Ashes

**Ashes** is a female VolcanoWing who is the main protagonist of *Raging Fires*.

## Ashes

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## Relatives

### Appeared in

*Turning Tides*,
*Raging Fires*

## Appearance

Ashes has black scales like shadows or the hardened rock on a lava field, straight grey horns, and orange eyes.

A small, claw-shaped piece of obsidian hangs from a silver hoop on one of her ears (kind of like an earring). She also wears a fire-proof sheath around her chest that contains an obsidian knife in it.

## History

### *Turning Tides*

Ashes first appears as one of the VolcanoWing representatives for Mistral's interspecies meeting, alongside Vulcan, entering the StormWing palace's throne room.

During the dinner scene in the same palace, Ashes is seen setting food on fire for Phoenix ("Firehead", her pet human), to eat before accusations of military excursions are thrown at the VolcanoWings. In response, Vulcan and Ashes leave the dining hall for their assigned quarters for the rest of the night.

The next morning, Ashes joins Tide for a flight around the palace, both dragons saying nothing. When dawn arrives, both dragons head back to their respective quarters before their groups are assisted to a StormWing church located deep underground.

Five months ("*one-and-a-half seasons*") later, during the VolcanoWings' war, Ashes is seen guiding Tide and Peak from the Rachis Jungle to the new base of the Undercurrents, which is located in the southeastern swamps of the continent.

As Peak and Tide are attacked by Jambeau's humans ("sky-creatures"), Ashes hides in the swamp's trees with Sunny. She is then arrested by the Undercurrents and questioned before being let go.

One month ("*one-third-of-a-season*") after that, Ashes is seen walking around the Community of Coasts with Sunny, when Tide spots her. The OceanWing attacks her for "stealing" Sunny and for leaving Peak and Tide to die in the marsh. Eel and Crystal then pull Tide away from the VolcanoWing and drag her to another place in the Community.

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## Trivia

* "Ashes" are the solid remnants of fires.
	+ Ashes' name was chosen because she was one of the dragons caused the ultimate destruction of planet Eukarya in the series, leaving the (metaphorical) ashes of dead civilizations behind.
* Ashes appearance in *Turning Tides* was loosely based on Crocodile, a female MudWing who only appeared in *Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir (2013)*. Throughout the rest of the series, she is loosely based on corrupt government officials throughout human history.
	+ The author intentionally made Vulcan, Ashes, and most of the VolcanoWings in *These Alien Dragons* pure-evil characters because they despise the overuse of the "sympathetic villain" trope in modern fiction. (They do like the "sympathetic villain" trope, but only when it's executed *correctly*.)

## Gallery

Ashes on the cover of *Raging Fires*.The VolcanoWing symbol made by the author, using Inkarnate.
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J. Pappas' notes and outlines for *These Alien Dragons*
2. ↑ *Turning Tides*, Chapter 7
3. ↑ *Turning Tides*, Chapter 15
4. ↑ *Turning Tides*, Chapter 13
5. ↑ *Turning Tides*, Chapter 18
6. ↑ *Turning Tides*, epilogue
7. ↑ Ashes - Wikipedia