Mangrova

By Harpy

Mangrova is a female western-banded snake eagle.

Appearance
She is a large, light gray bird with dark gray wings and white stripes along her underbelly and all around her wings. She has one white stripe running down her back. Her eye color is amber, and her beak and talons are yellow and black. Mangrova’s tail is also dark gray with white stripes. She also has a distinctive white spot that looks similar to a mangrove leaf on her forehead. Mangrova is often seen wearing a snake scale necklace, made of scales from the most deadly snakes she’s killed, bracelets on both legs made of thorns and sharp stones coated in moss, and a ring made from a salamander tail on one of her talons.

Personality
Mangrova is a very prideful eagle, often circling around the sun and shouting out complements about herself. She also seems to be very confident, confronting lions and other creatures without fear. Some think of her as annoying, as she often scares off the prey of those animals and talks to them for awhile, and Mangrova seems to be aware of this, although not trying to talk to them less, but more everyday. She is very argumentative and is often angry.

History
 *Spoilers for Soar Above the Sun (not posted yet)*

She was born to Baobab and Beetle, and had two siblings: Mangrove, her twin, and Lizard, her sister. Lizard died shortly after Mangrova and Mangrove hatched, due to a sickness she developed. Life went mostly as normal after this, and she learned everything she needed to quickly. After her and her brother’s fledge, she took a liking towards battle and often fought. After this almost became deadly, she slowed down the fighting and became more of a nuisance to other animals.

One day, her brother met a fish eagle and they eventually formed a relationship. Mangrova was the only one Mangrove could talk to about this. She was fully supportive and one day Mangrove flew off with the fish eagle after giving her the salamander tail ring she wears. Mangrova was sad to see her brother leave, but knew he would be happier.

After this, she talked with a giraffe she often chatted to in the mornings. He told her that acting like she soared above the sun was dangerous and she would soon be punished for it. Eventually a lion named Sunshine attacked her and she narrowly escaped death.

Lastly, she gets into a small fight where her and a fish eagle named Silver insult each other, and they do this for awhile at twilight every night. They then become close friends over their similarities in personality and often visit each other.

Quotes
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Relationships
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Trivia
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