Sunny

"*It's a big world out there, I'm sure you'll find your happiness someday.*"

—Sunny to Denali, *The End: Uncrowned*

## Sunny Starsight

### Nickname(s)

Solstice,The Star King, Fire snake, Fire brat, His Majesty, Heaven's Advocate, The next Citadelle

## Relatives

### Ancestors

Aries, Scorpio, Polaris (†), Rhapsody (†), Acrux (†), many others

## Appearances

### Mentioned In

*The End: Uncaged*

**Sunny Starsight**, formerly known as **Solstice**, is an adult male Star Guardian and the current ruler of his tribe, being Canopus' successor and middle child. He is the husband of Hamal, and the father of Tenebris and Antares. He is well known for his fire mane, a well iconic part of his body to which he is mainly identified by, though his past is much more sinister than what remains on his bubbly, outgoing exterior, a story waiting to be unravelled by the scars that plague his scales and the horrified glint in his eye whenever his gaze lands upon the pointed edge of a needle.

He is thoroughly responsible for the events that created the beasts known as Chandra, Averill, Salina, as well as the Double Dare, which in turn sparked the worst war Fixianor Space had ever seen. His experiments had also in turn mutated Tenebris, his first daughter, beyond recognition, which led to Sunny sealing her behind an enchanted door and casting a spell on those who knew of her existence to have her face wiped from their memories.

Nowadays, he is trying to leave his past behind, after the war which was caused by his malicious obsession and drive to find ways to revive the dead, which he had actually achieved in his former "assistant" Raquel, who is now locked away in his old facility alongside the other horrors he had engineered through many ruthless studies, even going as far as to change his name in an attempt to 'sever himself' from his old self and old motifs. Sometimes, however, the memories grab hold, plaguing his mind and sending him into a frenzy.

He debuted in *The End*, but returned to the series as a protagonist in *The End: Uncrowned*, as his first appearance was brief and only in the prologue.

## Appearance

Sunny is an iconic being, with the flames that line his back, battle-scarred scales and snake-like features, Sunny can be identified just by a single glance.

His face is somewhat angular, but his long snout is more rounded at the ends. His cheekline is pointy, and he has no visible horns or ears whatsoever. Underneath his eyes are three red dots, though the ones on the right (his left) are covered by a scar that runs over his large, bright ocean blue coloured eyes. On top of his head is the start of his bright flaming hot fire mane, which runs down his spine to the tip of his tail.

Sunny has several scars, the most iconic being the slit on his snout and the two points across his left (our right) eye. At the start of his neck, still on the same side, is a scar that looks like an 'X'. Further down on the same side are two more scars, a scratch mark near the base of his tail and on his back leg and an acid corrosion mark near the tip of his tail. On his palms are large, chemical burns from his experiments. On his other side, his right (our left), the same scars are not visible (excluding the snout scar and scar near his tail tip), instead, there is a scratch mark slightly further down from where the 'X' shaped one would've been. There is also a large scar shaped similarly to the one near his tail tip on his chest. There is also a large gash running down his torso to the middle point of his tail.

His build is relatively lean, with a long neck, long legs as well as a relatively thin underbelly. He does have some muscle on his stomach, however, as well as his arms and tail, showing off a strength that is better not to be toiled with. His build can best be described as serpentine, donning features similar to that of a snake, such as the shape of his snout, not to mention his oddly long neck, torso and tail.

In terms of attire, Sunny doesn't usually don much more than his golden crown and a golden necklace with a ruby pendant, though if he is attending a big event or meeting, he may occasionally wear a robe, or some kind of other high-fashion.

## Biography

### *The* *End*

Sunny makes a very brief appearance in the Prologue of *The End*, being present in the execution room where he is holding an axe which is to be used in order to execute Rift. He attempts to decapitate her, but is thus taunted by Rift, who comments that his 'swings weren't hard enough' and that he wouldn't be able to take off her head, irritating him. After stunning him with a mention that he'd hurt Antares in turn if he killed Rift, the latter uses the opportunity to break free of her shackles, using Sunny's axe to break her chains, before running out of the room. Sunny orders his guards after the criminal, and is about to run after her himself before being stopped by a stunned Antares opening the doors to the execution room, wishing to know what had happened as she had seen Rift running down the hallways.

After Antares is informed by Sunny that Rift had ran instead of being left free by will, Tarrie offers to follow her and bring her back as she knew Rift better than the others did. Sunny is tentative to allow this at first, as he only wants the best for his daughter and is aware that such a task could be dangerous, he eventually lets her go after her insistence on going through with such a task. When Antares leaves to run after Rift, Sunny prays for his daughter's safe return.

Sunny remains mostly unidentified throughout the course of the prologue, his real name not being mentioned, though his last name is thrown about by Rift in a taunting manner as she teases him, only the facts that he is the Star Guardian king and Antares's father. He is mentioned several times afterwards throughout the book, mainly by Antares.

## Trivia

* Originally, Sunny was meant to have no limbs, and a body that went on for infinity, similarly to that of Project Lynx. Another older design suggests he once was meant to look more like Antares, though this was changed to fit that of a snake, which was his main inspiration.
* Sunny was confirmed to have been born from Mainland Fixianor's sun, which had caused an eclipse to the Mainlanders.
* Sunny changed his name from Solstice to his current name because Sunny was Antares' first word and he thought it sounded cute.
	+ He was also wishing to 'separate' from his older self as he felt immense regret for the experiments he used to conduct back when he idolised Citadelle, his ancestor, and he believed that changing his name was the way to do it.
* He knows everyone's ticklish spots off by heart and will tend to do this as a substitute for hurting others.
* Sunny hates swear words and will typically use standard words as substitutes for curses, no matter how angry he gets, like 'fudge' instead of the f word.
* He has a good taste in music and can sing quite well, but is bad at dancing.
* Sunny is able to twist and bend his body into positions that would break the bones of the usual Star Guardian. He doesn't do this often, however, as it is known to give others nightmares.
	+ Antares inherited this strange quirk from him.
* Sunny, like all Star Guardians, is able to stand and walk on his hind legs with ease. He doesn't tend to do this as often as his wife does, as his full height can be severely intimidating to some.
* During his time at the lab, Sunny was able to implement Fluxyl into his saliva, rendering it toxic and unsafe. This means he is unable to kiss Hamal or get his saliva anywhere near an organic being. He regrets this decision and has tried getting rid of it, but to no avail.
* When he's extremely angry, his fire mane will begin to glow very brightly and black smoke will be emitted by the flames and his scales.
* His jewellery is fireproof, enchanted to not be burnt by any form of fire.
* He can control the brightness of his fire at will, often making it brighter when he's uptight or angry and making it duller when he's tired, melancholic and/or sick.
* His teeth are scarily sharp, seemingly sharper than knives and longer than needles. They can puncture skin, and, because of their length, even organs because of how sharp they are with ease.
* His tongue will often flicker out his mouth when he's angry like a snake.
* He can control the size of his pupils, similarly to a cat.