Quiescent

quiescent ❅ they/she ❅ ❅ ice ❅ scientist/zoologist 
Quiescent 	Quiescent
 	
Credits 	Credits
Owner 	frosty
Creator 	frosty
Artist 	base by wheatproduct
Coder 	modified by frostybase cr. himmalerin
Background 	aaron burden
Inspirations 	Inspirations
Theme 	my personality (yang side), humor, curiosity
Animal 	swan
Song 	Emergency - Pegboard Nerds (nightcore)Vitality - Elektronomia
Character 	Character
Full Name 	Quiescent
Age 	8 years
Hatching Date 	may 16
Gender 	lunarian; feminine-presenting gender-neutral
Pronouns 	they/themshe/her
Orientation 	queer (sometimes just uses "gay" to describe their sexuality)
Occupation 	zoologistpart-time lab assistant
Tribe 	icewings
Goal 	to just chill and have fun in life and eventually get her own pet or two
Residence 	Tropica
Relatives 	Floe (father)Mink (mother)
Allies 	her parents, Frosty, Morgana, Limelight, Raiju
Enemies 	anyone who's unnecessarily rude or cruel, animal abusers
Likes 	rainy days, cooked meals, conducting experiments, coming up with theories, holiday seasons, corny jokes, puns, friendly teasing, affection, cute animals, fantasy stories, claw polish, games, chocolate, cool and pastel colors, scented candles, love and friendship
Dislikes 	embarrassment, betrayal, restrictions, unfair rules, intense heat, cruelty, discrimination, loneliness, worms, insects, being scared, horror, gore, feeling helpless, overly spicy foods, dragons with no sense of humor, beans
Abilities 	standard IceWing abilities (frostbreath, resistance to bright lights/freezing temps), sharp hearing, great liar
Weapons 	serrated IceWing claws, science knowledge
Love Interests	single pringle
Quote 	“What a lovely day. Yes, I know its raining. Rain is wonderful weather, don't you agree?”
Appearance
No, my name is not "Quiet." Hey, stop calling me that!
Whether you have spotted this dragon during their work hours, or simply have bumped into them on the street, you would know that the individual named Quiescent was not known for their appearance. If you have already known her, she won't even deny it; the best word to describe their appearance would be "common."
Quiescent is like any other IceWing, with a more serpentine body shape, thin without too much muscle anywhere. All of their features are sharp and clean, and they can often be seen carrying around accessories, mainly a white lab coat, but also sometimes a pen or quill behind their ear, or a ribbon on her horns outside of work. 
Personality
Why do I hate socializing? You're a pretty good example of why.
Many have said that Frosty's temperament is a coinflip - some have reported a kind but quiet IceWing that is very different from the stereotype, while some stray away from her path, claiming her to be just as icy as they were deemed to be by other tribes.
True to the textbook definition of an introvert, Frosty hates socializing most of the time, and would never be the one to engage in a conversation of her own. She only speaks when spoken to, and tends to keep her responses curt and straight to the point. Despite her insisting that her main reason is her unnatural distaste for most other dragons, she is simply very awkward and would not know what to say or do in any situation where she's not left alone. She has a tendency to behave very weirdly in context of social norms, and very often her odd mannerisms make everyone involved in a conversation with her uncomfortable. She also doesn't have the best record with meeting or talking to new dragons because of this.
Frosty would not admit it, but she often feels lonely and alienated because of her abysmal social skills. To be honest, she is terrified of her anxiety triggering and shattering the cold, icy exterior she keeps up to put others at a distance. Due to this, she refuses to open her heart up, and no one truly understands her. Most of the time, she makes up for this by showing her affection and softness to animals, creatures of the forest she can connect to, as she feels that they are much less judgmental and forgiving. 
That's not to say that she is cruel or horrid as a whole - Frosty is relatively kind and even-tempered to most, so the rumors aren't all wrong. She may express her displeasure vocally, but she would not ignore someone in desperate need of help. Surprisingly, she usually doesn't turn down any requests that are outright made to her, if they are within her capability. She has a surprising amount of patience if her mood isn't soured by other factors already. Frosty shows extra care and a rare side of empathy to dragons that she does manage to form a bond with.
No matter how stony she appears on the outside, Frosty is actually a very emotional dragon and tends to think with her heart and not her mind. While seemingly good at sorting out problems that aren't her own, she fails to make decisions when her own emotions are involved, because they control her more than she controls them. This can also lead to poor judgement on her part, as well as rash actions when she's under pressure. Frosty is prone to a decrease in performance when she has too much attention and heavily dislikes it whenever she's forced to be the center of attention. Due to her sensitivity, she loathes cruelty and unnecessary violence.
However, Frosty cannot escape the fact that she has a glaring flaw in her persona - due to her excessive lack of contact with other dragons, she gets extremely clingy to those few that she treasures in her life, and her jealousy often grows into much larger problems. It happens most frequently when she fears losing someone else, especially when there are other parties involved, and this sort of jealousy can result in bouts of uncontrollable anger in her. She is ultimately good-natured, and would never resort to violence for petty reasons, but a part of herself fears that she one day just might. Even in solitude, she often envies others for being able to have a less secluded life, and longs for society to see her as "normal" enough to be accepted.
The IceWing is smart and good with most practical facts, especially those concerning her profession and interests, but due to having an innate emotional side, she occasionally allows herself to daydream, mostly in matters pertaining to romance. Such a concept is almost alien to her, due to her isolation from most dragonkind, but she yearns for a partner who can understand and love her for who she is. Frosty would most likely hit you if you bring this up (not that you would know of it anyway), but she does have a fine collection of (mostly sapphic) romance scrolls and a few rare books that she managed to obtain throughout the years.
History
I most likely have the motivation to do anything... except getting out of my house.
In an era far from any wars or tragedies, a small IceWing dragonet was born in a central IceWing city named Winterfall. This dragonet was named Blackfrost, for her general dark colorings. Despite looking a little different, her parents loved her all the same. For the most part, she grew up physically healthy and was capable of most activities IceWings learned. 
However, in terms of personality, she had always been a bit of an oddball. Frosty (as she much prefers to be called), was awkward around dragonets her age, less talkative, and found animals such as seals and polar bears to be too cute to hunt and eat. She had little to no friends, and her school teachers as well as students found her weird, though she was still intelligent enough to pass her classes well. She had little to no friends at a young age, instead forming affectionate bonds with animals she frequently sees. 
Frosty was often ridiculed, teased and sometimes bullied by her peers for not "fitting in", forming a distaste for reaching out and talking of her own since a young age. She built up a wall of her own and mostly ignored dragons around her, eventually becoming desensitized to these hurtful comments. Her interest of animals, however, didn't fade, and she ended up deciding to not continue her studies in the Ice Kingdom, seeking out the Rainforest Kingdom to learn about their much larger biodiversity. This decision was much to her parents' dismay, who had sheltered their shy and seemingly socially inept daughter from the world and wished to continue to do so. However, their pushy tendencies managed to further convince Frosty to leave, and so she did, with reluctant acceptance and a sum of money enough to fund all her needs, from education to daily living. 
The journey out was not easy, though. Frosty's general lack of knowledge about self-sustain bit her back, when she failed to forage for food amidst huge snowstorms as she made her way out of the Ice Kingdom. To be brutally honest, she would not have even crossed the borders of her own homeland if it wasn't for a mystical, kind soul. An odd-looking dragoness that was quite similar to her own tribe, but clearly having a few differences. That dragoness was named Stardust. 
Stardust guided Frosty out of the raging snowstorm, offering temporary refuge. She was much kinder and easy to get along with, much more than any other IceWing she'd met in her life, so Frosty let her in past the icy personality she uses as her front, and they formed a friendship as they waited for the storm to pass. She even allowed Stardust to escort her on the right way out when she was ready to resume her journey. It was also during this time that she met another inseparable, feathery companion - a snowy owl she named Aurora, for that was what she saw in the sky the night she met her. The owl insisted on following Frosty, and being the lonely soul that she was, she immediately accepted. She bade farewell to Stardust and agreed to return for visits sometimes, once she had found her footing at her destination. 
In the Rainforest Kingdom, things were extremely different from what it was back there. Instead of being met with a challenging, condescending gaze of various IceWings at every turn, Frosty was instead assaulted with what she deemed to be an excessive amount of unwanted hospitality. RainWings and even NightWings were so much more warm and welcoming, and admittedly, loud. Things sometimes were too lively for the secluded IceWing, and because of that she has continuously tried to maintain the stony exterior from her past. Ironically, this ended up backfiring, as she made another bad impression of herself as the "grumpy and scary antisocial IceWing" of the rainforest. 
While her parents' funds were enough to pay her off for a pretty good education in biology in Fairy Grove, the only esteemed university in Tropica, the central town of the kingdom, Frosty still needed to work around to have a stable residence. She did that by performing odd jobs to secure herself a small treehouse, and it wasn't hard as an IceWing's ice breath were hard to come by usually. It didn't mean life was immediately easy though - her old problems resurfaced when she was treated like an outcast, less for her tribe but for her odd personality and her horrible skills when it came to communication. 
This cloud of loneliness was only dissipated when a friendly NightWing named Mala saw her sitting alone during lunch time, and offered to sit with her. She wasn't pushy nor too chatty, which piqued Frosty's interest and she didn't immediately shut down the attempt. Mala never forced the IceWing to respond or engage in any topic she didn't want to, instead starting out by telling her interesting, mundane things about her day, and eventually, she started responding to these little chats. Frosty was happy to discover their shared interest in biology despite being in a different class, and Mala revealed that she, too, had a bonded animal companion just like Aurora was to Frosty. She also displayed a similar kindness that Frosty admired, something she wanted to be herself. With that, she allowed Mala past her walls and made her first friend, ironically a friend from a tribe that had a rather sour history with her own (not that Frosty ever cared). 
Mala made Frosty feel much more at home, eventually letting their bond grow enough for Frosty to feel comfortable enough to visit her house and her companion - a white fox named Luka. Aurora didn't get along well with him at first, both protective of their dragon friends, but they got used to it. The animal companions learned to love and trust both Frosty and Mala, and so did the two dragonesses, who felt close enough to share and vent more personal feelings. 
Of course, from time to time, she still felt homesick, as Aurora was the only companion that she had a memory of when they were still in the Ice Kingdom. Her parents sent her letters frequently, and she always did respond at her own pace, but seeing how they were as pushy and overly protective as usual further strengthened her will to settle in her new home. Later that year, she did return to visit Stardust, surprised to find out that the odd-looking dragon had remembered and was waiting for her at the borders of the Ice Kingdom. Frosty enjoyed the little vacation to her cold homeland, but in the end, she felt comfortable returning to her new home in the Rainforest Kingdom, where she continues to pursue her dream of making a new, groundbreaking discovery in her field of interest. 
She's still working on a lot of flaws that she recognizes she has, though, but now no longer completely isolated, she's slowly getting there. But for now, Frosty is just this IceWing living in a town full of RainWings, usually found lazing in her admittedly comfy treehouse after she worked hard to earn it. 
Abilities & Weaknesses
Well, for one, I'm good at something you're not - shutting up.
Frosty possesses the abilities common to all IceWings - resistances to extremely low temperatures, bright lights, sharp claws and the deadly frostbreath. She has a very good sense of smell, and combined with her intutition, is usually her go-to for getting herself out of danger and recognizing traps. Her intelligence levels aren't the highest, but they are certainly above average. She isn't easy to fool, and often she is able to distinguish a dragon's intentions quite well. She uses her large amount of biology knowledge to her advantage whenever possible, and it helps that most animals are trusting and friendly to her.
However, Frosty is incapable of physical fighting, clearly not born with the muscle nor experience to do so, and she most frequently resorts to flight rather than fight techniques. She is an IceWing, and therefore does not fare well with rapidly rising temperatures or overly hot conditions. She is also prone to getting migraines and various sorts of muscle aches, due to her lack of exercise. The IceWing is naive of social cues and may even be inept in situations that she has never been in, mostly those involving using her voice without making herself look like an idiot. She is not very fast on both land and air. Frosty also has a poor short-term memory and can appear absent-minded at times.
Relationships
My number of imaginary girlfriends multiply each day.
Floe & Mink: loves them!
Morgana: chill neighbor, knew her pretty much since the moment they moved to Tropica. became close friends due to their same age. Quiescent is one of the only other dragons besides her family to know of her magical capabilities. they encourage her to embrace her power and even try practicing something outside of lightning; probably had mutual crushes here and there? 
Stardust: Stardust was nothing but a random stranger she had met along her travels to her new home - if it weren't for the fact that she saved Frosty from her own impending doom. They bonded over their shared reclusive personalities, and surprisingly found a safe space in one another. Frosty chose to visit Stardust over her parents when she finally did return to the Ice Kingdom, clearly displaying trust to the odd-looking hybrid. She thinks that Stardust is a kind dragon that she could never repay, and she'd love to know more about her, but Frosty respects her privacy, just as Stardust had respected her own, and doesn't push much either.
Mala: She wouldn't admit it, but Frosty considers Mala her best friend, if she could even have one. The NightWing was much less secretive than her, but at the same time never crossed any boundaries and was able to make even silences between them enjoyable. She reached out to Frosty, so in the end, she reached back, and was rewarded with a steadily growing friendship. Frosty is eternally grateful to Mala for making her life at the Rainforest Kingdom less lonely, and is one of the few dragons she actually enjoys spending time with, having multiple shared interests. The IceWing also allows physical gestures of affection from Mala, which is an incredibly rare sight.
Iris: Iris is the resident bakery owner, and initially Frosty did not pay her much attention in her visits, despite admitting to herself that she had a real knack for making baked goods. Over time, she learned to appreciate her politeness, and the two quiet dragons have a mutual friendship after meeting each other at several community events. Iris is one of the dragons she does not mind sharing a conversation with, because neither of them come off as too overbearing, and despite Frosty being slightly jealous of Iris being in a loving relationship with two girlfriends, she still regards her highly.
Trivia
What? You don't eat ice cream in the winter? Says who?
*Quiescent was created as a dragonsona, but they do not have all the traits that I do in real life, though overall they represent me better than Frosty does
**they represent the Yang part of my personality, while Frosty is the Yin
**unlike Frosty, Quiescent was not created with a fictional inspiration in mind for their design
*name is pronounced as kwee-eh-snt; the word itself means "in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy"
*she hates it whenever others come up with nicknames for her and loves her full name
**this is a direct foil to Frosty's trait of never using her full name as default
*despite saying that they like chocolate, they only love consuming it in its pure form, and thus does not prefer it as their flavor for various desserts
* loves shipping anyone with everyone as long as its legal, but gets very flustered when they get involved in any real life romance gossip
*enjoys play-flirting a little bit too much
*very prone to heatstroke; years of living in a tropical environment helped a little, but not completely
*will sing when she's alone but gets huffy and defensive in the embarrassed way whenever someone hears it
*unlike other IceWings who are used to eating their food raw and cold, Quiescent prefers meals fresh and cooked, an influence from living in Tropica
*they pretend to be cool and composed in the face of romance but is in reality a disaster gay whose brain malfunctions whenever they are within a few meters of a pretty dragon
*painting her claws is a hobby; she favors a light mint green most of the time
*interested in astrology
*loves science and logical reasoning but also really enjoys fantasy and creative writing
*does not approve of and would never do harmful experiments on live animals without absolute necessity
*lactose intolerant; however is able to consume certain dairy products
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Gallery
I did not sign an agreement to be in ANY photos, please and thank you.
reference base by biohazardia
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