Then, his final flightmate arrived - Hayze, a Shadow dragon. The extent of the strangeness of this was lost on Vitreus, who simply concluded Hayze had to be a Dark Lands spy, and vowed to stop Hayze if he 'tried anything'.

This came to fruition only weeks later, when Vitreus caught Hayze training his Shadow element in secret. Vitreus, in an attempt to alert adults of the crime, and ensure Hayze could not escape, attacked him, and bit him in the throat. Hayze, in a state of fear for his life, retaliated with a Shadow strike, and clawed Vitreus over the eye. He was left wailing on the ground in the company of his Flight Master, Therris, and his older sister, Isra, as Hayze was taken away by Commander Lynerius, his caretaker.

After being reunited with his father, Vitreus expected he would have his painful wound healed, only to be told he had to keep it, let it scar. The world needed to see how vicious Hayze was, Vitreus had to 'bear the pain for the truth', and for his Clan. Vitreus, not wanting to disappoint his father, agreed.

Abilities

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Element

Vitreus showed talent with his ice early on by discovering it at the age of 5, and continued to impress by reaching Skilled as a near 16-year old. He is the only one of his flight known to have this high mastery, and one of very few in his age range.

Magic

Vitreus only knows the basic spells taught to him in magic class, but he's not very good at it.

Physical

Vitreus is on the slightly taller side of ice dragons, and though his physical strength is average, he is persistent and has built a high tolerance for pain. He fears much more for his fragile pride.

Family

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The Frostspear Clan

Chief Isrun (grandmother)

Captain Vitreis (grandfather, deceased)

Chief Isfriar (great uncle)

Isvrost (great uncle, deceased)

Commander Frysor (great uncle)

Captain Glaczana (great aunt, deceased)

Commander Frossar (father)

Lady Flykra (mother, contract)

Commander Frosun (uncle)

Captain Viterius (uncle)

Captain Isrind (uncle)

Master Isolda (aunt)

Captain Skadin (uncle)

Captain Iskald (uncle)

Kaldis (aunt, deceased)

Captain Glaciaris (uncle)

Guard Isra (eldest sister)

Frosa (older sister, deceased)

Student Frostir (older brother)

Iszari (younger sister)

Glacir (younger brother)

Runeisis (younger brother)

Guard Wintus (older cousin)

Isnavina (older cousin)

Student Haelrun (younger cousin)

Student Frusrin (younger cousin)

Ignicia (older bastard cousin)

Student Stryga (bastard cousin)

And other extended family

Relationships

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Hayze

Vitreus immediately formed a one-sided rivalry with Hayze. Since childhood, he followed his father's views and regarded the young shadow dragon as inherently evil, like all of his kind were viewed by Warfang. His beliefs were confirmed, in his opinion, after the incident that resulted in his scars, blaming Hayze for them and using them as an example to his dangerous nature.

Vitreus also spies on Hayze, following him around and reporting on his activities to his father, who instructed him to do so. This does not go unnoticed by their other flightmates, who have grown annoyed by his 'obsession' and even tease him about it - which even Hayze himself does.

Vitreus often bullies Hayze to get under his scales, and although he mostly fails in doing so, he does succeed occassionally, especially whenever the views regarding dark dragons as a whole are brought up.

Frossar

Vitreus craves his father's love above all else, having built his entire life and purpose around living up to his father and their family's expectations. From absorbing his father's views, obsessively training his element, and to dedicating his limited social life to stalking Hayze, Vitreus does all his father could ask for and more - to no avail. It is never enough. Whenever Frossar gives him the slightest hint of affection, it's to manipulate him.

Flykra

Vitreus has only met his mother a few times in his life. At first this was during social events, where his time with her was limited and supervised. When he saw her again in his teens however, he broke a social rule of not approaching a contractual parent. Flykra reacted harshly to this breach and dismissed Vitreus, who hoped for some semblance of parental affection. He later denounced her as simply a stranger.

Incendis

While Vitreus and Incendis bonded over their distaste of dark dragons as children, Incendis eventually grew tired of Vitreus' constant obsession with Hayze, as well their own clashes of personality.

Terin

Terin was too timid and kind as a child for Vitreus to meld with. Though he largely ignored her, he did take notice of her efforts to interact with Hayze, as well as the fact that she stopped doing so after the fight. He used this fact as a weapon against Hayze.

Malefor

Vitreus initially thought little of Malefor for his lack of element and undeserved importance. His opinion quickly turned into spite however when Malefor beat him in a spar, despite Vitreus using his element while the purple dragon had none. He even seemed to prefer Hayze win against him, just to see him lose to someone, although he'd never confirm such thoughts.

Trivia

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• Hayze's bully was initially envisioned as a fire dragon.

• At his original concept, Vitreus was only meant to be a one-dimensional bully and leave the story quite quickly.

• Due to his child design as a child being 'too bland/boring', his teenage design was given duller colors and new markings. This kind of appearance change became a staple of the Frostspear family.