'Fatespeaker' is an adult female NightWing who was introduced in The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden
Kingdom. Formerly a member of the Talons of Peace#Members|false
dragonets as the replacement for Starflight, she currently works at Jade
Mountain Academy as an assistant librarian. She can sense vague emotions
from other dragons and may have a very weak foresight ability. She has
romantic feelings for Starflight.

## Description

Fatespeaker has black scales and underscales of deep blue and purple.
She has several additional silver scales along her body: one on the
outside corner of each eye, a band circling one ankle, and a few lone
ones sparkling along her tail like starry freckles. She is rather small.

## Personality

Described as fluff-brained by Peril, Fatespeaker aspires to peace and
friendship rather than violence. She is often very talkative as well as
being quite silly at times. Moonwatcher|Moon said that her hopefulness
poured out like "overenthusiastic sunlight". Even under a harsh
environment with Morrowseer as a guardian, Fatespeaker is shown very
optimistic, sympathetic, and prefers not to fight, although her optimism
can sometimes blind her from reality. She also can be a tad stubborn,
especially about her visions.

However, Fatespeaker secretly started regretting her supposed NightWing
abilities, as she began to consider them useless after the death of
Viper. She can be somewhat naïve, as she originally thought the rest of
the false dragonets were her friends and clung to this belief even after
they attempted to kill her with prompting from Morrowseer. She always
felt proud to be a NightWing, though also sometimes felt crushed when
she realized the terrible things her tribe had done.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Lost Heir

Fatespeaker was indirectly mentioned by Nautilus when he spoke about the
alternates to Blister.

left The Hidden Kingdom

In the prologue, Fatespeaker was fighting with all the other
false dragonets. She was highly interested in Morrowseer's arrival and
claimed - probably falsely - to have predicted it. In the epilogue, they
were taking to the NightWing Island where she had another supposed
"vision" about feasting on a walrus. The other false dragonets refused
to listen and yelled that they did not want to hear it, claiming that
she was lying and had already made that prediction before, so she
decided to keep her predictions to herself. She saw an unconscious
Starflight enter, and had a "vision" predicting that Starflight would be
important in her future.

left The Dark Secret
Fatespeaker crept out of her room and followed Starflight and
Morrowseer, being very blunt about being a "dragonet of destiny." When
Starflight told her that he was the NightWing dragonet, she was
surprised. Morrowseer mentioned that Starflight could replace her, and
the other false dragonets agreed, saying that they wanted Starflight due
to how annoying they found Fatespeaker's constant predictions.
Fatespeaker, who believed they were her friends, thought that they were
joking.

When Morrowseer ordered the false dragonets to kill Starflight and he
fled, she figured out where he was hiding, but refused to kill him. She
said she thought he was "crazy-smart" and "crazy-brave," and showed pity
to the trapped RainWings. That night, she convinced Starflight to go
explore the destroyed wing of the NightWing Fortress. Starflight found a
dreamvisitor clutched in the talon of a dead NightWing guard, untouched
until that point because nobody would disturb the corpse.

When Morrowseer banished Squid, Fatespeaker was horrified and sad,
knowing that he probably would not survive. That night, she convinced
Starflight to sneak out and search for Battlewinner. They spotted Flame
sneaking out as well, so they decided to follow him. He discovered they
were following him, and snapped at them to go away. Starflight pointed
out that he was less likely to get in trouble if he was caught with two
NightWings, and he reluctantly agreed. He headed for the dungeons and
asked Deathbringer about becoming an assassin. When Deathbringer did not
give him any advice that he found helpful, he stomped off.

Fatespeaker questioned Deathbringer about the location of the NightWing
queen, and he redirected them to the throne room. She and Starflight
continued their search. Fatespeaker claimed to have a vision that they
would convince Queen Battlewinner not to kill the dragonets or torture
the RainWings. They found the tunnel to Battlewinner's throne room
behind a detailed map of Pyrrhia. Fatespeaker was scared of Queen
Battlewinner at first, seeing as she was immersed in a vat of lava. She
tried to convince Battlewinner that Morrowseer was not doing the right
thing, but ultimately failed.

During a practice fight Fatespeaker was pitted against Flame. Viper
joined in, prompting Starflight to join as well. Viper pinned her to the
ground and blamed Fatespeaker and her tribe for her horrible experiences
at the NightWing island. Viper tried to stab her with her tail, but
Starflight slammed into her, which lead to Viper losing her balance,
accidentally slicing her tail across Flame's face before falling into
the lava river. Fatespeaker was distraught over this and Flame's
accidental, seemingly-mortal injury caused by the SandWing's venomous
barb.

When Starflight decided to save the RainWings, Fatespeaker joined him.
They snuck Flame out of the healer's room and used him as a ploy to
convince guards to let them through the NightWing tunnels|tunnel. When
Fatespeaker entered the Rainforest Kingdom|rainforest, she was captured
and gagged. Once Starflight convinced them to let her go, they ran into
Tsunami. Tsunami ordered a RainWing guard to take them to Glory and the
other dragonets. Fatespeaker and Sunny hit it right off when they met in
the rainforest; finding lots of common ground, and Glory commented that
they have "twin souls."

During the invasion of the Night Island, she helped convince the
NightWings to accept Glory as their queen. She also stood up to
Morrowseer when he tried to get in the tunnel.

left The Brightest Night

Fatespeaker accompanied Starflight, Tsunami, and Clay out of
the tunnel and into the rainforest. The event caused a large commotion,
during which Sunny is unknowingly captured by Fierceteeth, Strongwings,
and Preyhunter. After her long journey in the Kingdom of Sand, Sunny
returned to the rainforest where she saw Fatespeaker with Starflight.
She, along with the rest of the dragonets of destiny, later listened to
Sunny explain her story on what had happened to her. Fatespeaker decided
that she wanted to stay in the rainforest instead of leading Tsunami and
Sunny to the Talons as she wanted to watch over Starflight.

On the night of the end of the War of SandWing Succession|war, she
accompanied the dragonets to SandWing stronghold|Burn's stronghold and
predicted that the Skyfire|Orb in the Sky would come down and kill them
all. Starflight remarked that her visions were not real, to which she
replied that they "feel real."

After one of the dragonbite vipers became loose after it killed Burn,
Sunny and Fatespeaker attempted to carry Starflight off of the ground,
but were not quick enough. Clay then shoved them out of the viper's way
and got bitten himself in a moment of sacrifice, but ultimately survived
with Peril's aid.

In the epilogue, Sunny told Starflight that she loved him, but her
feelings were complicated and he was a brother to her. Sunny said that
she did not love Starflight the way Fatespeaker did and that he should
love Fatespeaker back. Later, Sunny mentioned teaching everyone that
NightWings did not have powers. Miffed, Fatespeaker replied she still
had powers and that the Orb in the Sky might still come back and kill
them, but in the end, failed to convince them.

-----

### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising

Fatespeaker was a helper at the Jade Mountain Academy, greeting
dragonets and ringing the gong when necessary. She greeted Moonwatcher
by mysteriously guessing her name and "hinting" that she was a
mind-reader but knew that the power was not realistic anymore. She then
reassured Moon that she was just joking. Fatespeaker handed Moon her
welcome Literature|scroll and her map. Later, she was seen reading
scrolls to Starflight in the library when Moon, Kinkajou, and Carnelian
come in.

At first, Moon suspected that Fatespeaker may have powers, but
Darkstalker claimed that if she had any, then they were extremely weak,
or that she may have been supposed to have powers, but did not get them
because she did not hatch under the moons or was nearly supposed to.

left Talons of Power
She appeared helping Starflight in the library. She seemed shocked
when she saw Darkstalker and was worried that her visions had not shown
her about Darkstalker. She closed her eyes and tried to have a vision.
She said that she saw darkness ahead, and Darkstalker responded by
saying that it was because her eyes were closed.

left
Darkness of Dragons
Fatespeaker was
with Starflight during the Battle of Jade Mountain, going off to rescue
Tsunami, who had been captured earlier in the book.

-----

### Winglets

left
Prisoners
Fatespeaker appeared as
the only other egg besides Starflight's in the hatchery. When
Fierceteeth told Morrowseer that if he needed a replacement, she would
volunteer, he glanced at Fatespeaker's egg, hinting that she would be
the replacement instead. Morrowseer also said to Farsight that the egg
would not hatch until a few months after the brightest night. In The Dark Secret, Fatespeaker told Starflight that she
was hatched a few months after the brightest night, showing that she was
most likely in that egg.

-----

### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World

Fatespeaker's commentary was seen in the guide's opening letter.

She was mentioned in the MudWing chapter to be the dragon who told
Starflight that Sepia was writing in the margins of the academy's copy
of Literature#Named scrolls|The Sluglike Qualities of the MudWings by
Wisemind. It was mentioned that Starflight sent her on a quest to find
MudWing-written works in the library and that she only found two. Later
in the chapter, Fatespeaker wrote a letter to Starflight from the
MudWing palace where she was sent to gather scrolls about MudWing
culture and history. She sent back two scrolls to Starflight: The
Mysterious Egg by Moccasin and But Who Shall Wear the Crown? by
Sawgrass|Prince Sawgrass.

In the NightWing chapter, Fatespeaker's notes on the Comet story from
Tales of the NightWings were shown where she mentioned The Prophetess.
Later, Fierceteeth mentioned that Fatespeaker had been coming to Renewal
every other day in order to convince her to write something for the
guide.

## Relationships

### Morrowseer

Morrowseer thought that Fatespeaker was abnormally annoying, as she was
always bothering him when she was bored. Despite this, Fatespeaker
showed no resentment or fear against him and was cheerful as always,
even when he yelled at her. During the NightWing Exodus, Fatespeaker
would not allow Morrowseer to enter the tunnel to the rainforest because
he was too dangerous to be trusted. Morrowseer tried to kill her along
with Clay, Tsunami, and Starflight, but the blast from the volcano
killed him before he got the chance.

### Starflight

When Starflight arrived at the Night Kingdom, Fatespeaker had a feeling
he was a part of her destiny. She quickly initiated a friendship with
him and followed him around several times. When battling Flame and
Viper, Fatespeaker trusted Starflight to help her, despite only knowing
him for a few days. She has said that he was lucky not to have any
NightWing powers. Fatespeaker was revealed by Sunny to have romantic
affections toward Starflight, which is backed up by when Fatespeaker
suggested that the NightWings could make her and Starflight queen and
king. This implies that in this scenario, the two would get married.

### Sunny

When Fatespeaker met Sunny, they almost instantly became good friends.
They ended up talking to each other, asking questions and sharing
information about themselves, until Glory told them to either go off and
discover their twin souls elsewhere or help with battle planning, to
which they replied "battle planning," at the exact same time. However,
Sunny occasionally felt a little jealousy towards Fatespeaker when she
was around Starflight, and vice versa. Sunny and Fatespeaker remained
close, nevertheless.

### Talons of Peace#The False Dragonets|The False Dragonets

Fatespeaker was part of a group of five young dragons raised by the
Talons of Peace as replacements for the dragonets of destiny.
Fatespeaker thought that the other False Dragonets were her friends, but
they clearly did not think the same. On multiple occasions, her
"friends" said they wished she would die, with Viper even trying to kill
her. Even so, she still cares for them and was distraught when Viper
died and Squid left. She was also very worried about Flame when he was
sliced by Viper's tail and was willing to help him as it was the "right
thing to do". She now seems to realize that they dislike her, though she
may still have some lingering loyalty. Squid is the only one who does
not completely hate her. He said she was the only nice fake Dragonet of
Destiny, even though he said she was "plain crazy" in the same sentence
and also liked the idea of having her replaced. In The Dark Secret, everyone showed that they would have preferred
to kill her instead of Starflight.

## Predictions

!Prediction !Outcome |- |A NightWing would come to visit them. |True.
|- |The NightWing brought something great for breakfast. |False. |- |An
earthquake. |False. |- |A new Talons of Peace member. |False. |-
|Something besides seagulls for breakfast. |False. |- |A walrus to eat
(on multiple occasions). |False. |- |That Starflight was important to
her destiny. |True. |- |That Starflight's name was Bigtoes. |False. |-
|That meeting Queen Battlewinner would be scary. |True. |- |That she and
Starflight will find Queen Battlewinner and convince her to join their
side. |Mixed; they found Battlewinner, but she did not join their side.
|- |That she and Starflight will survive. |True. |- |That she and
Starflight will do amazing things together. |To be determined. |- |That
she and Starflight will become King and Queen of the NightWings. |To be
determined. |- |That Starflight will live forever. |To be determined. |-
|That she and Starflight would succeed in going to warn the RainWings by
charging the tunnel. |Mixed; they succeeded in warning the RainWings,
but did not charge the tunnel in order to do it. |- |That Sunny would be
fine when she got kidnapped from the rainforest. |True. |- |That the Orb
in the Sky will fall on Pyrrhia. |Partially true; skyfire fell from the
Orb onto Pyrrhia. |- |That the Orb will crush them all. |Mostly false; a
piece of skyfire from the Orb only killed Palm. |- |That she sees
darkness ahead with Darkstalker coming. |True.

## Quotes

I knew it! […] I knew a NightWing was coming to see us!
Didn't I tell you guys this would happen?
to the false
dragonets of destiny The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden
Kingdom
prologue

-----

You said 'Shut up about your visions. I'm not remotely
interested.'
to Morrowseer The Dark Secret (book)|The
Dark Secret
42

-----

I'm pretty sure you're down there. […] Because it's a
crazy-smart and crazy-brave thing to do, which sounds like you.
to Starflight The Dark Secret

83

-----

Look, destiny is destiny. […] I don't know why you're so
worried about who's in the prophecy. You delivered it; now you can sit
back and watch it happen. Whether it's me or Starflight, who cares?

to Morrowseer The Dark Secret

85

-----

Shouldn't a throne room have a throne in it? Even if no one
plans to sit on it?
to Starflight
The Dark Secret
155

-----

Too bad! We're her subjects, too! She has to listen to us!

to Starflight about the NightWing queen
The Dark Secret
157

-----

Oooo. […] I foresee that this is going to be mad scary. You
go first.
to Starflight when they are going to see
Battlewinner The Dark Secret
161

-----

You're lucky. […] If you have no powers. I've always been so
excited about being a NightWing. I thought my powers must be the most
amazing thing. But clearly they're totally useless, if they couldn't
even warn me about what was going to happen to my friends.
to
Starflight, after Viper's death The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark
Secret
193

-----

Starflight. You were so brave.
to Starflight

The Dark Secret
286

-----

Except me. […] I totally so do have powers.
after
learning that the NightWings don't have powers
The Brightest Night
epilogue

## Trivia

  - Darkstalker stated that Fatespeaker was not a mind-reader, but she
    may have a weak power. However, only mind-readers have silver
    teardrop scales next to their eyes.
      - Fatespeaker is confirmed to have weak mind-reading or the
        ability to sense emotions, making her an empath.
  - Tui considered giving Fatespeaker her own book in the second arc,
    but decided against it. Instead, Moonwatcher got the sixth book.

## References

TBN Category:Appeared in MR Category:Deuteragonists Category:False
Dragonets Category:Appeared in DoD Category:Point of views
NightWings Category:Mind readers Category:Dragons Category:Featured in
AGttDW Category:Contributors in AGttDW Category:Featured in OCB