'Manta' was an adult female SeaWing who was introduced in Darkstalker. She was a SeaWing princess and
resided in the Kingdom of the Sea until she was killed by Albatross
during the Royal SeaWing Massacre. She was Fathom's and Pearl's mother, the wife of Reef, and Albatross's daughter.

## Personality

Manta often laughed and smiled, and did not seem to mind that Indigo had
borrowed Pearl's jewelry to attend a diplomatic party. Her way of
handling everything was to attempt to calm others down. Unlike her aunt,
Lagoon, Manta was never stuck-up or cruel to dragons of the lower-class
and openly went out of her way to fulfill the task of deep-sea diving
Lagoon had assigned to Indigo out of petty spite. It seems Manta was
relatively close to her father, Albatross, before his descent into
madness, as Albatross appeared fond of her.

## Biography

### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

#### Moon Rising

Manta was indirectly mentioned as one of the dragons who were killed by
Albatross during the Royal SeaWing Massacre, which was referred to in
Scrolls#List of Known Scrolls|The Animus Histories.

#### Talons of Power

Manta was indirectly mentioned as one of the victims of the Royal
SeaWing Massacre.

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### Legends

#### Darkstalker

Manta was a close friend of Indigo's Unnamed characters#Seawings|mother
and had taken Indigo in, raising her alongside Fathom and Pearl. Manta
treated Indigo well and when her aunt, Queen Lagoon commanded the young
dragonet to go deep-sea diving for the queen's favorite snack, Manta
stopped Indigo and went herself, to Lagoon's irritation.

Manta was one of the many SeaWings who attended a party hosted by Queen
Lagoon, in honor of two SkyWing delegates sent to end a border dispute.
While Fathom, Indigo, and Pearl were preparing to leave for the party,
Indigo asked if Manta would mind her wearing Pearls' necklace, to which
the other two reassured her that Manta would not mind. At the party,
Fathom noticed the strange energy between Pearl and Manta, and thought
back to what Indigo told him, which was that it was because the only way
for Pearl to ascend the throne was for her to win against Manta in a
royal challenge. However, she and her husband, Reef, were killed shortly
after Albatross started the massacre whilst begging for him to spare
Fathom's life.

## Quotes

You look lovely, Indigo, […] And you, as always, are the
picture of majestic splendor.
to Indigo and Pearl

Darkstalker
61

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There's everything, […] We should invite dragons from other
tribes to our gatherings all the time — the chefs really went overboard.

about the food at the party before the SeaWing massacre Darkstalker
61-62

## References

in Darkstalker Category:Historical characters Category:Minor characters