Viridian

Viridian is an adult Seawing prince.

## Personality

Viridian is a kind, friendly dragon who always tries to stay positive. However, he gets overwhelmed easily and has a hard time calming down once overwhelmed. He tends to stay in small groups of dragons and doesn't trust very well.

## Backstory

Viridian was born second to last of the Seawing line. He came from the same clutch as his brother, who unfortunately died in the egg due to an unforeseen event. Viridian's egg was somehow damaged during development and caused a birth disability where his scales couldn't light up. This is, for Seawings, as serious as being mute. He spent much of his childhood ignored by his brothers and parents. They considered him more like a pet than a brother. However, he did make one friend who didn't care about his disability.

Her name was Clamshell, and according to Viridian, she was a beautiful young Seawing. They spent hours playing together and she was pretty much his only friend. When he tried to talk to his siblings about it, they ignored him and told him to stop daydreaming. He starkly believed he wasn't, though. Eventually, when he was 15dy, she disappeared and never came back. He still mourns her loss to this day and writes books in her memory, strongly believing she is out there somewhere.

One day, the Seawing royal family had a huge blowout during dinner. They were eating above ground in the Summer Palace, the Queen awaiting a guest. One of Viridian's older brothers brought up the topic of who was to inherit the throne, and it created a huge argument. He was finishing his dinner and was about to leave when he heard someone approaching. Not many dragons approached him most days unless he specifically got their attention, so he looked up. His oldest brother, Pthalo, was standing over him. At this time, Viridian was only 24 dragon years- he hadn't even graduated school yet.

It hadn't been too long after the fight when Viridian's oldest brother, Pthalo, approached him. He looked angry, angrier than Viridian had ever seen him. Pthalo didn't talk much… he was strange, stranger than even Viridian. Most of their siblings ignored Pthalo or picked fights with him, and Viridian himself had only talked to the dragon once or twice. They had all made attempts in the past, but we're always met with stark aggression rather than passiveness. Pthalo silently stared at Viridian. Unnerved, Viridian stood up and started to back up, but Pthalo grabbed his head and started to fight to move it down. When Viridian looked at what he was being moved to, his eyes widened and he fought even harder. Pthalo was trying to stuff his face into a pot of boiling hot soup, the same of what Viridian had been eating minutes earlier. He kicked and writhed, but he had always been small, and Pthalo succeeded. In agony, Viridian screamed, desperately fighting to get out of the soup. After a minute or two, Pthalo left and flew away, leaving the poor, young dragon writhing on the floor. It permanently damaged his scales, leaving him in the ICU for months. When he healed and attempted to ask Pthalo why he would do that, he couldn't get an answer out of the older dragon. After that, Viridian dropped out of Gill Academy and ran away to the Rainforest kingdom to seek shelter. Now, he is terrified of his family, and refuses to even speak of them.

## Appearence

Viridian is a muted green color. His scales have a quite dull luster to them compared to other dragons, giving him an interesting appearance. On his body, he has aquatic markings, but they are unable to light up due to a disability. He has beautiful swirling designs on his wings, signifying his royalty, but he often covers them up with shawls or just tucks his wings in. He has large burn marks on his head and neck, disfiguring his right eye and giving him limited vision. He won't say what these are from. Viridian is unable to use his aquatic scales due to a mishap as an egg.