Cleverly

Born to parents who are fierce fighters in the Coliseum, Cleverly feels no fear in the face of the unknown, nor does she back down when confronted with injustice. That was how she ended up meeting Lutos and bringing him back to the lair. (Surely, when her father had long ago advised her to follow her heart, a shardflanked shadow gaoler hadn't been what he'd meant. But Cleverly's mother took it in stride.)

Slowly but surely, Cleverly's playful antics are bringing Lutos out of his shell. (It took a while to convince him to go for long runs on the steppes, but he seems to enjoy it. And it has the added bonus of scaring the bejeebers out of wandering hatchlings when they glimpse a big, fast, shardflanked blurr racing past!) Yup, it's all turned out pretty good. But of course it would. Her name is Cleverly, after all -- she always finds a way to make the improbable possible.