Quinoa the SandWing

## Appearance

Quinoa is a straight male SandWing. He has a paler underbelly, and his scales grow darker as they reach his SandWing spine. He has triangles similar to Blister's, just a dark brown, on his legs, back, and tail. There is a patch of lighter color on his nose. There are freckles on his talons, tail, face, and his pale underwings. He has a small scar on the left side of his jaw, past the mouth and close to his ear. His eyes are dark, with a faint hint of deep brown. He wears a small silver hoop earring with a piece of obsidian dangling from it, encased in a layer of resin. His horns are a pale sandy gray.

## Family

Quinoa has a sister, Chia. His mother is Nathair, and his father is Sesame.

Chia is a pale yellow SandWing with a dark brown frill. She has a burn scar across her face, stretching from the right to the left. Her right eye is blind. She has small patches of burn scars on the base of her right wing, the left side of her chest, and on the underside of her left leg. A larger burn scar is stretched across her right thigh, and there is a small tear in her right wing. Her horns are a pale sandy gray.

Nathair is a pale yellow SandWing with a paler frill. Her horns are mid-pale brown. She wears two silver hoop earrings on each ear, and there is a small scar over her left eye.

Sesame is a brown SandWing-MudWing hybrid with a darker frill. He has darker speckles on his tail, talons, face, and underside of wings.

## History

Quinoa grew up in the Scorpion Den. He mostly served his father, although he had suspicions about him, and his undying loyalty faltered. At one point, Sesame (out of sight) ordered his guards to "punish" Nathair and Chia, who didn't do anything. The guards threw Chia into the fire, and Nathair killed 3/5 of the guards, one aiding Nathair and helping her get Chia to Possibility to get help to treat Chia's burns. The other one lost his venomous tail barb. Sesame told Quinoa that both Nathair and Chia had died in a horrible fire in the eastern part of the Scorpion Den. Sesame gave Quinoa the scar, then acted like he was horribly guilty after doing so.

After this, Quinoa lived for about a year longer in the Scorpion Den, serving under Sesame. Soon, he grew curious as to what really happened and asked Sesame. Sesame got angry and told him that they were very dead. Quinoa felt like they were still alive, so he asked Cactus, a guard who's venomous tail was ripped off by Nathair, what really happened. Cactus told him that Nathair had killed two of the guards, and Sage, one of the other guards, became a traitor and killed another guard. They left Cactus behind and took Chia to Possibility after she was pushed into the fire by Dingo, one of the killed guards. Quinoa became angry and went to his best friend, Jellyfish, a bisexual female SeaWing that had moved to the Scorpion Den a month after Chia and Nathair fled. Together, they left the Scorpion Den and fled to Possibility.

There, Quinoa and Jellyfish ran into Sage, the pit guard who had turned against Sesame. Sage led them to Chia, who was terribly scarred, and his mother, Nathair. They were happy to see Quinoa, and they got to know Jellyfish. They decided that Sesame was too cruel, and had to be stopped. Together, they managed to find a few SkyWings, SandWings, and MudWings to help fight Sesame. Many of these dragons had heard or experienced Sesame's cruelty, and were eager to help Chia, Nathair, Sage, Quinoa, and Jellyfish take Sesame down. A few of the dragons, including Sparrow and Finch, two SkyWing brothers, Fox and Tuatara, two SandWings, and Salamander, a MudWing, went to a few different towns to get new dragons to help. During this time, Sparrow, Finch, Chia, Jellyfish, and Quinoa bonded, all being around the same age.

They managed to scrape together an army of around 160. The Scorpion Den outnumbered them by at least 2.5 to one, but ever since Thorn had left, they were not very smart. This took place a long time after, when most current-day dragons had died. They launched the attack at midnight. Taken unaware, the army, who they called The Rebels among themselves, had the advantage of strategy and surprise. During the attack, Sage, Salamander, and Fox were killed. Soon Quinoa found himself cornered by Sesame. Sesame told him a few things, things that made Quinoa angry. He killed Sesame, and the battle was soon over once the Scorpion Den army realized that their leader was dead.

After the battle, Quinoa and Jellyfish got together. They lived with Sparrow, Finch, Chia, and Nathair. Soon, Quinoa and Jellyfish had three lively dragonets, named Dolphin, Kelp, and Rattle. Eventually, Nathair died of old age, but her death was a peaceful one. Quinoa, Jellyfish, Chia, Sparrow, and Finch all lived together at an oasis for a long time until their own peaceful deaths.

## Quinoa Images

A drawing of Quinoa, base by Battwiink, colors by BirbShibeZeFool

A drawing of Quinoa by BirbShibeZeFool

A drawing of Quinoa by TempestTheSeawing

A drawing of Quinoa, base by Fizzy, colors by BirbShibeZeFool, hat by Starlightdragon321

A drawing of Chia, base by Battwiink, colors by BirbShibeZeFool