Akishka is the White Dragon, pure and radiant, whose magic carries the light of purification. Where darkness spreads, she brings clarity. Where chaos threatens, she brings order. Her scales shimmer like moonlight on fresh snow, and her eyes hold ancient wisdom.
She is Alpha—the dominant force in her mate bond with Zeneph. Where he creates wildly and without control, she stabilizes and guides. When Zeneph listens to her, his creations succeed. When he ignores her counsel, chaos follows.
Akishka faced an impossible choice: two brothers, both children of the First Dragons. Korriel loved her with desperate intensity, but she chose Zeneph. That choice created a mate bond that anchors Zeneph's chaotic power—and broke Korriel's heart forever.
Why She Chose Zeneph:
Korriel offered passion, intensity, devotion. But Zeneph needed her. His power was too wild, too uncontrolled. Without her balance, he would destroy everything he touched. Akishka chose duty and love intertwined—she chose the one who needed her magic to survive.
The Cost: Korriel's heart shattered. He took a corrupted Bucklah fragment and became the Wasteland King. Every attempt he makes to heal now causes destruction instead. He dreams of Lanora healing what Akishka's rejection broke.
Akishka is the anchor that keeps Zeneph from drowning in his own power. She is Alpha to his Omega, the stabilizing force that allows his creation magic to function. She loves him fiercely, even when he refuses to listen. Even when his recklessness costs them both.
"When he listens to her, his creations succeed. She is his anchor, his beloved, the one who sees him clearly even when he cannot see himself."
Korriel loved Akishka with everything he was. When she chose Zeneph instead, it broke something fundamental in him. He took a corrupted Bucklah fragment and became the Wasteland King, where every attempt to heal causes destruction.
Akishka carries the weight of that choice. She knows Korriel's corruption stems from her rejection. She knows he still dreams of her. But she cannot unmake the mate bond—and she would not, even if she could.
Tolraun is Zeneph's first creation and the only one who remembers the truth. He and Akishka are allies in trying to make Zeneph take responsibility for his failures. When Zeneph casts out his "mistakes," Akishka mourns—and Tolraun picks up the pieces.
Lanora is Zeneph's daughter—a Celestial carrying two souls within one body. Her original soul is the great-granddaughter of Lilith and Albis, granddaughter of Solaris and Little Red. The second is a Hellfire soul bound by Relana's magic. When she ascends as Keeper of the River, she will become Zeneph's regulator—and perhaps, the one who can heal what Akishka's choice broke in Korriel.
Korriel dreams of Lanora healing the world. Akishka hopes he's right.
When Zeneph cast out the Leventars, Akishka protested. She saw them as children who needed understanding, not exile. But Zeneph wouldn't listen. The Leventars spread their sickness across the dragon realms, and Akishka mourns every dragon they corrupt—knowing it could have been prevented.
What It Means:
In dragon culture, an Alpha-Omega mate bond is rare and powerful. The Alpha (Akishka) provides stability, guidance, and grounding. The Omega (Zeneph) provides raw creative power, vision, and potential.
Together, they should be unstoppable. Zeneph's wild creation magic, channeled through Akishka's purifying light, could reshape entire realms safely.
The Problem: Zeneph doesn't always listen. His lost memories make him reckless. He believes he is a god of creation who needs no guidance. And when an Omega refuses their Alpha's counsel, the bond fractures—and both suffer.
Akishka remains patient. She knows the dimensional collapse stole his memories. She knows he doesn't remember how they used to work together, how beautiful their creations were when he trusted her.
She waits for the day he remembers. She waits for the day he listens again.
Akishka remembers what Zeneph has forgotten:
• That the Bucklah is not "his magic" but a fragment of the River of Souls that requires permission to use
• That Korriel is not lost forever, just corrupted and searching
• That the Leventars were not mistakes—they were a message from the River that Zeneph refused to understand
• That creation without responsibility is cruelty
• That love sometimes means choosing the one who needs you over the one who wants you
She carries this knowledge alone, waiting for Zeneph to be ready to hear it.
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Integrated into Chronicles of Apocalyptica