Penelle

Penelle is from Vorin and Mellinus's second clutch. Originally a guardian, Penelle spent much of her childhood following and playing with her elder Fae sister, Fausta. As the only two siblings of Mellinus and Vorin that still lived with the clan, the two of them grew close very quickly. When she reached her teen years, her Search did not take long; she found her Charge in her sister.

Her first mate was a strong but arrogant Guardian male named Tobias. The dragons she produced with him were given a higher purpose, all serving a diety (mostly the Arcanist). After Tobias made the decision to join the Arcanist as well, Penelle had two brief affairs with two very different Tundras: Aixen, shy and protective, and the smart and brazen Marco. Neither of these two affairs lasted long, and both eventually went off to serve the Arcanist.

When Bonito joined the clan, Penelle didn't pay him much mind. She couldn't understand him very well, so she first missed out on his cleverness and wit. As the coatl matured, however, she began to appreciate his humor and strength. In time, she began to long to be a coatl, to better understand him and become his mate. She had already started to feel a disconnect with being a Guardian; she longed to be a dragon less dependent on the status of their Charge, however strongly she felt about Fausta.

It was then that Penelle undertook a journey to discover how to change her species. Bonito helped to guide her through the treacherous Plague wastelands, and together they made their way to The Spiral Keep without must difficutly. Penelle was under the mistaken impression that she could find someone to change her at the Spiral Keep, rather than just to see what she would look like as a coatl. After she saw what she would look like as a coatl, she became even more determined to change her species, and through persistence and determination she eventually found out her best bet was to travel to the Emberglow Hearth, the birthplace of the coatls. It was there she was finally able to find someone with the knowledge to fulfill her request, and she came back triumphant and proud, Bonito at her side.

Now Penelle spends her days talking and joking around with Bonito, as well as tending to her daughter Tlazohtla and her sister. Despite no longer being a Guardian, she still feels a strong, deep connection to Fausta. Together, the four of them spend nights watching the starry sky through the trees of the Starwood Strand; Penelle has retained her ability to speak to her sister in a way she can understand, and she translates everything Bonito says for Fausta, as well as her father, Mellinus.