Cressida

T/W: Mentions of suicide please don't read if you're not comfortable with that.
Cressida was a ten year old female SilkWing. When she was alive she worked as a fashion designer in Jewel Hive, but also a spy for the Chrysalis. She committed suicide soon after Queen Wasp took control of nearly all the dragons on Pantala.
====Personality ====
Cressida was always a very kind dragon. She would go out of her way to help others and she always did the extra step. She hated seeing others being mistreated, she tried to stop things such as bullying. 
Whenever she has to lie she feels really guilty. She only lies if completely necessary. She’s very independent and often forgets she doesn’t have to do everything by herself. She’ll work herself too hard just to see other dragons happy, but she’d never let others help her.
When she was younger she was feistier and would often get in trouble for not obeying the rules. After being put on Misbehaviours Way a few times for her actions, she changed her ways and became more of a follower than a rebel. 
A lot of things scare Cressida. Not so much when she was young but as she got older the more she thought about things she grew to fear things around her. She felt as though she couldn’t trust others. Especially after herself and other dragons were mind controlled. When she saw all the HiveWings and a few SilkWings not being able to control themselves. She was wimpish and wasn’t able to stand up for herself like she use to. 
Cressida developed depression later in her life, all she wanted was for the SilkWing and HiveWings coexist peacefully. When she saw things just getting worse and worse she couldn’t keep going. She tried her best but the darkness overwhelmed her. 
====Appearance====
Cressida was a very pretty SilkWing. She was named after the Cressida butterfly also called the Clearwing swallowtail and her coloring is almost exactly the same.
Her main scales are an off-white accompanied by whiter scales near her spine. Over her back she has red spots that go down to her tail. Her underbelly is a brown similar to a tree trunk. 
Cressida had very big wings. They were a see-through white with large black spots and smaller red ones at the bottom.
She was always smiling. It lit up her face but also hid the secrets she knew. Her eyes were a light blue color and contrasted with her usually happy face. They always had a sad look in them. The only piece of jewellery she ever wore was a simple blue earring which hung from her left ear. She made it herself in school.
Cressida is slim and has a rather small face with dainty features. Her talons look quite big compared to the rest of her. She has a long thin tail.
Being a fashion designer Cressida usually wore a cloak of sort that she has made. It was also a kind of self promoting.
====History====
Ten years before Pantala was over taken by the Othermind, Cressida was born in Mantis Hive.
Cressida never met her mother due to her dying while on a construction site. Her father raised her by himself because his partner was not interested in helping to raise a dragonet. She was left alone often but she learned to take care of herself when her dad wasn’t there.
The school she went to was nice. She made a few friends there, and even one HiveWing friend. One of her best friends was Galexite, they had a very strong friendship.
She was very good in her classes and got some of the best grades out of the dragonets in her year. Cressida might have been smart but as a she was a bit rebellious and even got put on Misbehaviours Way a few times.
Adonis, the SilkWing art teacher often took care of her when her dad was too busy. He really liked Cressida and would allow her to make anything she wanted in the art room. This is how she found her love for designing things. Even as a dragonet, Cressida was very skilled at art.
Her childhood was very normal but everything changed when she turned turned six. After that Cressida’s life was never the same.
She found out she was a flamesilk. Her grandfather was one and her dad had told her how they were treated, that was years ago before she knew she was one. Even then she had been horrified. She didn’t know what to do and asked her parents to hide her. She soon went into her cocoon and came out with beautiful clear wings. She only used her non burning silk and just said it was gold because she had a grandfather who was a flame silk and it was just genetic thing.
Cressida then got assigned as a fashion designer for the HiveWings at Jewel Hive, which happened to be far from Mantis Hive. Her partner was a quiet, small dragon named Fritillary. When they opened up their shop Galexite joined them as she had no job at the time.
At first Fritillary and Cressida didn’t get along with her at first because she kept sneaking out at odd times. One night Cressida caught her coming back. Fritillary then was forced to explain to her about the Chrysalis, very reluctantly. After hearing about the SilkWing rebellion she decided to join. She was soon invested in it and tried to help whenever she could.
This is how her life continued for a while. Design clothes, go to secret meetings, attend parties. It wasn’t to bad until suddenly all the HiveWings were taken over. At the time Cressida was visiting Wasp Hive and she followed the mind controlled army to see what was going on with Fritillary tagging along.
Unfortunately for her the smoke from the Breathe of Evil reached her and she was taken over by the plant along with her partner. For the first time in her life she had no control over her body and see was scared. She was forced to do things she didn’t want to and couldn’t fight it.
After a few days she was finally back to her normal self because she was not needed at that time. Cressida wasn’t sure if she was herself though and could not relax. She was not sure if she was even real, she couldn’t remember anything that had happened. Cressida was more scared than she had ever been.
Unfortunately Cressida couldn’t take it anymore and committed suicide. A few days after Cressida died the Breathe of Evil was defeated. She would have loved how Pantala is now but didn’t end up seeing the day it was finally at peace. 
Galexite, Cressida’s old friend, buried her in the Crystal Webs and decorated it with many flowers, making it look very pretty. 
==== Relationships ====
Fritillary: Fritillary is very quiet and nervous. She is really the complete opposite of Cressida so at first they didn’t get along. They had nothing in common, except their job and even then they liked different fashion styles. When Fritillary stopped keeping secrets from her though they did become friends. Spending so much time together Fritillary was devastated when Cressida died, and still misses her. 
Heath: Heath is Cressida’s dad. He would always try to make her happy and have the best life. Unfortunately he wasn’t around enough to really care for her the way he wanted to. Cressida had a very close bond with her dad but when she turned six she had to move to Jewel Hive due to her job. For four years they didn’t really see each other because they were so busy. So when Cressida died Heath regretted not making more time for his daughter.
Mom: Due to her mom dying in an accident Cressida never met her. She didn’t feel like she was missing anyone in her life so it didn’t really bother her that they had never met each other.
Adonis: Adonis was the art teacher and taught everything Cressida knew. She looked up to him and admired his skill. He enjoyed looking after her and was always happy to help her.
Galexite: Galexite and Cressida were always close. From a young age they were best friends, they had such a strong bond he couldn’t be broken. Cressida worked in a fashion shop when she moved Jewel Hive, Galexite soon joined her there and they had lots of fun designing clothes together and dressing up.
Whenever Cressida felt scared or lonely Galexite would always cheer her up and make sure Cressida was always happy.
Cressida loved her friend dearly but due to work they weren’t able to see each other as much as they got older. Luckily they were able to see each other again when Cressida joined the Chrysalis. When the othermind took over Pantala the two were never able to say goodbye.
==== Abilities ====
Cressida had a rare power referred to as flame silk. She can shoot burning silk from her wrists but she hardly used it and stuck to non-burning silk. 
Like most SilkWings Cressida has antennas that she can use to sense the presence of other dragons and animals.
==== Trivia ====
* Cressida is actually one of my favourite characters and I came up with her idea when I was feeling down myself and wanted to put my emotions into words.
* Her colors are based off of the Cressida cressida (a butterfly)
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