Deserthawk

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**Deserthawk**, also known as **Hawk**, is a SandWing-MudWing dragonet living in the Scorpion Den, working as an undercover assassin. She was eventually sent to Jade Mountain Academy during the events of the second arc of WoF, being placed in the Quartz Winglet.

## Appearance

Being a hybrid, Deserthawk takes after more of the SandWing traits from her mother. She has the SandWing frill, SandWing-shaped scales, and the venomous barb on her tail, though it has no venom due to the MudWing genes cancelling it out. She has MudWing-like wings, and has a more stocky build than most SandWings as well. Various scars are scattered on her scales, most noteably her arms and snout.

Her main scale colour is a pale pink, with medium shades of brown scales following suit. Deserthawk's frill is a golden-brown colour, her ears also being a pale yellow. Her horns, talons, and tail barb are a dark grey, while her underbelly is a dark brown. The wings are a similar shade of pink, with the insides being a much darker shade. Her eyes are a dark amber where the pupil is surrounded by a thin circle of yellow around it, the rest of her eyes being a dark, almost black shade of grey due to her SandWing blood.

## Personality

Deserthawk is known to be rather reserved, even around those she knows well. She finds it easier for herself to keep quiet most of the time, as from her experience, talking has led to more social interaction with other dragons - she's not a fan of others, so to speak. Deserthawk also prefers to stay aloof as she believes talking with others will lead to questions about herself, which Deserthawk does not appreciate - especially not ones about her being a hybrid. Around new dragons, she's rather uneasy, and it does take her awhile to get used to others. It doesn't particularly help that she's not a fan of other dragons to begin with, though that's a given.

She's also rather insecure about being a hybrid, finding it uncomfortable when others give her strange looks - it makes her feel like an outcast no matter where she goes. However, she tries to ignore those feelings, as she doesn't like thinking about being a hybrid in general. Deserthawk is rather defensive towards others about it, and can be hostile at times if pestered enough. She also gets rather defensive about questions regarding her parents.

## Biography

Deserthawk was hatched to Arenose, a female SandWing who was a soldier in Burn's army, aiming to become a general. Her father was Lutose, who was a MudWing who took up the job of being one of the messengers for the MudWings. Arenose and Lutose grew close, and ended up having Deserthawk by surprise. Arenose didn't particularly want to take care of Deserthawk as she wanted to focus on fighting in the war. Deserthawk ended up in the orphanage, and was raised there until she was old enough to fight in the war. She didn't hold much resentment towards her mother and father as she understood why they couldn't take care of her properly during the War of Succession, but was still rather upset about it.

Deserthawk knew for a fact that she wasn't safe staying in the SandWing Stronghold. Not with Burn around. She would've turned to joining Blister's army, but she wasn't entirely willing to risk it - not as a hybrid. As for Blaze...did she really want to risk heading to the Ice Kingdom and freezing to death? Instead she headed for the Scorpion Den upon hearing about it, wanting refuge from the three SandWing sisters. She managed to make her way in, eventually finding a home for herself.

## Trivia

* The main reason Deserthawk exists is because I wanted to draw a pink SandWing and the name sounded cool
* Deserthawk was going to be a full SandWing, but I changed this because SandWing wings are too hard to drawwww
* Deserthawk's name came from a Warriors name generator.
* Various nicknames for Deserthawk are Hawk (common), Dessie (occasionally), and Hawkie (only by Vesper).