'Hazel' is a female LeafWing princess who was introduced in The Poison Jungle. When Queen Sequoia was under the
control of the othermind, Hazel temporarily served as the queen of the
LeafWings. Her last known whereabouts were in Sanctuary after moving to
Pyrrhia with the other Pantalan refugees.

## Description

Hazel is a little older than Sundew, with green scales, green wings,
large brown eyes, and deft, dark green claws.

## Personality

Hazel enjoys reading and making literature|books, as she was always
putting together her own creations or reading others'. She was shown to
be critical of the shoddy binding on the Book of Clearsight, but also
carefree and humorous at a point. Hazel is kind and smart, as well as an
able-minded and considerate leader who genuinely cares for her suffering
tribe. She is regal and poised towards her subjects, with sufficient
training from Sequoia on becoming a good queen.

## Biography

### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left The Poison Jungle

Hazel was first seen sewing sheets of speckled paper together
to make a book on Queen Sequoia's throne. She was ordered off the throne
by her great-grandmother and was confused if she was allowed to talk to
Sundew normally. Hazel, Willow, and Sundew went to see the new
strangers, who turned out to be Tsunami, Turtle, and Io. The three spent
the rest of the night in a pile of leaves in Hazel's room. Upon waking
up, Sundew noticed Hazel perched in her hammock, reading a book. She
asked if they were late to see Queen Sequoia, to which Hazel responded
that Sequoia would call them when she was ready, going back to reading.
Willow asked if Hazel wanted to come with her and Sundew to take
breakfast to the visitors, but Hazel declined, telling them that she was
at a really good part in her book.

Hazel arrived while Sundew and Willow were visiting Tsunami and Turtle,
asking them if they could hear the roaring of Belladonna|Commander
Belladonna.

Hazel witnessed Queen Sequoia's telling of the Legend of the Hive. She
was horrified and wanted to fight with the other LeafWings, but Sequoia
put her in charge of the SapWings while she goes to war, not wanting to
lose her great-granddaughter.

After Sundew, Willow, Cricket, Mandrake, Nettle, and Bumblebee returned
from the Eye of the jungle with the "heart of salvation," Hazel fed the
root to Inchworm. When it seemed to work, she sent Sundew, Willow, and
Mandrake back to Queen Sequoia, who was preparing for war against Wasp
and the HiveWings.

Hazel uncovered Clearsight's map to Pyrrhia by cutting open the Book of
Clearsight, despite Cricket's confusion. She became the new queen of the
LeafWings in her great-grandmother's place and led them across the chain
of islands leading to Pyrrhia.

left
The Dangerous Gift
After arriving in
the Ice Kingdom, Hazel pleaded to Queen Snowfall for shelter. When
Snowfall's IceWing army was revealed, Hazel agreed to move on to the
Kingdom of Sand. On the way there, Hazel attempted to engage Snowfall in
a discussion about being a young queen, and they traded stories of how
the previous queens were lost.

Sundew briefly mentioned Hazel when Cobra Lily suggested the idea of
Sundew becoming queen of both the LeafWings and the SilkWings, which
Sundew strongly disagreed with.

When it came time for the Pantalans to leave for Sanctuary after
temporarily resting at Jerboa III's island, Hazel leaned wistfully
against the palm trees and gazed up at their swaying leaves. During the
journey, Snowfall caught up with Hazel and asked about the LeafWings who
were left behind in Pantala. Hazel tried not to cry, explaining how most
of them were presumably left to be mind-controlled by the breath of
evil. Snowfall then asked Moonwatcher whether the latter had received
any visions about Pantala, in which Moon replied by restating the The
Lost Continent Prophecy|prophecy. Hazel wondered about life in Pyrrhia,
in which Lynx intervened to answer those questions.

Later, Hazel took part in organizing the Pantalan refugees when they
arrived at Sanctuary. She also attended the Pyrrhian queens summit to
settle Moon's prophecy and she was mentioned frequently afterwards.

Hazel had decided to stay in Sanctuary and chose Sundew as the LeafWing
representative. She most likely allowed Cricket and Luna to go back to
Pantala as the HiveWing and SilkWing representatives as well.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Hazel
was depicted in a portrait with Sequoia at the beginning of the LeafWing
chapter of the guide. Later in the chapter, Hazel told Cricket about
surviving in the Poison Jungle. Along with other LeafWings, Hazel shared
her favorite book, a book titled literature#Named books|Where the
Mountain Meets the Moon.

## Relationships

### Sequoia

Hazel has a very close bond to her great-grandmother, seeing her as a
kind of motherly figure. She takes after Sequoia when addressing her
subjects and giving them order, showing that Hazel looks up to her
great-grandmother, and thinks of her as a good queen. Sequoia trusted
Hazel to take on the responsibilities of being queen in her absence.

### Snowfall

Hazel and Snowfall are shown to have formed a friendship bond. Snowfall
was happy when Hazel called her a friend. Hazel and Snowfall somewhat
relate to one another, both being quite young and inexperienced queens.
Hazel thinks that she could learn a couple things from Snowfall, and
that Snowfall could learn some from her.

### Sundew

Sundew and Hazel have only met each other recently, but Sundew is
thought to think kindly about the queen, and it is thought Hazel does
also. Hazel is a bit of a calming influence for her. Sundew believed
that Hazel was the rightful queen of the LeafWings and does not try to
take that leadership from Hazel.

### Willow

Hazel is quite close to Willow, so close that Sundew even worried that
Willow might have feelings for the princess, but Willow assured Sundew
that they were just friends.

## Quotes

Hello! I'm Hazel — sorry, you know that. I hear about you all
the time! Belladonna thinks you should be queen instead of me; do you
think so, too? She's so scary! Sorry, I know she's your mom. Ack, I'm
saying all the wrong things. […] Welcome to the SapWing
village|LeafWing village. We are delighted you could join us. Tea?

to Sundew The Poison Jungle

103-104

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I'm at a really good part [in my book]. […] You know
Great-Grandma usually never leaves me alone for this long, so I want to
take advantage of it while I can.
to Willow about her book

The Poison Jungle
117

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So… we have to get everyone and hide somewhere. […] Gather
the entire tribe. Tell them we're using the evacuation plan and moving
out before noon. Pack lightly, if at all. Bring weapons. Try not to
panic the dragonets. Tell them… tell them all is not lost, if we move
swiftly. Make sure they know we can still save our queen and our
friends, and that I'll tell them more once we reach safety.

to some guards The Poison Jungle
282

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Well, look at how the back cover is thicker than the front
cover. That's just messy. The end pages are sewn down with these perfect
little stitches — it looks like gold thread, but maybe it's flamesilk,
the kind that doesn't burn? So someone put all this effort into
perfectly sewing down the endpapers around the edges, but left the
middle all lumpy.
criticizing the Book of Clearsight

The Poison Jungle
238-239

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Get everyone to the coast. […] We'll gather on the north
shore of the mouth of the Gullet River. Use the evacuation plan —
everyone was assigned to a trio, and all the dragonets and elders have
someone responsible for them. Tell them to go right now. […] Draw
faster, dragon from across the sea.
to a guard
The Poison Jungle
291

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I'm afraid we need help. […] We were forced to flee our home
very suddenly. Our Poison Jungle|jungle was burning and our queen was
gone. There is a terrible danger back on our continent, and if we hadn't
escaped, it would have destroyed us all.
to Snowfall

The Dangerous Gift
56

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We have several dragons who can't possibly fly any farther
right now. […] They're injured or elderly or too small, and we've been
traveling for days. Please. They need to rest.
to Snowfall

The Dangerous Gift
59

## Trivia

  - Hazel thinks eyeglasses are cute.