Looking up to the sky, watching the birds fly, Flare wishes she could join them, instead of letting them go by.

Flare lost her wing during a volcanic eruption. As the eruption began, she and several other dragons worked together to help evacuate a nearby human village. However, as she made the decision to leave the village one last time, a lava bomb struck her wing, tearing it off. She only barely survived with the help of several others who saw her get struck, and has since been left disabled for the rest of her life.

Flare has no regrets for what she did that day. She helped save many lives and still gets to be with her family. The fact that she even survived such a horrific injury does excite her in some manner, and it gave her a great story to tell. But, being a dragon, she still maintains that itch, that urge to soar through the air. To feel the wind carry her, to see the world from far above. Some days, she looks to the sky, and only wishes that things had gone just slightly differently.

Maybe, if only, she had been just standing ten feet to the left that day, she would still be able to take to the skies.

Commission by   Virensere

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