Birch (MudWing)

Category:MudWings
Category:Characters
Category:Work in Progress
Category:Females
Category:Content (Colorchanger the Mindreader)
Used to belong to DragonSiren22. Now belongs to Colorchanger. No stealing!
==Appearance==
Birch is very large for her age, standing at about the height of a six-year-old dragonet even though she's only four. It is unknown why Birch is so big; perhaps it was just an odd tweak in her genetics. Her mainscales are a tan color, like the birch trees she was named after. Her snout, horns and back spines are dark brown, the color of rich swamp mud, and her underbelly is the color of cream. Her eyes are green, the color of the moss on the ground and the leaves on the trees. Birch can often be seen frantically scrubbing her sib's bedding or a weapon, muttering something about disease.
== Personality ==
Birch is very caring, and is constantly worried about her siblings, even when they're not in any danger. Despite her size, which would make her a great soldier once she's older, Birch does not ever want to be a soldier or a fighter of any kind, and is even a vegetarian so she doesn't have to hurt animals. She isn't very confident in herself, especially after one of her sibs, Moss, died from a disease and she couldn't prevent it.
== Relationships ==
=== Moss ===
Moss was one of Birch's siblings, and the second-oldest one in the hatching. Moss was the most alienated on Birch's sibs, and he kept trying to lead instead of Birch, but Birch was still crushed when he died, and often still visits his grave. His death also gave her a fear of her or one of her sibs getting sick, as that is what had killed him, and she goes out of her way to keep everything clean and safe.
=== Caiman ===
Caiman is the third oldest in Birch's hatching, and she's probably the one Birch has the closest relationship to. Both of them don't feel like they are good enough, and both of them fear disease, although Birch more than Caiman. Caiman is very loyal to Birch, and follows her orders without hesitation, never even thinking that she might be wrong, or making a mistake, which sometimes leads to trouble for the group of sibs.
=== Heron ===
Heron is the second youngest, and he's the dreamiest of the sibs. He often stares off into space, occasionally while reading a book, and bumps into things a lot. He usually listens to Birch, but when it comes to her obsession with disease he gets annoyed, and starts listing all the ways her plans to stop sickness won't work, which annoys Birch. She knows that she could never do it, but she likes pretending that she could. After all, what good is being so big if you can't help the whole world?
=== Mud ===
Mud is the youngest sibling in their group, and he doesn't get along well with the rest of his sibs. He got the short end of the stick. and he knows it. Just as Birch is so large, Mud is very small for his age, and the others tease him for it, which makes him angrier than just about anything. When their mother was naming them, she didn't even spare enough energy to give him an actually creative name, as she assumed he would die within the first few months or so. Mud especially hates Birch, because she is the emblem of everything he wants; power, respect, size, and above all, an actually good name. (That's all he wants. Just a real name. Is that so much to ask?) Birch, for her part, tries to form a closer bond with Mud, but he pushes her away every time. Birch worries about him, and she believes that one day all that anger will blow out of him, and she's scared about what will happen when it does.
== History ==
Birch hatched a few years before the end of the war, and spent her first three years thinking that she would have to get better at protecting her siblings in battle, and even fought in a battle or two herself. Then the war ended, and Birch was ecstatic for about two seconds, until Moss got sick and died. Ever since then, Birch has become more controlling, and will do anything to try to get rid of disease.
== Trivia ==
* About halfway through this I wanted to change my entry to Mud because his character was more interesting, but by then it was too late.
* Birch also nearly died from the disease that killed Moss
Category:Dragonets