Galaxy (LLH)

Galaxy is an adult male NightWing and the protagonist of The Quest of Galaxy. He is a student at Jade Mountain Academy which he traveled to in order to keep Darkstalker from being released. He was raised by a city of SandWings in the southern Kingdom of Sand. He is the first thrice-moon born NightWing since Darkstalker, hatching on the brightest night along with his two brothers.
Galaxy was created and is owned by Lucky_left_handed.
== Appearance ==
Galaxy is larger than Moonwatcher, Qibli, and Winter, but Winter is more muscular. He has hidden muscles that don't show unless he's flexing or using them and he's generally skinny, agile, and flexable. He is tall but compact and stands awkwardly. He often has his tail curled up like a SandWing's. 
He has dark, midnight black scales that look like rocky, cave walls and silvery-white underscales that are described as "lighter than the moons." He has duller black horns and wing membrane with small, silver star scales on the undersides of his wings. The teardrop-like scales down his neck are dull gray-black and his head is darker, looking like the sky at dusk. Galaxy has sharp, small black claws and a wrinkled snout. His eyes are a strange, bright pink color that is noticable in large, crowded areas and easy to spot in the dark. He has a silver teardrop scale on the outside of each eye that is bright and shiny.
He wears an amulet with thick, dark brown, twisted cords that connect to a large, circular black, skyfire plate that has carvings engraved into the surface that look like semi-circles, triangles, and diamonds.
== Personality ==
Galaxy is sympathetic, observant, caring, curious, and quiet. Growing up in a SandWing city, Galaxy often thinks of himself as a SandWing due to developing SandWing habits. He is considerate as he taught himself how to block out the thoughts of other dragons so that they didn't have to be afraid of him, however, he sometimes lets his curiosity get the best of him and he listens to the minds of dragons to learn certain things. Sometimes when he is dealing with something serious, he can take control of a situation and do things he regrets later. He tries to reason that he had to do certain things because his life was at stake but he never stops feeling guilty. 
Galaxy loves his brothers, often pointing out their strengths and how much he loves them. Although he would rather hide from disaster, when he sees Darkstalker returning with his foresight, he stands up to his fears and takes many risks in order to save the world. He tries not to study the possible futures most of the time, usually only looking when he senses danger. He is respectful of older dragons and is proud every time he is praised by the elders of his city.
In large, populated areas, Galaxy tries to keep himself unnoticable and discreet. He doesn't like attention and would rather fade into the darkness. He thinks before he acts and tries to figure out detailed and logical plans for anything that he is trying to solve or do. He isn't afraid of fighting dragons if he has to, but he prefers to be friendly rather than violent.
Galaxy likes to create his own dragon characters in his head. He creates appearances, personalities, and lifes about these dragons and store them away for later. He sometimes thinks of these characters when he's searching for a certain trait that he wishes he had or is looking for ideas.
== Biography ==
==== Pre-Series ====
Galaxy's mother, Lightseeker, was fed up with Morrowseer and the NightWing Island so she escaped one night through the secret tunnels to the Kingdom of Sand where she met Stonemover. At this time, Stonemover was hiding in a ravine cave shortly after he had sent his letter to Thorn. Lightseeker kept him company and they got closer than they should of, resulting in her having eggs. When Stonemover learned that they had had eggs, he regretted everything and the two NightWings decided to never see each other again.
After Lightseeker left the ravine, she traveled the Kingdom of Sand, trying to stay hidden from the war. When she had her three eggs, she knew that she couldn't possibly raise them and made the tough decision to give them away. Lightseeker searched for places where her dragonets could possibly grow up and she ended up giving two away before the day of her death. The night she died, Lightseeker got spotted by two SandWing soldiers and they attacked her. The NightWing was able to make it away but she was losing a lot of blood and needed to get her third egg somewhere where the dragonet inside would get raised.
==== The Quest of Galaxy ====
Spoilers for The Quest of Galaxy...
== Relationships ==
=== Acuna ===
Galaxy sees Acuna as a grandmother figure. He is grateful to the older SandWing for being considerate and allowing his egg to be raised in her city. She often comforts him when he's troubled and curls up with him when he is having headaches due to his mind-reading. Acuna would let the young dragonet eat sugar cubes despite her using them for her tea. When Galaxy goes off to Jade Mountain Academy, the NightWing thinks about how he's going to miss Acuna greatly. The SandWings gifts Galaxy her amulet in order to help him and as a sign of her affection.
=== Arid ===
Arid was the most aggressive dragon toward Galaxy in his winglet. Even when she wasn't speaking directly to Galaxy, he would flinch due to the malice in her voice. She glared at Galaxy during their winglet discussion when NightWings came up and targetted him with questions where if he answered them the way she didn't want him to, he would sound like a bad dragon. Galaxy wasn't suprised that Arid was the only dragonet from his winglet who didn't come after him when he left with the Jade Winglet.
=== Barracuda ===
Galaxy and Barracuda didn't interact at all before they left Jade Mountain. Galaxy thought of Barracuda as a nervous SeaWing. He was one of Galaxy's classmates who never targetted him.
=== Biological Brothers ===
In The Quest of Galaxy, Galaxy starts to develop friendships with his brothers but he thinks to himself about how they will never be his 'true brothers', those being Brittle and Jackal. The brothers smile at each other and are friendly toward one another but Galaxy is still not sure how to act around them, often feeling uncomfortable alone with them, like they were complete strangers.
=== Brittlebush ===
Galaxy is very proud of his older brother. He sees Brittle as the strong and confident one, often looking up to him. The NightWing feels like he never has to worry about his older brother until he learned about Darkstalker. Brittle was one of the dragons that Galaxy feared for when he saw the futures with Darkstalker being released.
=== Ermine ===
During their first interaction, Galaxy was frightened by Ermine and the NightWing apologized for being his clawmate. When Ermine left, Galaxy thought how he doesn't want to be there when the IceWing returns. Later that day, the two could engage in conversation and Galaxy found himself chuckling at the IceWing because of the similarities between him and Hyena. Galaxy felt like he understood how Ermine's mind worked and didn't take any of his clawmate's threats seriously. He felt like he knew what he could or couldn't say around the IceWing. Galaxy wanted to be able to get along with Ermine so he was honest with him, telling him the truth about his history in the Kingdom of Sand. Galaxy could tell whenever Ermine was relaxed, even when his body was stiff and he was frowning. He could also tell whenever Ermine was trying to hide something. Galaxy wanted Ermine to see that they have things in common. After one night, they were able to joke with each other. When he learned about Ermine's life in the Ice Kingdom, Galaxy felt sympathy toward his clawmate. He also felt happy when he learned that Ermine wouldn't write a letter to Queen Glacier to request a room change.
When they had classes, Galaxy would keep his distance from Ermine because he didn't want the IceWing to be embarrassed or mad with the NightWing. He followed Ermine around to their classes, trusting the IceWing to know the way. Galaxy felt like he and Ermine weren't close enough for Ermine to hang out with the NightWing over an IceWing. Galaxy viewed it as a win when Ermine didn't scoff at the NightWing when he smiled at him. When Galaxy was about to leave Jade Mountain Academy with the Jade Winglet, he thought about how he cared about Ermine and wanted to be near him.
=== Galaxy's Adopted Parents ===
Galaxy loves his parents and thinks that he fits in with them since both of them have strangely colored scales. The NightWing loves them dearly and sees them as his real parents, often finding himself thinking of himself as being their unique dragonet. Galaxy would boast in his head about his parents and is very grateful to have them. When he sees the dangerous futures where Darkstalker is released, he fears greatly for his parents as he sees them die in many of the futures.
=== Garnet ===
When Galaxy and Garnet first met, Garnet was very dismissive of the NightWing, asking targetted questions about NightWings. Although the two didn't talk to each other before Galaxy left Jade Mountain Academy, Garnet went with the Quartz Winglet to help Galaxy.
=== Hyena ===
Hyena is often rude towards Galaxy but the NightWing learns that he only is because he is self-conscious and jealous of Galaxy. Galaxy feels bad for the SandWing when he learns about his abusive family and history. Although he used to be intimidated by the older SandWing, Galaxy isn't afraid of him anymore, knowing that Hyena would never actually hurt him and not even hearing Hyena think it in his mind. When Galaxy learns about Darkstalker and sees the futures where he gets released, Galaxy finds himself thinking that he even wants Hyena to be safe from the monster. When Galaxy sees that Hyena came to his leaving ceremony before the NightWing left for Jade Mountain Academy, Galaxy was shocked but touched.
=== Jackal ===
Galaxy is very caring towards his younger brother. He feels like he needs to watch out for the younger dragonet and makes sure that he wouldn't get hurt. Galaxy would use his foresight to make sure that Jackal didn't get hurt and he would protect Jackal whenever the younger brother wanted to do something risky. Jackal is shown to respect and care for his older brother as well. When Galaxy sees the futures with Darkstalker being released, he fears for Jackal's life.
=== Moonwatcher ===
When Galaxy arrives at Jade Mountain Academy and learns that almost all NightWings don't have the powers that he has, he becomes suspicious of Moonwatcher since he knows from his foresight that she has them as well. Galaxy tries not to judge the other NightWing but as he learns more about her and the futures where Darkstalker is released, he starts to see her as a threat and tries to keep her from figuring out his plan to keep Darkstalker from ever being released. Galaxy isn't afraid of Moonwatcher as he knows that if it were just him and her, he could beat her in a fight, but he was afraid that if that were to ever happen, he would have to deal with a lot more dragons which makes him shun away from every encountering her. When Moonwatcher defended Darkstalker, Galaxy exposed that she was talking with the ancient NightWing, causing her to get yelled at. Galaxy felt bad for yelling at her afterward and went with her to help her winglet deal with Scarlet.
=== Newt ===
Galaxy and Newt never spoke to each other. Despite this, Newt went with the Quartz Winglet to help Galaxy.
=== Qibli ===
Galaxy is a small bit intimidated by Qibli and sees the SandWing as a threat to his plan. He learns from observing that Qibli cares about Moon and can tell that if he ever had to fight Moon, he'd have to fight Qibli as well. When Qibli becomes suspicious of Galaxy due to his SandWing-like behavior, Galaxy learns that he needs to be careful around the SandWing. Galaxy trusted Qibli to have his back when they were in the Sky Kingdom and believed that Qibli was the one to kill Scarlet when his senses were failing.
=== Siamang ===
Siamang is kind to Galaxy, smiling at him during the group discussion and nudging him with her tail. She went with the Quartz Winglet to help Galaxy.
=== Winter ===
When Galaxy attacks Icicle, Winter jumps in and fights the NightWing as well. Although he was trying to stop Icicle from killing Sora, Galaxy was careful not to do any permanent damage to Winter. After Galaxy knocked Icicle out, Winter was furious and Galaxy was scared that the IceWing would kill him. After revealing Icicle's intentions and that she was working with Scarlet, Winter didn't trust Galaxy but then followed Galaxy when they left Jade Mountain together.
== Trivia ==
* Galaxy's first name was Nebula and he originally didn't have any NightWing powers, only being a more awkward and friendly NightWing.
* The creation of Galaxy was inspired by what a more preferred prophecy NightWing dragonet would have been from the perspective of the NightWing tribe in terms of powers.
* It was debated whether or not Galaxy should have inherited animus magic from Stonemover, but it was decided that he shouldn't in order to make the story more complex and interesting instead of having all of the problems solved using animus magic.
== Gallery ==
File:Galaxy gn.png|Galaxy on Constelli's NightWing graphic novel style base, colored by Lucky_left_handed
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