Scarlett Dragna

Scarlett Dragna by Niru

**Scarlett Dragna** is the older half-sister of Donatella Dragna, step-daughter of Marcello Dragna and daughter of Paloma Dragna and The Fallen Star. After writing letters to Legend for years, she is finally invited to attend Caraval.

## Appearance

Scarlett is an extremely lovely and beautiful young woman, who inherited her mother's thick dark hair, which compliments her olive skin. Her face is more of an oval than Tella's and she has a petite nose and "hazel eyes so large she always felt they gave away too much." Her smile is very sweet and she has a heart-shaped mouth. She has a streak of grey hair after a day was taken from her during Caraval. She is taller than Tella and loves to wear red.

## Personality

Scarlett is fiercely protective of Tella. She has grown up with stories of Caraval, told by her Nana, and has always wondered from afar about the magic of Caraval. Scarlett has suffered from the abuse of her father. She is very hesitant, prefers to think things through, and doesn't take risks. She is distrustful of most people. Scarlett over-thinks things and acts with her heart and not her head. She does not like to draw attention to herself and tries to downplay her looks. Scarlett's fear rules her.

## Plot

### Caraval

Scarlett receives a letter from Legend, after seven years of sending letters. Scarlett goes looking for Tella to tell her the news. She finds her in the barrel room with a boy named Julian. Once Tella and Scarlett talked about the tickets, and getting to Isla de los Sueños. Julian then pipes up, saying that he can take them there if he gets the third ticket. However, soon after Scarlett dismisses Julian, their father, Marcello Dragna, finds the three of them in the barrel room. Marcello hits Tella because he thinks Scarlett was with Julian. Marcello then tells Scarlett that she will be marrying her fiancé, the Count, in ten days. Appalled by this, Julian offers them free passage to the isle where Caraval will take place, and tells them the ship will set sail at dawn.

Fearing their father's wrath, Scarlett tries to stop her sister from leaving with Julian, and meets with Julian at Del Ojos Beach. She tells him that he can have all three tickets to Caraval if he leaves without Tella. Unfortunately, Tella has gotten to Julian first, and Julian knocks Scarlett unconscious by drugging her and taking her aboard his small boat to go to Caraval. While unconscious from being drugged by Julian, she dreams of her Nana telling the sisters the story about Legend and how he got his magic.

When Scarlett wakes up she realizes she is on a boat with Julian. When she asks where Tella is, he tells her she will find Tella on the island and that Tella had convinced him to smuggle Scarlett off Trisda. To buy them time, Tella made it seem as if they were kidnapped. About one hundred yards from shore, their boat gets a hole in it. They end up having to swim to Isla de los Sueños. When a freezing Julian and Scarlett finally make it to the outskirts of the town, all the shops are closed except for one, Casabian's Clocks. Inside they find an outfit for each of them and a tray of food with a note from Legend saying he is pleased she and her companion could make it. The dress from Legend is an enchanted dress that changes its appearance.

It's time for the after-party, but Scarlett doesn't feel like going. Tella says she needs to go anyway because it's rare for non-performers to be invited.

Scarlett is nervous to face Julian after learning the truth about him. She sees him flirting with a pretty brunette, but he leaves her and walks to Scarlett as soon as he sees her. He tells her to stop looking at him like she doesn't know him. The actors bring themselves to their roles, so she does know a lot about him already. While he can't say it out loud, Scarlett figures out that he is Legend's brother. He almost left him but came back when his brother said he had a shot at redemption. Julian wanted to help Legend stop being the villain. He says he stayed though because of Scarlett. She notices that there is a scar on the side of his face from where her father sliced him. Julian explains that even though the performers resurrect that the end of the game, they keep any scars they get. Scarlett realizes she loves Julian, and they kiss.

### Legendary

Scarlett discovers that the man she thought was the Count was actually one of Legend's performers. She consequently agrees to give the real Count Nicolas d'Arcy another chance, after asking Jacks to help her locate him. The sisters also shelter their sleeping mother in their apartment.

### Finale

It has been two months since the end of the special edition of Caraval. Scarlett has been writing to the Count while also trying not to think about how much she is missing Julian. When Julian turns up unexpectedly on the day that she has planned to meet the Count, Scarlett decides to create a competition for both boys, with the prize being her hand in marriage. She feels torn between the boy she used to dream about and the boy she gave her heart to only to receive lies in return. Meanwhile, her ability to see her own feelings in color has intensified and she can now also see other people's feelings as colors.

She acquires the Reverie Key. Scarlett realizes that she has been leading Nicolas on, as she has no intention of marrying him, and she agrees to meet him to call the competition off. On the way, she is kidnapped by the Fallen Star, a Fate who reveals himself to be her father, which is why she has magical powers. Scarlett is declared the heir to the throne when the Fates takes over, and she attends the coronation ceremony with Poison. While she is there, however, she catches Julian trying to rescue her. Gavriel, the Fallen Star, notices her looking at him and figures out the truth. He forces her to manipulate him into believing that he doesn't love her so that she masters her powers and turns into a Fate. However, they escape at the last moment. A Fate's weakness is the inability to love, which would remove their immortality, and Scarlett's mother was the only person Gavriel ever loved. She thus travels back in time to try to pretend to be her mother, hoping this would melt the Fate's heart. Her plan does not succeed, however, and the Fallen Star is later killed by Tella. Being his heir and Empress Elantine's granddaughter, Scarlett ascends the throne.

Just before her coronation, Julian gives her gloves made of the remains of her Fated dress, which he sewed himself. Scarlett notes that gloves were a symbolic gift that men used to propose. Scarlett is crowned as the new empress of the Meridian Empire. She will rule with Julian by her side.

### Once Upon A Broken Heart

Evangeline Fox is invited to a tea party with Tella and Scarlett. Scarlett wants Evangeline to go to the Magnificent North's traditional celebration called Nocte Neverending. Scarlett says she can't go because she has so recently been crowned empress. Tella says she can't go because "there's someone in the North she's been avoiding." Thus, the sisters are hoping Evangeline will be their ambassador and go in their place. After discussing it a bit more, Evangeline agrees to go as their representative. When she asks if the sisters know anything about the royal family, both sisters say they do, but as they try to tell Evangeline, they suddenly can't remember what they know and their eyes turn foggy and glazed.

## Powers

Scarlett sees flashes of color attached to her emotions. When she learns that her father is actually a Fate named the Fallen Star, he makes her develop her ability until she can see other people's feelings as colors, too.

## Relationships

### Donatella Dragna

Scarlett and Tella are close. They deeply care for one another and blame each other for mistakes. It is revealed that if Scarlett took the blame, Tella would be “punished” by their abusive father. Even with Scarlett’s marriage, Tella forces Scarlett to go to Caraval by asking Julian to help her do so. Tella saw Scarlett’s stress and insecurities all due to her future marriage and their father and brought her out of her comfort zone. Even if they get in trouble. Scarlett wants to keep Tella safe and keep her from their abusive father while Tella wants Scarlett to have fun and live her life instead of keeping safe. Scarlett tries to guard Tella from their father by letting her believe that Scarlett is just extremely overprotective. Scarlett is the only one who knows that they can never safely leave Trisda unless she had a husband. Scarlett is willing to do whatever it takes, even giving up on her dream of going to Caravel, if it means Tella will be safe.

Through everything that happens to the sisters, their relationship deepens and grows. They strategize together and work to help each other achieve their goals. They really balance each other out, while also both feeling deeply and loving strongly.

### Julian Santos

Scarlett meets Julian when she discovers him kissing Tella in the barrel room of the Dragna Estate. At first, Scarlett doesn't want to get too involved or attached to Julian because she is soon to marry the Count. She also finds it infuriating that someone so annoying and vexing can look so perfect. Scarlett thinks Julian is nothing but a "scoundrel and a liar." She tells Nigel that he is selfish, dishonest, and opportunistic. Despite this, it's clear they are attracted to one another right away. As she becomes more reluctant about her impending marriage, she begins to let herself fall for Julian. Julian pushes her to take risks and go outside of her comfort zone. They begin to have a romantic relationship when it is revealed to Scarlett that Julian is a performer in Caraval. Scarlett starts to question their relationship and worries that she doesn't actually know Julian. Julian was only meant to pretend to be Scarlett's fiancé to get her into the game, but ends up falling in love with her for real. After Julian promises to never lie to her again, Scarlett decides to give their relationship another chance. But when she discovers that the person she believed to be the Count was actually just another performer and Julian knew this and kept this information from her, Scarlett feels betrayed and ends things with Julian.

Julian begs Scarlett to give him another chance. She agrees, but with a twist. She will also be giving the real Count a chance as well. Both boys will compete to win her hand in marriage. Eventually, Scarlett realizes that she truly loves Julian and is only leading the Count on. She breaks things off with the Count and takes Julian back. Just before her coronation, Julian gives her gloves made of the remains of her Fated dress, which he sewed himself. Scarlett notes that gloves were a symbolic gift that men used to use to propose. Scarlett is crowned as the new empress of the Meridian Empire, and she will rule with Julian by her side.

### Nicolas d'Arcy

The Count and Scarlett corresponded through letters, and were to marry a couple of days after Caraval ended. The Count appears to sound like a gentleman in his letters, and he has promised to take care of Scarlett and Tella. Scarlett believes her marriage to him will save and protect her and Tella from their abusive father. Scarlett breaks things off with Nicolas after she realizes she truly loves Julian and is only leading Nicolas on.

### Marcello Dragna

Marcello was a better man and father when the girls were younger. However, after Paloma left them, he became abusive towards Scarlett and Tella. Whenever one of them breaks one of his rules, he will punish the other, as it will bring them more pain. Once Scarlett and Tella tried to leave Trisda with the help of Felipe, the son of one of their father's guards, but they were ultimately found out. Marcello and his guards came to collect them, and as the guards dragged the sisters back to their home, Scarlett watched as Marcello held Felipe's head underwater, killing him. Later, he told everyone that Felipe had accidentally drowned, making Scarlett fear him even more.

## Gallery

Scarlett by la-di-doodlesScarlett by Gina, Dark And Beautiful ArtScarlett Dragna by Micheline RyckmanScarlett and Julian by Micheline RyckmanScarlett and Julian by Gina, Dark And Beautiful ArtScarlett by magicalmindofmineScarlett by Melanie BourgeoisScarlett by NiruDonatella, and Scarlett by NiruDonatella, and Scarlett by Niru (color version)Scarlett BobbleheadScarlett Dragna by JoeyKaeScarlett and Tella by Yvone BrickusScarlett and Julian by Micheline RyckmanScarlett and Julian by Micheline RyckmanBy Micheline RyckmanBy @morgana0anagrom; Scarlett as the Two of Pentacles for FairyLoot@Niruskyart
## Trivia

* Scarlett's name means *scarlett* or *red*, possibly referencing her tendency to connect emotions to colors.
* *Auhtara* means daughter.

## References

1. ↑ *Caraval*: page 102
2. ↑ https://nameberry.com/babyname/Scarlett