Dermestid

Dermestid is a male HiveWing, he resided in Cicada Hive before his passing during the events of The Flames of Hope. He passed due to old age with his SilkWing wife joining him in the afterlife not long after. 
==Appearance==
Dermestid had semi-dark golden scales with black stripes edging his neck. Below his neck, his body was entirely black. As if he had more NightWing in him compared to his siblings. He was not afraid to have his scales dirtied, as young HiveWing hatchlings were messy with how they ate. Dermestid had venomous spurs on his ankles, like his mother; and his grandmother. The venom in his spurs was deadly, but not THAT deadly. His left horn was wrapped in his Wife's silk, as it happened to get a life-long, major injury. He and wore a bracelet to symbolise his job in Cicada Hive.
==Occupation==
Dermestid worked as the Cicada Hive Egg-keeper. He was skilled in caring for eggs and hatchlings. When he and his Wife had a dragonet, he had unwillingly gave it away; much to his and his Wife's dismay. But they couldn't get caught with the dragonet, they had to get rid of it. He managed to stay out of trouble when Queen Wasp would inspect his cell. He never fidgeted anxiously, he watched as she inspected his cell. When she'd tell him "Beautiful as always Dermestid. Keep it up, you might join my army.". He'd chuckle to her response, "But who would take care of the eggs in Cicada Hive?". Which resulted in them to have a long, friendly chat.
==Relationships==
===Hepialidae===
Hepialidae was the Wife of Dermestid, and his "servant". She was assigned to be his servant, and it was one of the fastest pace love had happened. Hepialidae went everywhere with Dermestid, as she was very loyal to Dermestid. When Dermested was 7, the newly wing-gotton Hepialidae was assigned as his permanent servant. When the two were 20, they had an illegal, secret marriage in Jewel Hive under Lady Jewel's supervision. Hepialidae died four days after Dermestid died, but she was executed by Queen Jewel for an unknown reason.
=== Queen Wasp ===
Depicted as work friends, Dermestid and Wasp got along splendid. Dermestid and Wasp were just HiveWings who got along with eachother.
=== Honeybee ===
Dermestid's first trainee who never even bothered to learn, they knew less than an ant about eachother.
=== Carpenter-Ant ===
Dermestid's only successful trainee, who loved to listen as Dermestid explained what to do and how to do it. Dermestid would've been proud about what Carpenter-Ant did with his cell, since it's the most successful egg-keeping business amongst all the hives.
== Abilities ==
=== Venomous Ankle-Spurs: ===
Dermestid hadd venomous spurs on his ankles. He got the trait from his Mother's side of the family. Compared to other HiveWings with venomous spurs, stings from his spurs are usually fatal.
== Backstory ==
=== Early life - Training years ===
Dermestid was a male HiveWing born to his mother Pollen, and his father Hornet. His wings were very developed when he hatched, compared to his sister Bombus. He was treated better than his sister was, due to his parents believing he was special and his sister wasn't. When Bombus was taken out of their cell due to mistreatment, Pollen and Hornet sold the young Dermestid to Weevil the Cicadan Hive Egg-keeper. Weevil taught Dermestid how to care for eggs and young hatchlings. Right before Dermestid finished his training, Weevil was publicly executed by Queen Wasp due to "Betraying the HiveWings by having eggs with a LeafWing, with intent to tell the dragonet all the HiveWing secrets". Dermestid was the first male Eggkeeper of Cicada Hive, as other HiveWings thought it was a more feminine occupation. Most hives left the Eggkeeping to the women. When he turned 7, Dermestid was gifted a SilkWing servant who had just finished her metamorphis; a gift from not only Lady Cicada, but Queen Cochineal. His new, absolutely gorgeous servant (Hepialidae) was incredibly elegant, and lovely and- servant-y. Dermestid and Hepialidae immediately fell in deep love, even though it was strictly forbidden. Dermestid and Hepialidae secretly started dating, and absolutely no one knew. 
===Mid life - Work years===
When Dermestid turned 30, he and Hepialidae had an illegal, secret marriage in Jewel Hive under Lady Jewel's supervision. The only dragons who know about the marriage are Jewel, and the two lovebirds. Hepialidae and Dermestid got closer together, and their love for eachother grew stronger. They had a dragonet together, but they had to sell it to Queen Wasp due to it being against the HiveWing law. Despite their crime, Dermestid and Hepialidae did not get any repurcussions for some reason. They began to live in permanent fear of Wasp imprisoning them, but she didn't, she just wanted the egg. Him and Hepialidae worked together like a duo, they were known; and they loved glitterbazars, Hepialidae usually had her work in the "Most dazzling Tapestry" competition. She usually won, with her depictions of the hives as "mosaics".
===Late life - Death===
Dermestid began to mentor a young HiveWing known as Honeybee, who was reluctant to even listen to one instruction. Honeybee eventually left the training to become a solider; but he was quickly dropped from that, and publicly executed in Wasp hive for failing to be a stable HiveWing. Across the hives, the Eggkeeping cells were changed to only be for eggs; so hatchlings were removed from the deal. He began to train another young HiveWing, by the name of Carpenter-Ant; who picked up the craft quicker than Dermestid had. Not much occured during Dermestid's late life before he died. Once he died of old age, Carpenter-Ant took over the cell; and Hepialidae helped her run the cell until she herself died of old age.
==Trivia ==
*Dermestid comes from Dermestidae. Some family of bugs.
*Dermestid was accused of stealing a vase when he turned 4, but the dragon that accused him got executed.
*Dermestid's pronouns are He/Yen. Do NOT misgender him.
==Gallery==
Dermestid THQ cover.jpg|Dermestid's cell, The Hive Queen.
Category:Deceased
Category:HiveWings
Category:Males
Category:Occupation (Caretaker)
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