Sandstorm (Sandstorm)

Sandstorm is Stormsnad’s OC. Please don’t edit this page except to add categories
== Appearance ==
Sandstorm is, for starters, not the most pleasant sight to look at.
She is dangerously skinny, with her own bones almost sticking out of her body in some places. Her scales are always have bits of dirt and sand stuck in them, and she stands with terrible posture.
Her wings are lightish orange, and she has a yellow underbelly. Her mainscales are a fairly average pale gold colour, and her frill is dusty brown.
She would be fairly average, if a bit unhealthy, for a SandWing raised in the scorpion den, if it weren’t for her scars. Sandstorm has dark, rippling reddish brown burn scars all over her body. They cover almost the entirety of her front legs and neck, with some along the tail and face. The tops of her wings, which used to have stunning pale grey sandstorm patterns all over, are almost completely covered by the scars, with barely a trace of their old colours to be seen. Her eyes are black, with hints of dark brown and gold.
Usually, her expression is slightly a slightly panicked frown.
== Personality ==
Sandstorm is quiet and often keeps to herself, she doesn’t usually speak unless spoken to, and is very uptight about revealing info about herself.
She is very harsh on herself about not trusting people, but at the same time is very quick to get attached to people or even objects and craves attention and love from others. unfortunately, this mix of distrust and mystery about herself yet desperation for attention often makes her come across as strange and gives her more enemies than friends.
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== Backstory ==
=== Early Life ===
Sandstorm grew up in the Scorpion den. Her family, like everyone else’s, was fairly poor, and she, along with her sister, Scorpion, ended up having to do a lot of work to keep their family alive. This was often made difficult for Sandstorm, as she wasn’t a particularly natural fighter and had a hard time battling other dragons.
She often switched between jobs as a child, ironically, she usually went between a thief and a store owner. Sandstorm’s family had refused help from the Outclaws due to distrust of their leader, and because of that, they didn’t do too well in life.
Despite this, Sandstorm did have a surprisingly joyful childhood. A lot of this was made possible by her family, and especially her beloved sister, Scorpion. She had friends in the scorpion den, and her family were all fairly supportive and kind dragons.
Overall, while Sandstorm didn’t have the best early life, she was reasonably average for where she lived and definitely had happy moments. Moments she’d treasure for the rest of her life, even though no more were to come.
=== The Edgy Stuff ===
Sandstorm’s life began to really go sideways when she discovered she was an animus.
She was three years old at the time, and, quickly after discovering her powers, she reached out to Scorpion and told her about them, trusting her sister to not judge her. When she revealed this, Scorpion seemed shocked, yet accepting.
A lie.
That reaction was a lie and a coverup. a day later, Scorpion showed up at Sandstorm’s shop out in public, acting quiet, eerie, and sad.
Scorpion attacked Sandstorm brutally and with the intent to kill, she didn’t speak during the attack, just fought on.
That was when everything shattered.
Scorpion chased Sandstorm to their tent, and fired an enormous jet of fire at her—A fire that reached the tent, the tent, which still contained Scorpion and Sandstorm’s parents.
Sandstorm was deeply scarred and traumatized from the attack, both mentally and physically. She tried desperately to save her parents, but in the end, she was forced to run.
Out in the desert, still fleeing, Sandstorm met a rogue MudWing named Anhinga. Anhinga was able to help Sandstorm recover from her trauma, but it never truly went away. Anhinga trained her to steal, to fight when she had to, and taught her about the way the desert worked outside the Scorpion Den.
Sandstorm was able to find out why Scorpion had done what she’d done. She discovered that Scorpion worked for an underground animus extermination group, and after realizing this, she swore to never use her magic again.
Except one time.
Sandstorm’s last enchantment was an enchantment placed upon herself, an enchantment to take away her magic forever.
Ever since, Sandstorm has lived with Anhinga, in the desert, forever.
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