Puddles

Puddles is a male MudWing that is L1quid's OC. He is the main protagonist of Fire, the first book in Elemental Shift (before being taken off Wikia)Notes and outlines of Wings of Fire: Elemental Shift (reboot).
==Description==
Puddles has scales in shades of brown and amber eyesElemental Shift: Fire, Chapter 2.
==Personality==
Puddles is extremely protective of Leopard, his only clutchmate and brother, and he is loyal to his friends (except Gleam, which he warily accepts).
==Species Adaptations==
Puddles has normal MudWing species adaptations - holding breath for one hour (sixty minutes), breathing fire if warm enough, exceptional strength, and camouflaging into the earthMudWing section of Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World (2023).
==History==
===Past===
Puddles' egg was laid in the Diamond Spray Delta of the Mud Kingdom alongside his sibling clutch after a monthly breeding night involving his biological parents - Grass and Narrowmouth. He hatched a year later, with him and his brother as the only survivors of the clutch; the other dragonets in the clutch died in the egg from viruses that had managed to infect the pre-born dragonet or from complications during development. Puddles was the designated "bigwings" of what was left of the clutch.
After hatchling, Puddles and Leopard followed an older troop from a nearby village around, learning Dragon (the language of dragons), the culture of the MudWings, and the history of the world. However, both brothers were frowned upon and rejected by this village for "not being a proper troop".
===Present===
====Elemental Shift====
=====Fire=====
Puddles is the main protagonist of Fire, the first book of Elemental Shift - a series that focuses on the future of the Dragon Planet fifty years post-Prophecies (fifty years after the main events of Wings of Fire).
Puddles is first seen in a memory with Leopard, running from an IceWing stranded in the Mud Kingdom hunting the brothers for food. The IceWing manages to trap Puddles and Leopard in the waters of the marsh with frostbreath, before Puddles wakes from dreaming the memory in his and Leopard's sleephouse (known as a "structure" by the brothers).
Puddles wakes his brother in order for them to hunt for prey in the swamp they inhabit. The brothers live near a mainstream low-born MudWing village located within the Diamond Spray Delta, which has rejected them because they are not a "true troop".
=====Water=====
Puddles is a supporting character in Water.
=====Shadow=====
Puddles is a supporting character in Shadow.
===Legacy===
==== Pern====
Although nearly two hundred years have passed since Elemental Shift, Puddles is not mentioned in Pern due to him being low-born.
==Relations==
===Dune===
Dune is a female SandWing who was tamed by humans. As a result, she can speak the Human language, the Dragon language, and a sort of Human-Dragon hybrid language. Because of her masculine physique, she is called "Ralph" by humans.
===Fallcolor===
Fallcolor is a female SkyWing. She was raised by a pair of female homosexual (lesbian) NightWings in the RainNight Kingdom.
===Gleam===
Gleam is a female IceWing. Puddles was initially terrified of her upon meeting (in Fire), because he and his brother were hunted by a Mud Kingdom-stranded IceWing a few years before the events of Elemental Shift. The hunting IceWing nearly killed him and Leopard as prey to be eaten, if Puddles hadn't shot fire down the IceWing's throat, killing the dragon. Throughout the series, Puddles warily accepts Gleam as an ally.
===Grass===
Grass is Puddle's biological mother. It is unknown where she is currently residing, possibly with her "troop" (biological sibling clutch) in the Mud Kingdom.
She is named after grass frogsGrass frogs - Wikipedia
===Half-Siblings===
Puddles has an enormous amount of half-siblings due to his biological parents being involved in monthly breeding nights with other dragons. These half-siblings will never be known.
===Leopard===
Puddle's only known living relative is his brother, Leopard, who hatched in Puddles' biological sibling clutch. His current whereabouts are unknown.
He is named after the leopard frogLeopard Frog - Wikipedia
===Lizard===
Lizard is a female proto-dragon and one of Puddles' distant ancestors.
===Narrowmouth===
Narrowmouth is Puddles' biological father. It is unknown where he is currently residing, possibly with his "troop" (biological sibling clutch) in the Mud Kingdom.
He is named after narrowmouth frogsNarrowmouth frog - Wikipedia.
===River===
River is a female SeaWing and an heir to its throne in Elemental Shift.
===Siblings===
Puddles' entire sibling clutch died pre-hatching from diseases and viruses that managed to infect their egg(s) and/or complications during development.
==Trivia==
*Puddles is the oldest/first Wings of Fire OC and the first MudWing OC L1quid has made. He was made when L1quid was first introduced to Wings of Fire by Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir (2013) (when it was initially released). Puddles was originally part of L1quid's old fanfiction series Wings of Fire: Elemental Shift (which initially got L1quid into writing), and he had the appearance of Clay and the personality of Tsunami. In Wings of Fire: Elemental Shift, Puddles was the lost son of Moorhen. (He was basically a Tsunami ripoff in the form of a MudWing.)
**In Wings of Fire: Elemental Shift, Puddles had a younger brother named "Jack" (who was an Anemone ripoff). In the 2022 reboot of his character, Puddles' brother is a male MudWing named "Leopard".
**In Wings of Fire: Elemental Shift, Puddles was the son of Queen Moorhen (who was a Coral ripoff in the form of a MudWing in the series). In the 2022 reboot of his character, Puddles' mother is female MudWing named "Grass", and Moorhen was removed entirely from Puddles' family.
*L1quid purposefully took out Puddles' entire sibling clutch in order to stay in line with the original Puddles (in terms of relations), but to also show that an isolated MudWing community located in the Diamond Spray Delta could lose genetic diversity over time, resulting in very few hatchlings.
*Puddles' initial theme song was When I Need a Friend (Coldplay) to highlight Puddles' character arc in Elemental Shift. It was later changed to Carolina (Taylor Swift) as Puddles' character has some inspiration from Kya Clark, the main protagonist of Where the Crawdads Sing.
**Where the Crawdads Sing was an influence for L1quid as a guess on how low-born MudWings would survive in the Mud Kingdom in Wings of Fire before Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World (2023) was officially released. (When the book was released, the information from it was put on the page.)
**07/06/2022: L1quid has decided to add Puddles' initial theme song and current theme song to the page. The initial song will be labelled as "original" and the current one will be labelled as "alternate".
**10/31/2022: Puddle's theme song was originally When I Need a Friend by Coldplay (due to the lyrics and L1quid's love of the band), but was changed after L1quid attended one of the band's concert livestreams on 10/28/2022 and saw that they injected statements that L1quid disagrees with into the show's second half. The "alternate" theme song is now Puddles' main theme song.
*Puddles has a fear of IceWings due to nearly being killed by a Mud Kingdom-stranded IceWing that hunted him and his brother. Puddles killed the IceWing by shooting fire down its throat, and the IceWing died from internal combustion in minutesElemental Shift: Fire, Chapter 1.
==Gallery==
File:Puddles (mudwing OC (official mudwing coloring page, digital)) (wings of fire (series)).png|Poster (MudWing coloring page from Wings of Fire: The Official Coloring Book (2022) by Brianna C. Walsh)
==External Links==
*Wings of Fire: Elemental Shift - L1quid's Wattpad account (book one of an extremely old fanfiction series; Puddle's original novella)
*Puddles - FeatherWings wiki (if you want to read about the original OC)
==References==
Category:Males
Category:MudWings
Category:Content (L1quidMarbl3)
Category:Characters