'Io' is an adult female SilkWing who was introduced in The Lost Continent (book)|The Lost
Continent. She is the older sister of Swordtail and was formerly a
member of the Cicada Hive Chrysalis. She currently resides in the
LeafSilk Kingdom as a member of the SilkWing Assembly.

## Description

Io has iridescent purple scales, and spectacular, huge, long, and dark
indigo wings dotted here and there with iridescent shimmers of
aquamarine green, as well as long, aristocratic-looking bones and horns.
She is very tall, much taller than Luna, as she is described to tower
over her.

## Personality

Io has a fervent, desperate hope of saving her tribe and friends. She
was shown to be very kind, but has an impatient side, shown when Blue
paused in The Lost Continent as they were running from the HiveWings. It
was made clear that she has a hatred towards the HiveWings. However,
when she learned about Cricket, she was quick to thank her, despite her
being a HiveWing. Like her brother, Swordtail, she has quite a
rebellious nature, which probably is what led her to join the rebellion
in the first place. Io is also shown to have a more calm and mature
nature than Swordtail, matching her brother's boiling energy with her
own kind of fierce passion. She is determined, convincingly telling Blue
to stop believing in the HiveWings and refusing to let her tribe be left
to the othermind, despite the fact that she would have to risk her own
life to save them.

## Biography

### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left The Lost Continent

Io attended Luna's Metamorphosis. When she saw the excessive
amount of HiveWing guards and Luna's glowing orange wrists, she
suspected that Luna had flamesilk. She was worried that Blue might have
inherited the ability from Admiral as well, and she helped him escape
Cicada Hive#The Cocoon|the Cocoon so that he would not be captured. She
hastily explained that Blue had to find the Chrysalis for help. She
fought mind-controlled HiveWing guards, allowing Blue time to escape,
into the savanna. However, the ground was too far away, and when Io
realized that, she knocked over a ladder to give her time to spin a silk
trail across the ceiling for Blue to escape on.

left
The Hive Queen
Swordtail mentioned
that Io told Blue about the Chrysalis.

left The Poison Jungle

Io was seen by Sundew in a home in the Poison Jungle#The
SapWing Village|SapWing village after she was found along with Tsunami
and Turtle from the Distant Kingdoms. She was found on the edge of the
Poison Jungle, trapped by a roridula, running from the HiveWings. Io was
later reunited with Swordtail to hear the Legend of the Hive recited by
Sequoia.

Before the SilkWings and LeafWings departed for The Distant Kingdoms, Io
decided to stay with Cinnabar to help save the rest of the SilkWings. Io
was given a copy of the map to Pyrrhia before they left to help the
other SilkWings who were left on Pantala.

left
The Dangerous Gift
Io was mentioned
in Snowfall's vision of Atala when she was thinking about how Io had
promised that they would get to fight HiveWings. Later, in Snowfall's
vision of her she was outside of Cicada Hive, in the savannah. She
thought about how she had sent two dragons to Tsetse Hive to go rescue
the citizens of that Hive, then how she and Cinnabar flew the other way,
stopping briefly at each Hive to warn whoever they could, then straight
on to Mantis Hive where they had evacuated everyone in the Hive and got
them safely into hiding. Io noticed that Cicada Hive was "too quiet" and
suspected that the HiveWings had trapped the SilkWings in there.
Cinnabar told her not to worry, and that even if that were true they
could not have enough of the breath of evil to control them all yet. Io
sighed and reminded herself that she has friends who will help her. Io
and Cinnabar mentioned that the map to Pyrrhia was safe before flying
off and the vision ends. She was mentioned along with Cinnabar several
more times when Snowfall wondered about what happened to them and the
map. She was most notably mentioned when Snowfall was upset that Hazel
left a copy of the map on Pantala and Io's hope to save her tribe swept
fiercely through her, like it was her own emotion.

left
The Flames of Hope
Swordtail
mentioned Io in her talk with Luna with the dreamvisitor. He mentioned
that she had been captured. Io later appeared in Luna's memory that Luna
let Freedom|Lizard see. In that vision, Io, Swordtail, Blue, and Luna
had snuck into Silkworm Hall's art room after school to look for dyes to
use for Io's Metamorphosis weaving. Io was unsure about where she should
weave her secret Chrysalis symbol and asked Luna for help. When the
headmaster barged into the art room, Io and the rest of the group were
able to hide in time. Luna and Swordtail emerged out of their hiding
spots to distract the headmaster from discovering Blue's hiding spot,
allowing both Io and Blue to escape undetected. Io was with Silverspot
and Burnet when Luna and Blue reunited with their mothers. She was
mentioned again in the epilogue when Luna said that she and Tau would
sort out the Assembly.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Io was
the author of literature#Named books|Rules for Happiness and Prospartiy
in the Hives. She wrote about the rules, school curriculum, and common
professions of SilkWings.

## Relationships

### Blue

Io is one of Blue's closest friends in the world, along with Luna and
Swordtail. Io helped Blue escaped from the HiveWing guards when Luna was
revealed to be a flamesilk dragon, and lured the guards away from the
Hive so that Blue could hide and escape.

### Cinnabar

Io and Cinnabar are friends, and they are physically affectionate.

### Swordtail

Io appears to be caring and supportive of her brother, as she attended
his girlfriend's Metamorphosis on her own accord. The two were happy to
be reunited in the SapWing village. They both joined the Cicada Hive
Chrysalis together.

### Luna

Io is one of Luna's three best friends in the world. Io went to Luna
when she needed help coming up with an idea for her Metamorphosis
weaving.

## Quotes

No way! […] We can't just let them take him!
to
Burnet when she says Blue should turn himself in for being a flamesilk

The Lost Continent
47

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Why did it have to be you? […] The one SilkWing who thinks
HiveWings have any good in them? Listen, Blue. Stop trusting them right
now. They've let you go about your ordinary life so far, but now you
look dangerous to them, and they're not going to let you have that life
back. It's gone.
to Blue about trusting HiveWings
The Lost Continent
48

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There are SilkWings who can help you, […] if you can find
them. A group called the Chrysalis.
to Blue when she tells
him to run The Lost Continent

53

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Because every time someone says to you, 'Hey, wasn't that mean
what that HiveWing did?' you say, 'Oh, maybe she's tired or frustrated
with work or just lost something important or is having a fight with her
sister,' and then it's kind of hard to follow up with 'Well, care to
join a movement to take her down?'
to Blue about why he has
not heard of the Chrysalis The Lost Continent (book)|The Lost
Continent
54

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Well, my plan was to hide with some friends in the Yellowjacket
Hive Chrysalis, […] but when I got there, I was spotted by guards, who
chased me pretty much all the way to the jungle. I flew inside to escape
them and almost immediately got caught by this enormous horrifying
insanqely sticky plant. It was going to eat me, Swordtail! With, like,
its goo or something! How wild is that? But these dragons rescued me,
and they said I could lie low here for a while.
to Swordtail
about being in the Poison Jungle The Poison Jungle (book)|The
Poison Jungle
131-132

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They won't get the map. […] I'll hide it somewhere safe, so
even if they catch me and take over my mind, they'll never find it. You
HAVE to let me save the SilkWings. Look, if Wasp gets them, it'll double
the size of her army, right?! So this is practical, and also OBVIOUSLY
THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I mean really!
to Hazel about going
back to save the SilkWings The Poison Jungle (book)|The Poison
Jungle
289

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It's too quiet, […] the HiveWings must be here. I bet they've
got all the SilkWings trapped in there with them.
to Cinnabar
about Cicada Hive
The Dangerous Gift
196

## Trivia

  - Io's name was misspelled as "Jo" in the preview of The Lost
    Continent.
  - Io once played with a monkey for an entire day and wanted to keep
    it, but her parents made her release it in the savanna since a
    HiveWing might eat it if they found it.