Freedom

"What's really not fair is the biggest difference between me and those dragons, [...] They all had someone who loved them. No one ever loved me! Not that I care; I don't care, I don't care. But that's the unfair part, actually."

— Freedom to Luna about love, The Flames of Hope

Freedom, originally named Lizard by Cottonmouth, was a female dragonet who was introduced in The Flames of Hope. She made up half of the consciousness of the othermind, along with Cottonmouth.

Appearance

Freedom had brittle shiny orange and green scales, and two green wings that curved like leaves. The shape of her eyes were reminiscent of a RainWing's, and they were covered by a white film, overlaid by a shimmer of mossy green. She was smaller than Dusky, despite his tiny size. She had bright white little teeth. There was a plant growing through her head, emerging from the top of her skull before continuing into Cottonmouth’s in the physical world. She resembled a combination of several tribes, and had a high, clear voice. Her leafspeak was only strong enough to double a plant's normal growth speed, and make them move a bit with proximity. Keeping plants in a particular place is tiring for her.

Personality

Freedom was entitled, loud, and fierce, having lived a short life in which she never experienced feelings like compassion. She believed that her life was the worst so she had no reason to feel bad for anyone else, since they should all be feeling bad for her. She thought that she was most like Snowfall out of all the dragons she saw in the memories that she saw. She got mad easily and hated Cottonmouth completely. She believed that dragons could never feel love or love others, coldly regarding them as "reptiles". She is easily disgusted by shows of affection, like hugging,^{[page # needed]} and wanted to be big and scary like the dragons she had seen in Cottonmouth's memories, believing they are "true dragons".^{[page # needed]} However, she changed after Luna introduced her to the concept of friendship and love, eventually allowing Luna to end her life in order to save the world.

Biography

The Lost Continent Prophecy

The Flames of Hope

Freedom is first seen in the throne room with Cottonmouth when he attempts to tame the Breath of Evil plant. He gives her a name - Lizard.

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Relationships

Cottonmouth

Freedom hated Cottonmouth for killing her before she lived a normal dragon life. Meanwhile, Cottonmouth finds her annoying and inferior. It is said that Cottonmouth convinced her that all dragons are vicious, and that they don't have feelings resulting in her, at first, believing Luna’s and Dusky’s memories to not be as vicious and cold as they were from a different tribe. Cottonmouth also gave her the name 'Lizard'. However, they were bound to each other forever, working together to control the breath of evil. They know that they need each other to continue 'living'. She finds his story boring. She greatly enjoyed watching him die, and thanked Luna for giving her the privilege to see it before her own demise.

Luna

Luna was kind to Freedom and she felt bad for her terrible life. Luna told her that she would give over her memories in exchange for helping her friends. In one of Luna's memories, Freedom didn't understand why Luna didn't just abandon Blue and run away. Luna responded that she loved him, which Freedom detested. Luna then got the idea to show Freedom memories of dragons from different tribes. Freedom still called them bland, and said she was nothing like any of them. Luna then compared her to all of them, showing her that they all had bits and pieces that were similar to her. This showed Freedom sympathy and compassion. This influenced her to instruct Luna to cut the plant, saving dragonkind, and killing her and Cottonmouth in the process.

Dusky

Freedom considered Dusky a friend. She absorbed his memories and claimed to find them boring. Dusky also gave her a hug, which she called 'stupid'. She played with him in the othermind's mindspace, drawing in the dirt and wrestling, and took his suggestion to adopt a new name before her second death.

Quotes

"Because I want them! And I am the most miserable dragon who ever lived, and then died, and then had to half-live, half-be-dead forever all stuck together with a hateful human and a desperate weed, so I should get to have anything I want! Give them!"

― to Luna and Dusky, about why she should take Dusty's memories

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"What's really not fair is the biggest difference between me and those dragons, [...] They all had someone who loved them. No one ever loved me! Not that I care; I don't care, I don't care. But that's the unfair part, actually."

― to Luna, about the memories the rest of the stealth team gave her

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"If you cut the vine that's growing through our heads, [...] the plant will be a normal plant again, and we'll be gone."

― to Luna, about destroying the othermind, killing her and Cottonmouth in the process

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"Do you think... would Freedom be a weird name for a dragon?"

― to Luna and Dusky, about getting a new name

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"And thank you for all your squishy, ridiculous cuddlemonster memories, [...] I guess maybe they weren't so bad. If I had a real life, it would be maybe OK if you two were in it."

― to Luna and Dusky, about receiving their memories