Kleodora

> It's a good thing I've never met an [all-powerful dragon]. I mean, who knows what having all that power could do to a dragon? Even if that dragon was good, and could make the world better for all dragons around, there's an equal chance of them using their power to hurt others and steal everything for themself instead.
>
> **Kleodora to Mirage**

## Kleodora

Kleodora is a HiveWing-NightWing hybrid with deep red scales and dark green eyes.

### Aliases

* Kleo
* Herald (by The Spirit's Divine)
* Pretty Insect Dragon

## Professional Status

### Affiliation

* Jade Mountain Academy
* Quartz Winglet

## Personal Status

### Relatives

* Cephissus [Father]
* Melaina [Sister]
* Daphnis [Sister]

## Misc

### Debut

11/29/2022 - Great Hall

**Kleodora** is the HiveWing student of the Quartz Winglet. A mysterious young dragoness with the power of foresight, Kleodora comes from a seemingly noble family, with their own dark secrets.

Kleodora is currently portrayed by seraphdove.

## Appearance

Kleodora is a lithe, somewhat small hybrid dragoness with deep red scales with darker purple stripes beneath her eyes and her horns having paler marks on them. She has vibrant, deep green eyes, and her feet are of a darker color with paler star-shaped speckles across them.

## Personality

Kleodora is generally reserved and seems somewhat laid-back, not tending to get herself involved in many social situations but also not tending to strictly forbid any fun in her presence either. Certainly, despite her rather closed-off demeanor, Kleodora does have a light sense of humor, especially being quite teasing and snarky with those around her, showing a penchant for dry, sharp, and quick wit.

However, it still may take a while for Kleodora to truly open to other dragons, and she doesn’t make it a habit to talk about or even reveal her ability to see the future. This is largely due to her upbringing, which was basically just a series of bad experiences with dragons who knew about her and her sisters’ powers. These experiences have made Kleodora hesitant on trusting other dragons.

And not only that, but they have also instilled in her a strong moral compass and a steely conviction to do what she thinks is right…even if she may be quite misguided at times. Kleodora is also prone to moodiness, stubbornness, and burnout, often pushing herself to do what she thinks must be done. When it comes to matters she’s passionate about, Kleodora is not afraid to speak her mind and tends to be most conversant when invited to speak about these things.

Despite her demeanor, Kleodora does have an intense heart and feels a lot of things very strongly. She’s sensitive at her core, and even the smallest of things can stick with her for a long time. She has trouble letting things go and she has trouble confronting them as well, though she can be easily angered when she feels personally insulted or sees anyone else being treated in a way she deems unfair.

Her hesitance to confront personal issues and her reluctance to open up as well stems from a deep-rooted sense of self-hatred and holding herself to far higher standards than she would to anyone else. Viewing herself as a coward, a broken asset, someone truly difficult to love, Kleodora often feels unworthy of true, positive bonds with others.

However, despite everything, Kleodora does care deeply for others, with a sense of righteousness that leads her to always looking out for her fellow dragon. She is compassionate and altruistic, only preferring to use violence to defend herself and always willing to see the better side of everything, despite her initially seeming cynical. Even if Kleodora doesn’t believe that everyone is good, she believes that everyone can be good, and that goodness is a choice that must be made.

Despite her having her reservations about the world and those within it, Kleodora would never think of condemning all of it. In the end, she believes in the power of compassion and choosing to do good triumphing over any concept of inherited evil or guaranteed cruelty. Kleodora would do what it takes, do the hard work she needs to do, if it means that the world gets to be a little bit kinder.

After all, Kleodora can see the future. Who’s to say that she’s never seen a future where everything was just kind?

## History

### Early Years

Kleodora was born in a small, insular community alongside her sisters Daphnis and Melaina to Cephissus and a currently unknown HiveWing mother. Because Kleodora and her sisters were born beneath one moon, they were each born with a moon-blessed power, with Kleodora being granted powerful foresight.

Kleodora's dragonethood is noted to have been very strict, with various rules that her father set in place with severe punishments to follow each time they were broken. One of these rules was to never enter her father's study, which Kleodora and her sisters once disobeyed. However, when they were caught and subsequently punished for the action, Kleodora has repressed the memory of the incident and what she has seen in the room.

*More to be revealed soon...*

## Relationships

### Cephissus

Cephissus is a NightWing, and the father of Kleodora and her sisters.

Not much is known about Kleodora's relationship with her father, however she does think about him quite often and much of her attitude is influenced by how he raised her. He is noted to have been very strict and controlling with his daughters, with Kleodora respecting and fearing him in equal amounts.

### Daphnis

Daphnis is one of Kleodora's sisters.

Not much is known about their relationship, however Kleodora does care for her sisters. Although the sisters may have often been frustrated with each other, Kleodora does miss them and thinks about them often. Kleodora isn't sure whether or not she blames Daphnis for the study incident.

### Melaina

Melaina is one of Kleodora's sisters.

Not much is known about their relationship, however Kleodora does care for her sisters. Although the sisters may have often been frustrated with each other, Kleodora does miss them and thinks about them often. It's noted that Melaina has weaker foresight than Kleodora, and Kleodora wonders if Melaina secretly resents her for that.

### Storm

Storm is the SeaWing in Kleodora's winglet.

Kleodora first met Storm when she stumbled into the academy's observatory to find some peace and quiet after getting hurt with a foresight-induced headache. She nearly bumped into him, apologizing for almost doing so, however Storm didn't seem to mind much. Afterward, they engaged in a brief, friendly conversation in which the nicknames 'Pretty Insect Dragon' and 'Pretty Fish Dragon' were exchanged, and they talked more about their interests. An agreement was made as well to exchange seafood (from Storm) and various meats and vegetables (from Kleodora) whenever they had their talons on some.

This conversation was cut short, however, as Kleodora had more flashes of the future. Using the subsequent headache, Kleodora quickly excused herself from the conversation and left Storm in the observatory to go back to her room.

Later on, however, Kleodora would seek out Storm again, embarrassed after how abruptly their previous conversation had ended. They learned more about each other, with Kleodora telling him some half-truths and white lies about HiveWings from her limited knowledge of them. They also shared scrolls and books that they liked, with Kleodora recommending one of her favorite series to him. They end the conversation on fairly friendly terms, and Kleodora hopes to be friends with him.

### Mirage

Mirage is the SandWing in the Copper Winglet.

Kleodora met Mirage while roaming the halls of the academy, where Mirage had bumped into her. Although Kleodora was startled at first, she quickly collected herself, and noticed how nervous Mirage seemed to be. Relating to Mirage's apparent anxiety, Kleodora felt obliged to at least try to hold a good conversation with her, and offered Mirage to come with her to one of the academy's underground lakes.

Mirage accepted, and during their time in the underground lake, they talked. Mirage asked her about her heritage, and when Kleodora confirmed that she was half-NightWing, Mirage later asked about the two NightWing powers. Although Mirage suspected that Kleodora had some personal experience with these powers, Kleodora dodged around stating that she had these powers herself. And then they both discuss what it'd be like if there was an all-powerful dragon, each musing about what it'd be like if they were one, with different reactions to it, with Kleodora being more skeptical and negative of the idea.

They end the conversation on fairly friendly terms, and leave the underground lake afterward.

## Trivia

* The base for Kleodora was created by PlasmaWolf2016 on Deviantart, with the hybrid edits made by the user Lurking on Discord. Her design was made by seraphdove.
* Kleodora is bisexual.
* She has very distant SeaWing blood through her father Cephissus.
* Kleodora is named after the nymph Cleodora from Greek Mythology.
	+ "In Greek mythology, **Kleodora** or **Cleodora** ("Glorious Gift", in reference to her gift of prophecy) was one of the prophetic Thriae, nymphs who divined the future by throwing stones or pebbles and were associated with the Oracle of Delphi. She and her sisters Melaina and Daphnis lived on Mount Parnassus, where Delphi is located. With Poseidon (or Kleopompos), she was the mother of Parnassos, who created a method of telling the future using birds and founded the main city on Mt. Parnassus. Kleodora's father was Cephissus, a river god of northern Boeotia.