Datura

the veiled princess

Tribe: Sandwing

Age (in human years): 18

Abilities: usual Sandwing abilities

What's the worst thing that could happen to a Sandwing, a creature that spends all its life in a scorching desert? Being born with a condition that makes spending any time in the sunlight literal hell, of course! When princess Datura hatched, rumors about possible Icewing heritage spread quickly amongst the commoners. After all, why else would a Sandwing be born with these weird, milky white scales? Queen Taipan stamped out these rumors herself by decorating the palace with their chopped off heads.

It was very obvious that the young princess wasn't ordinary, even after shutting down the hybrid rumours. She didn't have the shiny black eyes that allowed normal Sandwings to see even in harsh sunlight, instead her eyes were a pale red color, always squinting and peering around as if she couldn't even see properly. Her first hatching day gift was a pair of the darkest glasses in the kingdom. Going outside in general was always a problem for Datura, because the harsh desert sun quickly caused painful burns and blisters on her sensitive skin. She was quickly fitted a full-body veil and Queen Taipan ordered her healers to mix creams and ointments to protect her daughter's skin from the sun. She loved her daughter, of course she did, but when her little sister Sidewinder hatched – a normal, healthy Sandwing with pitch black eyes and a temper as hot as the desert itself – it was no secret which one of her daughters was expected to follow in her footsteps.