(Not to be confused with Crane, the MudWing queen who lived about 2,000 years ago during the time period of Darkstalker.)

Crane

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6 years at death (hatched in 5,005 AS)
Female

MudWings

Deceased (died in 5,011 AS)
Throat slit by Icicle in
battle

Soldier under Queen Moorhen

Mother
Cattail
Brothers

Clay, Reed, Marsh, Umber
Sisters
Pheasant, Sora

Aunts
Asha, Unnamed characters#MudWings|several
unnamed MudWings
Uncles
Unnamed
characters#MudWings|Several unnamed MudWings

The Dragonet Prophecy (corpse)

The Dark Secret

Moon Rising (flashback)
The Dragonet Prophecy (corpse)
The Dark Secret
Moon Rising (flashback)
'Crane' was a female MudWing dragonet who was mentioned in The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy. She was one of Clay's siblings and a soldier in Queen
Moorhen's army until she was killed by Icicle during a battle between
the IceWings and the MudWings while protecting her siblings during the
War of SandWing Succession.

## Description

Crane was a small and thinner than an average MudWing, with brown
scales.

## Personality

Crane was shown to be selfless and protective in battle.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

#### The Dragonet Prophecy

Crane was killed during a battle between the IceWings and the MudWings
at the Mud Kingdom's border, which took place just two days before Clay
and Glory reached the battlefield, leaving Clay to wonder how many of
his siblings would still be alive when the war ended. She was killed the
same day Clay fought Fjord in the Sky Kingdom#Gladiator Arena|SkyWing
arena. Clay received news of Crane's death when he met his remaining
siblings.

#### The Dark Secret

While patrolling the borders of the Mud Kingdom, Reed wondered if Crane
would still be alive if Clay had been their MudWings#Society|bigwings
instead of him. Reed did not like to think about the battle that killed
Crane, as it made him feel as if "a huge pit had opened up inside of him
that he just wanted to fall into." He felt terrible about it and did not
want it to be true.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

#### Moon Rising

Icicle was Sora's clawmate at Jade Mountain Academy, and Sora soon
realized that Icicle was the IceWing who had killed Crane. Because of
Crane's death, Sora tried to kill Icicle to get revenge. However, she
failed both times — once with a Plants#Dragonflame cactus|dragonflame
cactus and the other with a stalactite on the roof of the prey center.
One murder attempt accidentally killed Carnelian and Bigtail, and
severely injured Tamarin. Crane was mentioned when Sora asked Kinkajou
to leave so she could apologize to Tamarin alone, who was seen crying
when Moonwatcher, Qibli, and Umber came rushing in. When Moon read
Sora's mind, she saw a flashback of a battle during the war, where Crane
had saved Sora and Marsh from an IceWing. When Crane turned to smile at
them, she was then killed by another IceWing as Sora screamed in horror.
The killer was later revealed to be Icicle.