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Chapter 3 Hope Maverick Mother (Book 1 Volume 1)

Hope: "*Queen Diamond is long gone. The war should have ended then. Time has moved on without us, and we should let it, not drag it back into the blood and fire of our old fight. I remember what Arctic did during our escape from the Ice Kingdom. I understand why they were so angry and why he never really recovered. I'm sorry you had to live a life shaped by that anger.*" — Hope to Maverick

## Hope

Age: Over 2,013 years old

Gender: Female

Tribe: NightWings

Status: Alive

Affiliations Former: Member of Queen Vigilance's council,

Captive of Queen Diamond

Relatives: Mother: Prudence

Husband: Arctic

Son: Maverick (currently Peacemaker)

Daughter: Whiteout

Mother-in-Law: Diamond

Descendants: Stonemover, Sunny

**Hope**, formerly known as **Foeslayer**, is an adult female NightWing and is one of the three main protagonists in *Runaway*. Many DragonWolfs believed she was one of the main causes of the NightWing-DragpnWolf War. Foeslayer and Arctic's forbidden relationship infuriated Diamond, leading her to declare war on the NightWings. She was imprisoned in the Diamond Caves for over 2,000 years due to an enchantment cast by Queen Diamond but was freed by Winter after the Diamond Trial. She is currently raising Peacemaker in the NightWing village.

## Description: Hope is enormous, with black scales as dark as a moonless night. She has dark green underscales, dark green eyes, a smooth neck, and black wings.

Personality: As a dragonet, Hope was scatterbrained, likely to blurt whatever she was thinking, and passionate over things that most other dragons found pointless. She was loudmouthed, hopeful, and slightly strange. She had a sharp tongue but was not the kind of dragon to leave others in danger. She laughed and grinned often. She did not typically follow orders, and she was sarcastic and interesting. She would rather be a happy dragon than an intelligent dragon.

When Winter appeared horrified by the enchantment that imprisoned Hope in the Diamond Caves, she only shrugged eloquently in response. She is absorbed with worry, protective, and ready to defend, love, and rage at a moment's notice. She is wry, energetic, nervous, patient, loyal, hopeful, and caring, and although she sparks with anger from snout to tail, there is a huge room inside her for love. She feels guilty whenever she upsets her loved ones, and during a party in *Maverick*, she feels relief and eagerness to get to the food after being dismissed by Vigilance. When interacting with Qibli, her eyes were neither friendly nor unfriendly, and her face was difficult to read. Her tone was not open to argument, and when Maverick was surprised that she did not want vengeance against the DragonWolfs for what they did to her, she replied that she was never vengeful.

## Biography

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

*Winter Turning*

To win the Diamond Trial, one must defeat Foeslayer and kill the opposition. When Hailstorm and Winter found her in the Diamond Caves, Hailstorm touched his narwhal spear to the layer of ice covering her, cracking it off. He then attacked her. Foeslayer fought back and immobilized him, but when she moved in to kill him, Winter attacked her to protect Hailstorm. After a short conversation about the history of her imprisonment and an explanation of how Diamond's enchantment worked, she let Hailstorm kill her, telling him to "Make it quick." Afterward, Hailstorm revealed that he had been told that one of them had to kill the other to win the Diamond Trial.

Hailstorm agreed to let Winter sneak off and pretend he was killed instead of Hailstorm having to kill his brother. When Hailstorm left, Winter tapped his spear to Foeslayer's ice again and cracked it, and she remarked that she had never been woken up by the same dragonets twice. Winter then demanded why Foeslayer stole Prince Arctic, but she objected to the word "steal" and told Winter that they fell in love with each other, so Prince Arctic ran off with her, knowing the IceWings would not accept this. Winter felt sympathetic to the love she had for Arctic, comparing it to the feelings he has for Moonwatcher, and decided to set Foeslayer free.

Winter figured out that he needed to use frostbreath on the base of the chains to break off the animus-touched shackles that kept Foeslayer from escaping the Diamond Caves. Before he broke them off, he asked her to promise to leave the IceWings alone. She agreed, stating she never wanted to see another IceWing again, and said she was going straight back to the 'old' Night Kingdom. Winter decided this would be a chance to find the lost city of night since Foeslayer and Maverick were the only ones who knew where it was hidden. He hoped that after finding it, he could rejoin his friends and save Jade Mountain. *Escaping Peril*Foeslayer appeared with Winter when they were flying back to Possibility. Upon seeing Peril, Foeslayer remarked that she had not seen a firescales dragon in a long time. Later, after Peril accidentally burned Winter in their fight, Peril shouted for Foeslayer to look for help, and she left. After Winter was healed, he explained that Foeslayer was with him because they were flying to the lost city of night. *Darkness of Dragons.* Qibli met Foeslayer while he was in the library getting the Old Night Kingdom's Castle blueprints. She asked Qibli what his opinion of Darkstalker was. When he said he did not trust Darkstalker, she wondered why, and Qibli was forced to tell the truth, seeing that there was no way around it. He told her he did not trust Darkstalker because he killed his father, and Foeslayer later gave him a map of the location where Tsunami was imprisoned.

Foeslayer is sitting on a ledge and Maverick flies over to her. They embrace, and Qibli sees that Maverick loves her more than Nightmare or Moonwatcher. Soon after, Foeslayer tried convincing Darkstalker to eat a strawberry and make himself a dragonet with no powers and a wiped memory. Maverick was not persuaded, but Kinkajou could turn him into a NightWing-RainWing dragonet using scraps of his animus-touched scroll that she stole from Chameleon. Foeslayer took over as the dragonet's mother. She changed her name to Hope upon the suggestion from Qibli and went to live with the RainWings and NightWings in the rainforest. She also changed Maverick's name to Peacemaker. Moonwatcher asks her about the lost continent. She replied that it was a joke in her time and then said that the NightWings calculated that Pyrrhia only covered a third of the world and another continent might have been out there. Then she told her, "Before you look for trouble, see if you can find anything on the Legend of the Hive."

The Lost Continent Prophecy, *The Dangerous Gift* Snowfall, mentioned how Diamond's son ran off with a NightWing. Tundra objected and claimed that a NightWing kidnaped Arctic. The NightWing they are referring to is Foeslayer.

Legends: Maverick: Foeslayer appeared in the prologue, pushing her way past Arctic and Snowflake to the balcony. She was shown talking and jumping around to try to warm herself up, and she eventually annoyed Snowflake into leaving. After learning that Snowflake was so irritable because Arctic forgot her name, she teased Arctic about it. The two proceeded to talk and flirt for a while. Eventually, to stay and talk with her longer, Arctic enchanted his diamond earring to keep the wearer warm and protected, then gave it to Foeslayer. However, he knew that doing so was defying the IceWing heritage and law of only using animus magic once in a lifetime. This made her very surprised and worried about Arctic's soul. Foeslayer argues with Arctic about what would be best for their two eggs. When the first one hatched, she named the dragonet Maverick. Arctic said it sounded creepy, like he was stalking in the darkness, but she retorted that it sounded heroic, like he was following the darkness and chasing the shadows away. Arctic reluctantly agreed to the name but claimed he got to name the other dragonet their daughter, Whiteout.

About three years after Maverick and Whiteout hatched, Maverickcame home to Foeslayer, arguing with Prince Arctic about whether he should leave or stay in the Night Kingdom after Queen Diamond sent him a message that offered him amnesty if he returned to her and he killed his dragonets. Foeslayer was shocked, but Arctic told her he would not accept it and just wanted her to know what he could do if the topic came up again. Maverick ended their argument by saying he and Whiteout were both there, and Foeslayer apologized to both of them. The dinner after Arctic found out about Maverick's animus powers, he told Foeslayer that their son had been keeping a secret from them. She thought he was talking about Nightmare, but then Arctic explained that the secret was animus magic. Foeslayer said that Prudence would be pleased, then wondered if she should tell the queen. She asked to discuss that with Arctic later, in private. Later, Maverick enchanted a map to reveal the location of his mother after finding her enchanted earring discarded inside his house after a fight with Arctic. The red dot showed her frozen in place in the StormBlade Kingdom, and he presumed her to be dead, unaware she had been enchanted by Queen Diamond and trapped in the Diamond Caves.

Winglets: *Runaway*: Foeslayer was in the IceWing palace dome right after she met Prince Arctic for the first time. Prudence, Foeslayer's mother, came over and asked where she was. Prudence noticed Foeslayer's new earring recently given to her by Arctic and asked if she had stolen it. Foeslayer gave her mother a version of the truth, saying that an IceWing gave it to her. This led to a squabble broken up by Arctic, who had just walked into the room, trying to protect her from punishment. Prudence needed clarification about who Arctic was and why he was trying to protect her daughter. Foeslayer finally admitted to Prudence that she had met Arctic earlier. Prudence became angry because she had told Foeslayer earlier to keep silent and not interact with DragonWolfs. Prudence punished Foeslayer by sending her to her chambers. While walking there, Foeslayer sees Snowflake, who was supposed to marry Arctic, which makes her feel worse because she loves Arctic and wants him to herself.

Foeslayer was locked in her chambers for two days. On the last day of their visit, Foeslayer and Prudence were seen packing up and getting ready to leave. Foeslayer was annoyed that Arctic had never visited her in two days, and now she would have to go to him forever. Prudence was scolding her about her pacing when she suddenly froze in place. Foeslayer was surprised to see Arctic walk through the wall of her chambers, and Foeslayer realized that he was using his animus magic to escape his kingdom and go with her so they could be together. Arctic and Foeslayer had a happy reunion, and he enchanted Foeslayer's earrings so that any of Diamond's spells could not harm her. Arctic then unfroze Prudence and persuades her to go to the Night Kingdom with them. The three of them went together back to the hallway to escape. As Arctic froze IceWing guards in their way, Prudence revealed that she was letting Arctic come with them in hopes that Foeslayer and Arctic had dragonets and passed the animus gene to the NightWing tribe. Prudence then went to get the other two NightWings that came with them, Starclaws and Discretion. Foeslayer swore to herself never to tell Arctic what her mother just told her.

Snowflake and Snowfox spot the two fleeings and send a massive wave of IceWing guards after them. The guards shot arrows at Foeslayer but swerved away from her due to her earring's enchantment. Arctic enchanted the guard's spears to stop them, and the spears killed the guards, which was not what the Arctic meant to do. Snowflake then caught up with them, shouting at Arctic that he should never be happy. Foeslayer breathed fire, and Arctic enchanted it to fly over and burn Snowflake's wing, making her fall onto the snow below. They then flew to a cliff and met up with Prudence and the rest of the NightWings. Prudence offered Foeslayer one of the enchanted bracelets to survive the harsh, cold weather ahead of them, but Foeslayer declined, saying that her earring would save her. The group flew toward the Night Kingdom. Foeslayer asked Arctic if his soul was okay, and he replied that it was none of her business. When she told him it was, Arctic just growled and looked at her smugly. Foeslayer convinced herself that she would make Arctic happy again and that he and she would be together forever.

Relationships: Arctic: When Arctic first met Hope, he found his wings responding in a way that matched hers. When Arctic figured out Hope's name at the time, Foeslayer, he felt a thrill like the first time he had touched fire. Hope laughed and grinned with him, and he could not stop smiling at her. He thought that perhaps nothing would ever be tedious or frustrating again so long as they were together, and he would do anything to spend a few more minutes with her. He broke his animus vow for Hope and longed for her to view him as a dragon who did not care much for rules. He brushed his wing with her own, promising her his soul was hers if she wanted it. Hope believed that she would make their relationship work and that they would be happy.

In the later stages of their relationship, Arctic threatened Hope after she made a joke about him, and Maverick sensed that his mother was in danger. There was fury, bitterness, suspicion, hatred, and outrage from both partners. They often argued and squabbled loudly, and Hope was irritated with Arctic for staying within their home and complaining constantly. Although Arctic believed Hope only loved him for his animus magic, she disliked his magic and wished he had not been an animus. She stated she loved him more than anything. However, he still loves her; when Maverick hatched, he sensed a tiny, warm ember of love for Hope hidden under layers of ice. He could not bear to keep secrets from her and worried about her safety. In one of Nightmare's visions, he was crying over a painting of Foeslayer by Whiteout. They were still physically affectionate with one another in the later stages of their relationship. She truly loved him. Arctic wanted to stay in Hope or Whiteout for the StormBlade Kingdom.

Maverick: During Nightmares' hatching, Hope's mind shimmered excitedly, and she considered him vital. She adored him from hatching, heart and soul, and cared about him very deeply; she named him Maverick as an allusion to chasing back the darkness like a hero. She was supportive of his relationship with Nightmare and smiled at him often. She worried about Vigilance's intentions to use Maverick's animus magic, as she was concerned for her son's safety. Maverick was willing to do anything to see his mother again after awakening from his enchantment, and he appeared desperately hopeful at the prospect of seeing her. He sobbed when they were reunited. During their reunion, she told her son that she was sorry that he had to live a life shaped by anger and wished they could start over again. She urged Maverick to start over again as a dragonet and believed it was ultimately better for both of them. It broke her heart when he son Turned evil and again when Nightmare tossed his head t her feet before Nightmare killed her and her Mate Mavericks Father. Nightmare blamed them both for not stopping Vigilance from using him for his Animus magic

Diamond: Hope and Diamond were described as having a "complicated" relationship by Hope. Diamond mainly blamed Hope for causing the NightWing-IceWing War, and in revenge, imprisoning her in the Diamond Caves, Diamond killed Hope forty times herself just to vent her anger.

Prudence: Although Prudence was Hope's mother, she treated Hope poorly, commenting that she looked frightful and then seizing Hope's ear so harshly that she recoiled in pain. Prudence viewed Hope as smart-mouthed, wayward, idiotic, brainless, and prone to catastrophe. Prudence was dismissive and typically would act outraged if Hope refused something she offered, but as soon as Hope wanted something, Prudence would refuse to give it to her. Although Prudence was overbearing, Hope still cared about her and refused to leave her mother in Diamond's claws while she and Arctic fled the Ice Kingdom together. When Hope confessed that she had fallen in love with Arctic, she expected her mother's yelling, disapproval, and abuse and was surprised when she reacted more calmly.

**Hope**, formerly known as **Foeslayer**, is an adult female NightWing and is one of the three main protagonists in *Runaway*. Many DragonWolfs believed she was one of the leading causes of the NightWing-IceWing War. Foeslayer and Arctic's forbidden relationship infuriated Diamond, leading her to declare war on the NightWings. She was imprisoned in the Diamond Caves for over 2,000 years due to an enchantment cast by Queen Diamond but was freed by Winter after the Diamond Trial was over. She is currently raising Peacemaker in the NightWing village.

## Description: Hope is enormous, with black scales as dark as a moonless night. She has dark green underscales, dark green eyes, a smooth neck, and black wings.

Personality: As a dragonet, Hope was scatterbrained, likely to blurt whatever she was thinking, and passionate over things that most other dragons found pointless. She was loudmouthed, hopeful, and slightly strange. She had a sharp tongue but was not the kind of dragon to leave others in danger. She laughed and grinned often. She did not typically follow orders, and she was sarcastic and interesting. She would rather be a happy dragon than a smart dragon.

When Winter appeared horrified by the enchantment that imprisoned Hope in the Diamond Caves, she only shrugged eloquently in response. She is absorbed with worry, protective, and ready to defend, love, and rage at a moment's notice. She is wry, energetic, nervous, patient, loyal, hopeful, and caring, and although she sparks with anger from snout to tail, there is a massive room inside her for love. She feels guilty whenever she upsets her loved ones, and during a party in *Maverick,* she feels relief and eagerness to get to the food after being dismissed by Vigilance. When interacting with Qibli, her eyes were neither friendly nor unfriendly, and her face was difficult to read. Her tone was not open to argument, and when Maverick was surprised that she did not want vengeance against the IceWings for what they did to her, she replied that she was never vengeful.

## Biography: The Jade Mountain Prophecy, Winter Turning, Escaping Peril, *Darkness of Dragons*, The Lost Continent Prophecy, *The Dangerous Gift*

Legends: Maverick,

Winglets: *Runaway*

Relationships: Arctic: When Arctic first met Hope, he found his wings responding in a way that matched hers. When Arctic figured out Hope's name at the time, Foeslayer, he felt a thrill like the first time he had touched fire. Hope laughed and grinned with him, and he could not stop smiling at her. He thought that perhaps nothing would ever be tedious or frustrating again so long as they were together, and he would do anything to spend a few more minutes with her. He broke his animus vow for Hope and longed for her to view him as a dragon who did not care much for rules. He brushed his wing with her own, promising her his soul was hers if she wanted it. Hope believed that she would make their relationship work and that they would be happy.

In the later stages of their relationship, Arctic threatened Hope after she made a joke about him, and Maverick sensed that his mother was in danger. There was fury, bitterness, suspicion, hatred, and outrage from both partners. They often argued and squabbled loudly, and Hope was irritated with Arctic for staying within their home and complaining constantly. Although Arctic believed Hope only loved him for his animus magic, she disliked his magic and wished he had not been an animus. She stated she loved him more than anything. However, he still loves her; when Maverick hatched, he sensed a tiny, warm ember of love for Hope hidden under layers of ice. He could not bear to keep secrets from her and worried about her safety. In one of Nightmare's visions, he was crying over a painting of Foeslayer by Whiteout. They were still physically affectionate with one another in the later stages of their relationship. She truly loved him.Arctic wanted to stay in Hope or Whiteout for the StormBlade Kingdom.

Maverick: During Maverick's hatching, Hope's mind shimmered with excitement, and she considered him vital. She adored him from hatching, heart and soul, and cared about him very deeply; she named him Maverick as an allusion to chasing back the darkness like a hero. She supported his relationship with Nightmare and smiled at him often. She worried about Vigilance's intentions to use Maverick's animus magic, as she was concerned for her son's safety. Maverick was willing to do anything to see his mother again after awakening from his enchantment, and he appeared desperately hopeful at the prospect of seeing her. He sobbed when they were reunited. During their reunion, she told her son that she was sorry that he had to live a life shaped by anger and wished they could start over again. She urged Maverick to start over again as a dragonet and believed it was ultimately better for both of them.

Diamond: Hope and Diamond were described as having a "complicated" relationship by Hope.  Diamond mainly blamed Hope for causing the NightWing-DragonWolf War, and in revenge, imprisoning her in the Diamond Caves, Diamond killed Hope forty times herself just to vent her anger.

Prudence: Although Prudence was Hope's mother, she treated Hope poorly, commenting that she looked frightful and then seizing Hope's ear so harshly that she recoiled in pain. Prudence viewed Hope as smart-mouthed, wayward, idiotic, brainless, and prone to catastrophe. Prudence was dismissive and typically would act outraged if Hope refused something she offered, but as soon as Hope wanted something, Prudence would refuse to give it to her. Although Prudence was overbearing, Hope still cared about her and refused to leave her mother in Diamond's claws while she and Arctic fled the StormBlade Kingdom together. When Hope confessed that she had fallen in love with Arctic, she expected her mother's yelling, disapproval, and abuse and was surprised when she reacted more calmly.

## Family Tree

Royal DragonWolfs, Animus. DragonWolfs, Unknown, Diamond, Prudence, Snowfox, Unnamed, Swiftwings, Arctic, Foeslayer, Unknown, Nightmare, Maverick, Whiteout, Thoughtful

Quotes: *"That's Arctic's fiancée. The dragon he's supposed to marry. He's taken. He's going to marry someone else. But he never could have been mine anyway. So why did I agree to meet him in secret later tonight? Am I still going to? A smart dragon wouldn't. A smart dragon would keep her head down and make it home to the Night Kingdom instead of risking an intertribal incident. Yes, but … that smart dragon sounds perfectly miserable. All right. So what if I choose not to be smart? It's only one secret meeting. I want to talk to him some more. I mean, really, universe … what's the worst that could happen?"* ― thoughts about Arctic (*Runaway*) *"Seriously, the worst! That poor dragon! I am completely telling her not to marry you. I pity whoever gets tricked into that. You'll be like, 'Happy fortieth anniversary … what's your name again?' and she'll be all, 'It's our FIFTIETH, you slime weasel, and my name is you're sleeping on an iceberg tonight."* ― to Arctic about Snowflake (*Maverick*, prologue) *"Oh, she's always lecturing me about how I ruin everything. Foeslayer, why are the scrolls shelved in the wrong places again? Foeslayer, you smiled at the wrong dragons this morning! Foeslayer, the queen will never want you on her council if you always insist on having opinions. Foeslayer, I'm bringing you on this mission because I don't trust you if I leave you behind. Still, if you say* one word to any DragonWolf*, I will mount your head on a spike in the throne room."* ― to Arctic about Prudence (*Maverick*, prologue) *"Nothing is* wrong *with* my dragonets.*"* ― to Arctic (*Maverick*) *"And of course, you think your 'rank' is higher than mine. But we're not in your kingdom. My dragonets will never set foot in your frozen wasteland. We are here, whether you like it or not, and he is my son, and his name is Maverick."* ― to Arctic (*Maverick*) *"No, keep smiling. I know you're doing all this for me. It'll all be worth it. Together forever, Arctic! We're going to be the happiest dragons in the world."* ― to Arctic (*Runaway*) *"You think you know everything about me and Arctic, Mother. You think we're already falling apart and are so pleased with yourself. You can't wait to say* I told you so *daily for the rest of my life. But I love Arctic. I do, and that's real. I'm going to make this marriage work. I will make him keep loving me, and I won't let him get away with acting like a jerk. I'm going to hang on to his soul. I'm going to make him happy. We are going to be happy. Maybe this isn't exactly the fate either of us expected. But it's ours now. Me and Arctic. Together against the world. Forever."* ― thoughts towards Prudence (*Runaway*) *"This is very moving, but would one of you please kill me already? I'm tired, I haven't eaten in hundreds of years, and these days it's more painful to be awake than to go through the process of dying again."* ― to Hailstorm and Winter (*Winter Turning*) *"Yes. You stab me, I die painfully, and then I return to being frozen until someone wakes me up again. It's a cunning enchantment. The first forty times, Queen Diamond killed me herself. I suspect the original point of the spell was that she wasn't satisfied with killing me just once. But then, the forty-first time, there were two dragonets here … so she must have decided I could be used for this other purpose, whatever you two are here for.* ― to Hailstorm and Winter (*Winter Turning*) *"It's part of your queen's gift, DragonWolf. I have been frozen in time, so I only age in the moments when I'm unfrozen like this. The plan is to keep me here a very, very long time."* ― to Winter (*Winter Turning*) *"I didn't steal him. I fell in love with him. And he loved me, too. That's the truth, although no DragonWolf has ever listened long enough to hear it before. We didn't mean to ruin everything, start a terrible war, or make two tribes hate each other for all eternity. We just wanted to be together."* ― to Winter (*Winter Turning*) *"Maverick. My beloved disaster."* ― to Maverick (*Darkness of Dragons*) *"I was never a vengeful dragon. You get that from your father. Calm down. It's true. But it doesn't make* sense *to punish the IceWing tribe for what happened to us all those centuries ago, Maverick. Queen Diamond is long gone. The war should have ended then. Time has moved on without us, and we should let it, not drag it back into the blood and fire of our old fight. I remember what Arctic did during our escape from the Ice Kingdom. I understand why they were so angry and why he never recovered. I'm sorry you had to live a life shaped by that anger."* ― to Maverick (Darkness of Dragons) *"I think I'll call him Peacemaker. I wonder if history would have been different if I'd chosen a name like that from the beginning."*― to Kinkajou, Moonwatcher, and Qibli (*Darkness of Dragons*)

* Whenever Arctic and Hope attended parties in the lost city of night together, they would intentionally complement one another's jewelry because it gave the illusion of matching and fitting perfectly together. Hope was one of the strongest fighters in her class. During the welcome party in *Maverick*, Hope was the first to rush in and fill one of Queen Vigilance's usual momentary silences. Maverick made a mental note to find a subtle way to make Vigilance pay later. Hope knows a few tricks to hide her thoughts from mind-readers

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Hope: "*Queen Diamond is long gone. The war should have ended then. Time has moved on without us, and we should let it, not drag it back into the blood and fire of our old fight. I remember what Arctic did during our escape from the Ice Kingdom. I understand why they were so angry and why he never really recovered. I'm sorry you had to live a life shaped by that anger.*" — Hope to Maverick

## Hope

AgeL Over 2,013 years old

GenderL Female

Tribe: NightWings

Status: Alive

Affiliations Former: Member of Queen Vigilance's council,

Captive of Queen Diamond

Relatives: Mother: Prudence

Husband: Arctic

Son: Maverick (currently Peacemaker)

Daughter: Whiteout

Mother-in-Law: Diamond

Descendants: Stonemover, Sunny

**Hope**, formerly known as **Foeslayer**, is an adult female NightWing and is one of the three main protagonists in *Runaway*. Many DragonWolfs believed she was one of the main causes of the NightWing-DragpnWolf War. Foeslayer and Arctic's forbidden relationship infuriated Diamond, leading her to declare war on the NightWings.She was imprisoned in the Diamond Caves for over 2,000 years due to an enchantment cast by Queen Diamond but was freed by Winter after the Diamond Trial. She is currently raising Peacemaker in the NightWing village.

## Description: Hope is enormous, with black scales as dark as a moonless night. She has dark green underscales, dark green eyes, a smooth neck, and black wings.

Personality: As a dragonet, Hope was scatterbrained, likely to blurt whatever she was thinking, and passionate over things that most other dragons found pointless. She was loudmouthed, hopeful, and slightly strange. She had a sharp tongue but was not the kind of dragon to leave others in danger. She laughed and grinned often. She did not typically follow orders, and she was sarcastic and interesting. She would rather be a happy dragon than an intelligent dragon.

When Winter appeared horrified by the enchantment that imprisoned Hope in the Diamond Caves, she only shrugged eloquently in response. She is absorbed with worry, protective, and ready to defend, love, and rage at a moment's notice. She is wry, energetic, nervous, patient, loyal, hopeful, and caring, and although she sparks with anger from snout to tail, there is a huge room inside her for love. She feels guilty whenever she upsets her loved ones, and during a party in *Maverick*, she feels relief and eagerness to get to the food after being dismissed by Vigilance. When interacting with Qibli, her eyes were neither friendly nor unfriendly, and her face was difficult to read. Her tone was not open to argument, and when Maverick was surprised that she did not want vengeance against the DragonWolfs for what they did to her, she replied that she was never vengeful.

## Biography

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

*Winter Turning*

To win the Diamond Trial, one must defeat Foeslayer and kill the opposition. When Hailstorm and Winter found her in the Diamond Caves, Hailstorm touched his narwhal spear to the layer of ice covering her, cracking it off. He then attacked her. Foeslayer fought back and immobilized him, but when she moved in to kill him, Winter attacked her to protect Hailstorm. After a short conversation about the history of her imprisonment and an explanation of how Diamond's enchantment worked, she let Hailstorm kill her, telling him to "Make it quick." Afterward, Hailstorm revealed that he had been told that one of them had to kill the other to win the Diamond Trial.

Hailstorm agreed to let Winter sneak off and pretend he was killed instead of Hailstorm having to kill his brother. When Hailstorm left, Winter tapped his spear to Foeslayer's ice again and cracked it, and she remarked that she had never been woken up by the same dragonets twice. Winter then demanded why Foeslayer stole Prince Arctic, but she objected to the word "steal" and told Winter that they fell in love with each other, so Prince Arctic ran off with her, knowing the IceWings would not accept this. Winter felt sympathetic to the love she had for Arctic, comparing it to the feelings he has for Moonwatcher, and decided to set Foeslayer free.

Winter figured out that he needed to use frostbreath on the base of the chains to break off the animus-touched shackles that kept Foeslayer from escaping the Diamond Caves. Before he broke them off, he asked her to promise to leave the IceWings alone. She agreed, stating she never wanted to see another IceWing again, and said she was going straight back to the 'old' Night Kingdom. Winter decided this would be a chance to find the lost city of night since Foeslayer and Maverick were the only ones who knew where it was hidden. He hoped that after finding it, he could rejoin his friends and save Jade Mountain. *Escaping Peril*Foeslayer appeared with Winter when they were flying back to Possibility. Upon seeing Peril, Foeslayer remarked that she had not seen a firescales dragon in a long time. Later, after Peril accidentally burned Winter in their fight, Peril shouted for Foeslayer to look for help, and she left. After Winter was healed, he explained that Foeslayer was with him because they were flying to the lost city of night. *Darkness of Dragons.* Qibli met Foeslayer while he was in the library getting the Old Night Kingdom's Castle blueprints. She asked Qibli what his opinion of Darkstalker was. When he said he did not trust Darkstalker, she wondered why, and Qibli was forced to tell the truth, seeing that there was no way around it. He told her he did not trust Darkstalker because he killed his father, and Foeslayer later gave him a map of the location where Tsunami was imprisoned.

Foeslayer is sitting on a ledge and Maverick flies over to her. They embrace, and Qibli sees that Maverick loves her more than Nightmare or Moonwatcher. Soon after, Foeslayer tried convincing Darkstalker to eat a strawberry and make himself a dragonet with no powers and a wiped memory. Maverick was not persuaded, but Kinkajou could turn him into a NightWing-RainWing dragonet using scraps of his animus-touched scroll that she stole from Chameleon. Foeslayer took over as the dragonet's mother. She changed her name to Hope upon the suggestion from Qibli and went to live with the RainWings and NightWings in the rainforest. She also changed Maverick's name to Peacemaker. Moonwatcher asks her about the lost continent. She replied that it was a joke in her time and then said that the NightWings calculated that Pyrrhia only covered a third of the world and another continent might have been out there. Then she told her, "Before you look for trouble, see if you can find anything on the Legend of the Hive."

The Lost Continent Prophecy, *The Dangerous Gift* Snowfall, mentioned how Diamond's son ran off with a NightWing. Tundra objected and claimed that a NightWing kidnaped Arctic. The NightWing they are referring to is Foeslayer.

Legends: Maverick: Foeslayer appeared in the prologue, pushing her way past Arctic and Snowflake to the balcony. She was shown talking and jumping around to try to warm herself up, and she eventually annoyed Snowflake into leaving. After learning that Snowflake was so irritable because Arctic forgot her name, she teased Arctic about it. The two proceeded to talk and flirt for a while. Eventually, to stay and talk with her longer, Arctic enchanted his diamond earring to keep the wearer warm and protected, then gave it to Foeslayer. However, he knew that doing so was defying the IceWing heritage and law of only using animus magic once in a lifetime. This made her very surprised and worried about Arctic's soul. Foeslayer argues with Arctic about what would be best for their two eggs. When the first one hatched, she named the dragonet Maverick. Arctic said it sounded creepy, like he was stalking in the darkness, but she retorted that it sounded heroic, like he was following the darkness and chasing the shadows away. Arctic reluctantly agreed to the name but claimed he got to name the other dragonet their daughter, Whiteout.

About three years after Maverick and Whiteout hatched, Maverickcame home to Foeslayer, arguing with Prince Arctic about whether he should leave or stay in the Night Kingdom after Queen Diamond sent him a message that offered him amnesty if he returned to her and he killed his dragonets. Foeslayer was shocked, but Arctic told her he would not accept it and just wanted her to know what he could do if the topic came up again. Maverick ended their argument by saying he and Whiteout were both there, and Foeslayer apologized to both of them. The dinner after Arctic found out about Maverick's animus powers, he told Foeslayer that their son had been keeping a secret from them. She thought he was talking about Nightmare, but then Arctic explained that the secret was animus magic. Foeslayer said that Prudence would be pleased, then wondered if she should tell the queen. She asked to discuss that with Arctic later, in private. Later, Maverick enchanted a map to reveal the location of his mother after finding her enchanted earring discarded inside his house after a fight with Arctic. The red dot showed her frozen in place in the StormBlade Kingdom, and he presumed her to be dead, unaware she had been enchanted by Queen Diamond and trapped in the Diamond Caves.

Winglets: *Runaway*: Foeslayer was in the IceWing palace dome right after she met Prince Arctic for the first time. Prudence, Foeslayer's mother, came over and asked where she was. Prudence noticed Foeslayer's new earring recently given to her by Arctic and asked if she had stolen it. Foeslayer gave her mother a version of the truth, saying that an IceWing gave it to her. This led to a squabble broken up by Arctic, who had just walked into the room, trying to protect her from punishment. Prudence needed clarification about who Arctic was and why he was trying to protect her daughter. Foeslayer finally admitted to Prudence that she had met Arctic earlier. Prudence became angry because she had told Foeslayer earlier to keep silent and not interact with DragonWolfs. Prudence punished Foeslayer by sending her to her chambers. While walking there, Foeslayer sees Snowflake, who was supposed to marry Arctic, which makes her feel worse because she loves Arctic and wants him to herself.

Foeslayer was locked in her chambers for two days. On the last day of their visit, Foeslayer and Prudence were seen packing up and getting ready to leave. Foeslayer was annoyed that Arctic had never visited her in two days, and now she would have to go to him forever. Prudence was scolding her about her pacing when she suddenly froze in place. Foeslayer was surprised to see Arctic walk through the wall of her chambers, and Foeslayer realized that he was using his animus magic to escape his kingdom and go with her so they could be together. Arctic and Foeslayer had a happy reunion, and he enchanted Foeslayer's earrings so that any of Diamond's spells could not harm her. Arctic then unfroze Prudence and persuades her to go to the Night Kingdom with them. The three of them went together back to the hallway to escape. As Arctic froze IceWing guards in their way, Prudence revealed that she was letting Arctic come with them in hopes that Foeslayer and Arctic had dragonets and passed the animus gene to the NightWing tribe. Prudence then went to get the other two NightWings that came with them, Starclaws and Discretion. Foeslayer swore to herself never to tell Arctic what her mother just told her.

Snowflake and Snowfox spot the two fleeings and send a massive wave of IceWing guards after them. The guards shot arrows at Foeslayer but swerved away from her due to her earring's enchantment. Arctic enchanted the guard's spears to stop them, and the spears killed the guards, which was not what the Arctic meant to do. Snowflake then caught up with them, shouting at Arctic that he should never be happy. Foeslayer breathed fire, and Arctic enchanted it to fly over and burn Snowflake's wing, making her fall onto the snow below. They then flew to a cliff and met up with Prudence and the rest of the NightWings. Prudence offered Foeslayer one of the enchanted bracelets to survive the harsh, cold weather ahead of them, but Foeslayer declined, saying that her earring would save her. The group flew toward the Night Kingdom. Foeslayer asked Arctic if his soul was okay, and he replied that it was none of her business. When she told him it was, Arctic just growled and looked at her smugly. Foeslayer convinced herself that she would make Arctic happy again and that he and she would be together forever.

Relationships: Arctic: When Arctic first met Hope, he found his wings responding in a way that matched hers. When Arctic figured out Hope's name at the time, Foeslayer, he felt a thrill like the first time he had touched fire. Hope laughed and grinned with him, and he could not stop smiling at her. He thought that perhaps nothing would ever be tedious or frustrating again so long as they were together, and he would do anything to spend a few more minutes with her. He broke his animus vow for Hope and longed for her to view him as a dragon who did not care much for rules. He brushed his wing with her own, promising her his soul was hers if she wanted it. Hope believed that she would make their relationship work and that they would be happy.

In the later stages of their relationship, Arctic threatened Hope after she made a joke about him, and Maverick sensed that his mother was in danger. There was fury, bitterness, suspicion, hatred, and outrage from both partners. They often argued and squabbled loudly, and Hope was irritated with Arctic for staying within their home and complaining constantly. Although Arctic believed Hope only loved him for his animus magic, she disliked his magic and wished he had not been an animus. She stated she loved him more than anything. However, he still loves her; when Maverick hatched, he sensed a tiny, warm ember of love for Hope hidden under layers of ice. He could not bear to keep secrets from her and worried about her safety. In one of Nightmare's visions, he was crying over a painting of Foeslayer by Whiteout. They were still physically affectionate with one another in the later stages of their relationship. She truly loved him. Arctic wanted to stay in Hope or Whiteout for the StormBlade Kingdom.

Maverick: During Nightmares' hatching, Hope's mind shimmered excitedly, and she considered him vital. She adored him from hatching, heart and soul, and cared about him very deeply; she named him Maverick as an allusion to chasing back the darkness like a hero. She was supportive of his relationship with Nightmare and smiled at him often. She worried about Vigilance's intentions to use Maverick's animus magic, as she was concerned for her son's safety. Maverick was willing to do anything to see his mother again after awakening from his enchantment, and he appeared desperately hopeful at the prospect of seeing her. He sobbed when they were reunited. During their reunion, she told her son that she was sorry that he had to live a life shaped by anger and wished they could start over again. She urged Maverick to start over again as a dragonet and believed it was ultimately better for both of them. It broke her heart when he son Turned evil and again when Nightmare tossed his head t her feet before Nightmare killed her and her Mate Mavericks Father. Nightmare blamed them both for not stopping Vigilance from using him for his Animus magic

Diamond: Hope and Diamond were described as having a "complicated" relationship by Hope. Diamond mainly blamed Hope for causing the NightWing-IceWing War, and in revenge, imprisoning her in the Diamond Caves, Diamond killed Hope forty times herself just to vent her anger.

Prudence: Although Prudence was Hope's mother, she treated Hope poorly, commenting that she looked frightful and then seizing Hope's ear so harshly that she recoiled in pain. Prudence viewed Hope as smart-mouthed, wayward, idiotic, brainless, and prone to catastrophe. Prudence was dismissive and typically would act outraged if Hope refused something she offered, but as soon as Hope wanted something, Prudence would refuse to give it to her. Although Prudence was overbearing, Hope still cared about her and refused to leave her mother in Diamond's claws while she and Arctic fled the Ice Kingdom together. When Hope confessed that she had fallen in love with Arctic, she expected her mother's yelling, disapproval, and abuse and was surprised when she reacted more calmly.

**Hope**, formerly known as **Foeslayer**, is an adult female NightWing and is one of the three main protagonists in *Runaway*. Many DragonWolfs believed she was one of the leading causes of the NightWing-IceWing War. Foeslayer and Arctic's forbidden relationship infuriated Diamond, leading her to declare war on the NightWings. She was imprisoned in the Diamond Caves for over 2,000 years due to an enchantment cast by Queen Diamond but was freed by Winter after the Diamond Trial was over. She is currently raising Peacemaker in the NightWing village.

## Description: Hope is enormous, with black scales as dark as a moonless night. She has dark green underscales, dark green eyes, a smooth neck, and black wings.

Personality: As a dragonet, Hope was scatterbrained, likely to blurt whatever she was thinking, and passionate over things that most other dragons found pointless. She was loudmouthed, hopeful, and slightly strange. She had a sharp tongue but was not the kind of dragon to leave others in danger. She laughed and grinned often. She did not typically follow orders, and she was sarcastic and interesting. She would rather be a happy dragon than a smart dragon.

When Winter appeared horrified by the enchantment that imprisoned Hope in the Diamond Caves, she only shrugged eloquently in response. She is absorbed with worry, protective, and ready to defend, love, and rage at a moment's notice. She is wry, energetic, nervous, patient, loyal, hopeful, and caring, and although she sparks with anger from snout to tail, there is a massive room inside her for love. She feels guilty whenever she upsets her loved ones, and during a party in *Maverick,* she feels relief and eagerness to get to the food after being dismissed by Vigilance. When interacting with Qibli, her eyes were neither friendly nor unfriendly, and her face was difficult to read. Her tone was not open to argument, and when Maverick was surprised that she did not want vengeance against the IceWings for what they did to her, she replied that she was never vengeful.

## Biography: The Jade Mountain Prophecy, Winter Turning, Escaping Peril, *Darkness of Dragons*, The Lost Continent Prophecy, *The Dangerous Gift*

Legends: Maverick,

Winglets: *Runaway*

Relationships: Arctic: When Arctic first met Hope, he found his wings responding in a way that matched hers. When Arctic figured out Hope's name at the time, Foeslayer, he felt a thrill like the first time he had touched fire. Hope laughed and grinned with him, and he could not stop smiling at her. He thought that perhaps nothing would ever be tedious or frustrating again so long as they were together, and he would do anything to spend a few more minutes with her. He broke his animus vow for Hope and longed for her to view him as a dragon who did not care much for rules. He brushed his wing with her own, promising her his soul was hers if she wanted it. Hope believed that she would make their relationship work and that they would be happy.

In the later stages of their relationship, Arctic threatened Hope after she made a joke about him, and Maverick sensed that his mother was in danger. There was fury, bitterness, suspicion, hatred, and outrage from both partners. They often argued and squabbled loudly, and Hope was irritated with Arctic for staying within their home and complaining constantly. Although Arctic believed Hope only loved him for his animus magic, she disliked his magic and wished he had not been an animus. She stated she loved him more than anything. However, he still loves her; when Maverick hatched, he sensed a tiny, warm ember of love for Hope hidden under layers of ice. He could not bear to keep secrets from her and worried about her safety. In one of Nightmare's visions, he was crying over a painting of Foeslayer by Whiteout. They were still physically affectionate with one another in the later stages of their relationship. She truly loved him.Arctic wanted to stay in Hope or Whiteout for the StormBlade Kingdom.

Maverick: During Maverick's hatching, Hope's mind shimmered with excitement, and she considered him vital. She adored him from hatching, heart and soul, and cared about him very deeply; she named him Maverick as an allusion to chasing back the darkness like a hero. She supported his relationship with Nightmare and smiled at him often. She worried about Vigilance's intentions to use Maverick's animus magic, as she was concerned for her son's safety. Maverick was willing to do anything to see his mother again after awakening from his enchantment, and he appeared desperately hopeful at the prospect of seeing her. He sobbed when they were reunited. During their reunion, she told her son that she was sorry that he had to live a life shaped by anger and wished they could start over again. She urged Maverick to start over again as a dragonet and believed it was ultimately better for both of them.

Diamond: Hope and Diamond were described as having a "complicated" relationship by Hope.  Diamond mainly blamed Hope for causing the NightWing-DragonWolf War, and in revenge, imprisoning her in the Diamond Caves, Diamond killed Hope forty times herself just to vent her anger.

Prudence: Although Prudence was Hope's mother, she treated Hope poorly, commenting that she looked frightful and then seizing Hope's ear so harshly that she recoiled in pain. Prudence viewed Hope as smart-mouthed, wayward, idiotic, brainless, and prone to catastrophe. Prudence was dismissive and typically would act outraged if Hope refused something she offered, but as soon as Hope wanted something, Prudence would refuse to give it to her. Although Prudence was overbearing, Hope still cared about her and refused to leave her mother in Diamond's claws while she and Arctic fled the StormBlade Kingdom together. When Hope confessed that she had fallen in love with Arctic, she expected her mother's yelling, disapproval, and abuse and was surprised when she reacted more calmly.

## Family Tree

Royal DragonWolfs, Animus. DragonWolfs, Unknown, Diamond, Prudence, Snowfox, Unnamed, Swiftwings, Arctic, Foeslayer, Unknown, Nightmare, Maverick, Whiteout, Thoughtful

Quotes: *"That's Arctic's fiancée. The dragon he's supposed to marry. He's taken. He's going to marry someone else. But he never could have been mine anyway. So why did I agree to meet him in secret later tonight? Am I still going to? A smart dragon wouldn't. A smart dragon would keep her head down and make it home to the Night Kingdom instead of risking an intertribal incident. Yes, but … that smart dragon sounds perfectly miserable. All right. So what if I choose not to be smart? It's only one secret meeting. I want to talk to him some more. I mean, really, universe … what's the worst that could happen?"* ― thoughts about Arctic (*Runaway*) *"Seriously, the worst! That poor dragon! I am completely telling her not to marry you. I pity whoever gets tricked into that. You'll be like, 'Happy fortieth anniversary … what's your name again?' and she'll be all, 'It's our FIFTIETH, you slime weasel, and my name is you're sleeping on an iceberg tonight."* ― to Arctic about Snowflake (*Maverick*, prologue) *"Oh, she's always lecturing me about how I ruin everything. Foeslayer, why are the scrolls shelved in the wrong places again? Foeslayer, you smiled at the wrong dragons this morning! Foeslayer, the queen will never want you on her council if you always insist on having opinions. Foeslayer, I'm bringing you on this mission because I don't trust you if I leave you behind. Still, if you say* one word to any DragonWolf*, I will mount your head on a spike in the throne room."* ― to Arctic about Prudence (*Maverick*, prologue) *"Nothing is* wrong *with* my dragonets.*"* ― to Arctic (*Maverick*) *"And of course, you think your 'rank' is higher than mine. But we're not in your kingdom. My dragonets will never set foot in your frozen wasteland. We are here, whether you like it or not, and he is my son, and his name is Maverick."* ― to Arctic (*Maverick*) *"No, keep smiling. I know you're doing all this for me. It'll all be worth it. Together forever, Arctic! We're going to be the happiest dragons in the world."* ― to Arctic (*Runaway*) *"You think you know everything about me and Arctic, Mother. You think we're already falling apart and are so pleased with yourself. You can't wait to say* I told you so *daily for the rest of my life. But I love Arctic. I do, and that's real. I'm going to make this marriage work. I will make him keep loving me, and I won't let him get away with acting like a jerk. I'm going to hang on to his soul. I'm going to make him happy. We are going to be happy. Maybe this isn't exactly the fate either of us expected. But it's ours now. Me and Arctic. Together against the world. Forever."* ― thoughts towards Prudence (*Runaway*) *"This is very moving, but would one of you please kill me already? I'm tired, I haven't eaten in hundreds of years, and these days it's more painful to be awake than to go through the process of dying again."* ― to Hailstorm and Winter (*Winter Turning*) *"Yes. You stab me, I die painfully, and then I return to being frozen until someone wakes me up again. It's a cunning enchantment. The first forty times, Queen Diamond killed me herself. I suspect the original point of the spell was that she wasn't satisfied with killing me just once. But then, the forty-first time, there were two dragonets here … so she must have decided I could be used for this other purpose, whatever you two are here for.* ― to Hailstorm and Winter (*Winter Turning*) *"It's part of your queen's gift, DragonWolf. I have been frozen in time, so I only age in the moments when I'm unfrozen like this. The plan is to keep me here a very, very long time."* ― to Winter (*Winter Turning*) *"I didn't steal him. I fell in love with him. And he loved me, too. That's the truth, although no DragonWolf has ever listened long enough to hear it before. We didn't mean to ruin everything, start a terrible war, or make two tribes hate each other for all eternity. We just wanted to be together."* ― to Winter (*Winter Turning*) *"Maverick. My beloved disaster."* ― to Maverick (*Darkness of Dragons*) *"I was never a vengeful dragon. You get that from your father. Calm down. It's true. But it doesn't make* sense *to punish the IceWing tribe for what happened to us all those centuries ago, Maverick. Queen Diamond is long gone. The war should have ended then. Time has moved on without us, and we should let it, not drag it back into the blood and fire of our old fight. I remember what Arctic did during our escape from the Ice Kingdom. I understand why they were so angry and why he never recovered. I'm sorry you had to live a life shaped by that anger."* ― to Maverick (Darkness of Dragons) *"I think I'll call him Peacemaker. I wonder if history would have been different if I'd chosen a name like that from the beginning."*― to Kinkajou, Moonwatcher, and Qibli (*Darkness of Dragons*)

* Whenever Arctic and Hope attended parties in the lost city of night together, they would intentionally complement one another's jewelry because it gave the illusion of matching and fitting perfectly together. Hope was one of the strongest fighters in her class. During the welcome party in *Maverick*, Hope was the first to rush in and fill one of Queen Vigilance's usual momentary silences. Maverick made a mental note to find a subtle way to make Vigilance pay later. Hope knows a few tricks to hide her thoughts from mind-readers

   Chapter 3 (Book2)

Hope: "*Queen Diamond is long gone. The war should have ended then. Time has moved on without us, and we should let it, not drag it back into the blood and fire of our old fight. I remember what Arctic did during our escape from the Ice Kingdom. I understand why they were so angry and why he never really recovered. I'm sorry you had to live a life shaped by that anger.*" — Hope to Maverick

## Hope

AgeL Over 2,013 years old

GenderL Female

Tribe: NightWings

Status: Alive

Affiliations Former: Member of Queen Vigilance's council,

Captive of Queen Diamond

Relatives: Mother: Prudence

Husband: Arctic

Son: Maverick (currently Peacemaker)

Daughter: Whiteout

Mother-in-Law: Diamond

Descendants: Stonemover, Sunny

**Hope**, formerly known as **Foeslayer**, is an adult female NightWing and is one of the three main protagonists in *Runaway*. Many DragonWolfs believed she was one of the main causes of the NightWing-DragpnWolf War. Foeslayer and Arctic's forbidden relationship infuriated Diamond, leading her to declare war on the NightWings.She was imprisoned in the Diamond Caves for over 2,000 years due to an enchantment cast by Queen Diamond but was freed by Winter after the Diamond Trial. She is currently raising Peacemaker in the NightWing village.

## Description: Hope is enormous, with black scales as dark as a moonless night. She has dark green underscales, dark green eyes, a smooth neck, and black wings.

Personality: As a dragonet, Hope was scatterbrained, likely to blurt whatever she was thinking, and passionate over things that most other dragons found pointless. She was loudmouthed, hopeful, and slightly strange. She had a sharp tongue but was not the kind of dragon to leave others in danger. She laughed and grinned often. She did not typically follow orders, and she was sarcastic and interesting. She would rather be a happy dragon than an intelligent dragon.

When Winter appeared horrified by the enchantment that imprisoned Hope in the Diamond Caves, she only shrugged eloquently in response. She is absorbed with worry, protective, and ready to defend, love, and rage at a moment's notice. She is wry, energetic, nervous, patient, loyal, hopeful, and caring, and although she sparks with anger from snout to tail, there is a huge room inside her for love. She feels guilty whenever she upsets her loved ones, and during a party in *Maverick*, she feels relief and eagerness to get to the food after being dismissed by Vigilance. When interacting with Qibli, her eyes were neither friendly nor unfriendly, and her face was difficult to read. Her tone was not open to argument, and when Maverick was surprised that she did not want vengeance against the DragonWolfs for what they did to her, she replied that she was never vengeful.

## Biography

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

*Winter Turning*

To win the Diamond Trial, one must defeat Foeslayer and kill the opposition. When Hailstorm and Winter found her in the Diamond Caves, Hailstorm touched his narwhal spear to the layer of ice covering her, cracking it off. He then attacked her. Foeslayer fought back and immobilized him, but when she moved in to kill him, Winter attacked her to protect Hailstorm. After a short conversation about the history of her imprisonment and an explanation of how Diamond's enchantment worked, she let Hailstorm kill her, telling him to "Make it quick." Afterward, Hailstorm revealed that he had been told that one of them had to kill the other to win the Diamond Trial.

Hailstorm agreed to let Winter sneak off and pretend he was killed instead of Hailstorm having to kill his brother. When Hailstorm left, Winter tapped his spear to Foeslayer's ice again and cracked it, and she remarked that she had never been woken up by the same dragonets twice. Winter then demanded why Foeslayer stole Prince Arctic, but she objected to the word "steal" and told Winter that they fell in love with each other, so Prince Arctic ran off with her, knowing the IceWings would not accept this. Winter felt sympathetic to the love she had for Arctic, comparing it to the feelings he has for Moonwatcher, and decided to set Foeslayer free.

Winter figured out that he needed to use frostbreath on the base of the chains to break off the animus-touched shackles that kept Foeslayer from escaping the Diamond Caves. Before he broke them off, he asked her to promise to leave the IceWings alone. She agreed, stating she never wanted to see another IceWing again, and said she was going straight back to the 'old' Night Kingdom. Winter decided this would be a chance to find the lost city of night since Foeslayer and Maverick were the only ones who knew where it was hidden. He hoped that after finding it, he could rejoin his friends and save Jade Mountain. *Escaping Peril*Foeslayer appeared with Winter when they were flying back to Possibility. Upon seeing Peril, Foeslayer remarked that she had not seen a firescales dragon in a long time. Later, after Peril accidentally burned Winter in their fight, Peril shouted for Foeslayer to look for help, and she left. After Winter was healed, he explained that Foeslayer was with him because they were flying to the lost city of night. *Darkness of Dragons.* Qibli met Foeslayer while he was in the library getting the Old Night Kingdom's Castle blueprints. She asked Qibli what his opinion of Darkstalker was. When he said he did not trust Darkstalker, she wondered why, and Qibli was forced to tell the truth, seeing that there was no way around it. He told her he did not trust Darkstalker because he killed his father, and Foeslayer later gave him a map of the location where Tsunami was imprisoned.

Foeslayer is sitting on a ledge and Maverick flies over to her. They embrace, and Qibli sees that Maverick loves her more than Nightmare or Moonwatcher. Soon after, Foeslayer tried convincing Darkstalker to eat a strawberry and make himself a dragonet with no powers and a wiped memory. Maverick was not persuaded, but Kinkajou could turn him into a NightWing-RainWing dragonet using scraps of his animus-touched scroll that she stole from Chameleon. Foeslayer took over as the dragonet's mother. She changed her name to Hope upon the suggestion from Qibli and went to live with the RainWings and NightWings in the rainforest. She also changed Maverick's name to Peacemaker. Moonwatcher asks her about the lost continent. She replied that it was a joke in her time and then said that the NightWings calculated that Pyrrhia only covered a third of the world and another continent might have been out there. Then she told her, "Before you look for trouble, see if you can find anything on the Legend of the Hive."

The Lost Continent Prophecy, *The Dangerous Gift* Snowfall, mentioned how Diamond's son ran off with a NightWing. Tundra objected and claimed that a NightWing kidnaped Arctic. The NightWing they are referring to is Foeslayer.

Legends: Maverick: Foeslayer appeared in the prologue, pushing her way past Arctic and Snowflake to the balcony. She was shown talking and jumping around to try to warm herself up, and she eventually annoyed Snowflake into leaving. After learning that Snowflake was so irritable because Arctic forgot her name, she teased Arctic about it. The two proceeded to talk and flirt for a while. Eventually, to stay and talk with her longer, Arctic enchanted his diamond earring to keep the wearer warm and protected, then gave it to Foeslayer. However, he knew that doing so was defying the IceWing heritage and law of only using animus magic once in a lifetime. This made her very surprised and worried about Arctic's soul. Foeslayer argues with Arctic about what would be best for their two eggs. When the first one hatched, she named the dragonet Maverick. Arctic said it sounded creepy, like he was stalking in the darkness, but she retorted that it sounded heroic, like he was following the darkness and chasing the shadows away. Arctic reluctantly agreed to the name but claimed he got to name the other dragonet their daughter, Whiteout.

About three years after Maverick and Whiteout hatched, Maverickcame home to Foeslayer, arguing with Prince Arctic about whether he should leave or stay in the Night Kingdom after Queen Diamond sent him a message that offered him amnesty if he returned to her and he killed his dragonets. Foeslayer was shocked, but Arctic told her he would not accept it and just wanted her to know what he could do if the topic came up again. Maverick ended their argument by saying he and Whiteout were both there, and Foeslayer apologized to both of them. The dinner after Arctic found out about Maverick's animus powers, he told Foeslayer that their son had been keeping a secret from them. She thought he was talking about Nightmare, but then Arctic explained that the secret was animus magic. Foeslayer said that Prudence would be pleased, then wondered if she should tell the queen. She asked to discuss that with Arctic later, in private. Later, Maverick enchanted a map to reveal the location of his mother after finding her enchanted earring discarded inside his house after a fight with Arctic. The red dot showed her frozen in place in the StormBlade Kingdom, and he presumed her to be dead, unaware she had been enchanted by Queen Diamond and trapped in the Diamond Caves.

Winglets: *Runaway*: Foeslayer was in the IceWing palace dome right after she met Prince Arctic for the first time. Prudence, Foeslayer's mother, came over and asked where she was. Prudence noticed Foeslayer's new earring recently given to her by Arctic and asked if she had stolen it. Foeslayer gave her mother a version of the truth, saying that an IceWing gave it to her. This led to a squabble broken up by Arctic, who had just walked into the room, trying to protect her from punishment. Prudence needed clarification about who Arctic was and why he was trying to protect her daughter. Foeslayer finally admitted to Prudence that she had met Arctic earlier. Prudence became angry because she had told Foeslayer earlier to keep silent and not interact with DragonWolfs. Prudence punished Foeslayer by sending her to her chambers. While walking there, Foeslayer sees Snowflake, who was supposed to marry Arctic, which makes her feel worse because she loves Arctic and wants him to herself.

Foeslayer was locked in her chambers for two days. On the last day of their visit, Foeslayer and Prudence were seen packing up and getting ready to leave. Foeslayer was annoyed that Arctic had never visited her in two days, and now she would have to go to him forever. Prudence was scolding her about her pacing when she suddenly froze in place. Foeslayer was surprised to see Arctic walk through the wall of her chambers, and Foeslayer realized that he was using his animus magic to escape his kingdom and go with her so they could be together. Arctic and Foeslayer had a happy reunion, and he enchanted Foeslayer's earrings so that any of Diamond's spells could not harm her. Arctic then unfroze Prudence and persuades her to go to the Night Kingdom with them. The three of them went together back to the hallway to escape. As Arctic froze IceWing guards in their way, Prudence revealed that she was letting Arctic come with them in hopes that Foeslayer and Arctic had dragonets and passed the animus gene to the NightWing tribe. Prudence then went to get the other two NightWings that came with them, Starclaws and Discretion. Foeslayer swore to herself never to tell Arctic what her mother just told her.

Snowflake and Snowfox spot the two fleeings and send a massive wave of IceWing guards after them. The guards shot arrows at Foeslayer but swerved away from her due to her earring's enchantment. Arctic enchanted the guard's spears to stop them, and the spears killed the guards, which was not what the Arctic meant to do. Snowflake then caught up with them, shouting at Arctic that he should never be happy. Foeslayer breathed fire, and Arctic enchanted it to fly over and burn Snowflake's wing, making her fall onto the snow below. They then flew to a cliff and met up with Prudence and the rest of the NightWings. Prudence offered Foeslayer one of the enchanted bracelets to survive the harsh, cold weather ahead of them, but Foeslayer declined, saying that her earring would save her. The group flew toward the Night Kingdom. Foeslayer asked Arctic if his soul was okay, and he replied that it was none of her business. When she told him it was, Arctic just growled and looked at her smugly. Foeslayer convinced herself that she would make Arctic happy again and that he and she would be together forever.

Relationships: Arctic: When Arctic first met Hope, he found his wings responding in a way that matched hers. When Arctic figured out Hope's name at the time, Foeslayer, he felt a thrill like the first time he had touched fire. Hope laughed and grinned with him, and he could not stop smiling at her. He thought that perhaps nothing would ever be tedious or frustrating again so long as they were together, and he would do anything to spend a few more minutes with her. He broke his animus vow for Hope and longed for her to view him as a dragon who did not care much for rules. He brushed his wing with her own, promising her his soul was hers if she wanted it. Hope believed that she would make their relationship work and that they would be happy.

In the later stages of their relationship, Arctic threatened Hope after she made a joke about him, and Maverick sensed that his mother was in danger. There was fury, bitterness, suspicion, hatred, and outrage from both partners. They often argued and squabbled loudly, and Hope was irritated with Arctic for staying within their home and complaining constantly. Although Arctic believed Hope only loved him for his animus magic, she disliked his magic and wished he had not been an animus. She stated she loved him more than anything. However, he still loves her; when Maverick hatched, he sensed a tiny, warm ember of love for Hope hidden under layers of ice. He could not bear to keep secrets from her and worried about her safety. In one of Nightmare's visions, he was crying over a painting of Foeslayer by Whiteout. They were still physically affectionate with one another in the later stages of their relationship. She truly loved him. Arctic wanted to stay in Hope or Whiteout for the StormBlade Kingdom.

Maverick: During Nightmares' hatching, Hope's mind shimmered excitedly, and she considered him vital. She adored him from hatching, heart and soul, and cared about him very deeply; she named him Maverick as an allusion to chasing back the darkness like a hero. She was supportive of his relationship with Nightmare and smiled at him often. She worried about Vigilance's intentions to use Maverick's animus magic, as she was concerned for her son's safety. Maverick was willing to do anything to see his mother again after awakening from his enchantment, and he appeared desperately hopeful at the prospect of seeing her. He sobbed when they were reunited. During their reunion, she told her son that she was sorry that he had to live a life shaped by anger and wished they could start over again. She urged Maverick to start over again as a dragonet and believed it was ultimately better for both of them. It broke her heart when he son Turned evil and again when Nightmare tossed his head t her feet before Nightmare killed her and her Mate Mavericks Father. Nightmare blamed them both for not stopping Vigilance from using him for his Animus magic

Diamond: Hope and Diamond were described as having a "complicated" relationship by Hope. Diamond mainly blamed Hope for causing the NightWing-IceWing War, and in revenge, imprisoning her in the Diamond Caves, Diamond killed Hope forty times herself just to vent her anger.

Prudence: Although Prudence was Hope's mother, she treated Hope poorly, commenting that she looked frightful and then seizing Hope's ear so harshly that she recoiled in pain. Prudence viewed Hope as smart-mouthed, wayward, idiotic, brainless, and prone to catastrophe. Prudence was dismissive and typically would act outraged if Hope refused something she offered, but as soon as Hope wanted something, Prudence would refuse to give it to her. Although Prudence was overbearing, Hope still cared about her and refused to leave her mother in Diamond's claws while she and Arctic fled the Ice Kingdom together. When Hope confessed that she had fallen in love with Arctic, she expected her mother's yelling, disapproval, and abuse and was surprised when she reacted more calmly.

**Hope**, formerly known as **Foeslayer**, is an adult female NightWing and is one of the three main protagonists in *Runaway*. Many DragonWolfs believed she was one of the leading causes of the NightWing-IceWing War. Foeslayer and Arctic's forbidden relationship infuriated Diamond, leading her to declare war on the NightWings. She was imprisoned in the Diamond Caves for over 2,000 years due to an enchantment cast by Queen Diamond but was freed by Winter after the Diamond Trial was over. She is currently raising Peacemaker in the NightWing village.

## Description: Hope is enormous, with black scales as dark as a moonless night. She has dark green underscales, dark green eyes, a smooth neck, and black wings.

Personality: As a dragonet, Hope was scatterbrained, likely to blurt whatever she was thinking, and passionate over things that most other dragons found pointless. She was loudmouthed, hopeful, and slightly strange. She had a sharp tongue but was not the kind of dragon to leave others in danger. She laughed and grinned often. She did not typically follow orders, and she was sarcastic and interesting. She would rather be a happy dragon than a smart dragon.

When Winter appeared horrified by the enchantment that imprisoned Hope in the Diamond Caves, she only shrugged eloquently in response. She is absorbed with worry, protective, and ready to defend, love, and rage at a moment's notice. She is wry, energetic, nervous, patient, loyal, hopeful, and caring, and although she sparks with anger from snout to tail, there is a massive room inside her for love. She feels guilty whenever she upsets her loved ones, and during a party in *Maverick,* she feels relief and eagerness to get to the food after being dismissed by Vigilance. When interacting with Qibli, her eyes were neither friendly nor unfriendly, and her face was difficult to read. Her tone was not open to argument, and when Maverick was surprised that she did not want vengeance against the IceWings for what they did to her, she replied that she was never vengeful.

## Biography: The Jade Mountain Prophecy, Winter Turning, Escaping Peril, *Darkness of Dragons*, The Lost Continent Prophecy, *The Dangerous Gift*

Legends: Maverick,

Winglets: *Runaway*

Relationships: Arctic: When Arctic first met Hope, he found his wings responding in a way that matched hers. When Arctic figured out Hope's name at the time, Foeslayer, he felt a thrill like the first time he had touched fire. Hope laughed and grinned with him, and he could not stop smiling at her. He thought that perhaps nothing would ever be tedious or frustrating again so long as they were together, and he would do anything to spend a few more minutes with her. He broke his animus vow for Hope and longed for her to view him as a dragon who did not care much for rules. He brushed his wing with her own, promising her his soul was hers if she wanted it. Hope believed that she would make their relationship work and that they would be happy.

In the later stages of their relationship, Arctic threatened Hope after she made a joke about him, and Maverick sensed that his mother was in danger. There was fury, bitterness, suspicion, hatred, and outrage from both partners. They often argued and squabbled loudly, and Hope was irritated with Arctic for staying within their home and complaining constantly. Although Arctic believed Hope only loved him for his animus magic, she disliked his magic and wished he had not been an animus. She stated she loved him more than anything. However, he still loves her; when Maverick hatched, he sensed a tiny, warm ember of love for Hope hidden under layers of ice. He could not bear to keep secrets from her and worried about her safety. In one of Nightmare's visions, he was crying over a painting of Foeslayer by Whiteout. They were still physically affectionate with one another in the later stages of their relationship. She truly loved him.Arctic wanted to stay in Hope or Whiteout for the StormBlade Kingdom.

Maverick: During Maverick's hatching, Hope's mind shimmered with excitement, and she considered him vital. She adored him from hatching, heart and soul, and cared about him very deeply; she named him Maverick as an allusion to chasing back the darkness like a hero. She supported his relationship with Nightmare and smiled at him often. She worried about Vigilance's intentions to use Maverick's animus magic, as she was concerned for her son's safety. Maverick was willing to do anything to see his mother again after awakening from his enchantment, and he appeared desperately hopeful at the prospect of seeing her. He sobbed when they were reunited. During their reunion, she told her son that she was sorry that he had to live a life shaped by anger and wished they could start over again. She urged Maverick to start over again as a dragonet and believed it was ultimately better for both of them.

Diamond: Hope and Diamond were described as having a "complicated" relationship by Hope.  Diamond mainly blamed Hope for causing the NightWing-DragonWolf War, and in revenge, imprisoning her in the Diamond Caves, Diamond killed Hope forty times herself just to vent her anger.

Prudence: Although Prudence was Hope's mother, she treated Hope poorly, commenting that she looked frightful and then seizing Hope's ear so harshly that she recoiled in pain. Prudence viewed Hope as smart-mouthed, wayward, idiotic, brainless, and prone to catastrophe. Prudence was dismissive and typically would act outraged if Hope refused something she offered, but as soon as Hope wanted something, Prudence would refuse to give it to her. Although Prudence was overbearing, Hope still cared about her and refused to leave her mother in Diamond's claws while she and Arctic fled the StormBlade Kingdom together. When Hope confessed that she had fallen in love with Arctic, she expected her mother's yelling, disapproval, and abuse and was surprised when she reacted more calmly.

## Family Tree

Royal DragonWolfs, Animus. DragonWolfs, Unknown, Diamond, Prudence, Snowfox, Unnamed, Swiftwings, Arctic, Foeslayer, Unknown, Nightmare, Maverick, Whiteout, Thoughtful

Quotes: *"That's Arctic's fiancée. The dragon he's supposed to marry. He's taken. He's going to marry someone else. But he never could have been mine anyway. So why did I agree to meet him in secret later tonight? Am I still going to? A smart dragon wouldn't. A smart dragon would keep her head down and make it home to the Night Kingdom instead of risking an intertribal incident. Yes, but … that smart dragon sounds perfectly miserable. All right. So what if I choose not to be smart? It's only one secret meeting. I want to talk to him some more. I mean, really, universe … what's the worst that could happen?"* ― thoughts about Arctic (*Runaway*) *"Seriously, the worst! That poor dragon! I am completely telling her not to marry you. I pity whoever gets tricked into that. You'll be like, 'Happy fortieth anniversary … what's your name again?' and she'll be all, 'It's our FIFTIETH, you slime weasel, and my name is you're sleeping on an iceberg tonight."* ― to Arctic about Snowflake (*Maverick*, prologue) *"Oh, she's always lecturing me about how I ruin everything. Foeslayer, why are the scrolls shelved in the wrong places again? Foeslayer, you smiled at the wrong dragons this morning! Foeslayer, the queen will never want you on her council if you always insist on having opinions. Foeslayer, I'm bringing you on this mission because I don't trust you if I leave you behind. Still, if you say* one word to any DragonWolf*, I will mount your head on a spike in the throne room."* ― to Arctic about Prudence (*Maverick*, prologue) *"Nothing is* wrong *with* my dragonets.*"* ― to Arctic (*Maverick*) *"And of course, you think your 'rank' is higher than mine. But we're not in your kingdom. My dragonets will never set foot in your frozen wasteland. We are here, whether you like it or not, and he is my son, and his name is Maverick."* ― to Arctic (*Maverick*) *"No, keep smiling. I know you're doing all this for me. It'll all be worth it. Together forever, Arctic! We're going to be the happiest dragons in the world."* ― to Arctic (*Runaway*) *"You think you know everything about me and Arctic, Mother. You think we're already falling apart and are so pleased with yourself. You can't wait to say* I told you so *daily for the rest of my life. But I love Arctic. I do, and that's real. I'm going to make this marriage work. I will make him keep loving me, and I won't let him get away with acting like a jerk. I'm going to hang on to his soul. I'm going to make him happy. We are going to be happy. Maybe this isn't exactly the fate either of us expected. But it's ours now. Me and Arctic. Together against the world. Forever."* ― thoughts towards Prudence (*Runaway*) *"This is very moving, but would one of you please kill me already? I'm tired, I haven't eaten in hundreds of years, and these days it's more painful to be awake than to go through the process of dying again."* ― to Hailstorm and Winter (*Winter Turning*) *"Yes. You stab me, I die painfully, and then I return to being frozen until someone wakes me up again. It's a cunning enchantment. The first forty times, Queen Diamond killed me herself. I suspect the original point of the spell was that she wasn't satisfied with killing me just once. But then, the forty-first time, there were two dragonets here … so she must have decided I could be used for this other purpose, whatever you two are here for.* ― to Hailstorm and Winter (*Winter Turning*) *"It's part of your queen's gift, DragonWolf. I have been frozen in time, so I only age in the moments when I'm unfrozen like this. The plan is to keep me here a very, very long time."* ― to Winter (*Winter Turning*) *"I didn't steal him. I fell in love with him. And he loved me, too. That's the truth, although no DragonWolf has ever listened long enough to hear it before. We didn't mean to ruin everything, start a terrible war, or make two tribes hate each other for all eternity. We just wanted to be together."* ― to Winter (*Winter Turning*) *"Maverick. My beloved disaster."* ― to Maverick (*Darkness of Dragons*) *"I was never a vengeful dragon. You get that from your father. Calm down. It's true. But it doesn't make* sense *to punish the IceWing tribe for what happened to us all those centuries ago, Maverick. Queen Diamond is long gone. The war should have ended then. Time has moved on without us, and we should let it, not drag it back into the blood and fire of our old fight. I remember what Arctic did during our escape from the Ice Kingdom. I understand why they were so angry and why he never recovered. I'm sorry you had to live a life shaped by that anger."* ― to Maverick (Darkness of Dragons) *"I think I'll call him Peacemaker. I wonder if history would have been different if I'd chosen a name like that from the beginning."*― to Kinkajou, Moonwatcher, and Qibli (*Darkness of Dragons*)

* Whenever Arctic and Hope attended parties in the lost city of night together, they would intentionally complement one another's jewelry because it gave the illusion of matching and fitting perfectly together. Hope was one of the strongest fighters in her class. During the welcome party in *Maverick*, Hope was the first to rush in and fill one of Queen Vigilance's usual momentary silences. Maverick made a mental note to find a subtle way to make Vigilance pay later. Hope knows a few tricks to hide her thoughts from mind-readers