Stoneskipper (Angel)

WIP, Owned by Angel Of Madness 001
== Description ==
Stoneskipper is a heavy-built and thick dragon, slow in his movements but with a strong, unbreaking form. While he is built like a MudWing physique-wise, his scales are more close to that of a NightWing on his head and front legs with MudWing-esque scales on his back legs and underbelly. His main scales are some kind of hybrid fusion between the two, seeming like a MudWing but lacking the cape-like row of back scales and instead having a thin strip of back scales close to his spines, which are a NightWing's. He has smaller, more MudWing shaped wings.
He has gray-chocolate scales with a mauve underbelly.
== Personality ==
Stoneskipper is a chipper fellow, someone who's always smiling even when it hurts to do it. He wields an unbreakable spirit and a charm that brightens any room he's in. Stone's caring and looks out for his siblings, though can blindly rush into things for the sake of them. This protection also hardly extends to friends, since he barely bats an eye if they were in trouble. This kind of blind drive to protect his siblings makes him seem like he'd be the bigwigs, especially considering his size, but he's only the third eldest sibling. Despite Stone's unbreakable spirit, he sometimes faces feelings of inadequacy or lack of purpose without his siblings beside him. 
Making up for his blind desire, Stoneskipper is always reaching out to others to boost their attitude and give them a pick-me-up when they need it. He'll also give others the benefit of the doubt when something's wrong, and is quick to forgive most dragons. He has no temper whatsoever, and even when his siblings are threatened, doesn't have any kind of furious rage in him, only a brave and reckless side. 
== History ==
Stoneskipper hatched with the help of his older sisters, Frogmouth and Mesa, and at a young age, developed the desire to protect and help his siblings no matter the cost. Even as a dragonet, he swore he'd face death itself for them, and notably did try to single-handedly take down an alligator that bit Mosswing's tail despite visions telling him it wouldn't work.
Stone's visions began as strange dreams that he brushed off as such until they started to come true, and would often brag as a dragonet that he could see funky things in his mind that always happened, such as a migrating flock of birds stopping nearby that they could hunt or a heavy rain that made everything much muddier. Most other dragons knew about their hybrid heritage just by looking, and most assumed that he was telling the truth alongside his sister, Tawny, another seer. Nobody took them seriously until the pair had a vision of one of the queen's siblings being crippled by a falling tree, to which they silently stalked the group only to witness the future before them. Afterwards, Stone and Tawny swore not to keep their visions secret when they could seriously affect other dragons.
Which was exactly why eight years later, when the pair saw a horrible earthquake that would ravage the land, they were quick to tell their siblings. While it didn't seem to have a major loss of life, it caused a reaction that made prey too scarce in the swamp. Tawny, who saw a bit further than Stone did, said that if they stayed, it would drive several animals into endangerment and it was too risky to think the ecosystem may not recover fast enough. Frogmouth suggested they tell the queen, and she (along with everyone else) backed Stone and Tawny when they went to tell her. At first, she didn't take it too seriously, but Tawny made the mistake of mentioning the vision about the falling tree. This had the intended effect of making the queen agree to convince the tribe to temporarily leave to let nature recover, but it also made her furious at the seers for not telling her. 
Despite now facing the queen's fury, Stone was glad that she had listened to them and spent much of his time comforting Tawny, who was shaken by the rage of their ruler. However, in the coming months, as small tremors got worse, the siblings knew they had been right about the vision and quickly rushed to tell the queen. Luckily, she was already getting the tribe up and active, sending troops to gather clutches of eggs so their hatcheries wouldn't collapse and smash them all. Additionally, troops were being sent to fetch young sibling groups or the elderly so their bunkhouses didn't trap them. Stoneskipper's siblings split up to each help with what they were good at, the stronger ones like Frogmouth and Mesa working on hauling older dragons, the gentle ones like Cacao and Mosswing who were comforting small dragonets and rescuing eggs, while Tawny and Stoneskipper were rescuing dragonets from their bunkhouses. 
While rescuing a group of four, Tawny went inside to fetch the last one when a large tremor caused it to collapse, burying Tawny and the last dragonet in rock-hard mud, solid as stone. Despite his best efforts, Stoneskipper couldn't move it and ran to get his siblings after making sure the dragonets were safe. He found Mesa and Frogmouth, the former of which dove off after seeing movement in the water and suspecting a trapped dragon. Frogmouth offered to come with Stone to rescue Tawny, but as they got closer and the tremors got worse, the queen ordered everyone to get up and leave as trees fell and the swamps came alive. 
Stone found all his siblings, except for of course Tawny, but strangely enough Mesa wasn't found either. For a month or so, the tribe waited for the earthquakes to rest, living in the edge of the Sand Kingdom with the SandWings' permission to do such. Despite the swamp still needing to recover, some troops with missing sibs were allowed to go back to potentially find their lost family. Stone was part of one such group. As they came to the broken bunkhouse where Tawny was last seen, he called out her name through a tiny crack in the mud, getting only a faint cough in response. With Frogmouth and Stone's strength combined, they were able to crack open the hardened earth and the rest came crumbling down afterwards, revealing Tawny, breathing oddly, curled around the small copper dragonet breathing in the same manner. 
Aside from choking on dust and being starved for a month, Tawny and the dragonet, Copperhead, were okay. It had been scary more than anything else. However, after the joyful news, Cacao discovered Mesa's body pinned under a large tree, tightly clutching an older MudWing. Knowing their sister, she had likely tried to save the old dragon only for a tree to pin and drown them both. Stoneskipper was crushed at this, as were his siblings. The older troop who Mesa had died saving their sibling were also grieving, but in the grief, the two troops found a way to bond over it. The older group was able to teach Stone and his siblings things about the world other dragons dreamed of, and the younger group helped them hunt or perform tasks they were too old for. Stone and his siblings like to refer to that troop as their aunts and uncles, despite there being no blood relation. 
After the earthquake finally subsided and the swamps recovered, the tribe fully returned home. For their visions and helping the tribe in such a way, Stone and his sibs were appreciated and cheered throughout the tribe, with most dragons offering bits of prey or other gifts as they passed by. It was almost like the tribe treated them all as siblings. For Stone, the publicity wasn't his dream, and he instead liked to retreat with Mosswing and Cacao to the older troop for quiet time. Even after the earthquake seemed like a far-away event, years past the date, it's effects still gave Stone's life a new meaning. Dragons looked to him and Tawny for the next big disaster. Some distrusted him, seeing him as a bringer of such events. Others were grateful beyond belief. 
About a year after the earthquake, Stone one day found Tawny with the small dragonet she'd saved in the disaster. He inquired, since he'd been told the dragonet found his siblings and they'd united. But as it turned out, he never found his sibs, and when he heard their names, they were all part of unsib groups, thinking their brother had been lost in the earthquake like the dozens of others. The dragonet, Copperhead, then asked if he could join their sibling group, especially after Tawny told him about Mesa. As a group, the siblings decided on it, and Copperhead became their new little sibling, bright and eager. 
== Relations ==
(+) indicates that the relationship is positive. (-) indicates that the relationship is negative. No symbol indicates that the relationship is neutral.
=== Frogmouth (+) ===
The bigwings of the group, and Stone's older sister. She's a great bigwigs, decisive, quick-thinking, and caring for her siblings. She acts on their safety and benefit before others, though still after her own. Her willingness to defend her siblings for any cost leaves something to be desired, since she would rather lose a sibling but be there for the others than lose herself and leave them without their leader (though, she really hopes that she loses none). 
Stone loves her dearly, and he would do anything for her. He looks up to her and seeks her approval on things, and always hopes he lives up to her lofty expectations for them all. While Stone can hold grudges and be cruel, no ill feelings or intent in the slightest are directed at any of his siblings.
=== Mesa (+) ===
=== Mosswing (+) ===
=== Cacao (+) ===
=== Tawny (+) ===
=== Copperhead (+) ===
=== Bulrush (+) ===
=== Argile (+) ===
=== Briar (+) ===
== Trivia ==
-Stoneskipper was made for BronzeRattle's Natural Phenomena OC Contest
-Mesa almost had her name changed to Bronze in early ideas of Skipper's family, but I liked Mesa better. Bronze still lives on as Skipper's deadname, though
-Similarly, Cacao was going to be named Brawn before I changed it and instead gave their father that name.
== Gallery ==
File:Static-assets-upload8982697387238898600.webp|Art by Me
File:Thumbnail Stoneskipper's Sibs 20240702214120.png|All the Siblings! 
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