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DRAGON
Amaranthial is a dragon. She's going to live for thousands of years. She has scales that can deflect swords and bullets. She's effectively immune to most illnesses, breathes fire, flies and is inherently magical. She has prehensile foreclaws and tail. She heals quickly by human standards and her stamina would allow her to fly nonstop for a day or hold her breath for hours at a time. Noxious fumes such as sulphur dioxide are likewise no danger to her. Her draconic senses are well beyond the human norm. She can see in utter darkness and hear a mouse fart at a thousand paces but her keenest sense is that of smell. Of unique interest, she can smell and taste the difference between metals; easily identifying worthless pyrite when it is gold she hungers for. She's also hunted by wizards as a magical reagent and some crusaders who seem to think all dragons are evil. Then there are the treasure seekers. It's not easy being gold.
FIREBREATHING
Amaranthial can breathe fire as most dragons do. As a young dragon, her fires are not as hot as they might otherwise be but if she sustained a breath she could melt steel. People she can render into ash just fine. She's not restricted from breathing fire while shapeshifted but it does draw a lot of attention.
FLIGHT
Unlike illusion, Amranthial prefers true shapeshifting spells. This means that while in her draconic form, she can fly several hundred miles per hour. When shapeshifted as a normal human.. well.. she walks. When heroing under the guise of Corusca, she produces scintilating faerie wings upon her humanoid form. After all, no one would expect a faerie of being a dragon. Naturally, as with all winged flight, they can be fouled and falling really sucks.
FORMS
Amarantharial generally maintains two forms. The first is that of Miranda Madsen. The second is that of Corusca, the heroine. These are largely cosmetic alterations but each form does limit her draconic abilities in some way.
Miranda Madsen is a normal human in appearance. This does not limit her draconic strength or endurance in any way but she is without wings and her eyes are altered to a human norm so her ability to see in the dark is removed. Her sense of smell and hearing is likewise diminished albeit still above human norm. Without scales, she isn't bulletproof but she is still tough as nails. She cannot breathe fire in this form. Her ability to use magic in human form is diminished to what most mages would call apprentice level effects.
Corusca is a form of Amarantharial's own mind and is based vaguely upon what she knows of Fae creatures. Elfin features and glittering metallic skin allow her to retain her draconic senses and protections. Likewise, she produces transluscent faerie wings which allow her to fly. She cannot breathe fire in this form although it is easier to maintain, being closer to her draconic self, so her ability to use magic is not nearly so drained as if she were focusing upon being more mundane.
MAGIC
Draconic blood is inherently magical. While not trained mystically, she can cast instinctively. Her spells rarely last beyond concentration so it's more a matter of where she's channeling her will at the moment. She can use it to shapeshift or even to open portals across the planet but grand magics such as summoning a maelstrom or portals to another dimension are beyond her power. When she's focused on being shapeshifted, her spells are generally limited to minor effects such as locking a door, moving a small object telekinetically, or similar 'cantrip' level effects.
RESILIENCE
The scales of a dragon are preternaturally strong. She can bounce bullets and swords without injury. She herself is fireproof but then so are her scales. Getting hit by a bus is more of an annoyance than any point of injury. Naturally, her biggest concerns are wizards and magical swords. This is not to say she's immune to injury; just from mundane sources. Being pummelled by The Hulk would surely leave a mark and not be something she'd be keen on waiting around to find out if he can break a dragon.
STRENGTH
Amaranthial is far stronger than your average human or even superhero. She can lift a tank (approx 75 tons) without a problem and fold steel with her bare hands. Her claws and fangs are sharp like diamonds so combining her strength with these means she can peel her way into a bank vault with ease or bite a car in half.. albeit a small one since her mouth is not the gaping maw of full adulthood.