Antares

Antares, a SandWing who deeply resents the outcome of the SandWing war. She holds a deep resentment for "Queen" Thorn and believes Thorn has no right to claim the throne. She served in the war and admired Blister's cunning ambition. Though Antares served under Burn, she did so as a spy on behalf of Blister. Her son, Miragem, has received extensive training as a dragonet in the ways of war and survival, but he ran away from home at the first opportunity. 
Antares is very tall, long, and lean for a SandWing. For scale: 
Antares, named for the brightest star in the Scorpio constellation, is currently attempting to raise a secret army and facilitate sedition efforts in the underbelly of the Sand Kingdom. Her ultimate goal is a coup- she wants to usurp Thorn, and either place a SandWing of noble blood upon the throne, or take it for herself. Ideally, she'd like to put a puppet Queen of royal blood on the SandWing throne, one she can manipulate from an advisory role in the shadows. She is potentially considering Onyx as a candidate for replacing Thorn, since Onyx, being in the original SandWing line of succession, has a claim to the throne and wants to challenge Thorn. 
Antares is a large, imposing SandWing of an especially pale bone-white color. Her eye sockets have been tattooed an inky black to give her face the frightening visage of a dragon skull. The trailing edge of her wings has a dark, almost singed-looking pattern. Her claws are coated freshly every day with a pigment infused with the poison of jungle frogs and toxic newts. She herself has spent years ingesting poisons in small amounts to develop a blood immunity to these as well as nightshade and other common assassination toxins. Her tail barb is encased in metal armor that has spikes and a long metal blade, so that it may be swung like a flail in battle. A small notch in the armor still allows her barb to stick out to inject venom into foes. 
Though she blends in well against the sun-bleached sand and stone of the SandWing Kingdom, she is skilled at using paints and pigments for camouflage, or to disguise herself as one of several aliases she uses for her spying. 
She has no patience for imbeciles and does not suffer fools or cowards lightly. However, she values cunning over brute strength and is not afraid to use less-than-honorable tactics in combat. Survival is the right of the most worthy and fit. She values sharp wit as much as sharp talons, and merely engaging in conversation with her can be dangerous, if she thinks one might be of some use to her. 
She is Not Nice. She is cruel, cunning, manipulative, ruthless unless mercy might work for her ulterior motives. But she is also charismatic, calculating, and good at charming other dragons. Bewitching, hypnotizing, deadly. 
Antares is quite tall, even for a SandWing, lean, and muscular. 
Antares belongs to Jeredu. Antares's artwork [current art and any future art] may not be used by anyone without Jeredu's explicit written permission. I will probably not be giving permission. 
I will probably be updating this page with additional art and information in the near future, as well as tweaking the existing art to improve it. I do intend to format this page soon to be broken up into section for legibility. Thank you for your patience.
More information might also be added periodically! Watch this space!
Antares (c) Jeredu
Wings of Fire (c) Tui T. Sutherland.
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