Triantha

"Myths and stories are the lifeblood of society. So don't you think it's strange that there are practically no legends theorizing on what's down there?"
Triantha chattered with a gleam in her eye. What she said did ring true- folklore on the Abyss was scattered at best. Was it because the dragons of old didn't find anything of interest in its depths, or was there a more sinister reason? Either way, the LeafWing seemed much too blithe about it.
Triantha is a LeafWing who is a member of the Abyssal Archeological Project. Having hatched to high-ranking members of the secretive cult known as the Beekeepers, she was dubbed a "silent child" and outcast for her failure to develop leafspeak. Since then she seems to have moved on and fully integrated with the outside world. In truth, everything she does is in order to return to her family's good graces, no matter the risks involved.
:Personality
At first blush, Triantha appears rather well-adjusted, with a few eccentricities here and there. Her intelligence, tenacity, and knack for lateral thinking are all quite beneficial in her line of work excavating and studying Pantala's largest archaeological site. She takes great pride in the fact that she's a direct descendant of Asphodel, a very famous PoisonWing leader who even fought in the Tree Wars, and refuses to let her co-workers forget it.
She tries not to let her desperate need to be loved show.
:History
Triantha was destined for greatness. Not only can she claim descent from a PoisonWing war hero, her parents, Cicuta and Larkspur, are powerful leafspeakers and members of the Beekeepers' inner circle. It was believed that Triantha would have powers of leafspeak surpassing any before ever recorded, and by the time she had hatched there was already talk of her becoming a very high-ranking cult member at the forefront of their plans for reclaiming Pantala.
None of this ever came to pass.
Upon the arrival of Triantha's second hatching day, she did not show a single spark of talent. Though she worried greatly, her parents comforted her fears, explaining that not every leafspeaker gained their powers at the exact same time. As the months passed, though, Triantha still could not understand the secret language of the plants, let alone command them to grow. The hopes the Beekeepers had for this dragonet rotted away as she grew older. Triantha had few friends, and even they began to drift away from her as they saw something was wrong.
On her fourth hatching day she was kindly but firmly told to leave and never return to the Garden, as dragonets who do not develop leafspeak by then generally never will. Cicuta and Larkspur did not shed a single tear at banishing their own daughter- she would be welcomed back with open wings after the ascension of Pantala when every LeafWing had awakened to their true potential, and they had another egg on the way. And so, Triantha lived on her own for several months, until she received a letter from the Keepers. At first, she thought that they were welcoming her back, but this couldn't be further from the truth.
In the months after Triantha was banished, her parents slowly became convinced that Triantha was not their dragonet at all. Around the time her egg was laid another pair of Beekeeper members were planning to leave the Garden and move to Hawksview with their own unhatched egg, as the two had rather weak powers and did not wish for their dragonet to potentially be looked down upon- or exiled, on the off chance that they never developed any leafspeak. It was only natural to assume that a malicious third party had switched the eggs somehow. Larkspur tracked the pair down and found that their dragonet Poplar had incredible powers of leafspeak, and only became more convinced that foul play had been involved. Larkspur explained the situation, and as Poplar's parents were still fiercely loyal to the cause they were more than willing to surrender their dragonet and give them the training they needed in the Garden. As a token of gratitude, the Keepers decided to put them in contact with their "real" dragonet.
As expected, they did not instantly become a happy family. Even if the Keepers were right and Triantha had been reunited with her "real" parents, they were not the dragons who raised her and she did not feel any familial connection to them. They were sympathetic to her plight, however, and figured the least they could do was give her a place to stay and the tuition at Optera University they had planned for Poplar, and enrolled her there under their name when she was old enough.
Now that the "real" Triantha had been found and brought into the fold, this dragon has been stripped of her name in Beekeeper circles as well. If anyone must speak of her, they do so in hushed tones and steeped in metaphor to avoid the wrath of their leaders.
Triantha grew up, seemingly putting her past behind her. She earned a degree in archaeology, participating in several digs and earning herself a coveted spot on the team that will be sent out to explore Pantala's largest and most mysterious ruin. Surely nothing could go wrong, right?
After everything she still yearns for the power and love that she was denied by fate. In truth, Triantha joined the Abyssal Archaeological Project specifically because of the hope that what she finds down there will help the Beekeepers' mission of returning Pantala to untamed wilderness, which will supposedly allow every LeafWing to understand the language of plants. Her parents may have deluded themselves into replacing her, but she'll prove herself and show them all.
Category:Characters
Category:LeafWings
Category:Occupation (Government)
Category:Occupation (Scientist)
Category:Status (Exiled)
Category:Content (Lumin the Whisperer)