Epidemic

Epidemic and her two brothers hatched extremely ill, a result from a nasty dealing her father had in his line of work. It seemed unlikely that any of them would survive. When her parents got word of a renowned doctor in shadow that might be able to help, they immediately made plans to travel.

Epidemic has no recollection of the journey there, nor of her first month with the doctor, both due to her age and the fact she spent the majority of that time unconscious. Because of this, she has no memory of her brothers, Elmos and Ezili, who died on the journey to the doctor.

Her earliest memories are of lying on a bed, too sick to get up and move more than a few steps. Above her, orange eyes gleaming with joy to see her awake and recovering, was Ember, an experienced warrior who had been hired to help her family travel safely to shadow. He had found her fighting spirit so inspiring he had decided to stay with the doctor to help her recover. She did not meet her parents for at least a week, as they had responsibilities back home and could only stop by to visit their daughter every once in a while.

The moment she was strong enough, Epidemic began begging Ember for battle training. She wanted to be a great warrior like him, and she would do anything to achieve it. Ember happily obliged, and though it was difficult at first, Epidemic quickly grew stronger and healthier.

Once she was strong enough to travel, she and Ember began to make her way back to her birth clan. Because she was not strong enough to fly across the sea of a thousand currents, and she had developed a severe fear of illness of all sorts, they began to travel the long way around, through light, lightning and fire. They traveled slowly, allowing Epide, as Ember had come to call her, to gather her strength and grow stronger as a warrior.

By the time she arrived home at Trap Street, her skill as a warrior was almost matched with Ember's. Arriving home was a bittersweet affair. She was happy to return to her parents and to discover the place where she had hatched, but Ember had only promised to return her home. The wildclaw had become her closest and only friend, and the thought of losing him broke her heart. It was then when Ember announced he would stay on Trap Street with Epide.

It was an adjustment, learning to live around so many dragons after only having the company of Ember and the doctor who healed her. The street was busy, and Epide was unused to the rules that she was now bound to follow. It was especially a shock the first time she came face to face with her uncle Dakota. Seeing a plague dragon scared her half to death, and though she had trouble admitting her fear, it took a long time for her to be comfortable around him.

Though Epide and Ember called Trap Street their home, they spent more time away from it, fighting battles and training other dragons, than they did on the street. Epidemic has grown to be a fearsome and talented warrior, if a little hot-headed. There have been many occasions where her short temper and sharp words have started larger battles than she intended, but this is little bother to her. She loves fighting, especially alongside Ember, and she does not understand when he tells her to reign in her temper a bit. The worst occasion of this resulted in Trap Street almost being wiped out, and the only thing stopping Ashildr from setting the raven on her for it was the fact that it was her that saved it, alongside Ember and Dakota.

After Trap street was disbanded, she and Ember joined the Warriors Guild. She is the youngest and least experienced member of the group, but she does not let that stop her, and she never lets anyone look down on her for it. She has proven her worth as their equal many times over, even though nobody ever asked her to prove it.