Birgith
Birgith was brought up by her father in the village of Littledenn. He was the Lord Warden of the Bear Clan, and brother of the Clan Leader.
Birth
To all the rest of the clan she was his adopted daughter, as he'd claimed to find her in the first as a baby. What no one else knew was that he was her biological father. He mother was the last of the dragons, and in order to keep that fact a secret Rupert had hidden the facts of her birth from anyone else. Though he told Birgith a son as she was old enough to be trusted with the secret.
This meant that she grew up as a Clan member, without learning the customs and heritage of the dragon part of her family. It also meant that she grew up apart from her mother and three brothers.
Varvaara had not expected to lay four eggs, and was astounded when one of them hatched a human child. She had three hungry dragon babies, and no understanding of a baby that refused raw meat. So she had been forced to return to the man she'd chosen as their father, and to reveal her secret identity, in order to keep her female baby safe. He was the only choice for her.
Childhood
Birgith struggled growing up within the Clan, as many continued to consider her an outsider. With no way to prove who her parents were she was endlessly teased about really being a fox. She tried to ignore that, concentrating on her lessons and helping her father in the woods.
Friends and compatriots
Milo, her best friend, spent most of his free time with her.
Fergus took every opportunity to put her down.
She wore a purple dress that cascaded down from a high waist and brushed the floor. Her hair curled round her head in a series of intricate braids held up by a copper bear claw clip.
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