Beetle (BeetleWing)

Beetle is a female BeetleWing and L1quid's OC.
==Description==
Beetle has black scales, gold accents, and amber eyes. Her wing membranes are transparent.
==Personality==
Beetle is loyal to her fellow resurrected BeetleWings.
==Abilities==
Beetle has normal BeetleWing abilities. She can shoot acid from her fangs, and shoot/fire "flamesilk" (silk with fire-like properties) from her wrists.
==History==
===Pre-Series===
Beetle was created by Wasp as a way to resurrect and to study the BeetleWings in real time, as opposed to traditional methods of studying extinct species by using fossils.
Beetle was continuously monitored throughout her dragonethood by the HiveWing scientists, who used techniques considered to be unethical by scientific standards (specifically bioethics) to study all aspects of the BeetleWings - including Metamorphosis.
The day that Beetle turned six-years-old (6-years), the dragonet underwent Metamorphosis - the process of a SilkWing (or BeetleWing, in this instance) spinning their own silk around themselves to form a cocoon in order grow their wings and bodies to become an adult dragon (this process takes five days total, according to the Wings of Fire (series) novels). The HiveWing scientists took samples of Beetle's cocoon throughout the process, almost terminating the process early which would've resulted in Beetle having underdeveloped wings if Scrabee, a HiveWing scientist who held the scientific ethics code to the highest standard, had not stepped in and intervened for the wellbeing of the dragon.
After her Metamorphosis, things went back to normal for Beetle - being poked and prodded on a daily basis in the name of "science" by the HiveWing scientists for years until the events of The Lost Continent Prophecy (Wings of Fire (series) books 11-15) began to unfold. The resurrected BeetleWing project was then suddenly terminated by Wasp, who then ordered her scientists to genetically manipulate the breath of evil in order to control Pantala. Luckily, there were some HiveWing scientists who were genuinely concerned about the wellbeing of the resurrected BeetleWings, and decided to care for them, as the resurrected BeetleWings were the only living individuals of their species in modern Dragon Planet time.
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===The Lost Continent Prophecy===
==== The Land Across====
Beetle, Dawn Chorus, the genetically-engineered Pantalan dragons, Clearsight clones, and the resurrected BeetleWings were freed from Wasp's bioengineering labs by Bullfrog, Qibli, Tsunami, and Pineapple in Wasp Hive as Moonwatcher, Luna, Cricket, and Sundew confronted Queen Wasp in the Temple of Clearsight.
Beetle and the rest of the resurrected BeetleWings fled into the Northwestern Mountains of Pantala during Wasp's unification of the Dragon Planet and decided that the species should never be seen again by dragon or human eyes.
====The Flames of Hope====
Beetle does not appear in The Flames of Hope. However, it is mentioned in the novel that all dragons are descended from a species of proto-dragon, which is strikingly similar to the (genetic) relationship between fire lizards and dragons in Dragonriders of Pern.
==Relationships==
===Dawn Chorus===
Ever since Dawn Chorus was brought into Wasp's bioengineering labs as an egg, Beetle considers her and Dawn Chorus to be equals - they both are dragons being used for Wasp's political purposes.
===Family===
Beetle's family is largely unknown, as their identities will never be known. However, she largely considers the other resurrected BeetleWings to be her kin.
===HiveWings===
The HiveWings created Beetle and the other resurrected BeetleWings in order to study their ancestors in real time. Beetle does not hold normal HiveWings in contempt.
===HiveWing scientists===
Due to the Wasp Hive scientists prodding Beetle everyday of her life in unimaginable ways, she has developed defense mechanisms to protect herself for their devices.
===Wasp===
Since Wasp orders the HiveWing scientists to study the resurrected BeetleWings, Beetle despises the Hive Queen.
==Trivia==
*Beetle was the first BeetleWing OC L1quid created in 2019 when Wings of Fire: The Poison Jungle (2019) was originally released and the BeetleWings were first named.
*Beetle (and the other resurrected BeetleWings and Clearsight clones) carry the real-life issue of resurrection biology, a field of science concerned about cloning ancient DNA and creating life from it (think Jurassic Park, but in real-life).
*HiveWings - "scrabee" means "scarab" in French
==Development==
These are the notes for the development of Beetle, L1quidMarbl3's only BeetleWing OC, and the BeetleWing species as a whole.
----In 2019, L1quid imagined that the BeetleWings were just a species of SilkWing/HiveWing hybrids (SilkWing dominant with some HiveWing features) when Wings of Fire: The Poison Jungle (2019) was initially released.
----On April 28th, 2022, L1quid is intentionally keeping the BeetleWings a highly unknown species since not much information about the species has been revealed in the Wings of Fire novels (so far).
Until Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World (2023) is released, L1quid considers Brianna C. Walsh (Peregrinecella's) base to be the canon design for the BeetleWings.
----On March 29th, 2024, L1quid considers Peregrinecella's BeetleWing design canon as Joy Ang's design was not featured in A Guide to the Dragon World.
==Gallery==
File:BeetleWing Base by Peregrinecella.png|BeetleWing base by Peregrinecella (DeviantArt/Wikia)
File:Beetle the beetlewing (peregrinecella base).png|Beetle (Peregrinecella BeetleWing base)
==External Links==
*Ethics - Wikipedia
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