Caiman

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Caiman is a MudWing who was part of The MudWing Prophecy, and assisted in preventing the animus attack on Jade Mountain Academy. Belongs to DuskRose42
Voice Claim: Jim Hawkins
== Appearance ==
=== Genetics ===
Very slight and thin for MudWing standards. His scales are dark brown with a greenish tint, his claws and horns are very dark brown (looks black), he is shorter than the average MudWing. One of his eyes is completely black (no whites) but looks more rotten/corrupted than natural like a SandWing eye, and the other eye is light brown/hazel. The area around his black eye looks darkened/purplish.
=== Scars ===
He has a bit of his ear missing and the tip of his tail is missing. He has some frost breath touched areas (which just look like blackened patches of his scales) on his tail and parts of his right wing. He also has a slash scar one his left jaw, and burn scars on his front talons. He also has some more basic claw mark scars on his hind legs, under scales, shoulder, and the upper part of his tail. 
=== Accessories ===
He has a hoop earring carved from bone in one ear, and an earring in the other ear that is a clay bead attached to a copper hook. 
 
== Personality ==
Caiman is pretty cold and uninviting to most people.
He is very distrusting to dragons he doesn’t know well, he is very pessimistic, and assumes that most dragons he doesn’t know don’t have his wellbeing in mind (which in the case of most dragons, is true).
He is immensely loyal to those he trusts, and will do anything to protect them. He generally puts the greater good before his own personal safety, and is a much kinder/more positive dragon than he would want others to believe.
He is deeply kind and empathetic, and he has a strong sense of honor that influences everything he does. 
=== Positive traits ===
* Honorable
* Empathetic
* Loyal
=== Negative traits ===
* Paranoid
* Pessimistic
* Fearful
== Powers and skills ==
=== Tribal Abilities ===
Conditional firebreath, mud healing, strength.
=== Fighting skills ===
Caiman is a very skilled fighter. He is fast and surprisingly strong for his small frame. He uses his small stature and speed to outmaneuver his opponents, using intelligence and strategy over pure brawn.
=== Enchanted eye ===
Caiman's black eye is enchanted by animus magic, much to the same function as Fathom's soul reader. With his black eye, he can see people's 'auras' (the type of person that they are), their evilness/corruption (due to animus magic), and sometimes he can sense a strong change in emotion.
Soul Colours
Colour 	Traits
Blue 	confident/strong
Yellow 	excitable/positive
Red 	angry/hateful
Pink 	Loving
Purple 	Mild/shy
Pale green	Fearful, cautious
Black 	Animus corruption, evil
== Enchanted Objects ==
=== Bone Hoop-Earring ===
A small hoop earring carved from an animal bone, enchanted by Mudskipper to protect Caiman from animus magic.
== Biography ==
(age chart used: User blog:DuskRose42/Dragon age guide)
=== Blood Ties ===
(5,006 AS, 0 DY/0-4 HY)
Caiman is hatched and instantly seen as weak by his bigwings, Quagmire.
(5,007-5,008 AS, 1-2 DY/5-12 DY)
Caiman is raised by his siblings and trained to be a soldier.
(5,009 AS, 3 DY/13-14 HY)
In early 5,009 Caiman and his sib troop become soldiers.
In middle-late 5,009 Caiman watches his sister Mosquito's descent into evil as she overuses her animus power. In a fit of mad power, she kills their sister, Moss, and frames Caiman for the murder,
(late 5,009-5,012 AS) (3-6 DY/13-17 HY)
Caiman spends 3 years in prison.
(5,012 AS, 6 DY/17 HY)
Caiman is rescued from prison by Rose and her friends. After his rescue, he travels with them to Jade Mountain Academy to attempt to save the students and staff there from Mosquito by defeating her before she can create more bloodshed.
=== Devastation ===
(5,014 AS, 8 DY/19 HY)
More information flying in soon...
== Family Tree ==
== Relationships ==
=== Mosquito ===
Mosquito and Caiman were the closest of their sibs for many years, bonding over the fact that Quagmire and many other MudWings disliked them. Caiman was shunned for looking unlike a typical MudWing (being short and slender) and Mosquito was shunned for being rude, blunt, and selfish. The two got along well, though, teasing each other, but Mosquito went down a slow descent of madness. She had kept her animus magic a secret for years while she was a soldier, slowly losing her soul. When Caiman discovered it, it eventually led to a series of events resulting in Caiman's imprisonment and Moss's death. Since then Caiman has both hated and feared Mosquito, feeling responsible for all the damage she has done to others. Mosquito, despite also holding and hatred and fear towards Caiman, misses him desperately as he was the last piece of true connection she ever had before completely losing her soul.
=== Moss ===
Moss and Caiman had a good relationship up until her death. Although Quagmire was their leader, being their bigwings, Moss served as the mothering figure of the group, and was deeply loved by the rest of them. She was a fiercely good dragon, who stood up for her beliefs, right up until the end.
=== Newt ===
Newt tended to be cold and overly strategic. She did show love for her siblings, but not in an overly affectionate manner. She tended to be very loyal to Quagmire, following his lead, so if he was hard on Mosquito and Caiman: so was she. 
Unlike Quagmire, Newt had always liked Caiman, despite her general harshness, and strongly disliked Mosquito because of her unpredictability. Newt loved to plan, and having a loose canon in the sib group disrupted her peace of mind.
Despite this, she always followed Quagmire's lead, and thus testified against Caiman along with him. Although she feels that she wants to repair their relationship now that he has been proven innocent, she doesn't know how to begin.
=== Quagmire ===
Quagmire had always had a hatred for Caiman and Mosquito, ever since they were hatched. He sensed weakness in Caiman, and he sensed the terrible animus power of Mosquito. Despite his dislike of Mosquito, he had a deeper dislike for Caiman, believing he was not strong or ruthless enough to be a proper MudWing, especially during the war. Quagmire saw Caiman as weak, which in his eyes was the greatest sin of all. Although he avoided friendly conversation with Mosquito, he showed more respect to her because of her fighting prowess. 
Caiman always felt like he was not good enough, like he always had something to prove, because of Quagmire. Throughout his life he would struggle with the mentality that he was a failure no matter how hard he tried to do things right. He felt resentful of Quagmire, but also looked up to him and desperately wanted to please him.
After Caiman's innocence is proved, Quagmire grows angry and does not believe it, refusing to patch up his relationship with Caiman.
=== Rose ===
Rose is a RainWing-SkyWing hybrid and a friend of Caiman. She was mainly responsible for rescuing him, and offered him emotional reassurance throughout the events of Blood Ties. She is also responsible for a lot of the planning that led to Mosquito's downfall and fulfilling the prophecy.
=== Violet ===
Violet is a female RainWing and a friend of Caiman's, who assisted in his rescue and the defeat of Mosquito, as part of the MudWing Prophecy.
===Palemoon===
Palemoon is a male NightWing and a friend of Caiman's, who assisted in his rescue and the defeat of Mosquito. He was the seer who had visions of Mosquito's slaughter.
=== Mudskipper ===
Caiman was first extremely cautious of Mudskipper, especially once he revealed his animus magic, fearing he would become another version of Mosquito. After Mudskipper contained his magic, Caiman gained more trust for him and they began to have a friendly relationship.
=== Rebutia ===
Rebutia is a female SandWing and an acquaintance of Caiman's. Caiman was initially jealous of Rebutia's friendship with Rose, but he later became more secure in his relationship with Rose.
=== Vulcan ===
Vulcan is a male NightWing and Caiman's clawmate at Jade Mountain Academy. Caiman initially believed Vulcan to be unfriendly. Eventually, they become friends after a school year together.
=== Puffin ===
Puffin is a male IceWing and Caiman's clawmate at Jade Mountain Academy. Caiman believed that Puffin looks shy, and is likely in one of the lower circles. They become friends after spending a school year together.
== Gallery ==
File:Caimanbasefill.jpg|Base by peregrinecella, edits and fill by DuskRose42
File:Caiman- human.jpg|Human Caiman - DuskRose42
File:Caiman(bloodties)-Headshot.jpg|Caiman Headshot, DuskRose42 (old-ish, might redo)
File:Caiman fullbody (right side).jpg|Caiman fullbody- left side
File:Caiman fullbody (left side).jpg|Caiman fullbody- left side
File:Caiman (blood ties)- Human form.jpg|Caiman as a human- old version
File:Caima (blood ties)- Fullbody.jpg|Caiman fullbody, DuskRose42 (old)
File:Caiman + Rose.jpg|Caiman and Rose, DuskRose42 (old)
File:CaimanbyQueenBookoftheSilkWings.webp|Caiman, base by fizzy colours by book
File:Caiman Moodboard.jpg|Caiman Moodboard
Category:MudWings
Category:Males
Category:Characters
Category:Dragonets
Category:Status (Commoner)
Category:Animus Touched
Category:Occupation (Student)
Category:Occupation (Soldier)