'Coyote' was a male human who
was introduced The Flames of Hope. He was a resident of Cottonmouth's
empire, and his last known whereabouts was in Pyrrhia.

## Description

Coyote wore fancier, cleaner, and more elegant clothing than any humans
Luna had ever seen before, and it was decorated with little swirls of
silver thread in delicate filigree patterns. He wore a bag around his
waist and had a knife tucked into one of his boots. He appeared lined
and grizzled as he grew older, and his wrappings appeared rougher,
lacking the silver filigrees.

## Personality

Coyote slouched and swaggered when he was younger, grinning and throwing
rocks at trees before strutting in a circle and pronouncing himself as
Emperor Coyote. He was loud, taking up all of the space and all of the
air, and was scoffing, bossy, and cheerful.  He also worried for the
other human cities and did not wish to steal more eggs.

## Biography

### Pre-series

Coyote was on a scouting mission with Argyll, Cottonmouth, and another
human in search of dragons. Though they spent most of the time joking
around and discussing the emperor's, or rather, Cottonmouth's plan and
headed back to camp with little success.

Later, along with Cottonmouth and their troop, Coyote managed to steal
an egg from a dragon's nest. Cottonmouth wanted to steal the other two
eggs from the dragon's nest and Coyote obliged, though with some
hesitation. As the troop was hauling the eggs out one by one, Coyote
asked why Cottonmouth still thought it was worth the risk. Cottonmouth
replied saying that they will be his weapons once he learned to control
them, which made Coyote uneasy.

Before Cottonmouth and a group of his followers left for Pantala, he
asked where his brother was. One of the humans told him that there has
been no word from Coyote since he left to warn the southern villages.

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

#### The Flames of Hope

Coyote appeared in the mindspace vision that Cottonmouth and
Freedom|Lizard showed to Luna and Dusky.

## Relationships

### Cottonmouth

Coyote was quick to exclude Cottonmouth when he boasted about each of
his friends ruling the three empires, and Cottonmouth spoke to him
coldly. Coyote told Cottonmouth that his plan to capture and tame
dragons was ridiculous and was willing to let his brother carry on
looking for dragons alone while he and his friends returned to the city.
He mocked Cottonmouth's pretentious tone, laughing at him along with
their friends, and slapped his brother on the shoulder before implying
that by chasing dragons, Cottonmouth planned to avoid being drafted into
the army, to which Cottonmouth replied frostily; he then waved away his
brother's protests before shouting that he would race Cottonmouth back
to camp.

As Cottonmouth grew older and assumed a position of power within his
empire, he was quick to curtly order Coyote around. Coyote eventually
agreed to his brother's requests, throwing up his hands and stalking
back towards the dragon's cave in order to steal more of their eggs.
Coyote seemed uneasy around his brother.

## Quotes

Cheer up, Cottonmouth. I'm sure the emperor will let you chase
imaginary dragons for the rest of your life if you want to. You can
avoid the front line for years that way.
to Cottonmouth
The Flames of Hope
175

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If it hasn't worked yet, why do you keep trying? This is a
pointless waste of soldiers and scientists. All we've gotten so far is
mauled faces and burned-out laboratories.
to Cottonmouth

The Flames of Hope
182