'Cattail' is
an adult female MudWing who was introduced in The Dragonet Prophecy. She is the mother of Clay and she
currently resides in the Diamond Spray Delta as a soldier under Queen
Moorhen.

## Description

Cattail is thin, with brown scales and wings that have dappled patterns
of paler brown scales on them. She has brown eyes like Clay's, with a
ring of yellow around the black slit of a pupil, and her laughter is a
high croaking sound like a thousand bullfrogs yelling at once.

## Personality

Cattail showed no remorse for trading Clay's egg for a few cows and did
not seem to care for him when they reunited after Clay came to find her.
Despite this, she tried not to be mean to him, but it was still clear
that she did not care about him.

## Biography

left
Pre-Series
Cattail had Clay and his
siblings' eggs after a breeding night in the outer region of the Mud
Kingdom. Her sister, Asha, saw Clay as the potential MudWing dragonets
of destiny|dragonet of the The Dragonet Prophecy (prophecy)|prophecy,
seeing as his egg was blood-red and would hatch on the brightest night.
Cattail did not care what happened to her eggs, like most MudWings, so
she sold his egg to the Talons of Peace in exchange for at least two
cows, and appeared to have no guilt or remorse towards the "delicious"
deal, a typical MudWing trait being the love of food.

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### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy
When Clay made his way back to her in the company of
Glory, Cattail was irritated at his lack of knowledge about the
traditions of MudWings. She also showed almost no attachment to her
dragonets, which is common behavior for most MudWing mothers. This left
Clay very upset, however, because his fantasies of his frantic mother
and Unnamed characters#MudWings|father were not true.

left The Lost Heir

Cattail was mentioned when Tsunami hoped that her mother cared about her
more than Cattail did about Clay.

left The Hidden Kingdom

Similarly to Tsunami in The Lost Heir,
Glory thought about how Cattail sold Clay's egg for two cows and
certainly did not want him back. She hoped her parents would not be like
that.

left The Dark Secret
Like Tsunami and Glory, Starflight thought that his mother was not
attached to him since she gave his egg up to fulfill the prophecy, and
believed that she might have been as bad as Coral and Cattail.

left The Brightest Night

While flying towards the Kingdom of Sand, Sunny reflected on
the families of the dragonets of destiny, mentioning how Cattail turned
out to be awful while Clay's siblings were more welcoming and kind to
him.

## Relationships

### Asha

Cattail seems to have cared about her sister, having been distraught
after learning that Asha had died shortly after delivering Clay's egg
and saying that their bigwings would be furious. Despite this, she also
commented that her sister had been "softhearted and mushy about crazy
things," and had loved to preach about the prophecy and peace to the
other dragons of their village. Cattail remarked that "She left a lot of
blithering, dreamy-eyed dragons behind in this village." After finding
out that Asha had died, Cattail had also told Clay and Glory that it
"served her right" for choosing the Talons of Peace over her own kin.

### Clay

Though Clay, while growing up under the mountain, had many fantasies
about his mother and father who he hoped had cared about him and been
frantic when his egg was "stolen," Cattail, like many MudWing mothers,
did not seem to particularly care about her dragonets, and did not even
know who their father was, much to Clay's disappointment. She sold
Clay's egg to the Talons of Peace for a couple of cows, later telling
Clay "There were six other eggs in the hatching. They didn't need you,"
which made Clay miserable.

## Quotes

Oh, that egg, […] Asha got all excited about that. Don't know
why; the village has a red egg every few years or so. But I didn't lose
it.
to Clay about his blood red egg
The Dragonet Prophecy
283

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We sold it to the Talons of Peace, […] Does this mean they
want the cows back? Because they can't have them. I know we were
supposed to breed them, but we ate them, so too bad.
about
Clay's egg The Dragonet Prophecy

283

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Why not? […] There were six other eggs in the hatching. They
didn't need you. […] Asha didn't tell you any of this?

about why she sold Clay's egg The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The
Dragonet Prophecy
283

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That's Asha, all right, […] She was always softhearted and
mushy about crazy things. She loved mooning around little dragonets,
telling the story of that prophecy. She left a lot of blithering,
obsessed dreamy-eyed dragons behind in this village, let me tell you;
they still won't shut up about destiny and peace and all that.
about her sister Asha The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The
Dragonet Prophecy
284

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You really don't know anything about MudWings, do you? [...]
I don't even know who your father was. And he certainly doesn't care. We
have breeding nights once a month and then everyone goes back to their
own sleephouses. No, dear, there's no father for you here.
to
Clay when he asked who his father is
The Dragonet Prophecy
285

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You tell the Talons, [...] that we made a deal! No matter
what happened, they can't have those cows back.
to Clay and
Glory as they were leaving The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The
Dragonet Prophecy
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