'Clay' is an adult male MudWing and the main protagonist of The Dragonet Prophecy. Formerly a
dragonet of destiny, he was also partially responsible for ending the
War of SandWing Succession, and is one of the five founders of Jade
Mountain Academy, where he currently resides. He teaches herbs and
healing, helps with battle training, and runs the prey center.

## Description

Clay is muscular, large, burly, and stocky, with a sloping back, a
thick, lengthy neck, a large, broad head, and white teeth. He is the
largest of the dragonets of destiny, and has a rumbly, deep, warm voice.
He also has fire-resistant, mud-colored scales. Clay's scales are a warm
brown in the shades of rich mahogany and tree bark, along with
undertones of glowing amber, clay, and gold glinting between and beneath
his scales.

He has enormous feet and thick brown claws, as well as mud-colored,
massive, strong brown wings and wide, warm brown eyes. His right thigh
is scarred from a dragonbite viper laceration, and he has a permanent
limp.

## Personality

Clay is thoughtful, accidentally heroic, and sounds kind no matter who
he talks to. He is earnest, goofy, loyal, sweet, agreeable, easily
confused, curious, and thick-skulled. He almost never complains, except
about being hungry, and he takes a great liking to food. He is
trustworthy, and every thought he has is written all over his face. Clay
is challenged by academics and is sometimes slow to realize things.
Despite this, he teaches healing at Jade Mountain Academy where he is
responsible, protective, and cares about his students. Clay believes
that prophecies are not instructions, but rather that they are hints
towards the right direction and that it is a Dragons|dragon's choice on
what to do with those hints.

Tsunami described him as being the heart of the dragonets of destiny and
stated that they would not be able to fulfill the prophecy without him.
Clay loves his friends so deeply that he is always willing to die for
them. Even as a young dragonet, he was willing to take the blame for his
friends' mistakes and face Kestrel's punishments for them. Peril
described his soul as a torch that never went out, burning clear all
night long. Clay often smiles at other dragons.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy

[File:ClayHatching.png|thumb|183px|Clay](File:ClayHatching.png%7Cthumb%7C183px%7CClay)
"attacking" Tsunami's egg after hatching Clay's egg was sold to the
Talons of Peace in exchange for two cows and brought to a hidden cave by
his aunt Asha, where he was raised under the dragonets' guardians.
Unfortunately, Asha died shortly after delivering him due to the
injuries she received from a clash between the forces of Blister and
Blaze. Clay was the first dragonet of destiny to hatch on the brightest
night and tried to help break the rest of the dragonet's eggs open. It
was instinctual for the first of a MudWing clutch to hatch to help the
others out of their shells by breaking them, but with Asha being dead
and unable to explain this, the rest of the guardians misunderstood this
action and thought he was trying to kill them. Therefore, Clay was
expelled into the river until the rest of the eggs hatched. Luckily,
MudWings could hold their breath for an hour. Clay always felt bad for
"attacking" the other dragonets of destiny as eggs and worried about his
inner monster that Kestrel, one of The Dragonets' guardians, tried to
pry out of him on a daily basis. Tsunami, the SeaWing in the Prophecy,
said sarcastically, 'You big dragons are around to tell us about it all
the time.' after biting Kestrel to defend Clay when Kestrel was being
callous towards him.

Clay grew up with the other dragonets of destiny, Tsunami, Glory, Sunny,
and Starflight under a large mountain in the Sky Kingdom. They were
raised by Kestrel, Dune, and Webs, members of the Talons of Peace,
although they had low opinions of their guardians, calling the first six
years of their life as "imprisonment." Clay had trouble in battle
training with Kestrel, who periodically attacked him with fire and
complained about how he was too gentle, demanding to see more of the
"vicious little monster" that she had supposedly seen in him when he
hatched, referring to his eggshell-breaking episode. When the dragonets
were old enough, they were supposed to leave the cave and fulfill the The Dragonet Prophecy (prophecy)|prophecy. However, they all possessed a
desire to escape their confined existence, excluding Sunny. One day, the
deliverer of the Dragonet Prophecy, Morrowseer, visited the cave to
inspect the dragonets.
[File:ClayRiver.png|thumb|254px|Clay](File:ClayRiver.png%7Cthumb%7C254px%7CClay)
going into the river to help his friends escape He decreed that Clay,
Tsunami, and Starflight were worthy of staying, showing special favor
toward Starflight, that Sunny was a possible candidate, and that Glory
was an unworthy substitute for the deceased SkyWing mentioned in the
prophecy. Clay eavesdropped on a talk between the guardians and
Morrowseer through a river that ran throughout the entire cave and,
overheard that they were planning to have Kestrel kill Glory the next
night by snapping her neck. Tsunami was chained as part of this plot, as
she was the only one who could stop Kestrel from killing Glory. Knowing
that time was running out, Clay escaped through the underground river
after a brief conversation about the possible consequences of doing so.
Glory showed her friends her RainWing camouflage ability for the first
time, changing her scales' colors to match the rocks and stalactites in
the cave, buying more time. Risking his life, and relying on his ability
to hold his breath for an hour, Clay managed to get far down the river,
but he was then covered with a substance that started to dissolve his
scales. He was rescued from this unfortunate fate by Tsunami, who had
finally succeeded in escaping her chains with the aid of Sunny and
Starflight's fire. After catching up to Clay, the two swam through the
cave filled with glowworms and toxic sticky white substances until they
burst outside, emerging from the waterfall that dropped at the cave
entrance. This caused the two dragonets to start flying, or trying to
fly, in Tsunami's case. After Clay got over the bout of excitement
caused by his first flight, he noticed that Tsunami had rapidly fallen.
Upon looking closer, Clay guessed one of her wings was dislocated, and
this was the reason she was unable to fly properly. He barreled into a
dive and sped towards her as fast as he could. He was not strong enough
to stop her fall, but he was able to slow her down until they crashed
into trees and thudded to the grassy ground.
[File:ClayTsunamiSunrise.png|thumb|262px|Clay](File:ClayTsunamiSunrise.png%7Cthumb%7C262px%7CClay)
and Tsunami being outside for the first time Clay was unsurprisingly
delighted by the mud that was bordering the banks of the river they had
landed beside. After pushing Tsunami's dislocated bone back into its
socket, a scavenger, Mushroom, appeared in the clearing. It was holding
a sword and a burlap sack. Upon further investigation, they found the
sack contained a variety of jewels, gold, and jewelry. The duo then
encountered Queen Scarlet of the SkyWings, who insisted they would
return to her kingdom after she had a conversation with Clay and decided
they could be useful. Knowing they had to get back to their friends
still trapped in the cave, they had no choice but to injure the regal
SkyWing by stabbing the scavenger's sword into the vulnerable spot on
her tail. They managed to quickly escape before Scarlet found them and
find their cave and were able to free their friends shortly afterward,
but were captured by the enraged Queen Scarlet, due to the smoke signal
the remaining dragonets had set so that Tsunami and Clay could find the
cave and free them.
[File:ClayVFjord.png|thumb|Clay](File:ClayVFjord.png%7Cthumb%7CClay)
attacking Fjord Queen Scarlet pitted different prisoners against each
other in gladiatorial style battles in her dreaded arena for her and her
subjects' entertainment. If the prisoner won enough battles, she would
put them against her champion, Peril. Peril was invulnerable because of
a rare birth defect that caused her to be born with
SkyWings#Abilities|too much fire. This meant that Peril would burn
anything she touched, so she could not read or write and had to be
extremely cautious around other dragons. Clay began to befriend Peril,
and was strangely immune to her heat. Clay volunteered to stand in for
Starflight after learning he was next to fight in the arena. Queen
Scarlet sent Clay to face off Fjord of the IceWings, who managed to pin
him down. Fjord was about to strike the killing blow with his deadly
frost breath when Glory secretly shot acidic venom that dissolved his
face, and Clay was victorious. Later on, he decided to hide Peril during
Kestrel's trial in exchange for the knowledge of Sunny's location.
[File:ClaySong.png|thumb|280px|Clay](File:ClaySong.png%7Cthumb%7C280px%7CClay)
playing a song to attract Peril's attention After the trial, Peril did
not speak with him. That night Queen Scarlet had her ally, Burn over. To
get Peril's attention, he used a wire Peril had accidentally burned
through earlier, dragging it across his other wires to create a sound.
He started playing Songs#The Dragonets Are Coming|The Dragonets Are
Coming, and soon the other prisoners joined in. Scarlet and Burn noticed
the racket and Clay, Starflight, and Tsunami were taken to Peril's room,
where Peril helped them escape. With the help of Peril, Clay and his
friends tried to escape, only to be betrayed by Peril herself. During
this vain escape, he learned that his scales were impervious to fire,
when he touched Peril without thinking. When they were put back into
Peril's room, Starflight explained something he once read about MudWings
from blood red eggs being impervious to fire.
[File:ClayVPeril.png|thumb|262px|Clay](File:ClayVPeril.png%7Cthumb%7C262px%7CClay)
trying to reason with Peril while fighting her in the arena The
following day was Queen Scarlet's hatching day, so she set up bloody
plans for her and Burn's entertainment. The three confused dragonets
(Starflight, Tsunami, and Clay) were taken to the balcony of the queens,
on which Burn and Scarlet were seated on as well. He watched helplessly
as Tsunami was forced to fight a mad SeaWing named Gill, who was later
revealed to be her father. After Tsunami killed him, Clay was also
forced to watch Starflight and Tsunami fight scavengers and IceWings.
After Starflight was rescued by Morrowseer and the other NightWings,
Clay was faced against Peril. He surprised her with his ability to fight
back, and quickly pinned her down, but would not kill her. When Scarlet
suggested Clay used what she thought was his venom, Glory shot venom
from her front longest fangs at Burn, who shoved Scarlet in the way. The
venom hit Scarlet in the side of her face, causing it to melt. They were
then able to escape with Peril's help, and succeeded in rescuing Kestrel
in the process, the action in which Clay and Sunny were the only
supporters.
[File:ClaySibs.png|thumb|256px|Clay](File:ClaySibs.png%7Cthumb%7C256px%7CClay)
meeting his siblings They finally managed to escape, and then they
traveled to the Mud Kingdom to find Clay's parents. Clay was
disappointed to find that his mother did not care about him and sold him
to the Talons of Peace in exchange for at least two cows, but he found
the group of his brothers and sisters, Reed, the bigwings, Marsh, Sora,
Umber, and Pheasant. They told him that they had another sister named Crane, who was killed in a recent battle. It was later
revealed that Icicle was the dragon who killed her. He would have
belonged with them if his egg have not been taken by the Talons of
Peace. Finally, at peace with himself, Clay left with his friends in the
search for Tsunami's parents, vowing to his brothers and sisters that he
would return to them, once the war was over.

left The Lost Heir

Clay was on the beach with the other dragonets of destiny, talking about
going to the Kingdom of the Sea. He hid in a shallow mud shelf, and
helped Tsunami fight a SkyWing after she attacked him. They tried to
drown the SkyWing, but then changed their minds and brought him back up
to the surface. Clay helped place a tree on the SkyWing so that they
would have a head start.

For most of the time where the dragonets where at the Summer Palace,
Coral|Queen Coral imprisoned Clay with his fellow dragonets of destiny
excluding Tsunami, chained by his ankles to a cave floor. When water
levels rose due to a flood, he was willing to keep his friends away from
the rising water by
[File:25.png|thumb|Tsunami](File:25.png%7Cthumb%7CTsunami) freeing Clay
from the flooding caveletting them sit on his back and stack on top of
each other. He was soon freed by Tsunami and they together sat in a dry
cave and ate food. When Blister arrived, she called him 'the burly one.'
Clay was not seen later on in the book until Auklet hatched and the
dragonets of destiny were imprisoned. When the Summer Palace pavilion
attack by the SkyWings occurred, Clay was seen shielding Starflight and
Sunny since his scales are immune to fire, surprising many of Burn's
soldiers in the process.

left The Hidden Kingdom

After the dragonets escaped from the Kingdom of the Sea, they
headed to the Rainforest Kingdom, where Clay was knocked
outFile:27.png|thumb|Clay and Deathbringer freeing Glory and Kinkajou
with a sleeping dart to get to the RainWing village. While Glory was
being shown around the village by Jambu, Starflight amused himself by
messing with Clay in his sleep by rolling a melon in front of his nose
and watching for Clay's reaction. Clay reacted by sighing wistfully and
his tongue lolled in and out of his mouth, later stating that the food
in his dream "smelled like a melon" and that it was kind of weird.
Later, when Glory became imprisoned by the NightWings, Clay and
Deathbringer came to her rescue, and Clay helped fight off the NightWing
guards near the tunnel to the rainforest by throwing red-hot coals at
them. He, Glory, and a RainWing dragonet named Kinkajou ended up
escaping successfully, while Deathbringer stayed behind with the
NightWings. Clay later stood guard by the tunnels to the NightWing
island with Starflight. After Glory became queen, he came back from the
tunnel to tell her that Starflight was gone and falsely guessed that
Starflight went to warn the NightWings.

left The Dark Secret
When Morrowseer asked Starflight on whether he hunted the same way as
the other NightWings, Starflight thought about how Clay had done most of
the hunting since leaving the caves where they grew up. When Morrowseer
was taking him to see Mastermind, Starflight heard footsteps behind him
and hoped that Clay or Glory was coming to rescue him. Later, Starflight
tried using a dreamvisitor, an animus-touched gem that allowed the user
to visit other's dreams, to visit Clay in his dreams, but Clay did not
find Starflight popping into his dreams disturbing or even abnormal. He
seemed to think Starlight was a part of the dream. Clay was seen to be
eating or "feasting" and was extremely pleased because his siblings were
there with him. When Starlight returned to the Rainforest, Clay was the
second dragonet of destiny to see him and was more than happy to see his
best friend/brother back safely. When Starflight was injured by the
volcanic explosion's fire, Clay sheltered him with his wings, protecting
him and carrying him through the tunnel and out of danger, although the
NightWing still lost his sight. The lava still burned Clay, and the fact
that he risked all of that pain to save Starflight shows, again, his
willingness to endure intense pain or death for his friends.

left The Brightest Night

Clay first appeared when he bursts out of the tunnel,
shielding Starflight. Sunny mentioned that the dragonets of destiny may
have been like the alternate dragonets if not for his kindness and
support. He was not mentioned much more until Sunny returns to the
Rainforest Kingdom. Clay met Sunny when he came out of the healers' hut
and tackled her down, telling her how he knew that she would be alright.
When the dragonets were in the SandWing stronghold|stronghold, Burn
ripped off the top of the box Blister sent her and pulled out a
dragonbite viper. A second one jumps out and bites Burn and kills her,
but it is killed by Burn in the process. The second viper headed toward
Starflight, Fatespeaker, and Sunny, but Clay knocked them out of the way
and got bitten instead. Black veins soon started spreading out all over
his right thigh. Peril flew out of nowhere, said that "she would not let
Clay die," and burned out the venom by digging her talons on the section
of his leg that got bitten, removing and burning out the venom, and Clay
survived, though he was left scarred and limping for the rest of his
life.
[File:Clay_GN_27.png|right|291x291px|Clay](File:Clay_GN_27.png%7Cright%7C291x291px%7CClay)
when he gets bitten by the Dragonbite viper

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising
Clay
served as a sort of school monitor for the newly founded Jade Mountain
Academy. He was in charge of the prey center at the school, which turned
out to be much more chaotic than he originally expected. He also
appeared to be like a doctor and treated injured dragonets in the
infirmary.

When the Plants#Dragonflame cactus|dragonflame cactus exploded in the
History Cave, he ran inside to help get anyone out who may have been
trapped. He was unharmed due to his fire-resistant scales and managed to
retrieve a burned but alive Tamarin. At the assembly later, he spoke,
but Moonwatcher was not listening to him in her search for the dragon
that caused the explosion.

left Winter Turning

Clay was first mentioned when Winter remembered how Scarlet asked for
the dragonets of destiny's lives in return for Hailstorm's. Winter then
thought to himself that Clay had been one of the dragons who had
confirmed that the NightWings had no more powers.

Clay was later mentioned to be at the school when the Jade Winglet
(except Turtle) was gone.

left Escaping Peril

Clay was supposed to retrieve Peril from her cave as soon as Queen Ruby
left. Peril followed him as he and the others flew out to face Scarlet.
She promised to help Ruby. When Peril asked Clay what he wants her to
do, he replies that she should make her own choices. Later in the night,
during an argument with Ruby about whether or not they're able to trust
Peril, Starflight revealed that Peril is in love with Clay and will
likely kill everyone if she found out that his feelings are not mutual.
Clay acted slightly embarrassed and then changed the subject.

He was featured in Peril's thoughts frequently throughout the rest of
the book.

left Talons of Power
Clay came out to the landing area with Sunny to stop Darkstalker,
where he asked if the NightWing was a monster and reading everybody's
minds was nosy. He looked embarrassed, alarmed and confused at the same
time when Darkstalker says his thoughts are very kind about certain
dragons. Later, Clay gathered dragons to tell them the story of Queen
Ruby's fight with Scarlet. Peril said that she talked to him and he
hugged her, pleased with her as a whole. Qibli told Peril that Clay
liked her too, but "doesn't know quite what to do about it yet."

left
Darkness of Dragons
Clay was
teaching the Herbs and Healing class, explaining his injury. Then he
helped Qibli search for a weapon to break into the Scorpion Den to save one of Clay's students, Ostrich. He was showing the
"weapon box" when Qibli complained about the limited selection of
weapons, and that he would be better off cutting his own throat and
hanging himself from the alley wall. Clay then asks if Qibli needs to be
armed to visit his grandfather, Vulture. Straight after Clay said no to
Qibli's question of having any poison, Winter appeared, stating that he
will not need any poison because he will be there, accompanying Qibli.
After a bit of arguing, Winter spotted a replica of Qibli's earring on
Clay's ear. Clay then proceeds to say that they're very fashionable.
Qibli attempts to persuade Winter to put one on but fails. Later on in
the book, Clay was helping to fight off incoming NightWings. As the
fighting broke off by Jade Mountain, Qibli said he heard a roar of pain
that sounded like Clay. Clay was trying to stand after getting a deep
fang-bite in one of his forelegs. Peril and Sunny helped Clay stand up
and all of them headed into Jade Mountain Academy. In the epilogue, Clay
and Peril talked and flew in the rain together.

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left
The Hive Queen
Clay was indirectly
mentioned by Tsunami in the prologue, when Tsunami said that she and her
friends had solved plenty of problems without animus magic.

left The Poison Jungle

It is very likely that Clay was the dragon mentioned by
Tsunami when she was dreamvisiting someone who was in Pyrrhia. Tsunami
said "tell him hugs to him, too, and no, the cows are not bigger and
more delicious over here."

left
The Dangerous Gift
Snowfall thought
how Tsunami's "gang of righteous do-gooders" would have used animus
magic to help if it was working. Later, Lynx talked about the War of
SandWing Succession and how the dragonets ended it.

left
The Flames of Hope
Bullfrog told part of the stealth team that Clay said that
prophecies are not instructions but instead give hints in the right
direction and that you have to choose what you do with them. When asked
who Clay was, Lynx explained that he was in a prophecy.

Later, Clay appeared in Tsunami's memory of the young dragonets arguing
over the sizes of kingdoms on Pyrrhia.

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### Legends

left
Dragonslayer
Clay was one of the
five dragonets that Wren and Sky saw together through a hole to a cave
system. Wren recognized him due to having seen swamp dragons before.
When Clay made music, Leaf overheard this, not knowing that he was
responsible. Leaf noticed how it upsetted the dragons around him. Clay
later assisted Leaf by helping him up a cliff he was trying to climb a
tower. Leaf thought of Clay as an example when he thought of dragons
with good hearts.

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### Winglets

left
Prisoners
Clay was mentioned by
Fierceteeth when she said she wanted the dragonets dead but would spare
her brother Starflight.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Clay was
mentioned in the book's opening letter.

In the SeaWing chapter, Clay was indirectly mentioned in Coral's scroll
about the War of SandWing Succession when she wrote that Tsunami was the
leader of the dragonets of destiny.

In the RainWing chapter, Clay was mentioned in Kinkajou's short story
about Silver.

Clay was indirectly mentioned in the SkyWing chapter as one of the
dragons Scarlet wanted to kill.

## Relationships

### Glory

Glory is one of Clay's closest friends. When Clay thought that Glory had
left them for the Rainforest Kingdom, he wanted to go after her over
finding his family. He described her as "just as important and smart as
any SkyWing" and felt bad about thinking that Glory was asleep when she
was displayed as "artwork." Clay was willing to risk his own life saving
Glory by braving the underground river himself. When Glory went missing,
Clay became worried about her and went with Deathbringer to rescue her
from the NightWing island. While Glory was training for the Dragon
royalty#RainWing Royal Challenge|RainWing Royal Challenge, Clay helped
calm her down and prompted Glory to take a nap that she needed. In Escaping Peril, he was devastated when he believed
she had been killed by Scarlet. Clay will always forgive Glory.

### Peril

Upon initially meeting him, Peril was oddly excited to discover that
Clay believed he had tried to kill his nestmates during hatching, but
after Clay admitted that he hoped he was not the same as Peril, she
became hurt. She enjoys talking to Clay, and regards him as "blazing";
Peril believed that Clay liked her how she was, and although Clay was
hesitant towards her, he found that Peril was not entirely awful, and
possessed an awkwardness and sadness that he understood. He is honest
with her, and she disobeyed Scarlet's orders in order to talk with him
in addition to bringing him mud and food to help him heal from the
arena. When talking to her, Clay's guilt about Fjord's death and his
friends' capture seemed lighter, and he regards her as kind, outside of
the arena. She avoided Clay after Osprey's death because she wanted to
keep him out of danger, but she easily became angry and jealous when
Clay mentioned how important Glory and Sunny were to him, and later
betrayed Clay and his friends to Scarlet because she was afraid of him
leaving. Clay felt sadness at her betrayal and guilt over trusting her
afterwards, although he felt sympathy for Peril because she had no other
friends. After escaping the Sky Kingdom, Clay invited Peril to join him
and his friends on the journey to the Diamond Spray Delta, and although
Peril refused, she did so on the grounds that until she could become
safer and better, she believed she did not deserve to come with them.

Whenever Peril sees Clay in present-day Pyrrhia, she often becomes
startled, and then tries to casually brush it off. She becomes violent
towards those who hurt him, she often intentionally appears in locations
where she knows Clay will be, and her heart gives small bounces when she
sees him. She hopes she does not imagine the extra bit of sweetness in
his smiles towards her, and he often is physically affectionate towards
her, to Peril's delight. Clay is reassuring towards her, and all Peril
wants is to be with him. She is willing to obey everything he says, and
is often held back from violence by thinking about him; he sees good in
her, and believes that she is more than Scarlet's killer, encouraging
her to become better. His voice feels like wings spreading inside her
heart, and although Peril wanted to wrap her wings around him when he
was reminded of Sora's betrayal, she knew it would only hurt him more.
She thinks of his soul as a torch that will never go out, burning clear
and true all night long. Clay says that Peril can be whoever she wants
to be, and although all she wants to do is take care of him, she felt
jealous over the thought of him mourning Glory's passing. She was
worried that he and Sunny shared secrets she might be unaware of,
thinking "Doesn't Clay know he can tell me anything?", and felt an
intense stab of jealousy when he intertwined his tail with Sunny's. The
idea of leaving him is heart-wrenching to her, but she was still willing
to separate from him in order to kill Scarlet.

She cares for his safety and bases many of her decisions upon his
wellbeing, but she becomes jealous when he acts supportive and
reassuring to other dragons besides her. She wants, above all, to take
care of him, but often feels jealous of his other relationships;
something she is often ashamed of. Clay speaks to her in a soft, warning
voice when Peril is apt to hurt others, and gives her sweet, grateful
smiles when she restrains herself from violence; his smile lights
candles in her heart. He wants Peril to make her own choices, Peril,
however, was completely willing to become a dragon completely changed to
Clay's tastes, and she doubted if he would miss her if she disappeared.
Ruby was baffled at the effects of Soar's spell, stating "Peril would
never just forget about Clay." In Peril's own words, Clay is the dragon
who changed her, and was the only dragon willing to give her a second
chance. Her heart sang when she removed the enchantment and was able to
remember him again, but she also worried that without him, she went
straight back to being a monster.

Clay sees the good in her and believes that she is more than Scarlet's
killer, encouraging her to become better and wanting her to make her own
choices. However, he winces when she touches him, and he watches her
wings carefully whenever she is near anything flammable; Peril is unsure
if he would change her firescales if he could. When thinking about what
she wanted most, an image of Clay wrapping his wings around her and
never letting go flashed through her mind; however, Peril believes she
is a long way off from getting or deserving that, and is worried that
she might not be able to accept it if Clay did not love her back.

### Siblings

Clay has six siblings: Reed, Marsh, Crane, Pheasant, Sora, and Umber. He
met them all but Crane, when Clay and Glory — who was disguised as a
MudWing — went to go meet his mother. Crane had died in the sibling's
first battle, between Burn's and Blaze's forces, before Clay visited. If
his egg was not taken by the Talons of Peace, Clay would have been the
troop's bigwings. In Clay's absence, Reed became the bigwings. He asked
if Clay wanted to be their bigwings, but Clay turned Reed's offer down,
knowing that Reed would do a much better job, having grown up with
MudWings and having the complete trust and loyalty of all their
siblings. When Starflight used his dreamvisitor, he saw Clay dream about
his siblings. Starflight said that Clay's siblings were "more dragons we
have to save in this war." Though he had only met them once during the
war, he still thought of them often and had wondered out loud about them
for the last few weeks. Clay seemed shocked and saddened when Sora set
off a dragonflame cactus in the school.

### Starflight

As with the other dragonets, Clay considers Starflight a brother. He
took the dragonbite viper bite meant for Starflight and shielded him
when the volcano of the NightWing island#NightWing Fortress|NightWing
Fortress exploded. Although Clay gets bored of Starflight's lectures
sometimes, he cares about him a lot, so much that he would risk his life
to keep him safe. Starflight sees Clay as his bigwings, as the rest of
the dragonets do. All in all, Starflight and Clay have a good
relationship.

### Students

Clay cares about the students at Jade Mountain Academy and their safety.
He is regarded as a hero among them due to his limp caused by his wound
from the dragonbite viper. He is good at defusing arguments between
students and is shown to take their suggestions, such as when Tamarin
and Peregrine suggested herbs and healing class. He has also claimed
that he tries to write as little as possible, due to him not being very
good at spelling.

### Sunny

Sunny is like a little sister to Clay, and he treats her as such. Clay
wanted to go save Sunny when she was trapped in a cage in the Sky
Kingdom as soon as he learned where she was. When nobody will listen to
Sunny, she turns to Clay to tell the others her ideas so they will
listen. He seems to be the dragonet she confides in and trust the most.
Clay took a poisonous viper bite to save Sunny's life and says he would
do it over and over again if he could. He is one of the only dragons to
take Sunny seriously, as shown when Clay paid attention to a "weird
crab" Sunny found in the underground river.

### Tsunami

Tsunami is among Clay's closest friends. He considered her brave and
tough like a hero should be. She called Clay a "handsome idiot" and gave
him a hint that Peril likes him, but he did not understand. Tsunami
often interjects when Clay talks about Glory and Sunny in front of Peril
because she appeared to understand that Peril gets jealous. In The Lost
Heir, she stateed she had feelings for Clay but had gotten over her
crush when she realized Clay thought of her as a sister. She was also
the second one to hatch, and the first egg Clay tried to help hatch.

## Quotes

Squeak squeak squeak! And other annoying scavenger noises!
I'm here to steal treasure away from a magnificent dragon!

acting as a scavenger The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy
14

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Hey, stop. Quit snarling at each other like mini Kestrels.
Nobody's happy here. Sunny deals with it differently, that's all. But
remember what we decided — we five stick together or else everything
gets worse, right?
to Starflight and Tsunami
The Dragonet Prophecy
18

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I'd like to be something more than alive. I'd like to be the
kind of dragon she doesn't think I am — the kind they write prophecies
about. That dragon would rescue her no matter how awful she is.
to Glory and Tsunami The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy
241

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Hey. It's all right for Starflight to worry. We don't even know
if Queen Scarlet is alive or dead. But. I know you want to find the
SeaWings as fast as possible. So let's find them instead of fighting
about it, and then we can get to safety sooner.
to Tsunami

The Lost Heir
5

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With a feast! There was a feast at the end of the story! When
the missing SeaWing princess got home, her parents were so happy they
made a feast! I remember the feast. They ate a whole whale. I bet I
could eat a whole whale. Do you think we'll get a feast?
to
the dragonets of destiny, about Scrolls#Named scrolls|The Missing
Princess The Lost Heir
5

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Of course, it's much nicer to be this high when your wings are
free. But at least the SkyWings gave us a pig sometimes. Do you have
pigs? Octopi would be alright if you don't. Or squid. Or manatees. I
could go for a manatee right now. Or a whale. I'm not fussy, is what I'm
saying. Say, how did you make this big thing? Did it take forever to
build?
to Riptide The Lost Heir

73

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I'm awake. I'm just waiting until Glory and Tsunami stop
fighting. I was dreaming about sheep and buffalo and bears. They were
all on the table in front of me and I had to decide which to eat first.
Oh, and they all smelled like melons. That part was kind of weird.

to Sunny The Hidden Kingdom

51

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I'd die to save you and Starflight over and over if I had to.

to Sunny, when he got bitten by the dragon bite viper

The Brightest Night
280

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Well, I know what I want my destiny to be. I want it to be
sleeping and being friends with you guys forever. Oh wait, also
feasting! Lots of feasting.
to the dragonets of destiny

The Brightest Night
Epilogue

308

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CHICKENS, GIVE UP! WE'RE GOING TO EAT YOU! THERE'S NOTHING
YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT! STOP RUNNING AWAY RIGHT NOW!
to the
chickens in the Prey Center Moon Rising
36

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Peril. I'm not going to be a new Scarlet for you. You get to
make your own choices now.
to Peril
Escaping Peril
41

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This is a school, you know. Sunny and I thought perhaps an
entire cave full of sharp objects might not be the best idea. We
thought, maybe, hey, something that locks instead.
to Qibli

Darkness of Dragons
56

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Peril, don't feel bad about Darkstalker anymore. He would have
gotten out of his prison sooner or later. He was too smart to be stuck
under there for long. And I think that scroll could have been just as
dangerous as he was, if it was left floating around the continent.

to Peril
Darkness of Dragons
373-374

## Trivia

  - Clay often dreams about food, and sometimes dreams about Starflight
    giving him lectures.
  - Clay is not very good at spelling.
  - Clay's scales are identical to the color of Wren's eyes.
  - Clay's egg is depicted as brown instead of blood-red in the graphic
    novel.
  - He was originally supposed to have a crush on Glory, but Tui T.
    Sutherland|Tui eventually decided that it would not work.   - Clay was the first Wings of Fire
    character that Tui ever came up with.
  - Clay likes wet and slimy textures.
  - Clay's favorite food is cow.
  - Clay is known as the bigwings among the other dragonets of destiny,
    as he was the first one to hatch.
  - Clay was based on how Tui wanted her oldest son to be like.