Arson (Ahren)

Arson, formerly known as Qinter, is a 15-year-old IceWing/SandWing hybrid currently working as a carpenter in a city called Splatter. The son of the famous princes Qibli and Winter, he ran away from home and was briefly affiliated with various gangs in Splatter before starting an assassin scam with his buddy Shotgun, a grey SilkWing, and Esther, an actual assassin. After falling in love with a young SilkWing detective named Checkerspot, Arson grew tired of running his scam and decided to leave the criminal underworld for his safety and the safety of his friends. He is now working as a carpenter and is trying to leave his past behind him and enjoy life with his girlfriend, Checkerspot. 
==Appearance==
*Has a tattoo near the top of their left arm
*Has a burn scar on their right arm, as well as a bunch of thinner scars on their legs but they're nowhere as bad as the burn scar
*Their spikes start out spaced and spiky but eventually get closer and smaller and eventually disappear
*Their fire is blue; it's harder to control than a normal SandWing's and is hotter as well
*Has five circle piercings in their ear
*Has 2 lip piercings as well
*Despite looking quite emo, and the fact that black nail polish would contribute to their edgy appearance, Arson hates nail polish and painting their nails in general. It's just a pet peeve.
*In Scroll's words, "If you draw him with any other eye-color than soul-crushing black and electric blue Ahren will come to your house and dismantle you" (his scleras are black and his irises are electric blue)
*their eyes have deep bags and have two small triangles in the corners
*Short but muscular
*Not the most intimidating, but can be when they try
*Has minimal fight training but is very scrappy and will fight until they die, basically
*Light blue-gray scales with undershades of light yellow? some white snow clouds near where they blend
*Dark stormy gray wings with a thick strip of navy blue at the tip
*dark grey horns with white tips and streaks of lighter grey (scroll's idea)
*Arson wears reading glasses lol (he hates them, Checks thinks it's adorable)
*Has congenital heart disease, specifically coarctation of the aorta. Arson's aorta (the largest vein in a dragon's body) is narrower than usual, which forces his heart to pump harder to get blood to the rest of his body. His condition is mild and isn't life-threatening, although he often experiences chest pain, headaches, muscle weakness, and nosebleeds.
==Personality==
*Redoing help.
*Arson has dyscalculia, a condition similar to dyslexia in which it's hard for someone to do math and understand math concepts. For Arson personally it is hard to remember basic math equations such as one digit addition and times tables and to do mental math. He struggles with monetary math as well, he struggles counting money and has gotten into trouble numerous times for either paying too little, paying too much, or taking too much change. 
==History==
*Arson's parents are Qibli and Winter! Surprise! 
*Arson's birth name was Qinter; they changed it after running away. Qibli and Winter kind of named them that as a joke but it kind of stuck?
*They were one of the last wof main characters to have a dragonet, and so Arson didn't have many friends their age. 
*Qibli and Winter didn't really know how to raise a dragonet, so Arson always had lots of nannies and babysitters as a kid. Most were fired pretty quickly though, as Arson's dads thought they were taking care of Arson wrong (even though they themselves didn't know how??)
*His dads were extra paranoid because of Arson's heart condition and never really allowed Arson to go far from their mansion and would constantly bring in doctors to check up on their kid. Arson hated these visits and now hates medical settings of any kind. 
*However, he was able to convince his dads to send him to a public school for about a month. However, Arson was pulled out of school because he had just gotten diagnosed with dyscalculia and his dads didn't trust the public school system to support Arson's needs. 
*Arson was homeschooled too and never really went far from the mansion; moon, turtle, kinkajou, all of them visited arson in the mansion
*Arson was always a little distant from his dads and resented them a little bit for the nannies. Oddly enough their favorite adult was Moonwatcher: she was always very patient and kind with them, and was just a very comforting presence to Arson. 
*Arson called Moonwatcher "Aunt Moon", but he could never really figure out what exactly she was to them. Arson noticed that his dads and Moon were really weird around each other. She was something in between an aunt and a mother to them tbh
*Unfortunately, as Moonwatcher was well- Moonwatcher, the first prophetic NightWing in centuries, vanquisher of Darkstalker, leader of diplomacy, etc- she couldn't visit Arson very often. Arson missed her a lot.
*Anyway because of all this a rebellious spirit grew in Arson and they would run away from home for a few hours when the babysitter was distracted
*He met Finn on one of his flights and they became friends. Arson would visit Finn in a secret rock balcony and they would talk and play games.
*Arson offered to take finn away and run away with them, but finn said no. after that the two started growing apart and both finn and arson were sad because they were losing their only friend.
*The spirits that Finn lived with saw that their dragonet wasn't as happy as they were before, so the next time Arson came to visit Finn the spirits wiped both of the dragonets' memories.
*Arson and Finn forgot almost all of their friendship except the pain and sadness that came after Finn refused to run away with Arson. so the next time the dragons met 10 years later, they started hating each other because they remembered a vague echo similar to the dragon in front of them that only brought pain.
*Arson, sad and stuff, went back home. he devised a plan to run away from his house because he hated the babysitters and how caged up he was. His only regret about deciding to leave was that he wouldn't be able to see Moon anymore, but he decided he could try to get over that.
*But then qibli and winter decided that arson didn't need babysitters anymore and he could fend for himself!
*But Arson's plan was already in motion and he couldn't stick around; in an alternate universe arson would have stayed with qibli and winter and perhaps he would have a much better relationship with his dads. Not in this universe, though
*In this universe arson ran away to the nearest city, a place called Splatter, where he decided to start a new life
*He brought some money along but spent it all very quickly and got caught up in some local gangs. He was never very committed to them though, and was more of a runner than anything, switching gangs every couple of months. This made him a lot of enemies. 
*Arson's favorite part about being in gangs was how he was able to grow into himself, in an odd way. He was able to explore the limits of his blue fire by setting fire to abandoned buildings and such
*This actually earned him the name Arson; he was kind of nameless for a while, in the gangs, but became known as "the arson guy" which eventually turned into "that guy, Arson". Even though Arson wasn't the one that found a name for himself as he hoped, the nickname grew on him and he liked it infinitely more than Qinter. 
*However, in a more memorable gang called the Twisted Sisters, Arson met a young SilkWing (possible hybrid) named Shotgun. Arson was drawn to the SilkWing and spent most of his time with him
Eventually, Arson and Shotgun were kicked out of the Twisted Sisters for being useless and needed some kind of job. Arson realized how popular assassins were and decided to start running an assassin scam; Shotgun has previously run basic material scams with his brother as well, so he had experience. Additionally, Arson had the face for an assassin handler and Shotgun looked like an actual assassin, so the partnership went well. Dragons from Splatter's criminal underworld- and some civilians, surprisingly enough- all flocked to Sharson Operatives for all their murderous needs. 
Arson and Shotgun didn't actually murder anyone though- most of the time, they just visited the dragon that was targeted, told them that someone wanted to murder them, and advised them to go into hiding. After the dragon disappeared by either leaving Splatter or hiding in Arson and Shotgun's basement, the two took the money and quickly kicked their client out. If anyone asked for proof of death, they just asked the targeted dragon for like a claw or something. If a client asked to murder someone that was truly horrible- did horrible things or treated other dragons horribly- Shotgun reached out to his buddy Esther, and would politely ask Esther to murder them. Esther usually accepted, and thus Sharson Operatives was able to maintain a minimal amount of credibility. 
The dragon that would always show up to investigate these strange disappearances and deaths was a young SilkWing police detective named Checkerspot. She would always see Arson and Shotgun just idling in the vicinity of a crime scene- having lunch at the cafe where a worker disappeared, playing pool at a bar where the owner died. This obviously made her suspicious, but she was cocky and decided to arrest them only after she'd gotten enough dirt on them. Arson, however, was simply infatuated with Checkerspot and just wanted to get close to her. He would always wander over and offer to help with the investigation as a joke, but would genuinely try to get to know Checks. Checkerspot initially saw these conversations as just a way to get information out of Arson but grew to return his feelings and would always anticipate their next meeting. Arson and Checks got close and genuinely considered each other a great friend, hanging out several times a week. Shotgun also grew close with Checkerspot, and the two bonded over being SilkWings in Pyrrhia and often joined forces to tease Arson relentlessly.
However, Checkerspot was never able to directly link Arson and Shotgun to the disappearances/deaths- until by complete accident, after deciding to investigate some noises outside her apartment complex, she stumbled upon Arson, Shotgun, and Esther trying to drag a body to the morgue. She was ready to arrest all three but hesitated after Arson swore he could explain what was going on. Checks allowed Arson and Shotgun to lead her to the Sharson Operative building and they briefed her on their whole setup: how they helped targeted dragons disappear for at least a little bit, but did actually assassinate the ones that deserved it. They showed Checks boxes upon boxes of files containing information about their clients and targets, including information on crimes of deceased targets and the locations and statuses of targets that "disappeared".
Checks was appalled. She couldn't believe that all of this was literally right under her nose all this time and that her giant mystery was solved completely in around half an hour- but privately, she was more hurt by the fact that Arson, someone she thought she could trust, kept so much from her. Checkerspot understood that running an underground assassin operation (even though it was mostly a scam) was something Arson had to keep a secret, but she just though that maybe she deserved to find out in a better way than seeing her close friends try to hide a body! Arson and Shotgun knew she was a detective and that she was literally researching these disappearances, for Clearsight's sake! She could have helped them! (or maybe that was the problem- perhaps Arson and Shotgun didn't trust her as much as Checkerspot trusted them.)
Checkerspot struck a deal with Sharson Operatives: she would allow the business to function and wouldn't arrest the trio, as long as they shared every single detail of every new client and target from now on. Also, no more murdering dragons, even if they probably deserved it. That whole fiasco was a big crack in Arson and Checkerspot's relationship- they started being awkward around each other in a way they had never been before, and eventually just turned from almost-lovers to colleagues. Arson dearly missed Checks, the light of his sad little life, but understood her pain and realized how much he messed up himself and didn't push her to repair their friendship.
To be continued
==Relationships==
Qibli and Winter:I
Moonwatcher:
Finn: 
Checkerspot: 
Shotgun: 
Esther:
==Trivia==
*He has a little penguin stuffed animal that's really worn out and looks depressed, like Arson 
*Arson is technically both IceWing and SandWing royalty, as Winter is an IceWing prince and Qibli is the adopted son of Queen Thorn (and thus a prince). 
*Even though his theme songs are all Linkin Park/Nine Inch Nails songs, Arson would probably listen to a lot of Deftones and similarly loud longing music.
*My username used to be Massive Qinter Shipper, and so I decided that a sona that would best fit my theme would be a Qibli/Winter ship dragonet. Qinter, Arson's old design, was born from this. After changing my username I decided that they didn't really fit my vibe anymore and started redesigning them hardcore, and have picked up on expanding Arson's lore 3 years after I started. 
==Gallery==
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|-|Current=
base by sockrosma, colored by ahren
Qinternewref.png|ditto but w/o accessories 
ArsonCorvid.webp|Corvid!
Arsonbytheamazingdawnbreakerhybrid.webp|Dawn!
ArsonAnder.png|Ander!
Penguingoth.png|me
Ahren cares about their anti-sona enough to make THREE arts of them??? WOW!!!.png|me
Why do i hate my ocs so much.png|me
Scrollreaderarson.webp|Scroll!
Arsonscrollreaderbird).webp|Scroll!
Scrollarson2.webp|Scroll!
Arsonpicrewveriygoood.png|Brightgoat picrew by ahren
|-|Memes=
Baanananananaspot.webp|Arson and Checkerspot by Scroll
Hi welcome to arby's.png|Funny Chili's meme parody by ahren
THEIR SCLERAS ARE BLACK LIKE THE COAL THEY WILL USE TO FUEL THE FIRE THAT WILL DEVOUR THE UNIVERSE AND THEIR PUPILS ARE ELECTRIC BLUE LIKE THE LIGHTNING THEY WILL CREATE TO IGNITE THE FIRE THAT WILL DEVOUR THE UNIVERSE.png|ahren i guess
BULTAOREUNE.webp|Scroll
First time uploading a file on fandomdesktop i hope my computer doesnt spontaneously combust.png|ahren
|-|Old=
===Bases===
<gallery widths="185">
Qinterref.png|Qinter reference by Dawn
QinterJada.png|By Dawn
QinterNectarinne.png|Base by Nectarinne, colored in by Dawn
===Art===
7D389297-8A89-4A2D-9A4E-38A8AEE61B98.jpeg|Qinter by Finley
D5DC610E-79F7-469F-8FCE-ECF07894E587.jpeg|Qinter art by Hat
QinterQinter.jpg|Qinter by ahren
Qinter art by Lan.jpeg|Qinter art by Finn
QinterEnigma.png|By my child
QinterLan2.jpeg|By Finn, again
ToD.jpg|Truth or Dare Club by ahren
Screen_Shot_2020-11-30_at_11.51.43_PM.png|By ahren
===Lantern Art===
Lantern1.png|Lantern (Finn x ahren) art by Dawn
Lantern2.png|Lantern by Shrike, bases by Wheatley
Lantern3.jpeg|Lantern by Finn
Lantern4.png|by ahren
Lantern5.png|Lantern art by Hat
===Other===
QinterPicrew.png|Qinter picrew by Sangled, colored in by Farfalle
QinterModicon.png|Qinter pixel dragon by Drizz
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