Heulwen

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**Heulwen Cadigan** is the Shadow Representative of the Empire.

## Backstory

Heulwen is a witch, a master of the dark arts. She hatched in a coven of eternally young dragonesses from the Foxfire Brambles, led by Cedonia Maganti. She raised all of her subjects as her own daughters. The leader of their coven was called the Shadebringer, and it is rumored that it was the coven's ancestors who attacked the Empire when they first began as a clan.

Even as a young dragon, Heulwen hated the coven. Cedonia was a cruel leader who ruled with an iron talon. No one spoke against her for fear of being punished. Heulwen came to learn her coven had a hatred towards the Empire, and that Morrigan often sent warriors to attack them.

When a group of dragons from the Empire came with Lonicera as its leader came to the coven for an attack, Heulwen saw a perfect opportunity to escape the cruelty of the Shadebringer. First, she had to convince the Shadebringer to let her leave their nest. Cedonia was hesitant, but allowed her to leave the clan. Before Heulwen could enact her plan, a lone dragon named Louie interfered and urged the two clans to make peace. Though hesitant, the clans did as Louie told them and Heulwen's plans were dashed.

She did get another chance, however. When Cedonia announced that the clans would be exchanging representatives, Heulwen immediately jumped at the chance to finally leave. Cedonia accepted Heulwen's proposal, and the Wildclaw left the clan quite eagerly.

Heulwen joined about a year before Morrigan died. So when Aislinn became Empress, Heulwen very much enjoyed the new change. The Pearlcatcher was much more accepting towards outsiders in the clan. The day after Aislinn's coronation, Heulwen asked to be changed from a representative from the Circle into a Shadow Representative. Aislinn was surprised, but accepted her request.

For the next few years, Heulwen was a strict Shadow Representative. Whenever this Wildclaw would sulk into her den, dragons knew to leave her be and let her do whatever she needed. Like Jupiter, Heulwen enjoyed being alone to practice her arts, though she didn't mind company every once and a while. And there was always one dragon in particular she didn't mind having as a friend who accompanied her: Kasumi

Though Heulwen was wary of Kasumi when they first met, she came to see that Kasumi was quite the helper especially when it came to discovering new Shadow magics. Kasumi met Heulwen during a hunting trip, and although the Wildclaw was annoyed by Kasumi's unrelenting enthusiasm for the world, she was glad to have the Pearlcatcher when she offered to help Heulwen dig up plants and find various animal parts for her spellcasting. The two worked very well together, and almost everyone in the Empire could see their relationship grow over time. They found themselves hunting for more ingredients for Heulwen's potions during the day while their nights were full of long conversations about the Empire's politics and other going-ons. Their relationship grew closer and Heulwen found herself wanting to propose to Kasumi.

So she did. And to her surprise, Kasumi said yes.

The two spent their honeymoon together at the Clan of Rippling Shadows and were welcomed by the dragons there. It was in the Tangled Wood where the two held each other's talons and proclaimed their love for each other. As a declaration of their love, Kasumi allowed Heulwen to hold her Pearl and use it in her experiments. Such a show of faith and trust was what sealed their bond.

Happily married, Heulwen and Kasumi spend their days keeping the peace between all Shadow dragons and the rest of the dragons in the clan. After three years of being married, they found the young dragoness Larkspur abandoned. It didn't take long for the two to adopt the young hatchling as their daughter, though other dragons were a bit more suspicious. But they're happy as a family made up of a Shadow, Water and a Wind dragon. And they all enjoy traveling outside the Empire and gathering new ingredients for potions, which Heulwen and her daughter use mostly to play pranks on their fellow clanmates.