact that he only has half his vision and it's easy for dragons to sneak attack him.
 * Family: These are the only people that can work Null up enough to get him to fight. Null stays away from his family, and they return to gesture, but when they do confront each other it isn't pretty. Null gets hotheaded around them and hides the fact that their words hurt him, and will often engage in scuffles with his sister, Silhouette. Silhouette and her father get along just fine, but that's because they are both jerks.
 * Flight: Null can't fly. He physically is incapable of flight, due to a birthing defect. His end tail fins are unusually tiny, making his aerodynamics get thrown off and causing a whole bunch of trouble. When the dragon does try to fly, he ends up floundering in the air and crashing into the ground.
 * Sight: He's got 50% of his sight left, since his left eye is irreparable. He wears a seaweed covering over his ruined eye to help the patients not freak out and stop himself from being so self-conscious.
 * Heat/sunlight: Null, like all new Night Furies, is weak to the sunlight and extreme heat. He, however, has built up a tolerance to heat and can endure it for longer than most dragons. I hope this doesn't make him a Gary-sue, I tried combatting that fact with his inability to fly and general skittishness.

Serenity
To be continued!!!