'Burn' was an adult female SandWing who was introduced in The Dragonet Prophecy.
Among Blaze and Blister, Burn was the most brutal princess during the
War of SandWing Succession, and was widely feared in Pyrrhia. She was
allied with the SkyWings and later, the MudWings after the assassination
of Tempest|Commander Tempest. She was killed by the venom of a dragonbite viper from Blister's "gift" in The Brightest Night (book)|The
Brightest Night. Before her death, she resided in the SandWing
stronghold.

## Description

Burn had pale yellow and pale golden scales that radiated heat like a
desert horizon that were covered with jagged scars, one of which was a
particularly vicious burn along the majority of the flank under her left
wing.

Her obsidian-black eyes had no white in them at all; they were orbs of
pure, menacing black and similar to those of Blaze and Blister. She was
massive and of enormous size, much bigger than Scarlet and both of her
sisters, with long talons twice the size of Clay's. She did not wear any
accessories, but her claws and teeth were stained from all of the blood
she had shed. She had heavy footsteps.

## Personality

Burn was described as one of the most dangerous dragons in Pyrrhia, and
she made the world a more dangerous place. She was monstrous, impatient,
strong, scary, creepy, cruel, merciless, crazy, and controlling. She was
described as the biggest, scariest, and meanest of the rival sisters.
After meeting her, Ruby assumed that Burn would not let her allies go
easily. She hated hybrids, especially SandWing hybrids, and was often
fixed with a ferocious glare. She did not care much for her prisoners
during the War of SandWing Succession, and they sometimes would go days
without food. She was violent and preferred fighting over watching
dragons fight. Starflight stated that if Burn won she would probably
keep the war going for fun. She was also mentioned to cut the legs off
jackrabbits just to see what they would do. Six-Claws mentioned that one
thing Burn loved more than mutilating animals was war; when she heard
that Blister was negotiating alliances with the SeaWings and MudWings,
Burn was gleefully and horribly delighted, as "two sisters out there
lurking and scheming was just annoying — but armies lurking out to
attack her, […] that meant violence and mayhem and fun." She was
greedily obsessed with Six-Claws' odd talons, and ignored the discomfort
and sickness he felt each time she would examine them and remind him
that once he died, his soldiers were to cut off his arms and bring them
to her. She expected unquestioning obedience from her soldiers, and was
willing to harshly punish anyone who displeased her.

## Biography

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Pre-Series
Burn was the eldest,
strongest, and largest of the three daughters of Oasis|Queen Oasis. She
got along fine with her mother, Oasis, who mentioned that if she gave
Burn an odd-looking or deformed thing or creature, she would disappear
into her room for days to study it. It seemed that Burn was Queen
Oasis's favourite daughter, considering how well they got along.

After Queen Oasis was murdered by three treasure-seeking scavengers,
Burn became embroiled in conflict for the throne of the SandWings with
her two younger sisters, Blaze and Blister. She also had three brothers
— the only living one being Smolder — whom she was shown to abuse. She
killed her other two brothers, Scald|Prince Scald and Singe|Prince
Singe. The princes were described to have been killed for "annoying" her
and making her mad.

Shortly after Queen Oasis's death, Burn took over the palace. She either
drove Blaze and Blister out, or Blister and Blaze escaped before she got
to them. Burn was allied with the SkyWings and MudWings, two very
powerful fighting tribes, and appeared to be winning the war.

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### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy
Burn was the SandWing who murdered Hvitur, one of
the Talons of Peace#Guardians of the dragonets|guardians of the
dragonets of destiny|dragonets, and the SkyWing egg the night before the
brightest night, the day on which the dragonets of destiny would hatch.
She wanted to murder the dragonets so they wouldn't stop her.
[File:ScarletVenom.png|thumb|Burn](File:ScarletVenom.png%7Cthumb%7CBurn)
shoving Scarlet into the venom so she would not get hit by it. She
travelled all the way from her stronghold after Queen Scarlet captured
the dragonets of destiny. She intended to watch Scarlet dispose of the
dragonets in her SkyWing palace#SkyWing Arena|gladiatorial arena and
take Sunny back with her for her collection of oddities, but the
dragonets escaped when Glory attempted to spray venom on Burn. Burn,
using Queen Scarlet as a shield, shot into the sky. She later sent out
search parties after the dragonets, who managed to avoid them, and also
got her SandWing soldiers to transport the injured Scarlet to the
SandWing stronghold.

left The Lost Heir

Burn was mentioned briefly when Anemone, Tsunami, and Whirlpool were
discussing the things that Anemone could do with her animus magic, such
as enchant a spear to kill Burn and win the war for Blister.

left The Hidden Kingdom

In the prologue, Nautilus recounted the Dragonet Prophecy to
Squid, explaining how the dragonets of the prophecy have to choose
between Burn, Blister, and Blaze to be the queen of the SandWings and
end the war.

Burn was put forward as a possible kidnapper of RainWings, but Glory
shot down that idea, saying that Burn did not like pretty things, but
rather "horribly weird things."

left The Dark Secret
In the epilogue, Burn was shown in her stronghold. It was revealed
that after the escape of the dragonets, Burn took Queen Scarlet prisoner
to "keep her safe," and because she was "in no condition to battle Ruby
for the throne." With Scarlet being imprisoned, Ruby became the
functioning queen of the SkyWings. Burn considered Ruby to be an
unsatisfactory ruler because she refused to join any battle on Burn's
side until she had "restored order to the Sky Kingdom" and "established
the stability of her own throne." She referred to Scarlet as her guest
rather than her prisoner in their conversation.

She then discussed the dragonets of destiny with her brother, Smolder.
She and Smolder decided to kill all five of the dragonets.

left The Brightest Night

Burn was mentioned when Fierceteeth, Strongwings, and
Preyhunter kidnapped Sunny, as a possibility to trade her in exchange
for help. Burn appeared at her stronghold when the dragonets of destiny
were choosing the SandWing queen. Blister mentioned the gift she gave
her, and Burn ordered Smolder to bring it to her. Worried, Sunny told
Burn to be careful, and Burn mocked Blister, pulling out one of the
dragonbite vipers that was inside the box. Burn took a few steps toward
Blister, planning to have it bite her, but a second viper lunged out of
the box, biting Burn's ankle and killing her. Smolder commented that he
never thought he would outlive Burn.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising
Burn
was first mentioned by one of the SandWing students at Jade Mountain
Academy, saying that "Burn would have been a strong queen" but was
ultimately glad Thorn was queen instead. She was mentioned again by
Qibli while talking to Onyx saying "I'm amazed you were able to avoid
Burn's soldiers for so long."

left Winter Turning

While scolding the Jade Winglet for leaving Jade Mountain Academy to
find Scarlet, Glory mentioned Burn as one of the most dangerous dragons
in Pyrrhia until her death.

Burn was mentioned later on by Qibli while he was telling Pyrite about
how the dragonets of destiny ended the War of SandWing Succession and
made Thorn the new SandWing Queen.

While searching for Scarlet in the valley, Winter questioned who was
keeping Hailstorm alive while Burn imprisoned Scarlet in the SandWing
stronghold.

While flying over the Great Five-Tail River, Winter wondered if Burn
promised to the SkyWings that they can claim it they allied with her
during the war.

left Escaping Peril

Burn was seen in the prologue seated next to Queen Scarlet as she first
revealed Peril to her children and other SkyWings of importance. Scarlet
told them how Burn killed an IceWing (Hvitur) from the Talons of Peace
that was trying to steal a SkyWing egg, and that they must destroy all
the SkyWing eggs hatching on the Brightest Night. Burn was anxious to
kill the rest of the eggs, but Scarlet decided to make a show of it,
having Peril burn the eggs.

Burn was later mentioned when Peril told Scarlet that Ruby refused to do
what Burn told her to do and pulled back all the fronts of the war since
destroying the Summer Palace.

Burn was mentioned again, briefly, when Peril thought that Scarlet had
been kept from killing dragons by fear upon hearing what had happened to
her and Blister.

left Talons of Power
While talking to Fierceteeth and Strongwings after Darkstalker caught
them trying to kill Glory, she briefly mentioned Burn while conversing
with them, stating how their kidnapping of Sunny and plan to turn her in
along with the other dragonets of destiny over to Burn to have them
killed will not be easily forgiven.

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Darkness of Dragons
Burn was briefly
mentioned by Palm as one of the three dragons who may have let Queen
Oasis know about her and Smolder.

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

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The Dangerous Gift
After Glacier
asked her daughters to promise that they would not have their Ice
Kingdom|kingdom fight in a war similar to the War of SandWing Succession
for the IceWing throne, Snowfall thought how Mink knew little about the
War of SandWing Succession and would not be able to name Burn and her
sisters since she was only two years old.

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### Legends

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Dragonslayer
Burn was seen by a few
scavengers flying over the grate, and they theorized someone else was
visiting. She was seen by Leaf leaving with Queen Scarlet to face the
music, along with a few guards. Later, Leaf saw Queen Scarlet
unconscious beneath her throne. Burn entered the room with a few of her
guards, had them pick her up, and they all flew out again. Leaf
interpreted this as a SandWing attack on the SkyWings.

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### Winglets

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Prisoners
Burn was briefly mentioned
when Fierceteeth told Saguaro that she was probably a soldier of Burn.

left
Assassin
Burn was briefly mentioned
by Morrowseer who was telling Deathbringer his next mission.

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Deserter
Burn and Blister lured
their sister, Blaze, into a sandstorm who was rescued by Six-Claws.
After the death of Queen Oasis, Six-Claws served as a general in Burn's
army, under the condition that she received his unusual talons after his
death. She told him that when he dies, his army is to cut off his talons
and give them to her for her to collect.

She was later seen arguing with Six-Claws about attacking the MudWings
instead of finding Blaze. During the ensuing argument, she crippled
Dune, so he was unable to fly again. This was one of the events that
placed doubt in Six-Claws, causing him to leave the army with Dune and
Kindle.

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### Field Guides

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A Guide to the Dragon World
Burn was
mentioned in Coral's scroll about the War of SandWing Succession.

She was later mentioned in the SandWing chapter in Smolder's
observations of Rose.

She was mentioned again in the SkyWing chapter as one of the dragons
Scarlet wanted to kill.

## Relationships

### Blaze

Burn was fully willing to murder her younger sister in order to
eliminate a possible heir to the SandWing throne, and once conspired
with Blister to kill Blaze.

### Blister

Burn and Blister, while living together under the rule of Queen Oasis,
generally avoided one another as much as possible. When the two sisters
did talk to each other, it usually meant that they were planning bad
things for a certain individual. She did not trust Blister and knew how
sick and twisted her mind was.

### Oasis

Oasis and Burn had a good relationship, stated by Oasis to be "odd but
reasonable." Oasis could easily distract Burn by giving her something
strange, and Burn would go into her room for days to study it. At the
stronghold during the Brightest Night, Thorn comments that she was
impressed at Burn's poetic tombstone for Queen Oasis. It is suggested
that, rather, she mourned for Oasis, who thought that she and Burn
"actually got along, in a way." When her mother died, she was enraged.

### Scarlet

Queen Scarlet was Burn's ally during the war; she loved the war Burn and
her sisters started as it brought her new competitors for her arena.
Burn visited her kingdom as her guest of honor for her hatching day, at
which Scarlet intended to present Sunny as a gift to her. Though she
found Scarlet's palace to be frivolous, she kept her mouth shut in order
to keep her alliance with Scarlet. When Glory attacked them, Burn used
Scarlet as a shield against the venom before immediately taking to the
sky. Afterward, Burn kept Scarlet chained her weirdling tower as a
"guest", as she had her own reasons to keep her alive.

### Six-Claws

Six-Claws served under Burn for twelve years during the war and was a
trusted general. The two got along reasonably well until Six-Claws
argued against her orders, which strained their relationship. Burn
seemed to be more sparing towards Six-Claws than other odd dragons and
did not kill him right away. Instead, she wanted his talons hung up
after his death, which never happened due to Burn's death.

### Smolder

Smolder was the only brother that Burn allowed to live. However, she
tended to feel uncomfortable around Smolder because he had a similar
appearance to Blister. It was implied many times that Burn seemed to
threaten Smolder with death so he would obey her orders at all times, as
Smolder fears for his life whenever something goes wrong.

## Quotes

I don't care. No prophecy decides what happens to me. I'm not
letting a bunch of words or baby dragons decide when I die or what I bow
to. We can have peace when my sisters are dead and I am queen of the
SandWings.
to Hvitur The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The
Dragonet Prophecy
prologue

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So, IceWing. Is this egg a part of your pathetic prophecy?

to Hvitur, about the SkyWing egg
The Dragonet Prophecy
prologue

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The world doesn't need a prophecy. It needs me as Queen of the
SandWings.
to Scarlet
The Dragonet Prophecy
196

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The supposed new queen of the SkyWings is a bore and a
nuisance. She wants to 'restore order in the Sky Kingdom' and 'establish
the stability of her own throne' before engaging in any more battles at
my side. She's even more difficult than her annoying mother, and she
follows orders very poorly, if at all. We haven't had a satisfying
battle in weeks. I'm considering getting rid of her.
to
Smolder, about Queen Ruby The Dark Secret

epilogue

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It is. I really need to kill something. It's been too long
since I last ripped out a dragon's throat.
to Smolder

The Dark Secret
epilogue

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No, no. Queen Scarlet is our guest. For now. I may change my
mind once I decide how useful she can be. No, I have another victim in
mind. Five of them, in fact.
to Smolder
The Dark Secret
epilogue

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Everyone will finally shut up about the wonderful 'dragonets of
destiny' when I have their heads mounted on spikes on my walls. Mark my
words. Soon we'll put an end to this prophecy nonsense once and for all.

to Smolder The Dark Secret
epilogue

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First, I kill my sisters. Then I kill all of you, and I\`ll
stuff you and spend the next hundred years telling your dead faces about
peaceful solutions.
to the dragonets of destiny
The Brightest Night
273

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Of course it is, especially if it is from my clever little
sister. Sending me a present, thinking I'll open it without any
suspicion. As if I didn't recognize the hiss of a dragonbite viper when
I hear it.
to Sunny The Brightest Night (book)|The
Brightest Night
274

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Don't disappoint me by being deaf and slow as well. The
MudWings. We're attacking them. As soon as possible. My spies tell me
there's been a rift between the SeaWings and the MudWings. Blister's
alliance is falling apart. This is the time to attack! If we strike
now, we can intimidate the MudWings into joining our side. Then we'll be
unstoppable.
to Six-Claws
Deserter

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Much better. You're lucky you're such a useful general, or I
would just take those fascinating talons for my tower and be done with
these boring arguments. Oh, and Six-Claws. The next time you feel like
questioning my orders, remember that your friend has another wing ...
and a tail ... and three working legs, all of which could meet with even
more horrible accidents. Understood?
to Six-Claws

Deserter

## Trivia

  - Burn was not interested in having dragonets.
  - Smolder stated that Burn "has some pretty strong opinions about
    tribe purity and not contaminating SandWing blood with cross-tribe
    breeding."
  - Burn has scars all over her body. However, in the graphic novels,
    she has none.
  - Despite being constantly described with black eyes throughout the
    books she was depicted with brown eyes in the graphic novels, though     this was corrected in The Brightest Night (graphic novel)|The
    Brightest Night graphic novel.
  - In the graphic novels, she is depicted with a vest of ruby-studded
    chainmail. However, in the books, she was specifically stated to
    wear no jewels or chainmail.
  - Burn was envious of Scarlet's possession of Glory, and would have
    liked to experiment with the RainWing, perhaps peeling off her
    scales.
  - There are rumors that Burn asked Cobra to kill her sisters. However,
    she was refused.
  - Burn loved the smell of decaying dragon heads.