Backstory: Pixal was born in the skywing kingdom but immediately thrown out by her mother into the scorpion den. She was found by a groups NightWings and taken to the nightwing island, in hopes that they could discover an IceWing weakness. After this failed Morrowseer planned to have her killed. Cyrus took pity on her and chose to hide her, raising her in secret. Her childhood was rough and cruel, unlike the other nightwings, she had no adaptations to eat Carrion and was slowly starving, unable to keep food down. Cyrus mediated this by cooking her food but it didn’t provide enough nutrients and he barely ate enough himself. It’s around this time Pixel developed a serious phobia of maggots. She only survived because Cyrus’ close friend, Quickstrike, brought her food from the mainland. As she got older she got smarter but never quite learned to fight. She learned to hide her identity by covering herself in black paint and wearing a cloak to roam the island unnoticed. She attended some NightWing classes but never made friends, too terrified of being discovered as an IceWing. Quickstrike was something of a mother figure to her and helped teach her basic fighting, and was inspired to have a dragonet of her own. In my AU Cyrus was the dragon Quickstrike chose to be the father, but only because he was her trusted friend, and not as a mate. Deathbringer was raised with her and they were quite close, since he knew she was an IceWing and would never out her. Pixal miraculously survived to young adulthood. But disaster stuck after her and Cyrus learned of Quickstrike’s death. With no allies her and Cyrus escaped the NightWing kingdom and lived on the mainland, where Cyrus worked for various dragons making inventions. Eventually he would work for the ninja where Pixal for the first time in her life, saw another IceWing, Zane.
Goldenrod: Goldenrod is Pixal’s biological mother. A cruel and bloodthirsty Skywing IceWing hybrid. Her bloodlust is strongly contrasted by her beauty, with scales of Snow White and bright golden markings, wings, claws, antlers and eyes. She had many flings with different dragons she found attractive, never expecting to fall pregnant. When she did she immediately hated her daughter, seeing motherhood as a sign of weakness. She threw Pixal into the scorpion den, hoping she would perish. When she is reunited with Pixal she is sure to remind her of how weak and foolish Pixal is compared to her, and is a major villain in the AU
Brumal: Pixal’s Biological father is a minor Nobel coming from a powerful IceWing family. He is quiet, smart, and described as uninteresting. He does as he’s told and does it well. He didn’t know Pixal existed and when they did meet years later he wasn’t cruel to her and did genuinely hope she lived a good life. But unfortunately he showed zero interest in becoming a part of her life. Not seeing her as his real daughter, as he had a family of his own, with 3 sons, Pixal’s half siblings. He gave her advice to not seek for her blood relatives, but instead appreciate her found family. Pixal, having met Goldenrod before this, was glad for his lack of aggression but still deeply saddened, feeling abandoned. (Lucky grandmothers showed up but that’s a story for another day)
Cyrus Borg: THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND. He was a NightWing scientist, raised Pixal, and was a deeply close friend with Quickstrike. He was born with paralyzed hind legs but compensated by tying his wings to them to hold himself up. He is unsteady on his feet and cannot fly, but gets around. He is anxious and eager to please, but also is a massive introvert. He cares deeply for Pixal but kept himself distant from her emotionally for fear she would die from starvation. He is overjoyed that she has found a place with the ninja and supports her relationship with Zane. He works closely with the ninja to help them in their battles as best he can, and would give his life any day to protect Pixal. He doesn’t call himself her father but secretly considers himself as such. Him and Pixal bond over their past trauma and love of food (lol). He ALWAYS has a snack on him. Absolutely always. He has intense food anxiety along with Pixal, both of them are very hesitant to share food, which is uncommon in dragons. Zane is very understanding and corrects the other ninja when they get upset when Pixal or Cyrus refuse to share their meal. Him and Pixal also perpetually look thin and malnourished, even when eating properly due to how long they were starving for so long