Rudolph

R U D O L P H
• they / him • student / library volunteer • homo bi •
belongs to radar, please don't steal
A strange character, actively seen in the library setting up for plays or putting books back on their respective shelves. Rudy's true origins are held in secrecy, not even his caretaker, Killdeer, knows where he truly came from. He was just given to them by a strange hooded figure as an egg when the SilkWing was visiting family that lived in Mantis Hive. From his younger years he was entertained by puppets and how wild and creative the stories could go. It was when he was 8 that he made his very first puppet, the fox that he named Francois, a puppet he loved so much that he refused to take it off.
Rudy 	Rudy
 	
art by 	radar
Background Information	Background Information
creator 	radar
attribute 	quirkiness, love of puppets, skittishness, creativity
element 	silk, animal puppets, discarded buttons, mirror shards
animal 	fox, butterflies
color 	magenta, pastel purple, dark purple, light pink
song 	
Character Information 	Character Information
aliases 	rudy, puppet crazy rudy
age 	17 (hy)
gender 	male
orientation 	homoromantic bisexual
occupation 	library volunteer, puppeteer, high school student, daycare assistant
tribe 	silk / rain
goal 	become a professional actor and puppeteer
relatives 	killdeer (caretaker)
residence 	jewel hive
allies 	every single puppet he owns, killdeer
enemies 	???
likes 	puppet shows, face paint, sugary things, coffee, non-fiction stories, professional puppet shows, acting, watching plays, making others laugh
dislikes 	being made fun of, crudely made puppets, amateur puppet shows, moths
powers 	minor scale changing, can throw their voice, good at sewing
weapons 	books, pencils
loves 	none, open
A P P E A R A N C E
While Rudy has the ability to change his color palette whenever he desires, it's rare that he ever changes his scale colors. His palette usually consists of purples, magentas, pastel pink, and dark blues. Purple covers most of his body, with magenta occasionally being seen in swirling patches across his body. This color is strongly seen going down from his right arm from the bottom of his shoulder to his wrist. Additionally, this color is also seen covering the top half of his head, including encircling his hazel eyes. They slightly tip both of his ears, with it being more prominent on his left ear. A small row of flat scales go down his back in the similar magenta coloration, occasionally fading into light pink.
Light pinks with very slight hints of light blues and purples can be seen more on Rudy's underbelly. The light colors always fading in and out of each other, though ultimately appearing almost as one solid color. Freckling his face are a few light purple freckles, though it's a rather minor defining feature. Perhaps one of his more noticeable quirks is the reflective scales on his sides and on the edges of his ruff. Both of these are different colors, with the ones on his sides being light pink and the ones of his ruff light blue. Dark blues appear on his ruff, with tinges of dark purples near the edges of the membranes. Dark purples are seen on his softly curved spines that go down his back.
These same dark purples are also seen on his bendy horns that are held close to the back of Rudy's head. Lighter blues fade in and out of these horns, making them appear a lighter color than his spines. The strongest this light blue ever is is at the base of his horns, quickly fading into the much dark coloration. Antenna that protrude from Rudy's forehead are a purple dosed with a light coating of magenta, much like the color of his head. On his shoulder is an upside down butterfly tattoo drawn in dark purple ink. Perched on the bridge of his nose, Rudy wears golden rimmed glasses that are held close to him at all times.
Rudy doesn't appear to have any visible wings, not even nubs where his wings should be. A small nick is seen in the hybrid's right ear near the tip of it. Another small scar decorates the right side of his snout from an accident he once had with a bully. His build is softly curved and plump around the legs. Most of his edges aren't sharp, with the exception of his ears and main horns. Rudy's tail doesn't have the gracefulness of a RainWing's and remains rather plump like a SilkWing's. His cheeks are usually rosy from blushing often and he seems to hold himself in a reserved manner. Since he's around children in most of his free time, he usually has a friendly look on his face.
Golden bands wrap around the tips of his horns, shimmering in almost every lighting that includes a light source. Heart-shaped plug earrings of different colors are seen on his ears. The one in his left ear being a golden color and the one in his right being purple. Perhaps his most iconic accessory, however, is the orange fox puppet he always has on his left hand. It has visible stitching done on its snout, ears, and back, with multiple colors being present. A reddish orange is seen on the puppets left ear and yellow on its right ear. Its snout is a stronger orange coloration and it appears a bushy tail hangs from it, tipped white at the end. Black button eyes and a black pom-pom nose complete the set.
P E R S O N A L I T Y
Puppet Crazy Rudy
Just the title alone speaks volumes about their personality, very passionate about puppets and everything to do with them. They rarely find themself impressed by other people's puppet shows and are always open to burning down amateur puppet shows with their criticism, unless they were thrown by children. Rudy is rather reclusive towards other dragons of their age and often do they find themself shying away from conversations with their peers. Despite their appearing shy around dragons their age, they show a very different side around young dragonets as they've made it their goal to entertain them. Around these dragonets they're much more playful, energetic, geeky, social, and friendly and don't seem as critical when helping them.
They always want to give personality to their work and appear to be very strict about meeting that one rule. Sometimes they can go a little overboard with their puppet shows, sometimes forgetting that the audience they're entertaining is dragonets from 6-8 years of age. Rudy seems rather defensive of their hobbies and hates being criticized about how "weird" they are. Oftentimes they might go off on tangents about how puppets and puppet shows aren't just for children and can entertain a wide audience. Though they haven't quite found anyone who actually agrees with them on that point other than their caretaker.
As for the puppets they make themself, they are weirdly closely attached to them to the point where he always wears one on one of his hands (usually the left one) at all times. The hybrid seems convinced that the puppets they own are real people, often talking to them in a very casual manner. Rudy gets rather intense separation anxiety when he's away from puppets of any kind. It is strongly recommended not to do this if you value your belongings being one piece and having your ear drums intact. They do have an eye for critiquing things, often filling plays and "professional" puppet shows they watch with constructive criticism if needed. This also goes for school plays they want to act in, usually only wanting the best selves the plays can be.
Rudy has a soft spot for history and children's books, mostly from their interesting information and bright colors and fluffy characters respectively. They seem to be the most knowledgeable about the history of puppets and acting and can talk about it confidently when asked about it. Whenever someone shares an interest with them, they often are quick to start a conversation with them in a rather excitable manner. After all, since they don't have many friends because most consider his puppet obsession weird, they seem to take any chance to make a friend with dragons who share a single interest with them. Even though most of these said friendships are rather short-lived by Rudy's obsession.
A B I L I T I E S
Rudy may not have much stemming from their tribal abilities, but they truly make up for it with the support of their other abilities. The only thing they received from their tribe is limited color changing that can slightly enhance the color palette they were already given (i.e if they are sad, then their scales will change to a bluer version of what they already have). Since it's so limited, however, this makes it virtually useless to hide with, since they can't change their colors to match their environment. What they are gifted in is voice acting and ventriloquism, since they use both of these aspects in their daily life. Additionally, Rudy is able to throw his voice to make it seem like it's coming from somewhere else.
They are very good at sewing and puppet making, all the puppets they use in their puppet shows are all made by them, hand-stitched and everything. This usually makes them rather critical about how other puppet show runners make their puppets since Rudy has got an eye for quality puppets and nothing less. It also appears that the hybrid also has excellent knowledge on the history of puppets on Pantala and Pyrrhia. This is mainly due to them being one of the most frequent customers at the puppet museum in Bloodworm Hive. In fact, they go there so frequently that some may assume they actually work there. They appear to have a good sense of time as well, they don't constantly need to look at their phone or clocks to know what time it is. Maybe a glance or two sometimes, but those are near and far between.
H I S T O R Y
 
* was given to killdeer by a hooded figure when they were traveling to bloodworm hive, so no one really knows who his parents were or even if they are still alive.
*entertained by puppets for the longest time, usually killdeer would throw puppet shows for him or take him to the jewel hive library where they would watch puppet shows.
*inspired to do puppet shows himself, he made a fox puppet with some assistance from killdeer, that's the one he still wears to this day.
*usually picked on at school for loving puppets way too much, causing them to be more reserved and shy.
*part of the theater club in school, got into acting that way. learned how to do ventriloquism from one of the kids there who only spoke through a ventriloquist dummy.
*damaged his vision by reading in the dark and looking at the sun too often. got glasses and is very protective of them to make sure he doesn't loose them.
*volunteers at the library to entertain children, usually by throwing puppet shows or reading children books to them. either way they still enjoy their time there as a volunteer.
*also is a puppet show critique who burns down any trash puppet show with his criticism unless the people throwing the puppet show are children.
*also acts and critiques the scripts in any sort of school play that his school is hosting. always wanting the play's best self to be displayed in public.
*never had any friends, since most of the friends they used to have parted ways, so they decided to make their own friends. puppets!
R E L A T I O N S H I P S
please roleplay beforehand (pantala only)
K I L L D E E R
They've been the only family member that he knows and while they can sometimes argue, the two care about each other deeply.
parental figure and caretaker.
Very Positive
T R I V I A
 
*the reflective scales on the edges of the character's ruff was inspired off of the design of an old character that never got developed. this said character had the same concept on their ruff.
* right-handed, his left hand is already taken by the fox puppet.
*allergic to pollen and peanuts.
*just to make it clear, rudy is not by any means part lightwing because he has features a lightwing might have, the mirror-like scales are merely for aesthetic purposes.
G A L L E R Y
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