Seaglass - Character Ref

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this has been a long, LONG time in the making. everytime i sat down to draw, however... Name: Seaglass Gender + Pronouns + Sexuality: Demiboy, he/they, gay Tribe(s): Sea/Ice (25%, 75%) Age: 9 Role: Traveller (outside tribes) Personality: Stubborn and reserved. They try to shut themselves off from other dragons as much as possible, preferring to stay with the dragons he knows best. They are rather scared inside, which they try to bury under a layer of unfriendliness. Backstory: As a young dragonet at age 3, Seaglass was one of the dragons evicted from their homes in the Ice Kingdom due to the IceWing Hybrid Relocation Decree. (Unrelated tangent- among these dragons were two other fun little OCs, Lupine and Beluga.) They and their parents, Sleet the IceWing and Leopard Seal the Ice-Sea hybrid, left the kingdom. They found themselves a home on the outskirts of the Sea Kingdom, hiding in exile in the Bay of Scales. They lived in an abandoned shipwreck. Leopard grew annoyed by this location, arguing with Sleet. She wanted to find out and live in the Sea Kingdom. Sleet argued that the Sea Kingdom had denied them entry before, and wasn't about to let them in now. One day, an overly aggressive general by the name Pufferfish found them, and in self defense, Sleet injured him. After Pufferfish returned to the kingdom, Queen Oyster decreed that the family were outlaws. A year passed without issue, when a party attacked the family. Leopard Seal had brokered a deal with the queen, that if she got Seaglass and Sleet killed, she would be able to return to the Sea Kingdom. Sleet was killed, and Seaglass was terribly wounded in his right eye. Half-blinded, he flew across the ocean. Eventually, he found refuge in a cave on a faraway island. He passed out due to exhaustion and blood loss. In that cave lived Conch, a SeaWing animus who ran away due to pressure from her powers. She took pity on the dragonet, tending his wounds and raising him until he was 5. She gave Seaglass two animus-touched gifts: an eyepatch to hide his scar, and a ship that could fold into a sea glass bracelet, under the promise that he would keep her company for the rest of her life. Grateful to her, he departed to find his own life on the ocean. The queen's hunt for him ended when he saved her dragonet from a tiger shark. He lives alone, returning every full moon to visit Conch and fulfill his promise, and every new moon to Sleet's grave. Family: Sleet, Leopard Seal, Whitetip (half-sister on Leopard Seal's side) Cool fun facts about the art: I forgot to give him ears. Whoops. He doesn't actually have cat paws, I was just too lazy to draw actual talons. I was going to draw a bust, like I usually do, but motivation started existing for once, so that's fun. This design is very, very different to his original one. I quite like this one, actually.