Divine

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Intro
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Some say that the sea has emotions of its own. That every rise and fall of the tide symbolizes something deeper, that every wave represents a fleeting feeling. Some also say that the deaths caused by the unforgiving depths are not all coincidental, that those who displease the ocean are more likely to be claimed by its unpredictable waters.
Many tales have arisen from this theory alone. Some say that a part of the creator of the world resides in the sea, some claim that the ocean is inhabited by a monster with wild mood swings, and some simply claim that those who have lost their lives in the water never left it, ensuring that more and more unfortunate souls join them in their undead rampage.
Of course, not everyone believes these to be true. And no one could blame them - how could anyone prove these were nothing more than fairy tales or even rumors made up to scare little dragonets? A lot of dragons, specifically SeaWings, would deny any of these tales to be true, especially those concerning an angry SeaWing spirit that haunted countless sea-dwellers and travelers after they fell.
So, what makes this one any different?
It's true, that this might be nothing more than just one of those tales.
A tale that tells not of a SeaWing but an IceWing, a spirit left in the mortal plane not because of betrayal but love, a tragedy that didn't end with blood and death, but rather left something, or someone, frozen in time.
 Hers is not any ordinary dragon's story. She is not just a fallen protagonist of a love story, not just someone misunderstood to be the villain. For she was remembered as an outcast, a traitor, an exile, and a soulmate for one... but also by everyone, as a legend.
This is the tale of Divine, a story that causes even those who refuse to believe it to inevitably be touched.
Looks
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Before she became what she is now, she could almost be considered perfect.
Divine was an IceWing with a tall stature, someone who had a lithe and nimble feel to her. From her features alone, nothing made her stand out in particular, but she was frequently described to be very beautiful, her delicate face and pristine scales often garnering a lot of attention. With the way she walks and her usual regal pose, it's easy to mistake her for royalty.
But what truly striking wasn't her size or form. It was her colors.
Her main scales were sky blue, a light pleasing color, and their edges blend into each other in a way that make them appear as a completely smooth surface, with no outlines to each scale. That's not the only color adorning her, though, as light amethyst purple weaves in between the cool blues, creating a gradient that resembles the facets of a gem. In fact, the way Divine's scales shimmer in the light almost makes it feel like she's simply carved out of colorful, sparkling crystals. When she spreads her wings, grayish lavender membranes could be seen. 
Divine has the standard IceWing spines, but they are such a shiny opal that each of them also appears to be made out of diamonds. They are all semi-transparent, refracting light easily as it passes through their crystalline surfaces. The same quality applies to both of her pearly white horns, but her ridged claws remain a dull, muted grey-blue.
The dragoness had a pair of sharp, bright medium blue eyes, and while she has learned to suppress emotions and keep them neutral, there is a flame burning in those orbs, a glimpse of the wild spirit inside that cannot be caged.
Yes, she was beautiful. Divine, even, her appearance already being striking enough upon her hatching to grant her this name.
Was.
Nowadays, if anyone were lucky, or unlucky to see her at all, they wouldn't see this dragoness who once stunned the entire crowd with her looks alone. There are many rumors as to how she looks now, but most describe her to be a figure among the ocean, blue-gray all over, but with the same piercing blue eyes that never changed. Water swirls around her claws, and the ocean either rages in a storm, or gently rocks with the waves depending on her mood. 
Different dragons have depicted her to have different expressions - some have remembered her in awe, saying that they've met a graceful spirit of the ocean with a serene expression who blessed their sea journeys, while some look upon their memories with fear, claiming that the anger that painted her ghostly face and the violent storms that came with her was something their nightmares were made of. Regardless of how she acted in their presence, all of them say the same thing - that she only appears for a while, a glimpse may be all they would get, before she disappears into the depths once more, leaving those who saw her ponder on whether was she just an illusion, or part of a dream.
Acts
-----Even when she was living... Divine was always considered quite the enigma.
Despite only having one tale, she was portrayed differently depending on each writer. Most versions depict her to be a true rebel, someone who couldn't be tied down till the very end. In some versions of her tale, she'd be no better than her own tribe she had sworn to hate, haughty and self-centered with her nose in the air all the time. Some would describe her to be outgoing and extroverted, someone who cared about others and only long to be done the same, but a few naive thoughts had cost her everything. While some said she had a good heart, but acted misguided all along. With the dragoness being described so differently in every version of her tale, it is no wonder that the readers have a lot of their interpretations of her personality as well.
What if I told you, she was indeed all of those descriptions above?
It's true - Divine could never fit in the mold that she was expected to grow up in. She had a loud voice and she wants to be heard, in her own way. She has developed a very rebellious personality over time, and the more one tried to control her, the more she found joy in opposing their control. It helps that she is naturally intelligent and sharp, as it helps her to subtly disobey orders without getting in trouble. Over the years she has made this into something of a game - with every dragon she outsmarted and every rule she successfully played around, Divine would feel a sense of accomplishment. 
Well, they did say the ocean could never be tamed, after all. 
The IceWing was shown to have quite the temper, and admittedly she doesn't have the best control of her emotions. They sometimes burst out in results in her lashing out, and it's a flaw she had to slowly overcome. It may seem her appear unfriendly and haughty like most of the IceWings, but in reality Divine values social relations and meaningful relationships. She wants to be loved for not what she can do, but simply for who she is. She sometimes does come off as a little rude and loud-mouthed, but it's mostly because she didn't had much chance to show her best side to many dragons - the playful, free spirit that only one dragon had ever truly seen. 
However, the IceWing had many great qualities as well, maybe overshadowed by her flaws at times, but she has them. She is also portrayed as brave and authoritative, someone who was stubborn till the end when it mattered. She had also shown her capability to change, when she had turned from a somewhat of a villain to a legendary savior with just one act, an act that she wouldn't have performed at all if not for the love she was shown. Despite being an IceWing, Divine never thought socially standings and popularity mattered as much, no matter what she was raised to believe. She simply wanted freedom and happiness, and she didn't believe what she did was wrong at all, simply what she had to do to get what she wanted. 
Those who still view her as a villain might never get past the fact that she was a bitter dragon, someone who held a grudge and it's believed that she never got over it. Some rumors claim that she still sometimes feel angry and displeased at the dragons of the world, feeling like there's no one who'd love her, and thus causing malicious waves to crash along the shore. Some would say that now, she doesn't go a day without feeling the sadness and despair of a loss so painful that sometimes, the violent weather was simply when it was too much for her to bear. They also claim that she might have never forgiven her tribe, but would anyone blame her? They won't ever forgive her ever, either. In both of their eyes, each of them were beyond redemption. 
In the end, Divine wasn't a dragoness that everyone understood. And perhaps no one ever could now, just by hearing these tale, unless they've been through so much in their lives. 
Backstory
-----Countless of millennia ago, a series of events occurred that led to this tale.
The Circles - something so vitally important in IceWing society, something that had existed long before anyone reading this tale ever did - had been a huge part of her life ever since her hatching.
Her parents - who had varying names in each tale but vastly referred to as Snow Leopard and Gale, were high-end IceWings, both being members of the Second Circle. To most IceWings, it was beyond anything they could dream of, yet for these two in particular, it wasn't enough. While being everything a noble IceWing could ask for - viewed by society as sophisticated and having a great stance in the social standings - neither of her parents had done anything impressive enough to earn them a spot among the First Circle members - something that frustrated them greatly.
Well, that was, until they had their one daughter who changed everything.
She stunned everyone who was present at her hatching the moment she emerged from her egg, breaking the glimmering eggshell and seeing the first light of dawn, as well as countless of shocked eyes gazing upon her. The dragoness was beautiful, almost as if she was a crystal sculpture of a dragon, but animated and brought to life. So pretty she was, that her parents had decided now and then to name her Divine, a word usually reserved for gods and goddesses. Her appearance garnered the attention of not only commoners, but also of the nobles, palace-dwellers, and even the queen of the IceWings, Frigid, herself.
Divine was kept on a tight leash by her parents ever since she was born. She had to follow a schedule and any slip-ups were simply not tolerated, which rarely even occurred to begin with. The young IceWing saw no problems in her parents' actions at first. She thought it was perfectly normal that way - she was taught and made to believe that IceWings were noble dragons, a tribe so superior that their presence at every meeting and social event were beyond valuable, something they were exposed to the moment they were born, something imprinted into their lives. 
Divine was naturally clever and perceptive, picking up a lot of knowledge and skills in a short time, and she was always producing great results. This delighted her parents to no end. Queen Frigid, seeing as the couple produced such a lovely and productive dragonet, finally placed their names in the First Circle alongside their daughter. When they realized Divine was capable of so much, mainly for their status, they continued to push her forward, filling her days and nights with endless activities, aiming to increase her popularity and gain even more favor from the IceWing royalty. 
Yes, her parents were very happy about it indeed. And so was Divine, for a while. She thought there were entirely no problems with how everything was going. 
But as time passed by, Divine, being the curious young dragonet back then, after a long period of observations, noticed that how drastically different her lifestyle was from other dragonets her age. Other dragonets did not have etiquette lessons every day teaching them how to interact with nobles and royalty. They did not spend nights on memorizing scripts of impressive speeches to be used at meetings the next day. They weren't isolated in the palace and kept with adults monitoring them almost all the time. Instead, she watched them laugh and play together, hunting and spending time together outside on the snowy grounds. 
This bothered the IceWing to no end upon discovery. Why should she go through a lot of things that were so boring while others didn't have to? Why was she so different from them? Yes, others were constantly how she was so pretty, and how special she was, yet that was a hardly a difference among many other pretty dragonesses her age. All she could see was that their names were put much, much lower than hers on some ice board that her parents insisted that she check every day. Perplexed, Divine finally decided to ask her parents. 
Their reaction was... unexpected. Snow Leopard told her that this was not something to be questioned, and it wasn't her job to ask irrelevant things, while Gale simply calmly, but dangerously warned her to never mention the "lowly IceWings" ever again. Divine was confused at their barely suppressed anger - but the event also instilled a sense of frustration in her. Not only did they not answer her, but the idea of following orders without any reason made no sense at all. She did not want to spend the rest of her days cooped up in her home, learning about things that she thought were unimportant, when she could be out there with other dragonets instead. 
So that's exactly what she did. Having so much knowledge of the royalty and the palace itself, it made it easy to sneak out with a few well-placed excuses. And Divine realized there was a whole world out there - she soared through the skies freely, feeling the wind rush under her wings, played and laughed loudly alongside other dragonets, and saw something outside of icy walls for once. But what she loved most was the chance to swim in the waters that hadn't been frozen - somehow, she had always loved the feeling of diving under the cool blues and moving fluidly through the currents, loved the feeling of freedom she got whenever she swam outside of her hunting routines. Sometimes, Divine felt like she even belonged in the water itself, as if she was a creature that could breathe down in the depths. 
But her moments of heaven were soon discovered by her parents, and saying that they were enraged would probably be an understatement. They had lectured her for half and hour or more, and threatened to monitor her full time if she attempted something like that again. And Divine was upset. She yelled and argued back, not willing to back away from everything wonderful she found, but in the end her efforts were fruitless. Trying to convince her parents was like trying to tell a rock to move. 
However, if you thought she gave up there and then and submitted to her parents' orders, then you would be wrong. 
The fact that her parents were controlling her life so much made her into a rebellious dragoness, nothing like the "perfect girl" her parents wanted her to show to the public. Divine started using her wits and knowledge to exploit the loopholes in the rules she was forced to obey, getting surprisingly good at finding them too. Every single time she did something to successfully irk her parents without raising any actual alarms, she felt a grin creep up on her face and a rush of satisfaction. She knew that her parents couldn't do anything - as she still remained polite and flawless in the face of other nobles and royal members, who still regarded her highly and had no idea of her escapades, which she now carefully planned. She still enjoyed the times where she got to lose herself in the waters and forget about all of all her worries, event though times like those were scarce, due to her parents filling up most of her schedule, probably in an attempt to prevent any form of escape from her. 
Oh, little did they know, their daughter was a wild soul they couldn't tame. 
With that, her life fell into this new schedule she made for herself - sneak out whenever possible, enjoy herself, and appear normal as how her parents want her to be when it matters. As she slowly grew older through the years, a bitterness built up in her heart directed towards the two dragons that raised her, but without any shred of love. She found more and more pleasure in outsmarting them, and when she realized only her parents were obsessive enough to control every single step she took, it made it all the more easier. 
She took her time that she spent outside to form other relationships outside of the nobles she regularly interacted with. She made a few friends, and most of them weren't from the upper circles. Divine saw no point in limiting her social contract to only higher class dragons, and she simply liked hanging out with the lower circle IceWings, even though her parents distastefully referred to them as "lowlifes". She thought that every bond she shared with her friends were genuine, and that they valued it as much as she did. 
Unfortunately, that was there naive thought she never should have had. 
Things became complicated when Divine first discovered another thing that set her apart from the others - animus magic. She had learned all about it, and how IceWings used them for only one enchantment, dedicated to their tribe. She also knew that severe consequences would take place if animus magic was abused. She had only accidentally found it when she waved her talon and had a stray thought about how it would be easier to carry a stack of scrolls if she could levitate them, and her thoughts became reality. She was quite offended and felt insulted when her parents told her with almost giddy excitement about how her powers would now be used for the greater good of her tribe. To her, her powers belonged to her and her only, it was dangerous enough to use it already, but now the control did not even belong to her? It was ridiculous. 
But it was the worst when Divine found out that she was to be married to a prince. 
Queen Frigid had made an arrangement with her parents when she turned eleven years old, saying that she'd offer one of her sons, Prince Windchill, to be betrothed to Divine, as she was someone the queen would be proud to call an heir. They planned to let Divine give a gift of defense to their tribe - a protective wall around their kingdom on the day of their wedding. 
Of course, her parents were ecstatic. That was the best thing they could ask for - but to her, it was a nightmare. She had never paid any attention to romance, not that she had much choice in it, considering her parents would furiously drive any male dragons (or even females) who weren't nobles when they were visibly attracted by her beauty. Yet, the biggest problem was Divine had never felt attracted to males at all - and if she wanted a partner, she knew it would be a female dragoness by her side. This made her extremely mad, but knowing what would come from protesting, she didn't do that. Oh, no, she had a much better plan in mind. Something that she knew would turn the kingdom upside down and give her parents a heart attack. A literal dive into the unknown, a shot in the dark, but she was willing to do it. 
She kept silent until that fateful day. 
When asked if she would take Prince Windchill as her husband during their marriage vows, Divine said no, shocking everyone present to watch. She let out years of discontentment and bitterness toward her tribe, saying how it was terrible to be someone who was not important in any other way than just being a palace dweller that everyone admired. She ranted and complained about how she was nothing but a statue, endlessly polished and refined to be gazed upon, but not loved for who she is. She criticized how terrible the circle system was, in an attempt to get the lower circle IceWings, her bunch of friends, to stand with her. She thought if she vouched for then and spoke about how unfair the Circles were to them, they would join her in the removal of this rigid lifestyle in the Ice Kingdom. 
That was when she realized she made a great mistake. 
Counting on them was the wrong choice. She saw her supposed friends either curl up their snouts in disgust, or turn away as if afraid. No one was willing to stand with her or voice their agreement. Divine realized, bitterly, that she was further proven right there and then: no one cared for her in a way that wasn't because of her status. Without it, to them she was simply nothing. 
Queen Frigid ordered her to stop and comply to her orders, saying that an agreement to the marriage had been made by all parties and she would do wise to proceed with it. With anger and huge disappointment still fueling her, Divine refused, saying that everyone agreed except her. When it seemed like the queen was ready to call the guards on her, her parents stepped forward, demanding that she obey and say yes without objections. 
It was the final trigger. 
Divine snapped, lashing out and saying that they had no right to control her anymore, and in her anger her magic responded, creating a huge shockwave that knocked her parents back and also stunning nearby dragons, even spouting a wave of flame from her talons, a testament to just how violently the rage was burning within her then. 
But the fire extinguished just as quickly as it ignited. 
Without waiting for her parents to get back on their feet, Divine flew. She soared into the sky, leaving the icy kingdom behind and not looking back. No one chased her - maybe they were still afraid of her, given what they just witnessed a few seconds ago, but even as she flew further away, the distant echoes of the queen's last words to her could still be heard. 
Divine, you are now a traitor who has humiliated and defiled the name of the entire IceWing tribe. I declare you permanently exiled from my kingdom. 
It stung her heart a little, but not much. There wasn't much reason to stay behind. 
Exhausted and still angry, Divine was happy to finally see a river after flying south for so long, and she gratefully dove into the stream, following the current to wherever it took her and letting her thoughts drift away entirely. She sometimes paused to rest, but continuing on her journey as soon as possible, even emerging into the ocean at one point, occasionally letting herself recharge her energy by holding onto a rock or a seaside cliff. 
She didn't expect to immediately see another soul as she finally set foot on shore. 
Startled to see a frilled dragon with a prehensile tail, who could only be a RainWing, a tribe her own belittled the most, with cool shades of blue on her scales, Divine asked her what was she doing there, a little bit hastily at the point where it sounded threatening. 
The dragoness had casually responded that she was about to go for a swim, and asked playfully if she wanted to join. Stunned by the response, Divine mutely nodded and joined the RainWing in the water, who later introduced herself as Aquamarine, after asking Divine for her own. When asked what's bothering her after a long silence, Divine responded sarcastically that she just had her whole life messed up and was now homeless. 
Aquamarine surprised her by offering her a place to stay, but Divine turned down the offer, wanting to be as far away from any society as possible at the moment. When they returned to land and the RainWing said goodbye, Divine simply thought she would just be another unremarkable dragon she'd forget eventually after seeing her only once.
She could have never been more wrong.
Aqua came back again and again, to the same spot where Divine had decided to now live feeding on the fish she caught in the saltwater, and every time she would simply make small talk with her, ask her to go for a swim or just sit by her side as she watched the sunrise. The IceWing tolerated her presence at first, but eventually, she felt fascinated by the RainWing, never really meeting another dragon who loved the water as much as she did who wasn't a SeaWing. Their conversations started getting longer and longer, and they all ended the same way, with Aqua saying that she had to go home and giving Divine the same offer of a home, even though she still insisted on rejecting it. 
They learned more about each other, Aqua revealing how much she felt connected to the bodies of water like it was part of her soul, just like how Divine felt. When eventually asked why she didn't want to go home with her, Divine carefully revealed her story about being an animus and how she got exiled from her home. She also let out a lot of the negative feelings she still had, and to her surprise, Aqua nodded in understanding and even squeezed her talons in comfort, without a single judgemental word. 
From that day onwards, Divine felt her heart starting to fall, little by little, from this dragoness who was so different from the others she had met in her entire life. 
The sincere RainWing told her more about her life too, how she too had family problems, since they were not supportive of her not wanting to be with a male dragon (something that gave Divine hope at that moment), and the town they lived in, Coverock, had a lot of competition and they wanted her to work hard, despite her inclination of a more relaxed lifestyle. Divine found more and more similarities with her, yet also noticed such a drastic difference. Aqua never spoke of her family with distaste or resentment, and seemed to be full of love for even them. She never seemed to take pleasure in anyone's suffering, and when Divine once asked her how could she feel so happy and light-hearted, she responded by saying that she feels that way as long as those around her do too.
Those words made Divine knew that she loved the RainWing, and for the first time ever she felt like life wasn't so bleak and empty, that someone made her feel valued and appreciated for who she was. 
She never knew her feelings were reciprocated until they had their first kiss under the moonlight.
Aqua had made the move, saying with a blush that she had enjoyed all the times spent with Divine. Divine smiled genuinely at her and responded that she felt the same, and when they slept curled against each other that night, she felt lighter and bubblier, more alive than she had ever been. 
Divine and Aqua both kept a low profile and were good at staying silent about their relationship. Slowly, Divine became less bitter and learned how to control her sometimes fiery temper, and the dark thoughts in her head had slowly become lighter. She learned to care for someone other than herself, and she showed that by giving her first real enchantment to her girlfriend - by enchanting the bracelet she always wore to allow her to breathe underwater, as Aqua had expressed that to be one of her wishes once. 
￼Aqua had been very nervous and hesitant to make a move to take it further after two years of being together, but in the same way how she had changed Divine, the IceWing too had inspired her to be more courageous in standing up for yourself. She proposed to Divine, who of course happily accepted, but voiced concern at how she would tell her family. Aqua insisted that she'll be fine, that she had to do it at some point anyway and she was done hiding. 
She came back later that night, crying in Divine's arms and with the IceWing soothing her to sleep. As somewhat expected, her entire family took it badly, and she was berated for her actions. Divine silently told her that she'll stay with her no matter what, and told herself that she'd do anything to make her happy. 
That's when tragedy struck the little seaside town of Coverock. 
In the dead of night, the seaside town ￼had caught fire. It was unknown to both Divine and Aqua how it happened when they first smelled smoke and woke up, but what shocked Divine was when her lover scrambled towards the burning town, yelling that she needs to save her family. 
Divine protested and protectively tried to stop Aqua from going, but the determined glance in the RainWing's eyes told her that she wouldn't succeed in stopping her. Aqua kissed her and reassured that she'll be back soon enough. Reluctantly, the IceWing let her go, seeing her love's shadow get swallowed up by the flames. 
She waited. And waited. 
It got to a point where "soon enough" wasn't a convincing phrase anymore, and the fires were still burning. 
Forgetting her status and desire to remain away from other dragons, Divine rushed into the burning town, straight into chaos. 
Ashes littered the floor, dragons were wailing and screaming in attempts to put out the fire, despite the stifling heat making it impossible. Many of them were injured, scalded by the red hot flames or suffocating from the smoke. Somehow, in the mess, Divine found the remains of her lover's home. 
She was still haunted by the words her family told her. 
"You're Divine, right? Aqua told us about you..." The remaining RainWings who survived said with a sad smile. "We wished we had listened to her." 
It was only then that she noticed that one of the older dragons was carrying the painfully familiar blue dragon she adored so much. 
Aqua's lifeless body was charred and bruised, and the dragoness holding her sobbed quietly before saying: 
"She saved us by getting us out before our home burned down. She... she just never got herself out." 
￼Both her vision and her mind went black. 
Not caring about who saw her or how everything behind her was still on fire, Divine screamed and ran, towards the ocean wanting to hop into the waters and never come out again. Her world had gone without her light of her life guiding her forward, and she had no one to blame but herself. If she had tried harder to stop her, maybe it wouldn't have happened. 
I've always longed to be one with the water. 
Divine pushed out all the negative thoughts in her final moments, knowing that Aqua wouldn't have liked that, Instead, she spoke her last words with tears flowing down her face to fulfill their one mutual wish with her magic. 
"I enchant myself to be part of the ocean forever, so that I will be tied to it through life and even after death, that my spirit forever be one with every rise and fall of the waves, that the ocean follows everywhere my heart goes." 
When her words were spoken, her feet were no longer on solid ground. 
Feeling light, but strangely empty, she knewwhat had happened - she was part of the sea, like how she wanted it to be. She felt the water rising with every flicker of emotion she could still feel. She knew that whatever she did, the tide was hers to command. 
She was ready to turn away and disappear into the depths... before the flames caught her eye. 
The town was still burning. 
And not just the town - all of Pyrrhia was. 
From her point of view, she saw what happened when the elements of nature got destructive. Strong winds had spread a forest fire which had quickly grew out of control, spiraling into an uncontrollable wildfire through the whole continent. Screams could still be heard, and Divine could almost feel the lifeforce of many dragons seeping away. Even the Ice Kingdom, her old home, were starting to melt at the borders, the dragons taking cover in the northern regions. If the fire continues, it'd eventually extend to even the coldest part of Pyrrhia. 
If everyone else is happy, so will I be! 
She changed. 
Before she met Aqua, Divine would have never even bat an eye at the burning cities. She would have turned away and left, left for everything to eventually burn to the ground. But Aqua's love changed her, changed her into someone who not only cared about herself, who learned how to let go of the past, who knew how to love and give it all she had. 
If not for the love for everyone else, it was for Aquamarine, the only one who she wanted to always keep happy. 
Surging with the tide carrying her on her pale, ethereal talons, Divine raised her own height to overlook the burning continent. Countless of eyes turned towards her - with equal amounts of fear, surprise, pain... and maybe still a glimmer of hope in some of them. 
With one massive wave of her arms, Divine sent a small ripple that passed through the entire continent, enough of a warning sign to get all the dragons to fly up and out of range of what she was about to do. When the skies were filled with the tired and injured victims of the natural disaster, Divine sent another huge, gigantic wave over Pyrrhia, extinguishing every speck of flame that existed mere moments ago. 
And then, with everyone watching her, the IceWing disappeared into the dark depths. 
Some say that the lands have been completely reshaped after that incident. Some say that the layout of the whole continent changed, that all the old towns were rebuilt with new names and evolved into the Pyrrhia now. And of course, those who saw her could remember her as nothing but a hero, a savior to all of Pyrrhia. 
That is, if they even believed this tale to be true to begin with. 
Nowadays, this is nothing more than a story being told by storytellers old and young alike, stories that either made dragonets fear the ocean or become increasingly fascinated by it. Some believe that Divine still lives on within the waters, even if she is long past the age where she would be alive, with every emotion of hers affecting the condition of the sea. Some say that when her spirit is angered, capsized ships and tsunamis would occur, and some claim that those who earned her favor are rewarded and granted a safe trip across the ocean. And of course, some still say that this is all nonsense made up by a crazy writer who was lost to time. 
But no matter what, fiction or fact, Divine would always remain a legend. Perhaps famously infamous to some, but a legend nonetheless. 
Relations
-----Parents - Her most negative relation out there. No matter in what way she was portrayed, Divine detested her parents till the very end. She held no feelings of affection towards them, and did not miss them in the slightest when she left. She blames them for ruining her life and being a bunch of control freaks, which they were. To them, she was nothing more than someone who could keep their status and rankings perfect. To her, they've become nothing but two close-minded individuals that she enjoyed annoying to no end before her departure. 
Queen Frigid - The two had usually got along well, with the standard bows and nods of acknowledgement shared being their only interactions. Divine was always on good terms with the queen... until she exiled her, of course. Not that Divine didn't expect her to do that, but she still felt bitter at how the queen forced her to marry one of her sons and use her magic for their tribe's sake. The queen had once seen her as a very high class IceWing, the best of the best, until she betrayed her tribe and the queen's orders. She holds no strong feelings towards her at this point, seeing her as insignificant as any other IceWing she had met in her life. 
Prince Windchill - The prince was Divine's former fiancé. She knew it wasn't his fault that she was forcefully married to him, but still detests him for being the reason she had to do what she did to begin with. Before her betrayal, she treated him like how she did with any other royalty, showing respect but not making any effort to be any closer than mere acquaintances. She never had any meaningful relationship with him, and barely even remembers him now. 
Aquamarine - The love of her life, and the reason why she is what she is now. Aquamarine was the only dragoness she had met who had shown her kindness without asking for anything in return, or expected anything from her, inspiring Divine to eventually do the same for her. The RainWing was the only one Divine had ever truly felt affection for, and she had enjoyed her company immensely, being someone she trusted to not ever stab her in the back. Aqua's good qualities had always held the IceWing by her heart, being exactly what she was not and complementing all her strengths and weaknesses. She did not blame what she did in the end, even if it meant that now she would never go another moment without missing her soulmate. Even if time itself ended, there was no way Divine could lose her memory of Aquamarine. 
Notes
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* Most SeaWings and IceWings deny that she ever existed, but other tribes are much more willing to believe her tales
* Despite many of the IceWings in her tale claiming her to be a "murderous traitor", she has never actually been depicted to kill anyone
* She can't be considered dead but also not entirely alive either due to her enchantment. Many have described her to be "alive, but not physically so"
* She was the one who was supposed to enchant the Great Ice Wall, but it only happened long after the tribe had another animus after her considered she never had dragonets
* It is believed that one of Aquamarines's relatives ended up writing the first version of the tale of Divine, despite the tale claiming that Aquamarine has never told anyone of her true relationship with Divine
**This could however still be true, since many of Aquamarines's relatives have lived to see Divine when she put out the fires before disappearing, even if it is unknown how Divine's history was known or if it was entirely made up to begin with
**IceWings who witnessed her were depicted to not recognize her as her ghostly form was no way reminiscent of her old glamorous appearance
* There has been many revisions of this tale ever since it was first told, and many scrolls of different depictions of this same story has been written over the years
* Some believe that dropping some food into the sea as a peace offering to her before journeying out on sea will ensure her blessing and prevent disaster, but this is just a myth
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