Jerboa III

> "*Completely useless. Yes. Just like I've always wanted.*"
> ― Jerboa's thoughts, *The Poison Jungle*
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*(Not to be confused with her mother Jerboa, who lived in the time of Darkstalker, or Jerboa II, Jerboa's first attempt at creating a dragonet.)*
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**Jerboa III**, also known as **Boa**, is an adult female SandWing who was introduced in *Talons of Power*. She lives in her hut beside the sea, near a border shared by the Ice Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sand. She is responsible for preventing animus dragons from casting new spells.

## Appearance

Jerboa has pale yellow scales.Template:Ref She is tall, long-necked, and graceful, with wide black eyes and a dappled lightTemplate:Ref brown triangle pattern on her wings.Template:Ref She wears a pale, fan-shaped seashell edged with dark pinkTemplate:Ref on a coconut fiber cord around her neck, which is enchantedTemplate:Ref to hide her missing six clawsTemplate:Ref and tail barb.Template:Ref Jerboa enchanted Jerboa III to stop growing at the size of a normal dragon, although she would stop growing at a size that was slightly smaller than Jerboa's.Template:Ref She has frown lines on her face.Template:Ref

## Personality

Jerboa III wants to be her own dragon, and was bad-tempered around her mother.Template:Ref She tends to be lazy, and although she had a lot of energy as a young dragonet, Jerboa's spells made her more placid, less argumentative, and more likely to say yes to everything likely resulted in her laziness. She was enchanted to be sweet,Template:Ref serene,Template:Ref and talks and thinks extremely slowly;Template:RefTemplate:Ref she avoids arguing with her mother,Template:Ref with the love for her tripled by Jerboa to make Jerboa III appear extra cute and affectionate.Template:Ref Jerboa III is desperately curious about animus magic despite her mother's memory spells, implanted nightmares, and personality adjustments; rewinding her age made her a faster thinker, but her mind began to slow again with each new spell cast on her.Template:Ref She is often confused, and her mother described her brain to be uncommonly stupid.Template:Ref After reversing the enchantments made by her mother, Jerboa III felt terrified by animus magic and what other dragons might force her to do, causing her to disable its power across all animus dragons.Template:Ref She is quiet,Template:Ref thoughtful,Template:Ref easily amused,Template:Ref sarcastic, and prefers to be ignored.Template:Ref

## Biography

### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

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## Relationships

### Glacier

Jerboa and Glacier were good friends, and Jerboa misses Glacier greatly after her death.Template:Ref

### Jerboa

Jerboa III was often grumpy around her mother, and Jerboa viewed her daughter as ungrateful.Template:RefTemplate:Ref Jerboa used memory wipes, personality adjustments, and implanted nightmares within her daughter to try and suit her own needs.Template:Ref Jerboa III tried to run away from her several times,Template:Ref and Jerboa was often impatient and snappy towards her.Template:Ref Jerboa III was entertaining for Jerboa, and she made promises easily to her daughter, safe in the knowledge that she could erase them from Jerboa III's mind with ease.Template:Ref When Jerboa III tried to get someone to rescue her, Jerboa thought of this as nonsense and tended to avoid other dragons from then on.Template:Ref She was manipulative towards Jerboa III, pouring honey through her voice instead of hissing at her to get what she wanted.Template:Ref She lied often to her daughter,Template:Ref and Jerboa III was convinced that all the love she felt for her mother was the result of Jerboa's enchantments. Jerboa stated that she loved her daughter when she is agreeable, but when Jerboa III angrily confronted her mother about her enchantments, Jerboa stated that she was exceptionally unlovable in that moment.Template:Ref Before Jerboa III encased her mother in ice, Jerboa cast a spell on her daughter out of revenge, and to ensure that Jerboa III was not as triumphant as the thought and that she would never forget Jerboa.Template:Ref

### Snowfall

After Snowfall discovered that animus magic was not working, she considered Jerboa to be uselessTemplate:Ref and was furious when Jerboa seemed only annoyed rather than guilty when Snowfall confronted her about consorting with Luna, Moonwatcher, and Qibli.Template:Ref She is acid,Template:Ref flat, and withering towards Snowfall,Template:Ref and she often seems amused when Snowfall is annoyed.Template:Ref However, after experiencing Jerboa's life through the gift of vision, she could not imagine being angry at her anymore, and thought that she might soon visit Jerboa, just to check on her, because it seemed like she needed a friend.Template:Ref

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## Trivia

* One of her first lines, "I've been waiting a long time to fulfill my purpose," is a reference to what Queen Glacier told her years ago.Template:Ref
* The enchantments Jerboa put on her made her think and speak slower,Template:Ref although this was presumably resolved when Jerboa III reversed all her mother's enchantments on her.
* Jerboa III was one of the candidates that were considered to be the main protagonist of *The Dangerous Gift*.Template:Ref
* Jerboa III is an excellent cook.Template:Ref
* Jerboa III loves gathering firewood, though this is one of the personality adjustments made by Jerboa.Template:Ref
* Jerboa III has been a talented musician and storyteller throughout her life.Template:Ref

## Gallery

JerboaIIITemplateLumin.pngReference by Template:UJerboaIIIGlamourTemplateLumin.pngReference by Lumin the WhispererJerboa III on the Barnes & Noble special edition of *The Dangerous Gift*, by Joy AngJerboa III Fullbody Render.pngJerboa III fullbody render, edited by Template:U
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