Daedalus

redoing most of his page is super juvenile
"I am on the side of science!"
Daedalus 	Daedalus
 	
Background 	Background
Creator 	Ahren
Artist 	Chipper
Photo 	Atriom Vallat
Coder 	Ahren
Attribute 	Logic
Element 	Fire
Color 	Light purple
Animal 	Dolphin
Song 	While I'm Still Here- Nine Inch Nails
Character 	Character
Age 	17
Gender 	Male
Pronouns 	he/him
Orientation 	Bisexual
Occupation 	Museum curator
Tribe 	SilkWing
Goal 	To provide a safe place to store various SilkWing artifacts and culture
Residence 	Sanctuary, Bloodworm Hive (formerly)
Relatives 	Unnamed parents, Hispo (adopted father)
Nicknames 	Dae
Allies 	Helicon, the Chrysalis
Enemies 	None, probably.
Likes 	Facts, logic
Dislikes 	Fantasy, disorder
Powers 	Tribal, heightened intelligence
Love Interest	Ceja
Quote 	"I am Daedalus I speak for the trees. Litter again and I'll break your knees." (quote credit to Chxractxr)
Appearance
Daedalus is mostly lavender blue in color, with some mint cream markings and eyes. Daedalus' horns are dark sierra, but his spikes and talons are a lighter, more purple color. His wing membranes are a more violet, darker color than his body. Daedalus' underbelly is white, and the inside of his ears is a soft pink. 
Daedalus is tall, but has a slightly hunched back from years of studying ancient artifacts. He wears no accessories except for copper-rimmed glasses. He sometimes wears black gloves if he is handing something very delicate or wants to protect an ancient item from damage.
Personality
*Very nerdy, like the very stereotype of a nerd
*Clever and creative, at least pertaining to his museum. Finds a way to make the stuff at his museum interesting to everyone but is not artistically creative at all
*Generally sarcastic and salty
*Has a soft spot for dragonets though and is always super nice to them
*Very passionate about his work and truly believes in its importance
*When he gets fixated on something he's filled with childlike wonder and admiration for that thing and it's really beautiful to see how much he cares
*Not the best with other dragons and sometimes freaks them out
*Has this paralyzing fear of being ignored by dragons he cares about and tries not to talk about his hyperfixations too much around them, and so is genuinely surprised when someone wants to hear him out. This drew him to Ceja, his now-boyfriend.
*That passion sometimes turns into a mean streak and he can gets angered easily if someone insults him or his work
*Angry in a loud way, will start cussing out your mother at the slightest provocation
*Hates being wrong about- well, anything, really. Gets extremely smug when people try to disprove him but he ends up being right anyway, but on the other hand he gets extremely angry and volatile when he does end up being wrong.
*Has no patience for dragons that ask too many questions or question him too much in general, clashes with Helicon, his assistant, often for this
History
Daedalus' father worked as the right hand of a HiveWing historian and museum curator of Bloodworm Hive Museum. When his parents were killed by falling treestuff, Hispo, the HiveWing historian, unofficially adopted Daedalus and took a personal interest in his education. Daedalus was sent to some of the better SilkWing schools, and was always the top of the class. 
After graduating school, Daedalus was chosen as Hispo's right hand. Daedalus and Hispo were both the curators of Bloodworm Hive Museum and the museum was often visited by dragonet schools, HiveWing and SilkWing alike. Daedalus would teach the dragonets, and he would do most of the errands for Hispo while Hispo operated from the shadows. Daedalus worked at the museum for nine years.
Since Hispo was getting too old and Daedalus was too busy, there was no one to do simple jobs like cleaning the museum and getting groceries. So Daedalus got an assistant, Helicon. Helicon really only worked at the Museum because his parents wanted him to do it and he didn't have a better choice. Little did Daedalus know, Helicon was secretly in the Chrysalis.
When the burning of Bloodworm Hive began, a flaming beam fell on Hispo and killed him. Helicon begged Daedalus to get out, but he refused to get out without his notebooks. Helicon had to take all six of Daedalus' notebooks, along with an empty one, to get Daedalus to get out. Daedalus finally agreed and started living with the Chrysalis.
In a way, living with the Chrysalis was a dream come true. So many trees, so many opportunities! But many members of the Chrysalis were wary of Daedalus because of his loyalty to Hispo and they thought that he was on the side of the HiveWings. Because of this, Daedalus spent most of his time away from the center of the Chrysalis, studying and tinkering the new flora and fauna around him.
Right now, Daedalus is flying towards Pyrrhia with the other SilkWings and LeafWings. He looks forward to finding learning more in the Distant Kingdoms.
Relationships
Hispo: Daedalus and Hispo, although neither would really admit it, had something of a father-son relationship. They were very close, as they worked together for more than nine years and Hispo taking Daedalus under his wing. Daedalus was deeply saddened by his adoptive father's death and mourns him to this very day. 
Helicon: Helicon and Daedalus had a fairly good relationship, apart from the fact that they would get very frustrated with each other at times. Their relationship became a little strained after Helicon revealed that he was with the Chrysalis, but they are still friends. Helicon learned quite a few things from Daedalus and vice versa. Helicon actually doesn't regret becoming Daedalus' assistant. 
The Chrysalis: Daedalus and most of the Chrysalis members are wary of each other. Many SilkWings have accused Daedalus of being a HiveWing simp, while Daedalus claims that he is on the side of science. Many SilkWings think it's weird that Daedalus is so obsessed with science, but overall they try to ignore one another. 
Trivia
*Dae was named after the father of Icarus, Daedalus (an artist and carpenter). 
*He has a weird hammer hyperfixation and has a collection of hammers he calls Daedalus Hammers. (no this isn't a Hades reference whatt??!!)
*He also probably has some form of undiagnosed autism. 
*Daedalus was made for this palette contest, but I had the idea of a paranoid SilkWing with glasses in my head for a while.
*Daedalus' name was decided in this poll.
Gallery
Base by RaintheDragoness12, colored in by Ahren
DaedalusYELL.png|Ahren (painful old art plz ignore)
Screen Shot 2020-12-24 at 9.57.29 AM.png|Dew!
DaedalusJae.webp|Jae!
Daedalusscroll.webp|Scroll!
Daedalusbasefill.webp|Base by Base by Dragz, fill by Kayden!
Quality.png|Ahren
Daedaluspaletter.png|Generated by Midnight!
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