Winter Rose

W I N T E RR O S E
he x him // artist x student // demi
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Once upon a time, there once lived a family of dragons who lived on the shores of the ocean, near the SeaWing kingdom. Within this family there were twins Winter Rose and Frisk, both who had a different passion. It seemed that the house was a bit divided when the two dragonets arrived. Hillous, the mother, loved Winter with all her heart, and Frost, the father, loved Frisk more than he ever would Winter, the dragonet he despised. As soon as he learned to speak and learn not to put paint in his mouth Hillous taught him to paint. She was, after all, very passionate about it and loved the art dearly. She wanted to share that love with her son, have him love it as much as she does. 
It worked.
For hours the two would spend in Hillous's art studio, painting landscapes of the ocean, of the forest, or of places that reside only in their imaginations. Winter loved it, painting his dreams with bright, happy colors onto a large canvas. They'd compare artwork, give each other constructive criticism. Things were going to turn out alright, after all, he had a dream, a dream to one day travel the world with his mother and see everything. That dream never came true, it was thrown to the ground and shattered into pieces like glass when Hillous died from a severe illness. Winter's heart never fully healed, he became a shell of his former self, broken-hearted and grieving for 6 years. Living in the broken household, he grew bitter and pessimistic, swearing to never dream or cling onto hope again.
And he's never let that down. Never has, never will.
Winter Rose 	Winter Rose
 	
Art By 	t4
Background Information	Background Information
Aliases 	winter (preferred name), rose (hillous)
Creator 	radar
Attribute 	mourning, modesty
Element 	paint, chlorine, roses, paintbrushes, forests in winter
Animal 	leopard, deep sea fish
Color 	ice blue, grass green, light pink
Song 	saturn • sleeping at last
MBTI 	isfp-t
Character Information 	Character Information
Age 	15 (hy)
Gender 	male
Orientation 	demiromantic demisexual
Occupation 	painter, student
Tribe 	3 / 4 seawing, 1 / 4 icewing
Goal 	keep frisk from working himself to death
Relatives 	frost (father), hillous (mother, deceased), frisk (twin brother)
Residence 	echo’s peak, the seaside (formerly)
Allies 	gumdrop, frisk, hillous
Enemies 	frost, most dragons
Likes 	painting, hillous, being alone (most of the time), hanging out with gumdrop, nature, genuine admiration
Dislikes 	frost, depression, most dragons, needles, sharing (sometimes), hollow compliments & promises, nightmares
Powers and Abilities 	mild cold-resistance, can knit, skilled painter
Weapons 	talons, teeth, words
Ships 	n / a
A P P E A R A N C E
The kin of the goddess Hillous who seems to be a shadow of his former self. Winter is not an obvious hybrid, but is close enough for someone to tell that he is one. Very pale ice blue scales run across his body, though this color can easily be mistaken for white even if there is blue in the tint. Only that and his serrated talons and pale coloration display his IceWing roots. Sharp gills stud the sides of his neck and are highlighted by a faint pink, though this can barely be seen. Complementing the pale blue is a light jean blue underbelly and a darker colored sail that goes across his back. Studding the underbelly, his legs, and the underside of his eyes are deep pastel blue luminous patterns.
Perhaps the most defining features of Winter, however, are both the huge, spiky sail and the facial markings. These markings are light navy blue in color and are seen on two parts of his head, the snout and his ears. It marks the bridge of his snout almost like that of a scar. Slightly jagged and all. The two on his ears is a straight line near the tip of his ears and two slightly curved lines like a little splash. These curls move away from each other but both stem in the same location, near the base of his ears. Winter's eyes are a bright grass green, though slightly darker compared to that of Frisk's. His pupils are just four shades darker than the main coloration of his eyes.
Scaled horns protrude from the back of his head and are what makes Winter rather unique compared to the average hybrid. The flat, squarish scales going across the top of these are of a similar color to the markings, though darker. Well, just a little bit, anyway. The horns themselves are the color of slush, an icy grey. While the right one is curved, the left one is shaped similarly to that of a boomerang. And although he's rather self-conscious about this horn, he's learning to accept it. Upon his back are small, flat and triangular scales that are pastel blue in color. Then there are the wings, which are usually just folded to his sides (one of them at least). The membranes are the same color as the sail.
His left wing, however, is rather limp due to being broken. Though it isn't dragged across the ground, rather it is held slightly above it. Winter's build is almost catlike, an arched back with a flexible and wiry frame. He does remain somewhat tubby, but it isn't as noticeable as it is with his brother. The whiskers from his chin are long and are tipped with yellow luminous lights. Unlike the patterns across his body, these can't be turned off. These can also be seen on his ankles, though they aren't shared with his wrists as well. Winter doesn't wear that many accessories other than a small brown bag and sometimes black earrings. The brown bag in particular is a dear item of Winter's given to him by Frisk and is where he puts all his art supplies that he can use whenever needed.
The hybrid's expression doesn't change much past a bitter scowl or a cold look. Though happiness or a laid back expression does flash across his face every now and then. Even if it's not often.
P E R S O N A L I T Y
*redoing this. angsty teen with lots of skill in painting and little else. generally acts quiet and aloof, most don’t interact with him because of this. is fine with this, he doesn’t like socializing anyway… and no he definitely… never gets… lonely.
*blunt and a bit of a jerk. tends to speak his mind and doesn’t really consider others feelings... because he's too busy being honest. this is only during arguments or debates... or when talking to people he doesn't respect or generally dislikes. doesn't act this way to strangers and he's noticeably a bit more.. awkward around them. has some common decency, he's not a jerk to everyone he sees.
*has been a source of gossip and rumors and gets really agitated when he overhears people talking about him behind his back. can be quite temperamental and hates being teased, talked down to, and lied to. becomes quite easy to anger when it comes to things like this and finds it hard to "just ignore it." also gets frustrated when people tell him to do that and believes they only say that because they've never experienced what he's dealing with.
*is a bit of a perfectionist, but his apathy has made him lower his standards for himself.
*very compassionate with those he’s close with and is protective, honest, loyal, and affectionate too. this side of him surprises most as he’s usually so cold and apathetic.
*really enjoys painting as a way to cope with his struggles with mental illness. finds this as a way to continue his mother’s legacy as she was a very skilled painter. basically paints in honor of her. also just finds creative expression a good way to get his feelings out and express himself.
**would consider painting one of the only ways he can keep himself happy and motivated without spiraling into periods of depression. genuinely has found art a good way to connect with others and it's really one of the only topics he passionately can talk on and on about with just about anyone.
*a little socially awkward when he actually tries to socialize with others. is so used to just being quiet and avoiding conversation with others that he just... doesn't know how to talk to people. and when he does end up talking to someone it's usually like... teachers. doesn’t think anyone actually likes him and is rather cynical even when others genuinely want to spend time with him.
*believes himself to be quite emotionally mature and usually doesn't like participating in anything he deems as "childish." while he might not always say it, he finds participating in these activities... dumb. generally finds immaturity as annoying and emotionally draining for him, so he tends to avoid interacting with dragons he views as immature.
*gets secretly embarrassed when he's outsmarted by those who are younger than him or those he doesn't respect. sees it as an attack on his own intelligence.
*doesn't really... make jokes, because the embarrassment that comes from flopping one is too much for him to handle. only really makes sarcastic jokes with those he's close with... because they understand his sense of humor.
*cannot handle second-hand embarrassment and will actually tell the source of it to stop if they're... like a friend or something. you won't be seeing him yell at a stranger to stop because that's weird.
*backhanded or hollow compliments really annoy him. so he doesn't really like getting complimented, because he views most compliments as hollow or backhanded.
*one may consider him to be responsible and reasonable. 
*reasons why he thinks he's self-centered: he's proud of some of the work he does, he keeps talking about himself albeit in a negative light, he uh... compliments his work sometimes...
*very flattered by actual admiration, but tries to hide it by pretending he doesn't care because, according to him, if you accept a compliment and talk proudly about the things you like then you're self-centered. it also may or may not be because he doesn't think he's worthy of being admired and doesn't consider himself a very admirable person.
**is quite modest when it comes to his work and can have a bit of a... love-hate relationship with it. is never too proud of it because he won't let himself and whenever he falls into this kind of "regret for sharing" mood, he has a bad habit of destroying the work he's shared with others to feel better.
***also destroys works he's shared to... see if he gets a reaction out of the person he shared it with... maybe... just maybe to prove (to himself) that this piece actually meant something to that person...
**sometimes falls into that hole of not wanting to share his work with anyone anymore because he thinks just the act of sharing something makes him self-centered.
*doesn't know how to feel when he actually unintentionally inspires others because... he doesn't think he has the power to do that. and he's not really comfortable thinking about the possible influence he has over others. this can actually be a side-effect of him receiving genuine admiration from others.
*this is one thing he worries about with gumdrop because... he knows he has at least some influence over him and knowing that just makes him feel... gross. in knowing this, he's rather careful with the kinds of activities he participates in while spending time with him as to not accidently influence him into doing bad things.
**probably knows the hybrid has a crush on him (because gumdrop isn't... very subtle about it, no matter how hard he tries), but doesn't want to actually believe that. can't even begin to process someone actually being in love with him because his incredibly low self-respect won't allow him to.
*quite judgmental, but usually keeps it to himself unless it's something he considers particularly heinous. isn't typically confrontational unless you make him angry and likes just not bothering others and staying out of the way.
*doesn't like most of his peers. often subconsciously judges all of them by their interests and hobbies, which is the main reason he doesn't spend time with any of them.
*really doesn't like talking about his mother... because he can't talk about her without bursting into tears. also just finds the topic of her a trigger for him that reminds him of very unpleasant memories.
*finds weakness in his own emotional vulnerability when in public and often hides himself away when he wants to cry as to not embarrass himself. doesn't like venting to others because he sees it as him complaining or being melodramatic or something like that.
**only feels comfortable talking about his feelings with those he's very close with. so... just frisk and gumdrop, but especially frisk. with gumdrop it's a little difficult, because he knows gumdrop goes to him to get his feelings out and during those times winter... doesn't feel comfortable venting as well. mainly because then it feels like, to him anyway, they're competing for whose got it the worst.
*sometimes feels like a burden to frisk, especially when he starts talking about all the hard work he's doing every day. his brother never intends on making him feel horrible about himself, but that does... end up happening. considers himself lazy and useless and generally doesn't see himself as a good person. usually his apathy protects him from dropping into complete self-hatred, though.
**never admits this aloud because he thinks it's stupid and unimportant, even if this fact deeply emotionally effects him.
**tries his best to help and contribute when he can, usually doing housework so frisk doesn't have to. but he can find it a bit... draining because... low stamina.
*feels partially responsible for his mother's death as he feels like he pushed her too hard and was too needy when she was sick. often worries what she might think of him now if she were still around and if she'd be ashamed of him. most of his intrusive and self-hatred thoughts stem from this.
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The young artist was once a dragon full of dreams and happiness. But it's clear that he no longer holds such optimism. Winter's face shows only bitterness and anger. Indeed that is who he is, sharp-tongued, easy-to-anger, and overly pessimistic. Winter seems to have minor anger and depression issues and is prone to be rather aggressive and moody. He doesn't usually watch what he says and speaks as though his words taste terrible. The hybrid can be sarcastic and can often loose with his words which may lead to accidentally saying something he didn't intend on saying. This may sometimes be the same for his actions as well, though it is more often than not his words.
He believes himself to be a bad person and while he does wish to be better, he hasn't even started taking such steps. Mainly because he doesn't know how to be better, he feels like he'll never be able to fix himself, Winter tries to take after his brother, trying to be like him, but he falls back into being cold and brash. His depression stems from the intense grief he feels after the loss of his mother, Hillous. He can be a bit clingy with his other relationships and fears losing the dragons he loves. The hybrid blames himself for his mother's death, after being told that over and over again, he's begun to believe it. Desperately does he wish to have her back, something that'll never happen.
An unfriendly aura surrounds him most of the time, something that usually drives other dragons away. In truth he's a sensitive dragon, he just doesn't show it too often. It's his goal to not let people get to him, to not cry unless he's alone, as tears are a sign of weakness that can be exploited. He is very pessimistic and his rude and aggressive behavior leaves nothing to be desired. Or so he thinks. Winter fears to dream, to have hope in the future, he's uncertain whether it'll be worth it or not. His dreams have been shattered once and he doesn't want it to happen again. Often he feels like he's on a lone boat, alone in an unforgiving sea of hopelessness.
To be honest, he rarely feels happiness, he doesn't have hope for the future and is trapped in a prison of hopelessness and sadness. Sometimes he wishes he could just stay in the past, before he felt the bitter taste of depression, before being stuck with the dragon who hated him. Whenever his mother is mentioned, his eyes tear up, caused by intense grief. These days he feels... unimportant, a burden to his family. Almost no one wants to be his friend, why would they? He has nothing positive to provide. Winter wishes he could grab ahold of that string of hope that is swung in front of him, but whenever he tries to reach for it, it's jerked away from him.
While rarely happy and often drowned in hopelessness, he has two deep passions that keeps him afloat. His deep love for his brother, Frisk, and painting. He never talks or boasts about how talented he is at painting and is actually quite quiet about his immense passion for the arts. Winter paints in honor of his mother, to pass her legacy on. It's only ever when he's painting that all worry slips away as he lives in the moment. He doesn't show most of his work to anyone and often gets flustered when one asks to show him his work.
When close with someone, he shows his true colors, a kind, shy, sensitive, and humorous individual that's easily flustered by acts of kindness. It's quite shocking when one first sees him coming out of his shell, even just a little bit. After all, Winter is mostly known as the rude kid, sarcastic, bitter, and aggressive. If one is to point out how kind he's being out, he gets defensive and flustered, "don't push your luck" he'd say. Only two have cracked its incredibly spiky exterior, his brother, Frisk, and his best and only friend, Gumdrop. Sometimes he does nice things for them, to make them happy. Just... don't point it out.
H I S T O R Y
 
*born alongside his twin brother, frisk, in a small beach cabin built on a bluff on the bay of a thousand scales. his mother, hillous, was a goddess who gave up her divine status to start a family and was now a talented painter. his father was a geologist and retired soldier named frost.
*was born with a deformed wing and horn. frost saw this as a bad omen while his mother saw it as something special and unique. parents did kind of play favorites... winter rose was hillous's favorite while frisk was frost's.
* hillous showered her dragonets with love, with winter being more receptive to it. would learn to paint at a young age.
----Winter was born in a small hut on the shore of The Bay of a Thousand Scales. The place where his parents, Hillous, the former goddess of art and creativity, and Frost, a retired general, met. The innocent bundle of joy Winter once was seems to bear almost no resemblance to how he is now. Only his compassion for painting and intense love for Hillous is what connects the two together. From the very start he was loved dearly by his mother, always being smothered in her love and attention. Often she would affectionately call her son "Rose," a nickname he refuses to be called now. The positive relationship between the two was hard to ignore. They spent most of their time together. Hillous introduced him to the world of art and how magical it is.
He rarely spent time with his father, who often gave him a wide berth and while not always displaying his distaste towards him, it was quite clear he didn't like him. Frost was the one who contributed the "Winter" to the hybrid's name for what he thought it represented. The cold and misery. The "Rose" part was added by an upset Hillous to combat such a claim, as not only were roses her favorite flower, but she saw them as beautiful. Just like the dragonet before them. Frost never played an important role in Winter's life. Not like how Hillous did. The hybrid dragonet had a dream to one day become an adventurous painter along with his mother who would paint landscapes around the world.
His childish imaginations were unleashed by his mother, and they would spend hours in Hillous's art studio that overlooked the ocean, painting their dreams on portraits. For almost a second you could forget that things went downhill. For almost a second you could think that everything would turn out alright in the end. Life has a tendency to do that to a person. Make everything feel like a smooth boat ride one moment and then battling the sea the next. One day, when the two were on a walk along the beach, drawing pictures in the sand and finding seashells to decorate the studio and house with, Hillous fell terribly ill. Though she tried to push it aside, even though she began to look physically ill. Eventually the two had to go home earlier than planned because of it.
Winter didn't think much of it at first, sometimes Hillous got sick, just like everyone else. Though admittedly she took a bit longer to recover than everyone else due to not being used to being sick. This time, she didn't recover from it. It was worse than everyone thought it was. Although Frost didn't want to, he contacted a doctor from the Summer Palace, a place he'd sworn off after leaving the guard, fearing how they'd react. But alas, it wasn't enough to save her, she was simply too ill. Two days after falling ill she died in her sleep. Neither Winter nor Frost knew how to cope with her loss, the void in their hearts she'd once filled was ripped out with nothing to replace it.
The place the broken family once called home now seemed like a haunting, empty place without Hillous's joyous personality giving it life. Winter dreams fell to the floor like shattered glass and Frost's ever so slight affection for his son disappeared. Frisk and Hillous were the only dragons Frost had ever welcomed into his life. After hearing about a sleepy village in the mountains called Echo's Peak from someone, Frost desired to take his family there. As far away from this terrible place as they could get. While it certainly was a bit better than being in their old house, almost everything was still the same as before the move. Sad, lonely, and very tense between Frost and Winter, whom Frost blamed for Hillous getting ill.
Hillous's death torn Winter to shreds, he started growing bitter and resentful towards others and had a soured and very pessimistic outlook towards life. While both brothers were troubled by their mother's death, Winter, being closer to her than Frisk could ever dream of, was hurt more. He felt lost without her guidance, like a nobody who had fallen into despair. His anger sprouted from the intense arguments he had with his father, and it started to lash out at other people, not just Frost. It didn't help his mood when the accident occurred that rendered him unable to fly properly from a broken wing. Since the two were unfamiliar with the layout of Echo's Peak, the two weren't really aware that they were play-fighting rather close to the edge of a cliff.
At one point the two brothers rolled very close to the edge and when Winter went to tackle Frisk he lost his footing and only just barely grappled onto the edge of the cliff face. With all his strength Frisk tried to pull his brother back up, to save him from what they thought at the time was imminent death. But alas Frisk wasn't really known for being strong and was prone to getting easily distracted. He wasn't sure what caught his brother's eye for only a few milliseconds, but whatever it was, Winter's talons slipped from his and he fell into the waters below, disappearing below the surface.
R E L A T I O N S H I P S
please roleplay beforehand
Hillous:
Hillous was the most amazing dragon he'd ever known and the two were incredibly close. One couldn't be seen without the other. Though whenever her name is mentioned now, he either reacts aggressively or his eyes water. Winter misses her dearly and can't find a way to move on from her death. She was truly the only dragon at the time that made him feel alive. Introducing him to the world of art that soon became his compassion as well as just being nice company. Someone who'd be there for him no matter what, someone who cared and loved him. Hillous taught him to dream and to hope. Yet, when she perished, all those hopes and dreams died alongside her.
Winter tries not to think about her, as it hurts too much, but he can't help but think about how she would feel about him now. Usually he thinks about how disappointed she must be in him for showing signs of weakness or when he messes something up. Not only that, but he seems to blame himself for her death and he often counts how many ways he could've prevented such a tragedy to occur. Winter puts her up on a pedestal and used to worship the very ground she walked upon. Showing a more unhealthily selfless side that cared only about Hillous and nothing else. In short, Winter adores his mother and deeply misses her down to the core of his very being.
Very Positive
Frisk:
Despite the ups and downs the two have had, Winter admittedly loves his twin brother dearly and can't fully express his appreciation for all Frisk does for him. From helping him with his anger and depression issues to taking care of him. Even if he finds him a bit overwhelmingly affectionate and by some means an annoyance that worries too much about him. Other times he just wishes he'd stop overworking himself and put into consideration his own mental and physical health. To put it simply, they are very close. While they didn't interact as much when they were younger, spending the last 6 years together in Echo's Peak can do something to people.
He often helps his brother with the peace garden the two are working on in the backyard, usually he just works there to clear his mind. And it's well... a work in progress for sure. Winter often worries about Frisk's health and tries to make sure he isn't overworking himself. He may sometimes find it hard to say no to him. And despite there being some rough patches in their relationship, the two are both loving and caring towards one another. Though Winter sometimes feels like a burden to his brother, since he's "babysitting" him as he puts it. With that said, he'll often do anything he thinks is productive to help Frisk.
Very Positive
Gumdrop:
Gumdrop is his best and only friend which is an impressive feat for him. To put it simply, he likes this dragon and enjoys his company. At first he wasn't really fond of the pink hybrid for whenever Gumdrop came up in a conversation, everyone would always fawn over him. Talking about how popular he is, how flawless he is, how amazing he is. It only annoyed him more, for no such thing could exist in this world, he couldn't believe it. They met when Frisk forced him to go to this after school get-together club that was created by this "flawless" dragon. And indeed, what everyone said about that dragon was true, so it seemed.
It was hard to believe, though. Gumdrop greeted both of them enthusiastically but this only annoyed Winter even more than he already was. For how could such a character exist? That is what he originally thought, anyway. But his disbelief took hold of him and caused him to shatter the little dragon's façade. And beneath it was something rather surprising. Someone who was by some means similar to himself and the flower of friendship only bloomed slowly from there. After all, friendship never blossomed quickly for Winter. Now they have a positive relationship and two often vent to one another about the hardships of life. Overall, he likes him a lot and wishes he could help him with his depression issues like Frisk did for him, but he's admittedly not the best at supporting others.
Very Positive
Frost:
To put it in the fewest words possible, Winter hates his father and avoids him whenever possible. Never has he disliked someone so passionately as he does this dragon. The hybrid thinks of him as a poor excuse for a father and never actually considered him to be family. When they do meet each other face to face, it usually leads to heated disagreements where Frisk has to intervene before they escalate. Frost never liked Winter, considering him to be an omen of bad luck and often does he blame Winter for causing Hillous's death. They've never gotten along, it would take a miracle to make them genuinely talk with one another and not argue.
Negative
T R I V I A
*moral alignment is chaotic good.
*originally was supposed to be half and half hybrid between seawing and icewing. 
**additionally, he was going to be a villain of some sort as well as having the bent horn being broken and replaced with a bronze horn. both of these were scrapped.
*in his original design concepts he was going to have markings on his scales, this was scrapped, however. though i'm not entirely sure why. there is one piece of art displaying this original design concept.
*love languages are gift-giving and acts of service.
*while not completely against physical affection, it's not exactly the first thing he goes to when showing affection. is very self-conscious about his scales because they're always cold (this is something he gained from his icewing side). isn't completely against physical affection though and does enjoy it... if he wasn't constantly thinking about what others are currently thinking about his cold scales.
*why yes, he does like jazz.
G A L L E R Y
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