Riodinidae

Riodinidate belongs to Lucy. If you steal him. Please don't steal him.
==Appearance==
Unlike many of the dragons his age, Riodinidae never grew into the hulking, imposing stature. He remains around the same height he was twenty years ago, short compared to others of the same age but enough to tower over most of Jewel Hive's inhabitants. Age has wrinkled his expression and faded his scales, but he still looks healthy, muscles from decades of training not yet atrophied.
His scales have long lost their luster, their once brilliant iridescence transformed into into graying matte shades. His scales are a medium blue, framing the brown of his underbelly. Small orange specks trail down the sides of his scales. His wings are impressive, a brown broken up with pale blue patterns, the edges of his wings framed with orange.
Rio's eyes are are a deep, almost amber brown, friendly and twinkling with the secrets gained over an age of living.
==Personality==
*old but pretty casual with everything
*likes telling stories
*love dragonets
*very dedicated to his work, tends to get very invested and focused when he wants to be
*very private. just also friendly
:*kind of like leitmotif in a way?
*is very good at like. switching between mindsets. one moment he's the leader of the chrysalis putting together plans and the next he's the silkwing servant just doing his job
==History==
Born before the Tree Wars, Riodinidae's recollections of his younger years are unclear. However, he remembers the trees, the freedom, and the warmth in his mothers arms.
Yet those brief four years of peace were quickly stolen away. The next was when the tensions really started to bare their fangs, when Queen Wasp started demanding she be given control of the continent. Within two years, the forests were burning.
As a SilkWing, with the Queen who surrendered, he was lucky. The HiveWings and LeafWings were not concerned about the tribe whose dragonets could not fly. When Rio entered his chrysalis, he was worried about his own safety - choosing a spot among rocky mountains like many other SilkWings did.
Perhaps he should have been worried about other things, because when he emerged his mother was gone. He never found out what happened to her.
*olde.
*remembers the pre-tree-wars times
*born like a long time years before the tree wars started
*tensions existed but he was just chilling with his mom :/
*then the war happened!! didn't really get involved because monarch was a coward
*mother joined the leafwings in the fight, leaving him to be raised by his father
:*he wanted to go help her and meet her but dad was always like. no. the silkwings have already surrendered don't do that
*then the war ended and silkwings got like highkey screwed over
:*he never saw her again. lol
*was 20-ish?? at this time and very upset about it
*fell in love at some point around here
*lowkey founded the chrysalis in cicada hive w/ his gf
*bounced around jobs in cicada hive, often left the hivewings he worked for dissatisfied because he was busy planning wasp's downfall
:*gf was related to the flamesilks so her life was pretty good. he somewhat coasted off the benefits but not enough to get an actually good job
*she gets caught
*he never sees her again
*was good at cooking. decided to focus on job for a little bit to not be too suspicious
*was a cook for countess velvet for a while
*eventually transferred over to jewel hive
*hopes to one day see the downfall of the hives
*hates wasps! mostly old and mellow though. hopes he trained the younger generation well enough for them to succeed
==Relationships==
*leitmotif - ae reminds him of himself, a little. he suspects the specific circumstances of aer hatching. hopes ae is doing well
*countess velvet - an employer, nothing more. she's very angry and prickly. he doesn't care that much. he did his job.
*termite - he was nice enough. the arguments were not
*neoptera - girl literally has no respect for anyone lmao
*psyche - he enjoys their presence
*palamedes - nephew.
==Trivia==
*He is named after and loosely designed off of metalmark butterflies
==Gallery==
File:Riodinidaetiny.png
RiodinidaeHamster_the_Sandwing.png|Hamster the Sandwing
Category:Characters
Category:Work in Progress
Category:Content (Mezepheles)
Category:Males
Category:SilkWings
Category:Occupation (Cook)
Category:Status (Commoner)