Status:

2780: Matriarch

Nickname: Gargoyle

Island: Pera
Biome: Coastal, Crags, Urban
Diet: Fish, Crustaceans, Small - medium animals
Faction: Steelwater
Mate: Gulliver
Offspring: Mayde, Polaris

Weight: Bulky
Height: Average
Length: Average

Notable Traits
A bit sturdier than the typical tropeo. She appears shorter than she is due to slightly hunched posture. Her joints tend to get stiff with bad weather and she doesn’t fly as much as she used to, particularly when there are weaker or fewer updrafts. There are numerous scars hidden beneath her feathers.

Personality

Calm || Calculating || Mischievous || Nonchalant || Nurturing

Interactions
There isn’t a lot that Matriarch won’t do for her flock - her family. She’s incredibly protective of those under her care, and will lend words of comfort and guidance to any of those that seek it from her.

Despite appearing stern and humourless, Matriarch has quite a sense of humour and is more than lenient to the occasional bit of mischief, so long as there is no intent to harm.

She’s fond of telling stories and sharing all that she’s learned, even if some of it might not make much sense.

History

Very little is known about Matriarch’s early life, but judging by her stories, it’s safe to say she was an explorer in her youth. At some point, she left the company of her family and flew beyond the sheltered bay that she had called home. She grew more bold and flew further and further, reveling in her adventures.

She grew tired of the islands at some point, and flew even further beyond.

She wouldn’t return to the region until much later, frazzled and eager to build a home for herself in a shipwreck off the coast of Isla Pera. She began to repair the ship, weaving branches and reeds into the metal to shore up weak points and packing other areas with mud and stones.

A few others visited from time to time, which Matriarch paid little mind to at first. Some stayed out of necessity, others stayed to help her as a form of repayment when she fished them out of the water. The population on the ship slowly grew, and Steelwater flock was eventually born. They had become something of a family to her, adopting many of them as her children, or the closest of friends.

The volcanic activity on Isla Pera that preceded the opening of the Alpha lab shook Matriarch. This was everything that she had prepared for. The whole reason that she had started to repair the ship in the first place. She knows that one day, the mountain could blow, and it would take the whole island with it.

Fun Facts:

• Seems to be able to read human text
• Always seems to know more about the goings-on of the flock and the islanders than she lets on
  
• Has established working relationships with several factions across the islands, ensuring safety and safe travel for her flock in exchange for flock services