Lego the Butterfly

Lego’s canon appearance. Drawn by Vengan.

# WIP— this article is not finished yet!

## Description

Lego was the founder of the Refuge, played by u/LegallyBread. He is a butterfly with a blueish-gray body and six black limbs, (four arms and two legs,) described as having blue wings that “glow with a kaleidoscope of reds, blues, yellows, greens, and purples in the sunlight”. One of his arms is a robotic prosthetic, as he lost it in a fight with Hiro. He has a sister named Duplo, and his adoptive mother is Unn.

He usually doesn’t wear clothes, but his private parts are covered by an exoskeleton plate that looks like just another part of his exoskeleton.

Lego is currently dead, and his body presided in the graveyards of the Mosskin territories until the Refuge was contacted and his body was given to them.

## Origin

### Before the Refuge

Lego was born into slavery with his family and hundreds of other butterflies, far from Hallownest. When Lego was two, his sister Duplo was born. His parents had many other children. At age five, his family and many other butterflies ran from their captors, but only Lego’s parents, Duplo, and Lego himself escaped. The other butterflies, including many of Lego’s siblings, were captured and either killed or punished in several extremely inhumane ways. Some of them died from these horrific punishments.

Lego, Duplo, and their traumatized parents moved into a home near Greenpath, hoping the rampant infection in the area would discourage their captors from following. They lived there for many years, though their parents were never able to overcome their inner demons, and had hallucinations that constantly worsened.

(I kinda went into author mode here, so that’s why it’s written more like a novel than a wiki article. Sorry about that.)

One day, Lego and Duplo came home from getting water to find their parents infected. They were chased by a large group of husks, until Duplo suddenly fell into an acid lake. Lego screamed and tried to grab her hand before she sank in, but Duplo was completely submerged in the flesh-melting substance.

An approaching husk forced Lego to run and abandon his sister to die in that lake. He saw a green light and a clearing, and ran for it. He tripped over a bush and looked up to find…

Another large acid lake, glowing in front of him, impassable.

He was trapped. He turned to see a large group of husks blocking the only exit. He backed up as they approached. Suddenly, a giant, green slug rose from the lake.

Unn.

All the husks screeched and ran. Lego stumbled toward Unn, stopping in front of the lake as Duplo rose out of the lake in front of him, unconscious, but somehow unharmed. Lego grabbed her and embraced her, crying. Unn adopted the siblings and took care of them until adulthood.

(Author mode: deactivated.)

Many years later, Lego went back to his jailers, having been trained by a legendary warrior bug to fight. He slaughtered every slaver in her blind rage, even the weak, elderly, and young, and freed their slaves. He later expressed guilt and regret for the unnecessary genocide, but does not regret freeing those butterflies.

At adulthood, Lego left Greenpath and started a refugee camp in the Forgotten Crossroads to house all those who have lost their homes because of the infection. It became well-known, and was simply called “The Refuge”.

### First Months of the Refuge

For a long time, Lego led the Refuge in war against the husks. Another leader named Krest soon joined, and Lego didn’t have to do as much work with his help. They became friends, and led side by side.

Eventually, after hearing many stories and legends about them, Lego met the Mantis Lords and dealt with them, forming a treaty: as long as the Refuge stayed out of mantis territory, there would be no conflict between them. The husks made the same deal. After the signing of the treaty, Krest heard that Lego was afraid of the Mantis Lords, and decided to train Lego to fight them, to assuage Lego’s fears and get him a rare honour.

Said training involved a 1:1 replica of the Path of Pain and many respawning Primal Aspids, though after Lego’s eventual triumph, Krest said he’s “not quite good enough” to fight the Lords, which seemed to have the opposite affect on Lego than Krest’s intention, greatly magnifying his apparently very healthy fear of them.

Eventually, Krest decided Lego was ready, but this training never came to anything, as Lego never even attempted to defeat the Mantis Lords.

## Gallery

Lego doesn’t often wear clothes, but when he does, this is his canon outfit. (Drawn by u/a\_literal\_leaf.)The first ever art of Lego, drawn by his creator, u/LegallyBread.Lego in a dress. (Drawn by u/Azcratriz.)Lego with a tiny Watcher Knight. [Noncanon.] (Drawn by Lucine— u/TheOwOUwUOwO.)Lego’s official canon appearance. (Drawn by Vengan.)