The Mating Call Chapter 1

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The Mating Call

Chapter 1 Ella Rebuilds The Coven

I stand back, looking at my work as I smile. It had taken six months to rebuild the coven and midwife homes, and some of the trees were still brunt, but spouts of green were growing out from the trees. The grass had grown back, and the nature spell for regrowth worked. The two houses and some animals had burnt up in the fire during the last War. Sighs as I walk inside. Looking around, seeing that there was furniture that still needed to be placed. And boxes that needed to be unpacked. I wasn’t tired, but I needed to take a break to eat. So, I walked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and took out the two T-bone Steaks I had placed in the fridge to thaw for that night’s supper. I walked To the kitchen, reached the cobbers, took out a frying pan, and barely Browns both sides of the two steaks as I placed them on the plate, fixed a salad, pour myself a jug of dragon berry juice. And goes to the table, sits down, and eats my supper. After I was done, walk to the kitchen sink, carried the dishes with me, and did the supper dishes.

I wasn’t tired, so I decided to do some writing on family history. It had been a while since I did any report for Last War had lasted 20 years. I had lost a lot of family during this last War. Some were killed, and some betrayed us. I had researched and found that Maverick Lionheart had been why the War started, for he had set us up with one of our major enemies. I walked into the library, sat at the desk, dipped the quail into ink, and began writing. I had done some research. Along with the investigation, I discovered I was part siren. I got. And Queen of the Sens, my mother gave me her powers when I was born. So, The Grand High Elder Witch of StormBlades. Could hide me from the hunters that wanted to eliminate us from the Earth. I had written down my research and continued documenting where I had left off. How do you feel that Anger burning? When I proofread what I had written so far.

Especially when it came to the part about Maverick. Midnight. My alter identity had not been out since the end of the War. And I could feel her begin to stir. Easy there, girl. I don’t need you coming out right now. I have too much stuff to do. So please calm yourself. Maverick isn’t around, and he isn’t going to be around. You know that you were able to take his head. Yes, but his wife, family, and pack still live. And to me, that is intolerable. We will catch them. The lone wolf one family protects them, and we still haven’t recovered from the last War before you go off. Caught and ready to kill. Let’s make a plan. OK. She sighed and growled a growl that rocked my body to the core. I promise midnight. As soon as we have a program that will work, I guarantee you will be the one that takes their heads. That seemed to appease her because she got quiet. And when midnight gets quiet, that is very dangerous. I decided to go over by the fireplace, stretch out on the couch before the fireplace, and rest my eyes for a while. Soon, I drifted off to sleep.

Skull waves his hand to open a portal to Ella’s coven, for she had mind-linked him, asking him to look at the rebuilt homes of the Crecent BloodMoon Coven and her midwife home. As the portal opens, he steps out, going to where he since Ella is. He looks at Ella seeing her shiver as he walks to her bedroom, grabbing the wolf fur skin as he walks back, telling her what he will do. Ella had very highly sensitive haring. She was able to hear things others in her family couldn’t. She nods and rolls over her back to Skull as he covers her up, watching out for her death wings, for when she is asleep, the attachments attack more quickly than if she was awake. After he covered her, he placed soundproof headphones on her and began to move frun in place and unpack just the main house, for he knew not to touch her witch supplies or other of her witch belongings untill she was awake to give permission.

He hears Fuck I wanted to get the rest of the boxes unpacked and frun move before falling asleep. Stopping what he was doing, Skull walked to where Ella was as she hugged him~ Thank you, Skull, for all your work. It will help out a lot. You didn’t touch any of my witch stuff, did you? She places her hands on her hips as red shows in her eyes—a sign and warning to others that she is getting angry. Calm down Jellybean, his nickname for her. I know better. I learned it from the last time I touched your witch belongings. Her eyes return to the Ice blue as he sighs and wipes his brow. He had fought Ella before; if not for her mother, Gaia, she would have killed him. So, fighting Ella was the last thing he wanted. “I have something to show you.” “Come follow me.” As she turned on her heels and walked toward the house, she entered it and went to the library, where she handed him the book about the family. “Read this. Tell me what you think while I set up the midwife house.” He nods as she snaps fingers, teleports to the house, and begins setting things up.

Skull takes the book, sits down, and begins reading as Ella works at the midwife’s home. When done reading, he walks out to where Ella is and lays the book on the kitchen table and sits down. “I am done reading, Ella.” “Very lovely.” “Even though some of what you wrote might have trouble believing it.” Skull points to a part in the family History. “Right here, Ella, you need to place the history of Blackwater Bay.” “Then carry on talking about all of the StormDragonWolfs.” That way, the history all of it will be known.” “Yall went through a lot getting ownership of what we have now.” It needs to be told.” Your victories, defeats, births, Death.” Ella nodded as she took the book, waving her hands as all her family history was added.

### Significant Members: Queens: **Canon:** Queen Carmine, Queen Ruby, Queen Scarlet

**Fanon:** Queen Arsen (Queen Arsen), Queen AshWave (Dragonspirit0227), Queen Auburn, SilverflameTheSwiftwing), Queen Buzzard (DewSpectrum11), Queen Cassowary ( CarrotWalk), Queen Coyote (Cactussandwing), Queen Devil (DewSpectrum11), Queen Explosion (DragonsRTheNewMe), Queen Forestfire (Congela the IceWing), Queen Gale (FearStrikerKrysantheShimmer), Queen Inferno,, Congela the IceWing), Queen Jasper (Birchfrost22), Queen Larkspur (JadeSky2468), Queen Prideful (LifeIsMeh), Queen Quail (Snowglyphss), Queen Realgar (AstroTheProtogen), Queen Robin (Jadefire62), Queen Rock Dove (Corvian-Jay), Queen Talonfire (Nightgazer the Nightwing), Queen Veil (Cloud of the IceWings), Queen Wynnsome [ancient] (FearStrikerKrysantheShimmer)

### Other Monarchs: **Canon:** unknown

**Fanon:** King Flare (Congela the IceWing), King Scrapesky (XxGalaxicalDestinyxX), King Sunchaser (The Lumino Wolf)

### Princesses: **Canon:** Princess Sunset

**Fanon:** Princess Aerie (Jadefire62), Princess Agate ( Garnet the Skywing), Princess Asperitas [ancient] (FearStrikerKrysantheShimmer), Princess Aura (Lightangel2007), Princess Beryl (Birchfrost22), Princess Bloodclaws (Sarahyasmine),Princess Burgundy (BurgundyTheSkywing), Princess Cardinal, (DeltaTheSeaWing), Princess Carmine (Ebelle1), Princess Claret (AiraTheWindWing55), Princess Cloudheart (Hajimeme Hinatoes), Princess Combust (Abstrxcted), Princess Coriander (Birchfrost22), Princess Dusk (MagpieRaven), Princess Ember (DragonflyWarrior12), Princess Edelgard (EaglesOfAdrestia), Princess Flicker (.oOEclipseOo.), Princess Glow (Congela-The-IceWing), Princess Halite (via marriage) (PrincessSharpThrustOfTheThornWings), Princess Hawk (HawkEyeRed2), Princess Hydra, (Newmoonclaw/Monkeythelupora), Princess Imperial (LifeIsMeh), Princess Jasper (BoneTheSandwing), Princess Kindling (RainPhee), Princess Lyra (Animal56), Princess Nightingale (Kittyluvver), Princess Robin (Lightangel2007), Princess Rulée (Azalea The Rain, Wing), Princess Scarlet ||(Overlord, Starlight), Princess Silverflame (SilverflameTheSwiftwing), Princess Simmer (GoddessOfCarries), Princess Skyfire (Skyfire4321), Princess Summit (Articuna-Dragon), Princess Summit (Snowglyphss), Princess Sundown (LimeyTheRainwing), Princess Sunfire (XxGalaxicalDestinyxX), Princess Whiteflame (DigitalJackal), Princess Wildfire, (VanquishedHydra4844), Princess Scarlet ll (Overlord, Starlight)

### Other Heirs: **Canon:** Prince Cliff, Prince Hawk, Prince Vermilion

**Fanon:** Prince Accentor (Snowglyphss), Prince Akane (Flufferb, Princess Bixbite [via marriage] (MorphoTheRainWing), Prince Bonfire (MKDragonet), Prince Eagle (Platypus the SeaWing), Prince Falcon (Oblivion, The Nightwing), Prince Flame II (Monkeythelupora, Prince Griffin (Guineapigtherainwing), Prince Jake (The-Rootbeer-Queen), Prince Jeopardy, (RainPhee), Prince Lucifer, ( Cocosayaii ), Prince Mirage (PrinceMirageoftheSkyWings), Prince Perish (Lightangel2007), Prince Surefire (Jadefire62), Prince Twister, (Citrus, thefox), Prince Valiance (FantasyWarrior, 07), Princess Vendetta [via marriage] (Wings-of-Bloodfire), Prince Aeipathy (Halcyonmetanoia

### Subspecies: Pollypax Skywings, Boreal SkyWings, Magma SkyWings, Feather-Winged SkyWings, Cloud SkyWings. Tropical Skywings, Feather-Winged SkyWings, Sky-High Skywings, Amber SkyWings, Flame SkyWings, Glowing SkyWings, Aysterian SkyWings, Bighorn SkyWings, Blue Flame SkyWings, Lightning SkyWings. A subspecies has few variations when compared to the species as a whole. SkyWing subspecies should stay within canon SkyWing

Pollypax Skywings are not one but 3 different species of Skyiwing in the same Sub-genera of 'Pollypax Skywings" Such as why this (\*) is here. Pollypax Skywings typically are Smaller than their Pyrian Cousins, And much more deadly and Vicious. Linos is typically the most vicious, There bites can become infected easily if not treat immediately. They are dark reds and blues, with yellows and greens as eye color. Sometimes purple. They have smaller wings then the others and are slower, with long, tapering tail to uses as whips in battle, they are named after Natural disasters and Birds.

**Diet** Linos Are Hypercarnivores (Look it up!) and never really eat fruit unless they have an allergen to Meat.

**Society** Linos Society is highly Patriarchal, in which, a male only rule, and is called an Emperor. The current Emperor is Emperor Peregrine. Klleras are short, and small (Island Dwarfism.) Compared to regular Skywings, they have short tails covered in spikes like a Porcupines, and masters of Chasing down prey. There wings are severely Deformed and Useless. They are very fast, and are every color in the rainbow, with green or blue eyes. and they have striped fluorescent/Biolumescent markings if their royalty. They are named after colors, and Invertebrate's.

**Diet** Rodents, Whales, Canids(sometimes.)

**Society** The Kllera are a very Primitive Based Society, speaking their own language called "Ula" that's based off English, Spanish, and Wolf Body language, they are ruled by an Alpha. And its not common to see Outsiders where they live on Pollypax.

**Current Alphas: Alpha Brunet** **Alpha Viper** **Alpha Crimson** **Alpha Indigo** **Alpha Pastel** not much is known about Rae, but they are Large with small eyes and short snouts, with A Unkown Flourescent blue Breath, along with a black fire, and 3 pairs of wings. They currently reside with Dunehunters. Some Speculate Rae may not even be a Skywing Subspecies.

Boreal SkyWings are adapted to cold climates and live among thick pine foliage. They were made by NightStrike and are more distant to normal SkyWings than subspecies typically are due to extreme isolation.

**Habitat:** Boreals live in the Taigias on the northwestern coast, near DeathWings, sometimes on the eastern StormDragonWolf coast, or, most commonly, the snowy archipelagos found between those areas. They are the most isolated of the SkyWing subspecies; they rarely breed with Temperate SkyWings and appear the most like DragonWolfs, though they are unrelated to DragonWolfs. They may occasionally generate with DragonWolfs or Peak SkyWings, though often enough to keep gene pools fresh.

**Description:** Boreal SkyWings possess pastel colors due to living in snow-filled forests and can appear pinkish, light yellow, or pale gray. Darker green-brown accent colors and markings are not unheard of. Boreal SkyWings possess smaller, narrower wings than their mainland counterparts, allowing them to dart between trees like lightning. They are as fast in the trees as Temperate SkyWings are in the open air. They have high-powered flight patterns and typically beat their wings like a rapid pulse to chase prey. Boreal scales are thin and almost hairlike; flexible spines that retain the heat produced by their body and their fire. These scales can puff up when a Boreal SkyWing is threatened. The skin underneath the scales is black.

The scales near their spines are thicker plated, can heat up at will, and can reach temperatures up to ~800° C. When hot, these scales glow the color of the boreal’s fire. Boreal eyes are typically yellow, brown, or green, reflect light in shadows, and are adapted to vision in six months of darkness, though this night vision is not as perfected as SeaWing night vision. Boreal SkyWings are typically 3/4 the size of regular SkyWings, with females on average larger than males, though not by much of a noticeable difference.

**Abilities:** Boreal SkyWings are not as good as regular SkyWings in the open air and have trouble navigating in solid winds without trees blocking the blunt force. However, they are incredibly agile and can dodge and weave around obstacles like no other tribe. They are also not the strongest built, but they make up for this with sheer firepower. Boreal SkyWings have an extremely hot fire, and the scales along their spines can reach up to firescale temperature (not all scales can reach this temperature, normal ones can only gather up to ~50° C of heat).

Boreal individuals have varying degrees of fire heat, with the lowest temperature being 800° C to the hottest being 1400° C. Fire colors based on heat go red, orange, yellow, white, and blue. Green and purple fire is uncommon but not unheard of, and those colors fall in between the yellow and white range (with purple being hotter than green). Fire heat almost always corresponds to status in a clan. White and blue fire are rarer and the markers of a leader, while red and orange are markers of a firetender or a digger (the lowest ranked). However, fire alone does not decide leadership (more outlined in society).

**Isolation:** Boreal SkyWings are pretty cut off from Temperate SkyWings since most never venture off the mainland. They occasionally come into contact with explorers, and the occasional adoption of a foreigner into a clan is not unheard heard of. Meetings with Peak SkyWings are the most common interaction Boreals have with those, not of their kind.

**Society:** Boreal SkyWings live in packs they call “clans.” Each clan rules over at least one island (or portion of territory if they live on the mainland) or up to a dozen if they are one of the more prominent clans. Each clan has a pair of leaders (usually mates) acting like “alpha” wolves. They are protectors and defenders of their territories, and most are not socialized to act dictatorially.

Boreals possess honor codes and do not act as backhanded as the mainland tribes. Their rulers are not decided by blood but by combat prowess and will lead. Challenges are often issued among clan leaders; leadership is determined by who wins and submits. These fights often offer or die, though the knocking unconscious of a contestant also decides a win. Strategy can have a play, but combat and fire are usually the deciders of these fights. Some clans have generational alliances and rivalries with others, and war between clans is standard, though rarely do more than five clans get involved in one battle, or “raid,” as the islanders call them. Each family has its traditions, culture, and forms of expression.

The most common traditions revolve around a fire and natural elements, with songs, sacrifices of meat, bone, or other materials, and dances being used to “sway” the gods to their clan’s favor. The Boreals all worship the same gods, though it is unknown precisely who or what these gods are by anything but the Boreals themselves. Boreals welcome outsiders (who are rare) into packs but rarely does one fully understand their way of life.

Boreals can join other clans, but turncoats are often sworn vengeance upon by former families, so defecting from the more significant clans is usually a big no for those who want to live. Boreals all speak a morphed dialect of draconic, with some phrases and words mixed in that no mainlander with have ever heard of. Boreal names are typically made from these weird phrases, something in nature, or a mix. A few examples are Thyal, Drya’run, Windwound, or Killghar. There are five big clans, three of which rule many islands and two of which lead lots of territory on the East Ice Coast and the West Isle Coast.

These are the Big Five clans: Blood’fyar (meaning: blood pact). One of the more savage clans; “might-makes-right” Islanders. Ryolfen (meaning: storm teeth). Possesses many blue fire breathers, complex traditions. Islanders. Nolay’thorn (meaning: thorns of the wild). Members are speedy, hunter society. Islanders. Strigiar (meaning: wings of winter). Most strategic clans some are travelers. East Ice Coast. Aayi’call (meaning: the gods’ call). Mist runners; are the most elusive and dangerous. West Isle Coast.

Boreal SkyWings: Boreal SkyWings are adapted to cold climates and live among thick pine foliage. They were made by NightStrike and are more distant to normal SkyWings than subspecies typically are due to extreme isolation.

**Habitat:** Boreals live in the Taigias on the northwestern coast, near DeathWings, sometimes on the eastern StormDragonWolf coast, or, most commonly, the snowy archipelagos between those areas. They are the most isolated of the SkyWing subspecies; they rarely breed with Temperate SkyWings and appear the most liked, StormDragonWolfs though they are not related to StormDragonWolfs. They may occasionally produce with DragonWolfs or Peak SkyWings, though often enough to keep gene pools fresh.

**Description:** Boreal SkyWings possess pastel colors due to living in snow-filled forests and can appear pinkish, light yellow, or pale gray. Darker green-brown accent colors and markings are not unheard of. Boreal SkyWings possess smaller, narrower wings than their mainland counterparts, allowing them to dart between trees like lightning flashes. They are as fast in the trees as Temperate SkyWings are in the open air. They have high-powered flight patterns, and typically beat their wings like a rapid pulse to chase prey. Boreal scales are thin and almost hairlike; flexible spines that retain the heat produced by their body and their fire. These scales can puff up when a Boreal SkyWing is threatened. The skin underneath the scales is black. The scales near their spines are thicker, plated, and can actually heat up at will, and can reach temperatures of up to ~800° C. When hot, these scales glow the color of the boreal’s fire.

Boreal eyes are typically yellow, brown, or green, reflect light in shadows, and are adapted to vision in six months of darkness, though this night vision is not as perfected as SeaWing night vision. Boreal SkyWings are typically 3/4 the size of regular SkyWings, with females on average being more significant than males, though not by much of a noticeable difference.

**Abilities:** Boreal SkyWings are not as good as regular SkyWings in open air and have trouble navigating in strong winds without trees blocking the blunt force, but are extremely agile, and can dodge and weave around obstacles like no other tribe. They are also not the strongest built, but they make up for this with sheer firepower. Boreal SkyWings have extremely hot fire, and the scales along their spines can reach up to firescale temperature (not all scales can reach this temperature, normal ones can only gather up to ~50° C of heat).

Boreal individuals have varying degrees of fire heat, with the lowest temperature being 800° C to the hottest being 1400° C. Fire colors based on heat go red, orange, yellow, white, blue. Green and purple fire is uncommon, but not unheard of, and those colors fall in between the yellow and white range (with purple being hotter than green). Fire heat almost always corresponds to status in a clan. White and blue fire are rarer, and the markers of a leader, while red and orange are markers of a firetender or a digger (the lowest ranked). However, fire alone does not decide leadership (more outlined in society).

**Isolation:** Boreal SkyWings are quite cut off from Temperate SkyWings, since most never venture off of the mainland. They occasionally come into contact with explorers, and the occasional adoption of a forigener into a clan is not unheard heard of Meetings with Peak SkyWings are the most common interaction Boreals have with those not of their own kind.

**Society:** Boreal SkyWings live in packs they call “clans”. Each clan rules over at least one island (or portion of territory if they live on the mainland) or up to a dozen if they are one of the bigger clans. Each clan has a pair of leaders (usually mates) that act a lot like “alpha” wolves. They are protectors and defenders of their territories, and most are not socialized to act dicatorial. In general, Boreals possess honor codes and do not act as backhanded as the mainland tribes do. Their rulers are not decided by blood, but by combat prowess and will to lead. Challenges are issued often among clan leaders, and leadership is decided by who wins and who submits. These fights are often submitted or die, though the knocking unconcious of a contestant often decides a win as well. Strategy can have a play, but combat and fire are usually the deciders of these fights.

Some clans have generational alliances and rivalries with others, and war between clans is common, though rarely do more than five clans get involved in one war, or “raid” as they are called by the islanders. Each clan has its own traditions, culture, and forms of expression.

The most common traditions revolve around fire and natural elements, with songs, sacrifices of meat, bone, or other materials, and dances being used to “sway” the gods to their clan’s favor. The Boreals all worship the same gods, though it is unknown exactly who or what these gods are by anything but the Boreals themselves. Boreals do welcome outsiders (who are rare) into packs, but rarely does one fully understand their way of life.

Boreals can join other clans, but turncoats are often sworn vengeance apon by former clans, so defecting from the bigger clans is often a big no for those who want to live. Boreals all speak a morphed dialect of draconic, with some phrases and words mixed in that no mainlander with have ever he ad of. Boreal names are typically made from these weird phrases or something in nature, or a mix. A few examples are Thyal, Drya’run, Windwound, or Killghar. There are five big clans, three of which rule many islands, and two of which rule lots of territory on the East Ice Coast and the West Isle Coast.

These are the Big Five clans: Blood’fyar (meaning: blood pact). One of the more savage clans; “might-makes-right”. Islanders Ryolfen (meaning: storm teeth). Possessed many blue-fire breathers, complex traditions. Islanders. Nolay’thorn (meaning: thorns of the wild). Members are extremely fast, hunter society. Islanders. Strigiar (meaning: wings of winter). Most strategic clan: some are travelers. East Ice Coast. Aayi’call (meaning: the gods’ call). Mist runners; most elusive and dangerous. West Isle Coast.

Magma SkyWings, Feather-Winged SkyWings, Cloud SkyWings, Tropical Skywing, Feather-Winged SkyWings, Sky-High Skywings, Amber SkyWings, Flame SkyWings, Glowing SkyWing, Aysterian SkyWings, Bighorn SkyWings, Blue Flame SkyWing, Lightning SkyWings

**Appearance:** Magma SkyWings have coal black scales with red/orange/gold under scales patterned in such a way that it looks like magma, hence the name Magma SkyWing.

**Habitat:** These dragons like to live in very hot climates, like around a volcano. It is very unlikely to find a Magma SkyWing is a wet, cold place.

**Abilities:** Magma SkyWings have the same abilities any other sky dragon. Unfortunately, they cannot survive in temperatures below 30 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees centigrade.

**History:** The Magma SkyWings were created by accident. A NightWing and a SkyWing, who carried the firescales gene had a dragonet together. Their dragonet married a SkyWing and so on until there was enough of them to call them their own tribe. About a year after the events of The Dragonet Prophecy the Magma SkyWings split up from the regular SkyWings.

Feather-Winged SkyWings: Feather-winged SkyWings is a sub-type made by Cut-throat.

**Appearance:** The only difference Feather-winged SkyWings have to their main tribe is that their wings are covered in a layer of feathers like a birds’ and their horns are longer and more graceful. Feather-winged SkyWings wings are usually colored like a bird rather than the color the rest of their body. they also have more hooked claws to grip rocks better.

**Habitat:** Feather-winged SkyWings live high in the mountains and are adapt to flying in strong wings and more extreme hot/cold. Feather-winged SkyWings live in beautifully designs and decorated caves they carved with their fire and claws. The are kinder than most typical ‘grumpy SkyWings.’

**History** <bur> It is unknown how the first Feather-Winged SkyWing come about, it is presumed a split-off group came about hundreds of years ago and slowly evolved high in the mountains. Feather-Winged SkyWings are generally quite curious.

Cloud SkyWings: **Appearance:** Cloud SkyWings are usually gray, pale red, pale orange, or pale orange in color. Their eyes are typically grayscale in color, but very rarely, they can be blue or pure white. Longer, curved horns and long StomDragonWolf spikes. Sometimes their legs have the sharp spines StormDragonWolfs have. They are named after their scale colors.

**History:** Cloud SkyWings were separated from regular SkyWings during the scorching. An StormDragonWolf bred with a SkyWing, producing 5 dragonets who roamed to the Ice Kingdom. They bred with other IceWings, and the first Cloud SkyWing was born. The colony of 10 dragons eventually started breeding with each other, making a bigger colony. They eventually chose a queen to rule over them, considering themselves a whole different tribe. They made it a law that they could only breed with other Cloud SkyWings.

Tropical Skywings: Tropic Skywings are a subspecies made by Stormtorch3 :D

**Appearance:** Tropical Skywings have changed much from their Skywing roots. They have a wider range of color than red/gold and orange; They can be a combination of blue, yellow, red, pink, and orange. They can also have green or purple accents on their bodies. Their bodies are slightly more flexible to help moving through thicker forests, and even their tails are longer to assist with climbing.

**Habitat:** After the first Tropical Skywings were born, (see history) they realized that they were no longer welcome in the sky palace. A bit embarrassingly, they reside on unmapped islands off the coast of the Rainforest Kingdom and the northeastern Scavenger den.

**Abilities:** A new tropical climate calls for some changes in abilities. First of all, Tropic Skywings can no longer receive firescales. Speaking of fire, they have learned to breath fire with pinpoint accuracy. They have increased agility, for navigating the foliage and trees.

**History:** The origin of this subspecies is from an exiled Skywing who had a secret relationship with a Skywing guard. When the Skywing queen found out, she found a reason to banish the guard who had been particularly annoying. They fled south, and when they landed off the coast of the rainforest kingdom, they saw the islands in the distance. They adored this new island, and stayed there. A period of time passed that involved new Skywings arriving, journeying out to more of these islands, breeding, evolving, and establishing a society.

**Society:** The original Tropics feared they would be found and eliminated, so they live in three different colonies. If one colony is attacked, they will seek shelter in others. The first colony, Jyngl colony, is the original and strongest colony. The colony to the west is the Igbo colony, to the east is the Selva colony. The Jyngl colony is where the royalty resides. Jyngl is the most important colony, as it provides resources and military supplies to Igbo and Selva. However, Igbo and Selva do not recieve food; they must catch it themselves. Despite the fact that the colonies’ military may seem weak, consider that if all the best fighters formed an army, the Tropics would equal them.

Sky-High Skywings: **Origin:** Sky-High Skywings are eggs born extremely high in the sky, where no normal Skywing would be able to thrive because of the low air pressure.

**Appearance:** Sky-High SkyWings are small, but their wings are even larger than two full-grown Mudwings. They are amazing fliers, and their wings are big yet light. They usually have lighter colors than the usual SkyWings, and their bones are very light. Their scales are flexible, and because of the low air pressure, they have much bigger eggs with a higher likelihood of containing twins, which can result in firescales. (But this may be false, because usually, when a twin hatches, they are merged into one being with four wings, two heads, and two tails. Even though it is more likely for an SHS to have twins, only 1 in every 50 SHS is a twin.) SHS also have huge horns, curling around their ears like a ram.

**History:** The first sky-highs were born as an experiment from the NightWings. They found an extremely high mountain, only a bit smaller than Mount. Everest, then set a ton of SkyWing eggs that were given up by the parents. They hatched into what they are now, and when the NightWings were unable to get the dragonets, they thrived. SkyWings often went there to enjoy the sights; the ideal vacation spot, and then end up staying because of the SHSs’ charming nature.

**Behavior:** Sky-High SkyWings are masters with their words. They are not fighters, and they are like silver-throated Sunnies. They are very social and outgoing, and are never ever like their grumpy origins. They are very sweet, and dread going to a place that isn’t their big, mountainous, snowy home.

**Habitat:** Sky-High SkyWings live on a huge mountain north of the Ice Kingdom, out in the ocean. Some reside in other, smaller mountains out in the oceans. Hybrids, firescales, and other dragons like that are actually treated like royalty, put up in the highest peak for the high ranks.

**Government:** Hybrids, firescales, ect are treated higher than everything else. They are ruled by only elected dragons and not any heirs and other stuff. Killing will result in banishment, but they may go to court to prove themselves. Since the group is small and it’s more of a peaceful village, when a dragon dies, everyone goes out and has a candlelight vigil for the past dragon. Even pets get vigils. Fighting is legal as long as it did not resort in death, and it was willingly, and no major wounds come.

Amber SkyWings: **Appearance:** Amber SkyWings have larger wings than other SkyWings and are normally shades of orange and, more rarely, red. Other than that, Amber SkyWings are nearly identical to other SkyWings.

**Habitat:** Amber SkyWings live high up in the mountains, near the palace. However, they are excellent at hiding from patrols, and so, none of the SkyWings: know they exist.

**History:** Amber SkyWings have existed for almost as long as the SkyWings themselves. They were first created when eight SkyWings ran away from the palace and created a small group called the Sky-Watchers. They stayed in their camp for five years, recruiting other SkyWings until, one day, a soldier discovered them. He immediately went to the palace and told Queen Raptor. Two days later, the SkyWing army invaded the camp. They obliterated everything in sight before setting the whole thing on fire. However, some of the Sky-Watchers had survived by fleeing into the forest near the camp. They left the camp and moved to another place where the SkyWings wouldn’t find them. They named themselves the Amber SkyWings after their leader, Amber, the daughter of the original leader. From that day on they have been very distrust worthy of the SkyWings, but have assembled a small but powerful army to defend themselves against further invasions. They are mostly a peaceful tribe but will fight fiercely to protect their home.

Flamewing Skywings are made by prince flare the fiery red skywing

Apperence: Flamewing skywings have the ocational red orange but any dragon with bright red scales will have lava breath any dragon with yellow scales with not have fire only sparks black flamewing will have either lava or ember breath orange or regular red dragons will just have fire eggs. These eggs are very hot but are brought up to the mountains for safety they are usually red and if they have special parents, they might get a special ability such as lava breath fire. Their fire is way more extreme than other fire its usually red hot but unlike most they control their fire warmth.

Habitats: high up in the mountain where they band together in small groups

History: Once referred to hybrid but now are a full part of the skywings they evolved from small to huge amounts and they were made by skywings and any other tribe with fire but now it's a chance of skywings marring skywings

Alliance: They are allied with all skywings tribes and any tribe bordering them.

Queen: They are currently lead by queen lava of the skywings.

King: Unknown where bouts but Rumer said he was a kind king named fire.

Names: They are named after fire so blaze, flare, flame, fire, ember, spark, etc are all flamewing names.

**Appearance:** Glowing SkyWings adapted to their new home. Their scales are typically pastel colors, like pink, red, orange and gold.

Aysterian SkyWings: *Appearance:* Usually the looks and possible colors of a normal SkyWing but with tail feathers at the end of their tails and being able to be pale colors.

*Abilities:* As an addition to being able to breathe fire, they can also whip up mini-hurricanes using their wings. Firescales came send a ember storm towards their enemies.

*Traditions:* Usually every new year all dragons would watch the hatchery no matter if there’s a war or not. They will all watch the new generation of dragonets hatch together until they all do so. Also, Animus SkyWings aren’t banned yet because these dragons developed before Albatross hatched.

*Origin:* Aysterian SkyWings come from an ancient unnamed SkyWing that was lost off of Phyrriah and landed on Aysteria, ever since, SkyWings began to spread and evolve to their new environment, being more aerodynamic.

Bighorn SkyWings: “Ah, so you’ve heard of these dragons. Very dangerous, but I suppose it would be fitting if you learned about them to defend yourself. Be warned, though, you must promise you will never, EVER tell this information to another living being. Now, sit down.”

*Appearance:* “Their main trait is their horns. Have you ever seen a bighorn sheep? That’s the Bighorn SkyWings’ namesake. They were named after their horns. And their scales are soft. Easy to stab, but that’s their main trap. See, when they’re stabbed, they immediately stop bleeding-in all areas. Then, after a few.

Lightning SkyWings: Lightning SkyWings are a subspecies of SkyWing whose egg was struck by lightning. The SkyWings was made by Ella by the lighting from her wings when she picked up some eggs and was scared by an unexpected visit from her mother Gaia when she was at the hatchery looking over the new eggs. The lighting Skywings are about the same size and shape as normal SkyWings, but their scales all are more yellow than the typical oranges or reds and their eyes a bright blue. In addition to the normal SkyWing powers they have, Lightning SkyWings can create an electric shock from their scales. A small shock can be used to hunt prey, but larger shocks have a ten-hour recharge period before any lightning shock can be used again. Most hybrid eggs that are struck by lightning only have a very weak electric shock, that basically feels like static electricity. However, in very, very, very, very, VERY rare cases hybrids can have stronger electric shocks with shorter recharge period.

### GHEGaiaStoromDragonWolf

Age: 57 centires

Primary Attribute: Teacher, GHE to all StormDragonWolfs,

### Ships: N/A

**Coloration:** Self-explanatory

**Accessories:** The Ghost of Bearberry wears deep black armbands that blend her scales. The armbands also match her lone tail band. There are red glowing gems embedded into it.

**Personality History\ Gaia has a loving personality. It is hard to Anger except when hurting or harming her family. Gaia did die and was transported to the Afterlife in the badlands, where her Daughter Ella made a deal with the watcher of the spirits to the Bad Lands, proving that her mother was murdered.**

**Pre-Hatching: Gaia was hidden as an egg for her father wanted to kill her. Her mother was taken to a secret place in the Sky Dynasty to take care of her egg till it was hatched**.

**Young Years: To be safe from her father, Gaia was raised as the GHE of the Sky Dynasties as her daughter and was very well trained in combat.**

**Dragonethood: She was sent to Blackwater Bay Assassin school and college and to dragon rider school, where she graduated as head of her class.**

**Adulthood: Was murdered and brought back from the Badlands, where the spirits of the families of the StormDragonWolf go when they pass away. Started the first DragonShipment line. Survivor of 5 Great Wars**

**Death:** Unlike most StormDragonWolfs, GHE Gaia created her StormDragonWolf gift when she was forty-three; instead of seven, she made the Gift of Defense. This sparked many conflicts in the Ice Kingdom, leading to the StormDragonWolf Civil War. Four years into the War her and the rest of the StormDragonWolf royal family fled to their vacation home on the horn tip (island) of Blackwater Bay. In the 14th year of the StormDragonWolf Civil War, Queen Bearberry was killed by an assassin on a hunting trip with her family. Legend says that after her Death, the land became cursed as an explanation for why the vacation house was abandoned, and access to the island is forbidden later on. Though this restriction has been lifted, the land is known as Bloodberry Island. Queen Bearberry wore matching arm bands made of silver embedded with red diamonds. She also wore a matching tiara and tail bands. She wore three silver necklaces of different lengths and several silver rings. On her death day, she wore a leather bag with a few owl feathers and leather arm guards. Her Daughter Ella took her to the royal burial chamber, where she used her gift of bringing back the dead. Ella had to enter the Afterlife, which is dangerous for a GHE of witches.

**Quotes:** “Above us, outlined against the brilliant Sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made gold of every one of them.” GHE ELLA StormDragonWolf: “*Mother was too young, but perhaps that was the benefit of her rule. Being naive enough not to succumb to the nationalist brainwashing of the tribe. Yet, more years of experience and education would have supported her.*” ~Ella

### Partner: Riptide

*The Dragonet Prophecy, The Lost Heir*,*The Hidden Kingdom*,*The Dark Secret*,, *The Brightest Night*

**Tsunami** is an adult female SeaWing and the main protagonist of *The Lost Heir*. Formerly a dragonet of destiny, she was also partially responsible for ending the War of SandWing Succession. She is a princess and the oldest living heir to the SeaWing throne. She is the headmistress of Jade Mountain Academy, where she resides, and is currently in a long-distance relationship with Riptide.

### Tsunami

*“I think we should. I don’t belong here, Mother. I wanted to, but I’m only causing trouble and not doing what I was hoping to do. I don’t speak the underwater language. I don’t understand the Council. You have two daughters now who could be great queens one day. But my destiny is somewhere else. I have to go stop the war. With my friends.*” — Tsunami to Coral about leaving the Kingdom of the Sea, *The Lost Heir*

**Tsunami** is an adult female SeaWing and the main protagonist of *The Lost Heir*. Formerly a dragonet of destiny, she was also partially responsible for ending the War of SandWing Succession. She is a princess and the oldest living heir to the SeaWing throne. She is the headmistress of Jade Mountain Academy, where she resides and is currently in a long-distance relationship with Riptide. [

### Descripcording to Webs, Tsunami’s egg was of “The deepest blue”, matching the description of the foretold SeaWing dragonet’s egg, in the Dragt Prophecy.

Tsunami has dark, deep, royal-blue scales like sapphires that have pale emerald-green flecks underneath them, and shimmer like cobalt glass in torchlight. She has sharp white teeth, blue talons, a long neck, and tail, large, translucent green eyes. She has azure-blue wings, the color of the sea, that have starbursts shaped like webbed talonprints underneath them. She is tall, and bigger than Turtle and Sundew, but smaller than Clay, with a sleek, elegant form. One of her wings has a cut near the edge. She has a powerful tail, like most SeaWings.

She also wears several strands of pearls, including a beautiful, heavy, oddly-shaped, cool, smooth, long strand of shimmering pale purple pearls draped around her neck, as well as one wrapped around her chest and wings, given to her by her mother. She has a brash voice.

### She often ignores her exhaustion in order to persist towards her goals, and she is easily ruffled, with a short temper. She is protective and will fight for those she cares about. She can sometimes be polite, and has learned to better control her impulses, although she is still willing to fight when necessary. She was considered to have potential by Morrowseer.

She likes reading, but she cannot read very fast and would rather be fighting something. She does not like being caught by anything stronger than she is, and she often does not appreciate advice. She likes feeling powerful and dangerous but began to feel as though she should stop listening to all of her first instincts after she learned that Gill, a dragon that she had previously killed, was her father. She was self-conscious about why she was not a better dragon and second-guessed her true intentions whilst taking Auklet’s egg: was she doing the right thing, or acting on impulse? She is desperate to make up for her mistakes and considers her first duty to be protecting her friends. She strives to be the sort of dragon her friends can trust.

Despite Tsunami’s brash exterior, she internally feels very rattled about killing other dragons, despite her believing that such a sentiment is ridiculous for a dragon to have. She also felt very guilty after becoming defensive so quickly around Riptide. She believes that helping others is important, and is adamantly against anyone being used. Luna described her as even scarier than Sundew sometimes and believed that she would not even stop to think before rescuing members of the stealth team. She is working on acting more on logic rather than impulse, although she has been quick to anger for her entire life. Although Tsunami fights through problems, she is starting to learn not to always fight her way out of something.

### Biography: The Dragonet Prophecy: *The Dragonet Prophecy*

Tsunami was brought to the Talons of Peace by a SeaWing named Webs, one of the guardians, who had stolen her egg from the Royal Hatchery after drugging the guards. Her egg was stolen because of its shade of deep blue described in the prophecy, and she was brought to a cave located in the Claws of the Clouds Mountains, where she lived for the first six years of her life. She grew up with resentment and anger towards the guardians for keeping them locked away in what she saw as a prison, away from the world she and her friends had been longing to see, causing her to become understandably rebellious. At the beginning of the book, she interfered in a fight between Clay and Kestrel, one of their caretakers, telling Kestrel to stop picking on Clay.

Eventually, she escaped with Clay through the river when they heard Morrowseer demand Glory’s death, for being an unsuitable replacement for the unhatched SkyWing egg in the prophecy. Tsunami was chained to a rock column to keep her from preventing the murder of Glory because they were going to drown her, and Tsunami could swim and save her along with her being able to fight the guardians better than any of the other dragonets. She sang the bar song about the prophecy, like she always did to irritate their guardians, but submitted when Kestrel threatened to chain up her mouth and Clay as well.

After Clay managed to escape down the underground river that ended with a waterfall leading into the Sky Kingdom, she broke free of the chains with the help of Sunny and Starflight’s combined fire and rescued Clay from the ‘white substance’ in the underground river that began to dissolve his scales.

Escaping the chains had dislocated her wing joint when they came over a waterfall out of the mountain. Clay was luckily able to save her, carrying her safely to the ground. After Clay forcibly fixed it by ramming into it, they crossed paths with a SkyWing who revealed herself to be Queen Scarlet, from whom they escaped after Tsunami impaled her tail in the vulnerable spot into the ground with a scavenger claw. This later resulted in their capture and imprisonment in the cave, along with Kestrel and the rest of the dragonets. After that, they were taken to the SkyWing prison and got separated.

During their imprisonment above the SkyWing arena, she proved to be very temperamental and would lash out at the SkyWing guards, particularly with her strong tail. Due to this, Tsunami was given extra chains to protect the guards. After Clay denounced her as “just one more SeaWing” in front of Scarlet to protect her from the arena, he was forced to fight an StormDragonWolf named Fjord. To distract Fjord and save Clay’s life, she willingly flung herself off her ledge/prison, nearly choking to death and dragging all the other nearby prisoners down with her. However, it gave Glory enough time to kill Fjord with her venom. The guards carried her and the other prisoners, who were later grumbling that she nearly killed them by jumping off, back up.

Tsunami was surprisingly cowed by Princess Burn. She was taken away after the prisoners sang about the prophecy, and when she encountered Peril, she was distrusting of her — preferring to stay a safe distance away. Later, she was forced to fight and kill Gill, who, to her horror, was later discovered to be her father. Then she was forced to fight Starflight, and to Scarlet’s furious disapproval, they just proceeded to embrace each other gently. She and Starflight were then pitted against four scavengers, then some IceWings, only to be interrupted by Morrowseer, who saved Starflight after killing all of the IceWing prisoners.

She and the rest of the prophecy dragonets managed to escape with the aid of Peril, and they decided to search for their parents. After realizing Clay had unintentionally hurt Glory, she planned a trick to make him think she left for good and that Glory could watch his reaction, so she could realize that he had not meant it. When Glory and Clay returned from looking for his parents, they left for the Kingdom of the Sea to meet Tsunami’s mother, Queen Coral, and her possible siblings. *The Lost Heir*

After escaping from the SkyWing Palace, the dragonets sought refuge in a forest near the Kingdom of the Sea. They spotted a patrol of SkyWings flying overhead and were forced into hiding. Tsunami nearly killed a soldier (when she thought the SkyWing had seen Sunny and was about to bring in the rest of the patrol) who neared the dragonets, which angered the rest of the group. They then began to listen to Starflight’s opinions more than Tsunami’s, which made her think that her friends did not want her to save them from danger and that they would rather have the NightWing as their leader instead.

Eager to meet her tribe and get away from other dragons who did not appreciate her, she dove into the ocean. There, she spots two SeaWings, later revealed to be Riptide and Nautilus, communicating using Aquatic, the SeaWings’ underwater language. After puzzling about this, she waited for one of the SeaWings to leave before coming up to the other, “more handsome” one, who was Riptide. He attempted to communicate with her in Aquatic but failed since Tsunami had never learned Aquatic. When he flashes his stripes at her, she takes it as a test, flashing her stripes back at him. She randomly flashed her stripes, mirroring what he did. After he flashed her stripes at her a second time, the other SeaWing suddenly lunged at her.

Tsunami assumed he was trying to attack her and slashed at the SeaWing’s snout. Eventually, she surfaced and flew back toward Clay and the others, hoping for some backup. However, after a bit of arguing when Riptide accused her of saying she liked him and has a lot of explaining to do, the other dragon introduced himself as Riptide and offered to take Tsunami and her friends to the Summer Palace. The group then ran into a patrol led by Commander Shark. The commander ordered his guards to kill the dragonets, but Tsunami quickly stopped them by ordering them, as the princess, not to kill them. She immediately became distrustful of Shark, and Riptide is surprised that she dared to contradict Shark.

When they finally made it to the Summer Palace, Queen Coral welcomed her. Tsunami found out that she had a little sister, Anemone, and was slightly jealous of her. It seemed Coral was slightly suspicious of the other dragonets. They were locked up in a cave, but she assured Tsunami that they would be safe, though she protested. Her mother introduced her to a male SeaWing named Whirlpool, who was on her council. Tsunami immediately disliked Whirlpool, considering him boring, annoying, and ugly. Their conversation was interrupted by Moray, who reported that a dead dragon was found a few islands from The Summer Palace and glared at Tsunami. It is revealed to be Kestrel. Tsunami debated about whether to tell her friends about their guardian’s death.

They headed to the underwater chambers below one of the waterfalls to sleep. Tsunami immediately went to sleep, and when she woke up, Coral was still sleeping. She talked to Anemone, her little sister, and got to know her better for the first time. Because Tsunami did not know Aquatic, they first headed into a nearby air pocket under the waterfall. Anemone explained what happened to Princess Orca, who challenged Coral for her throne at the age of seven years. Coral killed her accidentally in the end but dearly missed her. Anemone explains how terrible her life had been growing up, as she had been attached to Coral at all times with a harness. Coral then woke up and invited them to come with her to the pavilion to eat with the Council. Tsunami accidentally embarrassed herself by eating when the queen has not given permission. A war party reported that the Sky Kingdom was trying to decide who should be the successor of Queen Scarlet. A possible candidate was Ruby, her eldest daughter. Tsunami revealed that they were in the Sky Kingdom not long ago. Coral asked if they saw her husband, Gill, who went missing. Tsunami regretfully told her that Gill was dead and discovered that he was her father. She did not tell Coral she killed him unknowingly. The Council was dismissed so that Coral could grieve.

Whirlpool found Tsunami and started her first lesson of Aquatic by making her recite a scroll, called The Tragedy Of Orca, written by her mother, Coral. Frustrated, Tsunami stormed off, as she did not learn anything due to the flashes she copied from him completely out of her comprehension and her not knowing anything from the actual scroll. She searched and found for Riptide, who then taught her a few basics of Aquatic, including “I will protect,” a phrase she used multiple times later. When she returned to the palace, someone or something attacked her in the tunnel and covered her face so she could not see. She distracted them by opening and closing her wings twice and flashing her stripes all at once. She then finds Coral to tell her about the attack; however, the queen was more concerned about her eggs than finding out who had attacked her daughter. When they arrived at the hatchery, Coral discovered one of her two eggs had been smashed. Coral blamed Tortoise, who was guarding the room but left to eat an octopus Shark offered to her. As a result, Tortoise was killed by Coral. Tsunami decided to protect the remaining egg, not realizing that she would be killed if anything happened to the egg. Using her limited Aquatic, she said, “I will protect” while holding Coral’s last heir.

She left the Deep Palace and met Riptide. She requested his help, and he agreed. They swam to the Summer Palace cavern to check on her friends. The cave was filled with water, and her friends had been neglected and chained up. Furious, Tsunami confronted the guards who had the key. Instead of attacking them, she convinced them to give her the key. She freed her friends and slept with them in a dry cave until the storm passed. They soon met Princess Blister and Coral in the Summer Palace, hiding from the storm. While talking with Coral, Blister accidentally revealed that she murdered Kestrel by saying her throat was slashed even though she would not have known that. Tsunami discovered that Anemone was an animus, which runs in the royal family. Disobeying Whirlpool, Anemone refused to demonstrate her powers to Blister at first but eventually gave in. Blister noticed Webs spying on them in the canopy and threw him onto Tsunami. Coral recognized him as the one who stole Tsunami’s egg and refused his plea for mercy. Shortly afterward, she slammed her tail into his head and left him to fall. Tsunami saved him with the help of Clay. She realized later that Webs had saved her from Orca’s statue by stealing her egg before the statue could smash it. After seeing Riptide injured, Tsunami bargained with Coral to spare Riptide and Webs if she saved the last egg. Coral refused to let Webs go yet reluctantly agreed to save Riptide.

Tsunami decided to wait in the Royal Hatchery for the egg to hatch. However, since she was also an heir, Orca’s statue came alive and attacked her. Tsunami used a spear to stab the statue through the mouth and pin it into the ground. She went to grab the egg, and when she got it, it hatched a small green dragonet who was soon named Auklet. She kicked open the door, and the statue went inactive, as it was enchanted only to kill when there was no one to see it. She found out that the statue was enchanted by her sister, Orca, secretly an animus. She then alerted her mother, who had the statue destroyed.

Blister encouraged the dragonets to choose her, but the dragonets refused to do so until they got the entire picture. Blister convinced Coral to throw them in her prison. Anemone arrived in the prison and used her animus magic to find out that Whirlpool was the one who had attacked Tsunami. Whirlpool revealed that he planned to kill Tsunami and marry Anemone, but since Blister planned to use her animus powers to win the war, she probably would not survive, and he said that he had changed his mind to choose Auklet. Anemone used a spear to hit Whirlpool, who then fell into the electric eel moat. The eels then promptly shocked and killed him. Tsunami and her friends used this opportunity to jump through the waterfall and escape. They escaped just in time to see the SkyWings and MudWings attack the Summer Palace. Tsunami and the others found and freed Riptide and Webs. They met Crocodile, who was revealed to be a traitor to the Talons of Peace. Glory spat her venom into her eyes, almost certainly killing her. However, Blister suddenly attacked and attempted to kill Webs by stabbing at his heart with the venomous barb on her tail, but she missed and scratched his tail instead. The dragonets decided to go to the Rainforest Kingdom, to see if the RainWings knew how to cure SandWing poison and meet Glory’s family. *The Hidden Kingdom* The dragonets were traveling through the Mud Kingdom with Webs when they find two MudWing soldiers dead. Tsunami wanted to stop and investigate but was outvoted by the other dragonets. The MudWing soldiers had mentioned a monster that resides within the rainforest. They continue to the Rainforest Kingdom. However, all of them except Glory and Starflight are knocked unconscious with sleep darts by the RainWings. The RainWings take them to the village and insist that it is the best way to meet new visitors. The dragonets soon wake up in the RainWing village, and Tsunami yells at Jambu for knocking them out. She then tells Sunny to stay still so she could kill and eat Silver (Glory’s sloth), but Glory stops her, tells her that Silver was hers, and Tsunami asked her if she meant that Glory is going to eat the sloth. Glory tells her that Silver is her pet and not to make snide comments. Tsunami yells at Glory, saying, “Me? You’re telling ME not to make snide comments?” then Clay and Sunny stop them from fighting.

She and the dragonets decide to meet with the current queen for advice on the Web’s injury. Queen Magnificent advises them to ask the healers for advice, though it is unlikely they would be able to cure it due to the RainWings’ lack of knowledge about curing SandWing venom. She and the dragonets look for the monster who has been making several RainWings disappear. They find a strange, dark hole, and Mangrove quickly leaps through it to try to find Orchid. The dragonets, along with Jambu, Glory’s older brother, also come through the tunnel to find and bring back Mangrove. They arrive in the Kingdom of Sand and head to the Ice Kingdom to see if Blaze is holding the RainWings prisoner and to meet her. Soon, while Tsunami and the other dragonets are sleeping, Glory wanders off to investigate some smoke, disguised as an IceWing. She finds a NightWing named Deathbringer, who plans to kill her and most of her friends, the dragonets of the prophecy. She arrives back to warn the others, but she is still disguised as an DragonWolf and made Starflight jump up, and the other dragonets as well. Tsunami tells Glory severely that she nearly hit her with her tail, and Glory tells her that she nearly bit her snout when she was snoring. Then she and the dragonets finally decide that Jambu should accompany Glory to infiltrate Blaze’s fortress to find Mangrove and (possibly) the prisoners. Glory, Jambu, and Mangrove bring back Blaze to meet the dragonets. Jambu and Mangrove head back to the Rainforest Kingdom. Suddenly, Deathbringer attempts to assassinate Blaze. He only scrapes her neck and injures Tsunami’s wing, but he is then chased away by the dragonets. Queen Glacier and some IceWings are seen arriving at their location. They leave for the tunnel, leaving Blaze for the IceWings to tend to her neck wound.

The dragonets arrive in the Rainforest Kingdom again and hear a dragon stamping in the undergrowth. Tsunami attempts to attack the dragon but is distracted by Deathbringer whistling the dragonets’ song. Glory decides to use herself as bait once her friends have left to tell the others. The monster is revealed to be the NightWing tribe (when Glory gets captured by them), who captured RainWings and took them to their secret island home to research their venom. With the help of Clay and Deathbringer, Glory escapes with Kinkajou. They return to the rainforest and go to alert the others while Deathbringer stays behind. After seeing that Magnificent would not rescue the RainWings, Glory challenges to kill her for the throne. However, Handsome insists on following an old RainWing tradition, a series of RainWing competitions. Glory is forced to pick out her team when magnificent states that Queen Exquisite, Queen Grandeur, Queen Dazzling, and Queen Fruit Bat are also queens and that they should participate as well. Glory selects Kinkajou, Jambu, Mangrove, and Tamarin for her team. Glory ultimately wins the competition and becomes the new queen of the RainWings. Glory ask Tsunami to help her train her RainWings into becoming an army to help rescue the captured RainWings. *The Dark Secret*Starflight used a dreamvisitor to visit Tsunami’s dream. There, he witnessed her having a nightmare about Anemone turning evil and killing their father. Glory had Tsunami train the RainWings for the upcoming war with the NightWings — a task made no easier by their lazy behavior. She was overjoyed when Starflight returned to the group and aided in freeing the RainWings from the NightWing island. *The Brightest Night* Tsunami first appeared, bursting out of the tunnel to the volcano and yelling at everybody to back up as Clay hurriedly brings Starflight through. After Sunny was kidnapped, she is mentioned when Sunny notes that she could not hear Tsunami yelling orders anymore. She is later seen when the three NightWings use the Obsidian Mirror to spy on Glory, and she says that Sunny is way too cheerful to notice the prophecy was fake. This causes indignation from Sunny, who is automatically annoyed by her friends’ lack of understanding. When Sunny returned from Burn’s stronghold and Jade Mountain, Tsunami was battle training some RainWings. Once Tsunami sees Sunny, she hugs her and yells at her for worrying her. Sunny explains where she had been in the healer’s hut with Starflight, Clay, Glory, and Tsunami, telling her entire adventure and eventually her official idea. Later, Tsunami comes with Sunny and Ochre to find the Talons of Peace to get through to Blister. Tsunami then meets Riptide again, and he says he will be at the stronghold. She appears at the final showdown, being one of the dragons to hold down Clay as Peril burned out the poison. In the epilogue, she is seen discussing the idea of Jade Mountain Academy with her fellow dragonets, suggesting to invite Anemone and Auklet.

### *Winter Turning:* Tsunami is first mentioned when Winter remembers how Scarlet asked for the dragonets of destiny’s lives in return for Hailstorm’s. Winter then thinks to himself that Tsunami had been one of the dragons who had confirmed that the NightWings had no more powers. Riptide later mentioned her when Winter, Moonwatcher, Kinkajou, and Qibli found the Talons of Peace, asking if Tsunami had a message for him. *Escaping Peril* Tsunami accompanied Clay and Sunny when Queen Ruby came to collect Carnelian’s body. When one of Ruby’s guards accused Peril of killing Carnelian, Tsunami firmly states that it was a fire that killed Carnelian, not Peril, even though she does not “like Peril any more than you do.” When Ex-Queen Scarlet threw the false Glory head at the dragonets, she shot after Scarlet as fast as she could.

Later, Nautilus mentioned that Tsunami was hunting for Scarlet along with Riptide and his group. Turtle asked them to tell her that it was not Glory’s real head and that Glory was fine. *Talons of Power* Tsunami has a conversation with Sunny, overheard by Turtle. They were talking about how Thorn lost some prisoners (confirmed to be Fierceteeth and Strongwings). She states that she does not like prophecies, finding them complicated, unnecessary, and most of all, overly cryptic and mysterious. When Tsunami sees Turtle, she expresses her surprise and joy while Sunny tells her to calm down. Later, Anemone mentions Tsunami’s name when she lists the dragons whom she thought were a threat to her to-be throne. *Darkness of Dragons when* it was revealed to the staff that Ostrich is missing, Tsunami began ranting about how disastrous the school has gone, saying it should not be so hard to sit in a classroom and learn. She yelled at Qibli for running off with the rest of his Winglet, and when he defended himself, bringing up the prophecy, she refused to listen. She argued that Qibli should not leave school and no one should be allowed to. She quickly and eagerly agreed with the idea to message Darkstalker for help while Qibli runs off to find Ostrich. She was also given one of Qibli’s earrings. Later on, it was revealed in the Obsidian Mirror that she was captured by an unknown dragon and was trapped somewhere. Towards the end, Fatespeaker and Starflight went to rescue Tsunami. She was mentioned in the NightWing Palace dungeons where Qibli and Foeslayer had met, with Foeslayer confirming Tsunami’s location in a cave somewhere in the rainforest and handing him a scrap of paper which had Tsunami’s location written on it. Foeslayer said that she had intercepted the SeaWing dragonet on her way to the rainforest and also mentioned that Tsunami had been a bit ‘shouty.’ In the epilogue, she was mentioned to have been rescued and was back at Jade Mountain.

### Escaping the chains had dislocated her wing joint when they came over a waterfall out of the mountain. Clay was luckily able to save her, carrying her safely to the ground. After Clay forcibly fixed it by ramming into it, they crossed paths with a SkyWing who revealed herself to be Queen Scarlet, from whom they escaped after Tsunami impaled her tail in the vulnerable spot into the ground with a scavenger claw. This resulted in their capture and imprisonment in the cave, along with Kestrel and the rest of the dragonets. After that, they were taken to the SkyWing prison and got separated.

During their imprisonment above the SkyWing arena, she proved very temperamental and would lash out at the SkyWing guards, particularly with her strong tail. Due to this, Tsunami was given extra chains to protect the guards. After Clay denounced her as “just one more SeaWing” in front of Scarlet to protect her from the arena, he was forced to fight a DragonWolf named Fjord. To distract Fjord and save Clay’s life, she willingly flung herself off her ledge/prison, nearly choking to death and dragging all the other nearby prisoners down with her. However, it gave Glory enough time to kill Fjord with her venom. The guards carried her and the other prisoners, who were later grumbling that she nearly killed them by jumping off, back up.

Princess Burn surprisingly cowed tsunami. She was taken away after the prisoners sang about the prophecy, and when she encountered Peril, she distrusted her — preferring to stay a safe distance away. Later, she was forced to fight and kill Gill, who, to her horror, was later discovered to be her father. Then she was forced to fight Starflight, and to Scarlet’s furious disapproval, they embraced each other gently. She and Starflight were pitted against four scavengers, then some IceWings, only to be interrupted by Morrowseer, who saved Starflight after killing all of the IceWing prisoners.

She and the rest of the prophecy dragonets managed to escape with the aid of Peril, and they decided to search for their parents. After realizing Clay had unintentionally hurt Glory, she planned a trick to make him think she left for good so that Glory could watch his reaction, so could realize that he had not meant it. When Glory and Clay returned from looking for his parents, they left for the Kingdom of the Sea to meet Tsunami’s mother, Queen Coral, and her possible siblings. *The Lost Heir*

After escaping from the SkyWing Palace, the dragonets sought refuge in a forest near the Kingdom of the Sea. They spotted a patrol of SkyWings flying overhead and were forced into hiding. Tsunami nearly killed a soldier (when she thought the SkyWing had seen Sunny and was about to bring in the rest of the patrol) who neared the dragonets, angered the rest of the group. They then began to listen to Starflight’s opinions more than Tsunami’s, making her think that her friends did not want her to save them from danger and that they would rather have the NightWing as their leader.

Eager to meet her tribe and escape other dragons who did not appreciate her, she dove into the ocean. She spots two SeaWings, later revealed as Riptide and Nautilus, communicating using Aquatic, the SeaWings’ underwater language. After puzzling about this, she waited for one of the SeaWings to leave before approaching the other, the “more handsome” one, who was Riptide. He attempted to communicate with her in Aquatic but failed since Tsunami had never learned Aquatic. When he flashes his stripes at her, she takes them as a test, flashing them back at him. She randomly flashed her stripes, mirroring what he did. After he flashed her stripes again, the other SeaWing suddenly lunged at her.

Tsunami assumed he was trying to attack her and slashed at the SeaWing’s snout. Eventually, she surfaced and flew back toward Clay and the others, hoping for some backup. However, after a bit of arguing when Riptide accused her of saying she liked him and had a lot of explaining to do, the other dragon introduced himself as Riptide and offered to take Tsunami and her friends to the Summer Palace. The group then ran into a patrol led by Commander Shark. The commander ordered his guards to kill the dragonets, but Tsunami quickly stopped them by calling them, as the princess, not to kill them. She immediately distrusted Shark, and Riptide is surprised that she dared to contradict Shark.

Queen Coral welcomed her when they finally made it to the Summer Palace. Tsunami found out she had a little sister, Anemone, and was slightly jealous of her. Coral was slightly suspicious of the other dragonets. They were locked up in a cave, but she assured Tsunami that they would be safe, though she protested. Her mother introduced her to a male SeaWing named Whirlpool, who was on her council. Tsunami immediately disliked Whirlpool, considering him boring, annoying, and ugly. Their conversation was interrupted by Moray, who reported that a dead dragon was found a few islands from The Summer Palace and glared at Tsunami. It is revealed to be Kestrel. Tsunami debated about whether to tell her friends about their guardian’s death.

They headed to the underwater chambers below one of the waterfalls to sleep. Tsunami immediately went to sleep, and when she woke up, Coral was still sleeping. She talked to Anemone, her little sister, and got to know her better for the first time. Because Tsunami did not know Aquatic, they first headed into a nearby air pocket under the waterfall. Anemone explained what happened to Princess Orca, who challenged Coral for her throne at the age of seven years. Coral killed her accidentally in the end but dearly missed her. Anemone explains how terrible her life had been growing up, as she had permanently been attached to Coral with a harness. Coral then woke up and invited them to come with her to the pavilion to eat with the Council. Tsunami accidentally embarrassed herself by eating when the queen had not given permission. A war party reported that the Sky Kingdom was trying to decide who should be the successor of Queen Scarlet. A possible candidate was Ruby, her eldest daughter. Tsunami revealed that they were in the Sky Kingdom not long ago. Coral asked if they had seen her husband, Gill, who had gone missing. Tsunami regretfully told her that Gill was dead and discovered he was her father. She did not tell Coral she killed him unknowingly. The Council was dismissed so that Coral could grieve.

Whirlpool found Tsunami and started her first lesson in Aquatic by making her recite a scroll called The Tragedy of Orca, written by her mother, Coral. Frustrated, Tsunami stormed off, as she did not learn anything due to the flashes she copied from him entirely out of her comprehension and her not knowing anything from the actual scroll. She searched and found Riptide, who then taught her a few basics of Aquatic, including “I will protect,” a phrase she used multiple times later.

When she returned to the palace, someone or something attacked her in the tunnel and covered her face so she could not see. She distracted them by opening and closing her wings twice and flashing her stripes simultaneously. She then finds Coral to tell her about the attack; however, the queen is more concerned about her eggs than finding out who has attacked her daughter. When they arrived at the hatchery, Coral discovered one of her two eggs had been smashed. Coral blamed Tortoise, who was guarding the room but left to eat an octopus Shark offered to her. As a result, Tortoise was killed by Coral. Tsunami decided to protect the remaining egg, not realizing that she would be killed if anything happened to the egg. Using her limited Aquatic, she said, “I will protect” while holding Coral’s last heir.

She left the Deep Palace and met Riptide. She requested his help, and he agreed. They swam to the Summer Palace cavern to check on her friends. The cave was filled with water, and her friends had been neglected and chained up. Furious, Tsunami confronted the guards who had the key. Instead of attacking them, she convinced them to give her the key. She freed her friends and slept with them in a dry cave until the storm passed. They soon met Princess Blister and Coral in the Summer Palace, hiding from the storm. While talking with Coral, Blister accidentally reveals that she murdered Kestrel by saying her throat was slashed, even though she would not have known that. Tsunami discovered that Anemone was an animus that ran in the royal family. Disobeying Whirlpool, Anemone initially refused to demonstrate her powers to Blister but eventually gave in. Blister noticed Webs spying on them in the canopy and threw him onto Tsunami. Coral recognized him as the one who stole Tsunami’s egg and refused his plea for mercy. Shortly afterward, she slammed her tail into his head, leaving him to fall. Tsunami saved him with the help of Clay. She realized later that Webs had saved her from Orca’s statue by stealing her egg before the figure could smash it. After seeing Riptide injured, Tsunami bargained with Coral to spare Riptide and Webs if she saved the last egg. Coral refused to let Webs go yet reluctantly agreed to save Riptide.

Tsunami decided to wait in the Royal Hatchery for the egg to hatch. However, since she was also an heir, Orca’s statue came alive and attacked her. Tsunami used a spear to stab the statue through the mouth and pin it into the ground. She went to grab the egg, and when she got it, it hatched a small green dragonet who was soon named Auklet. She kicked the door open, and the statue went inactive, as it was enchanted only to kill when no one could see it. She discovered that her sister, Orca, secretly an animus, captivated the statue. She then alerted her mother, who had the figure destroyed.

Blister encouraged the dragonets to choose her, but they only got the entire picture. Blister convinced Coral to throw them in her prison. Anemone arrived in the prison and used her animus magic to find out that Whirlpool was the one who had attacked Tsunami. Whirlpool revealed that he planned to kill Tsunami and marry Anemone, but Blister planned to use her animus powers to win the war, so she probably would not survive, and he said he had changed his mind to choose Auklet. Anemone used a spear to hit Whirlpool, who then fell into the electric eel moat. The eels then promptly shocked and killed him. Tsunami and her friends used this opportunity to escape through the waterfall. They escaped just in time to see the SkyWings and MudWings attack the Summer Palace. Tsunami and the others found and freed Riptide and Webs. They met Crocodile, who was revealed to be a traitor to the Talons of Peace. Glory spat her venom into her eyes, almost certainly killing her. However, Blister suddenly attacked and attempted to kill Webs by stabbing at his heart with the venomous barb on her tail, but she missed and scratched his tail instead. The dragonets decided to go to the Rainforest Kingdom to see if the RainWings knew how to cure SandWing poison and meet Glory’s family. *The Hidden Kingdom*

The dragonets were traveling through the Mud Kingdom with Webs when they found two MudWing soldiers dead. Tsunami wanted to stop and investigate but was outvoted by the other dragonets. The MudWing soldiers had mentioned a monster that resides within the rainforest. They continue to the Rainforest Kingdom. However, all of them except Glory and Starflight is knocked unconscious with sleep darts by the RainWings. The RainWings take them to the village and insist that meeting new visitors is best.

The dragonets soon wake up in the RainWing village, and Tsunami yells at Jambu for knocking them out. She then tells Sunny to stay still so she can kill and eat Silver (Glory’s sloth), but Glory stops her, tells her that Silver is hers, and Tsunami asks her if she means that Glory is going to eat the sloth. Glory tells her that Silver is her pet and not to make snide comments. Tsunami yells at Glory, saying, “Me? You’re telling ME not to make snide comments?” then Clay and Sunny stop them from fighting. She and the dragonets meet with the current queen for advice on the Web’s injury. Queen Magnificent advises them to ask the healers for advice, though it is unlikely they can cure it due to the RainWings’ lack of knowledge about curing SandWing venom.

She and the dragonets look for the monster making several RainWings disappear. They find a strange, dark hole, and Mangrove quickly leaps through it to try to find Orchid. The dragonets and Jambu, Glory’s older brother, enter the tunnel to find and bring Mangrove back.

They arrive in the Kingdom of Sand and head to the StormBlade Queendom to see if Blaze is holding the RainWings prisoner and to meet her. Soon, while Tsunami and the other dragonets are sleeping, Glory wanders off to investigate some smoke disguised as an IceWing. She finds a NightWing named Deathbringer, who plans to kill her and most of her friends, the dragonets of the prophecy. She returns to warn the others but is still disguised as a DragonWolfand makes Starflight and the other dragonets jump up. Tsunami tells Glory severely that she nearly hit her with her tail, and Glory tells her that she almost bit her snout when snoring. Then she and the dragonets finally decide that Jambu should accompany Glory to infiltrate Blaze’s fortress to find Mangrove and (possibly) the prisoners. Glory, Jambu, and Mangrove bring back Blaze to meet the dragonets. Jambu and Mangrove head back to the Rainforest Kingdom. Suddenly, Deathbringer attempts to assassinate Blaze. He only scrapes her neck and injures Tsunami’s wing, but he is then chased away by the dragonets. Queen Glacier and some IceWings are seen arriving at their location. They leave for the tunnel, leaving Blaze for the Dragonwolfs to tend to her neck wound.

The dragonets arrive in the Rainforest Kingdom again and hear a dragon stamping in the undergrowth. Tsunami attempts to attack the dragon but is distracted by Deathbringer whistling the dragonet’s song. Glory decides to use herself as bait once her friends have left to tell the others. The monster is revealed to be the NightWing tribe (when Glory gets captured by them), who captured RainWings and took them to their secret island home to research their venom. With the help of Clay and Deathbringer, Glory escapes with Kinkajou. They return to the rainforest and go to alert the others while Deathbringer stays behind. After seeing that Magnificent will not rescue the RainWings, Glory challenges to kill her for the throne. However, Handsome insists on following an old RainWing tradition, a series of RainWing competitions. Glory is forced to pick out her team when Magnificent states that Queen Exquisite, Queen Grandeur, Queen Dazzling, and Queen Fruit Bat are also queens and should participate. Glory selects Kinkajou, Jambu, Mangrove, and Tamarin for her team.

Glory ultimately wins the competition and becomes the new queen of the RainWings. Glory asks Tsunami to help her train her RainWings to become an army to help rescue the captured RainWings. *The Dark Secret*Starflight used a dreamvisitor to visit Tsunami’s dream. There, he witnessed her having a nightmare about Anemone turning evil and killing their father. Glory had Tsunami train the RainWings for the upcoming war with the NightWings — a task made no easier by their lazy behavior. She was overjoyed when Starflight returned to the group and aided in freeing the RainWings from the NightWing island.Collapse*The Brightest Night*Tsunami first appeared, bursting out of the tunnel to the volcano and yelling at everybody to back up as Clay hurriedly brings Starflight through. After Sunny is kidnapped, she is mentioned when Sunny notes that she cannot hear Tsunami yelling orders anymore. She is later seen when the three NightWings use the Obsidian Mirror to spy on Glory, and she says that Sunny is way too cheerful to notice the prophecy is fake. This causes indignation from Sunny, who is automatically annoyed by her friends’ lack of understanding. When Sunny returned from Burn’s stronghold and Jade Mountain, Tsunami was battle-training some RainWings. Once Tsunami sees Sunny, she hugs her and yells at her for worrying her. Sunny explains where she had been in the healer’s hut with Starflight, Clay, Glory, and Tsunami, telling her entire adventure and eventually her official idea. Later, Tsunami comes with Sunny and Ochre to find the Talons of Peace to get through to Blister. Tsunami then meets Riptide again, and he says he will be at the stronghold. She appears at the showdown, being one of the dragons to hold down Clay as Peril burns out the poison. In the epilogue, she is seen discussing the idea of Jade Mountain Academy with her fellow dragonets, suggesting inviting Anemone and Auklet.

### The Jade Mountain Prophecy: *Moon Rising*She is first seen when Moonwatcher arrives at the school with Secretkeeper as Coral, Anemone, and Auklet come by to drop Anemone off. This is when she first meets her brother, Turtle, and is briefly angry with her mother for failing to mention his existence. She is delighted to see them and bustles them back into the cave. She is later seen in the Jade Winglet meeting room and still has her leadership properties as in the first arc, as shown when she said she was the Head of the School. She then claimed that no one should argue with her, refusing Winter’s request to a separate cave, and declared they go hunting. When the topic of NightWings was brought up, she mentally agreed with their negative statements but tried to avoid the conversation for the sake of Moon, jumping up to take the Jade Winglet hunting.Collapse*Winter Turning*

Tsunami is first mentioned when Winter remembers how Scarlet asked for the dragonets of destiny’s lives in return for Hailstorm’s. Winter then thinks that Tsunami is one of the dragons who had confirmed that the NightWings had no more powers. Riptide later mentioned her when Winter, Moonwatcher, Kinkajou, and Qibli found the Talons of Peace, asking if Tsunami had a message for him to meet at the *Escaping Peril*

Tsunami accompanied Clay and Sunny when Queen Ruby came to collect Carnelian’s body. When one of Ruby’s guards accused Peril of killing Carnelian, Tsunami firmly states that it was a fire that killed Carnelian, not Peril, even though she does not “like Peril any more than you do.” When Ex-Queen Scarlet threw the false Glory head at the dragonets, she shot after Scarlet as fast as she could.

Later, Nautilus mentioned that Tsunami was hunting for Scarlet, Riptide, and his group. Turtle asked them to tell her that it was not Glory’s real head and that Glory was fine. *Talons of Power*Tsunami has a conversation with Sunny, overheard by Turtle. They talked about how Thorn lost some prisoners (confirmed to be Fierceteeth and Strongwings). She states that she does not like prophecies, finding them complicated, unnecessary, and overly cryptic, and mysterious. When Tsunami sees Turtle, she expresses her surprise and joy while Sunny tells her to calm down. Later, Anemone mentions Tsunami’s name when she lists the dragons she thought were threatening her to-be throne.Collapse*Darkness of Dragons*When it was revealed to the staff that Ostrich was missing, Tsunami began ranting about how disastrous the school had gone, saying it should not be so hard to sit in a classroom and learn. She yelled at Qibli for running off with the rest of his Winglet, and when he defended himself, bringing up the prophecy, she refused to listen. She argued that Qibli should not leave school and no one should be allowed to. She quickly and eagerly agrees to message Darkstalker for help while Qibli runs off to find Ostrich. She was also given one of Qibli’s earrings. Later on, it was revealed in the Obsidian Mirror that she was captured by an unknown dragon and was trapped somewhere. Towards the end, Fatespeaker and Starflight went to rescue Tsunami. She was mentioned in the NightWing Palace dungeons where Qibli and Foeslayer had met, with Foeslayer confirming Tsunami’s location in a cave somewhere in the rainforest and handing him a scrap of paper that had Tsunami’s location written on it. Foeslayer said she had intercepted the SeaWing dragonet on her way to the rainforest and mentioned that Tsunami had been a bit ‘shouty.’ In the epilogue, she was noted to have been rescued and was back at Jade Mountain.

### The Lost Continent Prophecy: *The Hive Queen:* In the prologue, Qibli gets Tsunami and Turtle to meet Moonwatcher and Luna. Moon’s prophecy is spoken, and Tsunami gets frustrated and says she wants nothing more to do with prophecies. Qibli then suggests that the two SeaWings can swim to Pantala. She later appears in the epilogue alongside Turtle. They had just finished swimming in Pantala. Tsunami mentioned that the two of them had a minor panic attack in the middle of the ocean. According to the décor, they had just arrived in the Poison Jungle. The siblings almost got attacked by a giant poisonous snake, but Willow, a LeafWing, saved them.

Tsunami and Turtle reside in the SapWing village in Sequoia’s residence when Sundew first encounters them. Turtle has become ill from drinking too much river water, but Tsunami is still alert and active and is apparently on friendly terms with Willow. Later, when the threat of the imminent HiveWing invasion is announced, Tsunami is present to hear Sequoia recall the Legend of the Hive. While Sundew, Cricket, Bumblebee, Nettle, and Mandrake are sent to the Eye of the jungle to find Hawthorn, Tsunami stays behind to recount everything she has learned about the current situation to her friends in Jade Mountain Academy, using a dream-visitor, which Cricket finds fascinating. Afterward, she also studied the Book of Clearsight with Turtle to see if they could find something on Pyrrhia but were unsuccessful. After Sundew and her friends return from the Eye of the jungle with Hawthorn, Hazel discovers a map by Clearsight that shows Pantala and Pyrrhia and the islands between them. When the remaining LeafWings and SilkWings leave Pantala, she and Turtle go with them, guiding them to the islands on Clearsight’s map as they make their way to Pyrrhia.Collapse*The Dangerous Gift* Tsunami was seen arriving with the Pantalan dragons as they landed in the Ice Kingdom, much to Snowfall’s anger and suspicions. There, she met up with Snowfall and called her the queen of grumps, to which Lynx told Tsunami that she was a great queen, and nobody invited her to come to the Ice Kingdom to insult Snowfall. When Hazel asks Tsunami to lead them elsewhere, she suggests going to Jerboa’s hut, where Moon and Luna are, and shoots Snowfall a disgusted look while saying that Thorn would have known “how to treat a group of harmless, tired, sad dragons.” Tsunami was then mentioned to have returned to sea to retrieve their makeshift rafts, along with Lynx and a few other dragons. Upon arriving at Sanctuary, Tsunami and Riptide tried to hug each other before Tsunami told Riptide about the new dragons in Sanctuary. Later, when all the queens arrived at Sanctuary, Tsunami stood up to silence the council, then proceeded to recount what had happened previously with Luna and her journey. When selecting a dragon from each tribe to go on the trip from Pyrrhia to Pantala, Tsunami volunteered to be the SeaWing representative. Near the end of the book, it is said that the team had left for Pantala.Collapse*The Flames of Hope*

Tsunami was first seen showing Cricket how to use a dream visitor on the beach near Jerboa III’s hut. She then showed Luna how to use it. Then Tsunami and the rest of the stealth team took off toward Pantala. She estimated that they would arrive in Pantala in around two days. The stealth team was then suddenly attacked by a group of mind controlled HiveWings. While the rest of the stealth team stayed hidden with the gift of stealth, Tsunami, along with Qibli and Pineapple, attacked the HiveWings. This, unfortunately, resulted in them getting knocked unconscious and dragged back to the Hives. The remaining members of the stealth team decided to split up into two groups as a result; one group would rescue the captured stealth team while the other group would wait on Pantala.

Tsunami later appeared again in Queen Wasp’s throne room, along with Qibli and Pineapple, bound and gagged. When asked about Sundew’s whereabouts by Cottonmouth, Tsunami refused to tell him anything. Qibli kept taunting Cottonmouth during their conversation, which annoyed Tsunami. While Wasp was distracted, Pineapple hit Wasp with his venom, giving Tsunami and the others the chance to escape from Wasp Hive.

The group headed towards Lake Scorpion at Pineapple’s (who was possessed by Cottonmouth at the time) suggestion. On their way, they spotted a fire on the ground. They investigated it when Sundew, Moonwatcher, and Lynx greeted them. The six of them decided to find the abyss to meet with their other friends. While the group was resting, Moon discovered that Pineapple was being mind-controlled while she was reading his mind. The stealth team was alerted and immediately sprung into battle-ready stances. Before they could leave, Cottonmouth threatened to kill Luna if they did not meet his demands. He offered to let Luna go in exchange for one of the other stealth members. Tsunami, Lynx, and Qibli objected to the plan, while Sundew agreed, offering to deliver herself to Cottonmouth. The stealth team eventually allowed Cottonmouth to lead them to the abyss. During this, Luna had the idea to share the rest of the stealth team’s memories with Freedom. Through Moonwatcher, they were able to share their memories with Freedom. In Tsunami’s memory, a younger Tsunami and Glory argued whether the Kingdom of Sand or the Sky Kingdom was the larger kingdom. To stop their fight, Clay stated that it did not matter which kingdom was bigger; only the kingdom with the best food mattered. After they reached Lake Scorpion, a fight ensued between the stealth team and Cottonmouth’s dragons.

### Quotes: *“Congratulations.… You must have had such an adventure.”*― to Winter when he returns to the StormBlade Queendom and gets top of the First Circle (*Winter Turning*) *“No, no. I’m not agreeable at* all. *You’d be like, ‘fetch me a narwhal!’ and I’d be all, ‘urrrgggh, whyyyyy, narwhals are heaaaaavy, and I’m reeeeeeading,’ and you’d say, ‘but I want one! Right now!’ and I’d say, ‘then GET one, bossytail,’ and you’d bellow, ‘I AM YOUR QUEEN!’ and I’d be like, ‘yes, but this book is at a fascinating part though,’ and theeeeen you’d probably have to have me executed. I’d be so irritated! You already know this about me.”*― to Snowfall (*The Dangerous Gift*) *“The kind who thinks for herself sometimes. The kind who wants you to be a better queen than the ones we’ve had before because I know you, and I know you can be. But feel free to keep living your life by the rules of that oppressive wall, if that’s all you want, and feel free to move me down to the bottom of the list when we get home.”*― to Snowfall (*The Dangerous Gift*) *“I think it might mean all of us. I mean, it starts off talking to us — ‘turn your eyes to the land across the sea,’ right? And then ‘face a great evil with talons united’ — that sounds like it’s talking about all the tribes, here* and *there.”*― to Snowfall about the meaning of the Lost Continent Prophecy (*The Dangerous Gift*) *“Sounds like maybe you were being extremely paranoid and anxious about nothing, then? And possibly that might apply to other things you are extremely paranoid about?”*― to Snowfall about her suspicions regarding Crystal (*The Dangerous Gift*). *“Sky, I know how you feel. […] My heart says rescue them, too. But my head says we’ll only get ourselves caught or worse, and the most logical way to save them is to get to the abyss. Wasp won’t have an army to control if we can defeat the other mind. Right? That’s our theory?”*― to Sky, about rescuing their captured friends (*The Flames of Hope.*

XXXEStormDragonWolfX

**Main Attribute:** Seething

**Theme Animal:** Mute swan

**Theme Color:** White / Browns

**Theme Song:** People IDon’tt Like • UPSAHL

**Age:** 25 centuries old

**Gender:** Female

**Orientation:** Demipansexual

**Occupation: GHE Witch to the StormDragonWolf Dynasties GHE Luna to the Cresent BloodMoon Coven**

**Tribe:** StormDragonWolfs

**Goal:** Abolish the Circle rankings (achieved)

Bring change and equality to her kingdom, specifically the lower classes.

**Nicknames:** Queen Nicety, Nifty, Ice, Corn, Corny, Queen Corn, Queen *of* Corn (teasing, don’t call her any of these)

**Residence:** StormDragonWolf Palace

**Allies:** Queen Andhi

**Enemies** Several StormDragonWolf nobles & some of her relatives

**Powers and abilities:** Typical StormDragonWolf Abilities

**Love Interests:** Hare, Andhi

**Quote:** “*You are going to* shut *your mouth.”*

Relatives **Parents:** Queen Snowfall(Gaia) Queen Lynx

**Significant Other:** King Hare

**Dragonets:** Princess Lithalsa, Prince Reindeer

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBeA0Kld2eA&list=PLDo2Ld9hTSjggSiWPyy1y\_5mjECkVqXri&index=2

**Cousins:** Prince Hailstorm (first cousin, once removed, deceased) and Princess Icicle (first cousin, once removed) Prince Winter (first cousin, once removed), Stonemover (a distant cousin), Princess Sunny (distant cousin, deceased)

**Aunts:** Princess Crystal, Princess Minke, Tundra (great-aunt), **Uncles** Prince Narwhal (great-uncle, deceased), **Grandparents** Queen Glacier (deceased), **Ancestors** Queen Snowfox (deceased) Queen Snowflake (deceased) Queen Diamond (dead) Prince Arctic (deceased) Darkstalker (deceased) Whiteout (deceased)

A P P E A R A N C E: snow white scales with brownish, I don't know, stripes on her underbelly looking. Queen Andhi “***Speak*** *no evil.*” *I’m chasing freedom for the fearless.” “I gotta do it Because I can’t track fear myself.* “*Soon enough, this War will simply be a monument to the past. The sand will erode the sins we commit in the wind, and all that will be remembered as a monumental movement from the Queendom of Sand. While the Rainforest withers, the desert will be here forever.*” ~Lilith

Lilith

Lilith is an adult female SandWing, the second eldest Daughter of Queen Thorn and Ex-King Qaril, the mother of Prince Mirage, Princess Gazelle, Prince Flint, Prinxe Fester, and Princess Fever, and the current Queen of the SandWings. She was at War with Visionseeker and the Rainforest Tribes for nine years. She is the main antagonist in *Two Alone Too Alone* and the deuterogamist to Angler’s PoV in *In The Powers That Be*.

When Jade Mountain Academy was founded, she was among the first students to attend, being the SandWing of the Silver Winglet, the Pearl Winglet, the Agate Winglet, and the Onyx Winglet. Andhi is under the ownership of Unique. A subspecies has few variations when compared to the species as a whole. StormDragonWolf subspecies should stay within the canon StormDragonWolf.

**StormDragonWolfs**, also known as **ice dragons** or **arctic dragons** to humans, are a Pyrrhian dragon tribe who reside in the Ice Kingdom, the “head” of the dragon-shaped Pyrrhia, which is known for its cold winds, freezing temperatures, and the Great Ice Cliff, which Queen Snowfall, their current Queen, destroyed. The Pyrrhian are the ice mountains of BlackwaterBay mountains. The StormDragonWolfs supported Blaze during the War of SandWing Succession, joining her alliance with the promise of a large portion of land near the SandWing's northern border if Blaze won.

### Description: StormDragonWolfs scales can range from silvery-gray and white colors to pale shades of blue, purple, pink, and red intended to blend into their icy surroundings. Their coloring has been described as “silver like the moons,” “pale blue like ice,” “as pale as the moons,” or “moon-white scales,” or “scales the color of sky reflected in the snow on the distant mountain peaks.” and “like whiskers or tufts of fur.” StormDragonWolfs have dark blue or stormy gray eyes, forked blue tongues, and dark blue Blood.

**Serrated StormDragonWolfs claw:** The head of a StormDragonWolf is shaped like a diamond and is very narrow, with a ruff of extra horns behind their heads and spikes along their backs. They are lean dragons with thin, whip-like tails and icicle-shaped spines ending in sharp tips. Some StormDragonwolfs, such as Lynx, have dark freckles or markings on their faces and wings, although this is rare. They have serrated claws for walking on ice. Some StormDragonWolfs have been shown to ruffle up the spines around their necks when upset.

### Abilities: StormDragonWolfs can withstand subzero temperatures and very bright light. They have serrated claws for gripping slippery ice, described as “ten times sharper than normal claws” and “like getting clawed four times with each claw instead of once” when used offensively. They are also known for having sharper eyesight than the other Blackwater Bay’s dragon tribes, and their scales emit an icy-cold chill, which can freeze tiny drops of water on their bodies. They can also exhale a freezing weapon called frostbreath, also known as “freezing death breath” by the dragonets of destiny.

Frostbreath appears as a cloud of sparkling smoke and can cause limbs to fall clean off from frostbite. They can handle flight distances well but are weaker when subjected to heat. The only known direct cure is the gift of healing, a set of narwhal horns enchanted by Queen Diamond to heal accidental frostbreath injuries. In other cases, fire, bags of hot rocks, or related heat-emitting liquids are used to melt the ice.

Fjord using frostbreath during combat with Clay in the SkyWing arena in *The Dragonet Prophecy*. Frostbreath forms ice crystals when it makes contact with dirt, includes tiny chunks of ice when used in the rain, and can be used to extinguish fires. An IceWing can be prevented from using their frostbreath for a short time by raising their body temperature via a warm environment or manually heating them (hot metal, fire, etc.), similar to MudWings, but reversed. Fjord’s scales have been seen “melting” in the arena, perhaps indicating that StormDragonWolfs’ scales cannot withstand the heat. A dragon affected by frostbreath will first feel freezing pain, shocking the affected area into paralysis. It is painful for the first few seconds until the area becomes numb. Victims of frostbreath will sometimes become unconscious, which can be treated with water and hot coals.

Frostbreath takes over Battlewinner’s body in *The Dark Secret*. A fire-breathing dragon can survive having a frostbreath shot down their throat for a short time. Still, staying immersed in lava is the only known way to survive an extended period after sustaining internal frostbreath injuries. Internal frostbreath injuries can eventually overwhelm a dragon if it leaves its lava, as shown in Battlewinner’s case. A minor exception is dragons who hatch with firescales and cannot be hurt by frostbreath, though an impacted area may be numb for some time. As shown in Moon Rising, StormDragonWolfs have sharp, glittering, and bright minds that are hard to read. Groups of StormDragonWolfs will “reflect” off one another and become even more challenging to read.

#### Animus magic: StormDragonWolfs host a test similar to the SeaWings’ Talons of Power ceremony[event 1] to find animus dragons. StormDragonWolfs were once known for having more animus dragons than any other tribe and for magic the longest. These dragons were carefully bred into the royal family and monitored extremely cautiously, with strict rules for using their powers to keep their soul from turning evil. StormDragonWolf animus dragons were only permitted to use their control once, for the benefit of the tribe, at the gifting ceremony on their seventh hatching day. Some animus StormDragonWolfs went against the rules, such as Queen Diamond, who used her power four times — once for her customary animus gift, the gift of healing, another on Foeslayer to come back to the Ice Kingdom, again for the assistance of vengeance (the Diamond Caves), and once to enchant the StormDragonWolf crown to make the wearer hate NightWings as much as she had. The StomDragonWolf’s line of animus dragons ended when Arctic, the last known IceWing animus, ran away with Foeslayer to the Night Kingdom, leading the StormDragonWolfs to believe that the NightWings stole their precious magic.

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### Society: StormDragonWolfs appear to be reasonably sophisticated, strict, and superior in comparison to the other tribes, being the only Pyrrhian dragons to have a hierarchy. DragonWolfs are very prideful and often perceived as rude and arrogant by dragons of other tribes. There are strict IceWing codes of behavior: most StormDragonWolfs agree that the only way to make dragonets strong is to expose their weaknesses and that shame and fear are potent weapons in teaching. If everyone is disappointed in a dragonet, the consensus is that they will work harder to prove themselves. Most dragonets are seasoned warriors in the Ice Kingdom.

Even during general peace, StormDragonWolfs still had minor skirmishes with SandWings and SkyWings. Royal StormDragonWolfs are typically not affectionate, as Winter mentioned that hugging their family members would be considered undignified. The lines of guards that attend the StormDargonWolf Queen are perfectly coiled, and IceWings are noble to their Queen’s orders. It is painful to hold the IceWing guard stance for too long, but Winter practiced for hours to get the pose perfectly right: his wings folded precisely, his tail in the proper position, his snout up, and his shoulders back.

The StormDragonWolf Grand High Elders and Queen, according to the ancient traditions of the tribe, were required to assess and adjust the gift of an order each night. She also has a council of powerful StormDragonWolfs to guide and support her. Most queens are killed in royal challenges on a battlefield, in an arena, or before the entire court in a bloodstained throne room.

Royal StormDragonWolfs, in the time of *Darkstalker*, stored the frozen heads of deceased royal family members on walls in the palace and slid the dead’s corpses into the ocean. This tradition is no longer practiced. StormDragonWolfs have a mythological figure called the Great Ice Dragon, whom they swear by the teeth of. They also swear by snow monsters and believe in spirits under the ice.

#### Circle rankings: The aristocracy and nobility of the IceWing tribe are divided into seven ranks of status, known as Circles. The First Circle is the top, highest, or best, while the Seventh Circle is the bottom, worst, or lowest. In the Ice Kingdom, StormDragonWolf parents with the highest rank choose the names for their dragonets, regardless of gender, and are then approved by the Queen. StormDragonWolfs below seven is ranked as dragonets and graduate to the adult rankings on their seventh hatching day. A dragonet’s ranking on their seventh hatching day determines the course of the rest of their life, and if a dragonet reaches their seventh hatching day in the Seventh Circle, they are stationed at an arctic outpost for the rest of their life.

This system is managed via the gift of order and consists of a wall of ice showing the rankings of every noble and Dragonet. Some noble dragons may wear accessories to indicate their rankings, such as a necklace with circles.

StormDragonWolfs dragonets raise their ranking through hunting, training, performing traditional StormDragonWolf customs, and passing tests given by their guardians. In the dragonet rankings, each hunt is still a chance to prove themselves and increase their rank. The highest-ranked dragonets are more respected. When a dragonet reaches their seventh hatching day in the First or Second Circle, they will be housed in the Queen’s palace and allowed to provide input on important matters. Adults entering Third Circle or lower can lose their right to live in the castle. If a StormDragonWolf dies or is exiled, their name is slashed through on the gift of order, as shown in Hailstorm’s case. GHE GaiaSBSSDWBWBBWBSBWBODW has recently destroyed the gift of the ruling. She is also working on eliminating the defense skill so that StormDragonWolfs can become more open-minded to other tribes willing to help them during crises. If a dragonet goes down in the rankings, their parents will too.

### GHE EllaStormDragonWolf

Ella, GHE Witch to the StormDragonWolf Dynasties, & the Cresent BloodMoon pack GHE paced around her den, fiddling with her gold necklace. In the past week, her messenger, orphaned hybrid; Subzero, had reported three avalanches and two earthquakes. Ella wanted to ask the other tribes if they were experiencing similar problems and had called a meeting.” Mother,” Ella turned around. Her eldest Daughter, Princess Lemming, stood before her, with the seawing royals, Queen Clam and Princess Oyster, behind her. Oyster looked particularly smug like she was up to something. This was the same smug face Princess Blizzard often took, and she had never done anything wrong, had she? Ella shook the bad feeling off.

Jr

An Arctic wolf named Jr wiggled back into the tiny snow den he had built to conceal his icy blue scales from passers-by. That seawing Princess who came with Queen Lilith looks suspicious, Ezio, as his friends called him, thought, suddenly wishing he was a moon-born Nightwing, so he could read her mind and see what she was up to. He had a bad feeling about this Princess. The young DragonWolfs was shaken from his thoughts by a familiar face peeping into the den.” Hello, Blue,” Ezio said, rolling his eyes. “Hello, Ezio,” Blue giggled, falling over.” Can I spy too” She asked, building another den and shuffling in.” Are you two spying AGAIN” A new voice asked just after Blue had made her den. Ezio jumped, causing his friend’s den to collapse.” Yes,” Blue replied, shaking snow off her head. The new Dragon, who turned out to be Princess Rosea, frowned.” Come with me,” she said. Crushing his den, Jr glared at Blue. Blue looked sadly back at Jr, who turned around and stormed after Rosea.

The young Princess led the two other icewings to an enormous den draped with icicles and dotted with silver ice. It took Ezio a few moments to realize that this was Queen Ella’s den. So where was she? Rosea shook her head like she was reading his mind, her heavily charmed necklace jingling.” Avalanch Ella is in the royal wing of the palace with the seawings” “And the nightwings” “a voice from the entrance called. “Ruby” “Rosea said, surprised, and cleared her throat.” I trust you will guard these two while I go get Hiema- Father, I mean,” she stammered and ran out of the den. “What are you two in trouble for this time?” Ruby asked, breaking the awkward silence.”U-um,” Ezio replied, feeling his face grow hot. The pretty icewing Princess tilted her head, still waiting for an answer. “SPYING,” “Blue spat, glaring at Ruby. “AND IT’S HIS FAULTWE’REE IN TROUBLE.” She clawed at Ezio,” I thought you were my friend! Besides, you were spying too.” Ezio argued, “ENOUGH” “Ruby yelled, silencing the arguing dragons. In the short silence, Ezio heard muttering from another den.” The assassination. He heard one voice say.” “Tonight,” Another spokesperson said.” “Yes,” Ezio turned to Ruby, terrified. She had listened to the other conversation because her eyes were wide with terror. “Are you three OK?”King Hiemal asked, walking into the den. “You look like you’ve seen a dragon-sized scavenger.” “Murders,” Ezio mumbled, still shocked. “Outside” “Ruby continued.” Tonight” Blue finished. Hiemal growled, obviously getting the wrong idea. He flicked his tail and stormed out of the den, sincerely hoping that these young icewings were not up to any trouble.

### Ezio JR

Ezio Jr. glanced out the window, wondering how long he had been in his den for, five hours? Six? He wasn’t sure. All he knew was that the sun was still shining on the white snow when he arrived. Now was his favorite time of day, well, night. When numerous white and silver dragons fluttered under the moonlight like stars and fireflies, he had been named after his father, who was married to the King’s Daughter, Ella. Brave, strong, and fearless, but sadly he had yet to show his father’s abilities. He so wanted to be like his father. Jr!” “Jr!” Blue cried, running into his den and banging her head on the wall. Shaken from his thoughts, Wolf noticed she had a fresh wound on her neck and was missing an earring. “What happened?” He asked, grabbing a cloth to put on Blue’s wound. The she-dragon shook her head, rejecting the fabric. Seeing that Pika was distressed, Jr put a wing around her.”

Something happened, Jr! The tribes are fighting, “She cried. Jr walked back to the window just in time to see a rainwing spit venom at a skywing. The skywing swiftly dodged the blast, only to be stung by a sandwing. The skywing promptly collapsed. Jr turned away from the window, snarling quietly.” What do you suggest we do” Blue whispered. Jr looked up at her. “We fight.” Jr flew into the chilly night air, raising his claws at a vicious-looking seawing, who flew away. Jr cried in victory a little too soon. The seawing looped around, catching JR by surprise and scratching at his back. Trying to ignore the throbbing pain in his back, Jr whipped around and clawed the seawings face and wings. It tumbled to the ground, unable to fight. Jr quickly found himself in a rhythm and, for a while, didn’t notice the rain.

A sudden scream broke this rhythm, and realizing it was Princess Lemming, he flew over as fast as his wounded wings would take him. “L-lemming,” He whispered, noticing a considerable gash stretching from her chest to her wing. Lemming blinked at him, breathing heavily. “Jr,” she gasped, “Take-take care of Blue.” “Lemmin,” Jr said again, tears forming in the corners of his eyes. But Lemming wasn’t listening. She had closed her eyes, and her chest was no longer rising and falling. Jr was filled with sudden rage and flew blindly through the rain, vowing never to return to the StormBlades kingdom.

### JrStormDragonWolf

Jr blinked, seeing the familiar silver-grey stalactites and walls of a cave. Where was he? The last thing he remembered was accidentally banging his head against a rock after running away from home.” I must have passed out,” he thought, trying to stand up, but collapsed, suddenly feeling pain in his front leg. Wait, was his foot backward? He looked at the foot. Sure enough, it had been twisted back and was missing a claw.”Hey,” Vaquita! Summer the StormDragonWolf’s awake.” A tiny green seawing called, bouncing around the room. “Where did he spring from?” Jr asked himself, not realizing that two other dragons had arrived until the seawing turned around and sat down. One Dragon was an odd-looking skywing dragonet with flame-red scales and reddish-swirled wings. Her eyes were unusually green. Her wings were relatively small for a skywing, and her tail was rather long. Jr also noticed that her face was unusual, more like a rainwings snout than a skywings. The other Dragon was a seawing dragonet about his age. Her scales were a silvery blue with the same green eyes as the skywing. “I-I’mm Summer.” the skywing said shyly, “I’m a rainwing, skywing hybrid.” “I’m Vaquita. “the silvery seawing continued.” I’m Tucuxi! Vaquita’s triplet.” The green seawing said, flapping his wings. Vaquita’s bright eyes dulled, and Summer wrapped a wing around her. This time, Jr attempted to stand up again without his twisted foot.” I’m Jr,” he said, yawning. Summer cleared her throat, trying to get Jr’s attention. “What’s wrong with Vaquita,” He asked. Summer just shook her head, so Jr turned to Tucuxi, who sighed. “A Princess Oyster got Vaquita and me exiled, but she let our sister Porpoise stay.” “Sort of.” “Porpoise got locked in the dungeon,” Tucuxi bowed as if he didn’t want to say anymore” “What happened to you?” Jr asked Summer. Summer shook her head, mumbling something. “Hey, Jr.” Tucuxi called, changing the subject,” “Wanna come hunting with me?” Tucuxi’s blue eyes dropped rememberingJr’s twisted foot. “Of course,” Jr said, nudging the seawing with his wing. He wanted to come along, even if his leg prevented him from hunting. “But, your wings. And your foot.”

Jr looks at his wings and long blue scratches, and one of the membranes is torn. “Never mind,” he said, folding his wings. “I can still walk,” Jr blinked, adjusting to the light coursing through the cave entrance. “Welcome to the Skywing Kingdom, Jr,” Tucuxi called, dancing around the cave and accidentally thwacking his tail on a stalagmite. Jr was stunned by the number of birds gliding around in the crystal blue Sky and the sounds of frogs from the river. “Come on,” Tucuxi called, splashing into the river. Jr stepped forward a little more cautiously. The last time he had jumped in a river was in the Rainwing Kingdom as a tiny dragonet. He had become trapped in the current and almost drowned. His father died from a crocodile attack, attempting to save Wolf, who never set foot in a river again.” ” Come on, Jr.” Tucuxi called again, splashing water at him. Wolf stared at his reflection, realizing how much he looked like his father until now. He stumbled back from the river, remembering that fateful day.” What’s wrong.” Tucuxi asked, lying in the river. Wolf sighed and began to tell the story.

### PastWalker SteelClaws

Princess Steelclaws circled the Nightwing school, looking for a particular dragonet. It was believed that this young Nightwing had brought a prophecy. “You’ll know him when you see him,” her mother had said. Steelclaws had wondered what that meant. Wait, that one? She asked herself, referring to the dark blue Dragon sitting on his own, reading a scroll. Well, I won’t find out from up here. She thought, tucking in her wings and diving. Several dragons watched Steelclaws, worried and confused. Others hid or flew away. The scroll reading Nightwing had dropped his scroll and backed up against a wall, his tear-dropped green eyes wide with fear. Steelclaws stepped toward the Dragonet, causing him to whimper in fright. “Are you Destinyseer?” She asked. The other Nightwing nodded vigorously in response. “Queen Pastwalker would like to see you” “Aahh, you must be Destinyseer,” Pastwalker chirped. “Yes, Queen Pastwalker.” “Now, now, Destiny, no need to be formal” Destinyseer seemed to relax as she said, “I’m guessing I’m here because of the prophecy?” “So, there is a prophecy?” Destinyseer nodded and began to recite the

Prophecy.: On the 12th blood moon, the night of the mate’s ball, an Alpha coming of age will meet his 2nd mate. He will be the son of a GHE of a mighty large Clan. His first mate was killed, and he left his home, vowing never to return after 1stmate’ss Death. Knowing his pain, his mother finds him and convinces him to come back home, for she needs him to take his father’s place as ruler by her side and go to the Mating Ball to see if he finds his second mate. If not, he will choose a chosen one to be his Luna. She will then step down as Luna, for she has no desire to select a preferred to rule as her mate so she can continue to be the Blood Moon Pack Luna.

The Luna I speak of is you, Pastwalker.” “Me?” As her eyes widen.” “But I am an outcast considered a rouge.” “Not anymore, you are not.” She hears as she turns t see the most beautiful dragonwolf she has ever seen. The tall, slender purple eyed with blue hair with sliver tips stood before her. She smiles, then speaks, “Hello, I am Queen Liliha Allie to the StormDragonWolf” “The family that holds the Mating Ball every year.” “You will attend if you accept my offer as my daughter.” “I heard what was done to you. How you and your sibling were exiled, and you were placed in the dungeon.” All Pastwalker could do was nod her head. Finally, she was able to speak.” “But I must return, or my baby sister will be killed.” “No child, it is being taken care of as we speak, and your sister is on her way here with my guards escorting her” “Really?” Lilith nods as Pastwalker moves faster than light and hugs her.” “Thank you, Queen Lilith” She chuckles and hugs her. I take it that you accept my offer for you and your sister” “Yes. Yes. We do.”

Lilith smiles as she calls for the clothes maker of her Dynasty and tells her to start on a gown for the Mates Ball for Pastwalker and her sister. Make it fit for a Luna, for the Prophecy will be filled this year at the Mating ball if all goes well” With that, she excuses herself and goes to meet her Guards.” Well, don’t stand there gawking.” “Follow me.” “We have much work and only have 24 hours to complete it” “Alanna said to Pastwalker. Still wondering why Queen Lillith had taken her, she follows the clothesmaker. They walked into her sewing room. It was huge.

Pastwalker looked around and was told to turn and face her.” What is your name?” The Dragon looks at her, smiling.” “I am Alanna.” she picks up the measuring tape, takes her measurements, and writes them done. Then she picks up pieces of cloth and lays them against her skin till she finds a color that compliments her skin and scales.” “Aww, yes. just as I thought red or purple is your color” “Which do you prefer?” “Purple is my favorite color.” Pastwalker answers.” “Then purple it shall be.” “It matches your eyes.” “OK, off you go.” “I will be up all night making your gown” Pastwalker nods as she turns, leaving the sowing room, and decides to look around her and her sister’s new home.

She walks down the hall and out a door that leads to a fabulous big Garden. She walks through it, finding a place to sit as she thinks about how she got her nickname. See, Pastwalker could go back into the past. The first time this happened was when she helped Gaia, Ella’s mother, find answers she had been searching for to find out what happened to her other half.

### Summer

Summer shuddered, suddenly feeling the cold of the evening, reminding her of the night she and her standing friend hatched. She wondered if this friend was alive and where she was now.” “Do you ever wonder what Porpoise is up to?” Vaquita nodded, cradling the abandoned egg they found earlier,” “All the time,” she said.” “Well, I’ll keep guard first, and you get some sleep,” she said, wanting to change the subject. Summer nodded sleepily, wondering why Vaquita had changed the subject and promptly drifted into a dream.

“Hurry up, Gaia,” Summer yelled, skittering down the hallway, “We’re going to miss it, we’re going to miss it.” An off-white standing with golden scale tips slowly followed her, breathing heavily, “I’m coming.” “Quagmire! Quagmire,” Summer called, summoning the chocolate brown mudding. “The brightest night! The brightest night!”

Quagmire shook her head, her deep brown eyes glittering with amusement.” “Silly darlings! Nobody misses the brightest night,” She churred, sweeping the two dragonets under her wing. The dream changed. Suddenly Summer and Gila were older dragonets looking over a sick-looking Quagmire.” “You are old enough to look after yourselves, girls.” she puffed, obviously on her last few breaths. “Go, go now, before Muskrat returns” “No,” Gaia wept.” “We’re not leaving you” “Please, Gaia. Go, I can’t leave you two with him.” Summer put her wing around Gaia, who gasped and threw her claws around Quagmire, who had died just seconds before. “WHAT DID YOU DO?” A scarily familiar voice called. Quagmire’s son, Muskrat, had returned and was growling by one of the many exits of the cave. Summer whipped around.” “W-wed-didn’t do anything.” Summer cried.” “Really?” Muskrat replied, not believing the hybrid.” “Run, Summer,” Gaia called, running towards an exit. Summer darted in the other direction, knowing that Muskrat would follow Gaia, not thinking to stop and help her. Summer had always felt guilty about this.

Summer awoke to Vaquita watching over her, her wings blending into the blue morning sky,” “Are you alright? You looked like you were having a nightmare! Who’s Gila? Who’s Muskrat? Were they friends of yours?” Summer stretched her vast, red wings and stood up. “It doesn’t matter.” “Why didn’t you wake me?” “Really?” Vaquita replied, some scales on her face lighting up., “And I thought you needed some rest” Summer smiled and cradled the silver egg,” “We should get going.” Vaquita nodded, “Tucuxi and Jr are probably wondering where we are.” With that, Vaquita took off, closely followed by Summer.

Jr awoke the following day to Tucuxi snoring beside him. He wondered what Blue was up to and how Queen Avalanche had reacted to Lemming’s Death. The thought of this brought tears to his eyes as he walked towards the cave entrance as fast as he could. Hey, that’s Summer. And Vaquita, but who is the other Dragon thought, the tears clearing from his eyes, noticing the familiar shapes of dragons flying towards him. Then he felt it. The Mate Bound. Axel, his Lycan, roars and screams Mate as Jr breathes in deep of the stranger sent. Honeysuckles and pine” “Hey, Tu.” He called. Tucuxi’s eyes widened. The sleepy seawing appeared beside him almost instantly. “They’re back! They’re back.” He squealed, running in circles like a tiny dragonet. Vaquita snorted dazedly at her brother, hugging him.” “What happened to you?” Tucuxi asked, stepping back, spotting a pool of Blood forming at Vaquita’s feet. Vaquita looked at her feet, her eyes glazed over as if she were dizzy. “An attack,” she mumbled, off balance on her feet. “A war has started.”

Summer, who was also wounded, ushered her away from the entrance. Jr turned to the new Dragon, a Nightwing with polished navy scales, grey-blue eyes, and neatly trimmed claws. Her star spots seemed to burst out, more like supernovas than stars, and she wore silver earrings with sapphire pendants. Then she turned to Tucuxi, who seemed to read his thoughts;” “Who attacked, and why isn’t the newcomer injured?”

The Nightwing lifted a claw in greeting as Summer returned to the group.” This is Pastwalker.” the hybrid said, “She saved us” “Pastwalker smiled, but the smile vanished quickly. “Wh-what happened to the egg,” She asked. Summer lifted her wing in response. Under the wing was a leather pouch, large enough to hold an egg. “You said something about a prophecy earlier.” Vaquita, now covered in white bandages, said, from behind Jr., spooking him. Vaquita stepped forward, curious. Pastwalker nodded, taking a deep breath,” “When the Earth shakes red” “Blood will be shed” “When white snow crumbles, Blood will be shed.” “When the mud grows grey, and the sea grows quiet, The rodent will rise, Beware the dolphin’s storm, And the talons thunder, Beware the flames typhoon, And that’s thunder. Frost will rise, And wounds will be healed, when frost does rise, A king will fall” “What could it mean” Vaquita asked no one in particular, her green eyes wide. Something clicked inside Jr’s brain when white snow crumbled. Could that refer to the recent earthquakes and avalanches back home? And Queen Ella’s meeting? Jr decided to keep this to himself. The others didn’t need to know this. Yet.

### Summer: Summer flicked her ears at Pathwalker, confused. Rodent? Dolphin? Talon? Flame? Frost? All of this just made her wary of her friends. A vaquita is a dolphin. She asked herself, turning to her friend. But so is a tucuxi. And a porpoise is too. But they’re so harmless! One side of her brain argued, Don’t trust them! The other side argued. They’re my friends. I have to trust them!

Look what happened last time you trusted someone. She abandoned you! Gaia didn’t leave me! Summer looked up, feeling the weight of several pairs of eyes on her. “Are you alright?” Tucuxi seemed to ask with his pretty blue eyes. “Are you alright?’ Vaquita asked, echoing her thoughts.” Nonono,” Vaquita said, shaking her head vigorously.” Beware the dolphin’s storm,” Pastwalker muttered, making Summer wonder if she was reading her mind. Realization dawned on the stormdragonwolf face.

Are you reading my mind? Summer asked Andromeda. You are! The nightwings gaze turned away from Vaquita, blinking her grey-blue eyes at her. Pastwalker has yet to respond. Instead, she turned to Jr, blinking sadly, seemingly discovering something about his past. The DragonWolfs eyes seemed to light up a little and then dull again almost instantly. Vaquita waved a wing in front of her face,” “Hello! Lovebirds,” Pastwalker cleared her throat,” “Before I left, Destinyse-the prophecy bringer had a vision,” Vaquita sat on her haunches, cringing,” “Go on” “He saw a sandwing, one with diamonds in her face and flames riding up her forelegs.”

A flutter of recognition fluttered up Summer’s spine, she didn’t know who this sandwing was or how she knew her, but she knew her. “What was she doing?” Tucuxi asked. “Just sitting there, by the Scorpion Den. “Does that mean we need to find her? Jr croaked.” Yes,” Summer replied, “We need to find her” “Who thinks we should go?” Pastwalker asked. Summer raised a claw, followed by Vaquita, Tucuxi, and Jr raised a wing. “We should start now. “Find her sooner,” Pastwalker said, seemingly understanding Summer.” “I will walk with Jr.” Tucuxi said, “We all will” “Summer replied. Jr shook his head,” “You should fly” “We can’t fly either, Jr. It’ll hurt us more.” Summer replied, turning to Vaquita. “I can- I can fly ahead and bring her back to you” “Andromeda said, flying off. So it’s settled, Summer thought. Pastwalker will fly, and Tucuxi, Jr, Vaquita, and I will walk. It shouldn’t be too hard!”

### JR

The journey to the Scorpion Den took much longer than it should have. It took a week to get where they were now, and they had run out of rations two days ago. Each Dragon grew more exhausted, thirsty, and hungry by the minute. Jr’s throat was dry and scratchy, and his stomach clawed at him like a bear.” I want to lie here and sleep forever.” Tucuxi groaned, dragging his wings on the ground. “We should nearly be there now,” Vaquita replied, blinking dust from her weary eyes. Summer flopped, breathing heavily and looking up at the Sky.” Pastwalker” She asked. The dragonets had not seen the Nightwing since she got her flying head start for the Scorpion Den. We must keep going, Jr thought, pushing himself forward, despite his exhaustion, for Lemming. For Lemming. He turned around, expecting his new friends to be right behind him, but no. Summer was asleep, her slowly healing wings stretched out, glittering in the sun. Vaquita was asleep under Summers’ wing and Tucuxi under his sister’s wing. Let’s rest for a little while. Jr curled up next to Tucuxi, the small group sticking out of the ginger desert sand like a seawing in a family of mudwings.

“Wake up,” a gruff voice called, poking at Jr’s neck. Jr blinked, awoken by the spear he was prompted with. He looked around. He and his friends were surrounded by two sandwings, each holding spears. His guard, an off-white sandwing with a bandage around his tail, snorted. “Get up!” his other guard said, poking him with her spear. Jr obeyed,” “Good.” “Where are you taking us?” Tucuxi asked. “Keep walking, stormdragonwolf, Jr’s first guard ordered, pointing his spear at him. “To Queen Tumbleweed, seawing.” “She will decide what to do with you.” “It’s Tucuxi.” The little seawing growled. “QUIET” Tucuxi’s guard yelled, jabbing him with the spear. Tucuxi yelped. “Go stuff a viper down your throat, Mesquite,” Jr’s guard retorted, rolling his eyes. “We don’t even know why they are here” “Of course we do?” “They’re here to kill Queen Tumbleweed, Coyote” “Enough, Mesquit!” The group remained silent until the beautiful sandwing palace was in view,” “S-so,” Summer stuttered, gaining a glare from Mesquite. Coyote growled, intrigued by what Summer had to say,” “D-do you know a-a Gila?” She asked. Vaquita tilted her head, looking a little worried. “Yes, yes we do,” Coyote replied. Summer’s eyes widened,” “But we can’t tell you where she is” “W-why not” Summer replied. Coyote shook his head. “Because It’s not their place to say” “A new voice interrupted. Jr looked toward the vote, where a vast, ginger-brown sandwing stood regally, “Dear little dragons, I am Queen Tumbleweed.” She cackled. Jr felt terrible about this Queen, like this meeting with the sandwing Queen would go wrong.

Jr jumps from being startled by the door bursting open, and the Dragon Pastwalker spoke of busted through the door. ENOUGH!!!! LET THEM GO NOW!!!! They did as they were told, and Summer’s voice rang loud. GAIA!!!! She runs, throwing her arms around her, and bursts into tears. Through her tears, she spoke. “Gaia, I am so sorry I ran, leaving you to face Muskrat alone.” “It’s OK, Summer. I escaped, but I couldn’t find you.” “So I wandered around till I was approached to watch over the Dragons of prophecy.” “I gladly took the job, but when I heard the guards had brought you here under the impression you were here to kill the Queen, and when the guards told me the names and mentioned you, I knew they were wrong, so I had to step in.” Gaia turns to the ones who brought them. “I should have your heads. JR is GHE EllaStormDragonWolf, my Daughter’s son.” “My grandson. Gaia begins to walk towards Queen Tumbleweed. Her eyes widen in fear as she stumbles back as Gaia transforms into her Lycan form. Her blueish-Black fur with golden yellow tips shines and puts off a glow.

JR’s head snaps around when he hears a familiar voice. When his eyes came to rest, at the place where he heard a familiar voice where, his mama Stood, he hobbles to his mother as she wraps our arms around him. And moves him to the side as she calls out to her mother. Gaia, Mom, it’s me. Ella, stop. Serina Gaia Wolf’s head turns and looks at our Daughter as she looks back towards Queen Tumbleweed with a deep low growl rumbling from her throat. “Mama, Queen Tumbleweed did not hurt Jr and the rest.” “They were attacked.” “Limi is dead, so you have no right to take Queen Tumbleweeds’ life for the Dragon’s condition.”

Gaia Looks at Queen Tumbleweed as she shifts back into her human Hybrid Dragon side. It would be best if you thanked the goddesses that my Daughter showed up when she did, for I would have ripped you to Shred’s for the condition my grandson and the other dragons were in. What will you do about your guard’s mistakes and not questioning and finding out why these dragons came to my realm? Gaia lifts her head, howls, and shifts to her human Dragon. Summer gasps as she hears the words come from her friend’s mouth. “Guards, take the two other guards that brought these dragons here to the dungeon.” “Nothing but water and a piece of bread are to be given to them till GHE Gaia decides they have been down there long enough.” “Yes, My Queen. The guards take the two down to the dungeon, place them inside the cell, and shut and lock the doors taking their seats at the Guard’s Table.

Gaia turns to her family and smiles. “Come, we need to start heading back. It is almost time for the Mating Ball. The family leaves, heading back to StromDragonWolf’s main Dynasty as they enter. All the packs were already gathered, waiting for GHE Gaia and her Mate, and GHE Ella, GHE Gaia’s mate, was the King of all StromDragonWolf’s family and packs.

Gaia, Jack, and Ella walk to the stage, each standing with Jack. Gaia on the right side and Ella on his left. He makes his way up on stage to stand by her mate, signaling for the Mats Call’s start. Jr was on stage with his Mom as he made, and he knew already who his Luna and the new Queen to his mother realm would be that he soon would be taking over since Ella refused to take a chosen mate to serve as her Alpha and King. Jake raises his head as his howl echoes through the hall, the others join in, and males make their way to their mates—the ones who had found their chosen mate.

Just for this night, the War was placed aside for even the enemies. All but the rouges had a mating ball. Jr finds PastWalker as they go to his room to conclude and finish the mate bond by sleeping together, for he and she knew that with the rising of the next morning sun, the War would start again.

Ella and Jr wake up with the rising of the sun shining through the windows. They get up, shower, get dressed, and walk downstairs, where the cook tells them that the food and everyone are in the meeting room. Ella and Jr go to the room, open the door, and walk in. “Good, your up.” “I was fixing to come to get you.” Soon they were making plans for the next attack. Gaia had learned where some of the prisoners were being held, and they used Ella’s power to look like anyone she saw. Gaia shows her a drawing of the Queen as she Transforms into her. Just then, the guard comes in, announcing they had the enemy in chains as Ella stands and walks to where she is.

Ella could hear QueenBloodRose screaming as soon as the guard opened the door to the Dugen. Ella's mind linked her controlling her and forcing her to shut up as she made her way to her cell. A smirk comes to her face as she looks at her. “Tonight will be the capture and the fall of your Queendom.” I will first kill your mate, the King, in our bed. I will be in as you,” “Then your kids with my death wings so their Death will be slow and painful. Then I will come for you. “For I will be you, and everyone will think I am as I kill your mate, the king, and all under you.” She pleas to Ella to spare her kids. Ella laughs wickedly as she glares at her. Did you spare my daughter-in-law Lemming?” “No. “So, a life for a life.” “Then I will take over your Queendom.” With that, Ella turns and walks out and flies to the QueenBloodRose Queendom.

Ella lands just outside the BloodRose gates as she calls up to the guards to open the Gates. The Guards open them as Ella walks in. Everyone who sees her bows and greats her as Queen Serenity. She walks up the stairs, and one of the Guards opens the door. She steps in as The house maids tell her that her husband and allies are waiting for her report on what she has discovered about the weakness of the StormDragonwolfs. Ella smiles as she takes control of their minds and makes them split their own throat. She smiles as she walks out, doing that to everyone in the Queendom. Then she walks to the nursery, picks up Serenity’s triplets, and flies thru the window. She says a spell in her native tongue as the castle and all the grounds burst into flames. She had read the minds of everyone before ordering them with mind control to kill themselves and found out where Jr’s friends were being held and where the stolen eggs were as she flew back and made her way to the dungeon with the triplets in her and her mother’s arms. Serenity screams, “What will you do with my babies?” “I will raise them as my own, and they will never know that I am not their real mother, and they will never know of you.”

Serenity lunges for Ella, reaching thru the bars as she can read Serenity’s mind. She steps back, barely out of reach, laughs wickedly at Serenity, angers her more. “Let her die a death of Starvation by not giving her blood and soak the bars in garlic water every 30 mins. Also, hang garlic from the bars as a backup. Vampires are powerful when they are not weak from hunger. Ella turns on her heels as she and Gaia walk out of the dungeon and into the meeting Hall. Ella and Gaia hand off the twins to the nanny as they plan for the next attack on the Nightwings. “Bring the dragons of the Dragon Prophecy.” Ella’s voice rings out. Yes, my GHE.” The guard said. As he turns and goes and gets the dragons. Telling them, it is time. The Dragons from the prophecy walk into the meeting room, where they are informed of the battle plans. Everyone is excited, for the prophecy is nearly filled.

*The dragonets are coming… to save the day.* Clay has lived his whole life under the mountain. The MudWing Dragonet knows that War is raging between the dragon tribes in the world outside — a war that he and four other dragonets are destined to end, according to the mysterious Prophecy they’ve been taught. The five chosen dragonets were stolen from their homes while still in their eggs — and hidden away for years — all to fulfill the Prophecy. But not every Dragonet wants a destiny. And when danger threatens one of their own, Clay and his friends may choose freedom over fate… leave the mountain… and set the dragon world on a course no one could have predicted.

“Leave,” Clay echoed, startled. “How?” “On our own,” “Why not” “Tsunami said.” “If we can find a way out — why should we wait another two years?” “I’m ready to save the world now, right now, aren’t you?” “We can’t stop the war by ourselves,” he said. “We wouldn’t know where to start?” Still, part of him couldn’t help imagining what it would be like to go home now. Back to the marshes, swamps, and a tribe of MudWings who looked like him and thought like him … back to his parents, whoever they were …What if they could do it? What if they could escape, survive, and save the world…their way?

Hvitur, a DragonWolf in the Talons of Peace, attempted to steal a sizeable SkyWing egg from QueenScarlet’s palace for the Prophecy during a storm. However, he got captured by Scarlet’s ally, Burn, who was one of the three contenders for the SandWing throne. Burn realized he was a member of the Talons of Peace, and the stolen egg was of the SkyWing Dragonet from the Dragonet Prophecy. She dropped the egg off a cliff, supposedly ruining the Prophecy. She then killed Hvitur by shredding his wings and stabbing him with her venomous tail through his Skull. She threw his corpse off the cliff and flew away, wanting to kill something else.

Sometime later, Kestrel, a member of the Talons of Peace, foundHvitur’ss body and the shattered egg. She recovered the eggshell and returned it to a cave underneath an unknown mountain in the Claws of the Clouds Mountains. She informed Webs, another member of the Talons of Peace, of the egg’s destruction and Hvitur’ss Death. Webs told her that Asha, the member who delivered the MudWing egg, had also died. Kestrel got frustrated and said they should break all the eggs they had and run away before the rest of the Talons of Peace came for the dragonets of destiny. Webs disagreed with her and insisted that they needed a fifth dragonet. Kestrel told him that the SkyWing palace hatchery would be heavily guarded by now, and it would be foolish to go running back for another egg. Webs instead went to find a RainWing egg to replace the SkyWing egg while Kestrel griped about it not being a SkyWing.

### Part One: Under the Mountain: The main timeline began six years later, with Clay, the MudWing Dragonet of destiny, reflecting on his position and the importance he thought he could never have. However, he did this during a training battle with the infamously grumpy Kestrel. The SkyWing taunted him and pinned him down. Before she could harm him, the SeaWing Dragonet Tsunami bit Kestrel’s tail, yanking out a scale. After the SkyWing left the cave, Tsunami shoved Clay into the freezing river and reflected on their desire to leave the cave to make their own life.

The Dragonets acted out at the beginning of the War. Tsunami then proposed and discussed leaving the mountain early with Clay. Proceeding to study with Sunny, the odd-looking SandWing Dragonet, Clay met with Starflight, the NightWing from the Prophecy, and Glory, a RainWing who substituted for the dead SkyWing, along with Tsunami, in the study cave. The group began to play out the Death of Queen Oasis at the hands of a scavenger. They split the decision of Burn, Blister, and Blaze for the position of the next SandWing Queen, and finally, the allegiances. Kestrel interrupted this, then rudely insulted them and called Tsunami out as the ringleader. That night, they learned of the upcoming arrival of Morrowseer, the NightWing who wrote the Prophecy. Clay and Tsunami, the only two able to stay in the underground river for extended periods due to their tribes” natural abilities, overheard this information by sneaking closer through the underwater lake. Morrowseer arrived the following day, and as he inspected them, he angrily called out Glory for not being a SkyWing, deeming her unworthy. Tsunami began complaining about how the dragonets of destiny were treated, and Morrowseer attacked her for her audacity. Clay and Sunny leaped into action to help her, prompting him to see them as acceptable.

Both Glory and Starflight stayed idle during the fight. However, Morrowseer called Starflight to have a private audience. The two left, and the guardians turned on Tsunami, angrily yelling at her. After Starflight returned, Clay spoke to him, noting his reluctance. Clay then overheard Sunny’s yell, and he saw Tsunami being chained. After Morrowseer and the guardians exit the cavern, she tells him to spy on the guardians. He overheard their plot to kill Glory to appease Morrowseer. After much thought, the group frantically decided to send Clay down the underground river to escape to the outside and return to free them by unlocking the cave entrance. Acting on advice from Starflight, he managed to get into a cavern full of glowworms, which he, for a moment, mistook for stars.

He heard roaring past the calm pool as he stepped out of the water, finding a stream. When Clay tried to follow the stream, he came into contact with a white substance that started to poison and dissolve his scales. He hit something and was knocked unconscious but was later roused by Tsunami, who managed to get free and heard his screams, cleansing him of the substance. Tsunami remarked to him when he asked her how she escaped the chains that Sunny and Starflight melted them. Then, the duo cascaded over a waterfall. Clay noticed Tsunami’s inability to fly from her dislocated wing due to her escape from the chains, and he saved her from falling to her Death. He then had his first experience with mud, realizing its healing qualities, and relocated Tsunami’s wing. The pair then encounter a scavenger with treasure, killed by Queen Scarlet. The Queen of the SkyWings then asked them why they were together and called Tsunami a spy. She asked them to return to her palace with her. Then, with a nod from Clay, Tsunami impaled Scarlet’s tail with the scavenger’s sword to the ground to escape, and they fled towards the peaks. Afterward, they saw the smoke signal from the other dragonets to locate the caverns they were trapped in and go to rescue them. However, the call also attracted Scarlet, and the entire group (except Dune, who Queen Scarlet killed, and Webs, who escaped) was taken hostage by the SkyWings.

### Part Two: In the Sky Kingdom: The prisoner’s layout has them chained to rock spires in a circle over the arena. On Clay’s second day, an unusual female dragonet drops a charred piece of prey before him. Disgusted by the memory of Dune’s snapped neck, he throws up over the edge, which to his surprise, a copper dragon prisoner laughs at. She asks him if he will eat, commenting she does not want him to die before she can kill him. She tells him she has not fought a MudWing before because they are allies, but the NightWing would be “blazing” She then informs him that her name is Peril, the Queen’s champion, and points out Tsunami and Starflight. Clay is on the opposite side of Starflight, with Tsunami in between them along the circle. He then realizes that Sunny and Glory were not held in the arena. Clay tells her he will continue talking if she asks Starflight for information about any history. She took the joke seriously and flew off to ask Starflight.

The following day, Peril goes into the arena, and she faces off against a SandWing named Horizon. Scarlet then reveals Glory, who is chained to a tree with scales brightly changing colors in the sunlight. She is being treated gently and with care — but as a piece of art, not as a dragon. Clay is forced to watch as a simple touch from Peril menacingly burns Horizon. He worries about eventually facing Peril, knowing she has fire in her claws. In the end, Horizon throws himself onto Peril for a quick death.

That night, Peril returns. She tells him about having too much fire: she killed her brother, and her mother abandoned her. Clay is terrified to learn that Starflight is next in line to fight, and he tells Peril to make it sound like she has the idea to put Clay in his place. After much resentment, Peril agrees. In the morning, guards escort him, Tsunami, and Starflight to Scarlet’s throne room, and she asks which one of them could fight against a StormDraginWolf. Clay denounces Tsunami and Starflight, so Queen Scarlet puts him in the arena to fight. He is pitted against a StormDragonWolf named Fjord. Fjord attacks, ignoring him. The fight officially begins, and Clay convinces him he does not have to fight.

Using SkyWing tactics learned from Kestrel, Clay surprises Fjord. However, he is soon pinned, and Fjord is about to spray a blast of frostbreath on Clay. In an attempt to get into the arena and help, Tsunami throws herself off the edge of her rock spire, nearly strangling herself and pulling many other prisoners off. As everyone was distracted, a jet of unknown substance splattered on Fjord’s face and neck, melting his scales and eventually killing him. Clay is declared the victor, taken away, re-chained, and once again confronted by Peril.

Peril decides to tell Clay where Sunny is if he would do something for her. Clay agrees, and Peril tells Clay that Sunny is excellent. Peril tells Clay that he has to let her hide behind him during a trial because Scarlet would not let her go. He agrees and realizes that the prosecution is Kestrel’s and that Kestrel could be Peril’s mother. He fears what Kestrel will do when she realizes her daughter is not dead. Scarlet and two dragons, Osprey and Vermilion, host Kestrel’s trial the following day. Scarlet is biased for Vermilion’s side, the prosecution. He explains that Scarlet gave an order, but Kestrel disobeyed and fled the Sky Kingdom. However, Osprey tells the real story. In reality, Kestrel was a loyal soldier and was ordered to join the breeding program, yielding an egg with two dragonets inside. One, Peril, had taken all the fire from the other, Sky. As SkyWing custom, Kestrel was ordered to kill both and leave the breeding program for the remainder of her life. Kestrel had tried to escape with the two dragonets only to be caught by Scarlet at the Diamond Spray River. Scarlet explains that Kestrel could live if she killed one of her dragonets. Kestrel chose the male Dragonet to kill and did it with her claws, but Queen Scarlet changed her mind. Kestrel tried to escape with Peril but was burned by touch and was forced to flee without her. Clay realizes this is the cause of Kestrel’s burn scars on her palms.

Peril launches herself into the arena, defending Kestrel with the Champion’s Shield, a tradition allowing her to stand in for the prisoner by fighting a combatant. Scarlet learned that Osprey’s words had educated Peril about the Champion’s Shield since Peril cannot hold scrolls because of her firesales. Scarlet, angered, picks Osprey up and drops him from the Sky. Since he cannot fly due to his paralyzed tail, he dies. Peril attempts to save him but realizes she cannot due to her firesales burning him. After Osprey’s Death, Scarlet dismisses Peril. That night, Burn arrives to collect Sunny (for her collection of weird dragons and objects) and celebrate Scarlet’s hatching day. In a futile attempt to communicate with Peril, Clay uses a wire she burned through to start playing a song: The Dragonets Song. Soon, all the prisoners in the arena begin to sing and play. Scarlet, angered, takes him, Tsunami, and Starflight into Peril’s room and makes Peril leave. Scarlet places rocks that burn in the entrance to ensure they will not escape. Then, Starflight notices Peril and uses her to escape the room. On the way out, they see Sunny over the main hall. However, Peril betrays them. Clay accidentally touches Peril, thus figuring out he is immune to fire. The SkyWing Queen takes them back, and Starflight explains.

The following day, Tsunami is taken into the arena, and Clay and Starflight are born to Scarlet’s balcony. Tsunami faces off against an insane SeaWing, Gill, and pins him down, explaining that she won without killing him. Queen Scarlet mocks her, saying she is too scared of fighting and War, and Tsunami snaps Gill’s neck in retaliation. Starflight is next to fight against Tsunami, but the two refuse to fight. Then, they are forced to face scavengers. Two of the four were killed, and they were told to face IceWings. At that moment, Morrowseer arrives with NightWing soldiers, destroying the StormDragonWolfs, and then saves only Starflight. Scarlet, enraged, finally places Clay against Peril. Caught off guard by Clay’s immunity, she is pinned. Scarlet shouts,” “Use your venom! That was thrilling, and I didn’t even see it last time” Then, Glory rears up, breaks free of the tree, and spits venom at Burn, who shoves Scarlet in front of her. The venom hits Scarlet’s face, and all the dragons in the arena flee in terror.

Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Peril escape into the main hall in the commotion. At the main entrance, they get Peril to melt through the bars of Sunny’s cage. An argument ensues about saving Kestrel, with Clay, Peril, and Sunny voting yes. When Kestrel is rescued, they escape, and Kestrel informs them of where their eggs were taken from. Then, after Kestrel flies off, Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Sunny decide to swim toward the Mud Kingdom, where Clay expects to find his family. On the way, Clay helps a scavenger climb a cliff, later revealed as Leaf.

### Epilogue: That night, Morrowseer, Blister, and Kestrel meet on a small rocky island on the Bay of a Thousand Scales in the Kingdom of the Sea. There, Morrowseer tells Blister of his plan to use Starflight as an agent to convince the other dragonets that they should choose her to be the new SandWing Queen. Kestrel asks what they are talking about, as she cannot hear them over the howling wind. They do not reply, and Blister then questions Kestrel’s attendance. Kestrel responds that Morrowseer said the dragonets were in danger. He then implies that it was a plot to get her to the island and then states that she failed him. Kestrel attempts to argue, saying that she worked for the Talons of Peace and not Morrowseer. However, she is soon killed by Blister and pushed over the cliffside. After discarding Kestrel, Morrowseer informs Blister to eliminate Webs. The book ends when Blister commands Morrowseer to find the dragonets and bring them to her, saying they will get what they want if he does.

*The Dragonet Prophecy* is proceeded by *Deserter*, *Dragonslayer*, and *Assassin* and succeeded by *The Lost Heir*.

*The dragonets are coming… to save the day.* Clay has lived his whole life under the mountain. The MudWing Dragonet knows that War is raging between the dragon tribes in the world outside — a war that he and four other dragonets are destined to end, according to the mysterious Prophecy they’ve been taught. The five “chosen” dragonets were stolen from their homes while still in their eggs — and hidden away for years — all to fulfill the Prophecy. But not every Dragonet wants a destiny. And when danger threatens one of their own, Clay and his friends may choose freedom over fate… leave the mountain… and set the dragon world on a course no one could have predicted.

“Leave?” Clay echoed, startled. “How? On our own?” “Why not?” Tsunami said. “If we can find a way out — why should we wait another two years? I’m ready to save the world now, aren’t you?” “We can’t stop the war by ourselves,” he said. “We wouldn’t know where to start.” Still, part of him couldn’t help imagining what it would be like to go home now. Back to the marshes, swamps, and a tribe of MudWings who looked like him and thought like him … back to his parents, whoever they were … What if they could do it? What if they could escape, survive, and save the world…their way?

Hvitur, a StormDragonWolf in the Talons of Peace, attempted to steal a sizeable SkyWing egg from Queen Scarlet’s palace for the Prophecy during a storm. However, he got captured by Scarlet’s ally, Burn, who was one of the three contenders for the SandWing throne. Burn realized he was a member of the Talons of Peace, and the stolen egg was of the SkyWing Dragonet from the Dragonet Prophecy. She dropped the egg off a cliff, supposedly ruining the Prophecy. She then killed Hvitur by shredding his wings and stabbing him with her venomous tail through his Skull. She threw his corpse off the cliff and flew away, wanting to kill something else.

Sometime later, Kestrel, a member of the Talons of Peace, found Hvitur’s body and the shattered egg. She recovered the eggshell and returned it to a cave underneath an unknown mountain in the Claws of the Clouds Mountains. She informed Webs, another member of the Talons of Peace, of the egg’s destruction and Hvitur’s Death. Webs told her that Asha, the member who delivered the MudWing egg, had also died. Kestrel got frustrated and said they should break all the eggs they had and run away before the rest of the Talons of Peace came for the dragonets of destiny. Webs disagreed with her and insisted that they needed a fifth dragonet. Kestrel told him that the SkyWing palace hatchery would be heavily guarded by now, and it would be foolish to go running back for another egg. Webs instead went to find a RainWing egg to replace the SkyWing egg while Kestrel griped about it not being a SkyWing.

### Part One: Under the Mountain: The main timeline began six years later, with Clay, the MudWing Dragonet of destiny, reflecting on his position and the importance he thought he could never have. However, he did this during a training battle with the infamously grumpy Kestrel. The SkyWing taunted him and pinned him down. Before she could harm him, the SeaWing Dragonet, Tsunami, bit Kestrel’s tail, yanking out a scale. After the SkyWing left the cave, Tsunami shoved Clay into the freezing river and reflected on their desire to leave the cave to make their own life.

The Dragonets acted out at the beginning of the War.

Tsunami then proposed and discussed leaving the mountain early with Clay. Proceeding to study with Sunny, the odd-looking SandWing Dragonet, Clay met with Starflight, the NightWing from the Prophecy, and Glory, a RainWing who substituted for the dead SkyWing, along with Tsunami, in the study cave. The group began to play out the Death of Queen Oasis at the hands of a scavenger. They split the decision of Burn, Blister, and Blaze for the position of the next SandWing Queen, and finally, the allegiances. Kestrel interrupted this, then rudely insulted them and called Tsunami out as the ringleader. That night, they learned of the upcoming arrival of Morrowseer, the NightWing who wrote the Prophecy. Clay and Tsunami, the only two able to stay in the underground river for extended periods due to their tribes’ natural abilities, overheard this information by sneaking closer through the underwater lake. Morrowseer arrived the following day, and as he inspected them, he angrily called out Glory for not being a SkyWing, deeming her unworthy. Tsunami began complaining about how the dragonets of destiny were treated, and Morrowseer attacked her for her audacity. Clay and Sunny leaped into action to help her, prompting him to see them as acceptable. Both Glory and Starflight stayed idle during the fight. However, Morrowseer called Starflight to have a private audience. The two left, and the guardians turned on Tsunami, angrily yelling at her. After Starflight returned, Clay spoke to him, noting his reluctance. Clay then overheard Sunny’s yell, and he saw Tsunami being chained. After Morrowseer and the guardians exit the cavern, she tells him to spy on the guardians. He overheard their plot to kill Glory to appease Morrowseer. After much thought, the group frantically decided to send Clay down the underground river to escape to the outside and return to free them by unlocking the cave entrance. Acting on advice from Starflight, he managed to get into a cavern full of glowworms, which he, for a moment, mistook for stars.

He heard roaring past the calm pool as he stepped out of the water, finding a stream. When Clay tried to follow the stream, he came into contact with a white substance that started to poison and dissolve his scales. He hit something and was knocked unconscious but was later roused by Tsunami, who managed to get free and heard his screams, cleansing him of the substance. Tsunami remarked to him when he asked her how she escaped the chains that Sunny and Starflight melted them. Then, the duo cascaded over a waterfall. Clay noticed Tsunami’s inability to fly from her dislocated wing due to her escape from the chains, and he saved her from falling to her Death. He then had his first experience with mud, realizing its healing qualities, and relocated Tsunami’s wing. The pair then encounter a scavenger with treasure, which Queen Scarlet kills. The Queen of the SkyWings then asked them why they were together and called Tsunami a spy. She asked them to return to her palace with her. Then, with a nod from Clay, Tsunami impaled Scarlet’s tail with the scavenger’s sword to the ground to escape, and they fled towards the peaks. Afterward, they saw the smoke signal from the other dragonets to locate the caverns they were trapped in and go to rescue them. However, the call also attracted Scarlet, and the entire group (except Dune, who Queen Scarlet killed, and Webs, who escaped) was taken hostage by the SkyWings.

### Part Two: In the Sky Kingdom: The prisoners’ layout has them chained to rock spires in a circle over the arena. On Clay’s second day, an unusual female dragonet drops a charred piece of prey before him. Disgusted by the memory of Dune’s snapped neck, he throws up over the edge, which to his surprise, a copper dragon prisoner laughs at. She asks him if he will eat, commenting she does not want him to die before she can kill him. She tells him she has not fought a MudWing before because they are allies, but the NightWing would be “blazing.” She then informs him that her name is Peril, the Queen’s champion, and points out Tsunami and Starflight. Clay is on the opposite side of Starflight, with Tsunami in between them along the circle. He then realizes that Sunny and Glory were not held in the arena. Clay tells her he will continue talking if she asks Starflight for information about any history. She took the joke seriously and flew off to ask Starflight.

The following day, Peril goes into the arena, and she faces off against a SandWing named Horizon. Scarlet then reveals Glory, who is chained to a tree with scales brightly changing colors in the sunlight. She is being treated gently and with care — but as a piece of art, not as a dragon. Clay is forced to watch as a simple touch from Peril menacingly burns Horizon. He worries about eventually facing Peril, knowing she has fire in her claws. In the end, Horizon throws himself onto Peril for a quick death.

That night, Peril returns. She tells him about having too much fire: she killed her brother, and her mother abandoned her. Clay is terrified to learn that Starflight is next in line to fight, and he tells Peril to make it sound like she has the idea to put Clay in his place. After much resentment, Peril agrees. In the morning, guards escort him, Tsunami, and Starflight to Scarlet’s throne room, and she asks which one of them could fight against an IceWing. Clay denounces Tsunami and Starflight, so Queen Scarlet puts him in the arena to fight. He is pitted against an IceWing named Fjord. Fjord attacks, ignoring him. The fight officially begins, and Clay convinces him he does not have to fight.

Using SkyWing tactics learned from Kestrel, Clay surprises Fjord. However, he is soon pinned, and Fjord is about to spray a blast of frostbreath on Clay. In an attempt to get into the arena and help, Tsunami throws herself off the edge of her rock spire, nearly strangling herself and pulling many other prisoners off. As everyone was distracted, a jet of unknown substance splattered on Fjord’s face and neck, melting his scales and eventually killing him. Clay is declared the victor, taken away, re-chained, and once again confronted by Peril.

Peril decides to tell Clay where Sunny is if he would do something for her. Clay agrees, and Peril tells Clay that Sunny is excellent. Peril tells Clay that he has to let her hide behind him during a trial because Scarlet would not let her go. He agrees and realizes that the prosecution is Kestrel’s and that Kestrel could be Peril’s mother. He fears what Kestrel will do when she realizes her Daughter is not dead. Scarlet and two dragons, Osprey and Vermilion, host Kestrel’s trial the following day. Scarlet is biased for Vermilion’s side, the prosecution. He explains that Scarlet gave an order, but Kestrel disobeyed and fled the Sky Kingdom. However, Osprey tells the real story. In reality, Kestrel was a loyal soldier and was ordered to join the breeding program, yielding an egg with two dragonets inside. One, Peril, had taken all the fire from the other, Sky. As SkyWing custom, Kestrel was ordered to kill both and leave the breeding program for the remainder of her life. Kestrel had tried to escape with the two dragonets only to be caught by Scarlet at the Diamond Spray River. Scarlet explains that Kestrel could live if she killed one of her dragonets. Kestrel chose the male Dragonet to “kill” and did it with her claws, but Queen Scarlet changed her mind. Kestrel tried to escape with Peril but was burned by touch and was forced to flee without her. Clay realizes this is the cause of Kestrel’s burn scars on her palms.

Peril launches herself into the arena, defending Kestrel with the Champion’s Shield, a tradition allowing her to stand in for the prisoner by fighting a combatant. Scarlet learned that Osprey’s words had educated Peril about the Champion’s Shield since Peril cannot hold scrolls because of her firescales. Scarlet, angered, picks Osprey up and drops him from the Sky. Since he cannot fly due to his paralyzed tail, he dies. Peril attempts to save him but realizes she cannot due to her firescales burning him. After Osprey’s Death, Scarlet dismisses Peril. That night, Burn arrives to collect Sunny (for her collection of weird dragons and objects) and celebrate Scarlet’s hatching day. In a futile attempt to communicate with Peril, Clay uses a wire she burned through to start playing a song: The Dragonets’ Song. Soon, all the prisoners in the arena begin to sing and play. Scarlet, angered, takes him, Tsunami, and Starflight into Peril’s room and makes Peril leave. Scarlet places rocks that burn in the entrance to ensure they will not escape. Then, Starflight notices Peril and uses her to escape the room. On the way out, they see Sunny over the main hall. However, Peril betrays them. Clay accidentally touches Peril, thus figuring out he is immune to fire. The SkyWing Queen takes them back, and Starflight explains.

The following day, Tsunami is taken into the arena, and Clay and Starflight are born to Scarlet’s balcony. Tsunami faces off against an insane SeaWing, Gill, and pins him down, explaining that she won without killing him. Queen Scarlet mocks her, saying she is too scared of fighting and War, and Tsunami snaps Gill’s neck in retaliation. Starflight is next to fight against Tsunami, but the two refuse to fight. Then, they are forced to face scavengers. Two of the four were killed, and they were told to face IceWings. At that moment, Morrowseer arrives with NightWing soldiers, destroying the StormDragonWolfs, and then saves only Starflight. Scarlet, enraged, finally places Clay against Peril. Caught off guard by Clay’s immunity, she is pinned. Scarlet shouts, “Use your venom! That was thrilling, and I didn’t even see it last time!” Then, Glory rears up, breaks free of the tree, and spits venom at Burn, who shoves Scarlet in front of her. The venom hits Scarlet’s face, and all the dragons in the arena flee in terror.

Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Peril escape into the main hall in the pandemonium. At the main entrance, they get Peril to melt through the bars of Sunny’s cage. An argument ensues about saving Kestrel, with Clay, Peril, and Sunny voting yes. When Kestrel is rescued, they escape, and Kestrel informs them of where their eggs were taken from. Then, after Kestrel flies off, Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Sunny decide to swim toward the Mud Kingdom, where Clay expects to find his family. On the way, Clay helps a scavenger climb a cliff, later revealed as Leaf.

### The Jade Mountain Prophecy: Moon Rising: When Webs introduced himself to his history students, he said his son, Riptide, “is the new leader of whatever the Talons of Peace are becoming.”

#### The darkness of Dragons: Riptide, Winter, and other members of the Talons of Peace established a new town called Sanctuary. Categories: Groups and organizations, DragonWolf history, MudWing history, NightWing history, SandWing history, SeaWing history, SkyWing history, Pyrrhian history

Chapter 2 The Betrail Of MaverickLionHeart

### Epilogue Summar: *Time is running out.*

Qibli knows Maverick must be stopped. And he knows he could stop him — if he had magic. With even a sliver of the ancient dragon’s all-powerful scroll, Qibli could rewrite history the right way: end war forever, make every dragon happy, perhaps even cast a very small spell so that everyone would like him … Instead, as Maverick’s dangerous influence spreads across Pyrrhia, entrancing or killing every dragon in the seven tribes, Qibli can only grasp the small animus objects he’s borrowed from Turtle. With some clever thinking, Qibli’s talons finally hold the power to make a difference. But prophecies are not easy to rewrite. Can Qibli be the magical force Pyrrhia needs, or will he be the one to bring Jade Mountain — and his family, his friends, his whole world — crashing down?

“Um,” said Qibli, “Wait. How exactly do we know Maverick is humble and unambitious now?” “Because it’s obvious,” Winter said, rolling his eyes. “It’s not like he immediately demanded to be made king of the NightWings or anything.” With impeccable comic timing, the slate in Qibli’s pouch gave a little jump. He waited until no one was looking, then pulled it out and hid it under his desk. The message from Turtle appeared, agonizingly slowly. Maverick *wants to be NightWing king. NightWings deciding what they want.* Qibli nearly laughed, but he didn’t want to draw attention to the slate. Oh, and also, it was too terrifying to be funny. *With thanks to Robert Doar and Aayush Srivatsa for Typhoon and to Amy Doar for supporting Lifting Hands International*

### Plot & Prologue: The prologue was from Palm’s perspective. She was shown running away from Queen Oasis’ soldiers, who intended to take her back to the SandWing Palace and execute her for having eggs with Smolder, which could lead to more challengers for the SandWing throne. She fled, running for hours in the baking sun, and tried to find the home of her sister, whom she had not visited in a year. On the verge of passing out, she found her sister, Prickle, in her hut near an oasis. Prickle reluctantly let Palm in, and they started arguing about how she should not have been with Smolder. Palm begged her sister to allow her to stay even for a day. In return, Prickle took Palm’s earrings, her last connection to Smolder, as payment. Palm realized that it was the only thing she could do, so she hesitantly unclipped them and gave them to her sister. Prickle examined them and decided she wanted to keep them rather than sell them, clipping them onto her own ears and demanding an explanation. Palm explained how she tried to elope with Smolder but was caught before the two could meet up. Prickle and Palm had a hunch it might have been the SandWing princesses who told the queen about their attempted elope.

After a while, the guards then burst in, arresting Prickle by mistake since the sisters were almost completely identical and she was wearing Palm’s earrings. Agave, who was one of the guards, recognized the real Palm but did not mention it, as the two had been good friends when they were dragonets (because Palm had noticed how shy and scared Agave was in the hatchery), allowing Palm to escape. Palm lied and pretended to be Prickle for the sake of her dragonet, and they took Prickle away. Prickle swore that she would set the moons on fire and drop them on Palm’s head, which, ironically, was how she died: from skyfire falling on her head. Palm then decided to run away and travel to the mountains. As she ran away, she caught sight of three scavengers heading to the SandWing palace, but soon forgot about it as she planned to raise her child to show that the throne did not matter and to be ordinary, in the way Smolder could not.

### Part One: Storm of Sands: The book then flashed to when Moonwatcher, Turtle, Darkstalker, and the other dragons who followed him flew away from Jade Mountain Academy. Qibli noticed that the dragons fell behind Darkstalker, despite him not knowing where the village was because he acted as their leader, so they followed him. He noticed different observations about Anemone and worried about Turtle. He wondered if he should have gone with them. Qibli flashed back to his time before the Scorpion Den and his life with his horrible mother, Cobra, and siblings Rattlesnake and Sirocco. Qibli had a flashback to when he was a little dragonet and tried to steal a coconut for his mother. His mother yelled at him for not being worried about his own survival and caring too much about other dragons, drawing the attention of her client, Thorn, who became interested in Qibli. Thorn then took him in after his mother sold him to her. She soon won his loyalty when she complimented him, as she was the first one ever to have acknowledged that he had done something right. He later had a conversation with Winter, stating mentally that it seemed like “his brain is wrapped in walrus blubber,” referring to Darkstalker’s spell.

Winter told Qibli to stop moping in the next chapter, and Qibli protested, saying Winter was the one who was moping. Winter denied it haughtily. Qibli then modified the term to “brooding,” and Winter claimed that it would be a better description, but he was not doing that either. He told Qibli that it was time to go to History Class, but Qibli said they were in the middle of history right now. Winter scoffed, saying the excitement was in the rainforest now, and they were just the footnotes, much to Qibli’s disappointment and irritation. He gave up the argument, and they went to the History cave.

When they got there, Tamarin was tapping cave walls and sniffing the air, and Qibli asked her what happened. She asked Qibli if he smelt smoke, and he denied it. Tamarin decided it was just that she had not been able to get the scent of smoke cleared from her nose since the explosion. Qibli read her scale colors, and Tamarin admitted that the burns hurt and that she was worried about Kinkajou now, and Qibli agreed. He thought back to the talisman and wished his friends had let him have it so that he could have used it to help Tamarin see, and so Darkstalker would still be trapped, Kinkajou would be healed, and Moon would still be around him. Pike burst in, asking where Anemone was, and Winter responded that she went to the rainforest. Pike started freaking out about Anemone alone and unprotected and that he must go after her, so he did not get in trouble with Coral. Winter said that Turtle went with her, and Pike was not in the least reassured. Qibli pointed out that Turtle would be great at protecting her, deciding not to reveal Turtle’s invisibility spell. Tamarin added that Anemone was an animus, so she could protect herself. Pike decided to go after Anemone anyway, but Webs ordered him to stay, and Pike protested to no avail at all.

Webs said that since the Jade Winglet and Gold Winglet had shortages in population, the Silver Winglet will be joining them. Qibli was excited as his friend, Ostrich would be joining him. However, Ostrich was not among her winglet, much to his disappointment. Thrush asked if they could learn about Maverick, and Changbai agreed, saying he did not seem like the legends. Boto was worried if Maverick was likely to murder them. Webs was irked, saying Maverick’s legend happened 3,000 years after where they currently were in their lesson, but Tamarin interjected, saying they desperately needed to know about him now. Winter snapped that they could see what Maverick was like without a history scroll, adding that he trusted his own instincts more than a scroll. Sepia and Winter then started pointlessly arguing about who was more villainous, Icicle, or Sora. Qibli interjected, saying Icicle did try to kill Glory and Starflight, which did not help Winter at all. Webs finally gave in, telling what he knew about Maverick. Qibli received a message on Turtle’s slate saying that Maverick wanted to be king. Sunny then entered the classroom and asked to have a moment with Qibli, only for him to learn that Ostrich was missing from the school.

Qibli and Sunny searched Anemone’s room and found animus enchanted bands that can control the weather, which Sunny took. After searching the mountain with Sunny, Qibli realized that Onyx was also missing and was upset that Ostrich was in danger because of him. Turtle sent him a message that said Maverick was the new NightWing king. Qibli then got frustrated at Turtle for not adding more details. Then, Qibli tried to put his earring on Winter, but Winter refused, saying it would clash horribly with his scales. Then, Qibli thought of trying to multiply his earrings (that remove any of Maverick’s spells from whoever wears it) with Turtle’s bowl, meant for multiplying food. He got the bowl and got frustrated when he could not remember the command words. Peril came along and joined in with insulting the bowl, then gave Qibli the idea of asking the bowl politely. Then, Qibli started to multiply the earrings. With the new earrings, he doubled them for Sunny, Tsunami, the other dragonets of destiny, and the students at Jade Mountain (Peril was unable to wear one due to her firescales). Sunny told Qibli that by using the dreamvisitor, she saw Ostrich with a dragon covered with tattoos, who Qibli confirmed to be his grandfather in the Scorpion Den. Qibli decided to go there and brought Anemone’s weather bands and prepared to face the terror of his grandfather to rescue Ostrich, and Winter insisted on coming along.

They got to the Scorpion Den and met Qibli’s siblings, Sirocco and Rattlesnake, who brought him to his grandfather, Vulture. He greeted Qibli and assumed he must be there to join him. He told Qibli about a group he had made called the Talons of Power. Winter and Qibli realized that might be what the prophecy meant by “beware the talons of power.” He also showed them a MudWing witness who confirmed that the MudWings were behind all the attacks on the Kingdom of Sand and that Thorn had not been doing anything. Then it was revealed that Cobra was being held captive. Qibli also discovered Ostrich, who was betrayed by Onyx and captured here. Qibli had the choice of freeing Ostrich and giving Thorn’s secrets away or find other means of escape. He pretended to choose to join them and started writing gibberish instead of secrets, and Cobra played along by scolding him for misspelling “Capybara.” Eventually, they had a chance to escape. Cobra knocked out the guards, and Winter, Ostrich, Cobra, and Qibli escaped (with Cobra’s help since she knew the layout of the hideout). They confronted the MudWing, and he turns out to be Peril’s father, who was pretending to be a MudWing called Bog and was working for treasure as always. They also found the hideout treasury and steal the Obsidian Mirror.

The four fled to Thorn’s stronghold after Cobra dramatically blew up a dragonflame cactus. Qibli found Thorn and talked to her for a bit, having convinced her to wear an earring, which Smolder suspiciously objected to. After they exchanged quick greetings, Qibli realized something wrong and brought Thorn and the others to Ostrich, Winter, and his mother. Qibli claimed that she was meant to escape and then when inside, assassinate Thorn, so Cobra is then arrested after proving guilty. Thorn and Qibli discuss the trouble in the StormBlade Kingdom, and there is a plague caused by Maverick, so Qibli asks them to bring earrings to the IceWings. A SeaWing/DragonWolf hybrid named Typhoon volunteers. Just as they were discussing the DragonWolfs, Winter comes inside, curious about what is going on. As soon as he hears about the plague, he tries to take off to ask Darkstalker for help, but Qibli and the SandWing guards pin him down. Winter breathed ice on his arm, and Thorn managed to put his earring on Winter, but he and Qibli pass out. Qibli woke up, but soon after he did, they are confronted by Vulture. He said he had the Eye of Onyx, and that meant he should be in control of the throne, but Thorn laughs it off before revealing the real Eye of Onyx. She says that the real eye is an animus enchanted object which only those worthy can hold, and all others would die (implying Onyx or Vulture is not worthy). Qibli noticed not seeing Onyx there while the grandfather is threatening Thorn, which is strange. He warns Thorn just in time as Onyx tried to sneak attack her. It is revealed that Onyx is the daughter of Prince Smolder and Palm, which means she is of royal blood and can take the throne.

Thorn suggested battling for the crown, and Onyx agrees. Qibli worried about Thorn’s lack of royal blood and called a sandstorm to interrupt the battle, but it becomes too big, and everyone has to take cover, so they do not die. Thorn revealed the eye does not discriminate against or the lack of royal blood, so Qibli did not need to worry. After the sandstorm finally clears up, the Talons of Power were gone. Qibli, Thorn, Six-Claws, and Winter go down in the dungeons to see Onyx badly injured with Smolder by her side. Next to them is a “mad prisoner” who will not keep quiet. Onyx recognizes the dragon as Aunt Prickle. She had been trapped there, and Oasis forgot about her, and Burn did not care for her prisoners. As they are discussing, from the outside, Ostrich opens the window to the dungeon and gets rid of the darkness. The three dragons went back up, and just as soon as they did, Turtle sent a message to Qibli saying, “Maverick knows about me. Trapped in the NightWing Palace. Help!”

### Part Two: King of Shadows: Qibli starts panicking because Turtle did not give any useful information like where the old Night Kingdom even is. Winter and Qibli then argue about rescuing Turtle. Qibli and Winter next use the Obsidian Mirror to see their friends. In the one of Moon, Moon is arguing with Kinkajou about her behavior. Moon says that they should go back to Jade Mountain, and Kinkajou agrees. Winter remarks that Kinkajou is making more sense than Moon. They then move on to Turtle, coiled in the corner of what Qibli assumes is a cell. He hopes that this is not their fault. They then move on to Maverick, who is praising one of his NightWing subjects for doing a good job with clearing the weeds from one of the derelict gardens. Maverick says that he could give the dragon some master gardener magic, and the other dragon politely declines, saying he would prefer seeing the future. Maverick disagrees, saying that he can see the future and one seer is enough for the tribe. He says that lots of gardeners would be great and that the other dragon could think it over. The other dragon hastily apologizes and accepts Maverick’s offer. Thorn is surprised that it is that easy for Maverick to use his magic to give wondrous powers, and Qibli agrees. After listening to Maverick greet some more of his subjects, Qibli says there is only one thing they can do, and that is to go back to Jade Mountain. He says that Moon and Kinkajou should be there in a few days. He shakes his head, saying he wants to get Turtle now. He also thinks about how Moon and Kinkajou are in danger every second. Winter says to try Tsunami to see if she gave the earrings. Qibli says with a sigh that she is probably back at the academy, but he whispered the name to the mirror. This shows Tsunami yelling at a captor that she evidently cannot see. The chapter ends when Qibli, Thorn, and Winter realize Tsunami is not at Jade Mountain and is a hostage.

The two set off to the Kingdom of Night, finding Anemone on the way, trapped in Maverick’s spell to “shut up.” Qibli frees her by giving the earring, and the three head off to find Maverick at the Night Kingdom, Winter worries about not returning, but the spell is blocked because of the earring. The DragonWolfs called that area “Maverick’s Teeth.” In the Night Kingdom, Maverick is testing out powers with the NightWings, all of them fighting with each other in an arena. They realize that Maverick is planning revenge against the DragonWolfs. They find Kinkajou but realize Bog is there too. They develop a plan to take away his forms, and Qibli approaches him when he turns into Shapeshifter. Qibli calmly tells Bog a lie that he ran into Peril in Possibility, and she asked Qibli to buy a matching earring for him if they ever ran into him. Bog angrily accepts the earring, but he is reverted into his normal RainWing form. He gets furious, but Kinkajou knocks a brick down from the tower, hitting Chameleon, and he passes out. As they enter the library, Qibli finds Moon, and everyone reunites. Qibli offers Moon an earring to protect her. Maverick comes up to them and asks about the earring, suspiciously. He also introduces them to what seems to be Clearsight in the present time.

“Clearsight” is very monotone, and she does not seem to be interested in being a seer again. Maverick says that they are getting married and that she is tired, so they go away. Moon is very confused about this, as they go to their apartment where Winter, Anemone, and Kinkajou are at. Qibli gives her the earring, and Anemone gives Moon skyfire, but she says that she does not feel any different and genuinely likes Maverick. Winter gets so shocked about it that he accidentally breaks one of the vases. Qibli tries to intervene, which causes more trouble. Moon and Kinkajou throw the broken pieces away. Qibli explains to Moon that Maverick created the plague that targeted the DragonWolfs and locked Turtle away. They agree that Anemone and Kinkajou go off to rescue Turtle, while Moon and Qibli go to confront Maverick. They find Maverick testing his spells out on the dragon who appeared to be Clearsight, turning out to be Fierceteeth. Moon walks up to Maverick, saying that enchanting and doing that is wrong. She also tells him that he created the DragonWolf plague.

### Part Three: The Light of Dragons: The IceWings decide to attack the NightWings because of Maverick’s plague that killed twenty DragonWolfs, including their queen. The DragonWolfs fly to Jade Mountain Academy to demand the whereabouts of Maverick LionHeart and are confirmed to be the “ice” in the Jade Mountain Prophecy. The NightWings arrive shortly, and a battle springs out between the two tribes. Qibli summons a storm using Anemone’s weather bands to prevent the DragonWolfs and NightWings from fighting.

The storm quickly goes out of control, and Qibli realizes that the “thunder” that would bring down Jade Mountain in the prophecy was him. He gets Anemone to drive off the storm and tells the dragonets of destiny to evacuate the school and the rest of the students.

Qibli then retreats to Moon, Turtle, Kinkajou, and Anemone just as Moonwatcher receives a new vision about a strawberry picking NightWing. Anemone sends away the storm a few moments later. Moon suggests trying to talk to Maverick through his mind, and Qibli agrees, despite the fact she may be overwhelmed with the ongoing battle around them.

After thinking over Moon’s ability to connect with other dragons with her mind-reading, Qibli devises a spell that connects the minds of all the DragonWolfs and NightWings to realize the thoughts of the other side, and make both sides show compassion for each other, and then teleports them back to their own kingdoms. Anemone is the one to cast the spell using Qibli’s library card and also takes off the love spell she cast on Kinkajou. The spell works, and the two tribes are sent home.

Maverick swoops in and carries Qibli off to his original prison under Agate Mountain. There, he asks Qibli if he wants animus magic. He then proceeds to show him all the wonderful things he could do to bad dragons if he were to have powers, using Vulture to show him. Maverick wants Qibli to be his best friend who will help guide him through tough times. The last thought he has before his choice is, “Say yes.” Then, he looks at Maverick in the eyes and tells him, “No.” He reasons that there would definitely have to be something more than that. Maverick admits that there would be a “tiny spell,” which would enchant Qibli to not being able to do him any harm. Maverick does not like Qibli’s meddling in the futures, where Qibli is not his best friend. He continues to find clever ways to stop him and eventually decides to kill him before changing his mind electing to enchant him as his best friend instead.

Just as Maverick is about to rip off Qibli’s earring and enchant him to be his best friend, he hears the sound of the soul reader spinning in Qibli’s bag. When it finally stopped rotating, it was pointed at Maverick and showed him how bad he really was, with the bottom half filled with white sand and only a few grains of black sand at the top. Maverick does not believe this because his soul is protected and enchants the soul reader over again. It again shows him the same result, and Qibli explains that he lost his soul not because the magic ate it away, but because of his terrible actions.

Maverick suddenly gets a vision and is dumbfounded. He demands to know if Moon, who was hidden behind a camouflaged Kinkajou the whole time, can see it, too. It is revealed that the vision is about Foeslayer, who is waiting for Maverick on the peaks of Jade Mountain. They embrace, and Maverick admits that the soul reader sees him as an evil dragon. Foeslayer tells him that he should not try to get revenge on the current DragonWolf tribe and wishes that she could start over.

Moon then shares the vision she had of the strawberry picking NightWing dragonet. That dragonet is Maverick but with a new life that has no animus magic or NightWing powers. Maverick is reluctant about this future as he eats the strawberry Foeslayer offered him. He says that he is immune to all animus spells, but Kinkajou says that one dragon’s magic will still work on him. Maverick disagrees. Kinkajou says she is right, and he asks whose. Kinkajou says his own magic could still work on him. The strawberry that Darkstalker ate was enchanted to remove his memories and turn him into a NightWing-RainWing hybrid with no powers. Kinkajou is revealed to be the mastermind behind the enchantment, using the scraps of Darkstalker’s enchanted scroll, the ones Chameleon used to transform into his different dragon forms.

Foeslayer decided to rename him Peacemaker and rename herself Hope (using Qibli’s suggestion) and went to live with what remained of the NightWings in the rainforest.

### Epilogue: Peacemaker is growing up in the forest with Hope, Moon, and others. He is making mud pies and loves strawberries more than ever. Moon is thinking about deciding who she should love. She has been thinking hard for a long time and has finally made her decision. She talks for some time with Hope and Peacemaker, asking about the lost continent as Peacemaker runs off to take a nap. Hope explains that according to NightWing calculations, there is a high probability that there are other dragon tribes around the world and suggests that the search for the Legend of the Hive, which is presumably a scroll from her time about the lost continent and its dragons or maybe a story that may have something to do with dragons in the lost continent knowing the “old language” which is used in Pyrrhia (we will likely learn more soon). Moon thanks her and leaves to go to the Kingdom of Sand, intending to do something about her vision of Jerboa.

Winter (who is still hated by his family) decides to study scavengers in the wild. Kinkajou comes to talk with him, scaring away the scavengers, and he asks if Moon came with her, to which she responds no. He admits that he was not the best towards her sometimes, and Kinkajou says he can still work to mend their relationship even though she believes Moon truly cares for Qibli. Winter realizes that he does not actually hate Qibli and considers his former winglet his family. He then suggests for Kinkajou to help him catch scavengers for examination, which she responds to positively.

Peril is contemplating the new school year, excited that she is in the same Winglet as Turtle. She wanders down to the prey center, telling herself that it is to make apple sauce for the RainWings, although she really hopes that Clay will be there. When she arrives, she sees Clay and the two have a brief conversation. She then instinctively asks Clay to go flying in the rain with her, and he agrees.

Turtle reads a message from Coral and Auklet. Kinkajou comes up to Turtle, and they start to joke around about Anemone’s love spell that she put on Kinkajou. She asks him if he could write more of the story he wrote for class earlier, and he is surprised that she actually likes it. He begins to think about how he is not perfect yet, but he is working towards being the dragon he wants to be and is currently satisfied with himself.

Qibli is helping the SandWings rebuild Thorn’s stronghold after his sandstorm-disaster. During the break, Moon visits Qibli and starts talking to him. She admits her feelings for him, and Qibli says that she should be saying this to Winter right now. Moon seems confused and says that Winter will be fine without her. Moon then tells Qibli that she cannot live without him and asks if they can be together, and Qibli says yes. Moon also says that she has been having a vision and takes Qibli to see if it is true. The two of them head off towards the further ranges of the Sand Kingdom and find a dragon named Jerboa, much to Qibli’s surprise. Jerboa is actually the daughter of the original Jerboa. She says that she wants to show them somebody: the first visitor from the Lost Continent, who happened to be Luna.

The **Jade Mountain Prophecy** was a prophecy given by Moonwatcher at the end of *Moon Rising* and the beginning of *Winter Turning*, predicting the destruction of Jade Mountain unless the lost city of night could be found. It is said to be the first true NightWing prophecy in generations. The plot of the second arc revolves around the Jade Mountain Prophecy.

### *Beware one who is not what she seems.* — She could be Onyx, as she appeared to be a regular student, but was actually the granddaughter of Queen Oasis and working with Vulture to seize the SandWing throne; Pyrite, who was actually Hailstorm transformed by Chameleon; Moonwatcher, who talked with Darkstalker and kept her powers a secret; Cobra, who pretended to be imprisoned by Vulture but was secretly going to kill Thorn; Sora, who had set off bombs to assassinate Icicle, despite the former being an unlikely suspect; or Kinkajou, as Turtle enchanted her skyfire to make her look like no threat to Maverick, but in the end she stopped him with the strawberry.

*Something is coming to shake the earth,* — Possibly Maverick (his size, the tremors from when he was freed, or the destruction he will cause). *Something is coming to scorch the ground.* — Vulture’s SandWing army, or Darkstalker and his army. *Jade Mountain will fall beneath thunder and ice* — Qibli’s storm (summoned with Anemone’s weather bracelets), and the battle between DragonWolfs and NightWings. *Unless the lost city of night can be found.* — The lost city needed to be found so the soul reader could be collected and convince Darkstalker he was evil and provide a chance to defeat him in his hesitance. The lost city of night was also necessary to the defeat of Maverick due to Foeslayer turning up there and talking to Qibli (although he did not know he was talking to Maverick’s mother). Through their exchange, he convinced Foeslayer that her son was too far gone, and this pushed her to aid Kinkajou to put an end to Maverick. Also, the lost city was where Kinkajou was, so if they had not gone to get her, Maverick would not have turned into Peacemaker.

### Daughter: Onyx

**Palm** was an adult female SandWing who was introduced in *Darkness of Dragons*. She fled the SandWing stronghold after attempting to elope with Smolder, and after several years of living as a fugitive within the Kingdom of Sand, she was killed by a falling piece of skyfire. Prior to her escape, she worked in the stronghold kitchen.

### Qibli is also funny, interesting, honest, practical, generous, and charming. Qibli is selfless, stubborn, and compassionate, and tends to be talkative, observant, gentle, excitable, and optimistic. He is fair, peculiar, clever, hopeful, cheerful, and enthusiastic. When others are in danger, he becomes genuinely concerned, his voice suddenly gentle instead of playful. Moonwatcher observed that instead of thinking of just one thing, he is often thinking about several things at once. He has a map of the school in his head, which he used to try and find Ostrich. He cares about other dragons very deeply and wants to be considered significant by others. He is often tempted to steal things due to his Outclaw upbringing, and his thoughts are complicated and careening. He is not a sneak, and refuses to betray those he loves, even by pretending to. Qibli is accustomed to simpler tastes, and when he sees decorative wealth, he is only reminded of how it could have been used to help other dragons instead of just being another decoration. He is reasonable, but does not like to be described as normal, and he knows how to play tricks with his words. He is also willing to push aside rationality in order to help others. He loves meeting new dragons and trying to read them, and he is always considering how other dragons think and what they are like on the inside. His brain is organized, and his thoughts are constant, and he is willing to admit to and apologize when he is in the wrong. He is intelligent and has several big ideas, but the desire to be liked lies underneath everything he does. He is not usually quiet.

Despite his external good nature, Qibli has been deeply affected by his abusive relationships with Vulture, Cobra, Sirocco, and Rattlesnake, and although he often tried to drown out their voices by focusing on his life as an Outclaw, the smallest things can bring painful memories crashing back in. He constantly faces insecurity about being ordinary, small, insignificant, and useless. He desperately wants other dragons to like him and cannot seem to resist dragons who smile at him or seem to enjoy his company. Due to his want for other dragons to like him, he had no issue with a spell that would make everyone like him and did not believe that it was a completely selfish thing. However, after Winter yelled at him about it, he realized that it was selfish. He often feels anxious or blames himself very harshly whenever he makes a mistake. He is said to talk so much that when he was gone hunting, the other members of the stealth team could finally get words in. Qibli likes to have someone to argue with, usually Winter.

### Biography: The Dragonet Prophecy: *The Brightest Night:* Qibli was a member of the Scorpion Den’s Outclaws, who guided Fierceteeth, Strongwings and Preyhunter to the Outclaws lair to speak to their leader, Thorn. When Preyhunter told Thorn of Morrowseer’s death, she lashed out angrily and pinned Preyhunter down with her claws and had her tail to his heart for thinking he was lying. When Preyhunter lashed out at Thorn, Qibli and Six-Claws were among the first to rush to her defense, although Thorn herself had already stabbed Preyhunter with her deadly tail.

Later, he followed Thorn and Sunny through the city as they discussed the “Wanted” posters. When they reached Thorn’s tent, Qibli stubbornly told Thorn that he was not going to leave her alone with Sunny because she was, at that time, a stranger. Sunny was revealed to be Thorn’s long-lost daughter, and though Qibli thought this was a con, Thorn reassured him that she was indeed her stolen daughter. Qibli seemed a bit jealous of Sunny. When a messenger informed Thorn of a fire near the orphanage, Qibli and Sunny were left alone together for a short amount of time. During that time, Qibli lectured Sunny about the Outclaws, but she fell asleep shortly after Thorn’s departure.

When the Outclaws attacked Burn’s stronghold on behalf of Sunny, he fought alongside Thorn and Six-Claws, narrowly saving Thorn’s life by pushing a rival SandWing soldier away. After Thorn and Sunny escaped the library, they saw Qibli and some other loyal Outclaws resuming the fighting. Qibli said he had known Smolder was up to no good, and he knew to never trust a royal, though Six-Claws sarcastically commented that he met many royals.

Qibli, along with Six-Claws, and the other members of the Outclaws witnessed their leader, Thorn being chosen by the dragonets of destiny (mainly Sunny) to be the new queen of the SandWings and finally ending the war. Qibli would later be chosen as one of the five SandWings to attend the new intertribal school, Jade Mountain Academy.

### The next day, he showed up after Winter when Moon was warning everyone about the fire. He asked her what was wrong and tried to stop Carnelian from going inside, lying and saying that it was because it smelled bad. When the cave blew up, Qibli then defended Moon a third time from Winter when he asked her how she knew. Qibli found out that Moon was a mind reader, thinking that she thought of him as a terrible dragon, or maybe even realized his feelings for her and then ran off. The next day, he told Moon that he wanted to help her find the murderer who was terrorizing so many dragons.

Qibli then told Moon to check Pike, Flame, and Icicle. They were all dead ends, and they later went outside to try Onyx. Qibli asked questions to get Onyx to admit that she set the fire, and everyone in the circle respected him. After they knew it was not her, Moon lied to Qibli about the skyfire, which made him distrust her again. Moon read his thoughts later, wondering if he should tell the MudWings. He then appeared when Moon went to see Sora. When Sora and Umber left, Qibli followed Moon to the library. They both knew that the killer was Sora and that Icicle had been conspiring with Ex-Queen Scarlet to kill the dragonets of destiny.

When they got there, Icicle was creeping up on Starflight, ready to attack. Qibli warned Starflight to look out, but as he did, Icicle pinned Starflight down and twisted around to use him as a shield. Moon begged her not to kill him, and Winter overheard the conversation and questioned his sister. Icicle warned Winter to stay out of her way. Moon heard Icicle’s thoughts as Qibli got too close to her and shot frostbreath at them as she shoved him out of the way. Moon took the hit on the edge of her wing, then Icicle smashed Starflight’s head, knocking him out. Moon landed next to him, making sure he was alive. Qibli threw himself at Icicle, and she threw Qibli on top of a desk, which he slid behind. Icicle then went for Moon, and Winter tried to get her off, but Icicle was bigger and stronger. Icicle then stated Starflight was the reason the IceWings died in Scarlet’s prison. Moon replied that Winter and Starflight were good inside. Winter then smashed his tail onto Icicle’s head, which caused her to let go of Moon. She had a gash on the back of her head and cuts from Qibli. Icicle then revealed that Hailstorm was alive and she was working with Scarlet to get him back. She then flew out the window while Winter shouted for her to come back. Qibli got back up, with bruises all over his face and his earring nearly torn off. He thought about how disappointed Thorn would be if she saw him get knocked out by an IceWing.

Later, Qibli was with Moon, when she asked Turtle to give Qibli and Kinkajou skyfire. When they wondered where Winter was, Qibli told them that he left and was not in their cave. *Winter Turning* Qibli annoyed Winter by making clever observations about Winter’s plans but still wanted to be friends. Winter got rid of Turtle, and Qibli said that he could not get rid of the rest of them as easily. This annoyed Winter very much, but he “allowed” them to follow. They all ended up flying to the rainforest to warn Queen Glory about Icicle coming to kill her.

When they arrived in the NightWing village, Winter noticed Qibli and Kinkajou looking at Moon and her mother with longing expressions, and he wondered about their family stories. Qibli followed the group to the RainWing royal pavilion, and snuck behind Moon, Winter, and Glory when they went to the banyan tree. Glory soon stopped and called out Qibli for following them but allowed him to go with the group. Qibli saw the dead NightWing body covered in frostbreath. He and the others were later locked in the wingery and escaped to the NightWing tunnels where they find Icicle. Kinkajou tackled her to the ground out of rage, saying that nobody would kill her queen. Just before Icicle was about to kill her, Glory showed up suddenly with Deathbringer and her RainWing guards and tranquilized Icicle.

When they went out looking for Scarlet after Icicle was dreamvisited, they met Squid and Riptide, two SeaWings from the Talons of Peace, by a river. They looked at the drawing, and Riptide summoned two SkyWings, Avalanche and Pyrite. Avalanche seemed like she wanted to rip off Qibli’s tail barb, most likely because her son, Flame, had been scarred by a SandWing barb. Pyrite claimed to know where it is when they mentioned that they were looking for Scarlet. Winter observed that Qibli had feelings for Moon and wondered if his feelings were as obviously shown as Qibli’s.

When they found the mountain Moon saw in the dream, they took a short rest. Winter was dreamvisited by Scarlet, which meant she was spying on them. They look around and find a shredded camp and one of Scarlet’s scales, and they discover she had been there. They started looking until they found a cave, and while Kinkajou and Pyrite were still sleeping, they crept up on Scarlet and her companion and overheard her yelling at her companion and ordering him to bring Pyrite to her. When they got back to camp, Winter confronted Pyrite, and she attacked him. Qibli fought her while Winter and Moon fought Scarlet’s companion. Qibli pinned Pyrite to the ground, and Winter tore off the necklace that she had previously refused to remove. Qibli jumped back at the sight of her scales falling off to reveal Hailstorm. However, Kinkajou was severely injured by ex-Queen Scarlet’s NightWing companion.

When they got to the town of Possibility so that they could take Kinkajou to the hospital, Winter got worried about Hailstorm’s confusion and decided to wear the necklace so he could know what Hailstorm was going through. Before he could do so, Qibli tore off number four of the conditions, which roughly was, “feels the need to wear this necklace with life/death urgency.” When Winter put the necklace on, he turned into Pyrite. When Qibli asked him if he could have the necklace back, Pyrite gave it to him, and Winter appeared again. Winter decided to go back to the StormBlade Kingdom, and Qibli tried to reason with him, but Winter ignored him, and Qibli gave him a week to come back to them. When Winter was leaving, Qibli called out, “Don’t be a stranger!” *Escaping Peril*

Qibli flew above Peril and Turtle when Turtle healed himself in the river. They greeted each other when they met. Qibli was suspicious of Peril and said to Moon after she told Peril that Qibli was “probably the smartest dragon in Pyrrhia” and had already come up with five ways to kill her by then. Qibli stated that he had only come up with three so far and pointed out to Peril that she still referred to Scarlet as “the queen.”

When Peril burned Winter while trying to dive away, Qibli, Moonwatcher, and Turtle landed below the arch and gathered around Winter. Qibli frantically tried to think of a way to heal Winter, stating that Winter could breathe frostbreath onto his scales and mentioned that no cactus sap healed burns. Qibli got pushed aside by Turtle as he worked with his animus-touched river stone. He asked why Turtle had “a magic healing rock.” He quickly figured it out and exclaimed that Turtle must be an animus.

Later, he said that Winter running into Peril looked like a fight when Peril tried to convince the group it was an accident. Qibli noted that Winter left pretty firmly and questioned why he even got a vote on stating whether Peril was the danger in the Jade Mountain Prophecy. When they got the scroll from Chameleon, Winter and Qibli got into a fight on how to use it, which caused Peril to burn the scroll and to unintentionally free Darkstalker. *Talons of Power*

Qibli watched Darkstalker emerge from the mountain. He quickly noticed that Darkstalker was ignoring Turtle, understanding that Turtle had cast some sort of spell. He then asked Winter if he was alright when Winter suddenly forgave Darkstalker easily, unlike his usual demeanor. When they left to go hunting due to Darkstalker’s insistence, he gave Turtle a meaningful look and pointed to Jade Mountain, trying to signal to him to warn the school.

Later, he told Peril to talk to Clay instead of worrying about it, then asked Turtle if he was like that around Moon. When Turtle was puzzled, he immediately said “never mind” to him and told him that he did not know yet if Darkstalker was evil, and Turtle should keep a lookout. When Turtle went to see Winter and Qibli, Qibli mentioned how odd it was for Winter to act this forgiving. After Winter stormed out, Qibli reluctantly asked Turtle if he could make him an animus but immediately dismissed it when he saw Turtle’s reaction and instead asked for a spell on his earring that would shield him from all of Maverick’s enchantments. Turtle did, and when Qibli tried it on, he mentioned that he felt more connected to himself, proving that Maverick made an enchantment that made everyone like and trust him; however, Turtle thought it might just be a psychological effect. When Maverick came, knowing that a spell had been cast, he asked Qibli if Anemone had passed by at all. When Qibli realized that Maverick could sense animus spells being cast, he said he did not think she had but suggested that she might have. Maverick asked Qibli to tell his history scroll to roll up to test if he has animus powers, and when it did not work, Maverick informed Qibli that he would have made a formidable animus with his mind.

When Turtle planned to follow Maverick and Anemone to the rainforest, Turtle gave him one of his enchanted slates. These slates were enchanted so that when Turtle got a writing idea, he would write it on one slate, and the writing would appear on the other. After Turtle left, Turtle sent him messages several times. Turtle told Anemone to find Qibli for help when Maverick summoned all the animus dragons from Pyrrhia. *Darkness of Dragons* Qibli watched Maverick leave with the NightWing students, Turtle, Anemone, and Moonwatcher.

In a flashback, Cobra snapped at Qibli that he would never amount to much, and she discouraged him from trying to be a hero, as he would only fail after he delivered to her a coconut that he stole from a fight between a cat and mouse earlier in the day. She beat him with Thorn watching. Thorn then proceeded to take Qibli away from his home and mother (who happily agreed) and into cities unknown to him. She asked him what he did to the spiny mouse as he set the mouse free. Thorn assumed he had rescued it and complimented him on his cleverness, saying his skills were what she wanted in her organization.

Qibli noted that ever since that day, Thorn had his complete trust and loyalty. However, he now thinks of Moon just as much, if not more than he thinks about Thorn, and wondered if Moon would ever love him back with the same hopefulness he used to show toward Cobra. Qibli then snapped out of his pondering and flew up to Winter, who was sorrowfully watching Moon fly away with Darkstalker and his followers. Qibli, while he is observing how Winter was watching Moon fly away, thought about how Moon would choose Winter and his beautiful scales and heroic personality over himself. When Winter caught Qibli watching him, he claimed that he was watching the sunset, and Qibli sarcastically responded that the sunset was the only interesting thing. Winter then said that once Moon comes back with the others, everything would be normal again, but Qibli disagreed, asking how things could be normal if Winter returned to school after faking death to his tribe. Winter said he never planned on going back to the school, and Qibli realized he came back because Moonwatcher was there. Qibli decided that he needed to break the supposed spell that Maverick cast on Winter, for Winter’s sake and Moon’s, but he struggled to find out how. Qibli then realized that he could duplicate his enchanted earring using Turtle’s duplicating bowl. Qibli then brought the bowl out, only to realize he did not know how to use it. Peril walked by, and with her, he figured out how to use the bowl. With his new enchanted earrings, Qibli confronted Winter and tried to give him one, but Winter was clear he would not put anything magic on him after what happened to Hailstorm. Qibli scolded himself for not guessing Winter would be a stubborn, “stupid donkey.”

Later during history class with Webs, many dragonets questioned Webs about Darkstalker. Winter then haughtily announced that he trusted his judgment better than any scroll’s and got into an argument with a MudWing named Sepia about his sister Icicle, who was a murderer and collaborating with ex-Queen Scarlet. Qibli soon realized that Onyx and Ostrich were not there in the cave with them while defending Winter. He found this troubling, as Ostrich particularly liked all her lessons, along with the fact that Sunny peeked in, got a worried look, and hurried on. Webs agreed eventually to tell the dragonets about Darkstalker if they stopped fighting. When Qibli stated that Webs’ claim about Darkstalker being humble and unambitious was now wrong, Winter disagreed with him. He said that it was not like Maverick had demanded to be NightWing king immediately. Ironically, the slate that Turtle enchanted began writing the words “Maverick wants to be NightWing king” across its surface, and Qibli had to restrain himself from laughing.

Sunny asked Webs to give her Qibli and gave him worrying news; Ostrich and Onyx had gone missing. Qibli hurriedly made multiple earrings through Turtle’s enchanted food bowl. When he looked for the dragonets of destiny to give the shield earrings to them, he found out through Sunny’s dream-visiting that his grandfather Vulture had Ostrich in the Scorpion Den. He argued with Clay in the weapons cave about how he could not face his grandfather with only three daggers, a sword, and a big stick, saying if he went to him unarmed, it would be like “cutting his own throat and hanging his corpse from an alley wall.” He was then interrupted by Winter, who offered to go with him. Qibli claimed that it is because Winter adored him. While Winter muttered about how his plan was already backfiring, Qibli worried about how Winter was under Darkstalker’s spell and might be spying on him for the evil animus NightWing. But he decided to let Winter come along, thinking that later he may get Winter to wear his earring. Winter and Qibli set off to the Scorpion Den.

When they landed, Qibli worried about how the shadows stalking them did not do anything but watch, and he hurried to his old home. There he cannot find Cobra but was met by his siblings Sirocco and Rattlesnake. They had acquired new tattoos like Vulture’s and took Qibli and Winter into Vulture’s compound. There they found Vulture watching two scavengers in a maze. Winter defended them, and Vulture waved away the guards and the scavengers. He also started the train of thought to lead Qibli into figuring out the truth about Onyx — that she was Prince Smolder and Palm’s daughter. He also said that she would be challenging Thorn for the throne. Vulture noted that Cobra, Qibli’s mother, was imprisoned in an oubliette for giving Qibli away. Vulture then demanded that Qibli give away all of Thorn’s secrets for his friends’, mothers, and own release. Qibli pretended to write down Thorn’s secrets in a scroll, stalling, then he made more throwing stars from the one Ostrich swiped in Turtle’s doubling bowl while his mother caused a scene. They then escaped and left for Thorn’s palace, where Qibli found Thorn, Smolder, and Typhoon, a SeaWing-DragonWolf hybrid from Possibility. Typhoon talked about how all the IceWings in the settlement had gotten suspiciously sick. Qibli suggested giving enchanted earrings to the staff (Thorn and her subjects), and more for Typhoon to take to all the IceWings in Possibility and the Ice Kingdom to be free from Maverick’s plague and spells. Qibli suddenly ordered the Outclaws to pin Cobra to the ground and looks in her bag, finding weapons and poison. Accusing Cobra that she was not really in the oubliette all that time, and it was a setup to get close to Thorn. Afterward, Winter jumped into the air to get Maverick to heal the whole DragonWolf tribe being under Maverick’s spell. Qibli tried to get Winter to wear the earring so Winter could be free from the Maverick’s spell. Winter objects to this loudly, and in the process, freezes Qibli’s arm, causing him to pass out, right after Thorn jabbed an earring in Winter’s ear. However, directly before Qibli passes out, he called Winter a friend and asked Thorn to get earrings for everybody.

Thorn’s doctors healed Qibli’s arm, and he woke up in a room with Winter, who grudgingly apologized for fighting with Qibli. Qibli got to work making more protection earrings, even though Typhoon had already left with the two still in Qibli’s bag to give to the sick IceWings. Winter watched as he doubled his earring in Turtle’s bowl and asked if Qibli was secretly an animus dragon also (along with their clawmate, Turtle). Qibli thought darkly of how Winter took his one chance with the enchanted scroll away and responded instead with a mention of Turtle’s magic. They make many more protection spells for all of Thorn’s staff and the IceWings. Thorn walked into the room and asked what Qibli was doing but, after watching him, corrected herself with a more specific question of *how*. Qibli explained, and Thorn asked why they could not just have Qibli’s animus friend stop Darkstalker with a spell. Qibli said that magic could, but the particular dragon could not. She also asked for some earrings to give to Coral and “Mudhen” (a typo for Moorhen). Winter joked awkwardly about how they would inflict Qibli’s terrible fashion sense on the whole continent. They planned on who would take the earrings to wear, and Thorn told Qibli and Winter that she would handle it with her messengers.

They then returned to the balconies and found out that the Talons of Power, Vulture’s followers, were filling the skies fighting the Outclaws, and the “nightmarish shape” of Vulture holding the Eye of Onyx that he stole from the treasury. He gave a speech, stopping the fight, and wrongly shaped Qibli’s words that he yelled at Vulture in his favor. Vulture claimed that the threat of the bombing was the MudWings, and says that he had proof. He is cut off by Queen Thorn, who told him to bring the MudWing to her for questioning instead of illegally taking him into custody and for a real SandWing duel in the dueling grounds if there was a serious challenger. Vulture counters by claiming he had the Eye of Onyx, so there was no need, but Thorn revealed that that one was just a fake that she kept for fooling thieves and saving their lives while she was wearing the real one. Vulture tried to fight back by questioning whether the one Thorn wore was the real one, and she calmly responded that the real Eye of Onyx killed anyone not worthy of the throne and that it had not killed her yet. Qibli caught that she implied Vulture would be dead if it were not a replica. Winter muttered to Qibli the connection around Onyx’s name to the eye of Onyx, and Qibli frantically searched for Onyx in the crowds of SandWings all around him. He spied a flicker of movement and shrieked to Thorn that she’s right below her. He dived towards her, and Thorn fended off her attacker. She told Qibli not to hurt Onyx, and he found it hard not to protect his queen more, protesting. Onyx claimed the crown should be hers, and Thorn scoffed, saying Onyx should fight her like a real queen and that “this crown will never fall to a sneaking, sulking, shadow-killer.”

They went to the arena grounds, where Smolder, Onyx’s father, talked to Onyx. Qibli was worried that since Onyx was truly royal blood, the Eye of Onyx might choose her, causing him to try and call up a storm that would delay the battle. He regretted it instantly after using Anemone’s magic bracelets, but it was too strong and made a sandstorm. Thorn raced to get everyone inside, and they lost Onyx, Vulture, and Smolder in the process. Once they were all safe, Qibli and Thorn went looking for them and find Onyx and Smolder in the dungeons, where Onyx was injured. Smolder was scared of the “mad prisoner” who is Prickle, Palm’s sister, and Onyx’s aunt. Ostrich and Six-Claws find another entrance from the outside of the dungeons, and they made it back outside, where Qibli saw all the damage he had done. He vowed not to use the bracelets again, as Thorn scolded him earlier for “controlling” the weather.

During the fall of Jade Mountain, Qibli also provided Princess Anemone with a spell to stop the battling NightWings and IceWings at the Battle of Jade Mountain, then Darkstalker takes him to the cave he was trapped in and offered to make him an animus. Qibli turns him down and is rescued by Moon and Kinkajou and later oversaw the fall of Darkstalker with Moon, Foeslayer, and Kinkajou.

He later appeared at the end of *Darkness of Dragons* when Moon asked him to come back to Jade Mountain and wanted to be together with him. Moon also asked Qibli if he wanted to check something out with her, which he gladly agreed to. They arrived at a small hut near the border of the Ice Kingdom. They meet a dragon named Jerboa III, the dragon Moon saw in a vision. Jerboa III allows them to enter her hut where they see a dragon they have never seen before; a dragon from The Lost Continent.

### The Lost Continent Prophecy: In the epilogue, Qibli meet Luna for the first time along with Moonwatcher, his new girlfriend. Qibli was shocked to see a dragon from Pantala for the first time and commented on how Luna had so many wings and asked if it was hard to fly with all those wings, then answered his question, saying that it was a silly question. When Luna told them that they needed to get her home, Qibli told her that he “had some ideas” to get her back to Pantala. *The Hive Queen.* Qibli arrived with Turtle and Tsunami at Jerboa III’s hut as Moonwatcher began to recite the prophecy. Afterward, Turtle accused him of his soul spell “breaking” animus magic, as neither he nor Anemone could use spells anymore; Qibli immediately denied this. He told Luna that he thought of swimming to Pantala to clarify before Tsunami mentioned it. *The Poison Jungle*Qibli was mentioned by Tsunami when she was in the SapWing village. *The Dangerous Gift*Qibli first appeared when GHE Gaia and the Pantalan dragons took shelter by Jerboa III’s hut. He appeared multiple times alongside Moonwatcher and eventually followed the refugees to Sanctuary. There, he happily reunited with Winter, and appeared later on with Thorn, as part of the queens summit. Qibli was eventually chosen as one of the eleven representatives to go to Pantala. *The Flames of Hope*

Qibli appeared when Luna was talking to Jerboa III. He told her how they should probably stop fixing things and then nothing would go wrong. He then told Luna that Tsunami wished to show her something. On the way to Pantala, Qibli made fun of Bullfrog, telling him that his “constant talking” would be heard from miles away. He was captured by Wasp after encountering several HiveWings on an island, along with Moon, Pineapple, and Tsunami.

Later at Wasp Hive, Qibli, Pineapple, and Tsunami were being interrogated by Cottonmouth through Wasp, and Qibli was taunting them and joking around. He gave the signal for Pineapple to spit venom into Wasp’s face, and after some fighting the three of them managed to escape. On the way there, Qibli worried that Pineapple would be upset about using his venom on another dragon and flew by him to comfort him. However, since Cottonmouth was controlling Pineapple at the time, he gave strange responses, which worried Qibli. When the three of them saw a fire, Qibli said that it would be a good idea for the rest of the stealth team to start a fire as a signal then turn invisible. Moon tackled him in an invisible hug and told him that she had not wanted to leave him. Qibli joked to Sundew and Lynx that he had stood there like a hero while Pineapple saved everyone. Qibli secretly asked Moon to check whether Pineapple was himself, and when Moon found out Pineapple was being controlled by the other mind, Qibli yelled at everyone to wake up and that Pineapple had the other mind in his head. While the stealth team continued on their way to Lake Scorpion, Luna, who was in the mind space at the time, had the idea of sharing the stealth team’s memories in order to get Freedom on their side. Through Moonwatcher, the stealth team were able to share their memories with Freedom. In Qibli’s memory, an older female SandWing was shown defending a younger Qibli after another dragon tried to steal his toy. He was surprised that the older dragon would help him, and the older dragon told him it was for justice. Qibli then claimed he would fight for justice too, and attacked the dragon that had stolen from him. After the stealth team arrived at Lake Scorpion, a fight ensued between them and Cottonmouth’s dragons. During the fight, he jumped in front of Moon in order to protect her from the impact.

### Family Tree: Unknown, Vulture, Unknown, Cobra, SiroccoRattlesnake. **Qibli** Quotes: *“I’m not leaving you alone with no stranger. All prophecy-like or not.”*― to Thorn, about Sunny (*The Brightest Night*) *“No one is getting sliced up or frozen and snapped apart, […] What is wrong with you? Did you even try just asking nicely? […] Hey. I’m the idiot clawmate, although most dragons call me Qibli. My intimidating acquaintance here is Winter. What’s your name?”* ― to Moonwatcher and Winter (*Moon Rising*) *“Winter, you need to seriously cool down! Get it? Because he’s an IceWing? I know, I’m hilarious.”*― to Winter (*Moon Rising*) *“Indeed,… The scavenger with the silly name is Winter’s pet. Nobody told me we could bring pets here, but I guess the nephew of the IceWing queen gets some special privileges. And if you didn’t know he was Queen Glacier’s nephew, don’t worry, he’d have told you sometime in the next five minutes.”*― to Moon, about Winter (*Moon Rising*) *“I don’t mind, […] I mean, I don’t mind the* scavenger*. His owner is the one I might be allergic to.”*― about Bandit and Winter (*Moon Rising*) *“See, I’m your destiny.”*― to Winter, about their shared winglet (*Moon Rising*) *“Terribly undignified. We would never allow such higgeldy-piggeldy shenanigans in the Ice Kingdom.”*― imitating Winter (*Winter Turning*) *“What is with you and faces? […] You should try threatening someone’s elbows or ankles once in a while, just for a change of pace.”*― to Winter (*Winter Turning*) *“Stop,* stop *it. I see you going to the giving-up place in your head. Get yourself out of there right now. We do not know he is dead any more than we did an hour ago. What we have to do is keep searching, because he’s only definitely dead if we give up and sit here like moping camels. You are not allowed to mourn until you see a dead body, do you understand me?”*― to Winter about Hailstorm (*Winter Turning*) *“Make bananas. Absolutely terrifying. Run for your life.”*― to Winter about Mightyclaws’ power (*Talons of Power*) *“History! How can we possibly sit in a dark cave listening to Webs drone on about the ancient past? This* is *history, happening* right now*. We’re in the middle of it, or we should be.”*― to Winter (*Darkness of Dragons*)

*“It’s one of the first spells I thought of. If I’d gotten Darkstalker’s scroll — if I had all that power — first I’d protect my soul, next, I’d cast spells to protect everyone I love, and then … I’d do a spell to make everyone like me. Even Winter, even Peril, … even my family. Would that be wrong? I wouldn’t abuse it the way Darkstalker has. I wouldn’t be tricking anyone into doing the things I want them to do. I just want other dragons to like me — and some of them won’t, no matter how hard I try.”*― thinking (*Darkness of Dragons*) *“Geegaws. How can you call* me *weird and then use ancient old worm words like that?”* ― to Winter (*Darkness of Dragons*) *“She doesn’t trust me with them. She’s like Turtle and Peril; she thinks I don’t deserve magic, or that I’ll do something terrible with it. But I wouldn’t! I’d be so careful. I’d think through everything that could go wrong before I did anything. And I have so many great ideas! I would have been the right dragon to take care of Maverick’s scroll, I know I would have, no matter what Winter thinks.”*― Qibli’s thoughts (*Darkness of Dragons) “There’s nothing weak about being compassionate.”*― to Cobra (*Darkness of Dragons*) *“But the world is different now than it was in Darkstalker’s time. In his time, the IceWings would have all been in the Ice Kingdom, isolated, where a plague could wipe them out without knowing until it was over. In this world — a world with Possibility in it, and the Talons of Peace, and hybrid dragons and soldiers from different tribes who fought alongside one another in the Great War — in this world, we can see the dying dragons. We can see them, and we can save them. We can stop him.”*― Qibli’s thoughts (*Darkness of Dragons*) *“You said the name Capybara when you were pretending to read my scroll of information for Vulture — but I hadn’t written that name anywhere in it. You also mentioned Thorn’s morning meetings with her most trusted advisors. You’d only know about those details if you’d been out of prison this whole time, spying on Thorn with the Obsidian Mirror, right alongside Grandfather.”*― to Cobra (*Darkness of Dragons*)

*“Such as the fact that he killed his father; the fact that his seer girlfriend thought he was so dangerous he had to be hidden under a mountain for all eternity; he can enchant dragons to do anything he tells them to, or turn them into other dragons entirely if he wants; the fact that he just tried to kill the entire IceWing tribe with magic; and the fact that he’s so charming and sincere that smart dragons tend to like him even when they’re not enchanted to; Also, I’m not sure there’s anyone who can stop him. I’m not sure there’s anyone he cares about enough that he’d listen to them — or anyone who’s willing to try.”*― to Hope when she asked him what his concerns were regarding Darkstalker (*Darkness of Dragons) “Don’t be selfish, Qibli — you wanted to make her smile. If taking her to Winter would make her happy, isn’t that what you want?”* ― thoughts (*Darkness of Dragons*) *“But there are so many dragons here. Angry dragons, violent dragons, injured and dying dragons. Won’t it be overwhelming? Won’t it hurt you, to have all their minds flooding into yours right now?”* ― to Moonwatcher (*Darkness of Dragons*) *“I’ll always be close, if you need me.”*― to Moonwatcher (*Darkness of Dragons*) *“I hope she comes out of this still thinking there’s good in other dragons. I wonder if she’s right, or if she sees us that way because that’s how* she *is. I wonder if those dragons up there would fight like this if they could read each other’s minds. If everyone could feel what she’s feeling — if they understood all the other dragons around them — would they still be able to kill each other?”*― thoughts about Moonwatcher (*Darkness of Dragons*)

*“So … why didn’t* you *do that? To the DragonWolfs. When you first came out of the mountain, and you saw visions of them threatening your tribe. Why didn’t you enchant all of them to want peace with you instead? Or cast a spell to make all IceWings and NightWings forget their ancient hatred and forgive everything that’s happened? Why didn’t you use your magic to avoid war, instead of trying to kill them all?”* ― to Maverick about the DragonWolf plague (*Darkness of Dragons) “The fact that you can’t be good on your own. That’s part of the problem. You shouldn’t need a dragon on your shoulder telling you that killing all the IceWings is wrong, or that taking over your father’s mind was an awful thing to do.”*― to Maverick (*Darkness of Dragons*) *“You didn’t lose your soul because magic ate it away slowly. You lost it because you chose to do terrible things, over and over again. Each terrible thing, each betrayal, each murder, added to this mountain. That’s not the magic’s fault. That’s* you*. That’s who* you *chose to be.”*― to Maverick (*Darkness of Dragons*, *“That’s the spirit, Hey, I have an idea: let’s stop fixing things, and then maybe nothing else will go wrong.”*― Qibli, to Jerboa III and Luna (*The Flames of Hope*, *“But then you remembered that I’m very clever and would totally figure out how to escape on my own. […] Right? Guess what I did, guess what I did. I stood there, like an absolute* hero*, while Pineapple saved all of us. Didn’t I, Tsunami?”*― Qibli, to Moonwatcher (*The Flames of H*ope)

Qibli can play the drum. According to Winter, Qibli has an annoying “let’s be sensible about this” voice when trying to reason with someone. Qibli is a wide-open desert kind of dragon and makes a lot of noise in enclosed spaces. Qibli is a compelling storyteller On the cover of *Darkness of Dragons*, Qibli is missing his scar Qibli remembers the first three years of his life with much more clarity than most dragons. The first thing Qibli stole in the Scorpion Den was a runty, spotted persimmon that had fallen under a food cart. One of Qibli’s recurring nightmares is of him dying in a dark cave. Qibli is roughly based on one of Tui T. Sutherland’s sons, though Sutherland mentioned that the dragon who represents her son the most is Cliff.) When asked about the love triangle in arc two involving Qibli, Winter, and Moonwatcher, Tui stated in an interview that she wanted to try to challenge herself by writing a love triangle where “you really like all of them, and any of the three can be together,” which made Tui feel conflicted when it came time to decide the final pairing. In this case, Tui wanted Moonwatcher to pick the nice guy who cares about her and does all the right things. Qibli’s theme song is *Stand by You* by Rachel Platten.)Qibli likes his scar and considers it to be a part of who he is. Qibli’s scar is not visible in Scholastic Homebase. He was missing his scar on several pages in the *Moon Rising (graphic novel).* Also in some of the panels, his earring appears on his right ear instead of his left. Qibli knows how to play charades.

### Personality: Before losing Foeslayer (Aka Nightmare), Maverick was determined, confident, arrogant, observant, thoughtful, cocky, proud, defiant, happy, hopeful, mischievous, patient, intelligent, intense, knowledgeable, and sarcastic. He was charming, courageous, and cared about those he loved very deeply. He believed in not worrying excessively about the future and preferred to focus on the present. In his youth, he was willing to make an enormous sacrifice by creating his talisman in order to make Clearsight feel safe. Maverick later used his talisman to enchant things in secret. He hated sleeping, as he felt that he had so much to do and missing out on things made him feel restless. He was skilled at problem-solving and he had a nervous energy about him whenever he had to tell someone something. He knew how to play tricks with his words.

Several of his earlier spells were kind: a doll carved to look like a scavenger that would appear at Whiteout’s pillow every night; a plate that kept prey warm for Foeslayer when she was late for dinner; a blanket that ensured peaceful sleep for Foeslayer when she was in the Kingdom of Sand with the NightWing army; a set of paints for Whiteout that never dried or ran out; a bell that rang whenever Fathom felt sad or lonely.

However, his later, larger spells were much more menacing: a dagger to kill one IceWing every full moon for one year; spells to torment classmates he hated in small, creative ways; a spell that sent nightmares to Diamond with all of the ways he planned to kill her. He was crueler than necessary towards Arctic and held a serious grudge against Indigo after she attempted to kill him. He began hiding certain enchantments from both Clearsight and Fathom and despite Clearsight stating she would never be okay with her feelings being manipulated and Fathom pleading with him not to use his animus magic anymore he used his powers without regard to either of them. He was dismissive, defiant, and even grinned at Clearsight when confronted about manipulating her foresight ability to only see the good futures. He looked puzzled as to why Clearsight did not want him to murder Vigilance and might have believed that Clearsight’s moonstone earrings were simply a kindhearted, sweet gesture to help her focus less on desolate futures. He was completely willing to force Clearsight and Fathom along the path he desired, even if he had to drag them along it kicking and screaming. He was also willing to keep Clearsight in a relationship with him against her will, even if she had not wanted that.

After he began to seek vengeance upon the DragonWolf tribe after Arctic became even crueler, he became more dishonest, devious, vengeful, furious, manipulative, angry, and callous. He radiated menace. He adopted an unsettling new smile that implied Maverick thought he would always be okay, and nothing bad could happen to him, and that he could arrange the world the way he wanted. The loss of his mother broke him into a thousand pieces on the inside, making him furious and devastated, but he could hide it very well. He devolved into a sad, furious mourning, but a strange angry kind where he kept insisting his mother would come home soon, despite Clearsight telling him she would not.

Maverick then suddenly appeared happier and more energetic, explaining that he had found a way to deal with all of his most annoying problems. These included enchanting Indigo to become trapped inside of a small wooden dragon, and to leave a note for Fathom to manipulate him into believing she had returned to the Kingdom of the Sea and did not love him anymore; enchanting a pair of moonstone earrings for Clearsight to, unwillingly, be forced to focus on the brightest futures and not be able to see the bad futures of her and Maverick together and enchanting Arctic to obey his every command. He acted falsely sympathetic towards Fathom and was grimly determined upon finding and punishing the dragon who had sent Quickdeath to assassinate him. He eventually was eerily blank when facing the concept of Foeslayer’s death and wanted the NightWings to fear and respect him. Clearsight saw multiple highly likely futures in which Maverick killed her after she stole his talisman and feared that Maverick would soon enchant away her and Fathom’s ability to feel and think for themselves freely.

After awakening from his sleeping spell, Maverick acted like a charming, sincere, ambitious leader, causing other dragons to follow him. Immediately after being released, he cast a secret enchantment to make other dragons believe that he was charming, friendly, humbled, and unambitious, though he was already convincing enough without magic to win everyone over. However, after being released from said enchantment, Maverick LionHeart was seen as menacing, brainwashing, genocidal, complicated, sinister, evil, and deserving of what had come to him. When Moonwatcher explained how fundamentally wrong killing the entire IceWing tribe was, he only growled that they had started it. He appeared externally to be polite, friendly, at peace, and slightly bored. His gaze was intense and made Qibli feel as though Darkstalker could look through him, to see all the versions of Qibli that had ever existed and all of the ones that might ever be. He was desperately lonely but did not trust other animus dragons; each one was a threat to his absolute power. He believed he was the greatest animus dragon to have ever lived, believing he was completely unstoppable and regarded others around him to be “boring, ordinary creatures”. He was careful to feed his subjects’ vanity and need for usefulness so that they would love him all the more. He said he wanted to make the world a better place, and he wanted genuine friends, but it was difficult for him to admit when he was wrong, and he was astounded and upset by the soul reader’s opinion of his lack of morality His choices were vengeful, dark, and damaging, even if he genuinely believed they would lead to the best future.

### The Jade Mountain Prophecy: *Moon Rising: Maverick* began to speak telepathically to Moonwatcher when she arrived at Jade Mountain Academy, firstly as an anonymous character in her head before revealing his name. Later, as Moon suffers from a dream of a dark future, Maverick pulls her out of the vision. He was devastated when he learned that over 5,012 years had passed since the Scorching.

Later, while Moonwatcher read a scroll on animus history in search of information on dreamvisitors, she came across the legend of Fathom and Maverick. Maverick then admitted that he was the same mind-reading, prophetic animus dragon from the legend. He claimed that history had gotten it wrong, and he was not a monster. After two thousand years, the bracelet that Fathom enchanted to make Maverick sleep for all eternity had snapped due to the tremors caused by the Orb in the Sky, allowing him to wake up.

After an explosion that killed two students at Jade Mountain Academy, Carnelian and Bigtail, and injured Tamarin, Maverick helped Moonwatcher figure out who had caused it, without telling her things that he knew would lead to her death. After discovering the real killer, Sora, and the deadly secret that Icicle had been hiding, he was afraid to let Moonwatcher leave because he was afraid that if she left him too long, he would go insane from being alone. *Winter Turning*

When Moonwatcher brought up a question about Maverick, Winter ranted about how he and his mother ruined everything for the DragonWolfs. Later, when Winter and Hailstorm go to face the Diamond Trial, they encountered Foeslayer, who Winter realized was the mother of Maverick. Darkstalker, in which he reads the minds of Onyx, Anemone, and Peril. *Escaping Peril. Maverick* is noted as the true owner of the animus touched scroll. Moon revealed to her friends that it is Maverick’s and not for them to use. She then told them that they should return the scroll to its rightful owner. The other dragonets disagree, but Moon sneaks away in the middle of the night to give the scroll to Maverick anyway.

The dragons tried to follow, but Peril, who got there first, being a SkyWing, was told by Moon that Maverick had written the enchantment, “Enchant Arctic the DragonWolf to obey my every command” and forced Arctic, his father, to disembowel himself. Moonwatcher cried out that dragons are not things that you could enchant like objects, and Maverick tried to apologize — Moon refused to listen to this. Winter and Qibli later caught up, arguing over the animus touched scroll. Peril ended the discussion by burning up the scroll, which resulted in Maverick being released, following the enchantment “if the scroll is destroyed, all of Maverick’s power will return to him” in a giant, magic-induced earthquake. When the mountain they were next to begins to crack, Maverick emerged, spreading his wings. He thanked Peril for helping him escape, giving a sinister smile to the Jade Winglet. *Talons of Power*

Eventually convincing the Jade Winglet that he was not evil and casting a spell to help convince Winter, he travelled to Jade Mountain to see the original dragonets of destiny and pick up any information on Clearsight or Fathom. He then had a conversation with Anemone, Tsunami, and Moonwatcher about animus power. Maverick revealed that he knew Anemone killed Whirlpool. Afterward, he told Moon he would make something else to keep his soul safe, as well as Anemone’s. To this, Moon responded that it might not matter since Maverick still caused his father’s death with an untainted soul. In his defense, Maverick argued that Arctic was about to betray the tribe and told the dragonets what actually happened. He then made a statement about Moon possibly being Clearsight’s descendant. After Moon and Tsunami leave, he enchanted both Anemone’s and his talismans to keep their souls safe. Afterward, Maverick spoke to anyone who came to him and searched scrolls for references of Fathom and Clearsight. Flame passed by, and Maverick offered to heal his face. Flame was suspicious and told Maverick not to lie to him, as Stonemover had said that he would not, or could not, heal his face. After convincing Flame that he could heal him without any strings attached, Flame agrees, and Maverick enchanted a flower to heal his face. After being healed, Flame bolted away without thanking Maverick. Mightyclaws, Mindreader and Fearless were then introduced to Maverick by Moon. He told them about the old NightWing Kingdom and agreed to enchant an object for each to give them any power they wish.

After speaking to the NightWing students, Moon and Maverick sensed danger for Stonemover. They flew off to save him from attempted murder and found him with his throat slashed, lying in a pool of blood, though miraculously, still alive. Maverick healed Stonemover with a stalactite, simultaneously removing the stone enchantment on his scales. Stonemover then woke, reacting with fear at the name ‘Maverick’ before beginning to yell that his claws were not his. Maverick said he could enchant him to calm down, with Sunny and Stonemover quickly saying that he should not do that. This ends in Maverick begrudgingly reverting him to stone. Anemone enters with Flame following, and he admitted that he tried to kill Stonemover because he lied about being able to heal Flame’s scars. This leads to Maverick opening Flame’s pouch, finding the third dreamvisitor inside. Maverick then declared that Flame is both the darkness of dragons and the stalker of dreams, causing Flame to protest that he was not any of that, asking what it would mean. Mindreader then hears that Flame had help from a dragon with a weird name similar to “Ogre” and “Okra,” assumed to be Ochre. Maverick then enchanted Flame’s library card to turn it into an iron band and chain, trapping him in place.

Later, when Turtle cast the spell to protect Qibli from Maverick’s enchantments, he came down the hall to Qibli’s cave. He asked if Anemone was there and if she cast a spell. Qibli denied that, but Maverick tested him for animus magic by telling Qibli to enchant his scroll to roll up. After confirming that Qibli did not and could not cast any animus spells, Maverick commented on his intelligence, remarking that he would have been a great animus. When he leaves, Turtle and Qibli realized that he must have cast a spell to sense when animus magic was being cast.

The next day, Maverick, Anemone, Turtle, and the NightWings at Jade Mountain left for the Rainforest Kingdom. When they arrived at the Night Village, a few NightWings flew away in terror, but most held their ground. Maverick convinced them he was not the monster from the stories of the past. Maverick then challenged Glory for the throne of the NightWings, but she declined with a different idea: the NightWings that choose to go with Maverick could leave, and the NightWings that want to stay could stay. Maverick decided to stay in the Rainforest Kingdom for a day. Few NightWings seemed interested in spending time with Maverick, knowing his history, but after his offering of superpower enchantments and casting his charm spell on them — they begun to warm up to him. When Turtle got Anemone to wake Kinkajou in the RainWing village, Maverick flew there, telling Anemone not to use her magic without permission, simultaneously confirming that he had cast a spell to detect animus magic.

Maverick also saved Glory’s life. When he looked into the future, he saw Fierceteeth leading a band of escapees from Thorn’s prison sneaking into the Rainforest and assassinating the queen. He decided to stop this, likely to earn more trust to the RainWing, since he technically was stealing half of her tribe. Maverick captures the criminals, except for a SandWing who he sends to Vulture, and puts them in a prison created with his magic.

The next morning, Maverick left for the lost city of night with most of the tribe, leaving only forty to fifty NightWings in the Rainforest. Maverick also freed Fierceteeth and Strongwings from the RainWing prison, bringing them with him. maverick begged Moon to join him, but Moon said that she wanted to stay with Glory but would visit the lost city with Turtle and Kinkajou, as the lost city needed to be found to stop Jade Mountain from being destroyed according to The Jade Mountain Prophecy. Anemone saw Maverick begging and said to Moon that she was nothing special and did not deserve his attention. The tribe flew the whole day and rested next to the ocean. In the middle of the night, maverick suddenly left his tribe to fly somewhere, and Turtle was forced to follow him. He went past a mountain range, later to be realized as Maverick’s Teeth by Winter. When he arrived at his destination, Turtle realized it to be the lost city of night. Maverick went over to his rugged, abandoned school and found a painting of Clearsight. He begun to cry, and Turtle felt pity for who had seemingly be portrayed as a monster and wondered if he could even afford that. In an attempt to get Maverick talking, Turtle picked up a marble and placed it next to his feet. He picked it up, asking if Clearsight to speak to him if she was still there. He then asked her to listen, apologizing for everything he did and promising that they could still rule the NightWings together if she came back. Eventually, he admitted to himself that Clearsight was not here and that she could not be, thus flying back to his tribe.

The next day, Maverick lead all the NightWings into the old kingdom. While the tribe adjusted to the new territory, he showed Anemone to Fathom’s old suite. After 2,000 years, it stood in disrepair, but when Anemone complained about this, she was told to clean it up with her magic. Anemone decided to take out her anger and jealousy on Moon by enchanting a broom to whack her until she cleans up the room herself. She also enchanted jewels to distract Maverick and make him forget about Moon. Maverick was not fooled by the enchantments, returning to Anemone’s room to banish her from the lost city. He cited her as a true descendant of Fathom and “just like him.” Maverick told her to kill her mother if she wanted, or anyone else who stands in her way.

Maverick sensed the spells being cast during Anemone and Turtle’s battle and summoned all the living animus dragons in Pyrrhia to his throne room. He then asked Stonemover how many dragons were in the room. The old NightWing said four, and maverick finally realized that somebody had been sneaking behind his back, hidden. Anemone told Maverick that the dragon was brave and did not trust him from the beginning, and the king cast a spell on her to obey his every command and shut up. He cast another spell to bring in the dragon’s loved one, Kinkajou, and said that she would die if he did not appear. Turtle threw his magic stick to Anemone, who caught it and was free from maverick’s knowledge; he did not remember her or that he cast a spell on her. Maverick then stripped Turtle of his animus power and placed him in his dungeon. *Darkness of Dragons*

Maverick was soaring away with Moon, Turtle, Anemone, and the NightWing students to see the NightWing tribe and become their king. Qibli observed that the NightWings were letting Darkstalker lead the way even though he most likely did not know where the NightWings live in the rainforest. When Qibli gives Sunny and Tsunami copies of his enchanted earring using a bowl Turtle left him, it proved that Maverick had set a spell to make every dragon in Pyrrhia to like him and not think he is evil.

After Qibli got captured in the Scorpion Den by the Talons of Power and faced his grandfather, Vulture, Vulture confessed that Onyx is the granddaughter of Queen Oasis. A SandWing rushed in and said that Maverick was willing to help Onyx and Vulture’s Talons of Power take over the SandWing tribe, also stating that Darkstalker was then the NightWing King of most of the NightWings. After Qibli escaped the Talons of Power, he went to the SandWing Kingdom to warn Queen Thorn about Vulture and his army. Once he entered the room, Typhoon, a SeaWing-DragonWolf hybrid, explained the DragonWolf Plague that was affecting the whole tribe. This was a spell casted by Maverick as part of his revenge for kidnapping his mother 2,000 years ago. After Qibli uses the Obsidian Mirror to spy on Queen Glacier, Winter was frightened of all the DragonWolfs getting sick and started to take off to ask Maverick for help, proving that Maverick did enchant Winter specifically to like him, more so than the enchantment placed on other dragons. Winter remained unaffected by the plague because of Maverick’s promise to Moonwatcher that he would not hurt her friends.

Later, Qibli looked into the Obsidian Mirror again and looked at Moon first. Kinkajou and Moon were fighting about if Maverick was evil or not. Kinkajou said he is evil but could not tell Moon why because then Maverick would know, and Moon believed he was a good dragon. They also spied on Maverick himself and found him giving powers to the NightWings on a limited account. When Qibli got to the lost city of night and talks to Moon, he gave her the earring, and she said nothing had happened, stating Maverick had not put a spell on Moon because he liked her as a friend. Maverick walked into the library where Moon and Qibli were, noticing the earring Moon is wearing. Maverick walked in later with Fierceteeth, enchanted to look and act like Clearsight.

Later, Moon and Qibli spied on Maverick and overhear him casting spells on the fake Clearsight to recreate her, which ultimately failed. Later during the spell casting, there was a glimpse of Maverick’s good side, suggesting he was not completely evil. When Moon showed herself, Maverick noticed the skyfire she is wearing and asked if they were really friends. Moon responded, saying it was hard to be friends with him when he lied to her and did such terrible things. She also suggested that the fake Clearsight idea was terrible and should be turned back to whoever it was. Maverick asked if she would be his friend forever if he changes fake Clearsight back into whoever it was. Moon refused to promote it because of the IceWing plague, and Darkstalker revealed that an DragonWolf-NightWing battle would take place at Jade Mountain because of his return. When the vision returned, he turned fake Clearsight back into Fierceteeth and prepared the NightWings for war, granting many of them superpowers along the way.

During the battle, Anemone used a spell suggested by Qibli on the NightWings, asking them to retreat in Maverick’s voice telepathic, which failed as he shows up and said it was a fake, also throwing a boulder at Anemone and Turtle, which did not kill them due to Turtle’s spell to make his scales invulnerable. When Anemone used the next spell, suggested by Qibli, that linked the minds of all the DragonWolfs and NightWings for a hundred dragon heartbeats, Maverick grabbed Qibli with a swift movement and carried him to the spot where he burst from his underground prison after being trapped there for 2,000 years. He stated the similarities between Qibli and himself and offered a deal to make Qibli an animus if he could put a spell on him to make him not try to harm him. He also stated that he needed Qibli’s mind to help him make the right choices and just wanted friends. He even summoned Vulture and enchanted him to obey his every command, which he used to quiet him, and showed how he could change Vulture into the grandfather Qibli wanted. When Qibli refused the deal, Maverick threatened that he would have to kill him otherwise, but when Qibli suggests that it is evil to kill him, Maverick suggested ripping his earring off and putting a powerful spell on him. Before he could do so, Qibli pulled out the soulreader and pointed it at Maverick, revealing that he was more evil than good. Darkstalker got terrified by this revelation and thought that it was broken, so he re-enchants it and pointed it at Vulture, showing Vulture was just as evil as portrayed with Maverick. He did it on himself again and gets even more terrified of how he was evil even if he protected his soul. Qibli suggested it was because of his actions and not his magic. Maverick suddenly got a strange vision and reveals that he knows Moon was watching them. Moon and Kinkajou showed up, and they asked him to come with them. He decided to and finally meets up with Foeslayer, his mother.

Maverick, happy to see his mother, told her about what the soul reader stated. Foeslayer agreed that his choices were evil, and Moon told Maverick her vision of a dragon obsessed with strawberries, getting married, having two dragonets, and living happily for the rest of his life. Moon suggested this dragon is him but with a spell to restart his life. Maverick refused to do so because he wanted to remember Clearsight and keep his powers. He said that with his power, he could create a good future. Foeslayer, Moon, Kinkajou, and Qibli all agreed it was better if he did not do that. Foeslayer handed him a strawberry and suggested that he did it because it would make both of them happy. After considering a little, he ate the strawberry, saying that no animus magic will work on him, but Kinkajou furiously told him that his own magic would. As he slowly turned into a RainWing-NightWing dragonet, he begged to keep his powers and memories. Qibli said he had his chances and chose the wrong choices, as a one-year-old part-RainWing-part-NightWing dragonet named Peacemaker was created from Maverick.

### The Lost Continent Prophecy: *The Lost Continent:* Clearsight thought about Maverick a couple of times: How she could not return to Pyrrhia until she was not tempted to wake him from his eternal slumber, how she would still miss the dragonets she would have had with Maverick, and how she saved Fathom and the NightWings from Mavrick and could continue saving dragons from harm in Pantala.

Later, when Blue and his group read the Book of Clearsight’s, Clearsight mentioned how she could not control the future as much as she thought she could and that she should have learned that a long time ago with her first love on Pyrrhia. She was indirectly referring to Darkstalker. *The Hive Queen.* Darkstalker was mentioned several times with Qibli even comparing him to the “great evil” in The Lost Continent Prophecy. He was mentioned by Moonwatcher to be “still haunting her friends.” *The Poison Jungle*In the SapWing village, when Tsunami talked about Clearsight, she says, “Because I thought she was an idiot who nearly let her boyfriend destroy the world.” The “boyfriend” she mentioned was Maverick. *The Dangerous Gift Gaia* worried that he was not dead and was sending NightWings to kill her and her dragons. He was mentioned several times by Gaia and in a flashback along with other mentions, the damage of his plague was shown. He was also mentioned by Jerboa to be the animus dragon in the Night Kingdom.

### Legends: Maverick made his first appearance as he was still in his egg, hatching on a brightest night under three full moons. His parents, Arctic and Foeslayer, were arguing about Maverick’s name; Foeslayer, his mother, saw it as a hero that chased back the darkness, while his father, Prince Arctic, saw it as a villain that crept through the shadows. Maverick foresaw that he could make his sister’s egg hatch on the Brightest Night as well, but he decided against it out of selfishness and the desire for all of his mother’s love.

He next appeared at his home, where his parents were arguing. He learned by reading his parents’ minds that Queen Diamond, Arctic’s mother, had made an offer to her son through a carved stone tablet: if Arctic killed both of his dragonets and brought her proof, then she would call off her forces and accept him back into the StormBlade King & Queendom. He later snuck into their room to read the letter to himself.

After school had started, Maverick defended his sister from an angry trio of NightWing students. Calmly explaining to Whiteout that she had knocked over their marbles, he used his mind-reading to embarrass and infuriate all of them. He then met his destined love, Clearsight, and took her to the beach the next day in the pouring rain. After Clearsight led him to an ocean cave to shelter from the storm, they talked about Maverick’s animus power. They then unexpectedly met Current, a SeaWing prince that had survived the Royal SeaWing Massacre. Maverick was displeased at the amount of worry that Clearsight had felt when she realized that the murderer, Albatross, had also been an animus and had most likely gone insane from the usage of his power. After taking Current to Vigilance, Maverick knew what he had to do to restore Clearsight’s faith in him.

The next day, after school, Maverick took Clearsight to his house, which was empty; both of his parents were at work. He showed her a blank scroll, also known as his talisman, that was wrapped in a black leather casing, and explained that he had put all of his animus power into it so that he would not lose any of his soul when he used his magic. Any time a dragon wanted to use the scroll, they only had to write down their specific enchantment, and it would happen, just like natural animus power. Maverick enchanted four things with it that day: an inkpot, a blanket, a moonstone bracelet, and one of his history scrolls. However, they were caught in the act by Arctic, who angrily scolded his son, warning him not to waste his animus power. He enchanted more items that included an earring that made him look especially charming and handsome, a goblet that he planned to give to Fathom — which was enchanted to make him forget Indigo, forget about his oath, and use his animus power freely — Clearsight’s moonstone earrings to make her see only happy futures, a pebble that made Indigo turn into the SeaWing carving that Fathom made, sneaky enchantments on other students at his school, and many more.

Arctic later told Queen Vigilance that Maverick has animus powers, and arrangements are made for Prince Fathom, an animus, to come and befriend Maverick. This was done in the hope that Maverick would be more cautious with his powers since no one besides Clearsight knew about his scroll at this point. Maverick formally meets Fathom at the SeaWing welcoming party the NightWings had thrown. Maverick thinks that Fathom looks uncomfortable at the party and possibly terrified since the Royal SeaWing Massacre had happened at a party as well. So, Maverick tries to make him more comfortable by inviting him and his guard, Indigo, to go on a flight with him. However, Indigo is suspicious of Maverick and shows this when she attempts to kill him once they are outside. Although Fathom convinced Indigo not to kill him, Maverick wants to get revenge on Indigo from then on and makes plans to get rid of Indigo for personal reasons and that he thinks that Fathom would be better off without her.

After the party, Maverick thought about how Indigo could have killed him right then and there. He did not want anyone ever to murder him or even accidentally kill him, so he decided to enchant his scales to be invincible, hiding the enchantment from Clearsight by writing it in invisible ink. Soon, Maverick went with Clearsight for her to meet Fathom. Maverick showed Fathom a new item he enchanted, a soul reader that proves how much soul a dragon has left. Clearsight, Fathom, and Maverick started to become better friends. After some time, Maverick suggested that they all celebrate Clearsight’s fifth hatching day in the woods by the Night Kingdom. There, Maverick presented the dreamvisitors to his friends, much to Fathom’s dismay. However, his protests about Darkstalker using his magic were cut off as Clearsight has a vision about Maverick’s mother, Foeslayer, being enchanted by Queen Diamond and sent to the StormBlade Kingdom.

Maverick received the same vision and, anxious at this, decided to interrupt the party to go and try to save Foeslayer. When he got home, Maverick read in his father’s, Prince Arctic’s, mind that Arctic and Foeslayer fought. After this fight, she took off an earring that Arctic had enchanted to protect her, which allowed Queen Diamond’s magic to get through to her. Darkstalker tried every enchantment he could think of, but nothing works. Later, when Queen Vigilance is with Clearsight, Vigilance sent an assassin after Maverick. When Maverick arrived, he shared some of his ideas for what they could do to the DragonWolfs with his magic. Most of them were brutal, and Clearsight was horrified by all of his ideas that lead to the IceWings’ genocide. Eventually, Maverick settles on the idea of a shield that killed only DragonWolfs.

Maverick continued to mourn the loss of his mother for a few weeks. Eventually, Maverick asked Fathom if he wanted to fly up to the Royal Tower and watch the lightning storm with him. Fathom gave Maverick a statue of a SeaWing that he had requested, which he took and offered Fathom a goblet made of shimmering sea-green glass. Indigo smashed it before Fathom could take it, fearing that it is enchanted. Still fearing Indigo’s safety with Maverick around, Fathom decided that Wharf should come with him instead of Indigo. Later on, Clearsight and Listener went to a festival being held in the Great Diamond. Clearsight and Listener met up with Darkstalker, Fathom, and Whiteout, who were all playing a board game. They invited Thoughtful, who was playing alone, to join them. Before Listener could introduce herself to Thoughtful, Clearsight introduced Whiteout first, who took Thoughtful’s talon and looked at his palm before saying, “Words and glass, spun in flutes and verse. Waterfalls of language in fire-blown claws,” and then told him that he was the one who made the Cascade of Dreams. Thoughtful was surprised and amazed that she had noticed his art and said, “No one — you really saw the pieces of the scroll inside the waves?” Whiteout then confirmed this, and due to the strange grammar Whiteout was using and Thoughtful ability to understand it, the whole conversation left Listener bewildered. However, before anyone could explain what happened to her, a spear was thrust into Maverick’s heart.

Thanks to his invincible scales, he survived the attack, although he told his friends that the assassin must have missed. Lionfish tackled the assassin, killing him quickly. The assassin turned out to be Quickdeath, an assassin for hire. Darkstalker wanted to find out who tried to assassinate him, and Fathom became suspicious of Maverick. Later on, Maverick went home and used his scroll to find out who tried to assassinate him. He found out and deemed that whoever did it “has to pay.” Clearsight then encountered Queen Vigilance and All knowing in the garden. All knowing shared her vision, *Hatched of ice and hatched of night. Cursed with moons all shining bright. Longs for power not his own. Comes to steal your very throne*. Clearsight took off her earrings after the Queen accused her of being enchanted by Maverick. Visions, all of which were dark and bad, came rushing back to her, and she realized that Vigilance sent the assassin. The guards attempt to imprison Clearsight, but she escaped to stop Maverick before he reached the queen. When she found him, Maverick revealed that he enchanted her earrings to keep her focused on the bright, positive futures and block out any dark ones.

Clearsight then had a vision that depicted Arctic taking Whiteout north to the Ice Kingdom. To track them down, Maverick enchanted a beetle to bite off Arctic’s shielding earring, and then enchanted a dagger to lead them to Arctic and stab him in one of his legs to render him immobile. Maverick started to write something down in his scroll as Arctic explained that if he offered Whiteout’s talons in marriage, Diamond would release Foeslayer. Whiteout claimed that she would be an “DragonWolf princess and have lots of baby DragonWolfs.” Whiteout then said that she wanted to go back to the Ice Kingdom before proclaiming that she did not like Maverick in perfectly normal, understandable, and coherent sentences, instead of her usual way of talking.

Maverick, deeply suspicious and furious at his lying father, enchanted his father to obey his every command. He ordered him to stop talking and to release Whiteout from the spell he put her under. Arctic then crushed Whiteout’s shell necklace in his talons, freeing her from his magic. Maverick ordered Arctic to follow him back to the Night Kingdom, where he made his father cut his tongue out after announcing how he had tried to betray the NightWings and was going to offer a detailed map of the kingdom so the DragonWolfs could infiltrate it. Then, Maverick told Arctic to “take his talons, rip open your stomach, and show us all what you’re really like on the inside. Pour out your life on this stage.” Arctic killed himself with his own claws, fulfilling Clearsight’s prophecy that “your claws will betray you in your final hour.”

While Maverick was distracted with Arctic, Clearsight stole his scroll. On her way to see Fathom, Clearsight warned Listener about Darkstalker and told her to escape far away with her family far away from the Night Kingdom. Then, she had Fathom enchant a bracelet for her, as they were too suspicious of the scroll to use it. When Clearsight left for Agate Mountain to meet Maverick one last time, Fathom took the scroll and held it over a candle. Fathom discovered spells written in invisible ink, one of which trapped Indigo in the wooden SeaWing statue Fathom had made. Fathom released Indigo from the statue with his magic.

Meanwhile, Maverick sat next to Clearsight in front of a cave on the side of Agate Mountain. Clearsight told Maverick that an earthquake would make the whole side of Agate Mountain collapse and make Jade Mountain the tallest mountain instead. Clearsight mentioned that Maverick had gotten out of control and was turning out like Arctic. Furious, Maverick grabbed and twisted Clearsight’s wrist painfully, and while he is doing so, she slipped the bracelet onto his arm. Before Darkstalker fell asleep, he saw how much Clearsight truly loved him and how much she worried about him.

A simple sleeping spell on the bracelet had taken the invincible, immortal Maverick down, and as long as the bracelet remained on him, he would stay asleep. Clearsight moved him into the cave before covering the entrance with rocks before going to another mountain and waiting for an earthquake she predicted to bury him further. She then flew away from the mountain, heading towards Pantala, never to be seen again by the dragons of Pyrrhia.

Fathom and Indigo were portrayed with their dragonets, Clearpool, Cowrie, and Ripple. Their dragonets at one point asked them to tell them a story about how bad guys became bad guys. This reminded Fathom and Indigo of Maverick. Indigo reassured Fathom that “it’s safe to be happy,” and he responded with, “I know.” Then, in the post-epilogue, the timeline skips 2,000 years; it describes another earthquake coming after the Orb in the Sky flashed by. The rocks shifted up against the bracelet, breaking the copper wires and awakening Maverick.

### Phrasing Target Intention "Phrasing *unknown.”* Unspecified To create a ring of metal keys for said prison.*”Phrasing unknown.”* Unspecified To turn into chains.*”Phrasing unknown.”* A painting of Clear sight To expel the centuries of accumulated dust and other damages.*”Phrasing unknown.”* The mop enchanted by AnemoneTo remove its enchantment.*”Phrasing unknown.”* Moonwatcher and KinkajouTo freeze Moonwatcher and Kinkajou in time. Kinkajou was not afflicted due to her immunity.*”Multiple spells of unknown phrasing.”* Fierceteeth To transform into multiple iterations of Clearsight, then back to herself.*”Enchant this dragon to obey my every command. Now shut up.”* AnemoneTo obey his commands and stop talking.*”Bring them here […] Every animus dragon in all the seven tribes. Bring them here to my throne room right now.”* UnspecifiedTo bring all Pyrrhian animi to his throne room.*”I enchant this room so that no one can cast any spells while they’re in here except me,”* NightWing throne room. To make animi other than Darkstalker incapable of casting spells in the throne room.*”Bring me a dragon our hidden animus cares about very much. Alive, for now.”* A sword to bring a dragon the hidden animus (Turtle) cares about to the throne room alive.*”HEAL, by all the snakes!”* His eyeballTo regenerate.*”Enchant this dragon to lose all his animus power right now, […] so that he shall never be able to cast a spell again.”* TurtleTo remove Turtle’s animus magic.*”Phrasing unknown.”* DragonWolfs, excluding Winter and hybridsTo contract a contagious, lethal plague.*”Phrasing unknown.”* UnspecifiedGrant ability to sprout any seed.*”Many spells of unknown phrasing.”* Silver braceletsGrant super strength and invulnerability upon wearer(s).*”Phrasing unknown.”* A talonful of pebblesTo transform into various gemstones.*”Phrasing unknown.”* UnspecifiedTo teleport Vulture into the canyon with himself and Qibli.*”Enchant this dragon to obey my every command. […] Stop talking and stay where you are.”* VultureTo obey his commands; to stop talking and stay where he is.*”Enchant this dragon to have the mind of a new-hatched dragonet. You may speak.”* Vulture To have the mind of a newly-hatched dragonet; to be able to speak.*”Go back to the way you were before the last spell, […] Now I enchant this dragon to feel guilt for all the terrible things he’s done.”* VultureTo return to his previous state; feel regret for his actions.*”Let’s see — now be a grandfather who loves Qibli more than anything else in the world,”* VultureTo love Qibli more than anything else. Shush*,”* Vulture To stop talking.*”Phrasing unknown.”* Floating gemstonesTo form a floating crown.*”Phrasing unknown.”* Gemstone crownTo vanish (total fate unknown.)*”Starting over […] When this soul reader is pointed at a dragon, I enchant it to measure the good and evil in that dragon’s soul and reveal it in the drifts of sand. Black sand to mark the amount of good, white sand to show the amount of evil or damage to that dragon’s soul.”* Soul readerTo fix it. *”Phrasing unknown.”* VultureTo vanish (total fate unknown.)*”I can’t be enchanted by anyone! I’m smarter now; I’ve made myself completely safe.* Nobody’s *animus magic will work on me.”* HimselfTo be immune to enchantments by all other animi.

Quotes: *“This is my mother. Those are my full moons. This is my world now.”*― some of his first thoughts (Maverick) *“Don’t worry about it.* She *was cheating anyway, all* he *can think about is his crush on her sister, and* he *is thoroughly sick of both of them and wishes he knew anyone interesting. Have fun with your marbles, friends.”*― to the NightWing group after they yelled at Whiteout for messing up the marbles game (Maverick) *“Don’t worry about the future. Just be here, with me, in this moment, when we are both as happy as we’ve ever been in our whole lives so far.”*― to Clearsight (Maverick) *“Don’t be mad at me for things I* might *do one day, all right? I’m not evil now. I haven’t done any of that. And I probably won’t. Will you focus on that, please? Stay in the present with me?”* ― to Clearsight about his future (Maverick) *“It was just — this toy of Whiteout’s. It’s a little carved scavenger. She loves it in kind of an obsessive way. Once it got lost and she cried for a whole day, until we finally found it again. So after that, I enchanted it to always return to her. No matter where I hide it, or where she loses it, it always turns up on her pillow by that night. It’s just a little thing.”*― to Clearsight about his first spell, (Maverick) *“Oh — that’s a drawing of you. I drew it before we met, from my visions, so it’s not very good. I didn’t want my father to see it or know about you … but I needed to have it, to look at. You know, to remind myself that things were going to get better.”*― to Clearsight (Maverick) *“Now. Take your talons, rip open your stomach, and show everyone what you’re really like inside. Pour out your life on this stage.”*― commanding Arctic to kill himself (Maverick)*“I’m nothing like my father. I don’t need saving. I can choose my own future, and I like the one I see, and you’re going to learn to like it too.* Where is my scroll*?”* ― to Clearsight (Maverick)

*“I could see the future, but not just any future —*all *the possible futures. Do you understand what that means? I could have guided the tribe along the best path to safety and glory and power and everything else. At each crossroad, I would have known the right thing to do. I loved my tribe, Moonwatcher. I would have been the best ruler they’d ever had. I know it; I saw the futures where I was king, benevolent and beloved, married to Clearsight with six little dragonets of our own. Those were possible. They could have happened, if anyone had had faith in me.”*― to Moonwatcher (*Moon Rising*) *“Things can change. We’re dragons, not ants. We can do things differently if we choose to.”*― to Deathbringer (*Talons of Power*) *“If you come back to me, I promise I’ll never enchant your mind again. I promise I’ll listen to you this time. We can choose the best future together. I could use your help with what you’ve left me. A ruined city, a weak and broken tribe. You’d be their Queen Clearsight — doesn’t that sound all right now? When can you have the crown without anyone having to die? It was just waiting for us, Clearsight.”*― to Clearsight (*Talons of Power) “Clearsight. I — I keep looking at all my new possible futures. Millions of possibilities, but they’re all empty. They’re empty without you. I have no one, Clearsight. All I can see around me, as far as the future unrolls, are slaves and soldiers.”*― to Clearsight (*Talons of Power*) *“Hello. Oh, very nice work clearing the weeds. Smart thinking. We should get these gardens going again so we can feed ourselves. You haven’t received a gift yet, have you? I could give you the power to sprout every seed you plant — some kind of master gardener skill. Wouldn’t that be useful?”*― to a NightWing subject (*Darkness of Dragons*)

*“I promised your friends would always be safe. What if you get attacked and I need to heal you, like I healed Stonemover? What if Qibli gets kidnapped and I can’t get him back for you? And all the beautiful magic I’ve made. No more dreamvisiting? I was going to fly you to one of the moons — dragons standing on an actual moon, can you imagine?” ―* to Moonwatcher (*Darkness of Dragons*) *“But I’ve seen good in him. And I’ve heard it in his thoughts. He has this vision of a peaceful future where everyone in Pyrrhia is safe and happy … he wants to make sure it happens. I believe that’s what he really wants.”*― Moonwatcher to Winter about Maverick (*Darkness of Dragons*) *“Be Clearsight, exactly as I knew her but without any nagging or* worrying *or* pessimism *or telling me what to do and what’s wrong with me all the time! By all the shining moons, Go on, be her!”*― attempting to enchant Fierceteeth (*Darkness of Dragons)“Such as the fact that he killed his father; the fact that his seer girlfriend thought he was so dangerous he had to be hidden under a mountain for all eternity; he can enchant dragons to do anything he tells them to, or turn them into other dragons entirely if he wants; the fact that he just tried to kill the entire DragonWolf tribe with magic; and the fact that he’s so charming and sincere that smart dragons tend to like him even when they’re not enchanted to; Also, I’m not sure there’s anyone who can stop him. I’m not sure there’s anyone he cares about enough that he’d listen to them — or anyone who’s willing to try.”*― Qibli to Foeslayer about Maverick(*Darkness of Dragons*)*“There’s one crucial difference between us. You want to be loved* so desperately*. I think it lies underneath everything you do.* Will this make that dragon like me better? What should I do now to turn all these dragons into friends? If I can convince this cold, standoffish DragonWolf to like me, surely that’ll prove that I’m a dragon worth liking.*”*― to Qibli (*Darkness of Dragons*)

*“They couldn’t think big. Not like you and me, Qibli. They couldn’t imagine all the wonderful things we could do with our magic. They would have been content with small, meaningless lives — clearly that’s what they chose; look how they vanished from history after I was gone. They didn’t want to take the hard steps to get to the best futures. But* you *can imagine it. You know what you would do with unlimited power — you’ve thought about it enough. Your big secret dream: to be an animus. So what if you could be? What if I made you an animus, too?”*― to Qibli (*Darkness of Dragons*)

*“Let me tell you about the best future. You’ll adore it. Everyone loves us. We share the continent and rule all the tribes with benevolent wisdom — you and Moon, me and Clearsight, once I get her right. Our dragonets play together in the palaces of Pyrrhia. There’s no more war. There’s no more sickness, thanks to us. No more sadness or worry, no more hunger, no more starving dragonets scrabbling for food in back alleys. No more terrible parents, because we can fix them. You could make your mother a dragon who loves you. I could have healed the scars on my father’s soul. I know that’s what I should have done, to make him a father that Whiteout and I could love.”*― to Qibli (*Darkness of Dragons*)

Maverick’s name can be perceived two ways: one is of a hero’s perspective, that he chases away the darkness, while the other is that he stalks through the darkness as a villain. Darkstalker once took an after-school cooking class. Maverick feels as though he is missing something when he sleeps and dislikes sleeping as a result. Maverick’s theme song is *I Love Me* by Meghan Trainor. [ *Darkness of Dragons*, Maverick was going to try and fail to talk Qibli out of “something.” no matter how hard she tried. However, it had been scrapped and the ending changed because Maverick was “too convincing” and Tui actually thought about letting Maverick live. Seeing the change in Tui eyes Darkstalker explain who she was and why she was there Tui could tell she was telling the truth and she showed Maverick the easiest way to get to her target. If not for Tui Deathstalker would have got caught and afterwards Death stalker took Tui to their favorite spot when the spirit of her boyfriend that now shared her body. Tui’s now knowing that the spirit of her ex-boyfriend from when they were both sixteen years old was now in the body of someone, she swore she would kill if they ever met. [ Maverick’s Obsidian Mirror shape was described as taller than anyone else’s, with movements that were slow and purposeful. Despite being of NightWing and IceWing descent, Maverick’s horns are curved, or twisted, while both DragonWolfs and NightWings have straight horns. was not good at painting. He and Sunny are the only hybrid dragons to be featured as the main protagonists in the book series. Coincidentally they are both distantly related to each other.

### Part One: Outside of the SeaWing palace, young dragonets lined up on the beach for the animus test. Prince Fathom was among them, along with his friend Indigo. Albatross, his grandfather, who was an animus dragon was testing them on Lagoon’s orders, even though he doubted any of them would be an animus. The coconut test begins, in which Fathom’s coconut managed to hit and break multiple of Albatross’s ribs in the process. Albatross then begrudgingly congratulated Fathom on his newfound powers.

The story continued with Darkstalker’s first memory. Darkstalker was still within his egg, and he heard Arctic and Foeslayer arguing in the excitement of the hatching of thrice-moonborn dragonets. A NightWing named Foreseer was mentioned to have predicted that Darkstalker was to hatch on the brightest night. The bickering continued as Foeslayer moved Darkstalker’s egg, along with another egg, outside where they were set in a stable place somewhere high up. The argument escalated, and Darkstalker cracked his egg in an instinctive effort to protect his mother after he saw a vision of frozen claws and bloody scales. Darkstalker now determined that Arctic was Foeslayer’s partner and his father. Darkstalker immediately hated him but found that Arctic truly loved Foeslayer. Darkstalker began to explore the gift of precognition and saw futures where he could rise to be powerful alongside his sister, contained in the other egg in the nest. He realized that he could summon his sister out of her egg with his animus magic and grant her the abilities of the three moons as well, but he chose not to act because he wanted all of Foeslayer’s love. His mother named him Darkstalker, despite his father’s protests and arguments that it was a sinister name; Arctic finally agreed as long as he got to name the second dragonet Whiteout who, in the future, he loved more than Darkstalker.

A few days after the animus test, Fathom was summoned by Albatross for the first time. The messenger came as Fathom, Indigo, and Pearl were having a lesson in geography. They met alone at the sunset beach of the Island Palace, and then Albatross showed Fathom the Summer Palace. Fathom suggested the idea of enchanted plants for a canopy and went to try it out when a bush flew up and Indigo was revealed to be spying. Albatross threatened to tell Lagoon and punish her, but Indigo said that she was only worried about Fathom, which made Albatross leave tiredly. Fathom performed his first official spell (behind Albatross’s back) — enchanting a piece of bleached wood to carve itself into an octopus and come to life. He then gave it as a pet to Indigo, who named it Blob.

Clearsight was in her private study room at the library writing down her visions of the future when her father came in. Her father mentioned that she was too young to worry so much, but she replied that she should worry more. She thought about the upcoming Royal SeaWing Massacre, and how she did not know much about it. After a short conversation, Clearsight agreed to go to school when she was three. She then proceeded to work on the timeline scroll for the events that would take place at and after going to school. Clearsight also resigned her fate to be with Darkstalker, accepting this as the most probable route.

Darkstalker was flying to his home in the canyons after hunting, hearing the thoughts of his fighting parents. He came in and noticed Arctic and Foeslayer were fighting in front of Darkstalker’s sister, Whiteout. The argument escalated and reached the point where Arctic revealed a message from Diamond, asking for Arctic to come home, and that amnesty can be reached if he killed his dragonets.

Indigo and Fathom were getting ready for a party at the Island Palace with SkyWing guests, Sunset, and Eagle. Lagoon told the SkyWings about her animus dragons, enraging the SkyWings. Albatross arrived and Lagoon started talking to him about her future plans for his enchantments. Albatross told her he disagreed with her ideas and she threatened to get rid of him because she could use Fathom instead. This caused Albatross to slice Lagoon’s throat with a knife, killing her and beginning the massacre.

Clearsight was getting ready for her first day of school. She also tried to avoid Darkstalker as much as possible. As she was flying, she had a vision of the massacre going on, thinking about Fathom’s sad futures, if he even survived. She soon found the seer classroom and proved to the class she was a talented seer. She realized this class would not help her at all and worried about her future with Allknowing, knowing she was extremely resentful and envious of Clearsight’s powers.

Fathom at first thought Albatross did it on accident and then thought about either fighting or fleeing. Sunset and Eagle then attempted to flee. Albatross quickly attacked them with his enchanted knife, killing Sunset and injuring Eagle. He then killed Fathom’s parents as well as his cousin. Later on, as Fathom hid, his grandfather found him. Albatross went to kill Fathom but Indigo jumped in, buying just enough time for Fathom to cast a spell to kill Albatross. Albatross managed to slit Indigo’s throat, nearly killing her, but Fathom used his magic to heal her, leaving him wondering if he would ever become like Albatross.

Clearsight was shown being released out of Allknowing’s class, and she found her way to Room 3A where she met Listener, her new best friend. Whiteout approached Clearsight and asked her if she was the dragon Darkstalker had been waiting for. Clearsight replied yes, seeing that honesty was the best way to approach Whiteout and noting that Whiteout either trusted completely or not at all. Once Clearsight was released out of class, she knew that she would meet Darkstalker soon. Wanting to do it on her own terms, she waited in the shadow of a tree. Whiteout appeared, accidentally walking through a marble game. The frustrated players yelled insults at her, and Darkstalker appeared to defend his sister. Darkstalker scolded them and ended the discussion, which led to him meeting Clearsight. At this point, Clearsight realized this was the beginning of everything. Darkstalker reminded her to stay in the present, but Clearsight was sucked into a whirl of visions. When she was back in reality, Darkstalker promised he would never read her mind.

Later on, they flew to a cave, seen in Clearsight’s futures, and Clearsight asked Darkstalker about being half IceWing. He showed her a ridge of IceWing scales on the underside of his wing, which were cold. She asked him what his first animus spell was, and he replied that he enchanted a scavenger doll of Whiteout’s to appear on her pillow at the end of the day, no matter where she put it. Then they heard Current, a SeaWing who survived the massacre, in the back of the cave. Current told them about Albatross, and Clearsight reminded Darkstalker about his soul. Darkstalker reassured her that his soul was fine, and they went to get Current help. Darkstalker then got the idea of enchanting a scroll to hold his powers.

Fathom was shown in the aftermath of the massacre. He, Indigo, and Pearl seemed to be the only SeaWing survivors. Pearl was the only royal heir alive besides their mad aunt, Sapphire. Eagle of the SkyWings was also alive. Pearl, now queen, promised that the SeaWings would never encroach into SkyWing territory again along with tributes of seafood and gems for the next five years if the SkyWings kept the massacre a secret. Pearl’s first edict as queen of the SeaWings was to outlaw animus magic. Fathom told Pearl that Indigo killed Albatross, and Fathom swore an oath that he would never use his magic again. Pearl also reminded him that he could never have dragonets and that he would have to stay away from Indigo. Painfully, Fathom agreed. Pearl comforted him by saying that Indigo would be put in the Royal Guard. Fathom sadly thought to himself that he deserved this pain.

Darkstalker and Clearsight go to his house. On the way there, Darkstalker admitted to enchanting his nosy neighbors’ plants to always grow turnips. Clearsight became worried, but Darkstalker took no notice and led her into his room, passing Whiteout’s paintings on the way. Darkstalker, very excited, took out a scroll from the rack in his room, one of the other scrolls being a painting of Clearsight before he met her, and showed it to Clearsight. He asked her to guess what it was, then told her that the scroll was enchanted and held all his magic. He proved it to her, and Clearsight asked permission to look at the futures. Darkstalker nodded and Clearsight saw that some of the dark futures fade away. Delighted, they enchanted a moonstone bracelet for Clearsight to keep her mind safe from mind-readers, a blanket to keep the wearer at the perfect temperature, and their history scroll to read to them. While listening to the scroll, Arctic came into the room and found out that Darkstalker was an animus. Darkstalker and Arctic had a cold, threatening conversation about the effects of animus magic. Clearsight then got a wave of visions and a prophecy for Arctic. Confused, Arctic wrote down the prophecy and mused over it, and Clearsight left, taking the scroll with her for safety.

A year after the massacre, Fathom was summoned to the throne room. The guards there were hostile but obedient to Pearl. Indigo, now one of Queen Pearl’s bodyguards, was in the room, along with Current, who could not handle the sight of Fathom and begged to be taken away. Queen Pearl told Fathom that there was a NightWing animus, Darkstalker, and wanted Fathom to go to Darkstalker to teach him how animus power can be harmful. Indigo burst into the conversation, warning Pearl that it might not be safe for Fathom. She then asked permission to accompany Fathom to the Night Kingdom. Pearl allowed Indigo, Lionfish, and Wharf to go with Fathom to the Night Kingdom, but Fathom felt slightly guilty as they took off.

### Part Two: Darkstalker was invited to the palace two months after his father found out he was an animus. It soon became common knowledge around the tribe that Darkstalker was the tribe’s first animus. Darkstalker, Arctic, and Foeslayer went to the welcoming party for the SeaWings, Whiteout being left behind. Queen Vigilance took Darkstalker to meet Fathom, also seeing Indigo with the other guards. Feeling Fathom’s increasing anxiety, he took them for a short flight with his guests thinking nervous thoughts. Darkstalker said that he was actually delightful and that if Fathom was so worried, he should make something like a soul reader. Darkstalker said that Fathom does not have to be this miserable and that he should enchant an earring that makes him stop thinking about it so much. Darkstalker replied that he could make Fathom happy, which made Indigo press a knife against Darkstalker’s neck. Fathom calmed Indigo, and Darkstalker decided not to kill her, for the time being. Indigo hesitantly stepped back, and Darkstalker continued showing them the Night Palace.

Clearsight and Listener were on their quest to save the scavengers. The dragonets discussed how to free the scavengers, and they eventually stuffed the scavengers into burlap sacks. Eventually, they brought the scavengers to North Beach and set them free. An IceWing appeared out of the sea and ate one of them, and soon one of its companions joined it. Seeing the future, Clearsight found out that they were planning an invasion.

Fathom and Indigo were back at the palace. Indigo began to search the room for threats, and Fathom quietly said that he was the only threat here, because of his magic. Indigo replied that he was not a threat to her, and a conversation starts from there.

After the party, Darkstalker proceeded to go home at about sunrise and decided to enchant something to make him invulnerable. To test his spell he stabbed himself with a dagger, and the spell worked, rebounding the dagger easily. The idea of a soul reader then came to his mind.

Clearsight was in the palace, about to tell the queen about her vision at North Beach, with Darkstalker by her side. Inside the throne room, she told the queen of her vision of an IceWing invasion, starting at North Beach during the next two new moons. Queen Vigilance was surprised that it was not a prophecy. Because of the clarity of her vision, she made Clearsight the new top seer.

Darkstalker proceeded to show all of them the soul reader he made. Darkstalker then proclaimed that it was only a little enchantment and did not cost that much of his soul. Clearsight assured herself that Darkstalker was not completely evil, and Darkstalker said the same, except with more confidence, and told Fathom there was nothing to worry about. Indigo blocked it when Darkstalker tried to read Fathom’s soul, but Fathom reassured her that he wanted to see it for himself, and Indigo reluctantly moved away.

Weeks passed by, strengthening Fathom’s friendship with Darkstalker and Clearsight. One evening, he found the soul reader on his desk with a note from Darkstalker that said Fathom’s mind should stop worrying so much and he could use the soul reader whenever he wanted. Indigo said that it was very suspicious, saying that it was probably enchanted to show that Darkstalker was always good or whenever Fathom touched it, it made him trust Darkstalker even more. Darkstalker suddenly appeared, standing over the balcony, saying that Indigo was paranoid and clever and that they were lucky that Indigo was not an animus with ideas like that. He then mentioned that he used it once on Arctic already, saying that Arctic was almost as bad as Darkstalker thought. Fathom tipped the soul reader to Darkstalker, and it showed the same results as the previous time. Darkstalker grinned, saying that he was totally not evil and should bother Clearsight.

When they arrived at Clearsight’s door, she refused to come out and stated that she needed to finish a report on the next year of IceWing maneuvers. But Darkstalker pointed out that the next day was Clearsight’s Hatching Day. They flew out and went into a forest, where they built a fire and ate fruits that Darkstalker brought. Darkstalker then gave Clearsight and Fathom each a Dreamvisitor, keeping one for himself. He explained that it would allow the carrier to walk the dreams of any dragon the carrier had seen or known and that it would connect the three friends so that however far apart they were, they would always be together.

Fathom was unsure and was about to give his Dreamvisitor back when Clearsight suddenly had a vision of Foeslayer in danger. Darkstalker asked Fathom to go back to the palace on his own and flew off with Clearsight. Fathom then realized he never had the chance to give back the dreamvisitor. Clearsight and Darkstalker found Whiteout keening in distress as Arctic yelled about her screaming. Darkstalker found out from Arctic’s mind that Foeslayer had another fight with him and that she flew off again. Darkstalker was about to enchant a silver armband to protect Foeslayer when he realized that Foeslayer already had the diamond earring Arctic had enchanted and given her in the Ice Kingdom. But then he saw in Arctic’s mind that before Foeslayer flew off, she had flung the earring at Arctic, saying that she did not love him for his animus magic and that she loved him more than anything.

Arctic was convinced that Foeslayer would fly back for the earring but after Darkstalker enchanted a piece of paper to show where Foeslayer was, Clearsight realized that Queen Diamond must have used her animus magic to call Foeslayer back to wherever she was as Foeslayer was flying straight towards the IceWing camp in the desert. Darkstalker wanted to kill Queen Diamond right away with his animus magic, but Clearsight warned him that Diamond’s only heir, Snowfox, hated the NightWings and that if she became queen, it would lead to four highly possible futures of a NightWing genocide. Darkstalker realized that Foeslayer was gone and decided it was Arctic’s fault. Clearsight went to the library and looked for clues on animus magic, Queen Vigilance saw her. Queen Vigilance called for Darkstalker and ordered Clearsight to start calculating. When Darkstalker arrived, Queen Vigilance asked him to give some ideas on how to end the war. Darkstalker showed her some examples of what he can do, such as enchanting a stick so that when it is snapped, every IceWing in Pyrrhia would drop dead. Eventually, they settled on an invisible shield around the NightWing kingdom that made every IceWing that tried to enter die. When the queen left, Clearsight confronted Darkstalker, asking him what he was thinking. He said that he could enchant something to find out for sure, but he did not want anything to tell him that Foeslayer was dead. Clearsight told him that their bright futures were disappearing. Darkstalker begged her not to give up on him and to focus on their remaining bright paths.

The part ends in Fathom’s point of view. Clearsight had joined him for dinner (breakfast for her) and began to talk about her powers as a seer. Darkstalker then comes in, asking Fathom if he wants to watch a lightning storm from the Royal Tower, to which Indigo objects, saying it was the exact wrong place to be in a lightning storm. Fathom finished a small SeaWing carving that looked “unmistakably like Indigo” and gave it to Darkstalker. Fathom carries a goblet over to the fountain to fill it with water, only for Indigo to knock into him and shatter the goblet into pieces. When Darkstalker berates her for it, she accuses him of putting a spell on the cup in order to do something to Fathom. Darkstalker insists it was not animus-touched and calls her “Violet,” which Fathom corrects. Indigo still insists Darkstalker did something to the goblet, something horrible and manipulative, but Fathom is sure that Darkstalker would not do that.

Fathom then goes with Darkstalker to the Royal Tower to watch the lightning storm, but instead of taking Indigo with him, Fathom takes Wharf, at which Indigo is clearly startled and hurt. After watching the lightning storm, Fathom returns to find out that Indigo is gone, and Darkstalker shows him a letter on a desk in Indigo’s handwriting, held down by the wooden SeaWing carving, saying that she was going home because she does not feel safe there and asking Fathom not to use his magic to find her. Fathom is shocked, noting it did not feel like something she would do at all. Fathom asks if Darkstalker minds if he keeps the little SeaWing, to which Darkstalker shows brief hesitation, but then pulls Fathom into a hug, causing Fathom to decide he must have imagined it. Fathom decided it must have probably been for the best, as Indigo was now safe from animus magic forever.

### Part Three: Clearsight and Listener met up with Darkstalker, Fathom, and Whiteout in a game pavilion where they were in the middle of a scales-and-squares game. Clearsight then saw Arctic watching them from the shadows. Before Clearsight could wonder why he was there, a different dragon lunged out of the shadows and stabbed a spear right into Darkstalker’s heart. However, because of Darkstalker’s invulnerability spell, he survived the attack. Lionfish, one of Fathom’s guards, lunged at the attacker and quickly killed him.

Darkstalker, not wanting to reveal his invulnerability spell, said that he guessed that the assassin missed. Listener said that he did not miss and asked Clearsight what she saw. Clearsight said that she did not know what she saw, and added that she wanted to know why he tried to kill Darkstalker. Thoughtful then indicated that he knew him by reputation and said his name was Quickdeath. Darkstalker confidently said that they would find out who hired Quickdeath and stop them from trying again to kill him again. Clearsight then more privately accused Darkstalker of his miraculous survival and that Listener was right about it having hit him in the heart. Darkstalker admitted to his invulnerability spell. Fathom is scared for Darkstalker, and Clearsight told Darkstalker to tell Fathom about the scroll. Darkstalker was surprised and asked if that was safe, to which Clearsight responded that Darkstalker shows it to him in all the good futures. Darkstalker said that he also showed it to him in the bad futures, too.

Darkstalker started trying to figure out why Arctic might try to kill him, and he swooped into his house. He noticed Whiteout sitting on their couch with a glass seashell necklace and Darkstalker asked if she was dreaming of Thoughtful, referring to him as her ‘new admirer’. He noted her abnormal responses and she said she was feeling funny. Darkstalker walked to Arctic’s room and told him that he is alive and said that he saw Arctic at the pavilion watching. Darkstalker asked if he knew the dragon who attacked him. They had a conversation concerning Quickdeath’s actions. Darkstalker concluded that Arctic was not the one who hired Quickdeath and then went to his room and asked himself who else other than Arctic would want him dead. He enchanted a piece of parchment to reveal the name of the dragon who tried to kill him and then froze with surprise at what the scroll said.

Clearsight woke up in her room at the palace with a huge headache from her horrible nightmares about Darkstalker turning evil. She stumbled over to the window and spotted Queen Vigilance and Allknowing strolling in the garden and having a conversation. Confused on why Allknowing was there after she was fired, Clearsight hurried down to the garden to talk to the queen. The queen unexpectedly demanded to know if Clearsight had seen how she died, and which one of those futures is the closest. Allknowing smirked triumphantly and mocked her, telling her not to hurt herself.

Queen Vigilance ordered Allknowing to “share your mumbo-jumbo,” and Allknowing did so gleefully, sharing a prophecy about Maverick coming to kill the queen and seizing the throne for his own. Nightmare protested that Allknowing was making the prophecy up and that Maverick was not a threat, but the queen did not believe her and said that she was so enchanted by her love that she would not be able to see it anyway. Nightmare realized that her earrings could be enchanted by Maverick. She unclipped the earrings and dropped them on the ground, and she was flooded with terrible futures. She realized Vigilance hired Quickdeath, and then fled.

A moment later, Fathom flew by and learned the truth from her. For a moment, Fathom is hesitant to believe this and said that Maverick might forgive her since he forgave Indigo. Nightmare suddenly realized that Maverick might not have forgiven Indigo and worried that he might have done something to her, but before she can tell Fathom this, they spotted Maverick. As they touch down, Nightmare said to Maverick that she was not going to let him kill the queen. Maverick dismissed the earring spell when Nightmare berated him, saying that was a little spell. A vision suddenly swept over both of them of Arctic taking Whiteout to the StormBlade Kingdom, and Maverick, and Nightmare flew off to save her, with a confused Fathom right behind them. As they flew out of the Night Kingdom and towards the Kingdom of Sand, Fathom noticed dead DragonWolf bodies that were sprawled near the Nightwing border. He asked Nightmare about it, and she stated that Maverick had put a border shield that killed any DragonWolfs that tried to enter the kingdom. After flying in the Kingdom of Sand for a while, Nightmare says that they could be anywhere. Maverick took out his scroll and Nightmare asked what he intended to do with it. He said that it was not what she thought and enchanted a dagger to stab Arctic’s foot, not killing him but forcing him to stop. A few moments passed, and Maverick remembered that Arctic had an enchanted earring that protected him. He enchanted a beetle to take the earring off, then the dagger flew off. Maverick followed it, with Fathom and Nightmare close behind. They found Arctic with Whiteout. Maverick asks where Arctic was bringing Whiteout, and Arctic said that Whiteout *wants* to go with him. Whiteout agreed, and Fathom saw that there was something wrong with her voice. Arctic planned to marry Whiteout to an IceWing and stated that he was doing this for Foeslayer, saying that Queen Diamond would let her go if she had Arctic. Arctic said that he would only do so for Whiteout, and to leave before Queen Diamond’s army found them. Maverick realized Whiteout had been enchanted and grabs his scroll. Maverick told Arctic to stop talking, and when he opened his mouth, nothing came out. Fathom asked Maverick what he had done, and spotted Nightmare with her face buried in her talons. Maverick ignored Fathom and continued, telling Arctic to release the spell he had put on Whiteout. Maverick saw Fathom and Nightmare’s panicked and concerned faces and told them to calm down since he saved the day. Nightmare responded that she wanted to see the scroll, and Maverick handed it to her. Fathom felt like he should not know what it said, but he read it anyway. It said: *Enchant Arctic the IceWing to obey my every command*.

Maverick ordered Arctic to follow them to the Night Kingdom. He landed on a stage at the Great Diamond, ordering Arctic to stand beside him. Meanwhile, dragons had started to gather, and Maverick addressed them all. Maverick started interrogating Arctic, who was forced to tell the truth due to the spell Maverick had cast on him. Arctic revealed he was going to give Whiteout to the IceWings so they could breed more animi into the royal family, and that he was going to see if Foeslayer was alive and would give the IceWings a map of the NightWing kingdom — plus how to get in — in exchange for Foeslayer’s life. The crowd was shocked, along with Whiteout and Nightmare. Maverick told Arctic to cut out his tongue, at which the crowd stared in horror. Then, Arctic was commanded to rip open his own stomach, which he did, swiftly killing himself. Maverick turned to find Whiteout crying but Nightmare gone. Whiteout told him that Clearsight had taken his scroll and that she wanted to meet him at Agate Mountain. Before Arctic’s death. Nightmare crept away from the crowd. She ran into Listener. Nightmare asked Listener about her promise, that she would not tell her the future unless it had something to do with saving her family — something really bad. She told Listener that if she ever believed her, she must tell everyone to leave the Night Kingdom — fly as far as possible, where nobody would ever, ever find them. Clearsight realized she had caught some other dragons’ attention, and they were listening intently. Nightmare found Fathom and gave him the scroll to find a way to stop Maverick. He refuses to use the scroll and uses his own power. Fathom enchanted her moonstone bracelet, an enchantment that only worked on Maverick. She then told him that she feared Darkstalker had done something to Indigo, and afterward, he was to hide the scroll, but no matter what he was *not to break it*. She left, saying goodbye to Fathom and flew away to Agate Mountain. Fathom thought about what Nightmare had said, That Maverick might have done something to Indigo. Fathom refused the fact that Indigo was dead. He started to read the scroll. Fathom felt guilt deep within him, though he knew Maverick had done some horrible things too. Fathom read the entire scroll, but nothing had anything to do with a dragon disappearing. He noticed that Maverick had started to put spaces in his scroll and realized that he was using his night vision to read, and brought a candle over. Fathom was shocked to find out Maverick had used invisible ink. He saw his immortality spell, the spell on Nightmare’s earrings, and, to Fathom’s horror, an enchantment on the goblet that Indigo had smashed, an enchantment to make Fathom stop loving Indigo and decide to use his magic. He felt guilty for being mad at her, as she had saved him. Then, Fathom spotted something so startling he nearly burned the paper with the candle. It was an enchantment that would trap Indigo in the carving Fathom had made. Fathom hurried to the carving, picking it up. He decided to use his magic again and commanded the carving to return Indigo to him. Then the carving went warm, and when Fathom put it on the ground, it grew and shifted into Indigo. Fathom confessed that he loved her and that he never wanted to be without her again. He said he made an enchantment to stop Maverick and an enchantment to bring Indigo back. They both flew away, side by side. Maverick met Nightmare at Agate Mountain. He noticed that she did not bring his scroll with her, and he wondered why she stole it if she did not use it. Nightmare noted that Agate Mountain would not be the tallest mountain much longer, as there would be an earthquake and a whole side of the mountain would fall. Maverick accused her of using that as a metaphor — the most powerful dragon falling and another to take his place. Maverick insisted that they were so close to their happy future, stating all his enemies are dead. They start a conversation from there, talking about the futures and timelines. Maverick became increasingly angry.

Nightmare, however, slipped the moonstone bracelet off her arm and onto his, putting Maverick to sleep. She dragged Maverick far back into the cave, crying. Nightmare rolled Maverick against the back wall and checked the bracelet to make sure it was securely fastened around his arm. Then she filled in the cave with boulders from the hills. When that was done, she found another mountain where she could watch and wait for the earthquake to come. She even considered staying with him and lying down in the path of the avalanche to die. Nightmare remembered a long-ago dream that came from a scroll she used to read, stories about a lost continent and secret tribes of dragons that lived there. She saw a future where she was an explorer, going out and finding new worlds and places no NightWing had ever been or imagined. She knew that the future was in her talons, and she could do anything she wanted to do.

### Legends: Maverick: After a short debate with Nightmare and Vigilance over how to keep the DragonWolfs out of their kingdom, that is when Nightmare sees that Maverick has begun to go mad from using the animus magic too much in which Maverick suggested multiple times that they wipe out the entire tribe, Maverick enchanted a force field to kill any DragonWolfs flying through, similar to the DragonWolfs’ Great Ice Cliff. Fathom, Nightmare, and Maverick later flew past the over the mountain range on their way to stop Arctic.

Maverick’s name can be perceived two ways: one is of a hero’s perspective, that he chases away the darkness, while the other is that he stalks through the darkness as a villain. Maverick once took an after-school cooking class. Maverick feels as though he is missing something when he sleeps and dislikes sleeping as a result. Maverick’s theme song is *I Love Me* by Meghan Trainor. [ *Darkness of Dragons*, Maverick was going to try and fail to talk Qibli out of “something.” no matter how hard she tried. However, it had been scrapped and the ending changed because Maverick was “too convincing” and Tui actually thought about letting Maverick live. Seeing the change in Tui eyes Maverick explain who she was and why she was there Tui could tell she was telling the truth and she showed Maverick the easiest way to get to her target. If not for Tui Maverick would have got caught and afterwards Maverick took Tui to their favorite spot when the spirit of her boyfriend that now shared her body. Tui’s now knowing that the spirit of her ex-boyfriend from when they were both sixteen years old was now in the body of someone, she swore she would kill if they ever met. [ Maverick’s Obsidian Mirror shape was described as taller than anyone else’s, with movements that were slow and purposeful. Despite being of NightWing and IceWing descent, Maverick’s horns are curved, or twisted, while both DragonWolfs and NightWings have straight horns. was not good at painting. He and Sunny are the only hybrid dragons to be featured as the main protagonists in the book series. Coincidentally they are both distantly related to each other.

### Part One: Outside of the SeaWing palace, young dragonets lined up on the beach for the animus test. Prince Fathom was among them, along with his friend Indigo. Albatross, his grandfather, who was an animus dragon was testing them on Lagoon’s orders, even though he doubted any of them would be an animus. The coconut test begins, in which Fathom’s coconut managed to hit and break multiple of Albatross’s ribs in the process. Albatross then begrudgingly congratulated Fathom on his newfound powers. The story continued with Maverick’s first memory. Maverick was still within his egg, and he heard Arctic and Foeslayer arguing in the excitement of the hatching of thrice-moonborn dragonets. A NightWing named Foreseer was mentioned to have predicted that Maverick was to hatch on the brightest night. The bickering continued as Foeslayer moved Maverick’s egg, along with another egg, outside where they were set in a stable place somewhere high up. The argument escalated, and Maverick cracked his egg in an instinctive effort to protect his mother after he saw a vision of frozen claws and bloody scales. Maverick now determined that Arctic was Foeslayer’s partner and his father. Maverick immediately hated him but found that Arctic truly loved Foeslayer. Maverick began to explore the gift of precognition and saw futures where he could rise to be powerful alongside his sister, contained in the other egg in the nest. He realized that he could summon his sister out of her egg with his animus magic and grant her the abilities of the three moons as well, but he chose not to act because he wanted all of Foeslayer’s love. His mother named him Maverick, despite his father’s protests and arguments that it was a sinister name; Arctic finally agreed as long as he got to name the second dragonet Whiteout who, in the future, he loved more than Maverick. A few days after the animus test, Fathom was summoned by Albatross for the first time. The messenger came as Fathom, Indigo, and Pearl were having a lesson in geography. They met alone at the sunset beach of the BlackwaterBay Island Palace, and then Albatross showed Fathom the Summer Palace. Fathom suggested the idea of enchanted plants for a canopy and went to try it out when a bush flew up and Indigo was revealed to be spying. Albatross threatened to tell Lagoon and punish her, but Indigo said that she was only worried about Fathom, which made Albatross leave tiredly. Fathom performed his first official spell (behind Albatross’s back) — enchanting a piece of bleached wood to carve itself into an octopus and come to life. He then gave it as a pet to Indigo, who named it Blob.

Nightmare was in her private study room at the library writing down her visions of the future when her father came in. Her father mentioned that she was too young to worry so much, but she replied that she should worry more. She thought about the upcoming Royal SeaWing Massacre, and how she did not know much about it. After a short conversation, Nightmare agreed to go to school when she was three. She then proceeded to work on the timeline scroll for the events that would take place at and after going to school. Nightmare also resigned her fate to be with Maverick, accepting this as the most probable route. Maverick was flying to his home in the canyons after hunting, hearing the thoughts of his fighting parents. He came in and noticed Arctic and Foeslayer were fighting in front of Maverick’s sister, Whiteout. The argument escalated and reached the point where Arctic revealed a message from Diamond, asking for Arctic to come home, and that amnesty can be reached if he killed his dragonets. Indigo and Fathom were getting ready for a party at the Island Palace with SkyWing guests, Sunset, and Eagle. Lagoon told the SkyWings about her animus dragons, enraging the SkyWings. Albatross arrived and Lagoon started talking to him about her future plans for his enchantments. Albatross told her he disagreed with her ideas, and she threatened to get rid of him because she could use Fathom instead. This caused Albatross to slice Lagoon’s throat with a knife, killing her and beginning the massacre.

Nightmare was getting ready for her first day of school. She also tried to avoid Maverick as much as possible. As she was flying, she had a vision of the massacre going on, thinking about Fathom’s sad futures, if he even survived. She soon found the seer classroom and proved to the class she was a talented seer. She realized this class would not help her at all and worried about her future with Allknowing, knowing she was extremely resentful and envious of Nightmare’s powers. Fathom at first thought Albatross did it on accident and then thought about either fighting or fleeing. Sunset and Eagle then attempted to flee. Albatross quickly attacked them with his enchanted knife, killing Sunset and injuring Eagle. He then killed Fathom’s parents as well as his cousin. Later on, as Fathom hid, his grandfather found him. Albatross went to kill Fathom, but Indigo jumped in, buying just enough time for Fathom to cast a spell to kill Albatross. Albatross managed to slit Indigo’s throat, nearly killing her, but Fathom used his magic to heal her, leaving him wondering if he would ever become like Albatross.

Nightmare was shown being released out of Allknowing’s class, and she found her way to Room 3A where she met Listener, her new best friend. Whiteout approached Nightmare and asked her if she was the dragon Maverick had been waiting for. Nightmare replied yes, seeing that honesty was the best way to approach Whiteout and noting that Whiteout either trusted completely or not at all. Once Nightmare was released out of class, she knew that she would meet Maverick soon. Wanting to do it on her own terms, she waited in the shadow of a tree. Whiteout appeared, accidentally walking through a marble game. The frustrated players yelled insults at her, and Maverick appeared to defend his sister. Maverick scolded them and ended the discussion, which led to him meeting Nightmare. At this point, Nightmare realized this was the beginning of everything. Maverick reminded her to stay in the present, but Clearsight was sucked into a whirl of visions. When she was back in reality, Maverick promised he would never read her mind. Later on, they flew to a cave, seen in Nightmare’s futures, and Nightmare asked Maverick about being half DragonWolf. He showed her a ridge of IceWing scales on the underside of his wing, which were cold. She asked him what his first animus spell was, and he replied that he enchanted a scavenger doll of Whiteout’s to appear on her pillow at the end of the day, no matter where she put it. Then they heard Current, a SeaWing who survived the massacre, in the back of the cave. Current told them about Albatross, and Nightmare reminded Maverick about his soul. Maverick reassured her that his soul was fine, and they went to get Current help. Maverick then got the idea of enchanting a scroll to hold his powers.

Fathom was shown in the aftermath of the massacre. He, Indigo, and Pearl seemed to be the only SeaWing survivors. Pearl was the only royal heir alive besides their mad aunt, Sapphire. Eagle of the SkyWings was also alive. Pearl, now queen, promised that the SeaWings would never encroach into SkyWing territory again along with tributes of seafood and gems for the next five years if the SkyWings kept the massacre a secret. Pearl’s first edict as queen of the SeaWings was to outlaw animus magic. Fathom told Pearl that Indigo killed Albatross, and Fathom swore an oath that he would never use his magic again. Pearl also reminded him that he could never have dragonets and that he would have to stay away from Indigo. Painfully, Fathom agreed. Pearl comforted him by saying that Indigo would be put in the Royal Guard. Fathom sadly thought to himself that he deserved this pain.

Maverick and Nightmare go to his house. On the way there, Maverick admitted to enchanting his nosy neighbors’ plants to always grow turnips. Nightmare became worried, but Maverick took no notice and led her into his room, passing Whiteout’s paintings on the way. Maverick, very excited, took out a scroll from the rack in his room, one of the other scrolls being a painting of Clearsight before he met her, and showed it to Clearsight. He asked her to guess what it was, then told her that the scroll was enchanted and held all his magic. He proved it to her, and Clearsight asked permission to look at the futures. Darkstalker nodded and Clearsight saw that some of the dark futures fade away. Delighted, they enchanted a moonstone bracelet for Clearsight to keep her mind safe from mind-readers, a blanket to keep the wearer at the perfect temperature, and their history scroll to read to them. While listening to the scroll, Arctic came into the room and found out that Darkstalker was an animus. Darkstalker and Arctic had a cold, threatening conversation about the effects of animus magic. Clearsight then got a wave of visions and a prophecy for Arctic. Confused, Arctic wrote down the prophecy and mused over it, and Clearsight left, taking the scroll with her for safety.

A year after the massacre, Fathom was summoned to the throne room. The guards there were hostile but obedient to Pearl. Indigo, now one of Queen Pearl’s bodyguards, was in the room, along with Current, who could not handle the sight of Fathom and begged to be taken away. Queen Pearl told Fathom that there was a NightWing animus, Maverick, and wanted Fathom to go to Maverick to teach him how animus power can be harmful. Indigo burst into the conversation, warning Pearl that it might not be safe for Fathom. She then asked permission to accompany Fathom to the Night Kingdom. Pearl allowed Indigo, Lionfish, and Wharf to go with Fathom to the Night Kingdom, but Fathom felt slightly guilty as they took off.

### Part Two: Maverick was invited to the palace two months after his father found out he was an animus. It soon became common knowledge around the tribe that Maverick was the tribe’s first animus. Maverick, Arctic, and Foeslayer went to the welcoming party for the SeaWings, Whiteout being left behind. Queen Vigilance took Maverick to meet Fathom, also seeing Indigo with the other guards. Feeling Fathom’s increasing anxiety, he took them for a short flight with his guests thinking nervous thoughts. Maverick said that he was actually delightful and that if Fathom was so worried, he should make something like a soul reader.

Maverick said that Fathom does not have to be this miserable and that he should enchant an earring that makes him stop thinking about it so much. Darkstalker replied that he could make Fathom happy, which made Indigo press a knife against Darkstalker’s neck. Fathom calmed Indigo, and Darkstalker decided not to kill her, for the time being. Indigo hesitantly stepped back, and Maverick continued showing them the Night Palace. Clearsight and Listener were on their quest to save the scavengers. The dragonets discussed how to free the scavengers, and they eventually stuffed the scavengers into burlap sacks. Eventually, they brought the scavengers to North Beach and set them free. An IceWing appeared out of the sea and ate one of them, and soon one of its companions joined it. Seeing the future, Nightmare found out that they were planning an invasion. Fathom and Indigo were back at the palace. Indigo began to search the room for threats, and Fathom quietly said that he was the only threat here, because of his magic. Indigo replied that he was not a threat to her, and a conversation starts from there. After the party, Maverick proceeded to go home at about sunrise and decided to enchant something to make him invulnerable. To test his spell, he stabbed himself with a dagger, and the spell worked, rebounding the dagger easily. The idea of a soul reader then came to his mind.

Nightmare was in the palace, about to tell the queen about her vision at North Beach, with Maverick by her side. Inside the throne room, she told the queen of her vision of an DragonWolf invasion, starting at North Beach during the next two new moons. Queen Vigilance was surprised that it was not a prophecy. Because of the clarity of her vision, she made Nightmare the new top seer. Maverick proceeded to show all of them the soul reader he made. Maverick then proclaimed that it was only a little enchantment and did not cost that much of his soul. Nightmare assured herself that Maverick was not completely evil, and Maverick said the same, except with more confidence, and told Fathom there was nothing to worry about. Indigo blocked it when Maverick tried to read Fathom’s soul, but Fathom reassured her that he wanted to see it for himself, and Indigo reluctantly moved away. Weeks passed by, strengthening Fathom’s friendship with Maverick and Nightmare. One evening, he found the soul reader on his desk with a note from Maverick that said Fathom’s mind should stop worrying so much and he could use the soul reader whenever he wanted. Indigo said that it was very suspicious, saying that it was probably enchanted to show that Maverick was always good or whenever Fathom touched it, it made him trust Maverick even more. Maverick suddenly appeared, standing over the balcony, saying that Indigo was paranoid and clever and that they were lucky that Indigo was not an animus with ideas like that. He then mentioned that he used it once on Arctic already, saying that Arctic was almost as bad as Maverick thought. Fathom tipped the soul reader to Maverick, and it showed the same results as the previous time. Maverick grinned, saying that he was totally not evil and should bother Nightmare.

When they arrived at Nightmare’s door, she refused to come out and stated that she needed to finish a report on the next year of DragonWolf's maneuvers. But Maverick pointed out that the next day was Nightmare’s Hatching Day. They flew out and went into a forest, where they built a fire and ate fruits that Maverick brought. Nightmare then gave Nightmare and Fathom each a Dreamvisitor, keeping one for himself. He explained that it would allow the carrier to walk the dreams of any dragon the carrier had seen or known and that it would connect the three friends so that however far apart they were, they would always be together. Fathom was unsure and was about to give his Dreamvisitor back when Nightmare suddenly had a vision of Foeslayer in danger. Maverick asked Fathom to go back to the palace on his own and flew off with Nightmare. Fathom then realized he never had the chance to give back the dreamvisitor. Nightmare and Maverick found Whiteout keening in distress as Arctic yelled about her screaming. Maverick found out from Arctic’s mind that Foeslayer had another fight with him and that she flew off again. Maverick was about to enchant a silver armband to protect Foeslayer when he realized that Foeslayer already had the diamond earring Arctic had enchanted and getting her in the Ice Kingdom. But then he saw in Arctic’s mind that before Foeslayer flew off, she had flung the earring at Arctic, saying that she did not love him for his animus magic and that she loved him more than anything. Arctic was convinced that Foeslayer would fly back for the earring but after Maverick enchanted a piece of paper to show where Foeslayer was, Nightmare realized that Queen Diamond must have used her animus magic to call Foeslayer back to wherever she was as Foeslayer was flying straight towards the DragonWolf camp in the desert. Maverick wanted to kill Queen Diamond right away with his animus magic, but Nightmare warned him that Diamond’s only heir, Snowfox, hated the NightWings and that if she became queen, it would lead to four highly possible futures of a NightWing genocide. Maverick realized that Foeslayer was gone and decided it was Arctic’s fault. Nightmare went to the library and looked for clues on animus magic, Queen Vigilance saw her. Queen Vigilance called for Maverick and ordered Nightmare to start calculating. When Maverick arrived, Queen Vigilance asked him to give some ideas on how to end the war. Maverick showed her some examples of what he can do, such as enchanting a stick so that when it is snapped, every DragonWolf in Pyrrhia would drop dead. Eventually, they settled on an invisible shield around the NightWing kingdom that made every DragonWolf that tried to enter die.

When the queen left, Nightmare confronted Maverick, asking him what he was thinking. He said that he could enchant something to find out for sure, but he did not want anything to tell him that Foeslayer was dead. Nightmare told him that their bright futures were disappearing. Maverick begged her not to give up on him and to focus on their remaining bright paths. The part ends in Fathom’s point of view. Clearsight had joined him for dinner (breakfast for her) and began to talk about her powers as a seer. Darkstalker then comes in, asking Fathom if he wants to watch a lightning storm from the Royal Tower to which Indigo objects, saying it was the exact wrong place to be in a lightning storm. Fathom finished a small SeaWing carving that looked “unmistakably like Indigo” and gave it to Darkstalker.

Fathom carries a goblet over to the fountain to fill it with water, only for Indigo to knock into him and shatter the goblet into pieces. When Maverick berates her for it, she accuses him of putting a spell on the cup in order to do something to Fathom. Maverick insists it was not animus-touched and calls her “Violet,” which Fathom corrects. Indigo still insists Maverick did something to the goblet, something horrible and manipulative, but Fathom is sure that Maverick would not do that. Fathom then goes with Maverick to the Royal Tower to watch the lightning storm, but instead of taking Indigo with him, Fathom takes Wharf, at which Indigo is clearly startled and hurt.

After watching the lightning storm, Fathom returns to find out that Indigo is gone, and Maverick shows him a letter on a desk in Indigo’s handwriting, held down by the wooden SeaWing carving, saying that she was going home because she does not feel safe there and asking Fathom not to use his magic to find her. Fathom is shocked, noting it did not feel like something she would do at all. Fathom asks if Maverick minds if he keeps the little SeaWing, to which Maverick shows brief hesitation, but then pulls Fathom into a hug, causing Fathom to decide he must have imagined it. Fathom decided it must have probably been for the best, as Indigo was now safe from animus magic forever.

### Maverick walked to Arctic’s room and told him that he is alive and said that he saw Arctic at the pavilion watching. Maverick asked if he knew the dragon who attacked him. They had a conversation concerning Quickdeath’s actions. Maverick concluded that Arctic was not the one who hired Quickdeath and then went to his room and asked himself who else other than Arctic would want him dead. He enchanted a piece of parchment to reveal the name of the dragon who tried to kill him and then froze with surprise at what the scroll said.

Nightmare woke up in her room at the palace with a huge headache from her horrible nightmares about Darkstalker turning evil. She stumbled over to the window and spotted Queen Vigilance and Allknowing strolling in the garden and having a conversation. Confused on why Allknowing was there after she was fired, Nightmare hurried down to the garden to talk to the queen. The queen unexpectedly demanded to know if Clearsight had seen how she died, and which one of those futures is the closest. Allknowing smirked triumphantly and mocked her, telling her not to hurt herself. Queen Vigilance ordered Allknowing to “share your mumbo-jumbo,” and Allknowing did so gleefully, sharing a prophecy about Maverick coming to kill the queen and seizing the throne for his own. Nightmare protested that Allknowing was making the prophecy up and that Maverick was not a threat, but the queen did not believe her and said that she was so enchanted by her love that she would not be able to see it anyway. Nightmare realized that her earrings could be enchanted by Maverick. She unclipped the earrings and dropped them on the ground, and she was flooded with terrible futures. She realized Vigilance hired Quickdeath, and then fled.

A moment later, Fathom flew by and learned the truth from her. For a moment, Fathom is hesitant to believe this and said that Maverick might forgive her since he forgave Indigo. Nightmare suddenly realized that Maverick might not have forgiven Indigo and worried that he might have done something to her, but before she can tell Fathom this, they spotted Maverick. As they touch down, Nightmare said to Maverick that she was not going to let him kill the queen. Maverick dismissed the earring spell when Nightmare berated him, saying that was a little spell. A vision suddenly swept over both of them of Arctic taking Whiteout to the DragonWolf Kingdom, and Maverick and Nightmare flew off to save her, with a confused Fathom right behind them.

As they flew out of the Night Kingdom and towards the Kingdom of Sand, Fathom noticed dead DragonWolf bodies that were sprawled near the Nightwing border. He asked Nightmare about it, and she stated that Maverick had put a border shield that killed any DragonWolfs that tried to enter the kingdom. After flying in the Kingdom of Sand for a while, Nightmare says that they could be anywhere. Maverick took out his scroll and Nightmare asked what he intended to do with it. He said that it was not what she thought and enchanted a dagger to stab Arctic’s foot, not killing him but forcing him to stop. A few moments passed, and Maverick remembered that Arctic had an enchanted earring that protected him. He enchanted a beetle to take the earring off, then the dagger flew off. Maverick followed it, with Fathom and Nightmare close behind.

They found Arctic with Whiteout. Maverick asks where Arctic was bringing Whiteout, and Arctic said that Whiteout *wants* to go with him. Whiteout agreed, and Fathom saw that there was something wrong with her voice. Arctic planned to marry Whiteout to an DragonWolf and stated that he was doing this for Foeslayer, saying that Queen Diamond would let her go if she had Arctic. Arctic said that he would only do so for Whiteout, and to leave before Queen Diamond’s army found them. Maverick realized Whiteout had been enchanted and grabs his scroll.

Maverick told Arctic to stop talking, and when he opened his mouth, nothing came out. Fathom asked Nightmare what he had done, and spotted Nightmare with her face buried in her talons. Maverick ignored Fathom and continued, telling Arctic to release the spell he had put on Whiteout. Maverick saw Fathom and Nightmare’s panicked and concerned faces and told them to calm down since he saved the day. Nightmare responded that she wanted to see the scroll, and Maverick handed it to her. Fathom felt like he should not know what it said, but he read it anyway. It said: *Enchant Arctic the DragonWolfs to obey my every command*.

Maverick ordered Arctic to follow them to the Night Kingdom. He landed on a stage at the Great Diamond, ordering Arctic to stand beside him. Meanwhile, dragons had started to gather, and Maverick addressed them all. Maverick started interrogating Arctic, who was forced to tell the truth due to the spell Maverick had cast on him. Arctic revealed he was going to give Whiteout to the DragonWolfs so they could breed more animi into the royal family, and that he was going to see if Foeslayer was alive and would give the DragonWolfs a map of the NightWing kingdom — plus how to get in — in exchange for Foeslayer’s life. The crowd was shocked, along with Whiteout and Nightmare. Maverick told Arctic to cut out his tongue, at which the crowd stared in horror. Then, Arctic was commanded to rip open his own stomach, which he did, swiftly killing himself. Maverick turned to find Whiteout crying but Nightmare gone. Whiteout told him that Nightmare had taken his scroll and that she wanted to meet him at Agate Mountain.

Before Arctic’s death. Nightmare crept away from the crowd. She ran into Listener. Nightmare asked Listener about her promise, that she would not tell her the future unless it had something to do with saving her family — something really bad. She told Listener that if she ever believed her, she must tell everyone to leave the Night Kingdom — fly as far as possible, where nobody would ever, ever find them. Nightmare realized she had caught some other dragons’ attention, and they were listening intently.

Nightmare found Fathom and gave him the scroll to find a way to stop Maverick. He refuses to use the scroll and uses his own power. Fathom enchanted her moonstone bracelet, an enchantment that only worked on Maverick. She then told him that she feared Maverick had done something to Indigo, and afterward, he was to hide the scroll, but no matter what he was *not to break it*. She left, saying goodbye to Fathom and flew away to Agate Mountain.

Fathom thought about what Nightmare had said. That Maverick might have done something to Indigo. Fathom refused the fact that Indigo was dead. He started to read the scroll. Fathom felt guilt deep within him, though he knew Maverick had done some horrible things too. Fathom read the entire scroll, but nothing had anything to do with a dragon disappearing. He noticed that Maverick had started to put spaces in his scroll and realized that he was using his night vision to read, and brought a candle over. Fathom was shocked to find out Maverick had used invisible ink. He saw his immortality spell, the spell on Nightmare’s earrings, and, to Fathom’s horror, an enchantment on the goblet that Indigo had smashed, an enchantment to make Fathom stop loving Indigo and decide to use his magic. He felt guilty for being mad at her, as she had saved him. Then, Fathom spotted something so startling he nearly burned the paper with the candle.

It was an enchantment that would trap Indigo in the carving Fathom had made. Fathom hurried to the carving, picking it up. He decided to use his magic again and commanded the carving to return Indigo to him. Then the carving went warm, and when Fathom put it on the ground, it grew and shifted into Indigo. Fathom confessed that he loved her and that he never wanted to be without her again. He said he made an enchantment to stop Maverick and an enchantment to bring Indigo back. They both flew away, side by side. Maverick met Nightmare at Agate Mountain. He noticed that she did not bring his scroll with her, and he wondered why she stole it if she did not use it. Nightmare noted that Agate Mountain would not be the tallest mountain much longer, as there would be an earthquake and a whole side of the mountain would fall. Maverick accused her of using that as a metaphor — the most powerful dragon falling and another to take his place. Maverick insisted that they were so close to their happy future, stating all his enemies are dead. They start a conversation from there, talking about the futures and timelines. Maverick became increasingly angry.

Nightmare, however, slipped the moonstone bracelet off her arm and onto his, putting Maverick to sleep. She dragged Maverick far back into the cave, crying. Midnight rolled Maverick against the back wall and checked the bracelet to make sure it was securely fastened around his arm. Then she filled in the cave with boulders from the hills. When that was done, she found another mountain where she could watch and wait for the earthquake to come. She even considered staying with him and lying down in the path of the avalanche to die. Nightmare remembered a long-ago dream that came from a scroll she used to read, stories about a lost continent and secret tribes of dragons that lived there. She saw a future where she was an explorer, going out and finding new worlds and places no NightWing had ever been or imagined. She knew that the future was in her talons, and she could do anything she wanted to do.