Albiero II

## Albireo II

base by Joy Ang, coloring by Rottie#4609

Albireo II is an adult Nightwing.

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## Personality

Albireo is fairly quiet. He tends to stick to himself, and in situations that require socialization, he’s notably awkward. He generally doesn’t have many opinions on things, but the opinions he does have are passionately held. Albireo is very suspicious of those around him and is notoriously cynical. He withholds information for what seems to be no reason, and he’s very reactive.

Albireo doesn’t trust very many dragons. He generally assumes that those around him are in, some capacity, against him. That being said, he is capable of trusting some folks. For Albireo, trust doesn’t equate liking somebody. He despises Athebyne, but he trusts her to remain faithful to her word a majority of the time. He may like somebody, but that doesn’t mean he trusts them.

## Backstory

Albireo is the middle child of 5 siblings. He had a twin brother named Nushagak, a younger brother named Montuno, and two older sisters named Meissa and Athebyne. He was always very close with Nushagak, and even though they were both princes, they always got into trouble.

Albireo’s father, Prince Consort Dingolay, was always very distant from the family. He was very close with Princess Meissa, though, and they functioned as a unit. Albireo’s mother, Queen Ceibo, was always very loving and attentive towards her children.

Montuno, the youngest Prince, was a young genius. Everybody expected him to take the throne as soon as he came of age. Five days after he was named the most likely heir in the Royal Newspaper, he died. Somebody had poisoned his food, and nobody knew who. Nushagak immediately began to become protective over his siblings and suspected anybody who wasn’t one of the royals of murder.

Meissa and Dingolay got into an arguement, and 5 days later, Dingolay was poisoned. Nushagak suspected Meissa of murdering Montuno and he began to collect evidence. Albireo came to suspect that Athebyne knew who was killing everybody but wasn’t saying anything.

Nushagak confronted Meissa, and they got into a fight. Athebyne had watched them fight and didn’t attempt to break them up. Albireo came after Nushagak was already fatally wounded, and immediately pinned the blame for his brother’s injury on Athebyne.

Nushagak was put in prison for attacking a Princess and was stripped of rank. He died of his wounds not long after. Albireo, enraged, attacked Meissa. Again, Athebyne didn’t stop them, just stood by and watched. Albireo killed Meissa after a brutal fight.

He presented the evidence that Meissa was poisoning people to his mother, and while he wasn’t put in prison, he was stripped of rank and exiled from the Night Kingdom. Once more, Athebyne just stood by as his entire life was uprooted.

Albireo fled to the Rain Kingdom and changed his name to Regulus. He worked odd jobs in order to make money and made sure to stay out of the way of those around him. Stricken by grief, he became a shell of himself and was paranoid that somebody was going to come and finish Meissa’s job.

Eventually, after a period of recovery, he heard that Athebyne had killed his mother and became Queen. His exile had been removed. Albireo didn’t want to move into the Night Kingdom entirely, but he felt as if he should remain close to his home. While he still hated Athebyne’s guts, he trusted that she would allow him to live in peace.

Albireo opened up the Venant Forge at the Sand/Night border and switched back to using his birth name. He had matured since his exile and while he still looked similar to how he looked when he left, he wasn’t exactly the same. Many dragons asked if he was the former prince, and he never confirmed nor denied anything.