Creatures Caves | Creatchi

Maika's egg was laid a while ago, and had not been adopted for a long time. She lay inside her egg, learning what she could of the outside world. She learned the Creatchi language, she learned of the workings of the world, she learned of the three species that inhabit the realm, and she learned who she was. In the time she waited there, her parents had already passed, as had her brother. She did not know of her brother, but she did know of her parents. All she knew of them was their colors, and that her mother wished for friends, but this was enough.

Maika was adopted by someone she only knew as Tarilithina, who kept her fed and rested, but did not intervene in her life. She hatched then, and created a home. When she was old enough to walk, she traveled. She knew her parents would either want to be in a desert, being ettins, or near civilization, to have friends, so she walked to the nearest house. Within the house, she found Tazer, a wise blue ettinchi, who restored her from her weary state after her travels, taught her about her ancestry, and asked a promise of her to find his children and teach them what she knew of him. With this new knowledge, she did what she could to uphold the promise, and then went out into the world.

On her travels, she met Finwë, a black ettinchi who had spent his life hiding in the dark. She took his hand and led him out into the lighted world, teaching him about it and and learning who he was. From that moment, they had fallen in love, and they married and had two eggs together.

They had many a good day together, and one night while they were stargazing, a draconian grendelchi broke into Maika's home to steal a book of black magic. Maika, who had no experience with this, called upon Finwë for help, but she was growing elderly, and died before they reached the house. She was gone before she could finish what she had started, but she had a good life nonetheless, and wished only for this:

"I hope that Finwë can be spared from grief for me.
I hope that my children can be adopted and know at least one of their parents, since they cannot know both.
I hope that Tazer's children live well and learn my knowledge of him.
I hope that I may meet my parents in the afterlife."

With this final statement, Maika passed away into the unknown.