Shirogane

**"** *Sometimes, all you can do is live and let the languid world live, and nothing else. It seems a bit much to think such, but, in all due time you will find that there is always going to be a few moments in life that you must do so.* **"** - Shirogane in *Live and Let the Languid World Live! Sweet, Secretive Shirogane!*

**Shirogane** (シロガネ, *Shirogane*, lit. *"Silver"* or *"Platinum"*) is a Purominensu first appearing in Yuhun's *Dragon Adventures* fan-fiction, *~「Pride And Prominence」~*. She becomes a major antagonist of *~「Pride And Prominence」~* and later a minor antagonist of *~「Pride And Prominence: Sweet Requiem」~*, and debuts in *Live and Let the Languid World Live! Sweet, Secretive Shirogane!*

## Name

The name **Shirogane,** when written in Japanese *kanji* as *白銀*, contains the *kanji* for *white* and *silver*, and is indeed a native Japanese word for *silver* (銀, *Gin*). The word *shirogane* can also refer to a metaphorical expression for *snow*. *Shirogane* is also the last name of *Danganronpa* character Tsumugi Shirogane from *Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony*, one of Yuhun's favorite *Danganronpa* characters; this effectively reveals that Shirogane was indeed named after Tsumugi.

## Appearance

**Shirogane** appears as a Purominensu, one of Yuhun's *Dragon Adventures* concepts: a massive, four-winged "wyvern of prominence" as described on the official concept, with a tail almost twice as long as its body. Her official colour scheme consists of Denim in her primary colour slot (meant to reference Tsumugi Shirogane's blue hair), Snowflake in her secondary colour slot (meant to reference the word *shirogane* possibly being a metaphorical expression for *snow*) and Silver in her tertiary colour slot (to reference *shirogane* being a native Japanese word for *silver*). Her official materials consist of her being partially pure Glass, with her tertiary material being Ice- further pertaining to *shirogane* being a metaphorical expression for snow.

In *~「Pride And Prominence」~* and onward, **Shirogane** is depicted as having eyes with white slit pupils. Her described elements- which she switches between- are Ice (even further referencing her name's metaphorical meaning), which she has most of the time- and Death, which she appears to have when feeling negative or when she wills it to.

## Personality

While she acts friendly around Cygnus in *~「Pride And Prominence」~*, and acts kindly around most other dragons, **Shirogane** is revealed eventually to be incredibly cold-blooded, threatening and arrogant, just like her namesake *Danganronpa* character. Additionally, similar to Tsumugi, she hides all these negative traits under a sweet, secretive side. Her sinister traits are rarely revealed, though on multiple instances- most notably when she kills East, one of the Snowtime Siblings- her dark side does come out.

As such, **Shirogane** appears to have a split personality.

#### Uncovering her death

Five years and nine months after Shirogane vanishes, Cygnus, with the remaining Snowtime Siblings, and the "Death Duo"- Crossing Delta and Tødestrieb- the former of which discovered something disturbing at a collapsed rock overhang in Tundra- rush to where Crossing Delta discovered the disturbing scene. Cygnus notices a blue tuft of fur with a dull white diamond in its center attached to a whisker, underneath the stone shards from the rock overhang, which are splattered with a strange pink liquid- Shirogane's blood. Crossing Delta has no choice but to point out that Shirogane is dead, and that no dragon could survive being crushed under those rocks, especially for such a long time.

## Relationships

### Cygnus

Cygnus, when meeting Shirogane for the first time, is shocked to discover that she is a Purominensu, as she thought that the face she was speaking to- Shirogane's face- belonged to a Guroria. They get along straight away, and Cygnus stated to Shirogane that she felt like the latter had already become a great friend. However, in *The Truth! Sayonara, Shirogane!*, almost two years after East is slain, Cygnus discovers that Shirogane was the dragon who slew East, and, because Shirogane was incredibly kind to her, refuses to believe that Shirogane, who seemed such a friendly dragon with not the slightest motive to kill, would have slain her friend.

Though she refuses to accept Shirogane's death when she first realises it, Cygnus comes to grips with the reality, and breaks down despite Shirogane's wrongdoings, shattered at the loss of her friend.

## Gallery

A wall of white-and-blue fire created by Shirogane before she appears.The wall of flame beginning to break up as Shirogane prepares to reveal herself.
## Quotes

**"** *You may call me Shirogane. Now, I'm seriously going to drop my act...* **"** - Shirogane revealing her name to Cygnus before revealing herself.

**"** *Before we met, I heard whispers of a death-bringing dragon, and her equally brutal accomplice... They spoke about them like those dragons' names were very feared names- and, considering their alleged death-bringing, why wouldn't they be?* **"** - Shirogane telling Cygnus that she overheard talk of Tødestrieb and Crossing Delta.

**"** *Be sure... to miss me...* **"** - Shirogane's final words, spoken in her mind just moments before she closes her eyes and dies peacefully crushed under the stone shards.

## Trivia

* Shirogane is the second dragon to have a colour scheme referencing what/who they are named after- the first is Seardrop.
* Shirogane's death in *The Truth! Sayonara, Shirogane!* not only bears some resemblance to Tsumugi Shirogane's death by being crushed under a rock but also deprecated the Rugie's death being the only major death that doesn't happen in a flashback.
* Shirogane is currently the only dragon in Yuhun's *Dragon Adventures* fan-fictions that can switch between two or more elements.
* Shirogane is the third dragon of Yuhun's to not exist in-game, the second being Romi and the first being Quon- both Shirogane and Romi don't exist in-game due to Yuhun having pulled the Purominensu out of the Valentines 2022 Concept Contest.
* Shirogane has a habit of saying the phrase *live and let the languid world live* (スム・ト・サ セテ・ソノ・ダラシナイ・セカイ・スム, *sumu to sa sete sono darashinai sekai sumu*)- which is not only part of her debut chapter's title but is also the name of the fourth chapter of *Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony*.
* Shirogane is probably one of the few openly violent dragons in *~「Pride And Prominence」~* and onward. The other two most notable violent dragons are Tødestrieb and Crossing Delta.
* Yuhun is considering making Shirogane in-game as a Falugeis due to it bearing somewhat of a resemblance to the Purominensu.
	+ She eventually went ahead with this, though she will not be making progress on her for a while due to Crossing Delta being her top-priority work-in-progress project.