Queen Arid

Queen Arid is an adult female IceWing-SandWing hybrid and the deuteragonist of How to Train Your Wings of Fire, a How to Train Your Dragon and Wings of Fire crossover written by HTTYDPokemonFan under the username ReptileGirl497 on Fanfiction.net. She is one of the Dragonets of Destiny.
After the War of SandWing Succession, she became queen of the SandWing and NightWing tribes. She currently resides in the Jade Mountain Palace and is married to King Windracer.
== Appearance ==
Arid mostly resembles an IceWing, though she has a SandWing snout, frill, and venomous scorpion-like stinger on the end of her tail, the latter of which is surrounded by IceWing spikes. The scales on her body, neck and tail are white like snow while her snout, frill, and the scales on her back are pale yellow like sand. Her underbelly, horns, spikes, and wings are a pale blue. Her claws are gray, and her eyes are sky blue, a trait that she inherited from her mother. She wears the Eye of Onyx, which symbolizes her role as queen of the SandWings, on a chain around her neck. Windracer considers her to be very beautiful.
== Personality ==
Arid is a fierce, brave, and courageous dragon. She is also known for being stubborn, however, she is willing to listen if one of her friends offers an alternative solution.
Although Arid is very brave, she sometimes expresses fear or concern for others, especially Windracer. This is not without reason, as he is more self-conscious than her and often requires the support of another dragon. She also has a soft spot for both Prince Diamondback and Qibli, letting her guard down to be a devoted and protective sister to them.
While blind, Arid felt helpless, and was disappointed that her injury prevented her from performing at her best. She worried that she might no longer be an important asset to the group if her blindness turned out to be permanent, and did not want to be taken care of for the rest of her life. After getting her sight back, she became more sympathetic to dragons with similar disabilities, and has learned to appreciate the little things in life.
Arid is extremely proud and is not afraid to fight others if she or her loved ones are being threatened. She has also been described multiple times by Windracer to be fearless, independent, authoritative, and confident. She is also shown to be selfless and has become calmer and more composed since becoming the queen of two tribes.
== Biography ==
=== Pre-Series ===
A SandWing named Dune, a former Outclaw, stole Arid's egg from Ocotillo and Storm after they had buried Arid's egg in the sand near the Scorpion Den. Ocotillo was understanding of Dune's motives and had been searching for him for many years, along with Storm. It appears that the two SandWings were once close friends, as Ocotillo mentioned discussing names for the egg with him. Ocotillo and Storm both liked the name "Arid," and that is what Dune named her. This could mean that Dune still respected, cared about, or was even loyal to the Outclaws, despite taking Arid's egg to fulfill the Dragonet Prophecy.
=== How to Train Your Wings of Fire ===
Arid was brought as an egg to the cave where the dragonets were kept by Dune, the SandWing guardian and a member of the Talons of Peace. Dune claimed he had found her egg alone and hidden in the sand, hence the line from the Dragonet Prophecy - "And hidden alone from the rival queens, the SandWing egg awaits unseen." She hatched after Windracer, making her the second-oldest of the dragonets. Not long after hatching, she was revealed to have spikes on her head and tail, as well as some odd white and pale blue coloring on her body and bright blue eyes, leading to the assumption that she was some kind of mutant.
She grew up with resentment and anger toward the guardians about keeping them locked away in their "prison," and away from the world she and her friends had been longing to see. At the beginning of the story, she interrupted a fight between Windracer and Kestrel, telling Kestrel to stop picking on him.
Later on, Morrowseer, the deliverer of the prophecy, came to the cave to evaluate them. When he attacked Arid, Windracer bit him on the end of his tail to defend her. Windracer later confessed to her in his room that he had powers and had been suppressing them his whole life. She agreed to keep his secret.
When Morrowseer figured out Arid was half IceWing, he ordered the guardians to kill her, along with the RainWing twins, whom he deemed unsuitable replacements for the deceased SkyWing egg in the prophecy. Arid was chained to a rock column to keep her from escaping or preventing the murder of the twins. She sang the bar song about the prophecy, like she always did to irritate their guardians, but submitted when Kestrel threatened to chain up Windracer as well.
After Windracer spied on the guardians with a stick he enchanted to make him invisible, she convinced him to confess about his powers to the other dragonets. When Webs brought Windracer to the cave entrance to meet Auburn, she broke free of the chains with the help of her and Bog's combined fire. She then witnessed Windracer deliver The Three Sisters Prophecy, and, afterward, was surprised when she overheard him referring to Auburn as his mother.
Arid was put on display in the Sky Palace and met to be a gift for Burn before Windracer seeked to fight for the live of his mother and his friends. He was nearly killed by Inferno, his cousin, before Arid revealed her frost-fire breath and struck Scarlet and nearly touched Burn distracting everyone long enough for Windracer to free everyone.
In the Kingdom of the Sea, when Whirlpool revealed the location of the Dragonets to Morrowseer and the NightWings, she fought against Morrowseer and was nearly killed before Typhoon, Diamondback and several other dragons from Possibility arrived to help them escape. In the chaos, Windracer killed Whirlpool by accident, causing him to fear of becoming Darkstalker leading to a huge fight between them.
When Windracer came back injured gravely by the NightWings, but saved by the NightWing Rebellion, Arid and Windracer apologized to each other deeply as she was there though his recovery. Later, when the dragonets went to the rain forest, Arid supported Windracer in the RainWing Challenge chosen by Vivid. After Vivid won, Arid and Windracer went into to the NightWing Island where they encountered Malicious and Viper whom tried to kill them both but Viper was killed after she fell into the lava after Windracer pushed her in to save Arid and Malicious was forced to retreat.
Escaping the volcano, Arid was blinded by the flames, much to Windracer's horror. She questioned how useful she could be without her sight but Windracer assured her they would always be together, and as a last resort, Windracer said he'd use his magic to heal her sight.
Soon, Arid was captured by Vanquisher, Chessmaster, Strongtalons and Malicious whom planned to use her to make Windracer give up the throne knowing how much he loved her and she overheard them using the Obsidian Mirror to spy on Windracer where they overheard him giving Mindreader and Knowledge the power to read minds and Stargazer the power to see the future. When Bog told Windracer Arid was gone, he was horrified and Arid knew she had to get back to him, cause they would always be together. Before the NightWings can sell her to Burn as they planned next, she she fought against the four NightWings and pinned them under a tree before returning to Windracer and leading him, Ocotillo, Qibli, Marmoset and Mango to the NightWings where they were arrested for treason.
Later on, Arid met her half brother Diamondback properly and his adopted daughter Coriander where Ocotillo explains that he was the son of his first love, Caracal, before she was killed. Arid greeted them both warmly. Afterwards, she was forced to hand herself over to Addax when he threatened Ostrich, Six-Claws's daughter so he could take Arid and give her to Queen Burn to get his family back. Windracer followed them with his invisibility stick to the SandWing Stronghold where they met Prince Smolder, the only surviving brother of the SandWing sisters, and where Arid and Windracer found Prince Frost who was held captive by Burn for weeks.
Arid and Windracer freed Frost and convinced Smolder to join them in ending this war. Using his enchanted map, they learned there was a fourth princess of the SandWing Sisters which is revealed to be Onyx, the daughter of Smolder and Palm, who they discover is actually alive to Smolder's surprise and shock. They determined that Onyx was no better than Blister or Burn leaving only Blaze as the only SandWing heir they haven't met yet. After that, Windracer and Arid take Prince Frost home where they meet Princess Blaze for the first time and quickly determined she's too air-headed to be queen or survive the challenge against her sisters.
Going back to Possibility, they arrange for the SandWing Sisters to meet at the Stronghold in ten days. When that time comes, Arid's eyesight is restored and the SandWing sisters discuss but when Onyx reveals herself as being born from their brother, Burn lunges to kill him but Palm protects him losing her life in the process before Onyx tries to fight only to end up injured and her leg mangled by Burn. Blister offers a 'peace offering' in the form of two dragonbite vipers, one of which bites Burn and kills her in seconds.
After Ember saves Windracer's life from the second viper, after nearly losing her own had it not been for Windracer healing her and Subzero smashing the viper to death with his frostscales, Arid watches Blister and Blaze fight with Blister letting it drag on for entertainment. Rose shows the dragonets where she hid the rest of the treasure she, Stone, and Heath stole within the skeleton of Queen Oasis and finds the Eye of Onyx. Windracer gives the Eye of Onyx to Arid choosing her as the new SandWing queen to everyone else's shock but to Blister's anger before she reveals that she caused Oasis to go out and confront the scavengers as a trick leading to her death and caused the whole war because she knew she couldn't face Burn in a fight head on. When she tried to take the Eye of Onyx from Arid, she's killed by it because of the enchantment ending the war once and for all.
Six months later, the Jade Mountain Palace is built along with plans for the Jade Mountain Academy. At the party to celebrate the palace's completion, Windracer proposes to Arid and she accepts.
=== How to Train Your Wings of Fire 2 ===
Arid appears in the prologue during her and Windracer's wedding. The two of them are married with all of their friends and family members in attendance.
Arid and Windracer were the targets of Icicle's assassination attempts after she was manipulated by Malicious, who had promised her Darkstalker's scroll to make the IceWings the most powerful tribe in Pyrrhia again. Icicle's attempt was foiled by Subzero, Ember, Qibli, Moonwatcher, Kinkajou, and Prince Turtle, and Windracer's mind-reading. Arid later arrested Icicle in the Jade Mountain Palace.
Arid was spared from the IceWing Plague, on account of being an IceWing hybrid like Darkstalker and Typhoon, but her mother wasn't so lucky. Qibli was able to save Storm by giving her an enchanted earring which healed her and saved her life. Not long after that, Arid sent more earrings all around Pyrrhia using Windracer's bowl that he gave to Turtle, to protect them from Darkstalker's spell and save the IceWings from the plague. Arid fought against Onyx once more for the SandWing throne but was interrupted by a sandstorm summoned by Qibli using Anemone's weather bracelets. Taking shelter together, Arid takes Qibli into the old dungeon which she planned to remove where they found Smolder and Onyx. When they meet the mad prisoner, they learn that she was actually Palm's twin sister, Prickle, who Palm had let the soldiers arrest because they look alike but since Queen Oasis died, she was never released. Arid finally releases her.
When Arid goes to the Night Kingdom, she was enchanted by Darkstalker to look and act like Clearsight before being turned back by Windracer. She later fought in the Battle of Jade Mountain where Vanquisher tried to kill her only to end up killed by her tail barb.
=== How to Train Your Wings of Fire 3 ===
She was amongst the queens to meet the Pantala refugees and discuss how to stop the Othermind and Queen Wasp and save all the dragons under their control, meeting Lady Scarab, Lady Jewel and the Chrysalis when Windracer teleports them to Pyrrhia with his animus scroll which now holds all his power.
== Abilities ==
Arid's scales radiate a mixture of warmth and an icy-cold chill, which she inherited from her SandWing and IceWing halves, respectively. She also has the serrated claws and icicle-like spines of an IceWing, and the venomous tail barb of a SandWing.
While living under the mountain, she demonstrated the ability to breathe fire like a SandWing. After coming into contact with ice for the first time, she developed the IceWings' ability to breathe frostbreath, albeit only if her body temperature is below a certain point. On occasion, her fire and frostbreath abilities can be combined into a single power, aptly nicknamed "frost-firebreath", which appears as a cloud of sparkling flames and is described as "fire so cold it burns".
== Relationships ==
=== Prince Diamondback ===
Diamondback is her half-brother. She was shocked to meet him at first, because Ocotillo had never mentioned him prior. Diamondback helped her escape from the NightWings' attack on the Summer Palace and was more than happy to finally meet her. She was impressed by his fighting skills and started to warm up to him after he told her about the purpose of the Outclaws. He appears to be one of her most trusted dragons now, even though he acts more like a bodyguard than a prince. He also makes sure Arid does not overwhelm herself with her duties as queen.
=== Dune ===
Arid seemed to like Dune the most out of the three guardians, and Dune had a sort of fondness for her. He would never hurt Arid, and she trusted him. Dune was the closest thing to a father Arid had for most of her life, and she was furious when Scarlet killed him.
=== Moonwatcher ===
Arid was initially hostile when meeting Moonwatcher, but calmed down after she realized that Moon was not like the other NightWings she'd met so far. She now seems to like Moon, even saying that the NightWing dragonet is one of her favorite subjects.
=== Qibli ===
When Arid and Qibli first met, they acted rather coldly toward each other, with Arid seeing him as another annoying brother to compete with while Qibli viewed her as a possible threat to the love he gets from his adoptive parents. They gradually got to know each other better, and established a strong sibling bond. Qibli is now one of Arid's most loyal followers, and she often ensures that her adopted brother is treated as though he were a real prince.
=== Six-Claws ===
Despite not being blood related, Arid commonly refers to Six-Claws as her uncle. After becoming queen, she appointed him and Ocotillo as her top generals.
=== Tamarin ===
Tamarin served as Arid's guide after she was blinded by the volcanic eruption on the NightWing island. She helped Arid adjust to flying and avoiding obstacles without her eyesight. Despite her independence, Arid was appreciative of Tamarin's help. She grew to trust the RainWing dragonet enough to confide in her how worried she was that her blindness might be permanent. After recovering, Arid expressed sympathy toward Tamarin never being able to see the beauty of the world around her. The experience resulted in them becoming friends, with Tamarin teaching Arid how to strengthen her senses while Arid tells her stories.
=== King Windracer ===
When Windracer confessed his love for her, Arid explained that she had loved him like a brother at first before her feelings evolved into attraction. She admits that she admires his kindness and bravery, and she started affectionately calling him "Wind" even before they became a couple. She also expresses interest in their future dragonets, stating that she can't wait to meet them.
When Windracer started becoming distant after an incident where his animus magic resulted in the death of Whirlpool, Arid went out of her way to try and cheer him up. She became angry when he insisted that he was dangerous and she should stay away from him, and didn't hesitate to call him out for it. Despite this, she still loved him and was confident that he'd soon return to acting like his old self again. When Windracer was later brought back badly wounded, Arid was worried for him and accepted his apology for their earlier disagreement. She was unwilling to leave his side while Mayfly was treating his injuries, and even confessed that she couldn't imagine a world without him in it.
Overall, Arid loves Windracer and stays loyal to him, even if he is difficult to deal with at times, and she does her best to protect and support him.
== Family Tree ==
== Quotes ==
"Nothing's wrong with you. [...] And there's nothing wrong with me, either! We're just different, that's all. If Kestrel doesn't like it, then that's her problem, not ours. [...] Besides, [...] we're all a little weird. Bog's always hungry, the twins can't count past five, and Lagoon likes to sleep in the river every night. And it's not our fault we look the way we do, or that you can't control your powers most of the time." - to Windracer
"I never really thought about being in a relationship. [...] Bit hard to, with the guardians always breathing down our necks and preparing us for that prophecy. You could have told me, though. It's not like I would have ripped your wings off, or anything." - to Windracer, about their feelings for each other
"I did love you. [...] But more like a brother. Then we got older, and I started noticing that... [...] ...that I was seeing you differently. You were always so nice and considerate of others, putting our needs before your own and defending us from the guardians' insults. Then you started being brave, protecting your mother from Scarlet and trying to convince Frost that there was another solution other than fighting. And what you did for all of those dragons out there caught in battle, fighting for a throne that isn't theirs, you told them all the truth about the prophecy and gave them hope in a way none of us could even imagine. [...] You have all the qualities that I admire, Wind." - to Windracer
"Anyone who messes with me, or Windracer, will end up with a face full of flames and frostbreath!" - to Princess Blister
"Windracer is not weak! [...] He's the strongest dragon we know! If anyone around here is weak and pitiful, it's you! You're a liar and a killer, and I'd rather pull all of my spikes out, one by one, than be a part of any prophecy of yours!" - to Morrowseer, about Windracer and the Dragonet Prophecy
"Hey. [...] You said it yourself, Wind. It's our choices that make us who we are - what we do, how we help or hurt the world. You make the world a better place by being in it. With or without your powers, that's always been true." - to Windracer
"The Windracer I know is kind and smart. He always tries so hard to protect his loved ones, and he never gives up on his friends, or himself! YOU'RE NOT ACTING LIKE THE WINDRACER I LOVE! Let me know when you find the real Windracer, because YOU'RE NOT HIM!" - to Windracer
"Maybe. [...] But I'm more of an old-fashioned 'take it down with my tail and then slash its head off' kind of dragon." - to Windracer, in a flashback
"I'm half SandWing [...] And I'll have you know that I'm his girlfriend, and I'm not letting him go in there without me!" - to Mayfly
"I love you, too. [...] But I want you to promise me that you'll make it. That nothing will go wrong. Please, I...I can't imagine a world without you in it." - to Windracer
"All those dragons waiting in line to see a queen who won't even lift a claw to help them. They deserve better than that. A rabid goat deserves better than that!" - thoughts about the RainWings
"I am NOT claustrophobic. [...] Just claustro-avoidant. I avoid enclosed spaces when possible." - to her friends
"Not for much longer. [...] Windracer's right, and you know it. I thought Scarlet was bad, but you? You are the nastiest and most terrible queen I am the most dishonored to have ever met." - to Queen Battlewinner
== Trivia ==
* The word "arid" is an adjective, describing something to be too dry and/or barren to support life, or a dry atmosphere. Although most arid areas are hot and dry, polar regions are also considered arid climates because they receive little moisture in the form of snow.
** The word is also two letters short of "Astrid," for whom Arid serves as the dragon counterpart.
* The author of How to Train Your Wings of Fire confirmed that her decision to provide Arid with both fire and frostbreath was because she was unsure which of those she wanted Arid to have.
* Being half SandWing, Arid appears to be claustrophobic, which is a fear of closed spaces; however, she claims that she's just 'claustro-avoidant'.
== Gallery ==
How to train your wings of fire poster *Poppy Display Ver*.png|Arid on the full cover of How to Train Your Wings of Fire, by Poppyflowerr
AridJoyAng.png|Joy Ang base reference by HTTYDPokemonFan
Arid(S).png|Joy Ang base reference by XIShadowStrikerIX
AridBaby.png|Peregrinecella dragonet base
AridConstelliarts.png|Constelli Graphic Novel base
Typical_IceWing_by_Sassy_the_Beagle.jpg|A typical IceWing (colored), by Joy Ang
IceWingBase.png|A typical IceWing (lineart), by Joy Ang
IceWing Sigil.png|IceWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
Typical_SandWing_by_Sassy_the_Beagle.jpg|A typical SandWing (colored), by Joy Ang
SandWingBase.png|A typical SandWing (lineart), by Joy Ang
SandWing Sigil.png|SandWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
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