Quicksand (Skrill)

Category:Characters
Category:Work in Progress
Category:SandWings
Category:Occupation (Soldier)
Category:Occupation (Traveler)
Category:Males
Category:LGBT+
==Overview==
===Description===
Quicksand originally had olive green scales which were usually described as strange for someone of his tribe. His frill is a reddish color, similar to that of dragon blood, or that of a MudWing Egg. Quicksand's underbelly is a sandy color that resembles the ground of the desert.
He also wears a set of armor that he pretty much never takes off. It tends to be quite dirty most of the time, though on the occasions he does clean it he does so thoroughly. His wings start as a dark gray-is color, and eventually fade into a more gold color.
After the war, and his capture, Quicksand was injured very heavily. His left arm was severed at the point just below the elbow, and essentially his entire body was covered in burns and scars. His wings became tattered, and there are now plenty of holes in them, leaving him essentially flightless. His scales paled drastically, and he is now much lighter than he used to be. 
Due to having been in an Ice kingdom cavern for so long, Quicksand's eyesight has waned drastically, to the point where he is almost blind. Several parts of his are also frostbitten, and a dead bluish-black color. In addition, parts of him have also snapped off due to the frostbite, such as his tail barb.
===Personality===
Quicksand is an extremely reckless dragon, and can be very hasty. He’s quite loyal to his friends and family, though not necessarily in every scenario. Quicksand is good at heart, but is rather chaotic, having an almost detrimental love of conflict and battle. He is very strong, being able to sever a dragon’s head in a single blow.
Quicksand also appears to be a seemingly "honorable" dragon. He hates sneak attacks and ambushes, and refuses to kill someone he deems as a non-threat. He also doesn't quite like pillaging and raiding, but exactly above either of those things.
As mentioned previously, Quicksand is reckless, and loves battle. He sometimes loses it altogether and just falls into a sort of bloodlust state where he just kills and kills and kills the enemies without much of a reason.
After the war, Quicksand quickly became an extremely vengeful dragon. He hates IceWings with a burning passion, and has no issue with simply murdering any he comes across.
===History===
Quicksand was hatched in roughly 4,086 A.S, about two years after his brother, Jackal. His father, Sandstorm, and his mother, Hyena, were both present t his hatching.
Quicksand quickly found himself loving physical activity, and actively despised staying in any one place for too long. As such, he would frequently disobey his parents when/if ever they told him to stay put.
Quicksand did, however, have a great relationship with his brother, Jackal, and they stayed great friends despite their drastic differences.
When the war started, Quicksand actually supported Burn, and pretty much immediately tried to join the army. He was rejected on account of being underage.
He was a bit bitter when Jackal was allowed to go to war despite not even wanting to, and actually ended up in not a great place without his brother. He just became bored and listless, just sitting in the Stronghold doing nothing.
This changed a year later, when Quicksand was finally allowed to go off, and he immediately joined back with Jackal’s platoon. Quicksand found himself finally enjoying things again during the war, and frequently referred to the army as his home.
Quicksand fought in the war for roughly 13 years. He was practically raised on the battlefield, and trained essentially day-in, day-out. He quickly rose in the ranks and became one of the best soldiers in the platoon, possibly the army.
This all changed in one battle with Blaze’s troops, however, Quicksand killed the enemy commander, and then was defeated himself. Another IceWing came and cut off one of his arms, and a dragonflame cactus from above dropped near him, enveloping him in an explosion.
Shockingly, Quicksand survived the experience, but was captured by the IceWings. He was taken to what was essentially a death camp, and was left there to rot for the rest of the war. He stayed there for almost five years, simply waiting and decaying in the bowels of the Ice Kingdom.
Quicksand did survive the camp, but not well. He lost most of sight from being lost in the dark, he lost parts of himself to frostbite and lost his sanity as well. There were many things that happened in that camp that Quicksand is not proud of, and refuses to speak of, but he did them all in the name of survival.
For the first year of the camp, Quicksand maintained hope that Jackal would eventually come for him, but soon realized that no one was. I’m not going to get into the details of how he actually survived, but just know that it wasn’t good.
Quicksand was released when the war ended, but was released into the desert. Blinded by the sun, he set off. Anywhere. Anywhere but the desert.
He’s still wandering around to this day.
== Miscellaneous==
=== Relationships===
====Jackal====
When Quicksand knew Jackal, they were practically inseparable. the two brothers were extremely loyal to each other, and never left each other's side. Quicksand always tended to look up to his brother as a sort of model for what he could be like. He never liked going into a bloodlust state at the sight of battle, and he did tend to be less extreme whenever Jackal was around.
This all changed after the war, where Quicksand is now resentful towards his brother. This is mostly due to the fact that Quicksand feels Jackal abandoned him, and left him to die on that battlefield. He would never kill Jackal, nor would Quicksand attempt to harm him, but he currently believes it's best to never speak to him again.
====Sandstorm====
Sandstorm was Quicksand's father, and he barely knew him. Sandstorm was drafted for the army even before the war when Quicksand was two, so they didn't have many opportunities to speak or really get to know each other.
====Hyena====
Quicksand did not like his mother much at all. She constantly ordered him to stay inside and not go anywhere, which Quicksand felt was hypocritical because she tended to let Jackal go wherever the heck he wanted (though he didn't hold this against his brother).
He was very glad when he could finally leave her for the army.
====Burn====
Quicksand doesn't have feelings one way or the other on Burn, and by extension the war in general. He mostly cares because her continuing the war allowed him to keep fighting as much as he liked.
===Strengths===
*Strength: Quicksand is extremely strong, and very precise with his strikes.
*Size: He is a bit larger than the average dragon, allowing him a greater vantage point and a longer reach.
*Flight: Quicksand was once a very strong flier, though no longer.
=== Weaknesses===
* Flightlessness: Quicksand is unable to fly to his massive wing injuries.
* Unbalanced: Quicksand is perpetually unbalanced due to his lack of a left arm.
*Barb-less: Quicksand no longer has his tail barb after losing it to frostbite.
*Malnutrition: Quicksand is starving, leading to him being rather weak.
===Likes ===
*Combat of most kinds.
*Weapons.
* Sunlight.
*Food of most kinds.
*His brother, Jackal (most of the time).
===Dislikes===
* IceWings (Hates them, really).
*Losing.
*The dark.
*Small spaces.
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