'Flame' is an adult male SkyWing who was introduced in The Hidden Kingdom. He formerly attended Jade Mountain
Academy as a member of the Gold Winglet and was part of the Talons of
Peace#The false dragonets|false dragonets of destiny as the replacement
for Glory. He is currently working with healers within the Sky Kingdom
under Queen Ruby after being sent home by Sunny after his attempt to
assassinate Stonemover.

## Description

Flame has ruby-red scales, red wings, and orange eyes. He has a scar
running from one corner of his mouth sideways and up, straight through
the opposite eye, caused by Viper's tail barb. His face seems to be
fixed in a state of permanent rage.

## Personality

Flame despises everyone and has flashing hatred within his eyes. He is
angry and grouchy, and he is more prone to losing his temper over
situations rather than planning terror from afar. When Moonwatcher tried
to go into his mind, she found it in turmoil, with thoughts like a
torrent of inky bile. He wished he was the one behind the cave explosion
as he wanted others to take him seriously. He does not seem to think
much for "mushy" feelings, as he accepts Starflight's more realistic
answer as to why he and Fatespeaker wanted to help him. Sunny, however,
believes that he could be a different Dragons|dragon with someone who
really cares about him as shown with his mother, Avalanche. He also
shows empathy for his fellow SkyWings and is shown to be very dependent
since the incident in the NightWing island|Night Kingdom. He hates
having his mind read, and Darkstalker described his mind as dark.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Lost Heir

Flame was indirectly mentioned in the epilogue when Nautilus explained
to Blister about the false dragonets of destiny.

left The Hidden Kingdom

In the prologue, Flame was arguing with the other false
dragonets. In the epilogue, when Ochre moaned that he wanted to die,
Flame said that he also wanted the MudWing to die. When Fatespeaker had
a "vision," he said that he wanted her to die as well.

left The Dark Secret
Flame was introduced to Starflight along with the other false
dragonets by Fatespeaker. He "voted" for him to replace Fatespeaker, and
appeared smug when Morrowseer said that Flame was the only one that will
certainly replace the RainWing dragonet, "a mistake" (according to
Morrowseer) named Glory. At the time, he clearly preferred the actual
dragonet over their own, expressing his distaste for the eccentric
NightWing, but this changed as he found that Starflight also annoyed him
greatly.

Morrowseer ordered the false dragonets to kill Starflight, and Viper
asked if they could kill Fatespeaker instead, to which Flame agreed. The
old NightWing refused their request and bellowed at them to listen.
Starflight fled, knowing he would be overpowered in a fight, and Flame,
Squid, Viper, and Ochre chased him. During the chase, Flame caught up to
Starflight very quickly, but was taken to the dungeons along with Ochre
when he carelessly told a guard that he was "trying to kill a NightWing
dragonet." After a night in the dungeons, Morrowseer let them out. While
in jail, he met Deathbringer and asked him about being an assassin. He
later snuck away, with Starflight and Fatespeaker coming along
curiously, to ask him what it took to be an assassin. Deathbringer
somewhat reflected on his experience with Glory, to which Flame thought
of with contempt and didn't care for. He left the scene, tired of
hearing Deathbringer's story.

When the false dragonets and Starflight flew to the mainland in the
pouring rain, Flame was the only one who wasn't breathing heavily
afterward, due to his large wings. Flame was upset when Morrowseer's
backup NightWings massacred the SkyWing outpost but was not upset at all
when Morrowseer banished Squid. However, this could be because he was
distracted since he had just watched his fellow tribemates burn to their
deaths.

During a practice fight with the false dragonets, Viper and Flame
attacked Fatespeaker. The SandWing was about to stab Fatespeaker with
her venomous tail, but Starflight bashed into her and knocked her away.
Viper's tail accidentally scratched Flame in the face when she was
hopelessly trying to regain balance, and she plummeted into the lava
river below.

Later, Starflight and Fatespeaker carried Flame out of the NightWing
healer's room to go through the tunnel to the Rainforest
Kingdom|rainforest, claiming to have been ordered from the
Battlewinner|NightWing queen. He was taken to the RainWing healers and
treated with Plants#Medicinal plants|cactus juice, which was the same
cure Sunny once used for Webs' injury.

left The Brightest Night

Flame spent the majority of his time in the RainWing healer's
pavilion|healer's hut, recovering, and didn't want to be seen with the
scar the injury had left. When he was asked to guide Sunny and Tsunami
to the Talons of Peace's camp, he threw a bowl of mangoes at them,
refusing to let anyone see his face.

Sunny and Tsunami left with Ochre instead, and when they arrived at the
camp, they are greeted by Nautilus, Riptide, Avalanche, an unknown
SandWing, and an IceWing (most likely Cirrus).

Flame, who was apparently following Sunny and Tsunami, appeared in the
sky, and nearly fell out of the sky before he dove for his mother when
she called his name, sobbing as he buried his head into her neck. Sunny
mentioned feeling pity for him and Riptide explained that his mother was
furious when Morrowseer took him, along with the false dragonets, to the
NightWing island.

Sunny and Tsunami left Avalanche and Flame on the beach, still embraced
in a hug.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising
Flame
was part of the Gold Winglet at the Jade Mountain Academy. He was
suspected to be the murderer of Bigtail and Carnelian, but Moonwatcher
concluded that he was innocent, as he thought, "I wish I'd done it,
everyone would take me seriously...but I wouldn't hide it, I'd roar it
to the world …"

From Moon's telepathy, it was clear that Flame's thoughts were rushed
and thrown together, and he now had bitterness towards his mother, who
forced him to go to the academy. His thoughts were mostly scary,
dangerous ones. He seemed to avoid other dragons, as shown at the
assembly when he was alone in the corner.

When Moon was trying to find out who had set the bomb, Moon wanted to
check if Flame was responsible. When she entered his mind, she could
only read him for a few seconds because he, as Darkstalker thought,
sensed a presence when he threw her out of his thoughts. It was long
enough that Moon concluded that he didn't set the bomb.

left Talons of Power
Clay had gathered all SkyWings of the Academy to hear Peril's story of
the duel between Scarlet|Ex-Queen Scarlet and Queen Ruby. Flame is one
of the SkyWing students. Immediately after, Flame walked through the
school and stopped by Darkstalker, who decided he wanted to heal Flame's
face. Flame, although reluctant and scared at first, was afterward
excited about his new face.

However, since Flame had originally tried to get Stonemover to do the
same thing and Stonemover had refused to do it, Flame was furious at
Stonemover and tried to murder him for lying about not being able to
heal him. He was caught just in time, thanks to a vision Moonwatcher and
Darkstalker both had, and it was revealed that he was the one who stole
the third dreamvisitor from Starflight. Flame said that he had help
stealing it. Mindreader read his mind and said that the dragon who
helped him was Ochre, the MudWing replacement. Afterward, Darkstalker
enchanted his library card to contain him in a semi-prison in
Stonemover's cave. Turtle noted that imprisoning the two together seemed
crueler to Stonemover than to Flame.

left
Darkness of Dragons
Flame was briefly shown while Qibli searched for Ostrich, still
writhing in his library-card prison. Qibli noted that it was worse
punishment for Stonemover than for Flame, as the old NightWing was
trying to face away from his would-be murderer.

Qibli wondered multiple times throughout the book if Flame was enchanted
to want to kill Stonemover, thinking that Darkstalker may have been
using him to get rid of competition or make himself look trustworthy.

It was later mentioned that Flame had reluctantly accepted the earring,
freeing himself from the prison but regaining his scar. He left Jade
Mountain to work with healers in the Sky Kingdom, under Ruby's
supervision.

## Relationships

### Avalanche

Avalanche is Flame's mother and they both seemed to love each other very
much, as shown by him crying in front of everyone else while embracing
her. Flame seems to be one of the few dragons that Avalanche actually
cares about, though Flame seemed to be angry about how his mother sent
him to school, believing that she did not want to see his hideous
scarred face.

### Fatespeaker

Flame hates Fatespeaker, a trait shared by all the other False
Dragonets. He tried to kill her with Viper during their 'training'
session on the NightWing Island.

### Ochre

Although Flame shows great dislike of Ochre, he seems to at least trust
him, at least enough to let Ochre help him steal the dreamvisitor
Starflight found.

### Viper

Flame and Viper would always team up to beat the other False Dragonets
in the training sessions. However, Flame ended up getting scratched on
the snout by Viper's tail during a fight, leaving a scar. He was not sad
about her death.

## Quotes

I hate this place. […] Hate, hate, hate it.
about
the NightWing island The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden
Kingdom
epilogue

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I want you to die, too.
to Ochre
The Hidden Kingdom
epilogue

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Ha. And don't you all forget it.
to the other false
dragonets after Morrowseer told him he was irreplaceable
The Dark Secret
74

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Listen to the scrollworm. […] Isn't he clever?

about Starflight The Dark Secret

115

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I already asked an animus to do that, and he said he wouldn't.
Or couldn't. Slithering toadstool worm.
about Stonemover,
after he refused to heal Flame's scar
Talons of Power
61

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He moaned and griped and acted like it would kill him. He said
he couldn't cure all the wounded dragons in Pyrrhia, so why even start.
Festering rotted lungfish!
about Stonemover, after he
refused to heal Flame's scar Talons of Power (book)|Talons of
Power
61

## Trivia

  - Flame's tongue was described as forked, but SkyWings do not have
    forked tongues.[1]
  - Flame hatched on the same day as Ochre, a couple of weeks before the
    brightest night.
  - It was revealed that his mother, Avalanche, joined the Talons of
    Peace in order to save Flame from being drafted in the SkyWing army.
  - Flame showed an interest in becoming an assassin when he visited
    Deathbringer.
  - Though Flame was not aware of Moonwatcher's mind reading
    capabilities, he was able to feel "a presence" and was able to force
    Moonwatcher out of his head.