'Marsh' is an adult male MudWing who was introduced The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The
Dragonet Prophecy. He is one of the brothers of Clay. He currently
attends Jade Mountain Academy as a member of the Copper Winglet and is
clawmates with Coconut.

## Description

Marsh has brown scales and brown eyes. He looks like Sora, just more
fidgety and nervous.

## Personality

Marsh is an extremely nervous and jumpy character and is described by
Umber to fly "extremely fast." Like most MudWings, he cares a great deal
about his siblings and is afraid of seeing another one of them die like Crane did. He seems to get along well with Coconut, his
clawmate. Like his other sibs, he did not enjoy the War of SandWing
Succession|war and often wished for it to end.

He never seemed to fully recovered from the death of his sister Crane,
who was killed by Icicle in a battle between Blaze and Burn's armies
during the War of SandWing Succession. As his troop's first battle, the
event's aftermath left him even more scarred and possibly traumatized.
As of Darkness of Dragons, Clay stated that Marsh seems happy.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy

[File:ClaySibs.png|thumb|Clay](File:ClaySibs.png%7Cthumb%7CClay) meeting
his siblings Marsh hatched along with Reed, Sora, Pheasant, Crane, and
Umber in the Mud Kingdom. Because Clay was sold to the Talons of Peace
by their mother, Cattail, they were raised with Reed as their bigwings.

After they escaped from the Sky Kingdom, Clay and the other dragonets of
destiny made their way to the Mud Kingdom while being pursued by Burn
and her soldiers. The group encountered him and was overjoyed to see him
for the first time, helping him make peace with himself. Despite their
protests, they let Clay depart to be the bigwings of the prophecy
dragonets, leaving Reed to remain as the troop's bigwings, with doubts
about his leadership on the fact that Clay was their natural bigwings.

left The Hidden Kingdom

Marsh was mentioned by Glory when she thought about where the
dragonets would go after the prophecy was fulfilled.

left The Dark Secret
Marsh was in the prologue with his siblings when IceWings attacked the
patrol of SandWings nearby. He was terrified and tackled Reed midair,
nearly taking Reed down with him. He and his sibs were talking about
whether they should remain loyal to Queen Moorhen or leave and join the
Talons of Peace.

Marsh appeared in Clay's dream with his other siblings when Starflight
Dreamvisitors|dreamvisited Clay.

left The Brightest Night

Marsh and his siblings were seen when Sunny and Clay go to
the MudWings to send a message to Burn. He admitted to feeling wary of
the outcome of the MudWings' planned attack on the IceWings, which,
thanks to the Great Ice Cliff, would have ended in suicide, though they
did not appear to know it was there.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising
Marsh
accompanied Clay and his siblings throughout the book and attending Jade
Mountain Academy as part of the Copper Winglet. Near the end of the
book, when Sora was asked why she tried to kill Icicle, Marsh was shown
in a flashback. Sora and Marsh are about to be killed by an IceWing, and
Crane saved them by pushing them out of the way.

When Umber abruptly left with Sora, they didn't have time to tell Marsh
that they were going, leaving Clay with the responsibility of breaking
the news to his younger brother.

left
Darkness of Dragons
Marsh was
mentioned sitting with Clay in the prey-center near Coconut. Clay
mentioned that they made the correct choice in making the two clawmates,
as they quickly became close friends.

## Relationships

### Coconut

Clay believes that Coconut is the perfect clawmate for him, and the two
have become best friends. Qibli noted that Marsh could not be scared of
Coconut.

## Quotes

I hope we survive the next one.
to his siblings

The Dark Secret
prologue

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What were those IceWings doing here anyway?
to his
siblings The Dark Secret
prologue

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Unless you think we should leave.
to his siblings

The Dark Secret
prologue

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I'll do whatever you decide.
to Reed
The Dark Secret
prologue

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I thought we were all going to die.
to his siblings

The Dark Secret
prologue