I Wonder If His Addiction Developed After He Learned Ee Was Wrong Or Whether This Effect Is Stemming From Some Other Emotional Source... - Tumblr Posts

I hope you enjoy egg-eater submissions. This here is Wiedii

I'm not sure if he really counts, because I made him before I found this blog! But Wiedii turned to eggs in desperation... He hatched to an abandoned nest, one egg already hatch and one growing cold beside him. A hatchling can't hunt for his food, so after hours of crying... He broke open the cold egg beside him. It has no special powers, but it is addictive. He had no one to teach him it was wrong, so he joined a ragtag group of orphans who all relied on stealing eggs to live. When he grew up, he attempted to stop, but the withdrawals were too painful to endure on his own. He doesn't know it, but he has a brother out there, a knight. He was born to a royal mom and a stable hand father, and they were nearly found out, so they took the first hatchling and went their separate day. He has a lot of love to give, he wants to be a healer, but there's no doubt if his brother ever met him he would slaughter him as an abomination.

HYPERGRYPH: You kidding?? All egg eaters count! It's pretty cool to see characters with the same theme created independently from my own concept, and all the unique differences that come with it. It's a genuine pleasure to see all that tasty tasty creativity^^

Now as for Wiedii:

You're truly going for the literature definition of tragedy, aren't you? My heart breaks for all the - 'what could have been'-s that are in his story, especially considering his predicament was very circumstantial. If only his parents had taken their entire clutch...if only he had found a healthier group to take him in...

I generally categorize Egg Eaters into two groups: {those who choose egg eating out of immense personal selfishness, and those who are forced into it via means out of their control.} Wiedii feels like one of the more innocent characters. Being a hatchling, he was acting as any other hungry animal would (and very much do) act. And seeing as morality is cultural and must be taught, it's not like one could blame him for his childhood. Now he's dealing with consequences of actions he didn't know were wrong.

That doesn't absolve him of his crimes after he learns the weight of his actions, but it does make him far more sympathetic.

On God...and his brother being a knight? He's the perfect foil. One raised with nothing and no one, without morals, who wants to change his ways; The other raised with the support of a loving family and who adheres strictly to a set code of morals. I can already see a Shakespearian tragedy scene where Wiedii is mortally wounded by his brother, but by some means the truth comes out to both of them(perhaps from their parents). I imagine the parents would be grief-stricken after learning that one of their abandoned eggs had survived, and coming to terms that they had failed one of their children. That, and the brother learns that life isn't a black and white set of codes in the most gut-wrenching of ways. What a way to shatter a worldview.

I hope he finds the strength to overcome his flaws and become a force for good. A healer is a great ambition, and who doesn't love a happy ending??

Thank you for sharing your character, he's definitely one of my favorite submissions so far!