Nugget (Animals1778)

Prince Nugget of the IceWings
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Synopsis
Nugget is a 5-year-old IceWing prince. He's the tiniest bit (okay, actually more than a tiny bit) full of himself and likes collecting and wearing jewelry. He has no idea that his name is a bit goofy and wants to be famous someday for writing boring, pretentious fantasy novels. He resides in the IceWing palace with his terrifying mother, Queen Verglas, and her many sons. The only creature in the kingdom that cares about Nugget is his pet snowy owl, a majestic bird kept in an elaborately carved cage. Nugget named her Verglas in honor of his (still living) mom, so things can get pretty confusing. 
Appearance
Nugget has sparkling light blue scales, accented with pink scales and an icy blue underbelly. He has translucent spikes and horns in varying shades of purple, and his claws are painted violet to match them. Nugget's deep purple eyes contrast sharply with his pastel scales. His scales are smooth and unblemished, evidence that this dragon has never worked a day in his life or had an injury worse than a paper cut.
He speaks with a very exaggerated and posh accent that doesn't conceal his high-pitched voice. 
Nugget loves wearing elegant earrings, rings, and necklaces, and is never seen without his signature cape - a sparkling white cloak with gold and sapphire blue trim, lined with seal fur dyed purple. Nugget bought this cape as a present to himself for his most recent hatching day (which everyone else forgot about). 
Personality
Nugget is unbelievably, perhaps even comically, vain, spending most of his time gazing at himself in the mirror or trying on new outfits. He's very knowledgeable about the latest fashion trends and spends extravagant amounts of treasure on his wardrobe. He's very bossy, and likes to think that he's very responsible and mature. He acts like he is much older and wiser than his brothers, despite many of them being older or the same age as him. Nugget likes to imagine that he is a very smart, experienced, and likable dragon, but he has a huge ego and is far too callous to befriend. He thinks he is better than everyone else, especially commoners and non-IceWings. He gives dragons expensive and elaborate gifts to appear generous, though most of them are just old pieces of treasure he doesn't want anymore. Nugget is also rather entitled, believing he deserves everything just for blessing the world with his presence. 
He is an expert on IceWing traditions and etiquette, and never hesitates to scold someone for stepping out of line. When he does yell at someone, he always make it into a dramatic spectacle for all to see. 
Nugget usually begs, bribes, and threatens to get what he wants. He's actually very persuasive - he managed to convince his father to convert one of the guest rooms into a walk-in closet and allow him to attend council meetings. Nugget likes to go to council meetings, despite not understanding anything about them. He thinks it makes him look very smart and mature, which he hopes will get him a promotion in a few years. 
Nugget is extremely dedicated to staying in the first circle. The only times he isn't lazy are the times when he's doing something that will significantly affect his rank. He hates it when dragons are better than him, especially his brothers. 
Nugget has a personal butler, a rather unfortunate dragon known as Saxifrage. He makes Saxifrage follow him everywhere and do the most simple tasks imaginable ("Saxifrage, I dropped an earring. Pick it up for me immediately!") Nugget has no idea that Saxifrage wants to strangle him every time they're in the same room as each other. 
Queen Verglas usually ignores or yells at her dragonets, including Nugget. However, this poor child believes he is the exception, and the only dragonet his mother loves. He's constantly seeking her approval and giving her gifts because he thinks she appreciates them. He follows Verglas around like a puppy and tries to have lengthy conversations with her because he thinks she enjoys his company. Spoiler alert: she doesn't. 
Secretly, Nugget has always wished he could be an animus or an author, thinking that dragons would love him even more if he had a superpower. The animus wish never came true, so he wants to be a writer. He writes elaborate, convoluted, and admittedly rather awful and pretentious fantasy novels. He's convinced he is the god of good writing and often gives his stories to his mother to read, who immediately tosses them into the ocean or shreds them to use as bedding in Verglas (the owl's) cage. Poor Nugget has no idea, and he's convinced that she hasn't given them back because she wants to keep them forever. 
TL;DR: Nugget is oblivious, vain, boastful, likes writing, proper, and pompous. He's also an idiot. 
History
*Nugget is hatched during a brutal ice storm. 
*At the age of two years old, Nugget is introduced to his butler Saxifrage. Over the course of a few months, Nugget becomes more and more reliant on other dragons to do things for him. 
*At the age of three, Nugget begins attending the Royal IceWing Academy, where he suffers through the cruel teachers and dull lessons. As Saxifrage did not come with him, the prince starts to become more independent. 
*Every night, Nugget looks out his dorm room window and wishes for animus magic. 
*Nugget begins writing stories in secret, and begins wishing to be a famous writer instead. 
*Shortly after his fourth birthday, Nugget is framed and expelled for destroying a teacher's possessions. The real culprit is never found. 
*Nugget is sent back to the palace and assigned a private tutor. He goes back to being lazy and demanding. 
*Nugget throws himself a fifth birthday party. He gives himself a lovely cape as a present, and builds some dragons out of snow to attend his royal party. Verglas (the owl) attends his party as well, but sleeps through the whole thing. He sings happy birthday to himself, eats a bowl of ice cream, and then asks Verglas (the queen) for a birthday hug. She not-so-politely declines. 
*Nugget attends a royal ball that is open to all IceWings, both commoners and royalty. He wears his cape, a ridiculous sparkly purple feather boa, and an amethyst crown that he thinks "brings out his eyes". While raiding the snack table, he runs into a low-class IceWing dragonet named Adélie. Believing she is upper class, Nugget is respectful to her and he ends up defending her when one of his brothers begins taunting her. Later, when both of them are bored out of their minds and trying not to show it, they sneak out of the ballroom to explore the palace. He overhears a conversation and finds out that Adélie is the daughter of a dragon banished from the ice kingdom for betraying the queen. Instead of feeling betrayed himself, Nugget is intrigued and the two become friends... sort of. Nugget starts to rethink the way he views lower-ranking dragons. 
*Nugget and Adélie begin meeting secretly on a beautiful iceberg, which they claim as their top-secret clubhouse. Nugget becomes more tolerant and appreciative of the Great Outdoors. 
Relationships
Adding to these later 
Adélie (NPC/Best friend/90%):
Nugget's best (and only) real friend is Adélie. She's a commoner, so at first he was reluctant to grow close to her. However, the two are now very closely bonded and meet up whenever they can. 
Verglas (OC/Mother/???):
Nugget thinks Verglas adores him and that he's her favorite son. He's always trying to impress her and gain her approval, which never happens. Verglas is mean and cold, but he just doesn't get it. Verglas hates Nugget and just wants him to leave her alone. 
Saxifrage (NPC/Butler/50%):
Nugget stopped viewing Saxifrage as a dragon a long time ago, seeing him only as a servant to carry out tasks for him. Saxifrage stopped viewing Nugget as a dragon a long time ago, and sees him as a nuisance... perhaps even something to kill. 
Trivia
*Nugget was originally going to be a joke OC (hence the name 'Nugget'), but he became a serious OC while I was designing him.
*Nugget is named after nugget ice - "the good kind" of ice that's fun to eat. 
*Nugget's voice claim is Alex Hirsch as King from The Owl House. 
*Despite being an IceWing, Nugget despises being outside in the snow and has a long list of excuses for not going outside. 
*Prince Nugget insists on being called "your majesty" by all who address him. 
*He likes elegant, complicated orchestral music and hates the sound of cymbals. 
*Nugget receives over 40 fashion-related scrolls a week. 
*When Nugget is angry, his voice gets higher and higher pitched and his accent disappears.
*When Nugget gets really angry, he screeches and storms out of the room. 
*Nugget is not musically talented, but he insists on playing the piano anyways and believes he is a music prodigy. 
*He spends most of the day napping, insisting he needs his "beauty sleep".
*Nugget is supposed to be sharing a room with one of his brothers. He forces the brother to sleep in the hall and is currently using his bed as a shelf to store his toy collection. 
*Nugget dislikes his pink scales, as he believes they make him less of a "real IceWing". 
*Saxifrage very openly despises Nugget (who is completely oblivious to this) and may or may not be plotting against him...
*Nugget hates jelly donuts. According to him, "they're too gooey, and if you bite one thinking it's a glazed donut it explodes and gets jelly all over your scales and your mom's very fluffy, very expensive white rug and then you get grounded for the rest of your life. Not that that's actually happened to me, or anything..." 
*Nugget is afraid of heights. 
Gallery
Credits
The background for this page belongs to Disney. The reference image at the top of the page is a Battiwink base colored by Animals1778. Nugget and his page coding belong to Animals1778 only. The artwork in the gallery, listed in order, was created by Sakura of the RainWings and NocturnulliaTheSeawingNightwing. 
Category:IceWings
Category:Occupation (Writer)
Category:Males
Category:Dragonets
Category:Characters
Category:Status (Royalty)
Category:Occupation (Government)