The original world was a solar system known as the Crystal Sphere, which had 6 earth-like planets. This universe was highly magical, with multiple civilizations on each of the planets. Tik-Tik and Ilyana originated on the world of Astroath, a jungle planet filled with lizardmen, wild magics and more importantly: dragons. This is where Ilyana spent most of her life- the first few hundred years awake and mothering many, many dragons and then the rest either sleeping, meddling in the kingdoms of the other planets or just participating on the great wars between the Astroath Dragons and the Solar dragons that lived in orbit of the star.

For the last two hundred years she has taken up an interest in exploring out into the wider multiverse and planar dimensions. Her method of travel almost always requires her to go with the flow of interuniversal 'currents' - giving her only a limited control of where she ends up. Still, she has has visited a few nexus hubs and a fair few locations so is generally experienced with that style of life.

The lizardmen of Astraoth have whispers and legends of the great Solar dragons that call Astraoth their home. Indeed many tribes that would seek authority would claim to have direct blood relations - however skeptical one may be of such a thing - to those ancient monsters. The legends tell about these beings and how they are virtually immune to fire - how they would coast up to the edge of the sun to bathe in it's glory - and in turn wield it's power to subjugate all those under their gaze in their territories.

The lifespan of these creatures are a mystery, but some theories are speculated. Some say that though they may hatch on Astraoth, Solar Dragons as they age will migrate closer and closer to the sun, often settling on the scorched planet of Gem before disappearing through the veils of reality as they grow even more powerful. Nobody knows where they go or where the great, ancient wyrms may reign with iron claw. Their eggs though, somehow make their way back to Astraoth where they hatch, grow and start the cycle again. The truth remains a mystery of course as the whims of such creatures can be hard to predict.

One particular individual stands out in the history of Solar Wyrms though - an ancient dragoness named Ilyana, Mother of Wyrms. From birth, Ilyana had several unusual mutations that set her apart from her peers. She could grow more powerful from eating other beings, often absorbing mana directly from their blood to supplement what she got from the sun. As she matured into an adult, she also proved to be hyper-fecund, birthing clutches of 5-6 Wyrms every century where her peers would only birth 2-3 every two or three. Her mothering instinct was powerful as well, as she adopted many orphaned dragons and even lizardmen tribes into her clutches.

Today, a not-insignificant percentage of Dragons and Wyrms on Astroath can either directly trace their lineage to her or at least their upbringing, earning her the title of 'Mother of Dragons' and 'Dragon-Mother'. Towards the middle of her life, she slowed down as her gaze rose to the stars, focusing in on the inner planets with a curious eye. She had spent much of her young life giving to her children - and now her thoughts went to taking for herself.

For the next thousand years she would alternate between laying in dormant sleep under the mountains of Astroath, meddling in the affairs of the kingdom of men and otherwise exploring the solar system in depth. Soon though she reached a point where there was nothing left to explore of interest within her solar system - so her eyes turned outwards. Relentless curiosity and a drive for new experiences has only driven her further in her old age. She took off from the plane where she was born with a retinue of kobolds, leaving behind the legacy of her many children and hoards as she leapt into the spaces between spaces and chose to explore the multiple dimensions out there.

For two centuries, all was good as she hopped from universe to universe, following the currents of intertime and interspace to where they would elad her. All the way till she ended up in a universe that had a predator lurking - the Combine. It was here that she stumbled into a nest that has overwhelmed her. For the last six years she has been fleeing across the multiverse, diving deeper and deeper into the well of magic to escape the relentless hunting of the combine. Now though there is a chance of escape - to another nexus where they may never be able to reach: infinitas.

A bag of holding - except it is essentially a mini-wardrobe that she can flip through to find different dresses and clothes for her current humanoid body. Takes the shape of a small carry-on luggage bag with two compartments. One is for dirty laundry - any clothes put inside are automatically cleaned, dried and neatly folded ready for use in 3 hours and 55 minutes at which point it is transferred to the second compartment where Ilyana can sort through and retrieve it. It is connected to Ilyana's mind that lets her sort through and retrieve the clothes of her choice.

A small gold plated compass where the little arrow is in the shape of a kobold. The compass will always point towards Tik-Tik and lets her communicate with him telepathically as long as he is within 1km of her. If Tik-Tik is on a different plane or dimension, it simply spins slowly clockwise.

After loosing three fortunes on pump and dump techcoin schemes, spamware and other boomer-esque tech mishaps the Kobolds collectively banished her from using any technology other than of an old Nokia 3310 phone that they had commissioned in Station Z-4, a multiversal Nexus she was in a few centuries ago. The Nokia 3310 - Dragon Mistress Edition is basically an indestructible device that has basic features of a few simple games (she really loves playing Snake and Tetris) but is capable of making calls or send text messages into her pocket dimension when in her humanoid form. It is incapable of connecting to any other cell phone tower or radio tower. Notably she can summon it back to herself ala Thor's hammer.

She has a retinue of 100 kobolds that live in her pocket space. They are her personal retinue that focus on keeping her body running at peak efficiency. They are trained in operating within a pure biological environment with various specializations. Note - for RP purposes, it's purely for background flavor or if or when any one decides to explore the pocket dimension with Tik-Tik.