(Not to be confused with Ostrich, Six-Claws's mother, who appears in Deserter.)

Ostrich

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3 years (hatched in 5,009 AS)
Female
SandWings

Alive (as of Darkness of Dragons)

Student at Jade Mountain Academy
Member of the
Outclaws

Silver Winglet
Anemone

Mother
Kindle
Father

Six-Claws
Grandmother Ostrich

Grandfather
Quicksand
Aunts
Two unnamed SandWings

The Brightest Night

Moon Rising,
Darkness of Dragons Winter Turning The Brightest Night, Moon Rising
Winter Turning (graphic
novel)|Winter Turning
'Ostrich' is a female SandWing dragonet who was introduced in The Brightest Night. Formerly a
resident of the Scorpion Den and a member of the Outclaws, she is
currently attending Jade Mountain Academy as a member of the Silver
Winglet.

## Description

Ostrich is small, with nearly-white scales and a tail barb that is not
yet fully developed. She is thin and quiet-looking, as well as the
academy's smallest SandWing.

## Personality

Ostrich is smart and curious, usually excited for class. She lives
squarely and compactly, and although she is one of the kinder, gentler
souls among the Outclaws, she has a streak of ferocity and an iron core
that make her impossible to push around. She refuses to bow to any royal
besides Thorn. She is proud, and even when she is frightened, she can
put on a strong, brave face and be counted on. She also appears to be
talented in music, as she was once seen playing a harp.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Brightest Night

During Sunny's time in the Scorpion Den, Ostrich was shortly
held hostage by Addax as part of his plan to regain his former position
in Burn's army, where his family supposedly resided. He threatened to
kill Ostrich, whom he already had in his grasp if Six-Claws would not
hand over Sunny. This prompted Sunny to come over willingly, as she did
not wish to break up a family. To prevent Thorn and the other Outclaws
from immediately attacking him or following him and his group, Addax
released Ostrich an hour after his group began flying toward SandWing
stronghold|Burn's stronghold. Sunny noticed that Addax released her
while still in sight of the Scorpion Den, before night had fallen, and
thought that perhaps it was so she could find her way back safely.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising

Ostrich was assigned to the Silver Winglet at Jade Mountain Academy. She
helped Qibli and Moonwatcher investigate Onyx by complimenting Onyx on
the black diamonds inset in the older SandWing's scales, asking if they
had hurt, to which Onyx replied they did. It was noted by Moonwatcher
that "the little SandWing was young but smart, and although she was not
sure what Qibli was fishing for she instinctively knew how to help him
get past the older dragon's defenses." Ostrich followed Anemone|Princess
Anemone in the prey center after the fight between Pike and Bigtail.

left Winter Turning

Ostrich was mentioned by Onyx when the SandWing used the Animus
enchantments|Obsidian Mirror to communicate with Vulture.

left
Darkness of Dragons
Qibli thought
about Ostrich and how he was looking forward to seeing her in history
class. When he arrived at the history cave, he noticed that Ostrich was
not there. Later, Sunny entered the history cave and asked Qibli if he
had seen Ostrich, mentioning that she had eaten breakfast with her the
previous day, but had not seen her since. Qibli began a search for
Ostrich but did not find her in the school, and eventually came to the
conclusion that she was not there.

Peril mentioned that she saw Onyx and Ostrich flying away from Jade
Mountain Academy together, and Qibli guessed that Onyx had threatened
Ostrich to make her come. Sunny told Qibli that she tried to
dreamvisitor|dreamvisit Ostrich and could not get through; instead, she
saw a SandWing with dragon skull tattoos, Vulture. After realizing that
Onyx had taken Ostrich to his grandfather, Qibli ventured to the
Scorpion Den with Winter to rescue her.

When they arrived, Vulture brought Ostrich and Onyx out together.
Ostrich immediately jumped into Qibli's arms, explaining how Onyx had lied to her and taken her to the Talons of Power (organization)|Talons
of Power organization. When Qibli lied to Vulture about giving him
information about Thorn, Ostrich was furious, displaying her fierce
loyalty to her queen. Later, when Winter, Qibli, Ostrich, and Cobra
escaped from the Scorpion Den together, Ostrich played the part of a
tattoo artist to hide the true identity of them from Sirocco and
Rattlesnake. When they arrived at Queen Thorn's stronghold, Ostrich,
Cobra, and Winter all complained about being left behind while Qibli
visited Queen Thorn. Later, after the sandstorm Qibli called with
Anemone's enchanted weather bands, Ostrich freed Qibli, Thorn, and
Smolder when she found a door to the dungeon tunnels. In the epilogue,
Clay mentioned that Ostrich was working on a RainWing camouflage project
with Barracuda and Thrush.

## Relationships

### Anemone

Anemone is Ostrich's clawmate and they are in the same winglet at Jade
Mountain Academy. She tolerates her. In the epilogue of Darkness of
Dragons, it was stated that Anemone took her winglet swimming every day,
which presumably included Ostrich.

### Arid

Arid and Ostrich seem to be friends, as they were seen playing
instruments together.

### Pronghorn

Pronghorn and Ostrich seem to be friends, as they were seen playing
instruments together.

### Qibli

Ostrich seems to be a good friend of Qibli, who was also assigned by her
parents to protect her at Jade Mountain Academy.

### Onyx

Ostrich's relationship with Onyx seems to be a one-way relationship,
them being polar opposites. Ostrich is young and bubbly, while Onyx is
much older and stone-cold. Ostrich seems to dislike and distrust Onyx,
especially after her kidnapping.

## Quotes

Qibli! Are you going home? I might go home. Do you think
Father and Thorn would be mad if I went home?
to Qibli about
leaving Jade Mountain Academy Moon Rising

236

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I like the silver scales by your eyes. They're not diamonds,
are they? I wish I had some treasure, or scales that looked like
treasure. They're pretty.
to Moon, about her silver teardrop
scales Moon Rising
237

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Your diamonds are so cool. Did it hurt to get them set between
your scales like that?
to Onyx
Moon Rising
239

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Qibli, I don't like being a hostage. Can we stab all these
dragons in the face so no one will ever think I'd make a good hostage
again, like, ever? And then maybe I need to eat all the camels in
Pyrrhia to get really huge; I bet that would help too.
Super-Huge-Ostrich: Worst Hostage Ever. That is the look I would like to
go for, please.
to Qibli, about being taken hostage by the
Talons of Power
Darkness of Dragons
102-103

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Hmm. Yes, I think we can manage an excellent tattoo of, uh,
your face along here. And perhaps a pattern to match on the other side —
diamonds are always popular, or snakes — Of course, there are always
gem-embedding options. I hear they're painful, but such a statement.

pretending to be a tattoo artist to distract Rattlesnake and
Sirocco
Darkness of Dragons
124

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Well, Onyx told me that Queen Thorn had sent her a message
asking for us, and I thought, whoa, that's kind of awesome, but guess
what, that turned out to be a LIE, Qibli! She was LYING to me? Why
would she DO that? And we were halfway to the palace when suddenly THIS
guy showed up with, like, EIGHTY creepy dragons in hoods and they bossed
us all here instead, although I was pretty sure Thorn wasn't here, and I
was right, and then they said I couldn't leave, and finally I realized
Onyx was actually WORKING with them and I was, like, ARRRGH, NOOO, I'm a
stupid HOSTAGE again, aren't I?
to Qibli, about being taken
hostage by the Talons of Power
Darkness of Dragons
102

## Trivia

  - Ostrich plays the harp.
  - Ostrich's favorite places within Jade Mountain Academy include the
    music room and the library, and Ostrich's least favorite places
    within Jade Mountain Academy include the underground lakes and the
    slopes beneath Stonemover's cave.
  - Six-Claws's mother was also named Ostrich, and may be the namesake
    of his daughter.