Holly!

First name: Holly
Nickname: Holly doesn’t go by any nicknames. 
Gender: Female
Date of birth: September 14, 5006 A.S. 
Birth name: Holly
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Dominant Hand: Right; Holly was left-handed before losing her right arm, but her new one is her dominant hand in strength and skill. 
Age: Holly is six dragon years old, or 12 human and scavenger years. 
Tribe: Holly is a LeafWing. 
Height: Holly has a pretty average height for her age, although she is a couple inches shorter than what is considered normal for it. However, considering the size of dragons, this difference is barely noticeable. 
Dexterity: Holly has decent dexterity, having needed that skill to survive in the jungle both before and after her exile. 
Piercings/Embedded Jewels: Holly has one ear piercing, and she wears an earring shaped like a crescent moon, to represent the fact that she was born during an eclipse. She has some rubies embedded along her tail and on her left arm and talon. 
Wardrobe: Holly likes to wear jewelry, especially necklaces. She has a whole collection of necklaces, and she usually wears at least one. She also loves wearing scarves and hats when it’s cold enough to do so. 
Accessories: Holly carries a leather bag, in which she carries a journal given to her by one of her friends, a SilkWing named Echo. The journal belonged to Echo’s great-grandmother, Iris, and it tells about her life during the Tree Wars. Echo and Holly figured out that one of Holly’s ancestors was given the journal after Iris died, but it was stolen by Iris’s brother and passed down through his family, eventually making its way to Echo. She also carries her turtle statue, and some money. 
Equipment: Holly doesn’t carry any equipment.
Build: Holly is averagely sized for a LeafWing.
Eye color: Holly’s eyes are a light brown with hints of red mixed in, possibly from her being born during an eclipse. However, like many other things assumed to be caused by her birth, this hasn’t been proven, so the red is possibly natural. From a certain angle, Holly’s eyes appear the opposite of what they usually are-red with hints of light brown. 
Scale color: Holly has dark green scales, with a base color of 254913, with some 00693E colored scales mixed in. She also has a sprinkling of 74C365 scales on her tail and talons. Her right wing has 8B0000 splotches on it, and there are ones of the same color surrounding her right eye. Her tail and left wing have some D4AF37 colored scales on them, as does her right wing. The scales on her right wing of that color form faint splotches that overlap with the red ones. Holly’s right arm is made completely out of plants or various shades of green, with a few purple and white flowers. 
Scars: Holly has very few scars except for two claw marks on her snout from the fight with the HiveWing when she lost her leg. She also has a large scar running down her right arm until it meets the arm made out of plants, and a scar on her tail from a parrot attack.  
Birthmarks: Holly has no birthmarks. 
Tattoos: Holly has no tattoos. 
Accent / Dialect: Holly normally has a standard American accent, but when she gets stressed she unconsciously switches to a faint Australian accent, leading some dragons to believe that it’s her real accent.
Voice: Holly has a reasonably high voice that Mist often says sounds kind of like his sister’s. However, Holly doesn’t know if this is true, having never met his sister. 
Languages: Holly speaks Dragon.
Memory: Holly has a decent memory, but has a habit of forgetting important things easily. She’s very good at remembering random facts, and has memorized some of her favorite books. Holly remembers her past very well, although for some reason for the time when she was two and younger, she only remembers the times that she switched places with Mist. 
Religion: Holly follows no religion.
Self Confidence: Holly has low self confidence,
Self Control: Holly has mostly excellent self control, but terrible self control when it comes to eating food. She considers food one of her greatest weaknesses as well as a passion, and, unlike most dragons, would prefer a good meal to any sort of treasure. 
Habits: One of Holly’s habits is tapping her talons to the beat of random songs that she’s heard recently. She often doesn’t even realize that she’s doing it. She doesn’t consider this a bad habit, but it sometimes annoys other dragons, so she’s trying to stop it. 
Wishes: Someday, Holly wishes that she’ll have the opportunity to open a restaurant, where she can make her passion for food come to life. She also wishes that she could teleport, but she knows that’s never going to happen. 
Worries: One of Holly’s greatest worries is that she’ll lose her friends, especially Mist. The two dragons are very close, and while Holly knows that it’s irrational, she worries that Mist will judge her whenever she makes a mistake. 
Greatest Achievement: Holly’s greatest achievement is winning a cooking show she took part in while studying at Clearsight University. She beat dragons from all tribes, and won a prize of $1000. 
Most Prized Possession: Holly’s most prized possession is a small statue of a turtle. Mist carved it for her out of a rock that she found. She doesn’t know it, but it’s made out of skyfire, a very valuable rock. 
Most Valuable Possession: Holly’s most valuable possession is a small box made of gold, rubies, and sapphires. It opens, and inside, Holly has put a small necklace with a circle made out of emerald on it. She bought both the box and the necklace from a jewelry store owned by one of her best friends. 
Collections: Holly has a collection of small statues, like her turtle statue. She currently has seventeen  of them, and keeps them on a shelf in her room, except for the turtle statue, which she keeps in her bag. 
Optimist or pessimist: Holly is an optimist the majority of the time. 
Introverted or extroverted: Holly is an ambivert. 
How do they display affection: Holly displays affection mostly by giving other dragons gifts. She’ll often find random reasons to give other dragons gifts even when she doesn’t need to, just to show that she cares about them, and on important occasions, she often gives dragons much bigger gifts than most other dragons would give. 
See themselves: Holly sees herself as an imperfect dragon, who always has room for improvement. Even though she knows that she isn’t going to be perfect, she still hates certain parts of herself and constantly tries to fix them. She blames herself whenever she makes mistakes, thinking that even the smallest mistake will majorly impact her life in a negative way. 
Seen by others: Many dragons view Holly as a bad dragon just because she was born during an eclipse, and think of her as “different” and not a good dragon, or at least one they should avoid. However, not everyone sees her this way; many other dragons see her as a good dragon. Mist views Holly as a perfect dragon who is amazing in every way, and thinks that even her mistakes are perfect, or at least perfectly imperfect. However, most dragons who like her don’t think of her that way, and just think of her as another one of their friends. 
Best character trait: Holly is very brave, and is willing to stand up for what she believes in. 
Worst character trait: Holly is often very stubborn, and once she’s made up her mind about something, she won’t change it. Her only goal in an argument is to win it. When arguing about something that Holly has a strong opinion about, she refuses to change her mind, even if she secretly agrees with the other dragon more. 
Are they competitive: Holly is very competitive, and while she doesn’t love playing sports, she enjoys watching them. She is a bit of a sore loser, and while she always congratulates anyone who beats her, she still inwardly sulks and blames her loss on the other dragon. 
Greatest fear: Holly’s greatest fear is that other dragons will find out about how she and Mist switch places. She fears that this will make them judge her even more, which is probably true. She avoids talking about anything concerning powers she might have gained, fearing that the conversation will eventually lead to someone discovering her secret.  
Greatest secret: Holly’s greatest secret is the fact that she and Mist used to (and still do) switch places, something she hasn’t told anyone, fearing that they’ll think she’s even weirder than she already is. Besides, she doesn’t know why it happens, and believes that it might just be her and Mist hallucinating, even though she inwardly knows that it isn’t. The only person who knows that either of them switch places is Queen Coral, and she only knows that it happens to Mist. 
Pet peeves: Holly hates parrots. She thinks they’re annoying, especially after an incident where one attacked her, leaving a scar on her tail. She would never admit it, but she considers anyone who owns a parrot crazy and strange. 
Rich or poor: Holly doesn’t consider herself rich. She doesn’t own that much of what dragons normally consider money; in her community, dragons often trade for what they want and need instead. However, Holly is not poor either. 
Phobia: Holly has catoptrophobia, or fear of mirrors. She has no rational reason for it, but she avoids mirrors or any mirrored surfaces at all costs, whether she’s looking at them, touching them, or even talking about them, in specific cases. 
Musical Instruments: Holly plays the violin, and a little bit of the piano. She hopes to learn more instruments when she has time. However, she doesn’t often play either of those instruments, except occasionally for festivals. She doesn’t like performing alone in front of people, but is fine with performing when other people are performing with her. 
Mother: Holly’s mother was a PoisonWing named Roridula. She was killed two weeks before Holly was born by a roridula, leading to her being the subject of several jokes made by other PoisonWings. She grew up in the PoisonWing village her whole life, and never expected to leave it because she was blind, and therefore unable to detect anything life-threatening. However, after several years of careful training, she was able to leave the village, and found the SapWing village. While there, she met Maple, who she fell in love with. Roridula lived there for several months before Maple was killed. After his death, she went back to her old village, pretending that she had been lost in the jungle and had only survived because of her training. However, many dragons suspect that something else happened, both because of Holly’s birth and the fact that she was killed only a couple of months later by one of the very poisonous plants Roridula had apparently avoided for months. 
Father: Holly’s father was a SapWing named Maple, who grew up in the SapWing village. He had been satisfied with his life and never expected to leave the place where he’d grown up, for any reason or length of time. However, when Roridula came to his village, he fell in love with her, and she was able to convince him to leave the village. After several careful trips to places not far from the village, Maple decided that he was ready to leave it by himself, and left in the middle of the night. His body was found in a pond infested by waterwheels two days later by Belladonna, who came to visit Queen Sequoia. 
Brother(s): Holly has no brothers. 
Sister(s): Holly has no sisters. 
Ancestors: Holly has no known ancestors. 
Relatives: Holly doesn’t know who any of her relatives are besides her mother. However, she has an aunt named Cherry, an uncle named Birch, and two twin cousins named Alder and Acacia. Cherry knew that Maple and Roridula had a child, but doesn’t know that the child was Holly. Cherry is currently an interior designer, one who loves incorporating plants into her designs in various ways. Birch works at a bakery. Alder and Acacia go to one of the new schools available to dragons from any tribe. Alder is a perfect child and student, while Acacia is a bit of a troublemaker, but very smart. In fact, she’s the only one who knows that Holly is her cousin, after hearing someone mention her as “Roridula’s daughter.” 
Rivals: Holly has one rival, a PoisonWing named Nightshade. Nightshade was constantly trying to impress Belladonna, hoping to gain power by working for her eventually. She has leafspeak, and while her powers were far below Holly’s, she constantly tried to be better than her. Nightshade hates any other dragons who have stronger leafspeak than her, especially Sundew, although she’d never admit it. Nightshade was one of the dragons who originally voted for Holly to be exiled. She was on a mission during the second vote, and while she’s still annoyed about that, her annoyance is outweighed by happiness that Holly got what she-according to Nightshade-deserved.  
Reputation: Holly has a bit of a bad reputation among the PoisonWings, who think that she’s cursed because of the eclipse she was born on and Roridula’s mysterious disappearance. However, Holly has done nothing wrong, and they have no reason to hate her. However, the majority of other dragons don’t know when she was born, and those who do either don’t care or think she’s cursed, like the PoisonWings. 
Cooperation: Holly cooperates very well, especially in situations where she might have a chance to make others like her and treat her normally. Holly is constantly trying to prove that she’s a normal dragon, and does that mainly by cooperating with others. 
Sociability: Holly is reasonably social, and enjoys spending time with others. However, in any social situations including dragons she doesn’t know well, she appears very introverted and doesn’t talk. This is just because she’s worrying about saying something that will make them dislike and judge her. She worries about this even with friends, but to a much lesser degree. 
Choice of weapons: When fighting, Holly prefers to use leafspeak as a weapon, rather 
Abilities: Holly has above-average leafspeak; however, it fades the more time that passes from one lunar eclipse to the next, before returning to full power during the next eclipse. 
Traditions: Holly has adopted several traditions from SandWings who have come to live in her settlement, and celebrates all of them regularly. She has also adopted traditions from other tribes, but not as many. One non-SandWing tradition that she does is the Clash of Claws Tournament, an event that consists of several events that dragons can compete in.
Sleep Patterns: Holly always tries to sleep for a minimum of ten hours, although, if this is impossible, she puts having fun above getting enough sleep. She is proud of never having gotten less than eight hours of sleep in her life. 
Eating Habits: Holly eats a lot throughout the day. Most of the time, she eats three meals a day, as well as several snacks, which are usually smoothies. She never eats very much at the time, instead spreading the food she eats throughout the day. Sometimes, when she’s already planning to eat a lot at one time, she doesn’t eat snacks, which can make her grumpy. 
Pets: Holly has no pets, although she hopes to get a lizard sometime, particularly a chameleon. Some scavengers are now choosing to live with dragons, and Holly would like to have one some time, although she considers them intelligent species like dragons, not pets. 
Criminal Record: Holly has no criminal record. 
Intelligence: Holly is reasonably smart, but not to an extreme degree. She’s good at seeing all the angles to a problem, and often uses that to her advantage. She often twists what people say to make it fit what she needs, and is good at lying without actually lying. She remembers information easily, often within reading it ten times, although memorizing long things takes her longer. 
Talent: Holly is a very talented musician and chef. She’s been cooking for years, even when she was back in the Poison Jungle. Holly is very good at taking ingredients that wouldn’t normally go together and making them into something delicious. 
Hobbies: Holly loves skydiving, which is especially easy and safe for dragons. She finds it oddly satisfying, and challenges herself often to drop from even greater heights, and not begin flying for even longer amounts of time. Once, she didn’t start flying until she was only 30 feet away from the ground, something she considers a great achievement. Holly also loves to cook, and can make a wide variety of foods. 
Education: Holly had a very basic education back in the Poison Jungle, and knows how to read and write, as well as basic fighting skills that she could use in a battle. She continued her education through Clearsight University, renamed from Wasp Hive University after Wasp Hive was changed to Clearsight Hive. However, her fighting skills are still minimal, and the best she could do in a battle is manage to escape. 
Animal: Holly’s favorite animals are meerkats. She thinks that they’re adorable, and loves the way their faces look. She also likes lizards, and has a pet lizard. 
Book: Holly’s favorite book is Mysterious and Mystifying Murders, which is a book about unsolved murders throughout Pantala’s history. Holly loves murder mysteries in general, and owns several books of them, both fiction and nonfiction. 
Color: Holly’s favorite color is a color called Amethyst, but she likes shades of purple and other dark colors in general. 
Queen: Holly’s favorite queen is Queen Jewel. The two dragons only met once, when Jewel came to visit her settlement in the mountains, but Holly was impressed how she maintained control while still remaining a fair and kind ruler. 
Tribe: Holly’s favorite tribe are the SandWings. Several of them have visited her settlement, and she has found them all to be extremely funny. They have brought several new traditions, all of which Holly loves, and she loves their lifestyle in general. She hopes to one day visit the Kingdom of Sand, and maybe live there. 
Drink: Holly’s favorite drinks are smoothies, particularly mango smoothies. She tried one once when she was visiting a Hive, and loved it. Now, she views smoothies as an easy meal or snack, and drinks them often, especially when she’s in a hurry. She finds smoothies oddly relaxing. 
Excuse: “I mean, that wasn’t really my fault?” and “It’s not that big of a deal, it’s not a problem,” are Holly’s favorite excuses. She often passes the majority of the blame to others involved, and acts like problems aren’t as big of a deal as everyone else thinks, hoping they won’t blame her. 
Food: Holly loves all foods, but especially deserts. She especially likes ice cream, and loves shakes, which she views as a kind of combination of her favorite food and favorite drink. Besides ice cream, Holly loves any other cold dessert, and likes to freeze other desserts. She prefers quite a few foods to be cold. 
Pastime: Holly loves to cook, and loves food in general. In the past, she hasn’t had the time or supplies to cook much, but she’s hoping to do so more now that her life has stabilized a bit. She took part in a cooking competition once for fun, and began cooking more once she discovered how much she enjoyed cooking. 
People: Holly’s favorite dragon is Mist, the SeaWing who she switched-and still switches-places with. The two dragons are very good friends. 
Quote: Holly’s favorite quote is, “they said to hold on to your dreams, so I went back to sleep.” (Or something like that, I don’t remember the exact quote.)
Number: Holly’s favorite number is 52, for no particular reason. She just likes the way it sounds. 
Backstory:
Holly was born during a lunar eclipse in the PoisonWing village. Belladonna, a very superstitious dragon, believed that she was cursed. She eventually decided to only keep her because of her abnormally powerful leafspeak that manifested from a very young age. However, not only did the strength of Holly’s leafspeak fade over time, she constantly fainted-or that’s what she told everyone. She couldn’t exactly tell them that she was switching places with another dragon who was from a different continent that no one seemed to know about. Finally, Belladonna grew tired of giving Holly chance after chance at proving herself, and sent her on a simple scouting mission to do just that. Everything was going well, until Belladonna noticed that she had miscalculated when the next eclipse was going to be. Belladonna believed that the eclipse was terrible luck-and maybe she was right, because just a few minutes later, a group of HiveWings flew out of the Hive and spotted the LeafWings. Holly’s mentor, Sundew, told her to stay out of the way of the battle. However, when a HiveWing pinned Sundew to the ground and was about to kill her, Holly refused to hide anymore. She foolishly attacked the dragon, but she was no match for him. He carved a huge gash into her right arm. After the battle ended, one of the other dragons inspected Holly’s wounded arm and declared it infected by some kind of poison on the dragon’s claws. It had to be amputated. However, Holly was able to quickly replace the old arm with a new one made entirely of plants using her leafspeak, which had returned to an even greater strength than before. Belladonna claimed that the attack was Holly’s fault, but Sundew defended her, and convinced Belladonna that her strength would be needed. Holly returned to training again, only to discover that her leafspeak had weakened even more than before. Belladonna was once again ready to exile her, and this time she could not be convinced that Holly should stay, especially after one of Belladonna’s advisors theorized that Holly’s powers relied on eclipses to work. Holly was exiled. Now that she could no longer live in the village, Holly decided to try to find out who the dragon she’d been switching places with was. They obviously lived on some mysterious other continent, one that Holly was determined to find. Holly went to great lengths to search for the other continent, even sneaking into Hives disguised as a SilkWing to look for information. In order to learn something that a dragon claimed was important, she promised to steal a precious weaving. She was nearly captured, and another dragon also looking for the weaving was captured. Even though it wasn’t Holly’s fault that they had been caught, she decided to rescue them, hoping that they, unlike other dragons, would have information. The SilkWing, whose name was Echo, realized that she was a LeafWing. Terrified of being captured, Holly fled the Hive, flying down to Dragonfly Bay. Holly figured that she would be safe there; it was a place where other dragons rarely went. Only two days later, she found a dragon. However, he wasn’t a SilkWing or a HiveWing, or even a LeafWing. He said that he was a SeaWing, from a continent called Pyrrhia. Holly realized that this was who she had been looking for, and the two dragons became friends. They lived in caves along the beach, instead of returning to society, even after Wasp’s defeat. When another LeafWing brought Holly the news, she chose to start a new community in the mountains in the northwest part of Pantala, welcoming dragons from any tribe, regardless of which continent they lived on. One day, while exploring the mountains around the community, she discovered a cave. It was full of a mysterious rock that seemed to help her control her leafspeak better, and keep its power strong for a longer period of time. Holly carries some of this rock with her in the form of a small statue of a turtle. After finding the rock, Holly was able to train her leafspeak again, and studied at the newly renamed Clearsight University, training with LeafWings who had come to teach leafspeak, as well as other basic academic classes.
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Category:Characters
Category:LeafWings
Category:Dragonets
Category:Females
Category:Occupation (Student)
Category:Subtype (Leafspeak)
Category:Status (Commoner)