Epiphane

Epiphane is a female SphericWing/SeaWing created by L1quid. She is part of the The Spheres AU.
==Description==
Epiphane has blue-grey scales, dark blue eyes, and light blue bioluminescent stripes and membranes. Her underbelly and wing stripes are SeaWing stripes; her body stripes are Spheric markings (Spheric marking are circle-like logographics); and her face stripes are a combination of both SeaWing and Spheric markings.
==Personality==
Epiphane is insecure about who she is, mainly based on her heritage and the resulting bullying it caused. She is sympathetic towards those with similar experiences.
==History==
===Past ===
====Pre-Hatching====
Epiphane's father, a SeaWing (Stripe) evacuated the Dragon Planet due to the "othermind" and Queen Wasp's takeover of the Dragon Planet. On a spaceship, the dragons (and humans) of Pyrrhia and Pantala were put into suspended animation/hibernation to prevent aging and for the dragons to create their new home. The Spheres was a planetary system that was chosen as the dragons' (and human's) new home. When awakened from suspended animation/hibernation, the dragons and humans discovered that there were seven total viable planets for settlement - the SandWings settled planet Echo; IceWings settled planet Kubik; SkyWings settled planet Ultra; LeafWings and RainWings settled planet Floris; and SeaWings settled planet Epiphane. (Note: L1quid does not know where to put the other dragon species of the Dragon Planet in the Spheres yet.) A different group of humans each went to a planet the dragons were colonizing.
Stripe was one of the dragons present in the first wave of colonizers (composing of dragons and humans) of Epiphane, the future home of the SeaWings. The dragons expected there would be life present in order to rebuild their societies. What they did not expect was that there was life already on the planet.
Epiphane's mother, Tryith (a SphericWing), lived alongside planet Epiphane's native humanoids, the Orionids, as the humanoids and the alien dragons were dependent on each other for survival. (Note: There are native feral dragons on the planets, but L1quid won't touch up on that until later.) Tryith was bonded to an Orionid named Ada, and was loyal to her. But when the outsiders (humans and dragons of the Dragon Planet) came, Tryith and Ada were wary of what threat they posed...
Stripe and a group of SeaWings decided to make the first settlement of the SeaWings on the shores of the western ocean of planet Epiphane, where Tryith, Ada, and the Clan of Orionids they belonged to claimed their territory. Believing that the SeaWings came to exterminate the SphericWings, the Orionid Clan nearly declared war on the SeaWings until Tryith and Ada went to the SeaWing's camp and saw the humans and dragons were weary from their travels and could not go back to their planet of origin due to it being inhospitable (read: Wasp and "othermind's" takeover of the Dragon Planet).
Tryith and Ada tried to convince the Orionid Clan (and other Orionid Clans) not to kill the outsiders, knowing their situation, but failed. As a result, the SeaWings and humans were viscously attacked by the native Orionids and SphericWings, and Tryith and Ada were considered traitors. This event came to be known as "the Oceanic Wars". However, the Oceanic Wars became a part of the much larger "War of the Spheres", where the native lifeforms of the Spheres, fearing what they do not know, attacked the dragon and humans settlers from the Dragon Planet.
It was during this time that Epiphane and her peers were born to their parents. As Tryith and Ada were banished from their Clan, the SeaWings and humans of the Dragon Planet considered the humanoid-dragon pair to be valuable assets in the War. However, Stripe and his human, a male named Range, saw past this conceived notion among others and saw Tryith and Ada as a reflection of themselves and of humanity. These actions would also brand Stripe and Range as traitors, like Tryith and Ada.
====Dragonethood (Childhood)====
Epiphane hatched to her parents Tryith and Stripe two years after the dragons and humans initially settled the Spheres, alongside Orion Range, Ada and Range's Orionid/human hybrid son.
Epiphane grew up in the SeaWing settlement of planet Epiphane, where she was ostracized by her peers based on her heritage. She was not sure where she fit in, but she felt at home with her father's culture, which was not as complex as her mother's culture.
When Epiphane was one-year-old, a peace treaty (Treaty of the Spheres) was composed - stating the boundaries for the dragons and humans from the Dragon Planet on the Spheres and how the settlers should live in the Spheres. This treaty concluded the War of the Spheres.
During the rest of her dragonethood, Epiphane was bullied for her half-SphericWing line, and she held in the emotional pain, like a real dragon. However, it took a toll on her mental health, to the point where she tried to isolate herself as much as possible from society to avoid embarrassing the SeaWing tribe. However, one of Epiphane's peers, a SeaWing named Calypso, did not partake in the bullying, but instead tried to become her friend. Epiphane was terrified about having a friend, as she knew that friends would eventually turn on friends. However, Calypso convinced her otherwise, and made an effort to stop the bullying tormenting Epiphane. But when Calypso told the adult dragons about the bullying, they did not take any action. Some dragons said that Epiphane deserved to be bullied, while other flat-out denied the bullying.
As a result of this, Calypso and Epiphane decided to run away, eventually staking out an abandoned spaceship left by the SeaWing colonists. They managed to fix the ship and the two dragons agreed to travel the Spheres.
====Adolescence ====
Over the course of the next two years, Calypso and Epiphane became friends with Kaotica, a SilkWing; Neon Moon and Coloratura, a pair of NightWing/RainWing twins; and Echo, a SandWing/EchoWing. Epiphane and Echo quickly became friends as they understood the challenges of being a dragon/alien dragon hybrid.
====Young Dragonhood (Young Adulthood)====
The "Supernova 7" (as the group was called) disbanded.
===Present ===
==== Adulthood====
Epiphane married Neon Moon and adopted several dragonets with her and raised them.
====Death====
Epiphane died of natural causes.
===Legacy===
Epiphane and her friends paved the way for the creation and existence of the Supernova Seven myth - a group of seven dragons who come together through unusual circumstances and genuinely try to help the Spheres.
However, if she were alive during the modern era of the Spheres (thousands of years after the Landing/Colonization era of the Spheres), she would later be horrified to find out that the legend of the Supernova 7 would be turned into something akin to the Dragonets of Destiny (Wings of Fire (series)) for political gains. This involves a group of seven dragons (or humans, depending on the situation) are needed in times of crisis (in the Spheres), stolen from their homes (at any stage of life), and that their origins would be dictated by prophecies.
== Abilities==
As a SeaWing and a SphericWing, Epiphane can breathe underwater and can swim like an expert. As a SphericWing, Epiphane is only telepathic towards a humanoid rider, which she will never have.
==Relationships==
===Neon Moon===
Neon Moon is a female NightWing/RainWing, and is Epiphane's mate. They became partners when the pair were akin to human adolescents/teenagers. Later in life, they became lifelong mates.
===Stripe===
Note: This Stripe should not be confused with this Stripe from Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir (2013).
Stripe is Epiphane's SeaWing father.
===Supernova 7===
Kaotica, Echo, Kubik, Calypso, Supersolis, Ultra, Floris, Neon Moon, Infinity, and Coloratura compose of Epiphane's group of friends/allies - the Supernova 7 - before being disbanded due to the group's members getting their own lives over time. However, Neon Moon stayed with Epiphane after the disbandment, and Calypso kept in touch with Epiphane.
====Calypso====
Calypso is a female SeaWing. She is Epiphane's closest friend, even after the Supernova 7 disbanded.
====Coloratura====
Coloratura is a female NightWing/RainWing and Neon Moon's twin sister.
==== Echo ====
Echo is a male SandWing/EchoWing. He appears like Sunny, albeit a bit more masculine (more broader shoulders, for example). 
====Floris====
Floris is a female LeafWing.
====Infinity====
Infinity is a male NightWing.
==== Kaotica====
Kaotica is a female SilkWing.
====Kubik====
Kubik is an male IceWing.
====Supersolis====
Supersolis is a male SkyWing.
====Ultra====
Ultra is a female SkyWing/StormWing.
===Tryith===
Tryith is Epiphane's SphericWing mother.
==Trivia==
*Epiphane is a planet in the concept of Music of the Sphere (album) - Coldplay representing the track My Universe.
* Although Epiphane's internal struggle may be similar to Spock's struggle with his human and Vulcan sides in Star Trek (series), Epiphane's internal struggle on her identity was intentional on L1quid's part.
*Epiphane and Neon Moon were deliberately paired together as the Neon Moons (Neon Moon I/II) orbit planet Epiphane in the concept of Music of the Spheres (album) - Coldplay; and that LGBT+ characters are starting to get happy endings in mainstream media (as of the 2020s).
*Epiphane's marking were done for artistic and realistic purposes on L1quid's part.
**Spheric is the language of planet Epiphane in the concept of Music of the Spheres (album) - Coldplay.
*Even though 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, Epiphane's theme song (My Universe - Coldplay/BTS) will be kept for consistency.
===World===
* SphericWings are an alien version of SeaWings, loosely based on the dragons in Dragonriders of Pern (series) - Anne McCaffrey.
**SphericWings have the "-th" suffix at the end of their names, as an homage to the dragons in Dragonriders of Pern (series).
*EchoWings are an alien version of NightWings.
*The Orionids are classified as "human-esque aliens", humanoid aliens that appear human, but have a feature that sets them apart from normal humans. They are considered the "genetic bridge" in the universe, as they can interbreed with humans (normal humans) and humanoid aliens (humanoids who have the stature of humans, but are completely different from humans). (This classification was created by L1quidMarbl3 as part of the worldbuilding, but also as a boundary to make sure they didn't do anything stupid.)
==Gallery==
File:SeaWing Sigil.png|SeaWing sigil by Platypus the SeaWing (Wikia)
File:SeaWingBase.png|SeaWing base by Joy Ang (official/Scholastic)
File:Epiphane the seawing-sphericwing (seawing dominant) (saltyspectre wof creator (picrew)).png|Epiphane reference (SeaWing-dominant) created with SaltySpectre's WoF Creator on Picrew
File:Epiphane the seawing-sphericwing (seawing dominant) (render) (saltyspectre wof creator (picrew)).png|Epiphane render (SeaWing dominant) made with SaltySpectre WoF Creator on Picrew
File:My universe (single) cover (music of the spheres - coldplay).jpg|My Universe - Coldplay/BTS single cover (image is of planet Epiphane's Spheric language) [artwork by Pilar Zeta]
== External Links==
*Dragons of the Spheres - WoF fanon wiki
*The Spheres AU - WoF fanon wiki
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