Avalyn the Determined

> "Look! A squawky!"
>
> - Avalyn, looking at a chicken

**Avalyn** is a new and recurring active character in the Manacraft-SMP. They are 22 years of age and lives in a cave not far from Sun City. She was exiled from her homeland, the Dragonlands, around 5 months ago.

## History

**Official Backstory**

Centuries ago, the Dragonlands, Island of Dragons, were in chaos. There were no laws to uphold, dragons fought with each other, plundered each other’s caves and burnt down everything. One day, a dragon saw this chaos and thought it was time to change their ways. He forced laws onto these chaotic beasts and became their King. His descendants have ruled the realm ever since. They were just rulers, if you went against the law you would be sent to the dungeons for a period of time or forced to give the King or Queen some of your hoard. Banishing was the harshest punishment, and only used when someone would start a war. Centuries later, his descendant, Azionerth, became the Queen of the dragons. Azionerth did not have any children, but her sister Zondylith did. Zondylith had two daughters named Avalyn, the older one, and Yrmossyl, the younger one. As the oldest child of the current royal family and descendant to the First King, she was the heir to the throne. The Island of Dragons was peaceful. But 20 years ago, Queen Azionerth made a mistake. She banished her closest friend, Argyd, for war crimes and treason. Her punishment was just and fair. He was suggesting a war between dragons, something that would only end in pain. When the punishment was given, Argyd swore he’d come back and get revenge on his now former friend. And come back he did. Argyd overthrew Queen Azionerth and took the throne. He either killed, banished or put the dragons still loyal to the Queen in the dungeons. As the niece of Queen Azionerth and true heir to the throne, Avalyn was banished by ”King” Argyd to the realm of Manacraft and turned mostly humanoid. Now she spends her days trying to regain her power and turn back into the dragon she used to be.

**Early History**

Avalyn's family has ruled the Dragonlands for centuries. Her aunt, Azionerth, being the ruling monarch during most of Avalyn's life. Since her aunt did not have any children, Avalyn became the Crown Princess. Being the oldest child, a lot was expected from her. They were taught Ancient Draconic as well as the "human" tongue, which was a bit hard for them. Obviously, she also had to know all of the laws and punishments for breaking the laws. They exelled at the history of their realm and ancestors.

**Arriving in Manacraft**

When Avalyn first came to the world of Manacraft, she was confused. She had never seen a lot of grass or trees, at least not anything that is green. Everything was new to them. The creatures and the plants were nothing like the ones in the Dragonlands. They did not know any of the names of these creatures, so they nicknamed them as time went on.

One of the first creatures Avalyn met was a chicken. Not knowing that this chicken could not speak, or that it was called a chicken, she decided to try to communicate with it. She asked it questions like "Where am I?" and "Are you a human?". It only responded to her in squawks. She went on to call it a "squawky".

She met a chicken, right? Avalyn doesn’t know anything about where she is and she sees this thing she has never seen before in her life (can’t imagine there’s a lot of chickens in the Dragonlands). Avalyn walks up to it and starts asking questions about everything (while also realizing she’s a bit rusty on her human/english since she’s used to speaking draconic or smth). When it only responds in squawks, she’s confused, worried she said something wrong, and continues asking questions, while the chicken continues to answer in squawks. In the end, she gets frustrated and (accidentally) kills the poor bird. She now cries every time she sees a chicken.

## Appearance

Thanks to her banishment, Avalyn looks mostly human, she’s got small white horns and a pink dragon tail. The tail has little spikes on it as well as the hoodie she wears. She’s 166 cm in human form. They have long and pointy ears, like elf ears. Their ears are also pierced. Her eyes are the same as in her dragon form and they are pale yellow. She's got a few pink scales on her body in different places. The scales vary in shades.

She wears medium-sized golden earrings and does in fact have more golden jewelry on them. Her oversized pink hoodie is supposed to represent most of her scale color in her true form. They wear an orange dress that goes down to around their knees. Over their dress, they wear a light orange corset with a pink lace holding it together. She also has pink knee-high socks on her, one of them quite a bit lower from where the other one is. Her shoes are white sneakers with two pink stripes on the side of them.

## Behavior

She’s usually grumpy and serious, but she can be laid back. Usually prefers to stay alone in her cave, but if you bring some valuables, like gold and gems, she’ll welcome you in. Despite being grumpy and staying in her cave for the most part, she is a curious dragon. She barely knew what she was when she first got banished, and she knows practically nothing about the world of Manacraft. Most creatures and vegetation are new to her since the Dragonlands are mostly mountains and filled with dragons. The few times she does leave her cave, she’s usually cautious and stays hidden. Sometimes she gives nicknames to the different species and people she sees since she doesn’t know what they are or what they’re called.

## Relationships

**Hermit** - Father-Daughter relationship. Avalyn first met Hermit when he was passed out. She ate one of his cigarettes and stole his gold jewelry.

**Snow** - Sibling relationship.

**Irém** - Sibling relationship.

**Theodore** - Sibling relationship.

**Carlos** - Romantic partner. Carlos is an enderman that Avalyn met when he teleported into her cave. That day he had lost his monacle and, since he's blind without it, he walked into several walls. This concerned Avalyn so they went to help them. After that, Carlos went to their cave more and they became good friends.

**Blue** - Pet bird. Blue is an hyacinth macaw Avalyn found and befriended. She thought that Blue was a feathered Wyvern, another dragon, and tried to speak to them. Since Blue mimicked her and squawked instead of speaking, Avalyn suspected it was either an accent or a foreign language that she doesn't know. Somehow, they ended up taming Blue and taking them with her back to her cave. As of this moment, Blue is not with Avalyn anymore and has gone out on their own.

**Pinkie** - Pet dog. Avalyn found Pinkie while walking through the forest, Pinkie was all alone. When they found her, her leg had been cut and she simply had a collar that said "Pinkie" on it. Avalyn did not know what this creature was, but she took Pinkie in and helped her the best they could. Pinkie didn't trust them at first, but after their help, she started trusting her more and more. Now Pinkie is loyal to Avalyn, but it's still taking some time for her to trust them completely.

**Zondylith** - Mother. Zondylith is a very caring mother to both of her daughters, Avalyn and Yrmossyl. As a single parent, she's tried her best to raise her young daughters with the help of her sister and sister-in-law.

**Yrmossyl** - Younger sister. Despite Avalyn being the heir to the throne, her and Yrmossyl had a very close relationship before Argyd's coup. Being the older one of the two, Avalyn is quite protective of her younger sister. Since being exiled, Avalyn couldn't be more worried for her family, especially her younger sister.

**Her Father** - Absentee father. He was there for the first 2 years of her life, then he disappeared right before Avalyn's little sister, Yrmossyl, hatched. For what Avalyn knows, he loved them before he left. She barely remembers him, if at all.

**Azionerth** - Aunt and Mentor. Azionerth was the one to teach Avalyn all that they know to become the next Queen. Everything Avalyn knows comes from her. Avalyn shows great respect towards her aunt, being their elder as well as Queen.

**Zidol** - Aunt-in-law. Azionerth's lover.

**Argyd** - Argyd overthrew their aunt and took over the throne of the Dragonlands. He banished her to the world of Manacraft and turned her mostly human. Avalyn will make him pay for what he's done. She believes she's never met this dragon in her life, however something about him seems a bit familiar...

## Trivia

* Avalyn makes nicknames for everything she sees, until they find out the actual name of it. There's still a big chance she will call something by the nickname they've given it. Most of these nicknames are based on appearance and/or the sound they make.
	+ A chicken would be called a "squawky".
	+ "Spotted mooer" is a cow.
	+ A sheep would be a "cloud with legs".
	+ A goat is a "flat cloud with legs and horns".
	+ Birds are "feathered wyverns with beaks".
	+ A frog is called a "slimy green blob".
	+ Bunnies have a few different names, such as "fluff hoppers", "cloud hoppers" and simply "hoppers".
	+ Their nickname for wolves is "angry growling woofs" and for dogs, it is "calm woofs". For foxes, it's "ginger woofs".
	+ Avalyn refers to bats as "flappers", "flying woofs", "weird small wyverns" and "squeakers".
	+ Zombies are "groaners" or "groany boys".
	+ Creepers are "hissing explosive boom, boom, boom boys".
	+ "Tall men" means Endermen.
* Avalyn also has many nicknames for their friends, family and acquaintances.
* Avalyn is queer.
* Sometimes, Avalyn speaks in draconic, either because they don't know what it is in the common language or because she talks to herself and may not want someone to know what.
	+ She has a few pet names for Carlos in draconic. Some of those are:
		- Erisk - My star
		- Irthiski - Little secret, Baby
		- Erkethend - My gem
		- Noachi - Little treasure, My dear