Toad
Overview
| Toad | |
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 A bust of Toad meant to imitate Joy Ang's art style, as drawn by Toad/snugglycactus. | |
| Created by | snugglycactus |
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| Alias | The Frog Prince (a childhood nickname, often found in tabloids printed around the 8110s.) |
| Tribe | MudWing |
| Gender | Nonbinary |
| Occupation | Former soldier, heir apparent |
| Affiliation | The Mud Kingdom |
| Relatives | Polliwog, Natterjack, Kaloula, Banded, and Firebelly (siblings, alive)
Ex-Queen Bulrush (mother, alive) King Warthog (uncle, deceased) Unnamed uncles and aunts, deceased. |
| Year of hatching | 8109 |
| Place of Hatching | Royal MudWing Hatchery |
Toad is the current heir apparent of the MudWings, having held an heir position since late 8123 [21st of December, 2023]. Despite being beloved within the Mud Kingdom for their philanthropic efforts and campaigns against dragon rights violations, they are often perceived as naive and uncivilized elsewhere.
Description
Toad is a tall yet slightly thin bigwings, with a round nose-bridge and a "general squishy appearance". Their posture is poor, often causing them to appear slightly shorter than they are, yet they stand a head above the average MudWing at full height. Their voice croaks with vocal fry, but is generally soft and melodic. Toad has fire-resistant olive-green scales, often seen spattered with mud and clay. The plates along their back are a sandy brown, with spines and ridges sporting a dull mahogany hue. Their underbelly, paler than most, is a very dull shade of yellow-white due to a minor pigment deficiency. Their eyes are bright gold, and they sport both a gold-copper alloy septum piercing and one hoop earring, of the same metal, on their left ear.
Personality
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Bold, enthusiastic, and talkative when they're "in their element", Toad is generally the antithesis of what a prince is supposed to act like.
Biography
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Toad was hatched from a blood-red egg in the Royal MudWing Hatchery on June 8th, 8109 A.S. during the reign of their mother, Queen Bulrush, as the bigwings of her only clutch of six eggs. The troop was named by palace staff the day after, with the bigwings being named Toad, after the classification of frogs as a whole, and their siblings being named after species within that group.
Toad, along with their siblings, was educated within the Mud Palace by famed royal tutor, Waterwort. They reportedly excelled in their education, receiving high grades and often being cited as "stereotype breakers". According to a scroll printed in 8114 A.S., Toad's best subject was grammar; however, the same scroll noted that they "would still need a scribe during their reign, due to their barbaric talonwriting."
Queen Bulrush stepped down from royalty shortly after Toad and their sibs turned six, passing the throne to her most trusted general, Glade, as her own heirs were too young to rule a kingdom. The troop disappeared from the public eye for a bit less than a decade, completing their dragonethood and building a small bunkhouse outside of the now Cherry Stronghold.
Upon the death of their estranged maternal great-uncle, Toad received an inheritance large enough to comfortably support their sibs while they applied for a position in the succession line of the Mud Kingdom. This attempt was successful, marking Toad's return to official aristocracy after seven years of relative peace.
Quotes
- "I like feasts." - to the MudWing Nobility during a tea party.
- "Who gave you the authority to decide whether she lives or dies?" - To Sovereign Postman, just before Hairstreak's execution.
- "On it, boss." - To Queen Pariah, during the aftermath of Hairstreak's execution.
- "She didn't know? Oh, a murderer getting yelled at by their mommy is ostensibly the funniest thing that's ever happened here." - a conversation on the Royalty Stones, about Sovereign Postman.
- "Everything's still blue." - Leopard's Trial, shortly after passing out.
- "It's technically corruption, but it's for a good cause." - to Cranberry, during a conversation in the Palace.
Trivia
- Toad originated in early 2020, as a MudWing-SandWing hybrid.
- One of Toad's sibs is played by snugglycactus's actual sibling.
- Toad generally refuses to refer to dragons with honorifics, due to distaste bred from being hatched and raised as royalty.
