#also i feel bad clash wont show up until page 3 since she is important to the history of my clan and should be mentioned earlier

[dire-vulture]

How they came to Florabrisa (page 1)

I suddenly started thinking about like... the various ways dragons came to live in my clan and started writing up little paragraphs for each dragon. I figured it would make sense to start with Page One (and also it was easier since these are the dragons I’ve had the longest and for the most part have put the most thought into!) I did them in the same order they are in my lair, though that did cause some of the blurbs working better with knowledge gained from following blurbs... Particularly Acantha, Kyurem, and Zaffre ideally would be listed in the reverse order, but I don’t wanna switch their spots in my lair fdaffdg

Very long post, so I’ll do a read more.

Tarragon is one of Florabrisa's four founders, and the one who came up with the idea to found Florabrisa in the first place.  After being in shadow for most of his life, he returned to Wind, his birth place. Before he met Moraine, he started a garden in the middle of nowhere that he would come to visit and take care of occasionally. Along the way he met Tamarind, who fell in love with Tarragon’s garden. The two generally took care of it in shifts and lead their own lives as Tarragon moved into Moraine’s lair and married her after a couple years together. Over time, Tarragon found himself yearning to spend more and more time at his little garden, but it was increasingly difficult as he and especially Moraine were still tied down to her clan many miles away. He often ended up staying with his garden for extended periods of time without his wife, but he didn't like being so far away from her and eventually, at a time when Tarragon, Moraine, Zaffre, and Tamarind were all present, brought up the idea of starting a lair in that spot. And after some debate, a lot of setting up, and establishing connections with nearby clans, the four dragons were able to start Florabrisa.

Moraine is a founding member of Florabrisa, but she was the most hesitant of the four. She loved and supported her husband's endeavors and knew his hidden garden was important to not just him, but the other three as well. But she was a professional chef and after quite a few years working as a prep cook then line cook in various kitchens, she felt she'd finally found a restaurant that really appreciated her talents and  maybe she had a good chance to be able to take over herself... in a few decades. But it was hard to deny she was overworked and stressed. She normally would be able to handle it and had been in worse jobs before, but with Tarragon’s new idea, she had a lot on her mind and it affected her work. Not to mention, she and Tarragon did want to have children soon, so she’d need to go on leave for that anyway. It would be a beautiful area to raise children and if she changed her mind, moving back to her clan wouldn’t be that hard. And in her own lair, while there’d be no paycheck, she could bake and cook what she wanted, at her own pace. There wouldn’t any bosses or customers to deal with. So Moraine came around to the idea and founded Florabrisa with her husband and friends.

Keiji's parents, Mooncure and Spiritdawn, were good friends of Tarragon and Moraine. They wanted to leave the Southern Icefield for good and were eager to check out their friends' new clan. Unfortunately, due to inclement weather, the pair did not survive the trip. During the fatal trip, Their 1-year-old Keiji had been left in the care of a couple dragons in their ice lair. When news of the deaths reached the clans, the dragons of the ice clan gave Tarragon and Moraine custody of Keiji, as his parents would likely have wanted. Keiji was given the surname Moonspirit to honor his parents.

Paragon is Tarragon's younger brother and it was always evident their parents favored Paragon, who was bigger, stronger, and pushier than his small, gentle brother. So Paragon was absolutely floored and a bit jealous when he heard Tarragon started his own clan. If his simple and naive brother could do it, then surely Paragon could also start his own lair. Well... Paragon failed quite badly. Dragons wouldn’t stay by his side, and he wouldn’t stay by other dragons’ sides. His fortune telling wasn’t going very well either and every few months he found himself kicked out of each clan he stayed at. Too ashamed to go back to his parents, he ended up coming to Tarragon who he knew would accept him with open arms.

Even at a very young age, Macaroon never felt like she belonged in her coatl-only birthclan. When she heard of her clan having a new trade partner, a clan named Florabrisa, filled with tundras, she leapt at the chance to visit. She loved it there so much that she begged all the adults to let her stay. She also took her baby sister Valencia since the two were inseparable.

Bibelot is one of Tarragon and Moraine's twin daughters and was hatched in Florabrisa about a year after its founding.

Chiaroscuro is one of Tarragon and Moraine's twin daughters and was hatched in Florabrisa about a year after its founding.

Cherrytide was very young when she ended up in an ice clan. She didn't like being in the Southern Icefield and ran off to find her charge well before the expected age. Early in her journey she encounter Luckypheel, a young guardian in a similar situation, and the two bonded. Not long after, Luckypheel's mother Zaffre came after her lost daughter to bring her back home. Lucky wanted to continue her journey, so Zaffre ended up bringing her to Cherry's ice clan, and then brought Cherry back home to Florabrisa. Cherry thought it’d be one stop of many, but then she met Chiaroscuro and immediately felt protecting her was her purpose in life.

Tamarind is a founding member of Florabrisa. A Guardian born in Nature, his Search lead him to Wind where he felt the area's species of flora constituted his charge. He soon met and bonded with Tarragon over their love of flowers, and when Tarragon started his secret garden, Tamarind was particularly attached and often took care of it when Tarragon couldn’t be there. His life mission was protecting this garden. At some point, Tarragon and Moraine married and introduced Tamarind to Zaffre, who quickly fell in love. He and his future wife eventually were staying at the garden more often than their actual homes. When Tarragon suggested starting a lair, Tamarind was ecstatic. He wanted to spend entire life there with his three best friends!

Pelagos is the son of Tamarind and Zaffre and was hatched in Florabrisa shortly after its founding.

Throughout her long life, Acantha traveled Sornieth to fight for justice where it was needed. Somewhere along the way she met and became close to Kyurem, and the two came to think of each other as siblings. Though often geographically far apart, they kept in touch via letters. Some years after Kyurem joined Florabrisa, Acantha felt it was time to slow down so she followed suit, to spend her retirement with Kyurem.

Kyurem knew Zaffre a long time before she founded Florabrisa. The two were good friends and eventually started dating and had a single daughter, Clash. However, the stress of raising a child proved to be a bit more than Kyurem was ready for and while they never shirked their duties as father, they realized they had fallen out of love with Zaffre and needed to put the relationship on hold. They still loved her as a friend and continued to raise their child together for a bit, but the two split up and then took turns raising Clash separately the following years. When Florabrisa was founded, Kyurem came by for their turn to watch Clash but Zaffre invited them to stay as the new clan really needed members and it would be nice if they were raising their daughter closer together. So Kyurem stayed.

Zaffre is a founding member of Florabrisa. She was born in Plague and though she thrived as a survivalist, she always felt alone and not quite right living there. She had a difficult time connecting with others and became such a loner that most dragons didn’t even notice when she left her birth clan. She always dreamt of starting a lair that could be a place where dragons could simply exist, where there wasn't constant pressure to fight for survival, unlike in Plague. She traveled Sornieth and met and befriended many dragons and clans, but never felt she truly found her home until she arrived in Wind. She eventually met Tarragon and Moraine who would go on to introduce her to Tamarind. Soon married and having eggs, she was thrilled when Tarragon mentioned the idea of starting a lair at the garden. It was the perfect place and absolutely where she wanted to stay and build her dream clan. Zaffre, eager to start building and contracting dragons to join the lair, was undoubtedly the one who worked the hardest to make Florabrisa happen. (Though all four worked pretty dang hard!!)

Falcata was kicked out of his Water home by his parents when he turned 18, thinking this would give him incentive to not be a deadbeat and make something of himself. He found himself straying southward through Wind, managing to draw ire at whatever lair he tried staying at along the way. He was in pretty rough shape by the time he reached Florabrisa, but Tarragon and Zaffre were happy to welcome him in and let him go about things at his own pace.

On top of leading very busy lives, Alcatraz and Flicker were still reeling from the loss of close clanmates Mooncure and Spiritdawn when they hatched their first egg, the fiery Nocturne, Wick. Since Florabrisa seemed to be raising Keiji so well, the new parents decided to have the dragons there babysit Wick, often for extended periods of time. The periods of time seemed to get longer and longer until Wick (and his younger sister) was by all accounts living in Florabrisa full time. As far as Wick is concerned, Clash and the other care-taking dragons of Florabrisa are his parents.

Artichoke came to Florabrisa soon after it’s official start. When Florabrisa was in it’s earliest stages, it was quickly evident foraging alone wouldn't be enough to sustain the lair's food intake. Zaffre put out an ad for farmers in need of space to farm and young Articoke and his wife Calabasas were the first to respond. Tarragon already vaguely knew of the couple as Wind locals and knew they’d be a great fit for the lair, so of course they were welcomed with open arms.

Calabasas came to Florabrisa soon after it’s official start. When Florabrisa was in it’s earliest stages, it was quickly evident foraging alone wouldn't be enough to sustain the lair's food intake. Zaffre put out an ad for farmers in need of space to farm and young Calabasas and her husband Artichoke were the first to respond. Tarragon already vaguely knew of the couple as Wind locals and knew they’d be a great fit for the lair, so of course they were welcomed with open arms.

Nutshell followed his younger half-sister Millie to Florabrisa after hearing about its great farming opportunities. And local legends* Artichoke and Calabasas living there! *legends in his heart. Florabrisa doesnt do a lot of trading, but sometimes his clan did get fruit and veggies from Florabrisa and he was smitten....

Millisievert was a young teen when she felt she needed a change in scenery and found herself drawn to that weird nearby clan of bountiful gardens. She wanted to be a part of that beauty and perhaps is second only to Tarragon and Tamarind in nurturing the lair’s gardens.

Asterina was born in Arcane, but their clan-leading parents moved to Wind not long after their hatching. They didn’t like the attention that came with being a child of clan progens and had heard that some dragons of their clan were heading off to a fairly new nearby clan. They wanted to go investigate, and once that new clan was finally establishing itself, they came to live in Florabrisa.