Owl the IceWing

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coding by Chipper the Crow, and inspired by the Fallen London browser game. the page also belongs to/was created by me. same goes for the art in the introduction.
Owl
...It's a horrible sight in front of her. Regrettable, messy, damning. Damning if it ever gets out- and there's somebody else watching. Somebody she knows too well, and already they're flapping away. So more complications, then. She leaps into the sky, hoping it's a silence Owl will buy, not some scandal to sell...
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Owl 	Owl
 	
ARTIST 	Chipper the Crow
CREATOR 	Chipper the Crow
INFORMATION	INFORMATION
COLOUR(S) 	Silver/Turquoise/Black
THEME SONG 	It's a Sin - Pet Shop Boys
AGE 	17 dragon years
GENDER 	Agender
PRONOUNS 	They/them/themselves, thon/thonself
NICKNAMES 	'The Whisperseller', 'The Most Hated So-Called Journalist In History', Owlet
ORIENTATION	type here
OCCUPATION 	Journalist, keeper (and seller) of secrets, detective occasionally
TRIBE 	IceWings
RESIDENCE 	Hookshore
RELATIVES 	type here
LIKES 	type here
DISLIKES 	type here
QUOTE 	"Quote." -name
== Appearance ==
Owl is a sight you should get to know quickly if you are 'of interest' in Hookshore, whether that means being involved in high society, in politics, or in crime. If not, you have very little to fear - if you're unimportant yet scandalous enough that Owl is writing about you, people have likely already taken notice of and judged you anyway. If you aren't their focus, you should be careful to see who they might be tailing, and why. They are an IceWing with silvery scales, slightly shorter than average, and most of their scales have a turquoise-ish tint to them. Their front claws are trimmed and dulled, but their back claws are not, and they're no stranger to kicking out at assailants with these. Their tail is quite long, and they have a tendency to wiggle the tip (sometimes tapping it lightly against the floor), sometimes while excited, or sometimes while furious. They seem to make their emotions clear on their face, and they always let their spines lie flat. A spiky Owl is an especially angry Owl. They have three cheek spikes on each side of their face, sharp and untrimmed.
Owl's main scales are, again, blue-ish silver. Their overscales are a dull turquoise, their underscales a darker shade. Their wings are considered gorgeous by many, being a deep blue-black, shimmering in the light. Their horns and spines are similarly dark, and their eyes are a very deep blue-grey, with a ring of dull turquoise around the pupil, giving a (somewhat false) 'bright iris, dark sclera' effect. Owl is frequently seen with a black bag, containing what they might need. Paper, ink, quills, blades, sometimes food, that sort of thing.
Overall, Owl is good at writing, better at sneaking around, and best at keeping secrets. Oh, they do reveal them, but every reveal is intentional. You can buy their silence. Maybe not permanently, but for this secret, at least. (Even if you clearly recognise them in public, DON'T decide that yelling at them for some started rumour or sold secret or something other is a good idea. It's an easy way to cause a scene and make you the next subject of the gossip. Owl is NOT above lying - even if you think you have nothing to hide, they can quite easily dig up something new. Besides, they're a fact of life while you're just another newcomer. People like them...in a hateful sort of way.)
== Personality ==
Owl is, of course, no stranger to blackmail and sneaking, which is the main trait you'll hear about when it comes to them. Not especially manipulative further than in this regard, and a hoarder of secrets. They accept payment for silence, of course, though be aware that they have morality...and standards. Depending on who deserves what, they may choose to never reveal even a destructive secret for a very cheap price, or they might take the payment and then write about it anyway. They take pity on others, sometimes, but overall there's a reason why others dislike them. Surprisingly, for someone with a love of being social, Owl doesn't seem to mind this much. In fact, they revel in notoriety. Some insist that they're a good person, though. At least they aren't completely immoral.
They nearly thrive among the more dignified sides of society, though not everyone wants them there. Nevertheless, Owl receives invitations to parties, and they have many connections. Supposedly, though, they aren't entirely fond of these sorts of people, calling them 'disconnected from normal dragons' and 'either stuck-up or even nosier than [them], sometimes both at once'. Indeed, Owl's closest friends seem to never be invited to these sorts of gatherings. More interested in helping common dragons, though not everyone considers them the sort.
In a conversation, the musician Lacquer mentioned that they were "more loyal than [he'd] have thought once, but it takes more than briefly working with them to get them to that point". Owl hasn't said much about this, further than smiling and admitting that they'd have to agree with that. They can be a traitor, really, depending on what side you think they're on, and yes, they've made being a snitch their whole thing, but they do care for others.
Owl is, of course, a journalist. Reporter and writer. Skilled at writing about real events, and at writing fiction. They tell the truth, of course. A snitch and possibly too nosy, but they're honest. They can sometimes be flirty, and greatly enjoy music and dancing. They also like giving commentary on things. Intelligent, watchful, simultaneously brave enough to search for things that would be dangerous to find out and enough of a coward to have learnt well when to duck out. Selfish? Maybe. They greatly enjoy their privacy - there's almost certainly a whole personality somewhere there, but they only let some of it show. Maybe they have a heart of gold, though more likely silver or bronze.
Pestering them about it would be an awful idea, but Owl is, in all likelihood, a revolutionary. They have no qualms about snitching, but who do they snitch to? Those higher in society? Apparently not. The others they work with in the newspaper? Seems that way. But is there another group that gets the information first? The one side they'll never go against? Well, it would explain a lot, wouldn't it? Some secrets of those who go against whoever's currently in charge are written about with no remorse, but others are kept even if it'd 'make more sense' for Owl to spread them. And they seem to dislike the current queens. And there's the matter of what might be called a 'rivalry' with the current mayor. Yes, it'd make sense for them to be, at the least, not entirely happy with the current state of things. Nobody they discuss these matters with would ever talk, but what personal opinions they've shown seem to tend towards the more rebellious side. To talk too much about their connections to certain events would be the worst idea ever, of course. But there are some plausible ideas on the subject...
== Relationships ==
[WIP]
== History ==
[WIP]
== Trivia ==
*[WIP]
== Gallery ==
Owl ref chipper.png|Coloured by Chipper.
Owl humanform.png|If Owl was a human. By Chipper, as practice with clothing (specifically, Victorian-era clothing).
Owl icewing.png|By Chipper.
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