Crocidile (iewing/mudwing)

Name: Crocodile

Age: 40

Gender: Male (he/them)

Tribe: Mudwing-Icewing hybrid

Description: has the usual broad mudwing head with a crack in his left horn. Has some small neck spikes, akin to those of an icewing, that are closer to the base of his head. Along the front of his neck and chest is a long scar that is shallow in some places and deep in others. He’s missing a talon on his right claw, by birth and not scarring. Has a slightly shorter tail than most but not noticeable unless he’s talking about it. His underbelly is a normal color and his scales are closer to a mud splotched, deep maroon, so much so that you might mistake him for a nightwing. And has small spots on his tail that seem bleached white that are closer to the end of the tail. Has pale blue irises speckled with cobalt and is slightly on the smaller side for a mudwing but still is average in strength for a mudwing. Has narcolepsy, along with insomnia, so he’s stuck being able to only sleep when forced. Photographic memory. Has deepish voice, though experiences voice cracks when stressed or sleep deprived (which is approximately 18.75% of the time).

Personality: enjoys swimming almost as much as mud. Has a kind heart but is kind of unintentionally mean. Studious and enjoys the presence of Webs, as well as his classes. Finds the descriptions of other tribes fascinating and how their soul doesn’t always match their tribe, except skywings. Sometimes enters waves of depression about how he doesn’t feel like he’s anything without his power socially. Is often happy enough to hide it but shares his feelings with those he cares about, and those that care about him. Is often lying down or flying low to the ground so he doesn’t get hurt as much from narcolepsy waves. Prefers to eat prey after already dead. Gets lost in stories and other people's lives. Mildly grumpy on empty stomach, though is entrenched in darkstalkers past and is often steered away from Peacemaker, though he doesn’t know why. Tries to visit pantala as often as possible and is currently helping the Hivewings as a sort of therapist, saying things like: “wasp hasn’t left any marks on your soul” and “just let it all out”. he prefers to spend time with the leafwings that Viperlily calls “sapwings” though he does enjoy Viperlily's presence.

Abilities: able to hold breath for up to an hour, as well as the ability to bury themselves in the mud for camouflage. Can only see someone's soul, and can communicate with the dead in this way. He can also not breathe fire or ice. Can withstand immense cold, like cold weather but not like diving into the ocean in the ice kingdom. He’s inadvertently an empath due to soul flickering/spontaneous color change, can only tell when someone is feeling big emotions or is in a deep funk. Doesn’t need light or sound to “see”.

Backstory/occupation: after the icewings got affected by Qibli's empathy spell, they caught wind of the mudwings former intention of wiping out the icewings, they skirmished once every few days for a short period, they decided to make a peace treaty between them. Crocodile’s parents met during the signing of the treaty and were assigned together to spread the word. Not many of the icewings believed them and Crocodile's mother, Firefly, was injured in a fight between icewings and mudwings. She’s alive but can’t fly straight due to the loss of her tail, can’t steer, and currently resides in possibility with his father, Frigid. Is often made fun of but doesn’t know if the dragons taunting him are alive, so he hasn’t said anything about it to Sunny

Relations with dragons+reasons: Webs, because of how young their soul appears and the knowledge they share. Starflight, because of the ability they have to relate to him, as well as their personality and experiences. Peril, he is mildly uneasy about it because he can’t tell when they’re nearby, but if they make their presence known then they enjoy talking about fire and how it looks the same in spirit form and the real world, as well as simply expressing their emotions with each other. Moon is often making comments about how strange the spirit world is, though he doesn’t understand if they actually know what it’s like or if they’re just guessing. In his brief exposure to queen scarlet he… disliked her greatly, he didn’t know if it was that her soul was a faint whisper of translucent red slime, or if it was how she behaved, as though she owned the world and merely needed to walk down the hall to attain it’s rarities. (quick note: unless crocodile has a clear indicator like a title, or has been told so by dragons[or scavengers humans] he trusts, he can’t see gender. In addition the world is black and white to him with the exception of souls) his father was cold but has slowly melted down into this little phosphorescent dragonet shape, perhaps a sign that he’s regained some of his innocence. Meeting Cricket was scary as she berated him with questions about spirits, such as: you can see souls?!? Really! Wow! What does mine look like?! Is blue’s okay? Do animus dragons really lose their souls? Oh are you… falling asleep? After that cricket was a little gentler with questions about his power. He gets the feeling that his friends talked to her while he was out. Tamarin was nice, (Crush! ;D) once again, they could relate about not being able to see. Turtle had tried his healing stone on tamarin’s eyes and it sort of worked. She was completely colorblind and nearsighted, but she could see shapes and faces! She still flies with her eyes closed but she’s enjoying her newly-given sight. It makes her more, resilient. Often gets lost in conversations with Sky about how animal souls are just as bright as dragons and how cute animals are, though crocodile doesn’t always agree with that part, he still tries not to eat anything that Sky has deemed “cute”. Stonemover likes him but not for him as a dragon but because he has assured that stonemovers soul is still intact.

(btw this is set 25-32 years after arc 3)