'Ochre' is an adult male MudWing who was introduced in The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden
Kingdom. He was formerly part of the Talons of Peace#The False
Dragonets|false dragonets of destiny organized by Morrowseer as the
replacement for Clay. He is currently a member of the Talons of Peace.

## Description

Ochre has dark mahogany-brown scales and dull eyes. When Fatespeaker
introduced Starflight to the false dragonets, she called him "the fat
one," which corresponds with how he is shown to be eating both a lot and
often.

## Personality

Ochre is described as being clumsy, uncaring, greedy, pushy, unlikeable,
disagreeable, and pessimistic. Sunny describes him as the unfunny and
unpleasant version of Clay and even during their first encounter, she
felt there was something about him that rubbed her the wrong way. He is
shown to have a voracious appetite and refuses to share with anyone
else. Flame referred to him as an idiot.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Lost Heir

Ochre was indirectly mentioned when Morrowseer had Nautilus explain to
Blister about the set of alternate dragonets.

left The Hidden Kingdom

Ochre had a partial fight with the other false dragonets in
the prologue. Squid considered Ochre to be a bully, as well as Flame and
Viper.

In the epilogue, Ochre got sick from the food the NightWings had brought
him and moaned that he wanted to die. Flame added that he wanted him to
die, too, and Viper added that he "smells ghastly." When Fatespeaker
claimed she had a "vision" about food, he moaned that he did not want to
hear it.

left The Dark Secret
Ochre first appeared when Starflight was introduced to the false
dragonets, complaining about the food. When Morrowseer mentioned
replacing Fatespeaker with Starflight, Ochre mentioned that Starflight
seemed quiet, which would be nice. Ochre was then ordered by Morrowseer,
with the rest of the False Dragonets, to kill Starflight. He and Flame
got close but were thrown in the NightWing prison for the night until
Morrowseer got them out. When they were supposed to convince the
SkyWings to change alliances to Blister, Ochre gorged himself on their
food, and one SkyWing thought that he could be Clay, showing how little
attention they paid to MudWings. During the pretend fight, when Viper
fell into the lava, Starflight asked him to use his partial immunity to
fire to save her, and Ochre said that he did not know if he hatched from
a blood-red egg, making Starflight realize that these dragonets were not
born on the brightest night. During the escape from the NightWing
island, Ochre asked Starflight if there would be food right before
escaping to the Rainforest Kingdom|rainforest.

left The Brightest Night

When Sunny returned to the Rainforest Kingdom from the
Kingdom of Sand, she ran into Ochre, thinking he was Clay. Ochre then
accompanied Sunny and Tsunami to the Talons of Peace camp. He took a big
sack full of fruits and slobbered all over it. When Sunny made one last
attempt to be friendly to him, he accidentally whacked himself in the
snout with a pineapple obnoxiously. In the end, he decided to stay with
the Talons of Peace.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Talons of Power
It was revealed that Ochre had somehow helped Flame steal the
dreamvisitor from Starflight when Mindreader read Flame's mind.

## Quotes

I want to die.
Ochre while being sick
The Hidden Kingdom
294

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I don't think I should have eaten that dead thing, […] Or all
of your dead things.
to the false dragonets of destiny The Hidden Kingdom
294

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It was awful, […] Probably food poisoning. You're lucky I'm
still alive.
to Flame The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark
Secret
72

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I will never never never go a whole month without eating.

to Starflight The Dark Secret

115

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Is that a roasted seagull? […] Is anyone going to finish
that?
to SkyWing soldiers The Dark Secret (book)|The
Dark Secret
126-127

## Trivia

  - Ochre's tongue was described as forked, however MudWings do not have
    forked tongues.[1]
  - Ochre hatched on the same day as Flame, a couple of weeks before the
    brightest night.