PIECE PROFILES
GEMINUS

Twin dragons are not as rare as you might think. Two fearsome creatures spawned in the same egg, not always identical but invariably troublesome if left together. Most wizards avoid them for they are hard to subjugate, ownership tends only to appeal to the feckless and the wicked.

Gemina
A single embryo that is commanded by nature to divide itself into two independent creatures will give rise to siblings with almost supernatural affinity. As it is with any other being, so it is with dragons. Wizards tend to separate them soon after hatching, for a twin sibling always disrupts the training and sours the temperament of the other. Gemina was a she-dragon once owned by Jemellus, a twin himself of course - that may explain the attraction a little - her dragon twin Geminus was in the possession of the dark sorcerer's twin brother Skelestus. The male dragon Geminus was fiery and proud, Gemina, his sister, normally placid and responsive when apart from her sibling. Together they were quite ungovernable, each seeming to inspire the very worst behaviour in the other. When they were not engaged in raging confrontation, each twin would spur the other on to lavish displays of volcanic violence. Ironically it was the normally tranquil Gemina that committed the gravest excesses when enraged, only calming again when Skelestus finally managed to reassert control over her brother and spirit him away from her.
Geminus
Arrogant and splendid Geminus was one of twins. Twin dragons, it is said, attract those least suited to their keeping, and so it was with Geminus and his twin sister Gemina, for they became the possessions of the dark sorcerers Jemellus and Skelestus: themselves twin brothers.

Apart the dragon siblings were manageable, each according to their own natures. Geminus was fiery and proud; Gemina, placid and amenable. In their twin's company, however, they behaved as all twin dragons will, inciting and encouraging each other, and yet, at the same time treacherous and conniving; cooperating, when it suited them, to wreak chaos about themselves.
Geminus, the male dragon, was, ironically, the weaker twin and always tired first, invariably the easier to ensnare when his anger was spent. However, the cure for his sister Gemina's wrath, was to forcibly remove him from his sisters presence, this was the only way to quieten her. Jemellus and Skelestus shared many characteristics with their dragon charges and despite the difficulty of their keeping, secretly enjoyed the twin dragons tempestuous meetings.

The above text is taken from the certificate that comes with the piece and was written by Andrew Bill

Shown below as the 'Gemini' pair with its twin 'Gemina'

Below are photos of the wax in early stages, the photos were taken at the 2007 Dragonsite show on the 7th of October 2007

Below are photos I took in March 2008 of an unpainted white

And again shown below as the 'Gemini' pair with its twin 'Geminus'

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