Gyrfalcon (Sonic)

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★ SONIC ★"You think I’d go down that easily, (...) definitely would require WAY more water than that," ~ to Hawk
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Gyrfalcon 	Gyrfalcon
 	
Background Information	Background Information
Creator 	Prema Melody
Fitting Music 	Studiopolis Zone 2 by Tee Lopes, Falk Au Yeong (mixing)
Infobox Artist 	Prema Melody
Character Information 	Character Information
Aliases 	
* Sonic (preferred address) 
* Gyrfalcon (birthname)
Age 	6 years (15.5 in hys)
Gender 	Male
Occupation 	
* Golden Expeditioner & Fighter of Scales of Hope
* Leader of Scales of Hope (formerly, position passed down)
* Wings of Glory (formerly)
* Royal Assistant (formerly for Scarlet)
* SkyWing Soldier (formerly)
Tribes 	SkyWings and IceWings
Residence 	Scales of Hope
Relatives 	
* Sparrow (SkyWing father, captured)
* Flurry (IceWing mother)
* Peregrine (younger sister)
* Malachite (younger brother)
* Tails (adopted brother)
Allies 	
* Fig 
* Rose
* Pitcher
* Armadillo
* Ray
* Scales of Hope
* Outclaws
* Talons of Peace
Enemies 	
*Queen Scarlet
*Princess Burn
*Princess Blister
*Morrowseer
*Queen Wasp
*[Placeholder]
*Clevermind
Likes 	
* Open space
* Freedom
Dislikes 	
* Slowing down
* Injustice
* Oceans and lakes
Abilities 	
* Smoke Breath due to the SkyWing fire and IceWing frost breath components canceling each other out creating smoke instead of fire. However, it is as forceful as fire and can push dragons away or create a smokescreen.
* Incredible Flight speed of which in order to somewhat control it, he has extra wing flaps under his legs.
* Ability to resist sub-zero temperatures for 2 hours.
Gyrfalcon is a male, SkyWing IceWing dragonet and a former citizen of the Sky Kingdom before aiding in the creation of the "Scales of Hope" between him, his newfound friends, and the innocent prisoner escapees he and Peril saved. After the Darkstalker conflict, he and Wren passed down their co-leadership to Rose, him in particular doing so to commit to a more relaxed life, ranking high in expeditions.
APPEARANCE
Gyrfalcon is tall and sleek with vibrant, sapphire blue scales compared to the ocean with darker overscales. He has pale gold underscales and wings, some edging the bottom of his face, with twisted, ivory white horns. He is said to have a narrow, triangular head with emerald green eyes. His wings are huge, larger than a SkyWings yet thinner edged with dark blue and wing membranes along his hind legs to control his flight.
His upper neck is covered in sharp yet flexible spikes like needles, softening into rounder, smaller spikes along his body, reverting slightly near the end of his tail. His talons are sharp and in good condition from constantly straying from land, having a ring on one of his fingers gifted from his mother which in addition enables him to cross the Ice Cliff despite having mostly SkyWing blood.
Gyr likes to pack light to reduce draw back to his speed, carrying only a light saddle with the bare essentials of coins and a kris for defensive purposes, though has yet to use it and hopes to never will. He wears a necklace tipped with a glowing emerald that radiates heat and, without enough exposure like Gyr has, feels weird when touched, like magnetic waves against it's same-pole recipient. 
PERSONALITY
Gyr has a comedic, optimistic character. His main motive is to keep moving on in a spiritual, mental and literal sense and he's seen as a bright light of relief for other dragons. It is rarely when you'll seem him absolutely ticked off and extremely upset.
Starting off Gyr is comedic and has, while not too much, some amount of an ego. He tends to make jokes even in situations where he appears to be in trouble and gets a laugh out of it, however, he understands when a situation is extremely serious and doesn't warrant a joke at a time.
He is optimistic, mainly due to the fact that he lives by moving on, and is also often care-free in a positive way. He doesn't let a lot of things get to him and even when it does, most of the time he can bounce back without too much trouble. However he isn't invincible and has some weak points, it would generally take a lot of work to hit them. He believes that all dragons have at least some light in them or a reason for their actions and wants the best for those who are innocent.
SKILL
STRENGTHS
*Incredible fast flight travel
**To control it he has good flight handling due to his extra wing flaps that connect to his hind legs & tail. Think of a gliding Ray when they're in use. When he needs to slow down, he spreads these flaps and his wings. When he needs to travel, his flaps are always as closed as possible.
* Slightly above average run speed
*Smokey breath
**Can be used as a smoke screen.
**The breath still is as forceful and powerful as a fire or frost breath meaning it can push dragons back. It's usually used for blinding though.
*Able to resist sub-zero temperatures for 2 hours.
* Great at close combat
**His talons are kept sharp.
**He often practices with small weapons like a kris or dagger.
* Great at aerial combat & stealth
** Imagine how NightWings drop and slashed the IceWings but faster. He is also has a great talon grip.
** His wings are useful for clapping and hitting other dragons out of the sky.
** He can ascend and descent at high speeds which can out-speed or confuse the target.
MIDDLE GROUND
*Sensitive nerves
**Being fast, in order for the best survival, Gyr has a quick and reactive nerve system pertaining to physical interactions.
**This can either help him dodge breaths and attacks or fall easier for false alarms or be inflicted with sharp pains for what normally is numbing or fading in pains.
WEAKNESSES
*Unable to swim
**This is due to his lack of training and his wings being too big to consistently swim anyway.
*Not great at far combat
**He can catch up to dragons but doesn't have any far projectile to hit them with. Due to his large surface area because of his huge wings, it is sometimes easy to wear him down by the time he reaches the target. He hasn't practiced darts or archery due to his lifestyle.
BIOGRAPHY
* Gyr hatched to Flurry and Sparrow unfortunately on the day Blister's forces attacked a bordering IceWing village. With no connections to the kingdom, the townsdragons had to fend for themselves, Sparrow instructing Flurry to run while he acts as a distraction. Flurry leaves with a group of IceWings in an attempt to get help by the nearest kingdom town, however Blister's forces trapped them in a fire, blocking off the town. Flurry was only able to leave south towards the desert, though to avoid troops she bordered into the Sky Kingdom.
* Flurry lost Gyr in a hurricane flying across the sea, Gyr ending up on kingdom ground where a SkyWing found him and sent him to the central city. Gyr was originally meant to be killed, however a SkyWing elite argued in his defense. In the case, the elite was able to convince Scarlet not to kill Gyr as he could either be a spy if he has IceWing resemblance or a decoration for Burn.
* Gyr was placed in the orphanage where he'd leave to manage his own den at 4. He made friends with a few others, particularly Hawk in his training winglet. Overtime he'd eventually become, unwillingly, an associate of the royal family, Scarlet wanting to keep Gyr close as she finds him as an excellent attention-drawing piece in parties or meetings. He was allowed to sit near them in arena fights, growing a distaste for them and Scarlet.
* On his way to his final, Gyr was invited by Scarlet to a party as a common guest due to his appearance, though told him to arrive earlier. At his final, he performed well at his altered course until the ring section where he underestimated his control and flew into a ring, falling into the rough lake below. Gyr was saved from the lake though developed his thalassophobia since.
* The next day on his way to the meeting, Gyr came across the Wings of Glory, in particular Wren. After gaining their trust, she explained their operations, Gyr being interested in joining, becoming apart of the team. He reached the meeting where he met the captured Dragonets of Destiny, excluding Sunny and Glory, for the first time. leaving the party, he came across Glory in a corridor where Gyr eventually laid out the plan Wings of Glory wanted to send to the DoD.
* Along with a winglet member he is sent in a skirmish against a set of SeaWings where he helps two dragonets hide and return home. In addition he saves Peregrine from a thrown spear, his speed being discovered by enemy dragons for the first time, making him as a prime issue. On his way home he finds a dream visitor.
* After a feast a week later, Gyr is sent to guard Starflight while Scarlet and Burn discuss plans about Gyr. As the dragonets are hauled off, he's dismissed back to his den. On his way home, Hawk warns Gyr that he will likely be killed the next day. Gyr plans to leave in the middle of the night, attempting to retrieve a item, though was nearly killed by a random dragon, taking it as an omen and planning to leave at day instead.
* He meets with the Scales of Hope again, informed of the plans for the next day. At sunrise in the arena, Gyr is already aware his deathbed is planned today as he's being pampered with good seating for the fight. The moment Glory attacked Scarlet, Gyr and the Wings of Glory immediately began to unhook and free marked prisoners who were determined to be innocent. They all fled where they took refuge in a forest below, creating the Scales of Hope.
* Gyr, Wren and Walrus got wind of a possible SkyWing attack on the Sea Kingdom and left to try to warn dragons. They came across Crocodile and Iguana as they're plotting to save Bumble from the prison. With a similar destination, the 5 banded together, entering the kingdom. They were directed to Summer Palace by Walrus who was familiar with the place, though they were caught. The moment they were hauled to the prison, the Summer Palace was bombed, prompting the guards to immediately head to the scene, the 5 following along. Walrus would free Bumble after convincing a guard that he's currently on shift, the 6 leaving. On their way out, they signaled safe spaces to leave, some following them back to the Scales of Hope.
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* Gyr was scouting for the moving Scales of Hope attempting to find a new home moving through Jade Mountain. On his way he found Skyfire who he returned to their camp. Overtime Gyr and Skyfire would get familiar with each other as Skyfire makes contributions to the group, seeing his potential. He'd agree to have Skyfire to accompany him on a scouting trip into the desert where they came across Cottontail. Both promised to reunite her with her mother, eventually finding her taking refuge with other SandWings on kingdom outskirts.
* Unfortunately they were found by Burn's forces, Gyr sending Skyfire off early to get back ups from the SoH while he attempted to guide them away safely. After receiving back up they return to camp.
* The council realize the desert isn't safe and move towards the Rainforest. Gyr and Skyfire leave early to attempt to gain a deal to live in the rainforest with the RainWings. They arrive shortly after the NightWing Exodus, striking a deal for temporary stay if they help surveillance the rainforest. Sometime in their stay, Skyfire shares about his past as well as officially changing his name to Two-Tails, shortened to Tails.
* Gyr, not wanting Tails to get hurt again, decides to leave him at the settlement. Sometime during this, Gyr had left to meet with refugees in the desert, though instead met with Outclaw members who already sent them to the Scorpion Den. A fight as shortly avoided after Gyr introduced himself to Armadillo and Ray. He eventually brought up the idea of a resolution, creating alliance between the SoH and Outclaws in order to end the war.
* He, Armadillo and Ray left on an expedition to find the Eye of Onyx though while looking in a cave they were ambushed. Luckily Armadillo caused a cave in, though blocked them into the caverns. While there, he learned about the legend of Star, a firescale enchanted SkyWing that is unknowingly stored in his necklace. After finding a way out they returned to the Scorpion Den.
* He aided in the Outclaw ambush of the Stronghold, returning to the SoH after the deal was finalized, planning to send dragons over to help them. On his way back he spots [PLACEHOLDER] and Clevermind following an unknown figure. Realizing the figure was Tails, he intervened into the battle giving Tails time to flee. He was able to lose them in the storm, heading to the rainforest. In the forest he found Rose, warding off the NightWings fighting her. The two return to he center where he and Tails blissfully reunite. Gyr is proud of Tails hearing about his round up defense of a SoH scouting group.
* In the final moments of the war, he, Tails and Rose aided in getting dragons in place and helped dragons move safely off the ground from the dragonbite viper.
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* Gyr attempts to help Fig become accustomed to the group.
* He later is met with Fig looking for him, starting a fight. Gyr eventually convinces Fig, along with Ray, that he doesn't know what and where the Clear Emerald is. After realizing he was lied to, Fig teams up with Gyr to help retrieve the item. 
* On their trips there, Gyr and Fig grew a more friendly rivalry, Fig eventually trusting him with the history of the Clear Emerald and why its a necessity. Understanding, Gyr works harder to locate the stealers.
* Gyr, Tails, Fig and Rose eventually confront [PLACEHOLDER] after learning from Fang that he stole it. Gyr nearly runs into a bait and switch, though Fig saves him from falling into a sea of stalactites. They continue the fight, Gyr switching to fight against [x] with Rose and Tails. They escape the chamber as it collapses, returning home.
* At the end in the party of Ruby's official crowning, Gyr and others meet with Fig, Gyr promising they'd find a way to Pantala. He also expresses his plans of passing the crown to Rose after feeling overwhelmed with having to do at home work when he urgently wants to go on expeditions, feeling Rose is ready enough to take on the task.
* Gyr helps Rose and others calm the crowd when Darkstalker rises, getting a glimpse of Shadowhunter leaving the forest.
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* Gyr joins the council to address current situations. It is decided Rose's coronation will be postponed to deal with issues.
* After hearing so far of the Darkstalker situation, Gyr decides he needs to warn the IceWing to prevent another Night-Ice war. Tails though states he cannot go alone. Gyr after much debating decides to bring along Rose, setting meeting their IceWing parents as a side quest.
* After reaching the furthest towns, Gyr and Rose decide to split up to get the warning across faster and to meet their parents as they're in different sections. After a while he finds Flurry who is being attacked by some residents for her relationship with Sparrow. Gyr defends Flurry, realizing in the moment she's his mother. They embrace, Gyr explaining the ordeal and Flurry helping him spread the message.
* They intercept Rose, Silverlining, Marine, Shadowhunter, Ravenous and [y] on their way back, making a plan on how to stop Darkstalker at base.
* In a few weeks he meets Peregrine and Malachite, not recognizing them as his siblings until Flurry points it out having a blissful reunion. Within the same week Gyr agreed to remove Malachite after her stole from many members. At Malachite's apology and return of stolen items, Gyr forgave him but promised a permanent ban if he stole anything else.
* He and a few key members of SoH leave to attempt to stop the Jade Mountain Conflict, only convincing a few out of the fight. At the resolution of the battle, they return home where Gyr passes on his leadership position to Rose.
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* Gyr helps Rose smoothly transition into her role, handling some tasks and issues. On his visit to Flurry, he'd learn about the LeafWings' arrival. Returning with a few who docked at Flurry's home. He'd return to the SoH to find Pitcher, immediately getting a complaint about her bug hoarding causing infestations, forwarding it to Rose.
* Through this time he is making connections between the Sanctuary and SoH as well as helping other arrived Pantalans find either place.
* He helps Rose rally Pyrrhians and sorts groups of 200 dragons to fly to Pantala, he, Shadowhunter and Silverlining leading.
* During the attack, Gyr is knocked into the water, HiveWings preventing others from diving for him. After enough time he rose from the water as Star, returning to land. He uses the new form to defend others, eventually causing a stalemate he attempts to buffer.
* After the othermind's death, Gyr gives Pitcher a closemind leaf he found in the deceased closemind's place, working with Pitcher and Fig to regrow it again. After a while he reverted to normal.
* Everyone returns and celebrates. Gyr officially steps down from being a leader assistant to be an expeditioner.
RELATIONSHIPS
SPARROW 
Sparrow is Gyr's father. He only got to spend a few months with his father before they were bombed by Blister's SandWings. During this time, Sparrow was the one to bring food to Gyr and helped him walk on his feet. The nature of Sparrow clearly influenced Gyr as they're both optimistic and sometimes cocky. After Sparrow was captured and Gyr was ultimately separated from his family, he felt an empty hole left in him. He often covers it up with his high-hopes personality but between friends or specific mentions it might get personal. This especially worsens as he was the ony to give Gyr a ring as a present for his hatching that ironically fitted perfectly as he grew into it.
FLURRY 
Flurry is Gyr's mother and a former second circle IceWing before being exiled for having outside tribe relationships especially with an enemy. Flurry gave Gyr more of the optimistic side of him and they were together for only a few months more than Gyr was with Sparrow. When their home was attacked, Flurry tried her best to get Gyr to safety and ultimately placed him in the SkyWing dormitory, hoping that the SkyWing tribe would keep him safe but not understanding that there would be a chance Gyr wouldn't make it alive.
Gyr doesn't know the current residence of Flurry but from picking pieces together from the residents of the Scales of Hope, she's still alive somewhere.
PEREGRINE 
Peregrine is Gyr's younger sister. He doesn't know much about Peregrine other than the fact that she really wanted to meet Gyr. He doesn't know where she is.
MALACHITE 
Malachite is Gyr's younger brother and youngest sibling. Like Peregrine, he doesn't know much about him other than the fact that Malachite is often loud. Gyr thought he had heard and seen him deeper into the Rainforest at some time.
TAILS 
Tails is Gyr best friend and practical brother. Ever since he had found Tails stranded into the desert, Gyr had looked over and built a tight friendship with Tails. Gyr often depends on Tails to come up with some sort of organized plan or solution to certain occasion like freeing innocent prisoners or saving dragons who were caught in a war mix up. He believed Tails would grow up to be a great dragon one day that all tribes will recognize.
FIG 
Fig is another friend of Gyr. Their belief of justice align, well as Gyr seeing Fig as a general great dragon to hang out with. He sometimes annoys Fig and the two can get competitive. Generally Gyr doesn't hate Fig and when working together, they have great chemistry.
WINGS OF GLORY 
G
ROSE 
Gyr saved Rose from a NightWing abduction attempt and ever since Rose is attached to Gyr. Gyr finds this embarrassing and tries to keep his distance whenever she gets flirty. When working platonically together, they make a great team and Gyr views her as just a general friend. He trusts her enough to pass down his leadership position to her.
PITCHER 
Gyr and Pitcher didn't often interact sides from a greeting and checking on them now and then. While he himself doesn't remember the entire details, he does recognize the fact he gave her a seed to replant the breath of evil.
ARMADILLO 
Gyr and Mighty both get along well. Both have similar motives after all.
RAY 
Gyr and Ray didn't interact much asides from a short conversation in the temple. He sees Ray is like Tails in ways.
[PLACHOLDER] 
Gyr and [PLACHOLDER] are long time enemies, having first encounter ending in his near death and ever since he's had an ear out for him.
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DIAMOND WINGLET 
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STARGUIDER 
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HAWK 
Hawk was one of Gyr's friends when he was younger. Both were comedic dragons who made jokes to lighten up their situations and got a long well. Gyr didn't really mind that Hawk was royalty and both dragons would race each other on land or spar each other.
When Gyr had to leave, he made sure Hawk knew as well as the exact reason why. He misses him but can't meet him in the moment.
VERMILLION 
Gyr doesn't hate Vermillion but often joined Hawk in annoying him. Gyr is the assigned dragon to be mentored by Vermillion to become a patroller of the kingdom. Often in these practices Gyr would go to ahead just to annoying him. 
SCARLET 
Gyr dislikes Scarlet as she stands as something that Gyr doesn't. He hates the fact she built the arena and feels sorry for Scarlet's off-springs and deceased mate. He, being a citizen of the kingdom, had to sometimes respect her but most chances he gets he'll joke around and sometimes act like he couldn't hear her. Gyr didn't push it to far to where Scarlet thought of killing him but he came close many times.
RUBY 
Gyr hasn't come across Ruby often but when he does they get a good laugh and sometimes talk a little bit. Gyr is generally neutral around Ruby.
PERIL 
Peril and Gyr get a long often. Both being spared oddities to the tribe, Gyr and Peril tend to practice defense and offense along with Hawk and Vermillion. He doesn't agree with Peril on her thought of killing dragons but respects that it is her thought of her purpose, not further questioning it or debating it.
TRIVIA
*This interpretation mostly pulls from the modern era of Sonic (Sonic Adventure to infinity of all games with the related design and story) but slightly pulls from other Sonic Series sources for other occasions
*Gyr likes birds as they're often a signal of freedom. He also loves hedgehogs because he thinks they're pretty neat. Sometimes he thinks about keeping a pet hedgehog and naming it Quill or Sonic. This is a reference to the base character.
GALLERY
SoHSCrop.png| SoH cover
CASUALTYCOVER.png| Gyr on the "CASUALTY" cover
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GyrfalconGN.png| Graphic Novel
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SonicAu.png| Reference
SonicJoyAng.png| Joy Ang Style Icon
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GyrfalconInfobox.png| Former Infobox art
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