Arzu (& Azia) for Onikisu[ HD] (Patreon)

So, sort of a secret project I was approached about a couple weeks ago by Oni, who as most patrons know, I speak quite highly of, he is my closest friend and I spend as much time as I can with him.

He wanted something akin to a split soul, or two bodies bound by fate. The original ideas tossed around were that of twins or cousins or something else related, but drakes aren't incestuous so we went to the drawing board to find something that worked out. 

Azia and Arzu were born of the same "tribe" (they aren't tribal but for simplicity I refer to tropical drake cities and communes as tribes) and were born of two different families that had stardust patterns in their lineage, but the pattern is extremely rare, a double recessive gene that only pops up in rare circumstances. To have two pups born in the same commune at the same time was a shock to all, and so they were named after the rising sun and setting moon (star of light, star of night)

Being the same age, born on the same day, they grew up together, and were "shipped" together from birth. It's no surprise they bonded at a young age, however when the planet was evacuated their pod crashed on a hostile and deadly planet.

Azia was attacked by nature wildlife and it cost her her ability to speak. She was rescued some years later before she went fully aberrant, by a passing freighter that detected her signal beacon. She desperately wanted them to wait, to rescue her mate too, but the ship couldn't stay in orbit in the planets atmosphere, and the crew of the freighter tried convincing Azia that Arzu was dead, that nothing could survive in such a place.

When Arzu had returned from hunting he'd smelled his own kind, and knew Azia had been taken. He lived on that rock, marooned, for over a decade, doing what he must to survive, while his body and mind warped and changed from the toxic atmosphere.

It wasnt until Azia paid Ezrael, an ex commando of their homeworld, an exorbitant amount of money to find Arzu, that he was rescued. The retrieval process was some level of hell, for Arzu had no humanity left in his body. It took a very long time of rehabilitation before even Azia was safe near him, but when he finally remembered his mate he calmed immediately, and became her devoted guardian once more. Even Ezrael had to seek other means to capture him, as he bested her in physical strength. 

He now cooks and hunts for the ship, and is quite docile with everyone, so long as his "little female" is safe and nearby. Azia acts as his conscience & moral compass. If she was endangered, he would most certainly tear the threat into tiny pieces out of sheer rage.