Montana (Vulture)

== Appearance ==
"Please don't stare, it makes me nervous."
Montana is a very strange looking tribrid, with an appearance unique from any other standalone tribe. She is average in height and somewhat skinny, although with a short fat neck like a SandWing. Her face resembles a RainWing with thicker horns and eyes of dark obsidian with snow white pupils. Her back is lined with a sail. Montana's tail is long and slender, ending with a permanently immature barb. The back of her legs, tail, and neck are lined with scales, and under her wings is a line of IceWing scales, similar to Darkstalker.
Montana unusually holds her wings at a midpoint, neither high up or low to the ground. Her talons are long, very sharp, yet somewhat thick. The claws on her wings are even longer and edged like a razor. They are strongly curved, making them a very deadly weapon for tearing straight through scales and wing membrane.
Her gait is neither agitated or lazy, although Montana's posture is often slumped and she rarely holds her head to its highest extent.
== Backstory ==
Montana was born in the SandWing Stronghold, between an IceWing/RainWing hybrid known as Iceberry and an IceWing/SandWing hybrid known as Powder. They were relatively undisturbed despite the family's mixed heritage, primarily because they were poor and several other hybrids coexisted in their social class. Montana got along well with her SandWing neighbors, all who didn't seem to mind her strange appearance.
One of the hybrids, Sandpaper, began a teaching program in the area, and invited young dragonets to attend. Montana arrived, along with 2 other hybrids known as Rhubarr and Cassava. There, she learned the basics of Pyrrhia and also a little on how to fight. While hesitant, if given enough encouragement she was a deadly foe, slashing with her wing claws and was surprisingly bulky. Cassava couldn't keep up, but Rhubarr had no problems, so the two often practiced against one another. They became good friends and two of the best fighters in the class.
Right when everything seemed great, trouble brewed. A group of SandWings known as The Cleansers emerged out of nowhere, first pestering Sandpaper, and then engaging in violence. Montana wasn't having it, so she slashed at one of the SandWing's necks to defend her teacher. The attack left a permanent scar down their throat, causing The Cleansers to shift their focus onto her. Luckily, the tribrid learned how to breathe frostbreath about this time, and combined with Rhubarr's tail barb and Cassava's poison spray, The Cleansers didn't have a chance to harm her.
However, Montana had severely underestimated the size of the organization. They came in swarms, eventually causing the hybrids to disperse for their safety with The Cleansers in hot pursuit. She and her parents fled into the Rainforest Kingdom, where they are to this day until they can come up with a plan.
== Personality ==
Montana is stubborn, straight up. When she says something, she insists on it no matter what unless a dragon proves her wrong, which is rare and hard to do. She loves routine and will become quite puffy if it is interrupted in any way. While Montana isn't the kind of dragon to spread rumors or remark about another dragon, she holds herself to high standards, and may seem quite bold when she's exactly the opposite. If the tribrid doesn't know what to do or knows that she doesn't do something well, Montana will be very nervous and try her best to get out of it. She is defensive, skeptical, and has a sturdy exterior to hide her soft core. Once known, she can be a very loyal friend who would die for her buddies.
== Traits ==
=== General ===
Montana is slightly slender body-wise, but thick in the limbs due to her SandWing and IceWing genetics. She is normal size with a long tail and smaller wings. Her claws, especially the ones on her wings, are hooked and quite sharp. Her talons are rather small.
Despite the barb on her tail, it has no venom.
=== Poison ===
Montana, being partially RainWing, has the ability of spitting venom, although the quantity is little and isn't very strong. Drops of it feel like fire on contact with scales for a moment so it's more of a distraction than a weapon. It can be especially painful if it touches mucus membrane or enters the bloodstream, yet almost never lethal. The venom also lacks range, but this is mainly due to lack of practice. She can only fire it when warm or hot:in colder temperatures it freezes and becomes very difficult(and painful) to fire. The venom has a consistency closer to water and typically evaporates quickly instead of hardening unless it is a low enough temperature. Suntime is not required to facilitate its production.
=== Frostbreath ===
Montana can also breathe frostbreath like an IceWing. Like her venom, it's not as strong as from a purebred dragon, although the difference is minimal. The charge for the frostbreath is about triple the usual time. Unlike normal IceWings, it is not affected by temperature, so it works just as well under the desert sun than the tundra cold.
==== Freezepoison ====
Known as Montana's hidden weapon, her venom and frostbreath can be combined into a substance dubbed as "freezepoison". Launched as a single black projectile instead of a spray, it burns through scales for a second or two before freezing the thing that it touched rapidly in about 5 seconds. It's powerful, but very painful to fire and inaccurate with fairly short range. Freezepoison uses a lot of venom and frostbreath, so generally it can only be used once in a fight.
Freezepoison will usually not be included if Montana is used in roleplays for sake of balance.
=== Scales ===
Montana's scales are a mix of RainWing, IceWing, and SandWing scales, and it's easy to tell from her IceWing and SandWing scales because of their temperature. Her IceWing scales are cold, while her SandWing scales produce heat. Strangely enough, they change temperature according to time of day, becoming warmer as the sun comes up, and cooling in the night
=== Frill/Wing membrane ===
Her frill and wing membrane, while normally aqua blue with an icy blue gradient, will transition to another color when under an intense emotion. The tribrid can also flare her frill forwards, although not as far as normal RainWings because the rays are modified IceWing spines.
=== Stealth and Senses ===
Being brightly colored and lacking the ability to camouflage makes Montana poor at sneaking around. Her sense of smell is quite keen, although she can be slightly hard of hearing sometimes. Her vision is poor.
=== Fighting, summed up ===
Montana doesn't have much experience in combat, but with her sharp talons, wing claws, and frostbreath, she can be a dangerous enemy. She is rather bulky, which helps since she's not exactly fast-moving.
== Relationships ==
=== Powder and Iceberry ===
The tribrid is tame with her parents. Her relationship with them isn't special or negative, just average. (Neutral)
=== Cassava ===
Montana likes to talk to Cassava about many things, and usually is the one to bring up new topics. She often stands up for her.(Positive)
=== Rhubarr ===
Montana is closest to Rhubarr, as they will usually fight against each other in practice sessions. They like to compare their SandWing side of their heritage, and share secrets. They will defend each other for life.(Positive)
== Gallery ==
MontanaHeadshot.jpg|Traditional art headshot by me(originally the infobox thing)
== Trivia ==
* Sierra, Tramontane, and Derecho were contending names until Montana took the top spot.
* Due to procrastination, it took nearly a month to do her ref.
* Montana didn't know she had frostbreath or venom until rather recently.
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