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I suppose you want me to talk about myself now, right? Well, you asked for it.

Born in 1984, Gareth is around six feet tall, with curly, shoulder length brown hair which he wears in a ponytail, and cloudy blue/white eyes which are pitifully short-sighted, meaning he has to wear glasses. Gareth has a preference for darker clothes, blacks, greens and blues, and is never seen without his small pewter eastern dragon pendant. The only other accessory he wears is a black studded collar. He is shy and polite around new people, but once he gets to know them, he can be a lot of fun to be around.

Jacel is a hermaphroditic bronze western dragon, thirty feet from nose to tailtip, and standing at fourteen feet at the shoulder. Hir wings span a little over forty feet at full stretch, the sails a little lighter in colour than the rich bronze of hir scales, and fold back against hir sides when not in use. Hir tail is long and sinuous, taking up a good third of hir entire body length. Sie has three pairs of horns, and no ears, since all hir hearing is done through sensitive membranes between the horns. Jacel is the antithesis of Gareth in many ways, not least of which hir tendancy to be hyperactive and very friendly. Although this can be a little scary at first, it's not a constant thing, and is easy to get used to.

Jack of many trades, master of none. Amatuer artist, musician, writer, graphic designer. Powered by an overriding belief that in the end, somehow, it'll all work out.

Although Jacel and Gareth are both facets of the same personality, they are very different people. The dragon is a much stronger part of me, no matter what form I currently inhabit. This is best explained (in my opinion) by Baxil's Draconity FAQ. This document has helped myself, and many others, explore within themselves and find the answers they were seeking. In the end, the only one who can define who you are is yourself, but even the strongest need help and support.

I am a dragon. I don't ask you to accept that as the objective truth, I don't ask you to believe me...all I ask is that you accept that to me, this is the truth, and to keep an open mind.

I have no fixed beliefs as far as religion goes. I do believe that a god or gods exist in some form, even if that is only as personifications of natural forces. Nature is, after all, something to be respected. What I don't agree with is forcing beliefs upon others. The bottom line is, believe what you like, and let me do the same.

The concept of karma interests me. It's fascinating to think that every action you take has a positive or negative reaction on the rest of your life. Beyond that, it's also a comforting thought that someday, in the end, everything will work out alright. Whether that's true or not remains to be seen, but I look forward to finding out if it's the truth.

About the afterlife, and life beyond death, I am a believer in reincarnation. Heaven and hell, to me, don't exist in the sense that they do in most religions. We are born, imbued with a soul, a spirit, that comes from somewhere. This soul is then enriched through it's mortal life, gaining experience and strength, before finally returning to wherever it came from at the point of death, ready for the cycle to begin anew. I don't believe this is a subject that should be explored too far, however...without mysteries, puzzles, life would lose it's challenge.

And if you read through all of that, you deserve a cookie. ^.^