Winter

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"She's here somewhere, I know it. I know HER. She wouldn't have let that blizzard get the best of her."

"Well, Winter, I didn't know her, but going off the way you talk about her, I believe you. I think we've come to the right place too, dragons always end up here, trying to find new homes. We'll find her."
Rallox tried to look calm, but he had seen firsthand what happens to dragons here. The auction house was an unforgiving and ruthless place, and time wasn't on their side.

Winter led Rallox to a large building, titled "Ice Flight Refugees". Inside the building smelled awful, like rotting food and mildew. Winter didn't care. He walked up to the desk at the front and told the dragon behind it who he was looking for.

The gruff snapper replied, "Yeah, I seen 'er. Was bought just last week, yeah?"

"BOUGHT?!" Winter snapped, "She's a DRAGON, not a SLAVE! Why would you SAY that?!"
Amused, the snapper continued on, ignoring Winter's outrage.

"In any case, you'll 'ave trouble findin' her now, was sent off to live somewhere with a light clan. Said they were from the Mirrorlight Promenade. Y'ought to get flyin'. NOW."

Winter didn't miss a beat. He hissed under his breath at the snapper, then practically dragged Rallox out of the building. The two flew for days, occasionally stopping to eat. By the time they made it to the light domain, six days had passed. They stopped by a small clan and asked for directions, then continued on their way.

Some time later, Winter and Rallox made camp for the night. After a long conversation, the first in a while, the two fell asleep.
The next morning, Winter seemed different.
"Hey... Rallox? I-I know this sounds strange, but I had a nightmare last night that made me think. If she really is called to serve the Lightweaver, I'll have no family left. The only dragon left to care about is you. What would I do?"
Winter quickly wiped away a tear, hoping Rallox wouldn't notice.
"I'm so, so worried. I missed her before, but I can't STAND the thought of her just being GONE."

new stuff
(Basically they found out she was exalted and Rallox got himself exalted to go find her and bring her back)
Winter lives in a small hut away from the rest of the clan. He's lived with the clan for many years, but hasn't ever grown attached to any of them. Not since Rallox left. He gets along more with Eyvindur and his group, as they don't really care who he is as long as he helps keep their garden healthy. He likes the mindless work they give to him.

But sometimes mindless work lets you think too much. Winter blames himself for everything that happened, and no matter how much Yuichiro tries to convince him to let go of his past, the loneliness and sorrow Winter feels overrides all of Yuichiro's words. Yuichiro is convinced that if Winter would open his heart to another dragon, it would help him find meaning and happiness again, but Winter thinks that forgetting would be a betrayal.

He travels with Shiverthorn to the Southern Icefields occasionally to hunt, look for treasure, trade, and explore. The two are somewhat competitive, though Shiverthorn wins most often. Winter feels closer to Shiverthorn than anyone else, but doesn't consider her a close friend. She reminds him too much of his sister for him to think much of anything else around her.