'Ivy',
referred to as 'Holler' by Sunny, is a female human and one of the three
main protagonists of Dragonslayer. She is one of two scavengers that
Sunny met in the Human settlements#Ruins of Valor|scavenger ruins in The Brightest Night. She is the daughter of
Heath and a member of the Wingwatchers. She has romantic feelings for
Leaf.

## Description

Ivy has enormous brown eyes and long, dark hair flowing down to the
middle of her back. Violet said that Ivy looks like Rose, although she
still is smaller and younger than Rose.

## Personality

Ivy is curious; At a young age she was always asking questions, though
she knew it "always made her parents frustrated and grumpy with her."
She is observant and good at picking up on when others are about to get
angry. Ivy is a peacekeeper, often between Daffodil and Violet.
According to Violet, Ivy never looks like she is about to get into
trouble. Ivy has artistic talent, much like her aunt. She is passionate
about her love of dragons, and often wonders about dragon society.

Sunny notes that Ivy moved in a "quick, confident way." She also
appeared to think that Ivy seemed braver than most scavengers, as Sunny
interpreted Ivy asking for Rose as asking for a ride.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Brightest Night

At Jade Mountain, a scavenger later revealed to be Ivy,
accidentally contacted Sunny using a dreamvisitor. Sunny assumed that
the only way the scavenger could have gotten the dreamvisitor was by
stealing it, and so she traveled to the scavenger ruins in hopes that
the rest of the SandWing treasure would be there.

Upon arrival at the ruins, Sunny climbed onto a tree to survey the area
from above and hide until the scavengers came. Eventually, two
scavengers emerged from the burnt village — one with short, fluffy hair
and a more confident one with longer hair. Sunny approached the
scavengers but was forced to trap them on a scavenger building's remains
due to them not being cooperative and trying to attack her. She gave Ivy
the name Holler because she was very loud, and the other Fluffy because
of his fluffy hair.

After Sunny asked for the dreamvisitor, Ivy and Leaf began to argue,
presumably on whether to give it to the dragonet or not. Eventually, Ivy
produced the sapphire and gave it to Sunny. Sunny then asked for the
rest of the treasure by drawing a pile of it in the dirt with her claw.
After watching the two scavengers discuss it for a while, she decided to
take Fluffy off of the wall, assuming that he would bring the treasure
in return for Ivy. Ivy then demanded a ride from the dragonet, and so
Sunny let her onto her back and flew off in search of Fluffy.

After Leaf gave Sunny a sack full of treasure, Sunny noticed that the
Eye of Onyx was not in there, although the Lazulite Dragon was. Sunny
questioned the scavengers, but they did not appear to have it. As she
was about to leave, Sunny considered keeping Ivy and Leaf as pets but
eventually decided against it. Ivy asked Sunny for another ride, but
Sunny regretfully told them that she had to leave and flew away with the
sack of treasure. Sunny wondered if she would ever see them again.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising
Sunny
indirectly mentioned her and Leaf when she talked to Winter about
scavengers and what to do with Bandit.

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left
The Dangerous Gift
Wren mentioned
her when she was saying that establishing dragon-human relations was
Ivy's goal and not Wren's. When Snowfall promised to pass an edict
forbidding dragons from hunting or eating humans, Sky said that Ivy
would love that.

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### Legends

left
Dragonslayer
Ivy asked her mother,
Lark, about her father's fame. Lark explained how he killed the
Oasis|sand dragon queen. Ivy claimed that she wanted to see a dragon and
asked why Stone was yelling at Heath about running away from dragons
before asking Lark if she could have a pet dragon, much to her mother's
disapproval. Later, Ivy mentally noted how the women and children
created Dragonslayer Way while her father took all the credit. She asked
her teacher about why Pine was banished, then Violet and Daffodil
dragged her into an empty classroom and after some conversation, invited
her to the Truth Seekers secret club. One of their "quests" was to find
out what Heath really does, and to discover the truth about Valor.

When Violet and Daffodil visited, Lark said she could tell them that Ivy
was studying, but Ivy denied, saying she was finished with her homework.
Ivy was surprised that the Truth Seekers had lasted for a year since she
joined. She expressed her desire to become a Wingwatcher to Daffodil and
Violet, showing them her drawing of a SeaWing|sea dragon. The three
decided to do a Truth Seeker mission instead. Ivy wished she could see a
dragon palace, wondering how dragons could be vicious wild animals if
they also had castles and lived together, and had queen|queens who ruled
over them. Violet asked how Heath could have gone to the SkyWing
palace|mountain dragon palace and back in three days, causing Ivy to
wonder where he went during the time. Ivy then decided to follow Heath
around Valor when he left the caves. She ran into Foxglove, and the
older Wingwatcher took her outside of the city. They spied on Heath
before a NightWings|night dragon passed by. Ivy told Foxglove that she
loved the dragon, and passionately claimed that she wanted to be a
Wingwatcher. Foxglove said she would put in good word for Ivy and took
her back underground.

Five years later, Ivy was surprised and joyed that she was still best
friends with Daffodil and Violet, and that they would all be starting
Wingwatcher training together. The trio attended the Wingwatcher welcome
ceremony and met Brook, who enthusiastically galloped over and shook
each of their hands. Brook stated that they were her favorite people,
which earned an injured response from her son Forest. When asked about
her uncle Stone, Ivy shook her head and remembered that he had always
looked sad and that he had disappeared years ago. Meanwhile, more and
more Wingwatchers arrived to the cave. Foxglove came over to greet Ivy
and her friends, and Ivy shyly gave her a folded drawing of a black
dragon in flight to show her gratitude. Foxglove grinned and winked at
the initiate, remarking how there had not been a Wingwatcher with
artistic talent in years and that they could update the Dragon
guides/Dragonslayer|Wingwatcher's Guide. Violet and Daffodil immediately
interjected and asked to be the new authors, while Ivy told them that
they had a lot of research to do before really publishing a new guide.
This led to the idea of more expeditions, where they gave suggestions of
where they could explore. Foxglove soon hurried away when Violet openly
pointed out Pine's banishment, and remarked towards Daffodil's hiss that
she was just interested in what the older Wingwatchers are talking
about, whether there was a secret Wingwatcher conspiracy afoot. Ivy was
surprised that they have not told her such thing, but was interrupted by
Heath staggering into the cave for an announcement. He complimented on
how the Wingwatchers got their hands on the smartest girl in Valor and
that they would definitely take care of her out there, which she found
an embarrassing to say, especially in public. She continued wondering
about the conspiracy and her future as a Wingwatcher, eventually coming
back to the thought of if her father should really be the lord of Valor.
She wondered if she would have to choose between her friends, her dream,
the dragons, and her family.

During her first year of official training, Ivy goes on a real
expedition. Though she, Daffodil, Violet, and Foxglove were only
skygazing, she still found it exciting and relaxing. When the other
Wingwatchers and fruit gatherers were out of sight, Violet spoke about
whether either of them found out anything about the secrets with Stone
and the conspiracy. Daffodil and Violet started bickering, but Ivy found
that, in the blowing wind and the rustling leaves and dragons somewhere
in the sky, even her friends bickering over dangerous conspiracies felt
joyful.

After a while, they saw their first dragon, who seemed to fly in an odd,
loopy way. Ivy wondered if there was something wrong with it, and found
it amazing that they met a real ice dragon. Squirrel rushed in to check
in on the trio, but as they shoved through the bushes to examine what
had happened, they found Stone in the forest, looking utterly
bedraggled. Stone breathed in relief when he saw that they were only
Wingwatchers, but told them to keep it secret that he just rode the ice
dragon invisible while coming back from his quest of finding Rose. Ivy
met Violet and Daffodil's eyes, then looked back at Stone. She asked who
Rose is.

The trio arrived at Stone's cave as he told them the story of Rose and
what many human settlements used to look like. Ivy was shocked that so
much was left out of the glorious story Heath often told his citizens,
which only got worse when Stone stated that Heath destroyed the world
and he helped Heath do it. Ivy blamed herself of her father's mistakes,
realizing that he was a liar. Daffodil and Violet tried to comfort her,
and told her that they could instead fix the problem by starting with
returning Heath's treasure to the dragons. However, they knew that no
one had seen a fraction of Heath's treasure in the history of Valor, and
therefore they stuck to the most dangerous plan: visiting the forbidden
village.

There, they met the long-lost Pine and Azalea, who turned out to have
lived in the place they were banished in. They ended up finding nothing,
realizing that Heath had cleared the ruins of all treasure the first
time he found Pine wandering for iron. The six people wandered in the
ruins until it started raining and a dragon flew overhead, which is when
Ivy felt the only piece of treasure left on the ground: a dreamvisitor.

The Wingwatchers arrived at Stone's cave to examine the dreamvisitor,
and narrowly avoided a confrontation with the Dragonslayer. While Heath
called Stone away in private, Ivy and her friends talked about
continuing to find the treasure. Several days later, she realized that
her father had become slightly paranoid. He cancelled Wingwatcher
training that day, and Ivy noticed a difference in her mother's
expression, which lead to more suspicions. A while later, Daffodil and
Violet arrived to realize that the treasure might be hidden inside the
pedestal where Heath kept Oasis's tail barb. Ivy wondered how she could
possibly take this to the dragons.

On a skygazing day, Ivy and her friends suggested ways they could return
the treasure to the dragons. Leaf arrived, escaping from the Sky
Kingdom, and asked for the Dragonslayer's help. Ivy suggested taking him
to Heath in person, which however lead to Heath becoming outrageous and
thinking that Leaf was another messenger from the Invincible Lord. The
Dragonslayer left, leaving Leaf bewildered. Ivy tries to comfort him,
but ultimately thought she communicated everything wrong.

The arrests of the Wingwatchers eventually begun when Ivy was asleep.
Daffodil found a way into Ivy's room, shaking her and crying that Heath
had already arrested Foxglove, Squirrel, and Violet. Ivy thought that he
was afraid of the Wingwatchers trying to take his power away, but
realized that he must have found out about the stolen dreamvisitor. Lark
arrived, fretting about how she had never seen Heath like that. Ivy told
her to stay out of her father's way, and hugged her fiercely while
tugging Daffodil to the door. They took the dreamvisitor hidden in
Foxglove's cave, narrowly missing a confrontation with the guards, and
escaped the city.

A while later, they met Leaf, who was also escaping with Stone into the
ruins of a former human settlement. The humans were shocked that the
dragons had destroyed such city, and Leaf hoped aloud that they could
meet the right dragon for returning the treasure. Ivy joked that dragons
may eat them before they try to bargain, and closed her eyes at the
thought of Leaf actually being in a dragon palace before. They continue
wandering through the abandoned settlement for a day, until they met
Forest, who told them that Heath is feeling suspicious of the
Wingwatchers planning something similar to a revolution. Ivy was shocked
to find out that Daffodil and Violet have never told her how the
Wingwatchers have actually planned of choosing a new leader, and tried
to think of ways to save her friends from Heath and stop the dragons at
the same time. Upon her pondering, she accidentally dreamvisited Sunny,
and realizes Rose is alive and well. That comes down to a new plan, a
plan of traveling to the desert and saving Rose as a way to change
Heath's mind.

After a moment, Sunny arrived in the ruins, looking for the Eye of Onyx
as she did in The Brightest Night. Ivy and Leaf freaked out, desperately
giving Sunny the only piece of treasure they have. Leaf offered to get
more treasure, and Ivy wondered if he was insane. Though she still
eventually wishes him luck, Leaf left back to Valor and left Ivy
confronting Sunny.

Ivy asked Sunny where Rose was, but neither understood the other's
language. Sunny took Ivy for a flight, which greatly surprised Ivy and
worried Leaf when he came back. Ivy desperately tried communicating to
Sunny, shouting that it was an enormous breakthrough for human-dragon
relations, but failed ultimately when Sunny left, frustrated that she on
the other hand was not getting the Eye of Onyx. Ivy was frustrated, but
suddenly saw Stone with his invisibility necklace and many horses. They
immediately set off for the desert, starting their quest of searching
for the long-lost Rose.

Ivy finds the palace looming. There were many dragons, and Ivy snuck in
by causing false commotion among the guards. Irritated SandWings
complained to Smolder, who pointed to a pile of pillows, which turned
out to be where Rose is. Rose reunited with Stone, who told her about
Heath along with Ivy and Leaf. Rose refuses to come back to Valor,
stating that Heath would never listen to reason; however, she also
mentioned a girl named Wren who taught her Languages|Dragon, which
immediately sparked Leaf into action. Before leaving, Ivy was surprised
that he was willing to ride a dragon just to save his sister; they had
to part ways, and Ivy kissed Leaf. She left with Stone, promising that
she would be back.

Ivy was mentioned much by Leaf throughout his conversations with Wren.

In the final chapters of the story, Ivy met Wren and Sky in the ruins of
the ancient temple. They formulate a plan to use Sky as a way to force
Heath to surrender, freeing the Wingwatchers at the same time. Though
Ivy felt bad for her father, she knew it was the best way for him and
Valor. She announced Brook as the new lord of Valor, and as Lark asked
Ivy to go home with her and Heath, Ivy refused. She continued traveling
with Wren and Leaf, including arriving at Talisman to reveal the
dragonmancers' secrets, beginning a new quest on re-building a
connection between humans and dragons.

## Relationships

### Daffodil

Ivy and Daffodil consider each other best friends, caring greatly for
each other. Ivy thinks that she could not imagine life without Daffodil
along with Violet, calling the possibility of the two getting banished
the worst thing ever to happen.

### Foxglove

Ivy is friends with Foxglove, and looks up to the older Wingwatcher. She
is impressed by Foxglove's calm, focused, and unimpressed face, and
tried to imitate it. She gave Foxglove her best drawing of a dragon in
flight, which was a night dragon, the first dragon they saw together.
Ivy wrote "Thank you for everything" in the corner. After hearing
Foxglove was arrested by Heath, Ivy worried about Foxglove's safety
often, determined to save her.

### Heath

Heath is Ivy's father. She cares about her father, despite knowing all
the horrible things he has done. Ivy notes that "it always felt
something like sunlight" when he paid attention to her. Ivy never talked
to anyone about her father's temper, not even to Violet and Daffodil —
she could sometimes calm him down when he was really mad, or help him
make peace with Lark whenever they had a fight. When it did not work,
she was also "really good at staying out of his way." Ivy and Lark hid
in Ivy's room when Heath had broken a few plates in a rage in the
kitchen, the both of them pretending not to hear. After exposing his
lies to Valor, she assured him that things would get better, and that he
could still be her dad, if he wanted to be.

### Lark

Ivy is shown to have a loving yet quite neutral relationship with her
mother. Ivy also feels bad for Lark, thinking that she has been
manipulated by Heath ever since they got together. She often helps Lark
hide from or make peace with Heath whenever they enter a fight.

### Leaf

Ivy helped him escape from some SkyWings, and quickly became friends.
She shows concern for Leaf during the Wingwatcher arrests, and before
Leaf rode on Cereus, she promises that she will help him look for Wren.
They appear to have romantic feelings for each other, as shown when they
kiss before Leaf leaves on Cereus (or "Sweetface") to find Wren.
Daffodil states that Leaf 'can't take his eyes off her.'

### Sky

Ivy seems to have a friendly relationship with Sky. They terrified the
citizens of Valor and exposed Heath together. Ivy notes that she could
not stop watching him, and had a "constant impulse to babble at him
about how perfect he was," adding how she was repressing it with great
difficulty.

### Violet

Ivy views Violet as one of her best friends, and thinks Violet is the
smartest girl in Valor. She is shown to care about Violet's wellbeing,
such as when she mentions the risk of Violet and Daffodil getting
banished from Valor and worries about Violet when Heath arrests her.
When Ivy was sneaking into the SandWing stronghold with Leaf and Stone,
she wishes that Violet was with them. After Ivy, Sky, and Wren free the
Wingwatchers, Ivy hugged Violet fiercely.

## Quotes

Because he's the boss of everyone, or because he did a
Dragonstare a long, long, long time ago?
to Lark about her
father, Heath
Dragonslayer
36

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Were the other dragons mad at Daddy? I think maybe slayering a
dragon is not very nice. I bet that dragon did not like getting poked
until it fell over and couldn't get up again.
to Lark

Dragonslayer
37

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Mommy. Mommy. Mommy, you know how Daffodil has a pet rabbit? Do
you think I can have a pet dragon?
to Lark about Daffodil's
pet rabbit
Dragonslayer
37

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But Miss Laurel, why can my dad go there whenever he wants, but
Pine went there once, and now he's banished from Valor forever?
to Miss Laurel about Pine being banished from Valor

Dragonslayer
43

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Hopefully I'll see one someday. And then I'll know what they
really look like and be able to draw them even better.
about
her dragon artwork
Dragonslayer
86

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Um. Just a... this... super important... um... potato. [...]
It's really important. This potato could change everything. I can't tell
you anything else. It's top secret potato business.
to
Foxglove when trying to follow Heath
Dragonslayer
95

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It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. I loved it.

about the dragons
Dragonslayer
101

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I'm a Wingwatcher now. Brook is my commander. [...] But my
Dad is... my dad. Will I have to choose between my friends, my dream,
and the dragons... or my family?
to herself

Dragonslayer
146

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My dad's a liar. […] He let his sister die. And all the
people he's banished, and who knows how many hundreds of people in all
those villages the dragons destroyed. That's all because of him.

to Daffodil, Stone, and Violet about Heath

Dragonslayer
206

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We can't. I mean – we can't. First of all, we don't know where
the village is. Secondly, there's no way we'll be allowed to leave Valor
on our own – even our Wingwatcher friends don't think we're ready for
that. And most of all, it's so forbidden. I don't think Dad would banish
me, but he might banish you two, and I – that would – it would be the
worst thing to ever happen.
to Daffodil and Violet when they
suggested that they go to the forbidden village
Dragonslayer

231-232

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Because... he already had a hiding place? Somewhere he hid
things even when he was a kid. Like the crack in the wall behind
Daffodils hammock where she puts her love po – not love poems! [...]
Anything but that! Other secrets!
Ivy when thinking about
where Heath could have hidden his treasure
Dragonslayer

244

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A SeaWing|sea dragon could tell us what's at the bottom of the
ocean. An ice dragon could tell us what a polar bear tastes like! And
they could all tell us what it feels like to fly.
to her
friends
Dragonslayer
318

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Maybe you could help us. We have a kind of sort of plan that we
think will make the world a better place. [...] We were thinking that
there might be a way to get the dragons to stop attacking villages. I
mean. Maybe it's impossible. But Violet and Daffodil and I thought, what
if we gave the treasure back? Maybe the dragons need it for some reason.
Maybe they'll forgive us. [...] I know. It's silly. They'll eat us
before we can even shout 'HELLO PLEASE DON'T EAT US!'
to
Leaf
Dragonslayer
365

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[Dragons] are not all monsters. That means we have a chance.
A chance to save Rose, a chance to bring her back and save our friends,
maybe even a chance to communicate with them. After all, now I'm a girl
who's ridden a dragon.
Ivy to herself
Dragonslayer

416-417

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It is so weird to hug someone you can't see! [...] I hope
you find Wren. And bring her back so I can meet her and her dragon. I
mean, I hope you find her so you can see her again, not just so I can
meet her dragon. I mean, that would be amazing, but that's not the only
– you know what I mean. [...] Besides, apparently we're friends with
the prince of the sand dragons, so I think we'll be OK. I hope you'll
come back, though. I mean, I understand if you need to stay on her trail
once you're out there. But if you don't catch her tonight, and Sweetface
brings you back here, I promise you, Leaf, I'll help you look for her.
We'll find your sister, no matter what.
to Leaf

Dragonslayer
448-449