Niveous of Frostchannel

Note: This is my second iteration of Niveous' character. You can find the original Niveous here, though this one is the one I will be working with going forward.
== Overview ==
=== Description ===
Being a very old and ancient dragon, from only a thousand years after the split of the tribes, Niveous looks very different from the IceWings of the current day. His main scales are a deep blue color, with a tinge of green, almost resembling those of your standard SeaWing instead of an I IceWing.
Following on this, his underbelly is something of a darker shade of baby blue, another SeaWing-esk color. His spikes and horns are more closely related to his actual tribal heritage, however, being a very pale shade of icy blue.
=== Personality ===
Niveous is a cold, cunning dragon that has a great depth of resolve with which to complete his goals. He is also rather patriotic, holding great faith in the Ice Kingdom as a successful construct. As such, he almost certainly would have sided with the IceWings in the War of SandWing Succession, except that he was not actually present for it.
That being said, he was left reeling by the loss of “his” Ice Kingdom and resurfacing in a nearly unrecognizable civilization. He’s currently reconciling with the changes in the world, however. Niveous believes that this process has been going well, though he does not know what caused the drastic shift in thought between the time of his former life and current one.
When it comes to the residents of Frostchannel, Niveous has a certain amount of care for them. He respects them greatly, as he knows that it was extremely difficult to uproot themselves from the system they knew and plant themselves in a new one, as he did. Wanting the meritocracy to be mostly unbiased, Niveous decided to take simply a side position in it instead of sitting at the top, occupying the space of advising the current ruler of his city. 
=== History ===
Niveous was hatched about one-thousand, one-hundred and six (1106) years after the Scorching. making him quite possibly the oldest dragon to exist in the current age. He was hatched to his two IceWing parents, Aria and Avalanche (his mother and father respectively.) Niveous generally liked his parents, and the three had decent relationships all around. Aria would teach Niveous literacy and general courtesy while Avalanche taught Niveous about strategy and combat (though Niveous wasn't great at the latter).
Back in the years when Niveous was hatched, most of the tribes were organized into meritocracies, which were generally preferred back in the day. At the top of the meritocracy was the ruler of the tribe, or in this case, the clan, as the IceWing tribe was divided into many smaller sub-sects. The leaders of each clan would sometimes meet together and discuss things.
Due to his general skillset and notable lack of combat prowess, Niveous was a very middling dragon in this system, being not too different from any other IceWing in the middle of the pack. He stayed in the middle of his clan, caught between his generally low-ranking father and high-ranking mother.
When Niveous was roughly 15 years of age, he was selected by some higher-ranking IceWings to be included in a group of IceWings that would be sent north to scout out new territory. Niveous was selected for his knowledge of the north (taught to him by his mother), and was grouped with four other IceWings named Blizzard (the leader of the expedition), Snowdrift (Summoned for his experience with exploration), Frostchannel (taken for his equipment), and Aurora (recruited for her combat prowess and as a supervisor).
The group set out to chart the lands of the north, but were continually chipped away at by the weather. Niveous grew very close to Frostchannel, and the two had a very brotherly relationship, with Frostchannel guiding Niveous and Niveous using his knowledge to make suggestions for equipment.
However, this wasn't meant to last. The weather got to an absolutely terrible point, to where there were blizzards nearly every day, and bitter winds constantly stinging their backs. Aurora was the first fall, after suffocating in a snowdrift. There was initially some conflict on whether or not it would be a good idea to go back, however Blizzard ordered the group to trek on.
Snowdrift was the next to go, having perished from frostbite, and that left the three remaining dragons without a guide or anything. They even had very limited supplies left after having used so much whale blubber to stave off the biting cold. Blizzard died only the day after, being crushed by an avalanche, and that left Frostchannel and Niveous alone.
The two dragons decided to wait out the storm in a snowdrift, knowing that, while it wasn't the best option, it was the only one they had. Unfortunately for the both of them, Frostchannel perished only days later, leaving Niveous alone, buried in the snow.
Using the last of their whale blubber, as well as some sparkers from Frostchannel's equipment, Niveous managed to light enough fires that he could stay alive in the snow, although he ended up using so much fire that it eventually melted him through the rest of the mounds of snow and into a subterranean cavern. Cold and starving, Niveous took shelter in the caves, using his last reserves of blubber to stay warm. He eventually came across a room in the tunnel system that had a pedestal in the center.
On that pedestal was a mysterious staff, appearing to be made almost completely from ice. Believing that he had nothing more to lose, Niveous took the staff from its pedestal in order to investigate it and perhaps note it down in case others came after him. However, taking the staff had an unforeseen side effect. Niveous felt entirely reenergized, and felt almost no more cold lashing away at him. He had been saved by the magic of the staff.
Driven off of his paths by the deaths of his companions, and using the newfound strength from the staff, Niveous resolved to complete his journey. He eventually reached the original destination after only two more days of wandering, and immediately collapsed, exhausted. Following when he woke up, Niveous constructed a vast palace that would double as a sort of miniature city for the IceWings that he knew were coming later on.
Unfortunately, the loss of his friend eventually caught up with him, and Niveous fell off of his rocker. He made icy Constructs to populate the city he had built, and modeled them after those he had loved in order to trick himself into believing that they were still alive. Suffice it to say, this didn't work, and Niveous was now more alone than he had ever been in the far north of Pyrrhia.
Despite the many warnings he had left along the path that the group had taken, the main IceWings had come anyway, now with several clans having banded together in order to gain more strength and resources. In his fractured state, Niveous believed that the IceWings were dragons of an entirely different tribe that had come to conquer his city. So, he attempted to fight them back. Niveous summoned icy dragon constructs, frozen prisons, even full blown prisons, but none of it was enough.
Niveous had failed. he had failed, and if he was found, he knew that he would be put on trial and subsequently executed. So, to avoid his seemingly inevitable fate, Niveous went deep underground, almost to where he had originally found his staff, Coldshift, and froze himself solid. Niveous would then remain in this icy stasis for the next several thousand years, waiting to return once he was forgotten.
Niveous remained buried underground for the entirety of his stasis, and, through the power of Coldshift, began having his mind gradually healed during the process. He had originally planned his own release only a hundred or so years after the incident of his city, but complications with the ice growing more and more frozen meant that he wasn't actually set free until a group of IceWing dragonets accidentally released him during a play session.
Niveous, upon realizing that he was free, immediately disappeared from his sea-prison, and snuck around through the halls of the castle he had once built, which was now used as the palace of the IceWing Queen. Niveous was disgusted by the monarchy that had overtaken the meritocracy, and believed it to be a terrible idea that needed to be fixed.
In order to begin his new mission, Niveous set about constructing a new city, slightly east of the main palace grounds. After the best friend he's had during the expedition, Niveous named the new city Frostchannel to honor his fallen friend. The IceWings soon grew curious about the large city forming just on the horizon, and several scouts were sent to see what the hell was going on there.
Eventually, the scouts grew braver, and there were two distinct variations in their plans that Niveous noticed. The majority of them attempted to reason with Niveous, or simply just ask him questions. Then there were the small minority that had attempted assassination. Suffice it to say, they were disposed of very quickly, either by Niveous directly or by the ice golems he had patrolling the area around Frostchannel.
To Niveous' surprise, a couple of the scouts actually ended up staying in Frostchannel. It took several trips, and quite a bit of back and forth about what Niveous intended for the city, but he managed to convince a small number of dragons to join him. These dragons were some of the first citizens Niveous was able to convince, and were the ones that he respected the most.
At the outset of the war, Niveous realized that there was an outpouring of new citizens and refugees to Frostchannel, and he was confused, as he had no knowledge of the current politics. It was only after he requested the information that he realized what was going on, and made sure that Frostchannel was well-known by the other IceWings, so that they knew there was always a place where they could stay.
Frostchannel ended up becoming almost something like a very large motel during the war. Dragons would come and go as they pleased, to escape the war, or to escape their enemies, etc. etc. Niveous had a new goal to make sure that the citizens of Frostchannel were protected, and ended up requesting an audience with Queen Glacier.
Niveous prepared a long, and lengthy list of reasons to support his point, and eventually traveled to the palace. He did very little to hide his scorn of the monarchy during his stay, though he did attempt to be respectful to the Queen. During his audience, he brought up the idea of making Frostchannel independent from the main Ice Kingdom.
Queen Glacier was initially opposed to the idea, and flat out denied Niveous' plans, however, Niveous was persistent. He repeatedly brought up the idea of Frostchannel as a safe haven for IceWings who did not wish to fight, or for those who simply could not. It took several years of back and forth with letters, but Glacier eventually, although reluctantly, granted Frostchannel independence from the main Ice Kingdom.
Niveous was greatly pleased, and finally put his plans in motion. The very first thing he did was start a push for an election. the citizens were initially confused as to what was going on, but Niveous attempted to explain the concept. Once he did, nearly everyone was on board, side from just a few sticklers that favored a monarchical system.
Still serving as leader of Frostchannel, Niveous was practically buried in nominations for leader, and eventually had to make each district of Frostchannel choose a representative. Having five districts ,meant only five nominees, which made Niveous' job much easier. In an effort to seem less biased, Niveous then took the step of distancing himself from the elections as a neutral observer. On the final day, Niveous started the polls, and waited for the inhabitants of Frostchannel to vote.
The day after the Niveous closed the polls, he requested the aid of other dragons to help him count the votes. Upon announcing the winner, a dragoness named Zora, there was a minor public outcry. Obviously, some folks thought that the vote was rigged, but Niveous explained that the votes were counted fairly, and that Zora would serve as the leader of Frostchannel.
To make sure that Frostchannel didn't stray too far from his vision for it, Niveous christened himself as the Head Advisor, and opened examinations for other dragons to become advisors as well. By the time all was said and done, there were five advisors, including Niveous, an IceWing named Lavender, an Ice/Sand Hybrid named Hoarfrost, another IceWing named Eis, and a final IceWing by the name of Floe. 
The dragons immediately set about writing up a set of laws to keep Frostchannel in check, but made sure that it wasn't very restrictive, and left ample freedoms for its citizens. Niveous was able to sneak in a clause that made sure that he would always serve as an advisor, regardless of the circumstances, and a second one that said that he would take over as leader during times without a formal leader. The finished product was similar to the laws of the Ice Kingdom, just without the parts that demanded subservience to a monarchy and the other generally problematic stuff.
To this day, Niveous serves as the head advisor of Frostchannel, and nearly always has the Leader's ear, due to his position and prestige.
== Miscellaneous ==
=== Strengths ===
* Intellect: Niveous is noted to be an extremely intelligent dragon, having combined both his knowledge of the past and present in order to build a frightening library of knowledge on the majority of subjects.
* Cunning: Niveous is highly cunning individual. He knows how to spin his words in ways that can sway other dragons to his side very easily, and was successfully able to hide clauses in Frostchannel's "Constitution" that benefitted himself greatly.
* Planning: Niveous has many measures of plans that ensure that he always has a road to victory or achieving his goals in general.
* Fortitude: Niveous is an extremely resilient dragon, as demonstrated by his time caught in the cold all those millennia ago.
* Magic: With the power of Coldshift, his staff, Niveous can control ice with frightening efficiency, including (but not limited to):
** Creating "living" ice sculptures in virtually any shape.
** Being nearly immune to the cold.
** Having a greatly extended lifespan.
** Creating "stasis pods" with which he can pass hundreds of years of time in relative safety.
** Creating ice blasts.
** Constructing homes made of ice and snow.
=== Weaknesses ===
* Strength: Niveous is noted for not being a very strong dragon, being much weaker than your average IceWing.
* Over-determination: Niveous can and likely will get far too invested in completing his goals.
=== Other ===
* Niveous still serves as head advisor to the Leader of Frostchannel, and also serves as the city's ambassador.
=== References ===
File:NiveousPereBase.jpeg|Niveous on a Peregrinecella Base, colored by Skrill
File:NiveousJoyAng.jpeg|Niveous on a Joy Ang Base, colored by Skrill
File:NiveousBioBase.jpeg|Niveous on a Biohazardia Base, colored by Skrill.
File:NiveousFizzy.jpeg|Niveous on a Fizzy Base, colored by Skrill
File:Coldshift.jpeg|Coldshift, Niveous' Ice-Controlling Staff. Drawn by Skrill.
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