Kestrel

## Appearance

Kestrel has ruby-red scales and pale yellow underscales, which is the same as the wings. She has amber eyes.

## Personality

Because she had lost both of her dragonets and was exiled from the Sky Kingdom, Kestrel was usually bad-tempered, hostile, and angry. She was initially assumed to be cruel and mean naturally at first, but it was later revealed that this was because she was bitter about being lied to and losing her dragonets. She abused Glory due to her being a RainWing and not a SkyWings. Kestrel seemed to hate all of the Dragonets of Destiny, and she called them useless, but has shown affection towards Peril. She seems to have a protective side, which is shown when Morrowseer and Blister tricked her into believing that the dragonets were in danger. She arrived immediately to 'save' them, hinting she has had some protectiveness over the dragonets.

## Relationships

### Clay

Clay always was the one to be picked out of all the dragonets to learn how to fight because of his ability to breathe fire and size. She knew that MudWings could only breathe fire when they are warm enough. Unknowingly, he developed his special fireproof scales, which causes his scales to heal from any burn within a few seconds.

Clay did not think of Kestrel quite as strongly as the other dragonets, but it is revealed that he thinks of her as hot-tempered and mean when he stops an argument by saying that they are "mini-Kestrels."

### Tsunami

Tsunami appears to dislike Kestrel, and Kestrel feels the same way due to the ancient SkyWing grudge at the SeaWings due to the Royal SeaWing Massacre. Kestrel severely punishes Tsunami to the point of chaining her up when she disobeyed an order.

### Glory

Kestrel hated Glory because she is a RainWing and not a SkyWing, as the prophecy called for. She often refers to her as lazy and weak. Kestrel physically and verbally abused Glory much more than she did the other dragonets. Kestrel was supposed to murder Glory for the prophecy in the first book, but thanks to the aid of the rest of the dragonets, Glory managed to escape.

### Starflight

Kestrel would often burn Starflight just like all the other dragonets, especially because he could not fight.

### Sunny

Kestrel seems to dislike Sunny the least. The optimistic dragonet was most likely treated better by the guardians, including Kestrel. However, Kestrel calls Sunny "defective."

### Dune

Dune helped Kestrel and Webs raise the dragonets of destiny while hidden in the caves. Kestrel seemed to be neutral with him.

### Webs

Webs helped Kestrel and Dune raise the dragonets of destiny while hidden in the caves. Kestrel seemed to be neutral with him, like Dune. In *The Dragonet Prophecy*, she is shown to yell at Webs for bringing a RainWing egg instead of a SkyWing egg repeatedly, but it was only thanks to her suggestion that Webs managed to escape Queen Scarlet's attack in the caves.

### Peril

It is most likely that she cared about her daughter, as she tried to flee with her but got burned. When she found out Peril was alive, she told her, "I thought you were dead." In addition to that, after Glory injures Queen Scarlet, she invites Peril to come with her. However, Peril declines, ending their relationship (due to Kestrel supposedly "killing" Peril's brother and abandoning her with Scarlet), and Kestrel is killed shortly afterward. Despite her grudge against Kestrel, Peril was devastated upon learning of Kestrel's death since she never got the chance to know her mother.

## Quotes

*"We await the wings of fire, […] Not that it'll do us much good now, […] Hvitur is dead."*
― to Webs (*The Dragonet Prophecy*, prologue)

*"Of all the horrible ideas. RainWings are wretched creatures. Nothing like SkyWings."*
― about Webs' plan to replace the broken SkyWing egg with a RainWing egg (*The Dragonet Prophecy*, prologue)

*"I'm your teacher. Nothing* I *do is cheating. Get down here and fight like a SkyWing."*
― to Clay, after stomping on his tail (*The Dragonet Prophecy*, page 3)

*"STOP YAMMERING AND GET DOWN HERE!"*
― to Clay (*The Dragonet Prophecy*, page 3)

*"Where's the monster I saw when you hatched?* That's *the dragon we need for The Dragonet Prophecy (prophecy)."*
― to Clay (*The Dragonet Prophecy*, page 4)

*"Aren't you sweet? Protecting a dragon who tried to kill you while you were still an egg."*
― to Tsunami, about her protecting Clay (*The Dragonet Prophecy*, page 5)

*"We'll tell you what you need to know about the prophecy, […] You don't need a pile of gossip and rumors and speculation cluttering up your tiny little minds."*
― to Sunny and Starflight (*The Dark Secret*, page 92)
## Trivia

* In *The Dragonet Prophecy*, it is stated that the burn marks from Peril are only on Kestrel's talons. However, in the graphic novel, there is also a burn scar on her face