'Orca' was an adult female SeaWing princess who was mentioned in The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost
Heir. She was secretly an animus Dragons|dragon and was killed by Queen
Coral during a Dragon_royalty#Royal_Challenges|royal challenge.

## Description

Orca had green scales and blue eyes.

## Personality

Orca appeared to be power-hungry and extremely ambitious during her
lifetime, challenging Coral at the age of seven and using her magic to
secure her power over the SeaWing throne. She was disliked by many of
Queen Coral's subjects.

## Biography

### Pre-Series

Before her challenge for the SeaWing throne, Orca enchanted a Orca's
statue|marble statue that she had sculpted of herself and dedicated to
the Deep_Palace#Royal_Hatchery|Royal Hatchery. Coral did not know at
that time that Orca had been an animus dragon or that the statue was
enchanted to kill off the heirs to the SeaWing throne. Expecting to win,
Orca then challenged her mother for the throne of the SeaWings, nearly
winning, which shocked Coral. She was accidentally speared with the
narwhal horn Coral wore on the end of her tail and died.

After her death, the enchanted statue began killing off all the female
heirs in the hatchery for years, murdering the unhatched dragonets in
secrecy before it was defeated and destroyed.

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### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Lost Heir

Orca was mentioned throughout The Lost Heir, including as a part of the
scroll Scrolls#List of Known Scrolls|The Tragedy of Orca. Queen Coral
owned several of her carvings, even though some of her subjects disliked
Orca, such as Moray. Tsunami discovered that the statue in the hatchery
was enchanted by her to kill off possible heirs to the SeaWing throne.
It was mentioned that Anemone reanimated Orca's statue and forced it to
tell her who enchanted it, and it said Orca.

left The Hidden Kingdom

After the dragonets of destiny discovered one of the
NightWing tunnels, Clay indirectly mentioned Orca while they were
discussing animus magic.

left The Brightest Night

Sunny thought about Orca when she went to meet Stonemover.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising

Tsunami mentioned that she had considered before how Orca's statue had
left the male SeaWing heirs alive.

left Talons of Power
In the prologue, Gill saw the statue of Orca and thought about her,
wishing that she could still be alive and protect her sisters herself.
Later, Turtle mentioned Orca when he was thinking of his animus powers.

## Known Enchantments

Phrasing unknown.
A statue
To kill all
the heirs to the SeaWing throne
TLH
247

## Quotes

I did this all wrong. You're going to rule forever, aren't you,
Mother? You should thank me. No one can stop you now.
her
last words, to Queen Coral The Lost Heir

248

## Trivia

  - Orca refused to use her animus power to win the royal challenge
    because she wanted to prove that she could win in a fair fight.
  - Orca was from Coral's first clutch of eggs. She was the only female
    included in this group.
  - Orca was a talented sculptor.