Emperor (SilkWing)

Emperor is an adult male SilkWing weaver. Originally from Tsetse Hive, after his metamorphosis he was moved too Cicada Hive, where he was partnered to Cabbage. Often sneaking out, to meet Pastfinder, when she was with egg he had to turn it into the HiveWings. It was harder for him to sneak out of the hive after that, especially raising his dragonets Clearsilk and Silver. He recently divorced Cabbage and married Pastfinder, they currently living together in the LeafSilk Kingdom, helping raise their grandchild, Starsilk.
== Description ==
Emperor has purple scales with hints of light pink. His eyes are mint-teal coloured, matching his slightly paler underscales and the stripes across his horns.
== Personality ==
Emperor has always been hyper and constantly full of energy, breaking rules just for fun and causing drama as a form of entertainment. He struggles to change his mindset and accept new ideals, often preferring everything stay exactly how he wants it, even at the expense of other’s feelings. Occasionally feeling sorry for his selfishness habits he frequently brings loved ones gifts of silk or flowers as an apology.
== Biography ==
=== Dragonet ===
Despite growing up in Tsetse Hive Emperor never understood how important health care and education was, frequently skipping classes and causing trouble. Later in life he started straightening his act, fearful he might be assigned to construction, despite this he never lost that rebellious streak.
=== Early Adulthood ===
Not long after his metamorphosis, he was assigned as a weaver in Cicada Hive. Only interested in his work he was not thrilled to discover he’d been assigned a partner. He was even less thrilled once her met her. Cabbage was the opposite of Emperor, quiet and calculating, the mere sound of her voice could put him in a bad mood. Whenever she wanted to spend time with him he would always come up with some half-hearted excuse to avoid it. Loving his work and hating his partner, some days he found himself begging HiveWings to give him more work, often coming home well after dark. It was on one of these occasions when he met who he thought must be the embodiment of Clearsight herself. Turns out it was an adventuring NightWing historian called Pastfinder, she had been researching “The Darkstalker Event” and following Clearsights trail all the way to Pantala. Emperor was amazed by her intuition and keen sight, advising her to stay away from the hives and offering to frequently visit in order to part more information onto her. 
After this chance encounter Emperor snuck away at every opportunity to spend time with Pastfinder, all his friends, even distant acquaintances, could tell he was up to something. If HiveWing had looked even a little closer at him, he would’ve immediately been busted. Emperor suspected Cabbage knew, from the face she gave him every time he made some random excuse but she never said anything.
=== Adulthood ===
It was chaos once they figured out Pastfinder was expecting. It was a tough decision figuring out what to do with the egg. Pastfinder didn’t want to raise the dragonet not knowing when one of their parents would come back, while Emperor didn’t want to admit his affair to Cabbage and give their egg up to the HiveWings. After a while of discussing, he had to swallow his pride and bring the egg to Cabbage. Cabbage was not surprised in the slightest to learn of his secret affair. What did surprise her though was the fact it was with a NightWing and they had an egg together. Despite the circumstances, she didn’t immediately agree to help them, settling on making an agreement to pretend they’re a happy family for the dragonets sake, and to have another dragonet after to make the eggs random appearance more natural. 
When turning the egg into the HiveWings their jaws dropped at the eggs colouration, it was beautiful. Instead of being kept in a hatchery with the other eggs, this one was whisked away to a shop in Jewel Hive that sold SilkWings as eggs to be future servants. After a few days of bidding it was sold to a high ranking HiveWing named Rubytail, then swiftly returned back to the Cicada Hive Hatchery. A year after Clearsilk hatched Silver was added to the family.
=== Parenthood ===
Emperor tried his best to be there for his dragonets, the most difficult part was spending time with Cabbage. With realising it, subconsciously each parent seemed to take care of their respective child, Cabbage tended to Silver and Emperor was glued to Clearsilk. It hurt having to keep Clearsilk real mother a secret from him. While he was busier these days whenever he found free time he would try his best to sneak out and visit Pastfinder, telling her stories of what their son was doing. When Clearsilk was around the age of 4 he pulled Emperor to the side to ask him about his mother. After some bluffing and avoiding questions he admitted the truth, Cabbage wasn’t his real mother and he was half NightWing. Despite apologising for his mistake, Clearsilk was ashamed his father had kept such a secret from him, speaking to him as little as possible. Pastfinder attempted to comfort him to no avail.
Emperor was at the Cocoon for Clearsilk metamorphosis. He remembered his own metamorphosis vividly and was not concerned for his son, that changed when fire started erupting from his wrists. From Pastfinder he knew that NightWings breathed fire but had never expected it to manifest as flamesilk. I’m the heat of the moment he was unsure of what to do. Feeling powerless he tried his best to comfort Silver, who had also come to witness Clearsilks metamorphosis. A couple of days later HiveWing guards whisked Clearsilk away and he didn’t hear from him for quite a while.
=== Freedom ===
After Queen Wasp was overthrown, and SilkWings gained back their freedom, the first thing Emperor did was divorce Cabbage and marry Pastfinder. While the split was no mutual Emperor loved showing all his friends his true love, and she loved meeting them. Clearsilk finally reached out to them, so they could all catch up together and he could meet his biological mother. They got along immediately, it also gave Clearsilk the chance to explain what he had been doing for the last 7 years. He introduced his partner, Utopia, revealing that they are expecting a dragonet soon. They’re both thrilled.
== Relationships ==
=== Cabbage ===
Emperor was partnered to Cabbage by Queen Wasp after his metamorphosis. He was never fond of Cabbage, often avoiding her. He suspected she knew about his secret affair, but she never mentioned it to him until after he came to her with Clearsilk’s egg. They act interested in each other around others for their dragonets sake.
=== Clearsilk ===
Emperor loves his son dearly, often spending more time with him than any other dragon in the hive. It hurt him having to keep his true mother, Pastfinder, a secret from him. Once he revealed the truth, he felt Clearsilk distancing himself from Emperor, only speaking to him to ask questions about Pastfinder or essentials. Emperor misses him and frequently attempts to mend the relationship. Once Queen Jewel took over as queen, and SilkWings got their freedom back, Clearsilk started reaching out more, hoping Emperor will be a good grandfather to Starsilk.
=== Pastfinder ===
Despite being partners to Cabbage, Emperor’s true love is Pastfinder. He frequently snuck out of family time to be with her, to the point even his acquaintances got suspicious. If it wasn’t for HiveWings never taking any notice of SilkWings, they immediately would have been busted. They both freaked out once they realised she was with egg, not wanting to raise the dragonet in secret, Emperor swallowed his pride and revealed his secret love to Cabbage. Once he had the responsibility of raising dragonets, it was harder to sneak out and meet Pastfinder. Still when given any opportunity he would visit her, telling her all about what their son was up to. Now that SilkWings aren’t ruled by HiveWings anymore, the first thing Emperor did was leave Cabbage and marry Pastfinder. 
=== Silver ===
Despite being his only daughter, Emperor never payed much attention to Silver, preferring to give all his attention to Clearsilk. Whenever Silver went out of her way to do something nice or spend time with her father Emperor would barely acknowledge her and move on. He never really considered her family, though he’d never admit it. They don’t see each other very often now he’s not with Cabbage anymore.
=== Starsilk ===
Emperor was thrilled to learn he was going to have a grandchild. He supports zir in their pursuit to become a detective and would occasionally set up fake crime scenes for them to investigate.
=== Utopia ===
Being Clearsilk’s partner Utopia spends a lot more time with him than Emperor does. After having no contact with his son for years Emperor mainly blames Utopia instead of his own mistakes. He’s never mean to her but during family gatherings he finds himself steering Clearsilk and Starsilk over to Pastfinder, leaving Utopia, Silver and Cabbage behind.
== Family Tree ==
	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	
	Pastfinder	———— 	————— 	Emperor	——— 	Cabbage
	 	 	 	 	 	
	Utopia—— 	———— 	Clearsilk	 	Silver	
	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	Starsilk	 	 	 	
== Trivia ==
* The silk accessories seen on both Pastfinder and Cabbage were made by Emperor.
* Emperor only considers Pastfinder, Clearsilk and Starsilk to be his family.
* He frequently attempts to exclude Cabbage, Silver and Utopia from family gatherings.
== Gallery ==
File:Emperor Talia8pie .jpg|Base by Talia8pie
File:Emperor Cyprus.jpg|Base by CyprusDraegon
File:Emperor Wheatproduct 2.jpg|Base by Wheatproduct
File:Emperor MilesDreamsicle323.jpg|Base by MilesDreamsicle323
File:Emperor LunaTFoxy.jpg|Base by LunaTFoxy
File:Emperor x Pastfinder eyeballtea.jpg|Base by eyeballtea
File:Emperor x Cabbage eyeballtea.jpg|Base by eyeballtea
Category:Males
Category:SilkWings
Category:Occupation (Artisan)
Category:Status (Commoner)
Category:Characters
Category:LGBT+
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