Kalahari (Firey)

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Kalahari | 5 | Non-binary | They/Ae/She | Biromantic gray-ace | Sand-Sky 
 
== Appearance==
Kalahari is a short, somewhat skinny five year old SandWing-SkyWing hybrid. They have SkyWing-like tan scales. Aer underbelly is a light steel blue underbelly. They have darker tan overscales running from their snout tip to the tip of their tail. They have a unique fluffy fur-like dark brown frill from the top of aer forehead to the end of aer tail. They have a gray snout horn, SkyWing-like horns, and two horn jaws. She has light pale blue wings and eyes. They wear a black spike collar and two spike bracelets. There are two golden rings on their left horn and two golden earring hoops on each ear. At the end of their tail, they have two golden tail bands. Kalahari sometimes wears a light blue silk scarf around their barbless tail, to keep it warm. Kalahari's scale and underbelly patterns resemble those of a SkyWing. Her face build is similar to a SkyWing (or so she's been told).
==Personality==
Kalahari is usually relaxed and laid back. Ae tries to be kind to everyone, but ends up lashing out as ae has a short temper. She is somewhat shy, she tends to get uncomfortable around aggressive/loud dragons and large crowds. However, (if they feel confident enoiugh) this doesn't stop Kalahari from pointing out other dragons' faulty mistakes. They don't hesitate to stand up for their friends or for themselves. They hate seeing their friends being sad, so they try to find the root of the problem and fix it. They are extremely senstive, so they can get defensive and snappy towards critism that they didn't ask for. They are also protective of their friends. They are prone to grudges, and will hold one for a long time. This behavior makes it hard for Kalahari to properly forgive and forget. They struggle to open up to other dragons, preferring to bottle and isolate themself if they're having a rough time. 
==History ==
===Early dragonethood===
Their parents sold Kalahari to Skull, a well known hitman, when ae was an egg. As a result, Kalahari never knew their parents. Skull often isolated Kalahari and Torrid from the outside world. He kept them in caves, forbidding them to wander off, until he returned. Torrid would keep Kalahari entertained by telling her fantasies of heros and war. The stories fascinated Kalahari. However, the stories stopped when Torrid turned four. By that age, Skull took Torrid on long trips, leaving Kalahari alone most of the time. Kalahari entertain aerself by playing with twigs and and stones. Ae would only have to wait another year, as when Kalahari turned three, Skull began to take aem out on those long trips. 
===Late dragonethood===
Skull trained the two siblings how to stalk other dragons and using throwing stars. He also taught them how to use daggers for close combat. He often took them to different caves and forests to train, but ocasionally brought them to illegal training areas. Kalahari wasn't sure why he was teaching them this stuff, but they went along with it. Ae assumed that Skull wanted aem to learn how to defend aerself.
=== Teenage Years ===
Kalahari's training was going all but when. Ae always missed the targets, ae always breathed too loudly, ae always walked too fast or too slow, and more whnever Skull yelled at aem. Skull constantly yelled at Kalahari, critizing and constantly comparing her to Torrid.
==Relationships==
===Heather ===
Best friend/romantic interest - extremely positive
Kalahari is close with Heather. She is aer second best friend after Tamarack. The three stick together during school days. Kalahari is slightly protective of Heather, as the IceWing gets trampled all over by bullies most of the time. They genuinely likes hanging out with Heather, and thinks very highly of them. Kalahari has a tiny crush on Heather, but refuses to admit it, brushing it off as "stupid feelings getting too soft". They are embarrassed about their crush. They try to hide it from everyone, especially from Tamarack and Heather, as they don't know how their friends will think of them and don't want to lose them.
===Natalus ===
Neighbor - negative
Kalahari despises the NightWing RainWing hybrid with a burning passion, especially because she bullies their friends. They think she's snooby and a snitch. They will not hesitate to beat her up if she got the chance. They try to act relaxed when she's around, but ends up failing and slips a threat at her from time to time. They avoid Natalus like she's the plague.
===Ocelot===
Neighbor - negative
Like Natalus, Kalahari despises the NightWing RainWing hybrid. She finds xem annoying and whiny. They consider Ocelot to be the more bearable one out of Natalus and Ocelot, as ze don't bully their friends as much as Natalus. They avoid Ocelot whenever they can.
===Torrid===
Older brother - positive
Kalahari is close with aer older brother. He was always there with Kalahari from the start. Ae knows ae can depend on him when ae needs to vent (which is rarely, but still). Kalahari knows Torrid faintly remembers their parents. She wonders what their parents were like, and why Torrid never bothered to mention them. They're slightly scared of Torrid, as he has killed dragons before. They also let/make Torrid do most of the talking when they're out in public, as they're extremely awkward. She tries to help Torrid as much as she can when he goes through painful feather molting. They feel extremely bad for him, as they were the ones to encourage Torrid to make the fateful trade. They're currently keeping their feelings about Heather from him, simply because they don't want Torrid teasing them.
===Skull===
Adoptive father - neutral negative
Kalahari always looked up to the hybrid, and did what he told them. Even when Skull was harsh to them, Kalahari never doubted him. Ae assumed that Skull was in the right, as he was her adoptive father, and only knowledge of the outside world. He taught Kalahari and Torrid in using dragonflame bombs, throwing blades, and poisons. After the Ethereal accident Kalahari isn't sure of what to think of Skull. Part of them is angry at Skull for abandoning them after flunking their pretest. Another part is considering to go back to Skull, although they know that won't do any good. For now, they're avoiding at mentions of Skull, to keep their mind off of him.
===Boomerang Nebula===
Best friend - positive
Boomerang Nebula is Kalahari's first friend in Ethereal. She is close with the odd IceWing. At first, Kalahari thought Nebby was annoying but soon warm up to them, surprised but welcomed by their good nature. They find Nebby's hoarding habits and actual hoard amusing and interesting. She sometimes contributes to the hoard, throwing in whatever she finds 'hoard-worthy', although she has no idea if Nebby appreciates or even notices. She does it anyways because she figures since they didn't say anything about it, it's not doing any harm. Kalahari is somewhat desperate to please the IceWing's non existing 'cool' standards. They're aware that Nebby is aroace and doesn't like mushy love. They worry that if they confess to them about their feelings for Heather, Nebby will think less of them or even dump them.
===Zephyr===
Friend - positive
Kalahari considers Zephyr to be an amazing friend. They've known them for a few months now, and they're glad to have them as their friend. Ae enjoys joking around with Zephyr. She somewhat looks up and admires them. 
==Trivia==
*Kalahari was named by their parents as an egg, before they were traded to Skull.
*Kalahari hatched near a creek.
*Kalahari has blue fire, which is hotter than the regular fire.
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