Gila

== Overview ==
=== Description ===
Gila is an adult male SandWing who was born in 4,997 AS. He has slightly off-gold scales and a pale yellow sail/frill/thing on his back. He has a brown tail barb with green highlights and bright yellow speckles on his arms, wings and legs.
Gila has both his wings, but his right wing is heavily damaged. It has a very tattered appearance and is covered in all manner of burns that render it completely useless.
His eyes are a bright, emerald green, but his right eye is missing due to having been clawed out during the war. As such, he has an empty eye socket in place of where his right eye is.
=== Personality ===
Gila used to be a very positive dragon. He was an optimist to a certain degree, and also slightly unrealistic, especially if it didn't fit the situation.
As of current, Gila has considerably soured over the years, and is now rather bitter. He's flipped to being a mixture of a pessimist and optimist, and has become noticeably more pragmatic, almost painfully so.
He looks primarily at the worst in other dragons, and tends to not give second chances.
=== History ===
Gila was hatched in 4,997 AS to his mother and father, and in the presence of his older sister, Cactus. Unfortunately for the family, however, their mother leaves soon after Gila was hatched to fight on Blaze's side.
Gila's father, Oryx, took both Cactus and Gila under his wings and trained them both in combat. Cactus was trained mostly in assassination techniques while Gila was trained in more conventional combat methods.
Gila trained with his father for roughly five years, using myriads of weapons like spears and swords, as well as daggers. His father taught him how to use his fire to create smokescreens and how to fight in the air without looking like a complete doofus, let alone fighting like one too.
At seven years of age, Gila was sent off to the army, and joined his father's platoon. He had heard about the Dragonet Prophecy, and had rather high hopes on it coming to fruition. Oryx and Cactus constantly told him over and over not to keep his hopes too high.
Oryx and Gila eventually lost contact with Cactus as they were transferred around and around the continent, and both grew more and more absorbed in the fighting. Serving under Princess Burn, Oryx's platoon is sent to group up with the MudWings. Having been in quite a few battles with the IceWings and SeaWings at this point, they were prepared for a larger battle this time.
Now ten years old, Gila and Oryx stuck around at the MudWing Swamps, waiting until Burn sent their now combined force after their next target, when they were suddenly ambushed by a force of Sand and IceWings from Blaze's side of the war.
Gila was separated from his unit by several IceWings and began fighting frantically to get back to them. He killed two of them with little issue, but the third one, the SandWing, looked familiar to him. She resembled Cactus, though she wasn't, and Gila elected to let her live.
The SandWing turned on him soon after, roasting his wing and destroying his right eye. Gila collapsed, unconscious, and missed out on the rest of the slaughter.
Gila was left for dead. His wing was practically burnt to ash and his eye hd been entirely removed. He would have died if some other forces hadn't come to look for survivors. Gila was one of the only five, however his father was unfortunately killed during the fighting.
The SandWing was stuck in the hospital for at least three-quarters of a year, where he started to heal. It took a long time, and he was rendered entirely flightless due to his massacred wing and is now half-blind due to the SandWing's attack on him. He rejoined the army as soon as he could, even though he wasn't fit for battle yet. This already resulted in his change in personality, and now acts very harshly towards anyone he deems a threat.
Over the next four years, Gila was promoted to the position of the leader of his new platoon. He lead through campaigns against the IceWings on the Northern Front, gaining more and more experience as he continued to fight. Due to his injuries, however, he spent noticeably less time on the battlefield and more time strategizing, sharpening his mind. His battle skills rusted over, but he was still reasonably skilled. 
In 5,011 AS, Gila and his platoon were sent to attack the Summer Palace, after Crocodile got the information on its whereabouts. They set out immediately, grabbing Dragonflame Cacti and flying over to the Kingdom of the Sea (running, in Gila's case). 
Due to the injuries he suffered, Gila remained on the shore, viewing the battle from a distance as he couldn't actually fly to bomb the palace. He saw the destruction and was glad that their mission was completed. 
Towards the end of the War, Gila was once again sent to the MudWing Swamps to amass forces with them for their attack on the IceWings. That being said, he traveled back to the Kingdom of Sand to watch the "Peace Summit" set up by the dragonets. 
At the end, Gila simply hoped that Thorn would be a good queen, and not screw everything else up for all of Pyrrhia. As much as he loved combat, he was simply glad the war was over so that he could finally rest. 
== Miscellaneous ==
=== Relationships ===
==== Cactus ====
Gila and Cactus have a decent relationship, or rather, they had one before they lost touch with one another.
They used to play around in the desert under their father's eyes in between training sessions, and had rather fun times.
Gila also cared greatly for his older sister, especially considering her blindness.
==== Oryx ====
While he was a strict father, Oryx was a good one, as well as a good teacher. He taught both Cactus and Gila all he knew when it came to combat and assassination, as well as providing them with a stable home and food. 
He also accepted Gila into his platoon when he became the age that he could join the army, and acted as a strong leader to both his troops and his son. 
Suffice it to say, Gila mourned heavily over his father's death. 
==== Burn ====
Gila could care less about Burn. He really only stayed as a part of her army out of a want for adventure and a desert to test his skills.
He was glad as she died, and especially when none of the sisters took the mantle of Queen.
=== Likes ===
* Action of any kind, Just generally something to do.
* Cactus, his sister.
* Oryx, his father.
* Combat, especially when he can get something out of it.
=== Dislikes ===
* His injuries.
* Doing nothing.
* IceWings.
* Insects, specifically mosquitoes.
* 
=== Strengths ===
* Ground speed, due to having to walk and run everywhere since his injuries.
* Sense of smell.
* Sense of hearing.
* Strategic Mind.
* Combat skills, though they have rusted over the years.
=== Weaknesses ===
* Quick to anger.
* Half-Blind.
* Flightless.
* Not good at seeing the good in other dragons.
== References/Gallery ==
File:EFF6AE05-7DBF-4101-9339-59FABB179FFB.jpeg|Gila’s Reference Based on the Variant Peregrinecella Base
File:92EEA593-5C6A-416A-A543-D2330AC7DAAA.jpeg|Gila’s Base done with the Original SandWing Peregrinecella Base
File:EA12C07F-6E97-4681-84A9-38A4B92B4DFF.jpeg|Gila as a hatchling.
Category:SandWings
Category:Males
Category:Work in Progress
Category:Occupation (Soldier)
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