Prince Albatross

Albatross of the SeaWings

### Age

Unknown, but old enough to be a grandfather also, known to be an elderly SeaWing

## Book Appearance

### Mentioned in

The Lost Heir, Moon Rising, Escaping Peril, Talons of Power

**Prince Albatross** was an elderly SeaWing animus who lived about 2,000 years ago. He is notorious for causing the Royal SeaWing Massacre due to him losing his soul to animus magic. He started the Seawing massacre and died soon after it.

## Appearance

Albatross was described to be nearly a neck-length taller than his sister, Queen Lagoon, with long and majestic wings. His scales were bluish-gray, but so pale in some places that they looked almost white, while his eyes were described to be hooded and a color blue so dark they appeared black. In fact, he was compared to the coloring of a seagull that was present during the Talons of Power ceremony. He was said to have a suspicious expression, and a long, hooked snout. Albatross's sisters once said that he had tiny teeth and that his tail was a funny shape.

## Biography

### Pre-Series

When he was a dragonet, his sisters Lagoon and Sapphire taunted him, saying he had oddly colored scales, tiny teeth, and "swam like a feeble old duck." Unaware of his animus powers, Albatross was enraged and told a clamshell to bite all of Sapphire's claws off.

### *Darkstalker (Legends)*

Albatross was first introduced during a Talons of Power ceremony, although he seemed obviously reluctant to take on an apprentice and skeptical that any of the eight present SeaWing dragonets (all of which had turned two years old within the last few months) possessed any magical abilities. Although Albatross protested to Queen Lagoon, he eventually agreed to continue the tests after a heated comment from his sister. He then proceeded to yank down eight coconuts down to the dragonets' talons on the beach below using his unspoken animus power. After Indigo asked Albatross how to enchant their coconuts, he explained that "you use your power, if you have any." After Indigo questioned him again, saying "wouldn't it be easier to just throw it at you?," Albatross laughed, replying that an enchanted coconut would never miss, no matter what he did to dodge or try to block it. Indigo shrugged and did as she was told, but as Albatross suspected, her coconut did not move. However, when Fathom ordered his coconut to strike his grandfather, it wrenched itself out of his talons and smashed into his grandfather's chest hard enough to knock him backwards. Albatross had slowly gotten to his feet, wincing and shaking out his wings once he was upright again.  Without looking at the queen or any of the dragonets, he carefully picked up the offending coconut, started at it for a moment, and then held it to his chest, where Fathom thought he could hear small crunching sounds. After Albatross finally looked up and asked who had enchanted the coconut, Pearl had pointed at Fathom and said that he was the one who was the animus. After Fathom met his grandfather's eyes, Albatross had smiled, stating how it was "such happy news." However, out of view of the other dragons, a seagull that had been present for the ceremony was silently strangled to death by a vine that curled out of the jungle.

A few days after the animus test, Albatross summoned Fathom for their first training session. He expressly requested that Fathom come alone, probably so that Fathom would not be distracted by Indigo while they were training. Albatross had summoned him to the Sunset Beach, where parties and royal weddings often took place. After they met at the Palace, Albatross confessed that Queen Lagoon wanted him to show Fathom his most important project, and he took his apprentice to see it. After a bit of questioning from Fathom, Albatross quieted his apprentice and told him the gruesome story of how he found he was an animus, with a warning that Fathom must always be careful with his magic. Shocked, Fathom agreed, but he then asked his grandfather if they could practice actual magic. Albatross agreed, but as he and Fathom took to the sky, a startled yelp came from the nearby foliage, in which Albatross used his magic to tear a bush free from, exposing an anxious-looking Indigo. When questioned, she retorted that she was only following Fathom to make sure he was safe. Fathom was surprised, but he was also excited, explaining to Indigo that he was going to practice and that it was even better now that she could watch. However, Albatross said that he was getting tired, and reminded Fathom that he was a wizened old dragon and that he must have heard something about respecting his elders.

Later, when the SkyWings came over, he enchanted a chef's knife to kill many dragons, mostly ones of the Royal SeaWing Family. He was about to kill Fathom when Indigo attacked him, trying to distract Albatross to save Fathom. Fathom then enchanted some fishing spears to kill Albatross.

### *The Lost Heir*

Anemone made references to Albatross several times, saying that she didn't wish to use her animus powers and go insane like him. Unfortunately, Albatross's hard work may have been in vain, considering the Summer Palace was destroyed during the end of the book, though it was well hidden and had stayed that way prior to its destruction.

### *Moon Rising*

Albatross is mentioned in the scroll that Moon reads to find out about Dream Visitors. The scroll describes the Royal SeaWing Massacre, and how his insanity influenced Queen Pearl to ban the use of all animus magic in the Sea Kingdom.

### *Escaping Peril*

After Turtle uses his animus power to take the scroll from Shapeshifter, Moon mentions Albatross while asking how Turtle is feeling. Turtle mentions that Albatross grew the entire pavilion before going completely insane, as proven in *Darkstalker (Legends)*.

### *Talons of Power*

Albatross is mentioned various times in the book, as a parallel to both Turtle and Darkstalker. He "appeared" as a ghost in the epilogue, but it was an illusion.

### *Darkness of Dragons*

Albatross's ghost mentioned, tormenting the SeaWing tribe. It was confirmed Darkstalker created the ghost to scare the SeaWings.

## Quotes edit

*"An enchanted coconut will never miss, no matter how I dodge or try to block it. Go ahead and try."* - Albatross during the Talons of Power ceremony.

*"Another animus in the tribe. I'm so very, very pleased."* - About Fathom at the Talons of Power ceremony.

*"Hmmm, yes, very interesting. This talon definitely has more power than that one."* - Joking with Fathom in an animus training session.

*"You may be wondering why you’re still alive. Especially when your entire family is dead."* - To Fathom during the Royal SeaWing massacre.

*"Bite her! Bite all of her claws off!"* - His first unintended animus enchantment.

*"No! Spears—"* - His last words, cut off by Indigo, before Fathom's enchanted spears killed him.

## Enchantments

* Coconuts at the Talons of Power ceremony to roll up to the dragonets.
* A conch shell, enchanted to glow when someone lies.
* A fountain on the Island Palace (mentioned by Queen Lagoon).
* A rock to grow into the Summer Palace.
* A knife controlled by him to kill his family.
* An empty clamshell accidentally enchanted to bite off all of Princess Sapphire's claws.
* A vine used to strangle a seagull (unconfirmed, but likely).

## Relationships

### Fathom

Albatross wasn't happy when he found out that Fathom was an animus because with another SeaWing animus he wouldn't be the most important SeaWing. Albatross sarcastically says that he's proud of having another animus SeaWing. During the Royal SeaWing Massacre, Albatross said that he could kill Fathom without being close to him but wanted to see him die.

### Sapphire and Lagoon

His older sisters used to bully him when he was young. Albatross accidentally enchanted a clam to bite off Princess Sapphire claws when Sapphire tried to steal the clam he was playing with. Later, during the Royal SeaWing Massacre, he killed his other sister, Queen Lagoon. He died shortly after this.

## Trivia

* Albatross is confirmed to be of IceWing descent. This means that the entire royal SeaWing line contains IceWing blood.
* In the epilogue of *Talons of Power*, the ghost of Albatross appears to come back to haunt the SeaWings, but it is later revealed to be an enchantment by Darkstalker to scare them.
* An albatross is a very large seabird resembling a seagull. It is noted to be one of the largest flying birds alive today.
* Albatross is the first known animus SeaWing in ancient Pyrrhia.
* Tui said in a meeting that we might possibly get an Albatross Legends book sometime in the future
* Albatross is the sixth confirmed hybrid.
* Albatross is the first SeaWing known to be a hybrid, the second being Typhoon.
* He is the fifth hybrid of IceWing descent, the others being King Darkstalker, Whiteout, Princess Sunny, and Typhoon.