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Darkstalker

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Approximately 2,005 years (hatched in roughly 3,007 AS)

Male
NightWings, IceWings
Animus magic, enhanced
mind-reading, enhanced foresight

Deceased (died in 5,012 AS)
Transformed permanently
into Peacemaker

Student at the NightWing school,
King of the NightWings

Mother
Hope|Foeslayer
Father
Arctic
Sister
Whiteout

Grandmothers
Diamond, Prudence
Partner

Clearsight (formerly)
Aunts or Uncles
Unnamed
characters#Arctic's Siblings|Unnamed IceWings

The Brightest Night
Moon Rising, Winter Turning, Escaping Peril, Talons of Power,
Darkness of Dragons

The Lost Continent,
The Hive Queen, The Poison Jungle,

The Dangerous Gift (vision)
Moon Rising (graphic
novel)|Moon Rising, Winter Turning
The Brightest Night
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'Darkstalker' was an ancient NightWing-IceWing hybrid and one of the three main protagonists of Darkstalker.
The most powerful Dragons|dragon in Pyrrhia|Pyrrhian history,
Darkstalker was hatched with animus magic, mind-reading, and prophetic
powers, on the brightest night. He was in a relationship with Clearsight
until she and Fathom were forced to trap him beneath Agate Mountain, by
using an Animus enchantments|enchanted bracelet that put him into a deep
sleep for many centuries.

Approximately 2,000 years later, Kinkajou used Darkstalker's scroll to
transform him into Peacemaker, using an enchanted strawberry which he
ate, turning him into a young RainWing-NightWing hybrid dragonet with
none of his former abilities nor memories of his past life.

## Description

Darkstalker had ebony black scales and dark midnight-black wings,
appearing as almost a pure NightWing except for a line of icy, white,
silvery IceWing scales where his wings met his body, which Clearsight
described to be cold when touched. He had one silver teardrop scale on
the outward corner of each of his dark eyes, which indicated that he was
a mind reader, and he had eyes that were as black as underground
caverns. He had a narrow, handsome face, long, twisted horns, and was,
after re-emerging from Agate Mountain, enormous, at least three times as
tall as the largest living dragons. His huge wingspan was as wide as
Agate Mountain, and he had a very long neck. He wore a plain, white,
half-hoop earring made of bone in his left ear. He was handsome and
powerfully built, with scales that felt as hard as armor due to his
enchantment. He moved slowly and purposefully and spoke in a cavernous,
booming, low rumble.

## Personality

Before losing Hope|Foeslayer, Darkstalker was determined, confident,
arrogant, observant, thoughtful, cocky, proud, defiant, happy, hopeful,
mischievous, patient, intelligent, intense, knowledgeable, and
sarcastic. He was charming, courageous, and cared about those he loved
very deeply. He believed in not worrying excessively about the future
and preferred to focus on the present. In his youth, he was willing to
make an enormous sacrifice by creating his talisman in order to make
Clearsight feel safe. Darkstalker later used his talisman to enchant
things in secret. He hated sleeping, as he felt that he had so much to
do and missing out on things made him feel restless. He was skilled at
problem-solving and he had a nervous energy about him whenever he had to
tell someone something. He knew how to play tricks with his words.

Several of his earlier spells were kind and compassionate, examples
include: a doll carved to look like a scavenger that would appear at
Whiteout's pillow every night; a plate that kept prey warm for Foeslayer
when she was late for dinner; a blanket that ensured peaceful sleep for
Foeslayer when she was in the Kingdom of Sand with the NightWing army; a
set of paints for Whiteout that never dried or ran out; and a bell that
rang whenever Fathom felt sad or lonely.

However, his later, larger spells were much more menacing: a dagger to
kill one IceWing every full Moons|moon for one year; spells to torment
classmates he hated in small, creative ways; a spell that sent
nightmares to Diamond with all of the ways he planned to kill her. He
was crueler than necessary towards Arctic and held a serious grudge
against Indigo after she attempted to kill him. He began hiding certain
enchantments from both Clearsight and Fathom and despite Clearsight
stating she would never be okay with her feelings being manipulated and
Fathom pleading with him not to use his animus magic anymore he used his
powers without regard to either of them. He was dismissive, defiant, and
even grinned at Clearsight when confronted about manipulating her
foresight ability to only see the good futures. He looked puzzled as to
why Clearsight did not want him to murder Vigilance and might have
believed that Clearsight's moonstone earrings were simply a kindhearted,
sweet gesture to help her focus less on desolate futures. He was
completely willing to force Clearsight and Fathom along the path he
desired, even if he had to drag them along it kicking and screaming. He
was also willing to keep Clearsight in a relationship with him against
her will, even if she had not wanted that.

After he began to seek vengeance upon the IceWing tribe after Arctic
became even crueler, he became more dishonest, devious, vengeful,
furious, manipulative, angry, and callous. He radiated menace. He
adopted an unsettling new smile that implied Darkstalker thought he
would always be okay, and nothing bad could happen to him, and that he
could arrange the world the way he wanted. The loss of his mother broke
him into a thousand pieces on the inside, making him more furious and
devastated, but he could hide it very well. He devolved into a sad,
furious mourning, but a strange angry kind where he kept insisting his
mother would come home soon, despite Clearsight telling him she would
not.

Darkstalker then suddenly appeared happier and more energetic,
explaining that he had found a way to deal with all of his most annoying
problems. These included enchanting Indigo to become trapped inside of a
small wooden dragon, and to leave a note for Fathom to manipulate him
into believing she had returned to the Kingdom of the Sea and did not
love him anymore; enchanting a pair of moonstone earrings for Clearsight
to, unwillingly, be forced to focus on the brightest futures and not be
able to see the bad futures of her and Darkstalker together and
enchanting Arctic to obey his every command. He acted falsely
sympathetic towards Fathom and was grimly determined upon finding and
punishing the dragon who had sent Quickdeath to assassinate him. He
eventually was eerily blank when facing the concept of Foeslayer's
death, and wanted the NightWings to fear and respect him. Clearsight saw
multiple highly likely futures in which Darkstalker killed her after she
stole his talisman and feared that Darkstalker would soon enchant away
her and Fathom's ability to feel and think for themselves freely.

After awakening from his sleeping spell, Darkstalker acted like a
charming, sincere, ambitious leader, causing other dragons to follow
him. Immediately after being released, he cast a secret enchantment to
make other dragons believe that he was charming, friendly, humbled, and
unambitious, though he was already convincing enough without magic to
win everyone over. However, after being released from said enchantment,
Darkstalker was seen as menacing, brainwashing, genocidal, complicated,
sinister, evil, and deserving of what had come to him. When Moonwatcher
explained how fundamentally wrong killing the entire IceWing tribe was,
he only growled that they had started it. He appeared externally to be
polite, friendly, at peace, and slightly bored. His gaze was intense and
made Qibli feel as though Darkstalker could look through him, to see all
the versions of Qibli that had ever existed and all of the ones that
might ever be. He was desperately lonely but did not trust other animus
dragons; each one was a threat to his absolute power. He believed he was
the greatest animus dragon to have ever lived, believing he was
completely unstoppable and regarded others around him to be "boring,
ordinary creatures". He was careful to feed his subjects' vanity and
need for usefulness so that they would love him all the more. He said he
wanted to make the world a better place, and he wanted genuine friends,
but it was difficult for him to admit when he was wrong, and he was
astounded and upset by the soul reader's opinion of his lack of
morality. His choices were vengeful, dark, and damaging, even if he
genuinely believed they would lead to the best future.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Brightest Night

When Strongwings, Fierceteeth, and Preyhunter were asleep,
Sunny stole the trio's Obsidian Mirror and wrote in red mud that
resembled blood: "TURN BACK. YOU FLY TOWARDS YOUR DEATH." When they woke
up, Fierceteeth yelled at Preyhunter for losing the mirror, while
Strongwings was paralyzed by fear, saying it was the work of The
Darkstalker, a legendary NightWing monster. Preyhunter added that The
Darkstalker played with his prey until they were paralyzed with fear
before attacking. Fierceteeth disregarded this, and the trio continued
flying.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising

Darkstalker began to speak telepathically to Moonwatcher when she
arrived at Jade Mountain Academy, firstly as an anonymous character in
her head before revealing his name. Later, as Moon suffered from a dream
of a dark future, Darkstalker pulled her out of the vision. He was
devastated when he learned that over 5,012 years had passed since the
Scorching.

Later, while Moonwatcher read a scroll on animus history in search of
information on dreamvisitors, she came across the legend of Fathom and
Darkstalker. Darkstalker then admitted that he was the same
mind-reading, prophetic animus dragon from the legend. He claimed that
history had gotten it wrong, and he was not a monster. After two
thousand years, the bracelet that Fathom enchanted to make Darkstalker
sleep for all eternity had snapped due to the tremors caused by the
Skyfire|Orb in the Sky, allowing him to wake up.

After an explosion that killed two students at Jade Mountain Academy,
Carnelian and Bigtail, and injured Tamarin, Darkstalker helped
Moonwatcher figure out who had caused it, without telling her things
that he knew would lead to her death. After discovering the real killer,
Sora, and the deadly secret that Icicle had been hiding, he was afraid
to let Moonwatcher leave because he was afraid that if she left him too
long, he would go insane from being alone.

left Winter Turning

When Moonwatcher brought up a question about Darkstalker, Winter ranted
about how he and his mother ruined everything for the IceWings. Later,
when Winter and Hailstorm go to face the Diamond Trial, they encountered
Foeslayer, who Winter realized was the mother of Darkstalker.

Darkstalker narrated the epilogue, in which he read the minds of Onyx,
Anemone, and Peril.

left Escaping Peril

Darkstalker is noted at the end of the book as the true owner of the
animus touched scroll. Moon revealed to her friends that it is
Darkstalker's and not for them to use. She then told them that they
should return the scroll to its rightful owner. The other dragonets
disagree, but Moon sneaks away in the middle of the night to give the
scroll to Darkstalker anyway.

The dragons tried to follow, but Peril, who got there first, being a
SkyWing, was told by Moon that Darkstalker had written the enchantment,
"Enchant Arctic the IceWing to obey my every command" and forced Arctic,
his father, to disembowel himself. Moonwatcher cried out that dragons
are not things that you could enchant like objects, and Darkstalker
tried to apologize — Moon refused to listen to this. Winter and Qibli
later caught up, arguing over the animus touched scroll. Peril ended the
discussion by burning up the scroll, which resulted in Darkstalker being
released, following the enchantment "if the scroll is destroyed, all of
Darkstalker's power will return to him" in a giant, magic-induced
earthquake. When the mountain they were next to begins to crack,
Darkstalker emerged, spreading his wings. He thanked Peril for helping
him escape, giving a sinister smile to the Jade Winglet.

left Talons of Power
Eventually convincing the Jade Winglet that he was not evil and
casting a spell to help convince Winter, he travelled to Jade Mountain
to see the original dragonets of destiny and pick up any information on
Clearsight or Fathom. He then had a conversation with Anemone, Tsunami,
and Moonwatcher about animus power. Darkstalker revealed that he knew
Anemone killed Whirlpool. Afterward, he told Moon he would make
something else to keep his soul safe, as well as Anemone's. To this,
Moon responded that it might not matter since Darkstalker still caused
his father's death with an untainted soul. In his defense, Darkstalker
argued that Arctic was about to betray the tribe and told the dragonets
what actually happened. He then made a statement about Moon possibly
being Clearsight's descendant. After Moon and Tsunami leave, he
enchanted both Anemone's and his talismans to keep their souls safe.
Afterward, Darkstalker spoke to anyone who came to him and searched
scrolls for references of Fathom and Clearsight. Flame passed by, and
Darkstalker offered to heal his face. Flame was suspicious and told
Darkstalker not to lie to him, as Stonemover had said that he would not,
or could not, heal his face. After convincing Flame that he could heal
him without any strings attached, Flame agrees, and Darkstalker
enchanted a flower to heal his face. After being healed, Flame bolted
away without thanking Darkstalker. Mightyclaws, Mindreader and Fearless
were then introduced to Darkstalker by Moon. He told them about the old
NightWing Kingdom and agreed to enchant an object for each to give them
any power they wish.

After speaking to the NightWing students, Moon and Darkstalker sensed
danger for Stonemover. They flew off to save him from attempted murder
and found him with his throat slashed, lying in a pool of blood, though
miraculously, still alive. Darkstalker healed Stonemover with a
stalactite, simultaneously removing the stone enchantment on his scales.
Stonemover then woke, reacting with fear at the name 'Darkstalker'
before beginning to yell that his claws were not his. Darkstalker said
he could enchant him to calm down, with Sunny and Stonemover quickly
saying that he should not do that. This ends in Darkstalker begrudgingly
reverting him to stone. Anemone enters with Flame following, and he
admitted that he tried to kill Stonemover because he lied about being
able to heal Flame's scars. This leads to Darkstalker opening Flame's
pouch, finding the third dreamvisitor inside. Darkstalker then declared
that Flame is both the darkness of dragons and the stalker of dreams,
causing Flame to protest that he was not any of that, asking what it
would mean. Mindreader then hears that Flame had help from a dragon with
a weird name similar to "Ogre" and "Okra," assumed to be Ochre.
Darkstalker then enchanted Flame's library card to turn it into an iron
band and chain, trapping him in place.

Later, when Turtle cast the spell to protect Qibli from Darkstalker's
enchantments, he came down the hall to Qibli's cave. He asked if Anemone
was there and if she cast a spell. Qibli denied that, but Darkstalker
tested him for animus magic by telling Qibli to enchant his scroll to
roll up. After confirming that Qibli did not and could not cast any
animus spells, Darkstalker commented on his intelligence, remarking that
he would have been a great animus. When he leaves, Turtle and Qibli
realized that he must have cast a spell to sense when animus magic were
being cast.

The next day, Darkstalker, Anemone, Turtle, and the NightWings at Jade
Mountain left for the Rainforest Kingdom. When they arrived at the Night
Village, a few NightWings flew away in terror, but most held their
ground. Darkstalker convinced them he was not the monster from the
stories of the past. Darkstalker then challenged Glory for the throne of
the NightWings, but she declined with a different idea: the NightWings
that choose to go with Darkstalker could leave, and the NightWings that
want to stay could stay. Darkstalker decided to stay in the Rainforest
Kingdom for a day. Few NightWings seemed interested in spending time
with Darkstalker, knowing his history, but after his offering of
superpower enchantments and casting his charm spell on them — they begun
to warm up to him. When Turtle got Anemone to wake Kinkajou in the
RainWing village, Darkstalker flew there, telling Anemone not to use her
magic without permission, simultaneously confirming that he had cast a
spell to detect animus magic.

Darkstalker also saved Glory's life. When he looked into the future, he
saw Fierceteeth leading a band of escapees from Thorn's prison sneaking
into the Rainforest and assassinating the queen. He decided to stop
this, likely to earn more trust to the RainWing, since he technically
was stealing half of her tribe. Darkstalker captures the criminals,
except for a SandWing who he sends to Vulture, and puts them in a prison
created with his magic.

The next morning, Darkstalker left for the lost city of night with most
of the tribe, leaving only forty to fifty NightWings in the Rainforest.
Darkstalker also freed Fierceteeth and Strongwings from the RainWing
prison, bringing them with him. Darkstalker begged Moon to join him, but
Moon said that she wanted to stay with Glory but would visit the lost
city with Turtle and Kinkajou, as the lost city needed to be found to
stop Jade Mountain from being destroyed according to The Jade Mountain
Prophecy. Anemone saw Darkstalker begging and said to Moon that she was
nothing special and did not deserve his attention. The tribe flew the
whole day and rested next to the ocean. In the middle of the night,
Darkstalker suddenly left his tribe to fly somewhere, and Turtle was
forced to follow him. He went past a mountain range, later to be
realized as Darkstalker's Teeth by Winter. When he arrived at his
destination, Turtle realized it to be the lost city of night.
Darkstalker went over to his rugged, abandoned school and found a
painting of Clearsight. He begun to cry, and Turtle felt pity for who
had seemingly be portrayed as a monster and wondered if he could even
afford that. In an attempt to get Darkstalker talking, Turtle picked up
a marble and placed it next to his feet. He picked it up, asking if
Clearsight to speak to him if she was still there. He then asked her to
listen, apologizing for everything he did and promising that they could
still rule the NightWings together if she came back. Eventually, he
admitted to himself that Clearsight was not here and that she could not
be, thus flying back to his tribe.

The next day, Darkstalker led all the NightWings into the old kingdom.
While the tribe adjusted to the new territory, he showed Anemone to
Fathom's old suite. After 2,000 years, it stood in disrepair, but when
Anemone complained about this, she was told to clean it up with her
magic. Anemone decided to take out her anger and jealousy on Moon by
enchanting a broom to whack her until she cleans up the room herself.
She also enchanted jewels to distract Darkstalker and make him forget
about Moon. Darkstalker was not fooled by the enchantments, returning to
Anemone's room to banish her from the lost city. He cited her as a true
descendant of Fathom and "just like him." Darkstalker told her to kill
her mother if she wanted, or anyone else who stands in her way.

Darkstalker sensed the spells being cast during Anemone and Turtle's
battle and summoned all the living animus dragons in Pyrrhia to his
throne room. He then asked Stonemover how many dragons were in the room.
The old NightWing said four, and Darkstalker finally realized that
somebody had been sneaking behind his back, hidden. Anemone told
Darkstalker that the dragon was brave and did not trust him from the
beginning, and the king cast a spell on her to obey his every command
and shut up. He cast another spell to bring in the dragon's loved one,
Kinkajou, and said that she would die if he did not appear. Turtle threw
his magic stick to Anemone, who caught it and was free from
Darkstalker's knowledge; he did not remember her or that he cast a spell
on her. Darkstalker then stripped Turtle of his animus power and placed
him in his dungeon.

left
Darkness of Dragons
Darkstalker was
soaring away with Moon, Turtle, Anemone, and the NightWing students to
see the NightWing tribe and become their king. Qibli observed that the
NightWings were letting Darkstalker lead the way even though he most
likely did not know where the NightWings live in the rainforest. When
Qibli gave Sunny and Tsunami copies of his enchanted earring using a
bowl Turtle left him, it proved that Darkstalker had set a spell to make
every dragon in Pyrrhia to like him and not think he is evil.

After Qibli got captured in the Scorpion Den by the Talons of Power and faced his grandfather, Vulture,
Vulture confessed that Onyx is the granddaughter of Queen Oasis. A
SandWing rushed in and said that Darkstalker was willing to help Onyx
and Vulture's Talons of Power take over the SandWing tribe, also stating
that Darkstalker was then the king of most of the NightWings.

After Qibli escaped the Talons of Power, he went to the SandWing Kingdom
to warn Queen Thorn about Vulture and his army. Once he entered the
room, Typhoon, a SeaWing-IceWing hybrid, explained the IceWing Plague
that was affecting the whole tribe. This was a spell casted by
Darkstalker as part of his revenge for kidnapping his mother 2,000 years
ago. After Qibli uses the Obsidian Mirror to spy on Queen Glacier,
Winter was frightened of all the IceWings getting sick and started to
take off to ask Darkstalker for help, proving that Darkstalker did
enchant Winter specifically to like him, more so than the enchantment
placed on other dragons. Winter remained unaffected by the plague
because of Darkstalker's promise to Moonwatcher that he would not hurt
her friends.

Later, Qibli looked into the Obsidian Mirror again and looked at Moon
first. Kinkajou and Moon were fighting about if Darkstalker was evil or
not. Kinkajou said he is evil but could not tell Moon why because then
Darkstalker would know, and Moon believed he was a good dragon. They
also spied on Darkstalker himself and found him giving powers to the
NightWings on a limited account.

When Qibli got to the lost city of night and talked to Moon, he gave her
the earring, and she said nothing had happened, stating Darkstalker had
not put a spell on Moon because he liked her as a friend. Darkstalker
walked into the library where Moon and Qibli were, noticing the earring
Moon is wearing. Darkstalker walked in later with Fierceteeth, enchanted
to look and act like Clearsight.

Later, Moon and Qibli spied on Darkstalker and overhear him casting
spells on the fake Clearsight to recreate her, which ultimately failed.
Later during the spell casting, there was a glimpse of Darkstalker's
good side, suggesting he was not completely evil. When Moon showed
herself, Darkstalker noticed the skyfire she is wearing and asked if
they were really friends. Moon responded, saying it was hard to be
friends with him when he lied to her and did such terrible things. She
also suggested that the fake Clearsight idea was terrible and should be
turned back to whoever it was. Darkstalker asked if she would be his
friend forever if he changes fake Clearsight back into whoever it was.
Moon refused to promote it because of the IceWing plague, and
Darkstalker revealed that an IceWing-NightWing battle would take place
at Jade Mountain because of his return. When the vision returned, he
turned fake Clearsight back into Fierceteeth and prepared the NightWings
for war, granting many of them superpowers along the way.

During the battle, Anemone used a spell suggested by Qibli on the
NightWings, asking them to retreat in Darkstalker's voice telepathic,
which failed as he shows up and said it was a fake, also throwing a
boulder at Anemone and Turtle, which did not kill them due to Turtle's
spell to make his scales invulnerable.

When Anemone used the next spell, suggested by Qibli, that linked the
minds of all the IceWings and NightWings for a hundred dragon
heartbeats, Darkstalker grabbed Qibli with a swift movement and carried
him to the spot where he burst from his underground prison after being
trapped there for 2,000 years. He stated the similarities between Qibli
and himself and offered a deal to make Qibli an animus if he could put a
spell on him to make him not try to harm him. He also stated that he
needed Qibli's mind to help him make the right choices and just wanted
friends. He even summoned Vulture and enchanted him to obey his every
command, which he used to quiet him, and showed how he could change
Vulture into the grandfather Qibli wanted. When Qibli refused the deal,
Darkstalker threatened that he would have to kill him otherwise, but
when Qibli suggests that it is evil to kill him, Darkstalker suggested
ripping his earring off and putting a powerful spell on him. Before he
could do so, Qibli pulled out the soulreader and pointed it at
Darkstalker, revealing that he was more evil than good. Darkstalker got
terrified by this revelation and thought that it was broken, so he
re-enchants it and pointed it at Vulture, showing Vulture was just as
evil as portrayed with Darkstalker. He did it on himself again and gets
even more terrified of how he was evil even if he protected his soul.
Qibli suggested it was because of his actions and not his magic.
Darkstalker suddenly got a strange vision and reveals that he knows Moon
was watching them. Moon and Kinkajou showed up, and they asked him to
come with them. He decided to and finally meets up with Foeslayer, his
mother.

Darkstalker, happy to see his mother, told her about what the soul
reader stated. Foeslayer agreed that his choices were evil, and Moon
told Darkstalker her vision of a dragon obsessed with strawberries,
getting married, having two dragonets, and living happily for the rest
of his life. Moon suggested this dragon is him but with a spell to
restart his life. Darkstalker refused to do so because he wanted to
remember Clearsight and keep his powers. He said that with his power, he
could create a good future. Foeslayer, Moon, Kinkajou, and Qibli all
agreed it was better if he did not do that. Foeslayer handed him a
strawberry and suggested that he did it because it would make both of
them happy. After considering a little, he ate the strawberry, saying
that no animus magic will work on him, but Kinkajou furiously told him
that his own magic would. As he slowly turned into a RainWing-NightWing
dragonet, he begged to keep his powers and memories. Qibli said he had
his chances and chose the wrong choices, as he turned into a
one-year-old RainWing-NightWing dragonet named Peacemaker.

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left The Lost Continent

In the prologue, Clearsight thought about Darkstalker a
couple of times: How she could not return to Pyrrhia until she was not
tempted to wake him from his eternal slumber, how she would still miss
the dragonets she would have had with Darkstalker, and how she saved
Fathom and the NightWings from Darkstalker and could continue saving
dragons from harm in Pantala.

Later, when Blue and his group read the Book of Clearsight's
introduction, Clearsight mentioned how she could not control the future
as much as she thought she could and that she should have learned that a
long time ago with her first love on Pyrrhia. She was indirectly
referring to Darkstalker.

left
The Hive Queen
Darkstalker was
mentioned several times throughout the prologue, with Qibli even
comparing him to the "great evil" in The Lost Continent Prophecy. He was
mentioned by Moonwatcher to be "still haunting her friends."

left The Poison Jungle

In the SapWing village, when Tsunami talked about Clearsight,
she says, "Because I thought she was an idiot who nearly let her
boyfriend destroy the world." The "boyfriend" she mentioned was
Darkstalker.

left
The Dangerous Gift
Snowfall worried
that he was not dead and was sending NightWings to kill her and her
dragons. He was mentioned several times by Snowfall later in the book
and in a flashback along with other mentions, the damage of his plague
was shown. He was also mentioned by Jerboa to be the animus dragon in
the Night Kingdom. He later appeared in a vision when Jerboa III was
summoned to his throne room.

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### Legends

left Darkstalker

Darkstalker was first introduced when was still in his egg, hatching on
a brightest night under three full moons. His parents, Arctic and
Foeslayer, were arguing about Darkstalker's name; Foeslayer, his mother,
saw it as a hero that chased back the darkness, while his father, Prince
Arctic, saw it as a villain that crept through the shadows. Darkstalker
foresaw that he could make his sister's egg hatch on the Brightest Night
as well, but he decided against it out of selfishness and the desire for
all of his mother's love.

He next appeared at his home, where his parents were arguing. He learned
by reading his parents' minds that Queen Diamond, Arctic's mother, had
made an offer to her son through a carved stone tablet: if Arctic killed
both of his dragonets and brought her proof, then she would call off her
forces and accept him back into the Ice Kingdom. He later snuck into
their room to read the letter to himself.

After NightWing school|school had started, Darkstalker defended his
sister from an angry trio of NightWing students. Calmly explaining to
Whiteout that she had knocked over their marbles, he used his
mind-reading to embarrass and infuriate all of them. He then met his
destined love, Clearsight, and took her to the beach the next day in the
pouring rain. After Clearsight led him to an ocean cave to shelter from
the storm, they talked about Darkstalker's animus power. They then
unexpectedly met Current, a SeaWing prince that had survived the Royal
SeaWing Massacre. Darkstalker was displeased at the amount of worry that
Clearsight had felt when she realized that the murderer, Albatross, had
also been an animus and had most likely gone insane from the usage of
his power. After taking Current to Vigilance, Darkstalker knew what he
had to do to restore Clearsight's faith in him.

The next day, after school, Darkstalker took Clearsight to his house,
which was empty; both of his parents were at work. He showed her a blank
scroll, also known as his talisman, that was wrapped in a black leather
casing, and explained that he had put all of his animus power into it so
that he would not lose any of his soul when he used his magic. Any time
a dragon wanted to use the scroll, they only had to write down their
specific enchantment, and it would happen, just like natural animus
power. Darkstalker enchanted four things with it that day: an inkpot, a
blanket, a moonstone bracelet, and one of his history scrolls. However,
they were caught in the act by Arctic, who angrily scolded his son,
warning him not to waste his animus power. He enchanted more items that
included an earring that made him look especially charming and handsome,
a goblet that he planned to give to Fathom — which was enchanted to make
him forget Indigo, forget about his oath, and use his animus power
freely — Clearsight's moonstone earrings to make her see only happy
futures, a pebble that made Indigo turn into the SeaWing carving that
Fathom made, sneaky enchantments on other students at his school, and
many more.

Arctic later told Queen Vigilance that Darkstalker has animus powers,
and arrangements are made for Prince Fathom, an animus, to come and
befriend Darkstalker. This was done in the hope that Darkstalker would
be more cautious with his powers since no one besides Clearsight knew
about his scroll at this point.

Darkstalker formally met Fathom at the SeaWing welcoming party the
NightWings had thrown. Darkstalker thought that Fathom looks
uncomfortable at the party and possibly terrified since the Royal
SeaWing Massacre had happened at a party as well. So, Darkstalker tried
to make him more comfortable by inviting him and his guard, Indigo, to
go on a flight with him. However, Indigo was suspicious of Darkstalker
and showed this when she attempted to kill him once they are outside.
Although Fathom convinced Indigo not to kill him, Darkstalker wanted to
get revenge on Indigo from then on and made plans to get rid of Indigo
for personal reasons. He thought that Fathom would be better off without
her.

After the party, Darkstalker thought about how Indigo could have killed
him right then and there. He did not want anyone ever to murder him or
even accidentally kill him, so he decided to enchant his scales to be
invincible, hiding the enchantment from Clearsight by writing it in
invisible ink.

Soon, Darkstalker went with Clearsight for her to meet Fathom.
Darkstalker showed Fathom a new item he enchanted, a soul reader that
proves how much soul a dragon has left. Clearsight, Fathom, and
Darkstalker started to become better friends. After some time,
Darkstalker suggested that they all celebrate Clearsight's fifth
hatching day in the woods by the Lost city of night|Night Kingdom.
There, Darkstalker presented the dreamvisitors to his friends, much to
Fathom's dismay. However, his protests about Darkstalker using his magic
were cut off as Clearsight has a vision about Darkstalker's mother,
Foeslayer, being enchanted by Queen Diamond and sent to the Ice Kingdom.

Darkstalker received the same vision and, anxious at this, decided to
interrupt the party to go and try to save Foeslayer. When he got home,
Darkstalker read in his father's, Prince Arctic's, mind that Arctic and
Foeslayer fought. After this fight, she took off an earring that Arctic
had enchanted to protect her, which allowed Queen Diamond's magic to get
through to her. Darkstalker tried every enchantment he could think of,
but nothing works. Later, when Queen Vigilance is with Clearsight,
Vigilance sent an assassin after Darkstalker.

When Darkstalker arrived, he shared some of his ideas for what they
could do to the IceWings with his magic. Most of them were brutal, and
Clearsight was horrified by all of his ideas that lead to the IceWings'
genocide. Eventually, Darkstalker settles on the idea of a shield that
killed only IceWings.

Darkstalker continued to mourn the loss of his mother for a few weeks.
Eventually, Darkstalker asked Fathom if he wanted to fly up to the Royal
Tower and watch the lightning storm with him. Fathom gave Darkstalker a
statue of a SeaWing that he had requested, which he took and offered
Fathom a goblet made of shimmering sea-green glass. Indigo smashed it
before Fathom could take it, fearing that it is enchanted. Still fearing
Indigo's safety with Darkstalker around, Fathom decided that Wharf
should come with him instead of Indigo.

Later on, Clearsight and Listener went to a festival being held in the
NightWing palace|Great Diamond. Clearsight and Listener met up with
Darkstalker, Fathom, and Whiteout, who were all playing a board game.
They invited Thoughtful, who was playing alone, to join them. Before
Listener could introduce herself to Thoughtful, Clearsight introduced
Whiteout first, who took Thoughtful's talon and looked at his palm
before saying, "Words and glass, spun in flutes and verse. Waterfalls of
language in fire-blown claws," and then told him that he was the one who
made the Cascade of Dreams. Thoughtful was surprised and amazed that she
had noticed his art and said, "No one — you really saw the pieces of the
scroll inside the waves?" Whiteout then confirmed this, and due to the
strange grammar Whiteout was using and Thoughtful's ability to
understand it, the whole conversation left Listener bewildered. However,
before anyone could explain what happened to her, a spear was thrust
into Darkstalker's heart.

Thanks to his invincible scales, he survived the attack, although he
told his friends that the assassin must have missed. Lionfish tackled
the assassin, killing him quickly. The assassin turned out to be
Quickdeath, an assassin for hire. Darkstalker wanted to find out who
tried to assassinate him, and Fathom became suspicious of Darkstalker.
Later on, Darkstalker went home and used his scroll to find out who
tried to assassinate him. He found out and deemed that whoever did it
"has to pay."

Clearsight then encountered Queen Vigilance and Allknowing in the
garden. Allknowing shared her vision, Hatched of ice and hatched of
night. Cursed with moons all shining bright. Longs for power not his
own. Comes to steal your very throne. Clearsight took off her earrings
after the Queen accused her of being enchanted by Darkstalker. Visions,
all of which were dark and bad, came rushing back to her, and she
realized that Vigilance sent the assassin. The guards attempt to
imprison Clearsight, but she escaped to stop Darkstalker before he
reached the queen. When she found him, Darkstalker revealed that he
enchanted her earrings to keep her focused on the bright, positive
futures and block out any dark ones.

Clearsight then had a vision that depicted Arctic taking Whiteout north
to the Ice Kingdom. To track them down, Darkstalker enchanted a beetle
to bite off Arctic's shielding earring, and then enchanted a dagger to
lead them to Arctic and stab him in one of his legs to render him
immobile. Darkstalker started to write something down in his scroll as
Arctic explained that if he offered Whiteout's talons in marriage,
Diamond would release Foeslayer. Whiteout claimed that she would be an
"IceWing princess and have lots of baby IceWings." Whiteout then said
that she wanted to go back to the Ice Kingdom before proclaiming that
she did not like Darkstalker in perfectly normal, understandable, and
coherent sentences, instead of her usual way of talking.

Darkstalker, deeply suspicious and furious at his lying father,
enchanted his father to obey his every command. He ordered him to stop
talking and to release Whiteout from the spell he put her under. Arctic
then crushed Whiteout's shell necklace in his talons, freeing her from
his magic. Darkstalker ordered Arctic to follow him back to the Night
Kingdom, where he made his father cut his tongue out after announcing
how he had tried to betray the NightWings and was going to offer a
detailed map of the kingdom so the IceWings could infiltrate it. Then,
Darkstalker told Arctic to "take his talons, rip open your stomach, and
show us all what you're really like on the inside. Pour out your life on
this stage." Arctic killed himself with his own claws, fulfilling
Clearsight's prophecy that "your claws will betray you in your final
hour."

While Darkstalker was distracted with Arctic, Clearsight stole his
scroll. On her way to see Fathom, Clearsight warned Listener about
Darkstalker and told her to escape far away with her family far away
from the Night Kingdom. Then, she had Fathom enchant a bracelet for her,
as they were too suspicious of the scroll to use it. When Clearsight
left for Agate Mountain to meet Darkstalker one last time, Fathom took
the scroll and held it over a candle. Fathom discovered spells written
in invisible ink, one of which trapped Indigo in the wooden SeaWing
statue Fathom had made. Fathom released Indigo from the statue with his
magic.

Meanwhile, Darkstalker sat next to Clearsight in front of a cave on the
side of Agate Mountain. Clearsight told Darkstalker that an earthquake
would make the whole side of Agate Mountain collapse and make Jade
Mountain the tallest mountain instead. Clearsight mentioned that
Darkstalker had gotten out of control and was turning out like Arctic.
Furious, Darkstalker grabbed and twisted Clearsight's wrist painfully,
and while he is doing so, she slipped the bracelet onto his arm. Before
Darkstalker fell asleep, he saw how much Clearsight truly loved him and
how much she worried about him.

A simple sleeping spell on the bracelet had taken the invincible,
immortal Darkstalker down, and as long as the bracelet remained on him,
he would stay asleep. Clearsight moved him into the cave before covering
the entrance with rocks before going to another mountain and waiting for
an earthquake she predicted to bury him further. She then flew away from
the mountain, heading towards Pantala, never to be seen again by the
dragons of Pyrrhia.

The book draws to a close as Fathom and Indigo were portrayed with their
dragonets, Clearpool, Cowrie, and Ripple. Their dragonets at one point
asked them to tell them a story about how bad guys became bad guys. This
reminded Fathom and Indigo of Darkstalker. Indigo reassured Fathom that
"it's safe to be happy," and he responded with, "I know."

Then, in the post-epilogue, the timeline skips 2,000 years; it describes
another earthquake coming after the Orb in the Sky flashed by. The rocks
shifted up against the bracelet, breaking the copper wires and awakening
Darkstalker.

-----

### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World

Darkstalker was indirectly mentioned in Fin's letter to Turtle as he
noted how Turtle's time was taken up by school and occasionally having
"to fight enormous ancient bad guys from thousands of years ago".

In the RainWing chapter of the guide, Starflight mentioned Darkstalker
when he explained that the RainWings used to have scrolls and libraries
thousands of years ago.

Darkstalker was mentioned in Moonwatcher's literature#Named scrolls|The
Truth About NightWing Powers. Moon mentioned in her introduction letter
to Starflight that most of the information she had about NightWing
powers came from Darkstalker. He was also briefly mentioned when
Mastermind described the prison in the Rainforest Kingdom that
Darkstalker made.

## Relationships

### Anemone

Darkstalker acted as a mentor to Anemone, and she looked up to him as
being wonderful and all-knowing. He encouraged her to use her magic but
tried restricting her only to use it with his permission, eventually
putting in place a spell that told him whenever an animus cast a spell.
Darkstalker stated that he believed Anemone could have been someone who
he could have worked alongside had she not tried to mess with him. Due
to her naturally rebellious personality and hatred of Moonwatcher, he
eventually sent her off to the Kingdom of the Sea. Later on, once she
and the other animus dragons of Pyrrhia were summoned to Darkstalker, he
affirmed his view of her as a tool by suggesting he run tests on her and
Stonemover to learn more about animus limits, even suggesting driving
her insane. Darkstalker secretly hated SeaWings, specifically Anemone's
family, because of their ancestry linking them to Fathom.

### Arctic

Arctic resented Darkstalker. He often rudely asked his son if any part
of him resembled an IceWing, and was furious upon Darkstalker's hatching
that the dragonet did not resemble him. Arctic thought Darkstalker was a
creepy name, and he never looked Darkstalker in the eye, and often
glared at him. Darkstalker believed that Arctic was the most dangerous
dragon in the lost city of night, and when Clearsight observed Arctic
and Darkstalker interacting, she noted that there were many giant,
furious, unspoken thoughts and feelings that were not verbally expressed
between them. Darkstalker was dangerous, quiet, angry, and crueler than
necessary toward his father, and the only slight liking he had for
Arctic was due to his love for Foeslayer. He was suspicious of and
bothered by Darkstalker's mind-reading abilities, and was jealous of his
son's knowledge of Foeslayer's thoughts. They often tried to avoid one
another as much as possible, and Darkstalker was aware of multiple
futures where Arctic attempted to kill him. Despite his seething hatred
toward Darkstalker, Arctic refused to kill his own son. Darkstalker
never cared much about Arctic's hatred for him.

### Clearsight

Clearsight was Darkstalker's soulmate. Darkstalker loved her without
reserve or hesitation, mostly reciprocated. He was enthusiastic about
their relationship and tried his best to make her feel happy and safe.
He disliked that she worried over their futures so much, but loved her
wholly. However, the tragedy of Foeslayer's presumed death shattered
him, and he became indifferent towards her free will and happiness,
although later apologizing to her imagined presence. He tried to keep
her focused on the happy futures where they had dragonets, but
ultimately manipulated Clearsight's ability against her will, even
seeming defiant and indifferent when confronted. Although Darkstalker
lied to himself about this attempted manipulation of Clearsight being
the best thing for her, it was really about keeping her from knowing
about his schemes. Their relationship ultimately failed due to
Darkstalker's actions, and Clearsight is not to blame. Clearsight loved
Darkstalker very much, and tried her best to keep their futures bright,
but eventually had no choice but to betray her beloved by trapping him
in a cave within Agate Mountain with a bracelet enchanted by Fathom. She
was sad enough about him that she considered staying with him until the
mountain crushed her. She mourned him — and their possible future
dragonets — for a long time after he was trapped, and never moved on,
even after relocating to Pantala. After he was set free, one of the
first things he asked about was about Clearsight and what had happened
to her. Later, he cried for Clearsight, apologizing for putting that
spell on her and promised to never do that again. He believed Clearsight
never wanted to betray him and was tricked into doing so by Fathom. He
became so desperate to have her back that he attempted to enchant
Fierceteeth into a living version of Clearsight. He refused to lose all
of his memories and become a new dragon as he did not want to forget
Clearsight.

### Fathom

When Indigo initially attacked Darkstalker, Fathom protested, stating
that Darkstalker did not seem dangerous, and admitting wistfully that he
could be a friend. Darkstalker wanted Fathom to trust him, but
internally was willing to enchant both Fathom's mind and his
relationship with Indigo. He genuinely wanted Fathom to be happy, but
ultimately controlled several important aspects Fathom's life without
his knowledge or consent. He desperately wanted to safely like
Darkstalker, as well as badly wanting to trust him. After Darkstalker
laughed at Fathom's joke, he was delighted, and Darkstalker spoke gently
towards him. Fathom was one of his best friends, and he found himself so
wrapped in warmth and attention around Darkstalker that he could forget,
for hours at a time, about what he had been through during the massacre.
Darkstalker was attentive to Fathom's feelings, and he made Fathom feel
comforted. He would have followed Darkstalker anywhere, and Darkstalker
was often irritated by Fathom's caution towards animus magic.
Darkstalker eventually was completely willing to transform Fathom's mind
into a quieter, less anxious state with animus magic so that he would
not have to listen to his worried thoughts. He also cared for Fathom's
happiness, and Fathom later discovered that Darkstalker had enchanted a
bell that would ring whenever Fathom was feeling sad or lonely, and that
was why he had always known when to show up and lift him from the worst
loneliness. Darkstalker did truly care for Fathom, but as Fathom grew
more concerned for his friend's morality, he was eventually forced to
betray his friend. When Darkstalker awoke from Fathom's enchantment, his
hatred of his former friend was so strong that he despised all of
Fathom's descendants.

### Hope|Foeslayer

Foeslayer is Darkstalker's mother. Darkstalker loved his mother and
wanted to protect her in every way possible. He had an immense care for
her and often enchanted everyday items to bring her more comfort in her
life. Foeslayer was one of the only dragons that he truly loved,
according to Clearsight, along with Clearsight herself and Whiteout.
When the IceWings took her, Darkstalker offered to kill every IceWing
for revenge. Darkstalker was willing to do anything to see his mother
again after awakening from his enchantment, and he appeared desperately
hopeful at the prospect of seeing her. He sobbed when they reunited.

### Indigo

Clearsight foresaw the dislike between Darkstalker and Indigo, which
spiraled into a future with no Indigo in it. She did not see a clear
path to a future where she got Indigo and Darkstalker to trust each
other. Indigo's attack on him had deeply rattled him to the point of him
turning himself invincible to all danger. Darkstalker saw Indigo as a
threat to his and Fathom's friendship, so he turned her into a small
wooden dragon so she would not turn Fathom against him. However, she was
later freed by Fathom, who turned against Darkstalker due to what he had
done.

### Moonwatcher

The first dragon Darkstalker had talked to since his imprisonment was
Moonwatcher; he seemed to be very fond of her, caring for her and not
wanting anyone to harm her. During the time, she was the only dragon he
could talk to, and he mentored her. He took a rather friendly approach,
and it seemed that he enjoyed teaching her how to deal with her powers
effectively without any problem. However, it is later revealed that he
may have been manipulating her for his own benefit. In Talons of Power,
he cared very much for Moon and kept mentioning how similar she is to
Clearsight. He wanted her to trust him, and she was noted to be one of
the very few dragons he truly cared about, not putting any spells on her
and trying to convince her to understand him. Moonwatcher was
Darkstalker's best friend when he emerged from Agate Mountain.
Darkstalker refused to enchant Moonwatcher's mind as he did for most of
Pyrrhia, and she believed that he was not evil. She genuinely liked him,
largely due to the fact that he genuinely liked her, and he was one of
the only dragons he trusted to believe in him and enjoy his company of
their own accord. They were genuine friends, and Darkstalker considered
a party boring because Moonwatcher did not attend. She believed
wholeheartedly that he was good, would never kill her, and that he
wanted the most peaceful future for Pyrrhia. He appeared genuinely
wounded when she began using skyfire and protection spells against his
magic. She flinches whenever she hears his name.

### Qibli

Throughout the books, Darkstalker showed signs of suspicion toward
Qibli. He saw that the SandWing could get in the way of his plans,
starting in Talons of Power when Turtle cast a spell in the room Qibli
was in. Darkstalker likes Qibli, and is appreciative of how quickly his
brain works to assess situations so that Darkstalker does not need to
spend time on explanation. He believed Qibli to be as smart as himself
and wanted him to be one of his genuine friends, as he considered him
funny and interesting. He was willing to enchant Qibli to be his best
friend.

### Turtle

Upon first meeting him, Darkstalker looked at Turtle with a flash of
burning hatred in his eyes. This caused Turtle to enchant a stick,
making it so that he was entirely removed from Darkstalker's awareness.
Darkstalker mistook Turtle for Fathom and blasted fire at him. In the
last chapter of Talons of Power, he thought Turtle was too unpredictable
and enchanted him to lose his animus magic.

### Whiteout

Whiteout was Darkstalker's only sibling, and he was extremely protective
of her. He made sure she was always content, which is shown when he used
his magic to return her favorite scavenger toy to her whenever it got
lost. He thought she was the prettiest dragon in all of Pyrrhia besides
Clearsight, and he would stand up for her when others picked on her for
her strangeness. Whiteout was also one of the only dragons Darkstalker
truly loved, according to Clearsight, along with herself and Foeslayer.
He was extremely paranoid and furious when Prince Arctic tried to take
her to the Ice Kingdom, causing Darkstalker to see his father as a
threat so much that he forced him to mutilate himself publicly. He
thought that Whiteout was perfect the way she was.

### Winter

Darkstalker saw Winter as a threat and cast a spell on him that would
make him worship him and agree with everything he said. However,
Darkstalker promised not to hurt Winter and spared him from the IceWing
plague. After Winter was freed from the enchantment, he swore that he
would kill Darkstalker, and that it would be long-winded and bloody.

## Known Enchantments

So after that, I enchanted it to always return to her. No
matter where I hide it, or where she loses it, it always turns up on her
pillow by that night.
Whiteout's scavenger doll
To
return to her pillow every night if lost.
L1
119

Phrasing unknown.
A scroll
To contain
his animus power, to be returned to him if destroyed.
L1
140, 142

Enchant this inkwell to fly up, touch the ceiling once, and
fly back into my talons without spilling a drop, then return to normal.

An inkwell
To fly to the ceiling and return to his
talons without spilling a drop.
L1
140

Phrasing unknown.
A painting
To protect
and hide his animus scroll.
L1
213

Phrasing unknown.
Telescope and golden hourglass

To evaluate one's soul when the telescope is pointed at
someone, then show it in the hourglass: black sand representing good,
and white sand representing bad.
L1
225

Enchant this parchment to reveal the name of the dragon who
hired Quickdeath to kill me tonight.
Parchment scrap
To reveal who hired Quickdeath to kill him.
L1
302

Enchant Darkstalker's scales to be invulnerable to harm of
any sort, to heal instantly if injured, and to shield him indestructibly
from any threat of death.
His scales
To be
invulnerable, heal instantly upon injury, and shield him indestructibly
from any threat of death.
L1
214

Enchant this dagger to lead us to Arctic and Whiteout, then
stab Arctic once in the foot, injuring him enough that he has to stop,
but not so badly that he bleeds to death. Above all else, stop him from
crossing the Great Ice Cliff.
A dagger
To injure
Arctic to a disabling but not lethal degree. With greater priority, to
stop him from crossing the Great Ice Cliff.
L1
316

Enchant this beetle to find Prince Arctic as fast as possible
and take off his shielding earring,
A beetle
To
swiftly remove Arctic's shielding earring.
L1
317

Phrasing unknown.
Three sapphires
To
allow the holder to walk in the dreams of any dragon they know or have
seen, when the target is sleeping.
L1
239

Phrasing unknown.
Himself
To make
himself immortal.
L1
345

Three spells of unknown phrasing.
Unspecified

To bring Foeslayer home.
L1
258

Phrasing unknown.
Mountain range bordering the
Night Kingdom
To kill any IceWing, excluding
NightWing-IceWing hybrids, who crosses them.
L1
343

Phrasing unknown.
A weapon
To shoot
fire ten times as far as a dragon could breathe.
L1

343

[...] an enchantment that kept the dragon who wore them
focused only on the brightest, happiest futures, hiding anything truly
bad that might happen up ahead.
A pair of moonstone earrings

To keep the wearer focused on bright, happy futures,
oblivious to bad ones.
L1
345

[...] enchanted to make everyone who met him think he was
exceptionally handsome and charming.
A snake earring

To have the wearer perceived as handsome and charming.

L1
173

Enchant this dagger to fly into the Kingdom of Sand and kill
one Icewing every full moon, in secret, under cover of darkness - and
keep doing so for one year, or until I summon it back. Enchant it to
leave messages carved near the body, warning that Darkstalker is coming
for all of them and soon they will all be dead.
A dagger

To kill an Icewing deployed in the Kingdom of Sand under
darkness and carve threatening messages nearby every full moon for one
year or until recalled.
L1
346

Phrasing unknown.
A bell
To ring
whenever Fathom felt sad or lonely.
L1
343

Enchant this goblet so that the first time Fathom drinks
from it, he will stop loving Indigo, forget about his oath, and decide
to freely use his animus magic again.
A goblet

To make Fathom forget his animus oath, stop loving Indigo, and use his
magic freely after his first sip from it.
L1
345

Enchant this pebble so that when it rolls into the same room
as Indigo the SeaWing, she shall be instantly trapped inside the small
wooden carving of a dragon made for me by Fathom.
A pebble

To trap Indigo inside the SeaWing carving Fathom made for
Darkstalker when rolled into the same room as her.
L1
346

Phrasing unknown.
A plate
To keep
food warm for Foeslayer when late for dinner.
L1
343

Phrasing unknown.
A blanket
To grant
Foeslayer peaceful sleep when in the desert with the army.
L1

343

Phrasing unknown.
A set of paints
To
never dry or run out.
L1
343

Enchant Arctic the IceWing to obey my every command.

Arctic
To obey his every command.
L1

322

Phrasing unknown.
Darkstalker's animus scroll

To send him a mental twinge whenever someone else used it.

L1
345

Enchant this history scroll to read itself aloud whenever a
dragon says, "Bore me to sleep!" and stop reading whenever someone
says, "Spare me!"
A history scroll
To read its
contents aloud in Truthfinder|Truthfinder's voice when a dragon says
"Bore me to sleep!" and stop when someone says "Spare me!"

L1
146

Phrasing unknown.
A silver tail band

To kill anyone he touches with it.
L1
186

Enchant this paper to show me where Foeslayer is right now.

A piece of paper
To show him Foeslayer's
location, relative to the Ice, Sand, and Night Kingdoms, along with
NightWing and IceWing troop deployments.
L1
244

Various spells of unknown phrasing.
Various
classmates
To torment them in small, creative ways.
L1
346

Phrasing unknown.
Queen Diamond
To
haunt her with all the ways Darkstalker planned to kill her.

L1
346

Enchant this piece of paper to look like a note written in
Indigo's handwriting, with a short, believable message saying she's
leaving Fathom and not coming back.
A piece of paper

To look like a short, believable note written in Indigo's
handwriting, detailing that she is leaving Fathom and not returning.

L1
347

Phrasing unknown.
A bone earring
To
make dragons he likes trust and like him.
ToP
55

I enchant this bracelet to protect my soul from the effects
of animus magic forever.
A metal bracelet
To
protect Darkstalker's soul from the effects of animus magic forever.

ToP
57

I enchant this necklace to protect Anemone's soul from the
effects of animus magic forever,
A silver banded necklace

To protect Anemone's soul from the effects of animus magic
forever.
ToP
58

Phrasing unknown.
Unspecified
To
send Darkstalker a mental twinge whenever a new animus spell is cast.

ToP
101

Phrasing unknown.
Mindreader|Mindreader's glass
bead and wire bracelet
To grant her the ability of
mind-reading while worn.
ToP
66

Phrasing unknown.
Mightyclaws|Mightyclaws'
earring
To grant him the ability to bring drawings into
reality while worn.
ToP
70

Phrasing unknown.
Fearless|Fearless' makeshift
wire bracelet
To grant her superstrength while worn.
ToP
72

Phrasing unknown.
An unidentified SandWing

To deliver a message to Vulture without stopping or resting:
"He sent me back to tell you it's not the right time to kill Queen
Glory. He said he knows about your plan to replace Thorn and he'll help
you if you help him. He said he'll be in touch soon and not to do
anything until he sends instructions."
DoD
105

I enchant this flower to heal Flame the SkyWing, without
pain, erasing his scars and returning his face to the way it was before
the accident with the SandWing.
An indigo flower

To heal Flame's face.
ToP
62

Enchant this stalactite to heal the wounds of any dragon it
touches,
A stalactite
To heal Stonemover.

ToP
77

Phrasing unknown.
A talonful of rock dust

To re-petrify Stonemover when blown on him.
ToP

81

Phrasing unknown.
Flame's library card
To transform into a manacle binding Flame's forearm to the cave floor.

ToP
85

Phrasing unknown.
A length of vine

To heal future and preexisting wounds and ailments.
ToP

132

Phrasing unknown.
Unspecified
To
grant the ability to catch any prey.
ToP
133

Phrasing unknown.
Unspecified
To
grant flight speed faster than any dragon on Pyrrhia.
ToP

ToP

Phrasing unknown.
Unspecified
Grant
advanced warrior skills.
ToP
133

Phrasing unknown.
Unspecified
Grant
ability to go days without sleep.
ToP
133

Branch, [...] grow into a fine, strong, indestructible
prison, with room for at least ten prisoners, that no dragon could ever
break out of.
A branch
To transform into an
indestructible, inescapable prison.
ToP
166

Phrasing unknown.
Unspecified
To create
a ring of metal keys for said prison.
ToP
166

Phrasing unknown.
Unspecified
To turn
into chains.
ToP
176

Phrasing unknown.
A painting of Clearsight

To expel the centuries of accumulated dust and other damages.

ToP
205

Phrasing unknown.
The mop enchanted by Anemone

To remove its enchantment.
ToP
230

Phrasing unknown.
Moonwatcher and Kinkajou

To freeze Moonwatcher and Kinkajou in time. Kinkajou was not
afflicted due to her immunity.
ToP
231

Multiple spells of unknown phrasing.
Fierceteeth

To transform into multiple iterations of Clearsight, then
back to herself.
DoD
274

Enchant this dragon to obey my every command. Now shut up.

Anemone
To obey his commands and stop talking.

ToP
279

Bring them here. [...] Every animus dragon in all the seven
tribes. Bring them here to my throne room right now.

Unspecified
To bring every Pyrrhian animus dragon to his
throne room.
ToP
275

I enchant this room so that no one can cast any spells while
they're in here except me,
NightWing throne room

To make animus dragons other than Darkstalker incapable of casting
spells in the throne room.
ToP
276

Bring me a dragon our hidden animus cares about very much.
Alive, for now.
A sword
To bring a dragon the
hidden animus (Turtle) cares about to the throne room alive.

ToP
278

HEAL, by all the snakes!
His eyeball
To regenerate.
ToP
283

Enchant this dragon to lose all his animus power right now,
[...] so that he shall never be able to cast a spell again.
Turtle
To remove Turtle's animus magic.
ToP

287

Phrasing unknown.
IceWings, excluding Winter and
hybrids
To contract a contagious, lethal plague.

DoD
257, 332

Phrasing unknown.
Unspecified
Grant
ability to sprout any seed.
DoD
197

Many spells of unknown phrasing.
Silver
bracelets
Grant super strength and invulnerability upon
wearer(s).
DoD
221

Phrasing unknown.
A talonful of pebbles

To transform into various gemstones.
DoD

326

Phrasing unknown.
Unspecified
To
teleport Vulture into the canyon with himself and Qibli.
DoD

329

Enchant this dragon to obey my every command. [...] Stop
talking and stay where you are.
Vulture
To obey
his commands; to stop talking and stay where he is.
DoD

329

Enchant this dragon to have the mind of a new-hatched
dragonet. You may speak.
Vulture
To have the
mind of a newly-hatched dragonet; to be able to speak.
DoD

330

Go back to the way you were before the last spell, [...]
Now I enchant this dragon to feel guilt for all the terrible things he's
done.
Vulture
To return to his previous state;
feel regret for his actions.
DoD
330

Let's see - now be a grandfather who loves Qibli more than
anything else in the world,
Vulture
To love
Qibli more than anything else.
DoD
330

Shush,
Vulture
To stop talking.

DoD
331

Phrasing unknown.
Floating gemstones

To form a floating crown.
DoD
333

Phrasing unknown.
Gemstone crown
To
vanish (total fate unknown.)
DoD
334

Starting over. [...] When this soul reader is pointed at a
dragon, I enchant it to measure the good and evil in that dragon's soul
and reveal it in the drifts of sand. Black sand to mark the amount of
good, white sand to show the amount of evil or damage to that dragon's
soul.
Soul reader
To fix it.
DoD

337

Phrasing unknown.
Vulture
To vanish
(total fate unknown.)
DoD
341

Phrasing unknown.
Himself
To be
immune to enchantments by all other animus dragons.
DoD

351

## Quotes

This is my mother. Those are my full moons. This is my world
now.
some of his first thoughts
Darkstalker
17

-----

Don't worry about it. She was cheating anyway, all he can think
about is his crush on her sister, and he is thoroughly sick of both of
them and wishes he knew anyone interesting. Have fun with your marbles,
friends.
to the NightWing group after they yelled at Whiteout
for messing up the marbles game
Darkstalker
105

-----

Don't worry about the future. Just be here, with me, in this
moment, when we are both as happy as we've ever been in our whole lives
so far.
to Clearsight
Darkstalker
108

-----

Don't be mad at me for things I might do one day, all right?
I'm not evil now. I haven't done any of that. And I probably won't. Will
you focus on that, please? Stay in the present with me?
to
Clearsight about his future Darkstalker

118

-----

It was just — this toy of Whiteout's. It's a little carved
scavenger. She loves it in kind of an obsessive way. Once it got lost
and she cried for a whole day, until we finally found it again. So after
that, I enchanted it to always return to her. No matter where I hide it,
or where she loses it, it always turns up on her pillow by that night.
It's just a little thing.
to Clearsight about his first
spell, Darkstalker
119

-----

Oh — that's a drawing of you. I drew it before we met, from my
visions, so it's not very good. I didn't want my father to see it or
know about you … but I needed to have it, to look at. You know, to
remind myself that things were going to get better.
to
Clearsight Darkstalker
139

-----

Now. Take your talons, rip open your stomach, and show everyone
what you're really like inside. Pour out your life on this stage.

commanding Arctic to kill himself
Darkstalker
333

-----

I'm nothing like my father. I don't need saving. I can choose
my own future, and I like the one I see, and you're going to learn to
like it too. Where is my scroll?
to Clearsight

Darkstalker
354

-----

I could see the future, but not just any future — all the
possible futures. Do you understand what that means? I could have guided
the tribe along the best path to safety and glory and power and
everything else. At each crossroad, I would have known the right thing
to do. I loved my tribe, Moonwatcher. I would have been the best ruler
they'd ever had. I know it; I saw the futures where I was king,
benevolent and beloved, married to Clearsight with six little dragonets
of our own. Those were possible. They could have happened, if anyone had
had faith in me.
to Moonwatcher
Moon Rising
129

-----

Things can change. We're dragons, not ants. We can do things
differently if we choose to.
to Deathbringer
Talons of Power
126

-----

If you come back to me, I promise I'll never enchant your mind
again. I promise I'll listen to you this time. We can choose the best
future together. I could use your help with what you've left me. A
ruined city, a weak and broken tribe. You'd be their Queen Clearsight —
doesn't that sound all right now? When you can have the crown without
anyone having to die? It was just waiting for us, Clearsight.

to Clearsight Talons of Power
209

-----

Clearsight. I — I keep looking at all my new possible futures.
Millions of possibilities, but they're all empty. They're empty without
you. I have no one, Clearsight. All I can see around me, as far as the
future unrolls, are slaves and soldiers.
to Clearsight Talons of Power
209

-----

Hello. Oh, very nice work clearing the weeds. Smart thinking.
We should get these gardens going again so we can feed ourselves. You
haven't received a gift yet, have you? I could give you the power to
sprout every seed you plant — some kind of master gardener skill.
Wouldn't that be useful?
to a NightWing subject

Darkness of Dragons
197

-----

I promised your friends would always be safe. What if you get
attacked and I need to heal you, like I healed Stonemover? What if Qibli
gets kidnapped and I can't get him back for you? And all the beautiful
magic I've made. No more dreamvisiting? I was going to fly you to one of
the moons — dragons standing on an actual moon, can you imagine?

to Moonwatcher
Darkness of Dragons
243

-----

But I've seen good in him. And I've heard it in his thoughts.
He has this vision of a peaceful future where everyone in Pyrrhia is
safe and happy … he wants to make sure it happens. I believe that's what
he really wants.
Moonwatcher to Winter about Darkstalker

Darkness of Dragons
256

-----

Be Clearsight, exactly as I knew her but without any nagging or
worrying or pessimism or telling me what to do and what's wrong with me
all the time! By all the shining moons, Go on, be her!

attempting to enchant Fierceteeth
Darkness of Dragons

268

-----

Such as the fact that he killed his father; the fact that his
seer girlfriend thought he was so dangerous he had to be hidden under a
mountain for all eternity; he can enchant dragons to do anything he
tells them to, or turn them into other dragons entirely if he wants; the
fact that he just tried to kill the entire IceWing tribe with magic; and
the fact that he's so charming and sincere that smart dragons tend to
like him even when they're not enchanted to; Also, I'm not sure there's
anyone who can stop him. I'm not sure there's anyone he cares about
enough that he'd listen to them — or anyone who's willing to try.

Qibli to Foeslayer about Darkstalker
Darkness of
Dragons
279

-----

There's one crucial difference between us. You want to be loved
so desperately. I think it lies underneath everything you do. Will this
make that dragon like me better? What should I do now to turn all these
dragons into friends? If I can convince this cold, standoffish IceWing
to like me, surely that'll prove that I'm a dragon worth liking.

to Qibli
Darkness of Dragons
324-325

-----

They couldn't think big. Not like you and me, Qibli. They
couldn't imagine all the wonderful things we could do with our magic.
They would have been content with small, meaningless lives — clearly
that's what they chose; look how they vanished from history after I was
gone. They didn't want to take the hard steps to get to the best
futures. But you can imagine it. You know what you would do with
unlimited power — you've thought about it enough. Your big secret dream:
to be an animus. So what if you could be? What if I made you an animus,
too?
to Qibli
Darkness of Dragons
325-326

-----

Let me tell you about the best future. You'll adore it.
Everyone loves us. We share the continent and rule all the tribes with
benevolent wisdom — you and Moon, me and Clearsight, once I get her
right. Our dragonets play together in the palaces of Pyrrhia. There's no
more war. There's no more sickness, thanks to us. No more sadness or
worry, no more hunger, no more starving dragonets scrabbling for food in
back alleys. No more terrible parents, because we can fix them. You
could make your mother a dragon who loves you. I could have healed the
scars on my father's soul. I know that's what I should have done, to
make him a father that Whiteout and I could love.
to Qibli

Darkness of Dragons
327-328

## Trivia

  - Darkstalker's name can be perceived two ways: one is of a hero's
    perspective, that he chases away the darkness, while the other is
    that he stalks through the darkness as a villain.
  - Darkstalker once took an after-school cooking class.
  - Darkstalker feels as though he is missing something when he sleeps
    and dislikes sleeping as a result.
  - Darkstalker's theme song is [I Love
    Me](https://youtu.be/xzoNK3JDBhw) by wikipedia:Meghan Trainor|Meghan
    Trainor.
  - In the original ending of Darkness of Dragons, Darkstalker was going
    to try and fail to talk Qibli out of "something."
      - However, it had been scrapped and the ending changed because
        Darkstalker was "too convincing" and Tui believed that he made
        good points.
  - Darkstalker was based on Tui's ex-boyfriend from when they were both
    sixteen years old.
  - Darkstalker's Obsidian Mirror shape was described as taller than
    anyone else's, with movements that were slow and purposeful.
  - Despite being of NightWing and IceWing descent, Darkstalker's horns
    are curved, or twisted, while both IceWings and NightWings have
    straight horns.
  - Darkstalker was not good at painting.