This is Viridia. Yeah, uncreative name is uncreative. >.-.>

She was inspired by the Dragon Champion books. If there's anyone who has not read these books, I reccommend them. I thoroughly enjoyed the last three I read. :) I'll eventually get to the fourth book. There needs to be more books like this one, being able to see the world though dragons' eyes... Or maybe books through other creatures' eyes, like gryphons, or...some other things....yeah.
I find it interesting that all the female dragons are green, while the males are every other colour. At first I used to balk at the idea of females only being green while all the males get the pretty shiny colours. Now it doesn't bother me. In fact, it makes me look at old medieval drawings (and some fantasy book covers) in a different light. :P You ever see a picture of a knight fighting a green dragon? How do you know that it might be a female dragon protecting her precious eggs/hatchlings? ;)

Anyways, this is Viridia. She will be representing my dark, depressive and submissive side. (Just like how Derkesthai represents my dominant, angry, stubborn side)
Even though StarSeeker is my main persona who holds all these certain emotions, both positive and negative, I wanted to make seperate characters for certain emotions I have. I probably should've mentioned that when I first made Derkesthai (which, btw, I need to redraw the ol' boy..).

She has a little bit of a past. Her family was raised with humans. She doesn't know her parents, but does know her siblings. She has two other sisters and her Champion brother. Her sisters were very pretty (at least to her). The older one had scales that looked like oversized emeralds, and her eyes as bright as the gold she would eat. Her younger sister was lighter shade of green, like a bright green apple. A slight yellowish tint, but this didn't make her unattractive. Their brother was a strong fellow (he'd have to, otherwise he would've been eaten by his brothers), with predominately deep blue scales, hinted a slight sheen of purple. Because of his dark colour his eyes were very bright, almost brass in colour. He is kind and protective of his sisters, but he knows where his duties lie when it comes to his superiors.

Then there's Viridia. She came out different (*sniff sniff* Do I smell a Mary-Sue? lol, I dunno :P). She does not consider herself as beautiful as her sisters, and rightly so. Her scales are very dull and dark (not at all matching her name, which came from the colour viridian), and her eyes a dull jasmine yellow. It doesn't matter how much gold, silver and other metals her human care-takers give her, her scales will continue to be a murky green colour. While she may have some brighter green tints in other places, her scales will continue to look as if she were constantly swimming in a swamp. Some question if she's really a fire-breathing crocodile with wings...

While her siblings don't look at her any differently, others do. She's heard comments that her neck is blunt and short, her tail equally so. That she is also small for her age, that she shouldn't have sprouted her wings so early, that maybe she forced them out. That she so cow-like anyone can bend her against whatever will she has left. This has led to a lot of harrassment, as well as psychological (and some physical) abuse. Because of this, she has become very insecure, and eventually very depressed and submissive.
She has no mate or family of her very own, mostly because of her unattractive colour and pitiful state.

Despite all this, she has narrow wings which are perfect for diving and flying at very fast speeds. That is, if she builds enough willpower to fly. Her brother discovered that she is very intelligent (more intelligent than her sisters, who think it more important to clean their scales, gossip, and flirt with the males), and has taught her a few combat tricks, specifically how to fight with a long spear and stealth (which she'd be good at in a forest with her drab colours). When traveling instead of fighting, she's used like a packhorse.
It seems that combat gets her a little out of her shell (because she noticed her colours go from being an eyesore to useful), but like mentioned earlier, she can have her will bent very easily. She doesn't think for herself very much, nor does she seem to care that much. The neck strap/leash has been on her since she was a wingless hatchling. It's like a security blanket for her, and she refuses to take it off, except if a human needs to replace it or clean it.

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Augh, I hope some of you can see that she has some brown in her scales, noteably the smaller scales lining the belly plates. It seems the scanner didn't pick it up that well.
And please excuse the craptacular and questionable "background." I put a picture underneath the paper so any other drawing wouldn't appear on this drawing.
I'm not liking her arms. I probably shouldn't have had them connect to her wings.

Viridia is © to  StarSeekerDragoness. No Stealing!