'Palm' was an adult female
SandWing who was introduced in Darkness of Dragons. She fled the
SandWing stronghold after attempting to elope with Prince Smolder, and
after several years of living as a fugitive within the Kingdom of Sand,
she was killed by a falling piece of skyfire. Prior to her escape, she
worked in the stronghold kitchen.

## Description

Palm had patterns of light brown freckles across her pale yellow scales.
She was round and soft, with sand-colored wings and a small scar across
her left wing.

## Personality

Before fleeing the Kingdom of Sand, Palm was described to be sweet,
clever, and nervous. However, she eventually became paranoid and
emotionally unstable, constantly plagued by nightmares about Prickle's
imprisonment. She was cautious of the SandWing monarchy, and wished for
Onyx to never interact with it.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Hidden Kingdom

When Glory and Jambu disguised themselves as IceWings to
enter Blaze's fortress, it was explained to them by Blaze that one of
the tapestries was made in the memory of a romantic story of Blaze's
brother, Smolder, falling in love with a Dragons|dragon that her mother
did not approve of, and thought that Queen Oasis might have killed her.
The dragon in the tapestry was Palm, Smolder's love.

left The Brightest Night

In the prologue, Queen Oasis bumped into her daughters, Blaze
and Blister. Blister asked if Smolder was running off with his
girlfriend again, and Oasis stated that she took care of that. Smolder
later mentioned Palm and recounted a story about their love.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising
When Onyx told Moonwatcher and Ostrich about how she found the
piece of skyfire, she explained how it killed Palm when it went through
her head. She considered it to be beautiful and deadly, which made her
love it even more. This suggested that she did not have a strong
connection with Palm, perhaps caused by their constant wandering.

left
Darkness of Dragons
In the prologue,
Palm was running away from the queen's soldiers, who were trying to take
her back to the palace. Just as she was about to pass out, she found
Prickle's oasis and hut. Prickle, her somewhat mean sister, grudgingly
let her in, though she made Palm hand over her earrings in exchange for
letting her stay the night, and they started arguing about Smolder. The
guards burst in, but instead of arresting Palm, they arrested Prickle
because the sisters looked alike and because Prickle was wearing her
sisters' earrings. One of the guards, Agave, recognized the real Palm
but did not mention it to the others because of their friendship from
when they were dragonets. Palm decided to run away and travel the
continent after she realized that she was with the egg.

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### Winglets

left
Deserter
Shortly before Oasis'
death, Smolder was shown crying about Palm's disappearance and possible
death. Six-Claws mentioned that he had known Palm due to her working
under his father, Quicksand, in the kitchen before his death from a
mysterious sickness.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Smolder
mentioned Palm several times throughout his observations on Rose.

## Relationships

### Onyx

When choosing between her sister or her dragonet, she chose her dragonet
at the cost of betraying Prickle. Palm would have kept Onyx shielded
from the world forever if she could have, but Onyx does not seem to
share her mother's affection.

### Prickle

Palm and her twin sister had a rocky relationship. Even before Prickle's
unfair imprisonment, the two sisters did not seem to get along, and
Prickle only agreed to help Palm to gain the fire opal earrings that
Smolder had given her. Palm felt guilty for betraying Prickle and knew
that Prickle would never forgive her, but knew the queen would let her
out as soon as she realized that it was not Palm. In her current state,
Prickle despises Palm for her imprisonment, and Palm had several
nightmares about Prickle's imprisonment before her death.

### Smolder

Palm fell in love with Smolder after he visited the palace kitchens and
kept returning to see her. The two started sneaking out at night and
talking about the future, even going so far as to attempt elopement
despite Oasis' wrath. Even after fleeing from the SandWing stronghold,
Smolder was present within her thoughts. She adored him and would have
happily ran away with him if she could. Palm teased Smolder about his
voice, saying everything he said sounded like a joke.

## Quotes

But I'm not going to die. Not today.
thoughts
Darkness of Dragons
prologue

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But it isn't fair! Why can't he fall in love? Why does his
whole life have to be wasted just so his mother won't feel threatened?
Other royal families aren't like this. Besides, it could be male, and
then no one would even care about it.
to Prickle, about Onyx
and Smolder
Darkness of Dragons
prologue

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If it is a girl — it feels like a girl — then I shall give her
the name you chose and hide her away somewhere secret and safe. She'll
get the chance to be ordinary that you never had. By the moons of
Pyrrhia, I swear she will never have anything to do with thrones or
queens or battles or crowns, for as long as we both shall live.
thoughts towards Smolder about Onyx
Darkness of Dragons

prologue

## Trivia

  - When Agave and Torch arrested Prickle, she screamed that she would
    set the moons on fire and drop them on Palm's head. Ironically, Palm
    was later killed by a falling piece of skyfire.