Valleira Glimmerscale

Age
 Status
 Gender
 Species
 Type
 Element(s)
 Skill level
 Family
 Civil status
 Occupation
 Civil Police rank

## Personality & Character

Though Valleira is generally considered a kind and considerate
soul she doesn’t take sass from anybody, this includes her superior
officers. Of course this doesn’t mean that she is disobedient or
disregards orders, but rather that she demands the respect that would be
 expected of her rank, doubly so from those that are below her ranking.
Though she may be strict while on duty during her off time Valleira is
generally pretty laid back. She often has a calm air about her, seeming
as if nothing escapes her notice (Or as Scorch so lovingly puts it,
“Eyes in the back of her head!”), and when scolding someone she
generally does so with a gentle and amused expression. Strict Valleira
may be, but she is far from cruel.

Valleira has a
habit of choosing to patrol the Third Class district instead of the
other two. The plight of the people there tug at her heartstrings and
she does her best to help them where she can. She is well aware that
many of the guard look down on them, but unfortunately there isn’t much
she can do to change their opinions. All she can do is be kind and lend a
 helping hand where needed. She will, very rarely, bring Scorch on
patrol with her when she visits the third class district. She wants him
to understand that they are people, just like they are, and that the
position they have been forced into is not acceptable. Change, after
all, starts with the next generation.

Despite her
generally serious outlook on the world Valleira is not without humor,
though In the past few years it has been… subdued. Sometimes it is hard
to laugh in a world with so much suffering, but Scorch never fails to
bring a smile to his sister’s face. That said she is very encouraging of
 Scorch’s tinkering and will sometimes simply sit and watch him for a
while until he gets fed up with her ‘motherly hovering.’ At that point
she will generally tackle him and whisk him away for a walk or a shared
activity, as over the years she has learned that when Scorch gets
irritated with her presence it usually means he is about to be horribly
frustrated with whatever he is tinkering with, and Scorch does not get
over being frustrated easily. She is the ever watchful eye when it comes
 to Scorch, doing her damndest to be the best big sister in the world,
as small as it now may be.

When it comes to the Dark Masters
Valleira has an interesting perspective on them. Unlike many Dragons she
 does not hate them, despite everything they've done. No, in a way she
pities them. They are alone in the world with no one to love or care for
 them. No future to look forward to. Just a path of destruction and
despair, and there is no one her heart hurts for more than Spyro.
However this does not mean she approves of their actions and if pitted
against them she would fight tooth and claw to defend what she believes
in. She just can't bring herself to believe that Spyro is truely evil
though. How could a soul full of such light and hope turn so dark. She
believes that Spyro is either under Malefor's control, or that he has
some ulterior motive. Perhaps he is simply biding his time until he has
the opportunity to strike Malefor down for good. To believe any
different... well it would be to loose all hope. In Valleira's early
years Spyro was the shining beacon of hope for the world... that can't
have all been for naught. She just... can't believe that. If a soul
filled with such light can fall prey to the darkness... then what hope
is there for the rest of them?

## Weaknesses

Valleira will do anything for her little brother, even if it
meant giving her own life to protect him. He is most certainly her
Achilles’ heel, though she wouldn't trade him for the world.

1. Ice Control: Due to her ancestry Valleira has a difficult time freezing water and is of yet unable to control either ice she creates or ice that already exists. Very few of her colleagues know of this drawback and it is often the main focus of her training. She can, however, melt it with relative ease.
2. Physical Defense: Valleira is not the most physically capable of the Guard. She trains, make no mistake about that, but she simply doesn’t have the powerful build that many dragons have. As such powerful blows may send her reeling for longer than most.

## Backstory

Born outside of Warfang before the Second Dark War, though after Gaul’s raid on the temple.

Her
 parents did their best to raise her well despite the impending threat
of Malefor’s return. They instilled her with a sense of honor and
courage, and a respect for all things living. The development of her
love for the ocean was only natural growing up in a sea-side village.

She
 fought in the tail end of the Second Dark War, but was very young then.
 She proved to be a competent fighter, despite her lack of training.

 Accompanied
 one of the last groups of refugees into Warfang, being one of the
stubborn few that thought they could cling to life as they knew it
before a Darker pack raided their settlement. She managed to kill one of
 the attacking Darkers in the process, saving a pregnant mother. On the
way to Warfang Valleira found Scorch, still a baby, and adopted him as
her little brother though only she knows this. She knew he wouldn’t
survive outside Warfang on his own and he is none the wiser. Valleira
has no intentions of ever revealing the fact that Scorch is not her true
 brother either. She is well aware that Orphans often become third class
 citizens… and she would rather tear her own heart out than let anything
 bad happen to Scorch.

 Due to her achievements in
the Second Dark War and her willingness to train hard Valleira now works
 as a Captain in the Civil police. However Valleria secretly wishes to
join the Freedom Flyers but is afraid of what would happen to Scorch if
she was not around to protect him. She is well aware that very few of
Ember’s guard get along with, or even appreciate, the Freedom Flyers,
and she knows more than a few might take a request to join the Freedom
Flyers as a betrayal. So instead she does what she can from her current
position, though she always training to improve her skills. Perhaps one
day when her brother is older and can defend himself. In the meantime
though there is plenty to keep Valleira occupied, from corruption among
the ranks to policing the different districts.

## Notes

* Valleira has a garden that she tends to on a regular basis, and she uses the care of it as bonding time between her and Scorch. She dearly misses the beauty and serenity of the outside world’s natural places and the garden is, in a way, a little piece of home. It reminds her of what she is fighting for, and whenever she starts to lose hope all she has to do is tend to her garden for a few hours and it will remind her of the light the future may yet hold;

* Valleira puts training time in almost every day. If she isn’t on duty and isn’t at home then she can very likely be found at the training grounds;

* Some of Valleira's scales have a subtle sheen to them, causing some to reflect light unexpectedly.