Snowdrop Ice/Rain assasain

= Snowdrop =
== Story ==
One of her parents was an Icewing, the other, a Rainwing. her egg was abandoned at the edge of the savannah in Pantala. A Leafwing found her, and took care of her until she hatched. at that point, he realized not only was she a hybrid, she was a Pyrrhian hybrid. He built a raft from large, stiff jungle leaves and set her adrift. The newborn dragonet drifted for days, never sleeping but falling unconcious from hunger, thirst, and heat. Finally, by miracle or chance, her raft bumped into the shore of Pyrrhia. She was rescued by a Sandwing assassin named Cactus, who raised her until she was six. Cactus named her Snowdrop, and taught her everything she knew. then, one day when Snowdrop was six, Queen Sandstorm of the Sandwings captured Cactus and threw her in jail. For months, Snowdrop tried desperately to free her, both legally and illegally. Then, one day, it was too late. An Icewing prisoner had gone mad from the heat, escaped, and killed almost all the dragons in Queen Sandstorm's dungeon, including Cactus, who had been due to be released the next day. Snowdrop didn't know what to do, so she headed toward the Ice Kingdom, to try and find her Icewing parent. However, she was almost all the way in the city before someone spotted her. She ran back as fast as she could, but her wings, for some reason, were stiff in the cold, and it was many miles to the border. Finally, after hours of running, she collapsed at the border. A few of the guards chasing her pointed out that she was just a dragonet, but the general was not swayed. They lifted her into the air and dropped her, a injured, broken-hearted pile of dragon, a couple miles into the Kingdom of Sand. That's where she got her first scar. Cactus had treated her like a precious daughter; yes, she had trained her, but never hurt her more than a bruise or a nick. But there, lying on the sand, Snowdrop's tail was gashed open, and one of her forelegs was broken. She crawled for hours across the desert, too weak to fly, seeing mirages everywhere. But one of the mirages didn't fade. She crawled until the trees took shape, the water glinted blue, and hope leapt in her chest. She stayed there for days, drinking and eating and resting and waiting for a dragon to fly overhead. She had no idea where she was. finally, a Sandwing flew just overhead, low enough to hear her cries for help. he directed her to the Scorpion's Den, and told her how to contact him. she had been planning on going and seeing if she would receive a better welcome with her other side, the Rainwings, but now decided to stick around, and meet up with the Sandwing, whose name was Dusty. for several years, they met up. they talked more and more until their talking turned to plans of marriage, and dragonets, and a life in the Scorpion's Den. then one day, out of the blue, he announced they couldn't get married, because he had to go back to his employer. Snowdrop pushed him for more information, and finally he confessed everything. he worked for Queen Sandstorm. after Cactus died, she knew that Snowdrop would be a threat. she tried to have her imprisoned, but she had already left for the Ice Kingdom. some of her informants told her where Snowdrop had gone. he had helped her and befriended her to keep a close eye on her. But what pushed her over the edge was this: 
"...And the Icewing." Dusty finished. 
"What... what Icewing?" Snowdrop asked, her heart tearing apart in her chest. 
"Oh." Dusty laughed. "That Icewing? the one who killed your adoptive mother in the dungeon?" 
"What about him?" Dread crept up her throat. 
"I hired him," he said with surprise. "The Queen wanted some of her prisoners gone, so I had to hire an Icewing to pretend to go mad and kill the Queen's enemies. 
"So... you don't love me?" Snowdrop whispered, pain written across her face. he slowly shook his head, regret in his eyes. "i was just doing my job." "Then why," her voice was suddenly furious. "Would you make me think you did?" he shrugged this time. With one mighty burst from her powerful hind legs, she was on top of him, pinning him to the packed dirt road. "You betrayed me. and it won't happen again. Not by you, not. by. anyone." And with one quick movement, she pulled out her dagger. It glinted silver right before it cut down and sliced his throat. 
Snowdrop hid in the darkest corner of the darkest abandoned shop, and wept. She cried for Cactus, for her lost parents, for Dusty, and for what could of been. Not a single scale turned any color but black, pure black with misery and despair. And at noon the third day, she stood up. She wiped away her tears. She would never cry again, never weaken herself again. Dusty was her first kill, but he would not be her last. Never again would she weaken herself, never would she give away her heart. She had loved two dragons. and they were both dead. And so, she memorized the route between the continents. She studied every tribe's weaknesses and defenses. She honed her skills until she could kill anything, any way, from anywhere. And then she sent a note to all ten queens.
my name is Snowdrop. I am the deadliest assassin this world has seen. You will not share this note with anyone, because if I hear my name, I will find out the tribe of the dragon who mentioned me, then hunt down their queen and kill her. That's you, by the way. If you wish to hire my services, have a single dragon fly around your castle or palace for seven nights in a row, then I will come. If you don't need me, then you had better leave me alone, for I am an assassin, and I will always find you.
and so, Snowdrop's career started. she was called the Silent Killer. none knew her name, or even what she looked like. she was the most dangerous dragon on the face of the earth. 
== Appearance ==
she has the head of a Rainwing, with a curving rainwing neck and prehensile tail. a long ridge of sharp white Icewing spikes traces a path down her spine from her head to her tail tip. her wings are a rainwing's, but all her talons are the sharp, serrated icewing kind. she shoots venom but has no frostbreath. she can withstand the cold almost as well as an icewing, and same with heat and rainwings. a strange thing happens to her wings when they get too cold: they grow stiff and freeze up, disabling her flight abilities.all her scales except her ridge of spines are color-changing, and she generally prefers a dark purple, sometimes with streaks of midnight blue. she has a silver dagger strapped in a pouch to one foreleg, and a blowgun and poisonous herbs in a pouch on the other leg. she has a single large gold hoop earring in one ears, and has emerald green eyes.
== Relationships ==
==== Cactus ====
Dead, positive-
Cactus adopted her when she washed up on the shore of Pyrrhia. Cactus was a dangerous assassin, but a kind one, and raised Snowdrop as her treasured daughter. Snowdrop learned everything she knows from Cactus. When Queen Sandstorm captured Cactus, Snowdrop spent months trying to free her before Cactus was killed by a 'mad' Icewing who escaped into the dungeon. 
==== Dusty ====
Dead, negative-
He found her in the desert and befriended her in order to keep an eye on her. After learning that he had betrayed her, she killed him, her first ever kill, but not her last. 
==== Tumble ====
Alive, both-
They are forced to work together as part of an assignment from Queen Sandstorm (who Snowdrop hates). Snowdrop learns that Tumble is the brother of Dusty, and starts hating him. However, might they slowly be trusting - even, loving - each other? And can Snowdrop ever entrust her heart to someone else ever aagain?
==== Artemis ====
Alive, positive- 
Her only friend, Artemis is an Icewing who was genetically manipulated into an Allwing. Snowdrop tried to kill Artemis right after she had escaped, but she defended herself from Snowdrop and the two girls - despite their age difference - became best friends. Artemis is Snowdrop's only, first, and best friend.
== Story (fanfiction) ==
remind me to start her fanfic... anyway. 
Snowdrop is the most feared assassin in the land, known only as the Silent Killer. She takes jobs from queens only, traveling between continents. She has no friends. But then, for the first time, Queen Sandstorm of the Sandwings hires her. Snowdrop still despises her for killing her adoptive mother so many years ago, but takes the job. Upon arriving at the Sandwing stronghold, the queen tells her she will be working with a dragon of the queen's choosing, a goofy young warrior-in-training named Tumble. At first, Snowdrop grudging accepts, realizing she has no choice. That is, until she finds out who he is: the brother of her first boyfriend and first victim, Dusty. She vows to kill him as soon as she can. Their task- to find some supposed 'Allwing' that surely doesn't exist- is set, and the two leave to hunt down this imaginary dragon. However, the more time they spent together, the more Snowdrop found herself wanting to be with him. Finally, the two decide to give up on their fruitless mission, and head back to the Kingdom of Sand. Snowdrop has decided to allow him to live, for now. On the way, though, the come across the elusive Allwing, Artemis, the first dragon to ever beat Snowdrop in a fight since she became the dangerous assassin she is today. Snowdrop and Tumble let her travel with them, debating whether or not to follow their instructions to kill her. Before they make up their minds, though, they're attacked by Artemis's old guardians. Although they escape, Tumble is struck with a cure-less poison. They find a Leafwing in Possibility, a plant expert, and he tells them there is no cure, except by animus magic, which is, ofc, long gone. And so, Artemis and Snowdrop set out on a mission to try and bring back animus magic.
== Gallery ==
File:Snowdrop the Ice-Rain assassin.jpg|base by Mezepheles
File:Screen Shot 2024-02-01 at 8.16.22 AM.png|art by PrincessSharpThrustOfTheThornWings
File:Snowdrop the Rain-Ice assassin by Nightcore.jpg|art by Nightcore28173
File:Snowdrop (Ice-Rain) by Kestrelzz.jpg|Art by Kestrelzz!!!
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