Asp

Hatched to nobility. Raised in poverty. Her story ends in tragedy.
She longed for control over her destiny.
She puzzles the discerning eye of the viewer. She stands with her head held high, and a posture as straight as any soldier's; but the way she carries herself is far too graceful to label her as such. She is like the desert asp, that most venomous of snakes. A deceiving creature who lies in wait, hidden by the camouflaging colours of the sand.
Like the asp, she possesses incredible poise. A poise so acute that it is eerie, disquieting. Those who meet her often find themselves withering beneath her gaze, and if not, then they conduct themselves with a level of propriety that is in accordance with hers. 
Like the asp, she is no great beauty. She is swathed in a dusty pale brown, spotted and flecked, marred with black markings that run across them; strips of shadow and ink streaking through the scape, speckles of jet. Her scales are not smooth, but grainy. 
*ah...the tragic mother figure yeah?
**except she wasnt a MOTHER mother since she died before
**hahah except she isn't tragic (: not really, anyways. not till the end
*she was a BOSS! knew what she wanted! got it done! 
**also kinda pigheaded
**clever when she wasn't pigheaded
**she just...didn't really like change too much.
**which is kinda ironic since she. wants change so badly??
**okay, it's not that she doesn't like change. it's that she doesn't like the feeling that she has no control.
*was raised with expectations. a planned future. yada ya.
*fair lady of noble birth! except...she was not so noble.
*her family barely scraped that line to be considered SandWing nobility
**only reason they did was because her great-grandma or smth was a super wealthy merchant? and she sold lots to the queen and at some point in time she was like "may i have a favor" and the queen was like "sure whaddya want" and the merchant was like ":eyeshakes: your highness, make me a noble"
**soo the queen granted her the title! 
*over the years, the great-grandmothers less business-savvy children destroyed a good chunk of all that she had worked so hard to build up
*they still kept their status tho! they were the butt of every court joke, but they. they're still considered nobility!
*eventually, the line had dwindled to just four members: asp, her father, and her two older cousins
**her father was decisive like asp. he knew what he wanted and got it done!
**but what he wanted conflicted with what asp wanted!
***honestly, asp didn't even know what she wanted at first? because like i said, she was brought up with these expectations. she was taught to be a daughter that her father would be proud of.
*** she didn't even realize that there was another option until she realized that the path her father wanted for her wasn't something that she herself wanted
*** and then when she realized that, she was like "i'll MAKE more options for myself."
** her father wanted to reinstate the family to their former glory, so he looked at the three dragonets he was taking care of and was like. "i will raise them to be future queens."
** not ACTUAL queens, you know? but he wanted to marry them off to the sandwing princes. any one of the many many MANY sandwing princes would do! they just needed to be a prince!
** and then all of the female progeny they had would hatch to be instant contenders for the throne!!
** it was a brilliant plan! he would be the grandfather to a future queen!! 
*average height! looks taller because her neck is long and slender and she always holds her head up high!
**and even if you tower over her she'll somehow manage to stare down at you?
*trim build with lean muscle!
**she's the sort of person who goes for a run when they're sad and who does pushups when they're angry 
***im not actually sure if dragons can do pushups but uhhh anyways!!
*she has these large, dark eyes bc sandwing ye. they're round in shape and a liquid black that makes her look sweet and innocent.
**hahahah....innocence does not exist *OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS*
**like i said...she'll stare you down 
*dusty pale brown mainscales marred with black stripey markings and spots and flecks!
**the black markings (': are not something she was born with
***this ties into her being tragic
*light creamy yellow scales plating her ventral side!
*her sail is this. pale silvery brown that shimmers like a mirage of moonlight.
**i mean, that or it looks like a cloud of dust and smoke 
**she is not the greatest beauty and she knows it, but her husband literally. thought she was gorgeous? more beautiful than the moons? as radiant as the sunrise?
***they had a good relationship. it was built on LOVE and TRUST and n all 
***and yet they still got hurt...it wasnt that they ever hurt each other, but being in a relationship together with the backgrounds that they had hurt them.
*okay so the markings aren't like. originally part of her. they're burns. shallow burns! but. burns.
**it was a punishment
***and she decided she wouldnt take it
*sooo enter chuckwalla! her husband! 
**also the egg
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