'Freedom', originally named 'Lizard' by Cottonmouth, was a female
Dragons|dragonet of an unknown tribe who was introduced in The Flames of
Hope. She made up half of the consciousness of the othermind, along with
Cottonmouth.

## Description

Freedom had brittle shiny orange and green scales, and two green wings
that curved like leaves. The shape of her eyes were reminiscent of a
RainWing's, specifically Glory's, and they were covered by a white film,
overlaid by a shimmer of mossy green. She was smaller than Dusky,
despite his tiny size. She had bright white little teeth. There was a
plant growing through her head, emerging from the top of her skull
before continuing into Cottonmouth's in the physical world. She
resembled a combination of several tribes, and had a high, clear voice.

## Personality

Freedom was entitled, loud, and fierce, having lived a short life in
which she never experienced feelings like compassion and affection. She
believed that her life was the worst, so she had no reason to feel bad
for anyone else, since they should all be feeling bad for her. She
thought that she was most like Snowfall out of all the dragons she saw
in the memories that she saw. She got mad easily and hated Cottonmouth
completely. She believed that dragons could never feel love or love
others, coldly regarding them as "reptiles”. She was easily disgusted by
shows of affection, like hugging, and wanted to be big and scary like
the dragons she had seen in Cottonmouth's memories, believing they are
"true dragons". However, she changed after Luna introduced her to the
concept of friendship and love, eventually allowing Luna to end her life
in order to save the world.

## Biography

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Pre-Series
Cottonmouth had his
subordinates steal Freedom's egg as a part of his experiments to try and
tame dragons. This had unfortunately led to the fall of his empire as
the mothers of the dragon eggs he had stolen retaliated by burning down
the human cities, an event that would later be called the Scorching.
Cottonmouth and some of his followers managed to survive and escape the
burning city, bringing along with them Freedom's egg. Cottonmouth,
during his time in the abyss, did many tests to figure out how to
control dragons. He found moderate success with a genetically modified
plant that later became known as the "breath of evil" and decided to
test it on Freedom. However, this backfired when the plant took over him
and Freedom, trapping them in the mindspace.

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

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The Flames of Hope
Freedom first
appeared as Luna was traveling through her, Cottonmouth, and various
humans' memories to tell their story in the mindspace. After Dusky
attempted to explain that her name was Lizard, she stated she could
speak for herself and that she hated experiencing the same thing for
thousands of years. She then asked Luna and Dusky for their memories,
and became frustrated when they refuse. Freedom accused Cottonmouth for
being the reason they were trapped with the plant. She then showed Luna
and Dusky the mindspace.

As they watched Tsunami, Pineapple, and Qibli in Queen Wasp's throne
room, Luna convinced Freedom to intervene in exchange for Luna's
memories. Freedom took over Malachite and allowed the group to escape by
using a sword and cutting the vines.

After watching Dusky and Luna's memories and pronouncing them boring and
not understanding why Luna would care so much about Blue, she brought
Pineapple into the mindspace. Luna convinced her to free Luna and Dusky
from the vines that Freedom controlled, in exchange for Pineapple's
memories, which she also declares not to her taste. She was surprised
when Moonwatcher|Moon appeared in the mindspace. After watching the
various memories transferred to her through Moon, she stated that she
hated all of it, because nobody was like her. Luna explained that every
dragon is different, and Freedom eventually told her how to stop the
othermind; to cut the vine running through her and Cottonmouth's heads.
She then told Dusky to distract her, saying she didn't want to think
about Luna cutting the vine.

When Cottonmouth told Freedom to focus, she complained and stuck her
tongue at him. When Luna requested, she showed her and Dusky Cicada
Hive. Freedom watched and commentated on the following battle near
Scorpion Lake.

When Luna cut the vine between Freedom and Cottonmouth, Freedom
expressed confusion then frustration when Luna explained why she had cut
the vine between Freedom and Cottonmouth and not under Freedom. She
shouted that she did not want to spend the rest of eternity fighting the
plant as it tried to use her leafspeak. When Luna and Dusky prepared to
cut the vine, Dusky suggested giving her a new name instead of "Lizard"
as Cottonmouth had named her. Freedom hesitantly agreed and asked to be
called Freedom. Right before the vine was cut, she awkwardly thanked
Dusky and Luna for the "squishy, ridiculous, cuddle-monster" memories,
saying they may not have been so bad and that if she had had a real
life, Dusky and Luna would be OK in it.

Freedom was mentioned in the epilogue when Cricket and Luna were talking
about recording history.

## Relationships

### Cottonmouth

Freedom hated Cottonmouth for killing her before she lived a normal
dragon life. Meanwhile, Cottonmouth found her annoying and inferior. It
was said that Cottonmouth convinced her that all dragons are vicious,
and that they do not have feelings resulting in her, at first, believing
Luna's and Dusky's memories to not be as vicious and cold as they were
from a different tribe. She found his story boring. Cottonmouth also
gave her the name 'Lizard'. They did not like each other, however, they
were bound to each other for as long as they lived, working together to
control the breath of evil. They knew that they needed each other to
continue 'living', but they did not tolerate the other much. Freedom
greatly enjoyed watching him die, and thanked Luna for giving her the
privilege to see it before her own demise.

### Dusky

Freedom considered Dusky a friend. She absorbed his memories and claimed
to find them boring. Dusky also gave her a hug, which she called
'stupid,' although she seemed to secretly appreciate it. She played with
him in the othermind's mindspace, drawing in the dirt and wrestling, and
took his suggestion to adopt a new name before her second, final death.

### Luna

Luna was kind to Freedom and she felt bad for her terrible life. Luna
told her that she would give over her memories in exchange for helping
her friends. In one of Luna's memories, Freedom did not understand why
Luna did not just abandon Blue and run away. Luna responded that she
loved him, which Freedom detested. Luna then got the idea to show
Freedom memories of dragons from different tribes. Freedom still called
them bland, and said she was nothing like any of them. Luna then
compared her to all of them, showing her that they all had bits and
pieces that were similar to her. This showed Freedom sympathy and
compassion. She decided that if she did have a life outside the
Othermind, it would be okay if Luna and Dusky were in it. This
influenced her to instruct Luna to cut the plant, saving dragonkind, and
killing her and Cottonmouth in the process.

## Quotes

Because I want them! And I am the most miserable dragon who
ever lived, and then died, and then had to half-live, half-be-dead
forever all stuck together with a hateful human and a desperate weed, so
I should get to have anything I want! Give them!
to Luna and
Dusky, about why she should take Dusky's memories
The Flames of
Hope
178

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What's really not fair is the biggest difference between me and
those dragons, [...] They all had someone who loved them. No one ever
loved me! Not that I care; I don't care, I don't care. But that's the
unfair part, actually.
The Flames of Hope
288

to Luna, about the memories the rest of the stealth team gave her

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If you cut the vine that's growing through our heads, [...] the
plant will be a normal plant again, and we'll be gone.
to Luna,
about destroying the othermind, killing her and Cottonmouth in the
process
The Flames of Hope
289

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Do you think... would Freedom be a weird name for a dragon?

to Luna and Dusky, about getting a new name
The
Flames of Hope
307

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And thank you for all your squishy, ridiculous cuddlemonster
memories, [...] I guess maybe they weren't so bad. If I had a real
life, it would be maybe OK if you two were in it.
to Luna and
Dusky, about receiving their memories
The Flames of Hope

308