Critter

Just a little guy!
Entry for Historical Figure Contest
==Descripition==
Critter is very short, though for most of his reign he was a young dragonet. Critter has a small RainWing frill on his chin that changed colors. He has a very blocky head and thick neck. He has a horn on his chin and nose that are also color changeable. Critter's eyes are a vibrant, royal blue. His dark purple face has a darker purple mask of scales laid on top of it. His horns have a brighter purple stripe down them. Critter has NightWing-like scales but the wings of a RainWing. They have a detailed pattern of circles and waves of which are color changeable. Critter has a very thick and stubby tail. His talons are small for his size. Critter wears a lazulite blue crown on his head. His underscores are slightly more purple than the rest of him. Critter also has dull purple spots down his flank.
==Personality==
Critter is generally very nervous. He is very hesitant to decide on anything, but when he does make a decision he sticks to it. Critter is very stubborn and faces the consequences of his actions but never changes his mind. Critter often blames himself for any bad to happen to his tribe, as he feels it was his actions that led to it. Critter is always very supportive of those around him and takes advice to heart. He is very kind to others and acts as a father too many in his kingdom.
==History==
===Before Hatching===
Batswoop was a NightWing who had always doubted her tribe for leaving their kingdom. When she met a RainWing named Mamba, she decided to go to the rain forest rather than go with their tribe to wherever they may end up. When Batswoop and Mamba arrived, Queen Anaconda was not happy about the foreigner. The couple was begrudgingly accepted into the kingdom. But when an egg was lain, that was a talon too far. Batswoop, Mamba and their egg were exiled.
===The Wander===
The family wandered for four years. They mostly stayed on the outskirts of the Sky and Mud kingdoms, searching for the NightWings who seemed to have vanished. There Critter hatched. He was named for the way he skittered around like a little critter. Critter grew up on stories of the great Night Kingdom, and dreamed of when he would be reunited with his glorious tribe. Batswoop and Mamba finally found out where the NightWings went from a wandering trader and they took off to find them across the sea.
===Arrival===
Critter was shocked when he saw his tribe. They were an arguing, bumbling mess. Nobody agreed on anything. They did not even have a queen, as Vigilance had died on the journey. When Critter and his family arrived, the kingdom decided to make the unbiased, four year-old dragonet king. When his parents disputed this saying he was too young, they were threatened with exile unless Critter became king. So this young, bewildered dragonet was suddenly king of a tribe he knew almost nothing about.
===The Decision===
Critter was made king mostly to decide one thing. Where would the NightWings live. The three options were all islands. One was a medium sized island that was mostly grassland with a small oak forest in the middle. The second was a large island with a massive mountain and a thick pine forest. The third was a small island with many hills and scattered forests. Critter was under extreme pressure from everybody around him. His parents were banned from assisting him with this choice at all. After visiting and observing every island, the confused dragonet ended up choosing island number two. Little did he know this one decision would nearly cause the end of his tribe.
===Building===
After the decision, Critter stayed as king. He decided to make the best of things and begin construction on the island. He ordered a stronghold palace to be built. Critter ordered many watch towers to be built to watch for any IceWing attacks. The island was surrounded by heavy obsidian walls mined from the mountain in the center of the island. Just as the NightWings were settling in, some scouts noticed smoke rising in the center of their new home. 
===Death===
The explosion came faster than a tongue flick. The entire tribe evacuated to the edge of the island, but many were trapped in collapsing buildings. It destroyed Critter to see everything he had built be destroyed like this. And it was his own fault. When a scientist told Critter that he had found an element that rapidly cooled lava and magma, but it had to be brought to the very center of the volcano for it to keep the volcano dormant long enough to rescue the trapped dragons. Whoever dropped it would surely die. Critter, seeing the pain his choice caused, thought he had to be the one to do it. Despite the pleads from his parents and tribe, Critter picked up the stone with the element inside, and flew as fast as he could towards the volcano. He dived into the center, dropped the stone, and was consumed by the lava and smoke.
=== Post-death ===
Batswoop grieved more than anybody. When she was told to become queen and help them find a new home, Batswoop said she would only be queen under one condition. They stayed in the kingdom her son had built. The tribe was outraged to stay in the place that had killed so many of them, but they needed leadership. So Batswoop was crowned queen, and began to rebuild the ruins of her son's palace.
==Trivia==
*I named him Critter because I just like the word Critter and it sounds like a sweet little guy like Critter is.
*I came up with the story because it made no sense to me why the NightWings would choose the volcano island as their home and to stay there after the first eruption 
*Critter liked to make tiny wooden sculptures of things
Category:RainWings
Category:NightWings
Category:Hybrids
Category:Characters
Category:Status (Royalty)
Category:Males
Category:LGBT+
Category:Content (CorvidFanatic)
Category:Deceased