Caracal (HTTYWOF)

Caracal was an adult female SandWing and a major character in How to Train Your Wings of Fire: Winglets, a How to Train Your Dragon and Wings of Fire crossover written by HTTYDPokemonFan under the username ReptileGirl497 on Fanfiction.net. She was a soldier in Ex-Princess Blaze's army as well as one of Six-Claws's sisters, Ocotillo's first wife and the mother of Prince Diamondback. She was killed by Princess Burn during the War of SandWing Succession.
== Appearance ==
Caracal had light yellow scales and brown wings. According to Ocotillo, she was very beautiful.
== Personality ==
Caracal was a kindhearted and caring dragon who wanted the best for her loved ones. She was loyal to Queen Oasis, and was saddened when the queen died. She was also sensible, as she recognized how dangerous Burn and Blister were, leading to her decision to side with Blaze during the war. She was willing to go out of her way for the happiness of others, though this ultimately, albeit inadvertently, led to her death.
== Biography ==
=== How to Train Your Wings of Fire: Winglets ===
Years before the death of Queen Oasis, Caracal met and fell in love with one of her brother's friends, Ocotillo. On the night after their wedding, Caracal and Ocotillo, along with Six-Claws, Dune, and the princes Scald and Singe, were attempting to comfort Prince Smolder after the disappearance of his girlfriend, Palm. They heard chaos and roaring outside, and exited to find that Oasis was dead, and there was no sign of the killer. Ocotillo sided with Princess Blaze because she was the least likely to kill him if he ever failed, and Caracal followed his lead.
Three years into the War of SandWing Succession, Caracal revealed to Ocotillo that she was with egg. Delighted, the couple spent a majority of their down time coming up with names for the dragonet, one of which was Diamondback, a name Caracal liked. On the eve of the egg's hatching, Caracal went out to hunt a camel to roast for their dragonet's first meal, only to be caught by Princess Burn's soldiers.
Caracal was taken to Burn, who was in the nurses' tent examining Dune's injuries. When Caracal refused to join their ranks, Burn ordered Caracal's brother, Six-Claws, to kill her. Unwilling to kill his own sister, he refused, prompting Burn to kill Caracal herself and brutally maim Dune to punish Six-Claws for his disobedience. Six-Claws then fled with Dune and a nurse named Kindle to inform Ocotillo of what had happened.
By the time the three SandWings found Ocotillo, the egg had hatched into a male dragonet with a distinct pattern of black diamonds on his scales. Devastated at the news of his wife's death, Ocotillo left with them to the Scorpion Den, carrying his week-old son in his talons. Ocotillo decided to honor his late wife by naming their son Diamondback.
=== How to Train Your Wings of Fire ===
Caracal was mentioned by Ocotillo several times as he recounted the story of how Diamondback was conceived.
=== How to Train Your Wings of Fire 2 ===
In a flashback, Palm thought about Caracal and wished she could've attended her friend's wedding.
== Relationships ==
=== Princess Blaze ===
Caracal did not think kindly of Blaze's mannerisms and personality, but chose to side with her during the war because she was the least dangerous of the three sisters. She refused to leave Blaze's army, mainly out of loyalty to Ocotillo, who had also sided with Blaze, even when being threatened with death by Princess Burn.
=== Princess Burn ===
Like most dragons, Caracal was terrified of Burn and believed she would be an awful queen. She bravely refused Burn's offer to switch to her side, even when the princess made it clear that the only other option was death.
=== Prince Diamondback ===
Although Caracal never got to meet her son, she provided his name and was the inspiration for Diamondback to become the best dragon he could be.
=== Ocotillo ===
Caracal fell in love with Ocotillo when they were dragonets. She admired his resolve to help others, and considered him to be brave. Caracal loved Ocotillo very much; she trusted his decisions and remained faithful to him until the end.
=== Palm ===
Caracal and Palm seemed to be friends, having known each other due to Palm working under Ocotillo's mother, Cholla, and Caracal's father, Quicksand, before his death from a mysterious sickness. Caracal attempted to comfort Smolder over Palm's presumed death. While escaping, Palm was sad at being unable to attend Caracal's wedding and wished her well.
=== Six-Claws ===
Caracal respected her older brother, and stood up for him when Blister accused him of trying to kidnap Blaze. Despite choosing different sides during the war, the two remained on relatively good terms. When Burn ordered Six-Claws to kill his sister, Caracal was terrified that her brother was going to follow through. Any relief she felt when he refused, quoting the words she'd just said to Burn, was brief, as Burn killed Caracal herself soon after.
== Quotes ==
"Why would you draw anything on a history scroll? I'll never understand some dragons." - to herself, about Princess Blaze
"You were so brave. [...] Both of you." - to Six-Claws and Ocotillo
"They didn't take her out there! [...] They saw her out there alone and rescued her, that's what they did!" - to Princess Blister
"What's better, pink or blue? [...] Because, we're having an egg, Daddy." - to Ocotillo
"I like Diamondback. [...] Isn't that just the perfect name?" - to Ocotillo
"I will love them anyway. [...] And, if that's the case, you can name them whatever you want." - to Ocotillo
"I'll die first!" - her last words, to Princess Burn
== Trivia ==
* A caracal is a long-legged wild cat with black tufted ears and a uniform brown coat, native to Africa and western Asia.
== Gallery ==
CaracalSW.png|Joy Ang base
CaracalPeregrinecella.png|Peregrinecella base
CaracalVariant.png|Peregrinecella variant base
CaracalConstelliarts.png|Constelli Graphic Novel base
Typical_SandWing_by_Sassy_the_Beagle.jpg|A typical SandWing (colored), by Joy Ang
SandTransparent.png|A typical SandWing (lineart), by Joy Ang
SandWing Sigil.png|SandWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
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