'Nautilus' is an adult male SeaWing who was introduced in The Lost Heir. He was
the founder and former leader of the Talons of Peace, and the father of
Squid. Nautilus gave up his role as leader of the Talons of Peace to
Riptide after the War of SandWing Succession. He did not know that the The Dragonet Prophecy (prophecy)|prophecy was false, and was very
devoted to ending the war at any cost.

## Description

Nautilus has green scales with black spiral patterns on them and cold,
glittering green eyes.

## Personality

Nautilus puffed up his chest and spoke haughtily to Turtle when speaking
about how the Talons of Peace helped Tsunami to look for Scarlet. He is
nervous. He believed peace was more important than any one
Dragons|dragon and would have done anything for the sake of peace,
including ordering the death of another dragon.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Lost Heir

Nautilus was introduced in the prologue. He and Cirrus confronted Webs
at the entrance to the underground river and attempted to kill him. They
claimed that Webs had failed them by letting the dragonets of destiny
escape and become prisoners, so he could not know about the backup plan.
Cirrus was about to kill Webs when a Talons of Peace infiltrator,
unknown at that time, by the name of Crocodile knocked Nautilus and
Cirrus unconscious so Webs could escape.

Later, Nautilus was "talking" to Riptide using Aquatic when Tsunami
first started following Riptide. Nautilus was described to have a
bruised eye from being knocked out by Crocodile. When the Summer Palace
was being destroyed by the SkyWings and MudWings, Riptide told Tsunami
he had been telling Nautilus information about the SeaWings.

Nautilus was in the epilogue, where Morrowseer had him explain their
concept of the false dragonets to Blister, who approved of the idea.

left The Hidden Kingdom

In the prologue, he, Morrowseer, and the false dragonets were
at the Talons of Peace's camp. Morrowseer told Nautilus that he would be
taking the fake dragonets of destiny to an unknown location (later
revealed to be the NightWing island) to train.

left The Dark Secret
Nautilus appeared in the epilogue, where he and his son Squid,
encountered Blister as she was waiting to meet with Morrowseer. Squid
complains that he hates NightWings and Blister agrees with him. When
Morrowseer did not show up, Blister said that it must be the dragonets'
fault and she would kill them no matter what.

left The Brightest Night

Tsunami, Sunny, and Ochre traveled to the Talons of Peace's
camp to ask him to deliver a message to Blister. However, Ochre was
approached by Nautilus, Riptide, a SandWing noted to possibly be Viper's
uncle, Cirrus, and a female SkyWing named Avalanche. Much to Tsunami's
annoyance, Nautilus flashes a message toward Tsunami, which Sunny
guessed was a suggestion to land, though Tsunami wanted to go and hit
the older SeaWing and pretend she misunderstood what he said.

Tsunami questioned Riptide's decision to rejoin the Talons of Peace, and
he explained that Coral had thrown him out of the Kingdom of the Sea and
that he was hoping the Talons of Peace would know where the dragonets
had gone. Nautilus coldly remarked that they had no clue, and Riptide
quickly introduced Nautilus as the leader of the Talons of Peace, to
prevent an argument between him and Tsunami. Avalanche replied that
Nautilus was the leader "for now," hinting at her dislike of the
SeaWing, and asked where the rest of the false dragonets are.

The IceWing known as Cirrus (later revealed to be Chameleon in Escaping Peril), noticed the arrival of another dragon, who
Avalanche recognized as her son, Flame. After seeing the slash across
the dragonet's face due to Viper's venomous tail, Nautilus commented
that he is not sure if he wanted to know what happened to the others,
and so Sunny told him that Fatespeaker was fine, that they did not know
what happened to Squid, and that Viper had died after falling into the
lava in the Night Kingdom.

Sunny then told him that she needed them to convey a message to Blister.
Although he talked as if he was indecisive and unwilling to help, Sunny
noticed that he was excited about finally ending the war.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Winter Turning

Nautilus was mentioned by his son, Squid, who says that "My dad used to
be the leader of the Talons of Peace," and he whined and complained why
he could not be leader.

left Escaping Peril

Nautilus was leading his group of Talons; Avalanche and Cirrus
(Chameleon in his IceWing form), when they came across Peril and Turtle
and attacked them. However, they stopped soon after Peril explained why
they were there.

## Quotes

A suicide mission may not be necessary. […] Something
happened in the SkyWing palace yesterday. We don't have any clear
reports yet, but one spy said he thought Queen Scarlet was dead — killed
by the dragonets.
to the Talons of Peace about the dragonets
of destiny The Lost Heir
prologue

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Sorry, Webs. […] Peace is more important than any one dragon.
And you would disrupt our backup plan. We're doing this for your own
good. For the prophecy. For peace. […] Cirrus, rip out his heart.

to Webs The Lost Heir

prologue

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They were just a backup plan. […] Nobody thought we'd need
them. Especially not all of them; we thought maybe one, or two, if
something went wrong with the originals. We haven't spent a lot of time
training them.
to Morrowseer about the false dragonets of
destiny The Hidden Kingdom

prologue

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We gave up worldly things to fight for a higher cause. Peace is
more important than jewels or gold.
to Squid, about why the
Talons have no treasure The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden
Kingdom
prologue

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Well, I thought, why not? […] Of course, none of these five
actually hatched on the brightest night, or else they'd be the real
dragonets of the prophecy, wouldn't they? But they're about the right
age, and nobody has to know the rest.
to Morrowseer about the
false dragonets of destiny The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden
Kingdom
prologue

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I — I don't know. […] I thought he would be here by now. I
haven't seen him since he took the alternate dragonets from the Talons
of Peace camp. But I knew he was supposed to be here to meet you
tonight, and I had to speak with him.
to Blister, about
Morrowseer The Dark Secret
epilogue

290

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We called them 'guardians,' […] But you're right. Everywhere
the dragonets go, they seem to leave chaos behind.
about the
dragonets of destiny The Dark Secret
epilogue
292

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Tsunami tried to chase her, but when she lost Scarlet not far
from here, she came to the Talons of Peace for extra help. With all of
us looking, Scarlet won't get far.
to Turtle, about Scarlet

Escaping Peril
66