Aquila

- both sides of his family tree are notorious pirates on the Sea, of the type that once ruled the open sea, harassing merchant convoys and taking what they willed
- though the tidelord was dead by the time he was born, and the fire merchant-lords could throw as many privateers into the sea as they wished, to defend their trade, and the 'good old days' were vanished before he could even see them
- he himself was born in while the ship was in port in one of those small hide-away towns along the coast of the expanse, ramshackle things that disappear with the wind before they're even named
- never had a one-on-one relationship with his parents, since half the crew was made up of their kids and they would be replaced by new ones as they grew up and left

- the sea was still falling apart when he was young, and while some larger clans held out in hopes of the tidelord returning, many smaller clans were dispersing or being taken over by other flights predating on the situation, and every trip into port gave worse news
- grew disenchanted with the lifestyle and left his parent's ship, living a quiet life as could be had among those who rejected the stormcatcher's rule in the expanse
- it was a modest, hard lifestyle that could easily turn to desperateness and cruelty, so he shunned most dragon's company. refused to be drawn into rogue clans
- occasionally worked small jobs, but mostly lived out in the wilds alone

- met devianne the first time as she was herding a small herd of feral orphiotaurus out of the waste, and was threatened by her as she thought he was a scout for a bunch of raiders
- he was not
- she did allow him to hang around (so she could keep an eye on him) and they did bond a little over the few weeks it took to find buyers for all of the orphiotaurus

- they went their separate ways, but there are so few towns and roads along the coast that they did meet fairly often
- and also he doesn't know a lot of dragons so he obviously thought about her a lot
- they began traveling together, as she was a loner but appreciated having someone to watch her back

- eventually, devianne got into a rash of trouble and couldn't show her face in these parts anymore
- and aquila offered to travel with her if she left the region
- so they dipped and went to the icelands

- life was not easier at all because a) its cold and b) all land in the icelands was split up between nobles, and they had groundskeepers to watch their orchards and count their stock
- but at least the icewarden trying to freeze everyone to death out of incompetence was a lot better then the stormcatcher throwing lightning at everyone out of malice

- lived in the foothills of the cloudscrape


- had four nests total
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- aquila was found and captured while out foraging, and taken away. devianne could not go after him because both the kids were really young and it was the middle of winter
- he is taken to a port-town and sentenced to the oars for his crime of poaching



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- they were all separated


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