Roadrunner(FunnyOrangeSandwing)

= Roadrunner =
Roadrunner is an aspiring Paleontologist living in Possibility, and by extension, an aspiring Dracologist/Historian. WARNING: This page contains profanity, mentions of death, and other possibly distressing content 
== Description ==
Roadrunner is a dark Dusty-brown SandWing-SkyWing hybrid. His wings are dusty-brown like his scales, and his underscales are a pale tan color with hints of reddish orange. He has the burly build of a SandWing along with the broad snout, ivory horns, and tail barb. The characteristics that betray his heritage are his wings, which are large, muscular, and powerful, and his spinal ridges, which are reminiscent of his SkyWing mother. He is often seen wearing Sand Goggles on his expeditions, a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth necklace to remind him of the first fossil he ever found, and an Ostrich bone earring with the shape of a Kelenken Guillermoi carved into it. He has peaceful, odd, warm turquoise and amber eyes. 
== Backstory ==
=== War of SandWing Succession ===
Roadrunner’s parents met during the SandWing war. Roadrunner’s father, a SandWing named Brush, was a loyal SandWing colonel under Burn. Roadrunner’s mother, a SkyWing named Sparrowhawk, was a soldier under Scarlet. Roadrunner’s mother and father met during a joint invasion into the mud kingdom early on in the war to force the MudWings into allegiance with Burn. They kept their relationship a secret, and Brush often requested to join SandWing-SkyWing council meetings so he could secretly meet with Sparrowhawk. Sparrowhawk and Brush had 3 eggs. 
As Brush was meeting with Sparrowhawk one night, he was discovered by Queen Scarlet, and Scarlet captured him. Sparrowhawk managed to escape to the Talons of Peace with the eggs. Brush was then brought before and killed by Burn. Burn stuffed him, and put him on display as a reminder to her soldiers to not try anything. The three eggs hatched, and Sparrowhawk named them Roadrunner, Moa, and Marabou. 
Sparrowhawk worked as a spy for the Talons of Peace for most of Roadrunner’s life. One of the places Roadrunner’s mom would work for the Talons of Peace was the Scorpion Den. There, he was bullied, harassed, and picked on at the old, crumbling school he was sent of to learn in. Only three dragonets seemed to put up with his oddness, an IceWing named Aurora, and two SandWings named Dusty and Rosinca. He became fast friends with all of them and they stood by his side whenever he was bullied. 
=== After the War ===
After the war, Roadrunner’s family made a home in Possibility, and Roadrunner kept in touch with his three friends via letters and telegraphs. Shortly after he turned five, however, Roadrunner and his siblings were called upon by the queen to complete the mandatory three years of SandWing military service, however Roadrunner was kicked off early for getting into fights with the other soldiers and becoming distracted by fossils on scouting expeditions. 
== Present day ==
Roadrunner is currently studying to be a Paleontologist, and by extension, a Dracologist, living in Sanctuary with his siblings, Marabou and Moa. He also visits his mother from time to time in Sanctuary. He is very close with his grandfather, an old retired SkyWing officer by the name of Condor, who lives in sanctuary and is failing in health. 
== Relationships ==
=== Husky (Friend/Cousin, Positive) ===
Husky and Roadrunner vibe and talk about different planets and stuff. 
=== Caribou (Friend/Cousin, Positive) ===
Caribou and Roadrunner get along very well, they like to talk about zoology. 
=== Glowworm (Friend/Distant Cousin, Neutral/Positive) ===
Glowworm often challenges Roadrunner’s knowledge, which annoys Roadrunner, but he puts up with it. 
=== Condor (Grandfather, Positive) ===
Roadrunner is very close with his maternal grandfather, they talk a lot about expeditions and missions and stuff. 
=== Sparrowhawk (Mother, Positive) ===
Roadrunner loves his mother and seeks her comfort whenever he’s feeling sad. 
=== Moa (Sister, Positive) ===
Roadrunner and Moa are very close, and balance out each other’s nervousness and insecurity. 
=== Marabou (Brother, Neutral/Positive) ===
Marabou used to be annoying to Roadrunner, but now he’s more focused on advancing in the military. 
=== Porcupine (Stepfather, Positive) ===
Unlike most dragons, Roadrunner is very tolerant of his stepfather, mostly because Porcupine isn’t abusive and gives Roadrunner a lot of paleontology merch. 
=== Rosinca (Friend, Positive) (owned by Crowji) ===
Roadrunner yaps at Rosi a lot about science-y stuff but she puts up with him. 
=== Dusty (Friend’s boyfriend, Neutral/Positive) (Owned by Crowji) ===
Dusty is Rosi’s boyfriend so naturally he hangs with him sometimes. Neither of them completely trust each other but tolerate each other enough to have the occasional interaction. 
=== Aurora (Friend’s Friend, Neutral/Positive) (Owned by Crowji) ===
Aurora is Rosi’s best friend and is kind of annoying, but Roadrunner has experience dealing with annoying people. However, he mostly distances himself from her. 
=== Willow (Best Friend, Positive) ===
Willow is a very kind SandWing in Roadrunner’s advanced choir. He is supportive of Roadrunner and helps him through his difficult moments. 
=== Camel (Friend, Positive) ===
Camel is a very tall SandWing guy in Roadrunner’s advanced choir. Dragonesses tend to like his tallness a lot, and Roadrunner likes cracking the occasional joke about this. 
=== Aardvark (Friend, Positive) ===
Aardvark is Roadrunner’s mentor and about a year older than him. He is also in Roadrunner’s advanced choir. 
=== Tarantula (Friend, Positive) ===
Tarantula is a Melanistic SandWing in Roadrunner’s advanced choir. He is very funny and gambles with Aardvark a lot. 
=== Kelenken (Half-brother, Positive) ===
Kelenken looks up to Roadrunner and aspires to be like him one day. 
=== Titanis (Half-brother, Positive) ===
Titanis and Roadrunner get along well. 
=== Emu (Half-brother, Positive) ===
Emu is a funny little guy. Roadrunner enjoys his pranks. 
== Relatives ==
Siblings/Half Siblings: Moa (Sister), Marabou (Brother), Kelenken (Half brother), Titanis (Half brother), and Emu (Half brother). 
Parents/Guardians: Sparrowhawk (Mother), Brush (Biological father), Porcupine (Stepfather). 
Cousins, Aunts, and Uncles: Uncle Crow and Aunt Australis (mother and father of cousins Caribou, Swallow, Icecap, and Hail), Uncle Penguin and Aunt Diamondback (mother and father of cousins Husky, Glade, and Coldscape), and Uncle Ringneck (father to Jellyfish and Emerald, two Sea-Sand hybrids, and Leopard, a Sand-Rain hybrid). 
Grandparents/Great Aunts and Uncles: Condor (Grandfather), Argentavis (Great-Uncle), Breeze (grandmother), Pheasant (Great-grandmother), Pigeon (Great-grandfather), Kingsnake (Grandfather), and Iguana (Grandmother). 
== Personality ==
Is he annoyed by me? Does she secretly like me? These thoughts run through Roadrunner’s head all day. Roadrunner is charming, goofy, and handsome, but he can come off as weird or eccentric, and he both worries and thinks way too much. He is an Introvert and prefers to be alone, but he also does love socialization and usually won’t be devoid of social interaction for more than a day. He can be dangerous, but only to dragons who hurt the ones he loves. He also has little tolerance of those who are unjust or unethical, and can slip into a ranting argument if the opposing dragon does not share his beliefs. He loves his family a lot and also cares a lot about his friends. He can switch crushes very easily and very quickly, and often feels the exact same way about each of his major ones. He wishes he didn’t care so much, but he’s come to accept that he is probably going to be let down and feel hurt if he keeps having wild fantasies, and has decided that he’s alright with that. 
Note: Roadrunner was made to replicate myself as a Wings of Fire character, so the personality reflects mine almost perfectly. 
== Autobiography ==
How do you write like you’re running out of time? Write day and night like you’re running out of time?
Okay so, uh, do I just talk into this? This mic thingy? Okay uh..…
I grew up in the Scorpion Den, downtown. Before the Scorpion Den, I lived in the Talons of Peace daycare. I guess I was a little bit troubled back then, because I bit a lot of dragons, adults or dragonets. I don’t know how to explain it, mostly because I barely remember it. I was really drawn to animals back then, and I guess I’ve always been terrible at social interactions, so pretending to be an animal helped me mitigate the stress of social interaction. It did get me into a lot of trouble. One time, another dragonet at the daycare kept picking on me, calling me defective and weird. I don’t remember what happened after that, but my mom says that I bit the offender so hard that he bled and had to get stitches. Safe to say, that was the end of daycare for me. 
Every day it’s fight like you’re running out of time, like you’re running out of time, are you running out of time?
After the Talons of Peace daycare incident, my siblings and I were kept in the Scorpion Den, in a crumbling old orphanage. I remember the owner of the orphanage was a kind, sweet, and caring Ice-Sand hybrid Dragoness. Her name was Lichen. She died about two years after I arrived in her orphanage, when I was three. I was told she died in a construction accident, but later I found out she was killed by a street thug during a mugging. Maybe that’s where my unnatural fear of city slums comes from. After she died, I was relocated to a few more orphanages. My elementary school had good values, good teaching, but horrible students. All of my classmates were either jerks to me, thought I was weird, or both. They often talked down to me like I was a toddler, and when they weren’t doing that they were straight-up picking on my siblings and me for our heritage. Jokes on them, though. They’re probably sleeping under bridges while I’m at the top of my social ladder. Does that sound callous? It feels like it’s a bit callous to say. 
How do you write like tomorrow will arrive? How do you write like you need it to survive? 
Junior high was boring, just me being a dumbass and trying to fit into the newly-complex social system that I wasn’t used to. About a half-year into junior high, though, the war ended. I had met Rosinca (Rosi for short) by then, and we were good friends. We’ve stayed in contact to this day. She’s a great friend, I can’t lie. She puts up with the stupid superiority complex which my other close friends constantly tell me I don’t have. A week after the war ended, my mom showed up again. She had visited often while working as a spy for the Talons of Peace, but now she had to re-complete her military service back in the Sky Kingdom. My siblings and I followed her there, finished up junior high there, and moved to Possibility once mom had completed her service. I don’t know a lot about my dad. I’m told that I’m a lot like him in terms of my “eccentricness”, according to my maternal grandfather. 
How do you write every second you’re alive, every second you’re alive, every second you’re aliveeee
New school now, Possibility South High. Most of the peers I met in the Sky Kingdom moved here for High School. They’re really decent people. A few months ago I auditioned for the Advanced Choir at this school, and I got in! Of course, I had met the director of the advanced choir in a beginning choir class I took before auditioning, so I’ll admit a few strings were pulled there. But I’ve finally met dragons who know me, dragons who understand me! Willow is just as eccentric as me, maybe even a little more so. Camel is a tall, handsome guy I can crack jokes with. Aardvark was assigned as my mentor for Advanced Choir, so we’re really good friends as well. Tarantula is also a funny guy, he likes to gamble with Aardvark a lot. My mom also married again to someone new a year ago. Another SandWing. His name’s Porcupine, and he’s really nice. It’ll be nice having a father figure. They’ve already had an egg, and it’s hatched into three adorable triplets: Kelenken, Titanis, and Emu. Kelenken’s my favorite, he looks up to me a lot and mimics me too. Don’t tell anyone though. We’re a happy family. I’ve been taking a Pantalan language course so I can expand my linguistics. For once in my life, I can allow myself the wonderful luxury of hope. 
Non-stop!
== Additional Info ==
Orientation: Heterosexual, partly Sapiosexual
Favorite Foods: Ostrich Egg Noodles with Camel Butter, Shrimp Skewers, Guineafowl Nuggets 
Likes: Books, stories, fossils, family, friends, formal parties
Dislikes: Book banning, being picked on, feeling worthless, informal parties
If you want to make art of Roadrunner, please DM FunnyOrangeSandWing on discord and he will give you a full written reference to go off of. The color reference is the basefill image of him. 
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