'Hemlock' is an adult male LeafWing who was introduced in The Lost Continent (book)|The Lost
Continent. He has leafspeak and formerly served as a soldier for the
PoisonWings. He helped orchestrate the Burning of Bloodworm Hive, along
with Pokeweed, Grayling, and Bryony. He currently resides on Pantala. He
is Sundew's father and Belladonna's partner.

## Description

Hemlock has deep green scales that are dark enough to disappear into the
shadows. He wears a small white seashell on a cord around his neck. He
is bigger than Bryony.

## Personality

Hemlock is bleak. He appears to be understanding and not as brash or
harsh as Belladonna, preferring to be more gentle, though still firm and
serious. According to Sundew, he is terrible with words, which could be
the result of following orders for most of his life.

## Biography

### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left The Lost Continent

Hemlock was first introduced when he, Belladonna, and Sundew
captured Blue, Cricket, and Swordtail while planning strategies to sneak
into Wasp Hive. When Blue admitted they were there to rescue his sister
Luna, Hemlock and the other two LeafWings thought of the idea to use
them in their scheme to steal the Book of Clearsight. Hemlock untied
Blue, Swordtail, and Cricket's muzzles so they could discuss whether or
not to accept the LeafWing's offer. Once they accepted, Hemlock
disguised Sundew so she could pass as a regular SilkWing to the guards
in Wasp Hive. When Cricket came up with her plan to escape from the
LeafWings, Swordtail did not see it, and they never got a chance to tell
him about it when departing to steal the book, due to him being closely
watched by Hemlock.

Later, Sundew mentioned how Hemlock and Belladonna disapproved of her
revealing the old LeafWing tunnels to Blue, Cricket, and the others,
even though the LeafWings had decided they could not use them anymore.

left
The Hive Queen
Hemlock and
Belladonna gave Blue, Cricket, Swordtail, and Sundew two days to find a
passive way to stop Queen Wasp before they go with their aggressive plan
to start a larger, new Tree Wars and try to kill all the HiveWings,
except Cricket. However, he and the rest of the tribe went through with
their attack plan anyway, burning down Bloodworm Hive with flamesilk.

left The Poison Jungle

Hemlock was in the prologue, preparing to burn down Bloodworm
Hive along with Pokeweed, Bryony, and Grayling. Before Cinnabar and Io
left to warn SilkWings in the other Hives, Hemlock was mentioned when
Sundew told them to look out for him.

left
The Dangerous Gift
Hemlock was in
one of Snowfall's visions, where she was seeing Bryony point of view. He
guarded their hiding place and talked to her about Pokeweed and the
othermind's control over LeafWings and SilkWings. He was later
indirectly mentioned by Sundew in her argument with Cobra Lily when she
referred to the dragons still stuck on Pantala.

left
The Flames of Hope
Hemlock was among
the many dragons hiding in the underground caverns. Pokeweed brought
Luna's group to Hemlock. He listened to Luna explain what happened in
the Poison Jungle and Pyrrhia and the different types of flamesilk Luna
could produce. Hemlock later offered to go to Lake Scorpion to meet
Sundew and the rest of the stealth team himself. Hemlock was mentioned
when Luna was guessing who the LeafWing at Lake Scorpion was.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Hemlock
was mentioned by Sequoia in one of her letters to Linden when she asked
if Linden was going to set up her daughter, Belladonna, with Hemlock in
order to have a dragonet with powerful leafspeak.

## Quote

We follow the plan.
about what to do
The Poison Jungle
prologue

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No. [...] All flying the same way. In formation. Exact wing
movements. All in sync. [...] And they had white eyes.
to
Bryony
The Dangerous Gift
154

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Stern face. Not grumpy. This is an intimidating face.
to Bryony, about his expression
The Flames of Hope
119