Bulrush (TOTSS)

My Character for The Sanguine Sapphires RP, set 400 years after The Scorching. She lives in the same universe as Doe (TOTSS), though they've never met. Note that this is an AU, which means many of the things that happened in the canon universe of Wings of Fire occur differently here, namely surrounding the existence of HiveWings and the classifications of magic 
== Appearance ==
A stocky hybrid with scales that are a striking white, with washed out splotches of maroon. Her black eyes don’t seem to reflect light. She has something of an underbite, with two bottom fangs that jut out like tusks. She is highly proud of her appearance, and often adorns her spines, horns and claws with red paint. Her tusks are capped with augur, but when she’s out hunting for animi or transporting captives she’ll wear heavy set armor inlaid with the stone
== Personality ==
Charming and friendly, Bulrush loves to help dragons in need. Or so she says. Deep down, Bulrush and her empty promises aren’t all as they seem. An animus with severely weak powers who’d do anything to be seen as useful, she’s turned to augite to assert her power over other animi, and uses her charm to lure them into King Abispa’s waiting claws. While she can’t really ‘harm’ those she captures, once her nice face is gone and her patience has run out, she is merciless with her words. Bulrush isn’t afraid to utterly break down a dragon’s self confidence into shambles, especially if it helps them get acclimated to relying on the HiveWing’s sanctuary.
== Abilities ==
Infirma Animus: Hardly able to enchant the smallest of objects but still aware of her abilities. Because of this, she never uses her abilities and simply pretends to be a commoner
Weak firebreath: Her IceWing heritage has given her fire that is extremely weak in comparison to most MudWings
Brute strength: significantly slower when wearing her armor. Augite armor allows defense from most slashing attacks and animus spells
== Biography ==
Bulrush hatched in the HiveWing provinces to a family that had only recently moved to their from the ravaged IceWing kingdom. During that time, King Abispa was just then assembling an 'animus army', and when Bulrush revealed her own animus ability, her family was overjoyed. Finally, their family could be useful to the Kingdom! Finally they could move up in the ranks!
But that joy soon turned to disappointment when Bulrush's powers were found to be weak, the dragonet hardly able to enchant the smallest rock properly. But it would get better with age, they assured her. She was young- of course her powers were weak. But as years passed, and no amount of training seemed to improve her ability, her family began to lose hope, and instead focused all their attention on her many other animus siblings, who proved their magic to be stronger by every passing day.
Bulrush still tried- whether it was for her family's attention, or the Kingdoms approval- she created enchantment after enchantment- but none of them ever worked like she intended, and she just became a laughingstock among the other dragonets. It wasn't fair! She knew she was so much smarter and creative than her animus siblings, who just let their magic do whatever for them, without even a second thought to the consequences- Bulrush on the other talon had thought through her spells so many times- checking for imperfections until it was just right. She KNEW she was better than them. But it didn't matter. Her attempts just proved an embarrassment to her family, and she was outcasted even further. 
Discouraged, Bulrush gave up on trying with her magic and sought out other ways to prove herself just as useful and clever to the Kingdom as she believed she was. She managed to infiltrate Queen Wildfire's ranks of Animus Hunters, using her IceWing and MudWing background as a cover, and from there was able to obtain the SkyWing's hoard of Augite, a stone which shields the wearer from animus spells, and get closer to animus dragons that lived outside the HiveWing Kingdom. 
There weren't many animus soldiers in King Abispa's army as of yet, but Bulrush, using her personable and charming nature, managed to lure a few that she found to the wings of the HiveWings, promising them shelter from the murderous Animus Hunters. 
Those Animi that refused though? She was quick to deal with them. She liked the power the augur she wore gave her, and fancied herself more powerful than any animus
== Other ==
* Occasionally works alongside animus hunters when she needs assistance tracking down animi, before she swoops in to ‘save them’
* Hellbent on finding the secret hideout of the Talons of Magic
* She hates other animi with a burning passion. She doesn't let it show though
* She is EXTREMELY loyal to King Abispa, and refuses to believe he'd ever betray her
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Category:Work in Progress
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:IceWings
Category:MudWings
Category:Hybrids
Category:Occupation (Soldier)
Category:Animus
Category:Status (Commoner)