Aiko

Aiko is a male SilkWing and L1quid's OC.
==Description==
Aiko has purple scales like dark purple dyes; his back scales are mute olive green; and the scales on his forearm, snout, and back legs are mute navy blue. His light blue wing membranes makes it look like he has no wing membranes, and he has forest-green eyes. His antennae are a mute blue-green.
==Personality==
Aiko has a very strong sense of justice.
==History==
===Past===
Aiko hatched in 4,995 A.S. to two unknown parents and his clutchmate sister, Azure, in Mantis Hive. From a young age, Aiko was fascinated by the materials that made up the Hives. But in school, he was taught Silk Studies, obedience, history, mathematics, and other subjects.
On his Metamorphosis Day, he still went to school and underwent his Metamorphosis in the Mantis Hive Cocoon alongside Azure. Afterwards, Aiko and his sister were transferred to the nearby Cicada Hive to help with bridge repair. Both siblings were subjectively assigned to be Bridge Weavers.
Later in his life, Wasp decided that his partner would be Clearsight and that he had to move into Bloodworm Hive to have a family with her. Since he heard "rumors" that the conditions in Bloodworm Hive were worse for SilkWings than in Cicada Hive or Mantis Hive, Aiko refused to move into Bloodworm Hive. Because he refused to obey her, the Hive Queen forced Aiko to live in Bloodworm Hive by making mind-controlled HiveWings personally deliver Aiko to Bloodworm Hive; this unintentionally lead Aiko to find out that the "rumors" he heard of were actually facts.
Because of the conditions for SilkWings in the Hives and how SilkWings are treated under Wasp, Aiko joined the the Chrysalis.
===Present===
====The Lost Continent Prophecy====
=====The Poison Jungle=====
Before the Burning of Bloodworm Hive was orchestrated by the PoisonWings, Aiko was evacuated from Bloodworm Hive, alongside Clearsight and the other Bloodworm Hive SilkWings. The surviving SilkWings also subsequently followed the surviving LeafWings to Pyrrhia. 
=====The Dangerous Gift=====
Aiko was one of the SilkWing refugees that landed on Pyrrhia with the LeafWings. He then took sanctuary in Sanctuary with the Pantalan refugees and Clearsight.
=====New Continent=====
Aiko and Clearsight appear as background characters in SharpThrust's New Continent comic.
In the comic's prologue, Tsunami indirectly mentions Aiko as one of the Pantalan refugees who landed on Pyrrhia a month before the GN's events.
=====The Land Across=====
At the end of The Land Across, Aiko, Clearsight, and the Pantalan refugees were arrested by Wasp via the Pantalan army for fleeing the Hives.
=====The Flames of Hope=====
Aiko moved into the newfound LeafSilk Kingdom at the end of the novel with Clearsight, Azure, and Dusky. He is also expecting his first clutch with Clearsight, consisting of four eggs.
It is mentioned in the novel that all dragons are descended from a species of proto-dragon, which is strikingly similar to the (genetic) relationship between fire lizards and dragons in Dragonriders of Pern.
==Roleplays (RPs)==
===The Four Horsemen===
Dates: 06/03/2021-06/15/2020; mature
Aiko is the SilkWing son of Death and one of the Horsemen dragonets. He has a crush on Haven (BlujayWrites), but he goes from hating her to protecting her to defend his reputation.
After escaping the island that's held him since birth, Aiko, the Horseman, and Haven land in the Scorpion Den where they fight an old SandWing to make sure no one knows about them, after he denies them a room to stay hidden in. He then talks to Haven about hiding her from the Horseman and his feelings. The SilkWing/SeaWing pair then go find the Horseman in the Scorpion Den.
Later he is imprisoned in a cave and Volmixol gets him and the other Horsemen out the chains. An earthquake then happens and the Horsemen and the Horsemen's guardians are led into the Underworld, where they meet the Horsemen. Death, Aiko's father, sees that Aiko can't be his son as he is skinny (like all SilkWings) and that Haven has followed him. Death attacks Haven before being single-handedly defeated (not dead) by Aiko. After Haven runs away, having a mental breakdown, Aiko is trained by Death who fully unlocks his potential.
===The Third Continent===
Dates: 06/08/2020-06/10/2020
Aiko is an English teacher on the Third Continent. He is grumpy and resembles the teachers the people hate in reality. (L1quid dropped out of the RP after a few days because it wasn't interesting enough. They like RPs with action, tension, slow burns, and adventures.)
===A New Light===
Dates: 06/11/2020-06/12/2020
Aiko is a dragonet whose egg was part of a comet and hatches inside the comet soon after the comet lands in Pyrrhia. He was then raised and homeschool by Spearmint (Formula-9) and Bubbles (unknown user) alongside Silver (SnowFoxDragon), Ticoranga (Sunray the SilkWing), Mist (NinjatheSeaWing), and Chrome (Matpat FT). He has the ability to manipulate color and infect the environment. This version of Aiko is loosely based on Colin Stetson's scores. (L1quid left 06/12/2020 because the thread was going pretty slow. The premise and plot was very interesting.)
===Snowpiercer===
Date: 06/10/2020-07/06/2020; mature
Aiko essentially is Melanie Cavill from Snowpiercer in dragon form during this RP. (The RP is dead as of 06/28/2020 since no one is actively on it. L1quid loved doing this RP and was really fun to do. It helped them learn about how to host an RP. So thank you, to everyone who participated in this RP.)
===Luxury Express===
Dates: 06/22/2020-06/25/2020
Aiko is a passenger in Luxury Express. (L1quid dropped out because the RP was going too fast.)
===The Grey Area===
Dates: 07/07/2020-07/22/2020
Aiko is a scientist in this RP, similar to the scientists and wealthy people of Jurassic Park.
===Year of the Dragon 2024===
After Victor shows Aiko around Possibility for the Lunar New Year, he sees an IceWing's sewing stall when a clatter comes from a nearby alleyway. Despite wanting to investigate the noise, he decides to browse the IceWing's stall, as it reminds him of his tribe.
However, the sound from the alleyway attracts him, leading him from Cloud's stall and stumbles upon a group of SandWings encircling a scared, vicious SkyWing. Upon noticing him, Zia orders for his execution. Although seeing a pipe on the cobblestone walkway makes Aiko want to fight, he ultimately doesn't. Zia takes advantage of this, ordering him to find information on the MudWing politician Mother Hen. As the Enclave approaches the alley, Zia and her cronies escape, leaving the SilkWing alone with the injured SkyWing. As he is about to leave, he bumps into Hen and begins questioning her. However, he regrets questioning her and turns tail into a street, where he bumps into Moraine, Bullfinch, and Crevasse. Crevasse asks Aiko to help her expose Hen, and gives him a key to break into her office.
Aiko breaks into Hen's office, finding the files needed to indite her. As he scoops her, he finds an odd file. Opening it, he finds that she plants to commit a terrorist attack to frame the Mambas. Fleeing the office, his tail accidentally knocks an expensive ashtray to the ground, alerting someone nearby. But, with no time to waste, he decides to bring the files to Crevasse, believed that his group can expose the corrupt MudWing.
As he escapes, Aiko runs into Rusty, the mangled SkyWing from eariler. He pleads with the SilkWing to keep Mother Hen's crimes quiet, as she's the only thing keeping Possibility together. Despite this, Aiko leaves to give Crevasse the ledger.
As he meets Crevasse on a bridge that goes over the Five-Tail River, Mother Hen's staged terrorist attack unfolds. Aiko collides into Zia, who spits at him, before a dragon burns the ledger with their firebreath. Recovering, Aiko tells Crevasse that Bullfinch is in trouble, but the hybrid notices Mother Hen lurking in the shadows. She slithers over to her, and slashes the MudWing's throat.
Knowing that Mother Hen is dead, Aiko knows that whatever he did that night is going to haunt him for the rest of his life.
(Links: part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, part seven/finale)
==Relations==
===Azure===
Azure is Aiko's sister and he has a strong sibling bond with her. They hatched in the same clutch of eggs.
===Clearsight===
Clearsight is Aiko's mate (former assigned mate and partner). As assigned mates, they refused to have a family together. However, as they flew to Pyrrhia with the rest of the Pantalan refugees, Aiko and Clearsight began to understand each other and they agreed to stay together, becoming partners. They lived in Sanctuary, a city in the Sky Kingdom, before moving into the new Pantalan LeafSilk Kingdom ("the Kingdom of Forests") as mates. In the new Pantalan kingdom, they are expecting their first clutch, consisting of four eggs.
===Dusky ===
Dusky is Aiko's nephew via his sister Azure.
===Haven (The Four Horsemen RP)===
Aiko has a crush on Haven, although he's been trained to despise the Wolves (Horseman's other halves) since hatching. He has a hard time expressing his feelings for the white SeaWing. Later in the Underworld, Aiko stands up for Haven and nearly regrets not telling her his feelings for her. But when Haven heals her, she admits his feelings for him as well before resting.
===The HiveWings===
The HiveWings abused the SilkWings.
===The Horsemen (The Four Horsemen RP) ===
Aiko is obedient to his fellow Horsemen, especially Volmixol the RainWing (Woowydragon183).
==Trivia== 
*Aiko is primarily named after the Coldplay song Aiko. “Aiko” is a Japanese name made up of the kanji “ai”, which means “love, affection”, and “ko”, which means “child”.Aiko - Behind the Name
**Even though L1quid attended one of Coldplay's livestreams October 28, 2022 and found that their beliefs do not align with theirs, Aiko's theme song will be kept for consistency.
*His appearance is loosely based off Blue's appearance on the cover of Wings of Fire: The Lost Continent (2018).
***Aiko's design went through a makeover, since his original (2019) design was too basic - purple scales, green eyes, pale blue wing membranes. His new (2022) design keeps a few of his original design's mainstays (purple scales, light blue wing membranes, green eyes), while also taking more inspiration from his source design.
*Aiko is L1quid's first SilkWing OC and was made before Wings of Fire: The Lost Continent (2018) was released when everyone on the internet was guessing what Blue's species was when the cover first came out in December 2017.
*He is loosely based off Mylo, the son of Sparkers Aiko and Lela, from Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto comics.
**In Mylo Xyloto, Mylo is a Silencia solider that blindly believes that the Sparkers want to destroy planet Silencia. He later defects to the Sparkers after touching a piece of magical graffiti and falling in love with Fly, the leader of the Sparkers.
*When he was an RP character, Aiko's personality changed based on the circumstances of the RP.
*Dusky was made Aiko's nephew to expand Aiko's family and because the description of Dusky's mother described in Wings of Fire: The Flames of Hope (2022) perfectly matches Azure's description.
==Notes==
As of August 2020, Aiko is no longer is involved in RPs. He was L1quid's main RP character before quitting.
----In April 2021, Aiko got a reboot to keep up with the canon of Wings of Fire and to be more realistic. This applies for all of L1quid's characters.
----On 10/31/2022, although L1quid attended one of Coldplay's concert livestreams on 10/28/2022 and saw that they injected statements that L1quid disagrees with into the show's second half, Aiko's theme song (Aiko - Coldplay) will be kept for consistency.
==Gallery==
Aiko the silkwing (peregrinecella base).png|2019 reference (SilkWing base by Brianna C. Walsh (Peregrinecella))
Aiko the silkwing headshot (GlamorousSneaking base).png|2019 design (SilkWing headshot base by GlamorousSneaking (Wikia))
Aiko the silkwing (jada).png|2019 design (SilkWing Jada base by Prosecutor_Crybaby)
File:Tlc cover (with words).jpg|Blue's design on the cover of Wings of Fire: The Lost Continent (2018) is the main inspiration for Aiko's design.
File:Aiko (silkwing OC (offical silkwing dragonet coloring page, digital)) (wings of fire (series)).png|New (2022) reference, wingless/dragonet (coloring page from Wings of Fire: The Official Coloring Book (2022) by Brianna C. Walsh)
File:NewContinent6.png|Aiko and Clearsight on page 6 of New Continent's prologue by Sharpthrust.
==References== 
Category:SilkWings
Category:Males
Category:Content (L1quidMarbl3)
Category:Characters
Category:Inspired by Fiction
Category:Occupation (Other)
Category:Status (Commoner)