Polistes

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==Appearance==
At first glance, this dragon looks just like every other HiveWing you've ever come across; apricot-orange scales scattered with little bits of black; curving, ebony horns and four translucent wings. But then one would notice a vest made of twisting copper wires — seemingly designed to specifically fit his torso. Embedded on this "vest" is a collection of colorful gemstones. If you were to ask Polistes about this certain accessory, he would weave a tale with his words of trial and error, heroism and adventure, and great loss. Then his sister, Maxilla, would just say he spent a week working on it one time and he'd shoot her a glare.
Polistes has apricot-orange scales, and lemon-yellow talons, wings, and tail. He has various droplet-shaped black spots scattered across his scales, and clever talons that are skilled only through previous error. His pale blue eyes are almost always wide and paying attention to smaller details most dragons wouldn't catch. 
The jeweler is always trying out his wares — every day, the HiveWing is wearing some different sort of scarf, earring, bracelet, or ring. However he can almost always be found wearing a small copper earring with a tiny turquoise pendant hanging from it. This was a gift from his sister for his sixth birthday, and he's been wearing it ever since.
== Personality==
Polistes is a jubilant, kind dragon. He is extremely protective of his sister Maxilla, and would be devastated if anything were to happen to her. He has intense murophobia, the fear of rats, and jumps at even the mention of them. In fact, once one of his customers mentioned that they'd seen a rat around the lower stalls, and Polistes had a breakdown, leading to Polistes Polish being closed for over a month while he tried to calm down. The HiveWing is also very passionate about his work — he feels that it is his duty to the citizens of Jewel Hive to provide them with quality jewelry. However this mindset sometimes leads him to being a bit vain — that, along with the fact that he is literally surrounded by enough treasure and jewelry that some queens would be jealous. 
Polistes' sister, Maxilla, is immune to Queen Wasp's mind control. This is because many of the parents in Jewel Hive like to draw designs on their eggs, and sometimes these are so excessive that it's nearly impossible to tell if you've drawn a stinger mark on the shell or not. Polistes was only stabbed through the shell once, which means that he can only be controlled if Queen Wasp is focusing on him specifically. This has lead to his overprotective nature — he and his sister moved out of their parents' home as soon as Polistes was eight. Polistes and his sister are in league with the Chrysalis, and Polistes occasionally uses his connections with his customers to gather information for them, although he does this sparingly as he doesn't like to betray his customer's trust. 
==History==
Polistes was hatched to a pair of Jewel Hive citizens; Beewolf and Cynips. Because of his parents' artistic ability and bizarre sense of humor, his egg was decorated with various patterns and swirls and designs, leading to Queen Wasp stabbing him only once during her annual "Nest Visits". 
When Beewolf and Cynips drifted apart, Polistes found himself stuck with his father and his stepmother, Osmia. When he was introduced to his stepsister, Maxilla, he at first was jealous of and even hated his younger sister, constantly hissing at her and generally being a jerky older brother. However one day at his school during one of Queen Wasp's visits, he was pulled into a separate room. She took over his mind and simply had him pour some water into a vase full of flowers before letting him leave. Confused and somewhat terrified, Polistes only realized why Queen Wasp had controlled him when, later that day, the entirety of Jewel Hive suddenly turned into white-eyed Hive zombies and flew away. It seemed that only he and Max were unaffected. Since then, the two have been as close as two peas in a pod. 
When Polistes turned eight and was old enough to start his own business, he and Max moved to their own stall and opened a jewelry store called Polistes Polish. He was once invited to one of Lady Jewel's parties, and took advantage of this by selling his wares to everyone else attending the party. He also met a SilkWing named Temora, who introduced him to the Chrysalis (somewhat inadvertently). Polistes has been quietly giving information to the group and maintaining his shop since then. 
==Relationships==
Maxilla (Max): Younger stepsister, best friend. Polistes has known Max since she was four; they at first had a fairly toxic relationship, and Polistes was very mean to her, but after a traumatic Hive-mind experience, the two became very close and started to watch out for each other. 
Beewolf: Father. Polistes has never been very close with his father. The HiveWing merchant has been a distant, but friendly presence for most of his life. After his parents broke up and Maxilla was born, Polistes was regularly scolded for being mean to his sister, which has lead to a tense relationship between father and son.
Cynips: Mother. Polistes had a very close relationship with his mother. The two would often go around Jewel Hive on frivolous shopping sprees just to annoy Beewolf. Polistes never realized how bad things were getting between his parents until everything suddenly erupted and he was pulled away from his mother.
Osmia: Stepmother. Osmia has always tried to be kind to Polistes. She never approved of his hatred of Max when he was younger, but was never as strict at Beewolf, either. After the two step-siblings became close, Osmia seemed to breathe a hypothetical sigh of relief and stepped up her game, trying to become the motherly presence Polistes needed in his life. She was sad when he moved away with his sister, but still visits fairly often. 
Temora: Associate, fellow Chrysalis member. Polistes knows Temora better than the other members of the Jewel Hive Chrysalis, as he has... never actually met any of them. At a party thrown by Lady Jewel, Polistes accidentally overheard the iridescent SilkWing talking to one of the other servants (Cinnabar) and took interest in this secret SilkWing rebellion group called the Chrysalis. After the party, he intercepted her on her way to the library and asked her what it was. After a somewhat tense conversation and quite a bit of explanation involving the fact that Polistes could resist the mind control, he was accepted into the group, but under strict orders to only give information through Temora (hence why he isn't mentioned by Morpho, Cinnabar, or Tau in The Hive Queen). 
Calico: Friend, fellow shop worker. Polistes met Calico on his second day of running Polistes Polish. The HiveWing barista flew up to his store and asked him if he was new and what he was selling. He'd given her a quick tour of the shop and invited her out for lunch. Since then, the two have been mutual friends. 
==Trivia ==
*Polistes actually appears on the back cover of The Hive Queen. He's the guy chillin' at the jewelry store.
* Much of Polistes jewelry is handmade — he doesn't know the meaning of "sleep".
*Polisties favorite part of making jewelry is putting the finishing touches on. He finds it calming and satisfying.
*Polistes exists not only in the modern timeline of The Lost Continent Arc, but also in a few alternate universes: one where Queen Wasp and the othermind won, and another where a psychic SilkWing named Clearwing turns the course of canon on it's head. In the latter world, he and Max are friends with Cricket, and help her hide from Hive zombies whenever Jewel Hive is controlled.
*Polistes (and especially his sister Max) are based off the characters Billy and Max from the Netflix original Stranger Things, hence his fear of rats, and Max's name. 
* Mythic spent hours writing this page instead of working on her already overdue social studies essay.
==Gallery==
Please feel free to add art to this gallery if you draw some! Polistes will be very happy :3
File:Polii.jpg|Polistes on The Hive Queen cover (art by Joy Ang)
File:PolistesBase.png|Polistes reference (base by Doorstepghost)
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