Jelicii

Glade was a shaman in her old clan, talented and clever, but underappreciated due to her relatively pacifistic ideals (spoke out against her birth clan's aggressiveness - actively attacked other flights, smaller nature clans, and beastclan settlements for dominance / territory and resources)

Eventually she had enough and left, becoming traveling the viridian labyrinth alone with hopes of finding her place - grows cynical and emotionally shut off

At some point during her travels she stumbles upon an abandoned egg - not willing to leave it, she takes it in. Enter Sammi

Glade raises Sammi, teaching her the skills she learned in her birth clan, and about the world. Sammi is clever and curious, and earnest - Glade comes back out of her shell with help from her

Eventually they reach the Worldedge Wetlands and find a swath of swamp that is (as far as they can tell) uninhabited. They feel at home, and decide to stay - to create a permanent lair there

As they explore the territory, something seems... off. As though they're not as alone as they once thought... But whoever (or whatever) may be there seems benevolent, and they don't wish to forsake their new home

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In a guardian clan well within water flight territory, right around the time Glade stumbles upon a lonely egg, an adolescent guardian returns to her home with a nature egg she, too, found on her travels. Her parents readily accept it as their own, and soon it hatches - enter Jhalil

Although his sister is much older than him, the two are very close. They have a rather peaceful upbringing, their parents are doting (each other's charge) and stable permanent figures in the often shifting guardian clan

Eventually Moonsing grows restless... And finally her time to go on the Search arrives. She promises she will come back and visit soon, then sets off. Jhalil waits... and waits... until he finally gives up hope his sister will return to him

Moonsing had no intention of breaking her promise, but a rough storm drags her off course and nearly kills her - she somehow lands in the tangled wood. she takes to wandering the shadow territory, still in search of her charge...

One day, she all but stumbles upon a tiny little dragon.... but the dragon was unlike anything she had ever seen or heard of before - enter Xenon

The little dragon immediately imprinted on Moonsing, which disgruntled her at first. She had a charge to find, didn't have time to babysit a mysterious, helpless little thing. But she also can't leave it alone in the tangled wood - so she decides to take a break from her Search to find the whelp's parents - whatever they might be

As she tries to uncover the mystery of the hatchling, she of course inevitably grows to love her, protecting her from the dangers of the wood. but as they journey together, Moonsing begins to feel like they're being tailed - eventually she discovers she was right, and challenges whoever is following them. She learns that a secret shadow organization is after the hatchling - and like hell will they get her. So they go on the run throughout the wood, as the hatchling rapidly grows and learns from Moonsing....

Jhalil eventually feels the call of the search as well, and sets out on the quest himself. He doesn't promise his parents he'll return. He wonders if he even wants to. Something draws him out of water territory and into nature territory - perhaps the call of his birth element... or perhaps the call of his charge?

The deeper into the labyrinth he gets, the more he struggles to traverse the wilds, despite being a nature dragon by blood, making his quest even more frustrating. Until the appearance of a bubbly, curious little fae - she was skilled at traveling through even the glade keeper's thickest jungles, and she offered Jhalil a chance to rest and catch his bearings at the Snapping Swamp, as named by Sammi and Glade

But the length of his "temporary" continues to grow, as he finds himself enamored by the bold fae and her wise mentor. it's not until *after* he requests that glade let him stay that he realizes, in sudden complete clarity, that Sammi is undoubtedly his charge. Glade, who figured it out two moons ago, amusedly welcomes him to their small family

The trio grow more and more intrigued by who/what is living in the swamp and begin investigating - finally discovering a small group of nocturne dragons who have been living alongside them in secrecy, helping to tend to the area and build their structures. Lunara is the first to show herself

The nocturnes were anxious to be discovered, but quickly grew to trust glade and her family, and the nocturne clan and Glade's own clan began the incredible journey of discovering each other, integrating into what was now a small clan rather than a lone family - but the nocturnes would remain hidden, unwilling to show themselves to the terrifying world around them

Eventually, trying to escape their pursuers, Moonsing crosses out of the tangled wood and instead enters the viridian labyrinth - after a tight run in with the pursuers that ended in a squabble, the exhausted Moonsing is discovered by Sammi and urged to return to their home to allow them to heal her - but Moon refuses, not knowing if she could trust the fae and not wanting to expose Xenon

Sammi brings Jhalil the next day in hopes another guardian might be able to convince her - and imagine the sheer shock as Jhalil and Moonsing realize who they're looking at. Fate brought them back together. Trusting Sammi since Jhalil does, Moonsing shows them the tiny dragon she's been protecting - and Sammi and Jhalil explain that they have a safe space for Xenon