Dragon Toadstool

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**Pitaya Amadeaus Toadstool**, known by his nickname '**Dragon**', is an original character created by Ashton Bridge, who acts as the main protagonist of the Super Mario Bros: The Lost Brother FanFiction series. After being banished by Kamek's older brother, Wizenhimer to another kingdom for many years, he returns to the Mushroom Kingdom to aid the Mario Brothers, and Princess Daisy in defeating Bowser, and saving Princess Peach one last time.

## History

#### Early Life

Pitaya was born, on February 24, year unknown, to Amadeaus Toadstool III and Rosa Toadstool I. He was the first-born of their two children, the other being Princess Peach. While not much is known about Dragon's early life, based on what he has said, it was quite charmed and simple, defined mostly by the adventures he, his sister and her best friend Princess Daisy would have all across the Kingdom. They would often go to swim in Blubble Lake, where Dragon would act as lifeguard.

#### Banishment

One night at the age of 15, Dragon confronted Bowser's older brother, Trowser and defeated him in combat. Seeking revenge, a young Bowser sent his court wizard, Kamek to do away with Dragon, banishing him to the Waffle Kingdom, a neighboring country made up of mostly deserts, with which the Mushroom Kingdom had very little contact with. When Dragon arrived, he was immediately attacked by all manner of creatures, including Pokies and Spikes, but was rescued by a caravan of desert nomads and taken under their wing to become a caravan guard.

#### Life in the Waffle Kingdom

Under the caravan's tutelage, Dragon would become a skilled trader and close-quarters combatant in ways that were not taught or even understood in the Mushroom Kingdom. While living and travelling with the nomads, Dragon became smitten with one of the nomad's daughters, named Caramello. Eventually, the two fell in love, and would become inseparable. Despite having planned to be wed at the blessing of Princess Eclair, Dragon knew he must return to the Mushroom Kingdom to fulfil his destiny as King. Having concerns over the dangers that may lie ahead, he ventured back to his homeland alone, trading parting gifts with Caramello as a promise to return for her after his work was complete. Unbeknownst to him, Caramello was already pregnant with their child, Rosalina.

#### Return

After the events of Super Mario Odyssey, Bowser ambushed Princess Peach's Castle and kidnaps not only Peach, but also Mario. After Luigi and Princess Daisy chase after Bowser's Clown Car and defeat an army of Goombas, they are met by the Clan of Koopai a team made up of Wizenheimer the Magikoopa, Ashley the Birdo, Boom-Boom and Pom-Pom. After a short fight between Luigi and the Clan, Dragon intervenes and defeats Wizenheimer. After helping Luigi, Dragon returns to the Peach's Castle to eat brunch, discovering the castle to be mostly abandoned and Peach not there. After a quick debriefing by Luigi and Daisy, Dragon immediately sets out to rescue both Mario and his sister.

They first stop off at Professor Elvin Gadd's workshop in Toad Town for help, discovering him to have also been kidnapped by the Wario Brothers and Boshi. E. Gadd had been taken to the Tower of Yikk by Blubble Lake.

During the inauguration ceremony, Dragon realizes the Mushroom Kingdom already has an excellent ruler in Princess Peach. With this in mind, he gently turns down the crown, and instead hands it to Princess Peach, finally making her Queen, while Dragon chooses to return to the Waffle Kingdom for his own family. Before he can leave, however, a portal opens up to reveal Princess Rosalina, who instantly recognizes Dragon as her father. Dragon, thoroughly confused, questions this, but is cut short by the arrival of an older Bowser ambushing the gang through the portal and attempts to kidnap Peach once more.

## Characteristics

#### Appearance

Dragon is a twenty-eight year old human, making him three years older than Princess Peach. He has tanned skin, originally fair like his sister's, semi-short, golden blonde hair that is streaked with magenta along the tips, and blue eyes. He is thin-bodied, though fairly muscular and is even taller than Peach, at 6'2. He normally wears heavily tattered, magenta-colored desert caravan armor, with a pair of dark blue jeans, lightly colored cowboy-styled boots and grey hand wraps. Around his neck, he wears a keffiyeh made from thick magenta and gray-colored cloth used to protect him from the sun and sand of the Waffle Kingdom's vast Desserty Desert, or the cold nights near Rumblebump Volcano. Additionally, he owns a necklace adorned with a Shroomstone, the sign of Royalty among the Toadstool family. His weapons of choice are an intricately carved, wooden Kukri, a form of short curved machete, and an antique Numbu Revolver pistol, which was gifted to him by Caramello as their wedding vows.

##### Personality

Dragon has an honest, yet determined heart. He has a very strong opinion of what is right and wrong and does his best to uphold his version of good. He is always nice to people as he meets them and tries his best to befriend almost everyone, though knows where to draw lines, like knowing that Wario and Waluigi were bad just by their mannerisms. Like most of the other characters, Dragon has an open distaste for Bowser, but his is even more deeply rooted to Bowser's family, due to having fought Bowser's brother, Trowser, who had eliminated his mother and father by banishing them to Subcon. Although he hates Bowser and his family, he still doesn't wish them dead, as he forced Trowser to suffer the same fate as his parents instead of killing him, given the countless chances. When Dragon becomes angry, he reacts childishly, or acts out with violence and this can make him very threatening, or amusing, depending on his behavior. He also can be cocky, which can cause trouble if he isn't too careful about who he is talking to. While not an alcoholic, Dragon has a soft spot for mead, and claims that he almost always has his breakfast with a shot of 'Mallow's Fluff-n-Stuff' cinnamon-flavored mead.

##### Fighting Style and Experience

Dragon is highly proficient in a fictional form of combat known as Dessurkha'. He also knows how to handle or generally repair different types of weaponry, some he hasn't even seen before, but is also very comfortable with using the Mushroom Kingdom's indigenous powerups, such as Fire Flowers, Tanooki Leaves, or Power Stars. During the final battle with Bowser, Dragon shattered a Smash Ball, and used his Final Smash, Blood Light.

## Trivia

* Dragon is named after the Pitaya, also known as the Dragon Fruit. This is noted by his fondness for the color magenta. They also have grey-ish flesh underneath their leathery husk, which are the colors that Dragon uses to accent his largely magenta color scheme.
	+ Pitaya come from a cactus native to Southern Mexico and Central America, which is the main inspiration for the fictional geography of 'The Lost Brother's version of the Waffle Kingdom.
* Dragon shares similarities to Venom Snake of *Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain*:
	+ Their entire way of life was uprooted by an adversary. In Venom Snake's case, he was severely injured by an attack on Mother Base by XOF that put him into a coma for nine years and was converted into Big Boss' phantom double, while Dragon was banished to the Waffle Kingdom by Kamek for sixteen years, and forced to become a caravan guard to survive in the Waffle Kingdom's harsh conditions.
	+ They both wear keffiyeh scarves and specialize in desert survival.
	+ Both are are proficient in unusual methods of weaponplay and hand-to-hand combat. Dragon was taught the ways of Dessert Nomads' developed fighting style, while Venom was taught CQC (Close-Quarters Combat) by Big Boss, who helped develop the combat style with his mentor, The Boss.
		- Ashton has confirmed that these similarities are intended parts of Dragon's character.
* It is heavily implied that Dragon has met the Tenth Doctor from the Doctor Who franchise. Examples include using the Doctor's iconic line "Allonsy!", or even mentioning that he met ["a crazy old man in a blue box".] However, since the series is devoid of most third/fourth party franchises, this seems unlikely unless confirmed in future sequels.
* Dragon has become a fairly popular character to use on Akinator.com, with over 700 correct guesses.