Arcadia

Arcadia is a character in Sunwing. She is a hoary bat who lives in one of the artificial forest enclosures.

Appearance
Arcadia is a somewhat old hoary bat. Like other hoary bats, she has mottled gray fur with distinct white/silver streaks on her back and chest. She has a short beard of pale fur and black, intimidating eyes flecked with white. She has a band on her left forearm.

Personality
Arcadia was part of the first group of bats to enter the human building and acts as the self-appointed leader of the bats residing there. Arcadia is power-hungry and controlling, but puts on a polite, sugary façade to others. She claims to have faith in The Promise, believing that the indoor forests are all part of Nocturna's grand plan. Arcadia speaks in a terse and matter-of-fact tone and tends to be unwilling to entertain questions, acting openly hostile to any who try to disagree with her. She has a pervasive, cult-like mental hold over the other bats trapped in the enclosure and is shown to capitalize on their fears to manipulate them and keep them complacent.

Etymology
Arcadia is a poetic term referring to an actual or imaginary place that is perceived to be peaceful and almost utopian in nature, often associated with idyllic imaginings of life in the countryside. It is derived from the historical Arcadia region in Greece, which was revered in European renaissance art as a place of untainted natural splendor and harmony.

Trivia

 * Arcadia is the only named hoary bat in the Silverwing series.