'Diamond' was an adult female IceWing animus who was introduced in Darkstalker. She
ruled as queen of the IceWing tribe during the era of Darkstalker. She
heavily influenced the causation of the NightWing-IceWing War with her
hatred towards Arctic|Prince Arctic and Hope|Foeslayer's relationship.

She was one of the two known IceWings in Pyrrhian history to use their
animus magic more than once, the other being her son, Arctic. After
capturing Foeslayer, Diamond imprisoned her within the Ice Kingdom by
enchanting two frozen shackles and several spears, ultimately creating
the Diamond Trial, or the gift of vengeance.

## Description

Diamond wore ice-blue diamonds on her ears, neck, and tail band. She had
sharp, glittering eyes and a superior, condescending tone of voice.

## Personality

Diamond was ruthless, cunning, vengeful, insane, judgmental, and placed
heavy value upon noble IceWing traditions, but was willing to make
exceptions for her own personal feelings, shown when she used magic more
than once to capture Foeslayer. She was unpredictable and changed her
mind often.

## Biography

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Pre-Series
When Diamond was a
dragonet, she got hit with a blast of frostbreath which would inspire
her to create the IceWing gifts|gift of healing.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

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Queen Diamond was mentioned to be the most famous dragon with the name
Diamond. She gifted the IceWings the gift of healing. Later, she gifted
her tribe the gift of vengeance, creating an eternal cycle of
resurrection for Foeslayer in the Diamond Caves. She was said to have
killed Foeslayer forty times herself to avenge her beloved son Arctic,
who had ran away with Foeslayer.

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Darkness of Dragons
Moonwatcher told
Darkstalker that what Diamond did to his mother was very bad, but she
was long gone now, while Darkstalker's mother was alright.

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

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The Dangerous Gift
Tundra thought
that the royal IceWing crown was from Diamond's time. Queen Snowfall
mentioned how Diamond's son ran off with a NightWing, and Tundra claimed
that Arctic was kidnapped by a NightWing. Snowfall said that Diamond was
an animus and Lynx added that the crown could possibly have been
enchanted by Diamond to induce paranoia and extreme hatred towards
NightWings to anyone who wears it. Permafrost denied it and stated that
Diamond would not use her magic more than once.

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### Legends

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Diamond was infuriated and refused to accept that Prince Arctic merely
ran off with Foeslayer of his own free will. She wanted him to marry
Snowflake, a noble IceWings#Circle rankings|First Circle IceWing
engaged to Arctic. She then lied and told her entire tribe that the
NightWing, Foeslayer, coveting the power of the IceWings' animus
dragons, had kidnapped Arctic so that her tribe could benefit from these
powers as well. Since Arctic left, there were no more animus IceWings,
making all IceWings detest NightWings for "stealing" their last animus.
Diamond then started the NightWing-IceWing war.

All the IceWings believed that Foeslayer had gotten away, but Diamond
managed to catch her when Foeslayer took off her protective earring. In
her fury, Diamond used her powers to get her revenge on Foeslayer.
First, Diamond cast a spell that ordered Foeslayer to come to her, which
took effect when Foeslayer took off Arctic's earring, and then Diamond
locked Foeslayer up in shackles that could only be broken by the
frostbreath of a member in the IceWing royal family. These shackles
prevented Foeslayer from ever leaving the Diamond Caves, and made it so
that if Foeslayer ever died, she would do so in excruciating pain and be
frozen again, only to unfreeze when tapped with one of the enchanted
narwhal spears.

Furious, she unfroze and killed Foeslayer forty times. Then, before she
died, Diamond decided other IceWings could kill Foeslayer too, but for a
different purpose: the Diamond Trial.

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### Winglets

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Runaway
She first appeared when
Arctic went over to Foeslayer and Prudence to explain the situation to
the latter. Diamond was hurrying after Arctic with other IceWing
aristocrats.

Later, in a flashback of Snowflake, she was inconsiderate of her
feelings about the marriage, saying that Snowflake should understand
that she does not care about her opinions or if Snowflake does not have
any. Diamond also assessed Snowflake's strength, poise, and diplomacy
throughout many tests that had been deliberately unfair.

She later confronted Arctic before he was about to meet with Foeslayer.
She was initially suspicious of Arctic's behavior because of his yawning
during breakfast with Snowflake. When Arctic was thinking about one
conversation with Foeslayer, Diamond was angered by her son's delayed
response. She assigned two guards to guard Arctic's room, preventing him
from seeing Foeslayer, to no avail.

She was implied to have been put to sleep by a potion Snowfox bought
from a RainWing.

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### Field Guides

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A Guide to the Dragon World
Diamond
was mentioned by Snowfall in her annotations about the IceWing animus
gifts.

## Relationships

### Arctic

Diamond constantly yelled at and reminded her son about his duties as an
IceWing prince. She was judgmental and controlling towards him. Yet,
despite her attempts to have complete sovereignty over his life, Arctic
eventually fled the Ice Kingdom in order to live with Foeslayer. Diamond
claimed to love Arctic in the letter that she sent him, but was still
quick to remind him of her stark disapproval of his actions. Diamond
also proposed a deal in the writing; if he were to kill his dragonets,
Darkstalker and Whiteout, she would forgive all of his perceived
transgressions and let him return to the Ice Kingdom with his royal
status.

### Foeslayer

Diamond fiercely hated Foeslayer, and by extension the entire NightWing
tribe, for "stealing" her son. She went as far as lying to her subjects
that the NightWings were plotting to gain animus magic. When she finally
captured Foeslayer, she created the gift of vengeance so she could be
kept alive just to be able to suffer, and even killed Foeslayer the
first forty times herself just to vent her anger. She also enchanted the
Royal IceWing Crown to make every wearer hate the NightWings as much as
she did, further emphasizing her hate of Foeslayer bringing animus magic
to the NightWing tribe.

### Snowflake

Despite arranging her to marry Arctic, Diamond cared little for
Snowflake. She brushed her off whether she had opinions or not, as well
as assessed her unfairly. The two were bitter towards each other due to
the arranged marriage. Arctic noted that Snowflake was pretty in the
boring, glassy way Diamond liked.

## Known Enchantments

Phrasing unknown.
Five narwhal horns
To
heal any IceWing who was accidentally hurt with frostbreath, also known
as the Animus magic#IceWing Gifts|gift of healing.
L1p

Phrasing unknown.
Foeslayer's shackles

To bind Foeslayer so that, whenever she was killed, she'd turn into a
statue of ice, resembling her living self. Diamond also had enchanted
the shackles so that Foeslayer would only age when the ice encasing her
had been broken. Otherwise, Foeslayer would stay the same age as long as
she was trapped in ice. She decided that other IceWings can kill the
NightWing, creating the gift of vengeance. The shackles could only be
broken by frostbreath breathed by a royal IceWing.
WT

277, 281, 290

Phrasing unknown.
The Royal IceWing Crown
To give its wearer nightmares and induce extreme paranoia towards all
NightWings, ensuring that all future IceWing queens would continue to
resent and wage war against the NightWings far into the future,
continuing her vengeance long after her own death.
TDG

300

Phrasing unknown.
Unknown
To compel
Foeslayer to come directly to her, no matter where she was.
L1

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## Quotes

You're a dragon who knows how to keep her mouth shut. Either
you understand that I'm not interested in your opinions, or you don't
have any, which would be preferable. I suppose I'll be able to tolerate
your presence in my palace, so long as you make equally silent brats.

to Snowflake
Runaway

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Obedience. Discipline. Order. Strength. And knowing your place.
These are the hallmarks of a true IceWing. Don't you ever forget it
again, Arctic.
to Arctic
Runaway

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The tribe has strict sleep schedules for a reason. If you have
been disrupting yours ― as I suspected after I caught you yawning during
our breakfast with Snowflake and her parents ― then I will assign a
chronologer to fix you.
to Arctic
Runaway

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In fact, since you are so overwhelmed by this animus gift
decision, it seems best for you to stay in seclusion until it is time
for the ceremony. Clearly something here has been distracting you, but
we won't let that be a problem anymore.
to Arctic

Runaway

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Which strain of weakness plagues you? Cowardice? Indecision?
Wild fantasies of making different choices?
to Arctic

Runaway

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Dearest Arctic,

We want you to come home.

You must have realized your mistake by now. You must be growing to hate
that insidious NightWing, the source of all your misery. You know she
was only sent here to tempt you away. But now you have seen through her,
haven't you? You're starting to realize that your mother was right all
along.

So I'm giving you one chance to take it all back.

Come home.

We'll call a truce with the NightWings. The war can be over. You can
return to my palace, rejoin your tribe, and all will be forgiven.

And we only have one condition. One small, easy condition that can save
so many lives — and give you back your destiny.

It is this: kill your dragonets.

Kill them, bring us proof, and you can come home.

A small price to pay for your life back, isn't it?

I love you, Arctic. Despite your poor choices and terrible mistakes.

I hope to see you soon, back in the tribe where you belong.

Queen Diamond
in a letter addressed to Arctic

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## Trivia

  - Diamond never spoke to anyone below the First Circle.