Cyano the Jay

## Cyano

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"**Ya know, Life is kinda like painting. Sometimes you get so wrapped up in the details that you forget to look at the full picture**"
—Cyano
"**Wadduya call two crows? ...Attempted murder!**"
—Cyano, telling one of his awful jokes
**Cyano the Jay** is an original character designed by Frostybites16. Cyano resides in the *Valnoria* universe. Which takes place in a world where humans have gone extinct and sapient corvids are the dominant species.

**Cyano** is an adolescent male BlueXSteller's Jay that was taken in by the Marshal Clan.

## Biography

One stormy night, when Cyano's parents were out hunting, he fell out of the nest and was washed away by the storm. He was found the next day by a a few crows from the Marshal Clan. They took pity on the poor fledgling, wet, cold, and frightened. They didn't want him to die out there afraid and alone, so they took him in as one of their own. An effort *was* made to find his parents, but they were never found, and even still no one knows where Cyano came from. Cyano slowly but surely adjusted to life at the Marshal Clan Roost, and he has been there ever since.

## Appearance

Cyano is a newly-fledged Cyanocitta that has mixed features from a Blue Jay and Steller's Jay. Cyano most closely resembles a Steller's Jay but with several Blue Jay characteristics. His head is a brownish black, dark blueish color, with broad lighter blue streaks on his forehead. His dark coloring gives way from his shoulders and lower breast to vibrant blue. His primaries and tail are a richer blue with black and white barring like a Blue Jay. He has white markings on his head which are also similar to a Blue Jay, especially over his eyes, and light blue markers. His neck is collared with black and white which extends to the sides of his head, and he has light blue marks under his eyes as well. He has vibrant blue chest feathers, dappled with sparse dark specks. There is a pronounced crest on his head, a crown of feathers, which is raised or lowered according to his mood. When excited or upset, the crest will be fully raised. When frightened, the crest bristles outwards, brushlike. When he is very calm or resting, the crest is flattened on his head. Cyano also has two short feathers on the front of his head. His legs start out black but radiant to grey down his feet, and his talons are black. His eyes are a bright blue with dark pupils, and when feeling strong emotions, his pupils glow blue.

Cyano is a jay with a tribal appearance*.* He has blue paint on the tip of his beak, the ends of his crest feathers, and some on his legs and talons. He wears a tribal bone nose piercing, a woven necklace with small bones, beads, and a Great horned owl feather hanging from it, and beaded bracelets on his legs. Sometimes he wears a chest-pack full of various items and tools. Occasionally he paints his feathers black to appear more crow-like.

## Personality

Cyano is light-hearted, kind, heroic, and quite the jokester.

Ever since Cyano was a chick, he was always a dreamer. Some might say he is blindly optimistic, However, his hope is one his greatest strengths. Cyano is a corvid that does what's right and helps others. He also easily befriends others. Cyano truly doesn't care who is who and believes in equality, being friends with corvids outside his species. He also has a love for flying into sunsets and is very outspoken. While having a punch line thrown in, Cyano considers his jokes to be hilarious, However, some of the other corvids he's friends with find them annoying, and his jokes are often predictable or simply don't make sense. However, despite all of his jokes, Cyano does know when it it's time to be serious. Cyano has a tendency to make sarcastic remarks every once in a while, such as asking rhetorical questions. Having been raised by crows, he has developed empathy for them and has always looked up to them, both literally and metaphorically, going so far as to occasionally paint himself black in order to be more like them and has displayed several of their mannerisms. Because he is not as big and strong as the crows, Cyano is put into a position where he must persevere and exert himself in order to keep up with the Marshal Clan.

He is unable to express himself and his feelings very well sometimes, and sometimes prefers to express his thoughts with creative design and drawings. He is able to accomplish this with his quill pen and quill brush. Based on his eccentric artwork and overall detached air, it is evident that he sees the world a bit differently from the other corvids. He has particular visions of the past and future every once in a while, so he most likely is drawing what he sees in his dreams. Overall, Cyano is very softhearted, sweet, super smart, and because of his colorful courage and bravery, he has a tendency to never give up.

Cyano can also be a little rebellious sometimes, though not openly. For example, he wears a Thanatrox feather on his necklace ("Thanatrox" being the corvid name for "owl") which his parents gave him as a good luck charm, but wearing feathers of Birds of Prey is forbidden in most corvid cultures no Matter the species if the wearer has not "earned it". Owl feathers are especially taboo and aren't usually worn because owls are seen as demons and it is said wearing their feathers could bring death to those you love. But Cyano wears his necklace anyway, because it is the only thing he has left of his parents. And while he's never said it out loud, he also always found the superstitious explanation rather silly. like, logically speaking, how could simply wearing a feather magically cause people to die? To avoid conflict within the clan, he simply claims it is a quail feather, since they look so similar.

## Abilities

### Natural Abilities

* **Flight:** Cyano can fly
* **Mimicry:** Cyano can mimic any sound he hears. Some of these sounds include flawless impressions of Red-shouldered Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, Bald Eagles, and Screech Owls.
* **Talons**: He uses his talons to hold and grab things, such as holding his quill pen to write and draw, or his brush to paint. In addition, they are sharp weapons.
* **Dark Vision:** Cyanocittas have great vision even, at night. This means Cyano can see in the dark, a rare trait among most birds. Even crows don't see well at night.

### Unique Abilities:

* **Foresight**: Cyano has foresight, meaning he can see small glimpses of the future in his dreams. These visions are usually vague and unclear however, and he very often does know know what they mean.

### Skillset

* **Crafting**: Cyano is very skilled at crafting many things, as it *is* one of the things the Marshal Clan is most known for after all.
* **Artistry**: Cyano is something of an artist, as he has picked up the hobby of painting, drawing, and other such artistic activities.
* **Speed & Agility:** Cyano has a considerable flying speed and is very agile

## Relationships

### Family

* **Unknown Parents:** Parents
* **Unknown Siblings:** Siblings

### Allies

* **Maize**
* **Marven**
* **Misph**

## Trivia

* Cyano's themes are Owl City - To the sky (Owlet Cover), Imagine Dragons - Birds [Slowed] (Including the Orchestral Version), and Sparky Deathcap - September (Instrumental).
* The name *Cyanos* stems from the Greek word of *kuanos*, meaning "dark blue".
* All of the other Valnoria characters so far have either been crows, ravens, or magpies, making Cyano the only jay character as of me writing this. Because of this, not much is known about the jays of Valnoria*,* but I liked the idea that some jays consider wearing an owl feather as good luck to frighten off evil spirits, meanwhile many crows consider it a bad omen and a death bringer, the complete opposite.
* Cyano wishes to one day meet members from the Prevan Clan, as they are known to be quite the artists, and Cyano being something of an artist himself wishes to connect with some of them one day.
* Cyano hopes to one day see his family again.
* Sapient jays are said to be rare in the world of Valnoria
* Cyano's favorite foods are blueberries, fish, and acorns.
* Cyano is intended to be a neurodivergent-coded character.
* Cyano is one of the most difficult ocs i've ever drawn.
* Cyano's eyes are a little inaccurate; Blue Jays and Steller's Jays' irises usually appear dark or even blackish in real life. This was a creative decision made for a few reasons. *Initially I wanted to keep his eyes as real as possible, dark, but the result was a character that was hard to relate to. So I had to tweak his eyes so they were less black, and more expressive. trying to figure out how much range to put into his face so that it allows him to emote without getting too stylized, which was difficult because my natural art style usually has a more stylized aesthetic and I was going for something more realistic*