'Gill' was an adult male SeaWing who was introduced in The Dragonet Prophecy. Before being captured by
the SkyWings during the War of SandWing Succession, he ruled as the
SeaWing king for some time alongside his wife, Queen Coral. After being
deprived of water for months in the Sky Kingdom to make him go mentally
and physically insane, he was killed by Tsunami, his daughter, during a
battle within the SkyWing palace#SkyWing Arena|SkyWing arena.

## Description

Gill had pea-green scales and brave dark green eyes. He was large, twice
as big as Tsunami, and wore golden bands around his ankles.

## Personality

Gill was charming and moved neatly. He smiled often and was intent on
brokering peace during the War of SandWing Succession. When he was
captured by Scarlet, he refused to fight within the SkyWing arena and
convinced each of his opponents to lie down and refuse to fight along
with him. He had a way with words, as Coral said, and according to
Coral, no one who met him would be able to kill him. However, after
being deprived of water for months, his sanity had long deserted him.

## Biography

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Pre-Series
King Gill led the SeaWing
army in the War of SandWing Succession for a short period due to Queen
Coral's commitment to keeping Anemone's Dragons|egg safe, refusing to
leave it in the Deep Palace#Royal Hatchery|Royal Hatchery. During one
mission, he was captured and brought to Queen Scarlet's arena. He
refused to fight for her amusement and attempted to start a prisoner
revolution. For this, he was deprived of any drinking water for months,
driving him to insanity, biting himself and drinking his own blood in
his crazed state.

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### The Dragonet Prophecy

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Prophecy

[File:GillVTsunami.png|thumb|Gill](File:GillVTsunami.png%7Cthumb%7CGill)
fighting Tsunami Gill was pitted against Tsunami after Scarlet had
captured the dragonets of destiny, and was showing them off to Burn to
celebrate her hatching day. He was punished after trying to start a
prison revolution and stop all the dragons from fighting each other in
the arena. Due to Queen Scarlet taking away his water for months, Gill
had gone insane due to dehydration. Tsunami had no choice but to fight
him. She had defeated Gill without killing him, but it caused Queen
Scarlet to mock her. In retaliation, she snapped his neck, glaring at
Scarlet with an expression that said, "I'm imagining this is you." For
all of her time in the Sky Kingdom, Tsunami did not know that Gill was
her father.

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After finding out that he had been taken to the SkyWing arena and
subsequently killed, Queen Coral wondered why he would fight, saying
that he would have simply talked the other dragons out of attacking.
Tsunami then explained that Gill had been punished for doing so and that
Scarlet had taken away all his water until he became extremely
dehydrated, which had driven him mad. Tsunami asks why she is so
troubled by this and Coral then told Tsunami that he was her father,
overwhelming her with guilt. Coral was extremely saddened after the
death of Gill and dismissed her SeaWing Council|council that day to
mourn this death. Tsunami also mentioned that she thought Shark had
guessed the truth. Tsunami felt extremely guilty for killing Gill, both
before and after learning he is her father. Blister also knew Tsunami
had killed King Gill, threatening to reveal this to Queen Coral if the
dragonets attempted to leave.

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When Starflight entered Tsunami's dream with a dreamvisitor, he saw
her strangling the skeleton shape of Gill. Anemone then arrived, and
Tsunami tried explaining that she had no choice in killing their father.
Anemone then strangled Gill herself while Tsunami was trying to hold her
back. That was when Starflight decided to exit her nightmare and find
another dragon's dream.

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Tsunami mentioned Gill in the epilogue as one of the dragons
who had never gotten to see the end of the war.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

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In the prologue, Gill went to check on Abalone, who was guarding the
eggs in the SeaWing Royal Hatchery, but Abalone had fallen ill and was
growing worse. He had a strange, rapidly growing tumor on his neck. Gill
then swam into the courtyard of the Deep Palace to ask for help, and he
found Turtle with his hatchmates, Cerulean and Octopus. Turtle
volunteered to help and tried to get Snapper. After he sent Turtle to
find Snapper, he waited with Abalone, who was getting even sicker. He
got angrier and angrier while waiting for Turtle, but he finally left
the Royal Hatchery to get Abalone help. After he returned with the
healers, Abalone was found unconscious with the two broken female eggs.
Gill went into a rage and found Turtle being made fun of by his brothers
in the garden. He was angry with Turtle and scolded him fiercely. Gill
then left to talk to Coral, who had both Abalone and Snapper executed.
Grieving over their lost daughters, Queen Coral decided to name their
next daughter Anemone.

It was later revealed that he forgave Turtle because Snapper was not
even in the Deep Palace that day, but Gill got captured by the SkyWings
before he could tell Turtle.

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### Winglets

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Assassin
King Gill met with Blister
when deciding what move to make next in the war. He tried to talk
everyone into peace although he failed. After news of Tempest's
assassination reached him, he was shown grieving while still trying to
keep the peace among the infuriated dragons around him.

## Relationships

### Abalone

Abalone was a good friend of Gill. He had been specifically chosen by
Gill to guard the SeaWing Royal Hatchery and was one of the king's most
loyal soldiers. When he was inflicted with a growing tumor, Gill sought
help quickly for him. When Abalone fainted in agony, Gill desperately
asked for a healer first instead of protecting Coral's eggs. When Coral
found out that the eggs were eventually destroyed, she ordered execution
upon Abalone, which Gill strongly disagreed with.

### Coral

Gill once said he would do anything for Coral. It was also stated that
he adored Coral's writing. When Coral spoke about him, a smile flickered
across her snout, and she further stated how important he was. Her voice
became hollow when she learned of his death, and she immediately took
time to grieve for him. Gill was extremely loyal to Coral.

### Tempest

When Tempest died, he leaned against her side and sobbed until his face
was streaked with tears. He was mournful.

### Turtle

He was angry at Turtle for not finding Snapper in time, which resulted
in his daughters' deaths. Gill was resentful of his son due to the
incident but was sorry to have found out that Snapper went off. Deep
down, he knew that blaming the young dragonet for his own mistakes was
wrong and maybe one day, after his grief had subsided, he would
apologize to Turtle. This sadly never went into fruition as Gill had
died before he could tell his son.

## Quotes

Yes. We're starting to wonder if this war is really worth it
for anyone involved, […] Perhaps there's a way to reach a diplomatic
accord. Maybe by dividing the Kingdom of Sand among the three of you,
for instance.
to Blister
Assassin

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What are we going to do without her?
mourning
Commander Tempest
Assassin

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All right, stay here. Watch the eggs and don't fall asleep.
I'll grab someone and send for help.
to Abalone in Aquatic

Talons of Power
prologue

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It's too late. […] Your new sisters are dead, and it's your
fault.
to Turtle in Aquatic
Talons of Power
prologue

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You shouldn't volunteer for things you're incapable of doing.
[…] You shouldn't offer to help if you're going to be useless.

to Turtle in Aquatic Talons of Power (book)|Talons of
Power
prologue

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I sent him for help, and instead he flapped around looking in
all the wrong places and goofing off.
to Coral about Turtle

Talons of Power
prologue

## Trivia

  - Gill was not originally Tsunami's father. This element was added in     during the writing of The Lost Heir.