'Peril' is an adult female SkyWing and the main protagonist of Escaping Peril. She hatched with a
dangerous condition known as SkyWings#Abilities|firescales, and served
as Scarlet's royal champion in the SkyWing Arena until the events of The Dragonet Prophecy. She is the daughter of
Chameleon (in his Soar form) and Kestrel, and is the twin sister of Sky.
She currently attends Jade Mountain Academy as a member of the Jade
Winglet and has romantic feelings for Clay.

## Description

Peril has unusually bright, incandescent, glowing, shimmering,
copper-colored, fiery, metallic-orange scales that emit smoke and heat,
giving her the appearance of burning from the inside. Smoke also seems
to be coming from her mouth. She has a long, pointed tail, with veins of
gold running through her glimmering copper wings, as well as strange,
sinister, sly, startling, eerie, sharp, flame-blue and black eyes, as
though someone had bundled up the sky and immersed it in fire until it
burned from the inside. Her eyes have also been described to be like two
small blue flames blazing through the smoke. She has sharp white teeth
that are not yet stained or blunted and horns that are full size. Her
scales emit a blistering, burning heat that feels like standing too
close to an erupting volcano, and her face conveys quite a few very
intense emotions.

## Personality

As a dragonet, Peril was curious and a little delighted when Scarlet
gave her an unhatched SkyWing egg, as if no one had ever given her a toy
before.

During her time in the Sky Kingdom, she was a brutal killer and did not
seem to care that other dragons feared and detested her, striding around
as if she knew everyone would clear out of her way. Under Scarlet's
rule, she did not feel bad about killing dragons, as she just viewed it
as a routine, and she seemed untroubled by how much death she had
caused, however, she felt remorse for thinking she was responsible for
Sky's death.

Due to Scarlet's lies and manipulation, she believed being a monster was
her true nature and had accepted her one "true self". Despite this
belief of hers, she often tries to make herself as small as possible and
is quiet upon meeting other unfamiliar dragons; she seemed surprised
when Clay offered to talk to her. She has a kind of awkwardness and
sadness to her, and Moonwatcher described Peril's mind as almost
impossible to read; it is all fire, as if she is burning from the inside
out. Moonwatcher believed that Peril is not a happy dragon, but was
unsure if she is evil.

She is not much of a planner, and was astonished to discover that most
dragons do not plan how to kill others if needed upon first meeting
them. Additionally, she is not skilled at remembering faces, as she
always forgets to concentrate on storing their features because she is
sizing them up as a potential combatant instead. She does not like
following anyone, and loves the idea of family.

She is also fierce, sensible, unrepentant, strange, matter-of-fact,
proud, bold, loyal,[1] loving, sarcastic, curious, prone to rage,
stubborn, and hopeful. She is neither clever nor sideways, and she often
tackles problems by flying at them directly. She has an astoundingly
fierce lack of stealth, either by always making the most noise, picking
fights or accidentally blowing something up. She has a strong
personality, which is often met with dislike from other dragons;
however, she often attempts to be polite, and she feels devastated when
her actions negatively affect those she loves. She also felt monstrous
upon accidentally injuring Winter, and felt a familiar vast emptiness
opening up inside her, with freezing winds shrieking through the
darkness that she was to blame. She believes that being ordinary sounds
wonderful, and was delighted when Animus enchantments#Treasure|Soar's
enchantment took place and she was able to touch things normally. She
also believes that being alone is awful. She laughed and considered
herself to be free, with nothing to worry about anymore, now that her
firescales were gone. Even under the enchantment, however, Peril was
still aware that she did not kill dragons anymore, and doubted what the
right thing to do was.

After the War of SandWing Succession, Peril often second-guesses if she
has the right to be anywhere, after everything she has done, and she is
considered the most dangerous dragon in Pyrrhia. She felt contempt for
her hopeful former self, whom she considered idiotic because she had
expected her life to change after saving Clay from a dragonbite viper;
on the contrary, she has developed ragged holes on the inside that have
been caused by other dragons fearing and hating her. She is largely
unaware of how friends are supposed to act towards one another, as Clay
has to frequently remind her that companions should not threaten one
another. In addition, she is unsure of how to reassure others; she has
an uncanny ability to say whatever is the opposite of comforting. She is
not great at reading the emotions of another dragon. Flying is
especially important to Peril because it is the only thing she can enjoy
in such a joyful, uncomplicated way - she does not have to constantly
make herself small and watch her perimeter to avoid setting anything on
fire whilst in flight. She felt thrilled and grinned at the opportunity
to kill dragons who were attacking her, regarding the action as fun, but
became genuinely offended and glared at Avalanche when she suggested
that Peril might be worse than Scarlet; additionally, Queen Ruby stated
that Peril had claimed to be peaceful. She also became fully relieved
upon learning her accidental explosion had not seriously injured anyone
within Possibility. She can hurt dragons with her words, and stated that
she does not care if a dragon wants to think horrible thoughts about
her. She hates worrying about things, and does not ever have mild
emotions. Dragons usually do not let her help with things or tell her
secrets before telling anyone else, and Peril once wondered that if her
disappearance would really be such a great loss to the world, as she
doubted anyone would miss her. Though she does not feel bad about
killing other dragons, she believes that hurting a dragonet like Cliff
is brutal and unnecessary. Soar was astonished at how strong she was,
and at how quickly she overcame his enchantment.

After pledging her loyalty to Ruby and overcoming Soar's enchantment,
Peril vowed to stay exactly the way she was, with no magic to help her.
She began to realize that she does not want shortcuts to become better,
for Clay or for anyone else, and wants to accept the dragon she was, and
only then working towards becoming the dragon she wants to be. She does
feel just as muddled as to what to do next, and still sometimes has
vengeful thoughts, but she feels more and more like herself the farther
away she goes from Soar's enchantment. Her mind is now a lot less
inferno-like, and for the first time, Peril was able to make a decision
with a clear, strong bolt of That was the right thing to do upon burning
Darkstalker's scroll; she also knew that even if Clay was never aware of
her decision, she would still know that she did the right thing, and
that was good enough for her.

## Biography

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Pre-Series
Peril is the daughter of
Kestrel and Soar. Their egg held two dragonets — a very rare occurrence
— but while Peril was still in the egg, she absorbed her brother's
fire, leaving him with none and Peril with too much. Dragonets like
Peril — referred to as having "firescales," — were usually thrown off
the highest mountain peak in SkyWing culture, but Scarlet said that she
would allow Kestrel to keep one of her dragonets so long as she killed
the other.

Kestrel chose to kill Peril's brother, Sky, whom she thought was weaker
and would not survive anyway, by dropping him in a river. However,
Scarlet reversed the order and told Kestrel to kill her other dragonet
as well. Kestrel tried to flee with Peril, but was too badly burned by
her dragonet's firescales and was forced to drop her before fleeing,
leaving Peril at the mercy of Queen Scarlet.
[File:PerilPast.png|thumb|Kestrel](File:PerilPast.png%7Cthumb%7CKestrel)
being forced to abandon Peril Since then, Peril spent her childhood and
early adult life as Queen Scarlet's puppet. Scarlet used her in
gladiatorial arena battles for the queens own entertainment and ordered
her to kill dragons who had somehow displeased her. She also deceived
Peril into trusting her by lying about her past; Scarlet told Peril that
she killed her brother in their egg and that Kestrel had tried to kill
her, but Scarlet saved Peril and sentenced Kestrel to death. Scarlet
also manipulated Peril into believing that she had to eat black rocks,
possibly coal, every day to survive with firescales as a ploy to force
Peril to both rely on Scarlet and rely on staying within the Sky
Kingdom. She once tried not to eat them, as she was mad Scarlet would
not tell her more about her mother, and Scarlet put poison in her food
so Peril would become extremely sick, causing her to assume it was
because of the black rocks.

As a young dragonet of about a year and a half old, Peril was kept in a
cage of black rocks, similar to the ones she "had to" eat, by Scarlet.
On the day before the brightest night, Scarlet had her demonstrate her
deadly capabilities to Burn, Hawk, Vermilion, Princess Ruby, the rest of
Scarlet's children, and the SkyWing court by burning seven out of the
eight SkyWing eggs scheduled to hatch on the brightest night to ash.
Peril seemed worried that Scarlet would be mad at her for burning the
egg handed to her, and hesitated before Scarlet ordered her to burn the
rest of them.

Peril could burn through any substance but solid rock, making her nearly
invulnerable, yet cursed, as she could not touch any other dragon
without burning them, besides Clay and other MudWings hatched from
blood-red eggs. Due to her invulnerability and ability to easily burn
opponents to death, she was raised by Queen Scarlet to become her arena
champion, where she killed hundreds of dragons in the arena without a
second thought, becoming a "monster" who did not know how to be "nice."
Thanks to Queen Scarlet, killing was the only thing Peril knew and was
"good" at.

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### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy
The Talons of Peace#Dragonets of Destiny|dragonets
of destiny had noted that their SkyWing guardian, Kestrel, had odd
scorch marks on her talons and face, but they never asked her where they
came from.
[File:PerilBefriendingClay.png|thumb|Peril](File:PerilBefriendingClay.png%7Cthumb%7CPeril)
befriending Clay Later, when Clay was taken as a prisoner, Peril
befriended him, and began to develop strong feelings for him when he was
the only dragon who understood her right. When Clay told her that, when
he hatched, he was supposedly so vicious towards the other eggs that the
Talons of Peace#Guardians of the Dragonets|guardians of the dragonets
had to throw him in the river, (proven later to be his
MudWings#Society|bigwings instincts), Peril suggested that maybe they
were both born to kill, and seemed pleased at the idea that someone else
was like her.
[File:KestrelAndPeril.png|thumb|left|Kestrel](File:KestrelAndPeril.png%7Cthumb%7Cleft%7CKestrel),
and Peril recognizing each other Inside the arena, Peril helped heal
Clay's scratches and wounds by fetching and pouring warm mud on his back
and later helped him rescue his friends. At one point, Queen Scarlet
forbade Peril from watching Kestrel's trial, and Peril mentioned that
she had not been prohibited from doing so before and wanted to know why,
so she decided to hide behind Clay and watch the trial in secret. She
then learned the truth about her mother, who turned out to be Kestrel,
and angrily called upon the SkyWing palace#SkyWing Arena|Champion's
Shield so she could try to protect her from execution when Scarlet
ordered it. Although this ultimately resulted in the death of Peril's
older friend Osprey, Peril bought her mother some time. Before Peril
left, she told Kestrel, "I may not want you to die, but I don't want to
know you," and later regretted this.

Peril attempted to help Clay and his friends escape, only to betray them
to Scarlet so that she would not have to lose Clay, who she had grown
strongly attached to and slightly possessive of.

Later, Peril was pitted against Clay in Scarlet's Arena for the
Champion's Shield face-off. Peril was not used to dragons fighting back,
giving Clay a slight advantage. Clay attempted to convince Peril to be
friends, while Peril tried to get him to abandon the other dragonets for
her, but Clay refused to. Due to his strength, Clay had pinned her down.
Then the supposedly sleeping Glory spat her corrosive venom at Princess
Burn, who pushed Queen Scarlet in front of her to protect herself and
made the venom melt half of Scarlet's face, causing the arena to erupt
into panic and confusion. Every dragon thought it was an attack and
fled, and then only the prisoners were left in the arena. At this
moment, with a bit of hesitation, Peril relented and helped Clay and his
friends escape.
[File:PerilLeaving.png|thumb|Peril](File:PerilLeaving.png%7Cthumb%7CPeril)
leaving Clay and the others After Clay and his friends escaped, it was
briefly thought that Peril was the 'Wings of Sky' in the prophecy, but
Kestrel noted that Peril was a year too old. During the escape, Peril
made peace with her mother Kestrel, although she did not go with her,
claiming that they will meet up one day to learn more about each other.
Sadly, this never happened, however, as Kestrel was killed by Blister in
the epilogue of the book.

left The Brightest Night

When Ruby claimed the SkyWing throne, she exiled Peril from
the Sky Kingdom because of her abilities. Ruby claimed that she was
dangerous and threatened her with execution if she ever returned. Ruby
also thought that Peril had murdered her sister, Tourmaline, as a young
dragonet. Peril left and began searching for Ex-Queen Scarlet, the only
mother figure she had left.

Sunny found Peril sneaking around SandWing stronghold|Burn's stronghold,
intending to free Scarlet from Burn's clutches. At this time, Thorn and
the Outclaws were attacking the stronghold, trying to save Sunny, and
were vastly outnumbered. Peril asked about Kestrel, and when told about
her mother's fate; she was overtaken by sorrow, upset that she had never
gotten to properly know her.

Sunny begged Peril to stop the fight between the Outclaws and Burn's
soldiers. Peril did so, but only so Sunny would let her free Scarlet.

Later, Sunny and Peril followed Smolder and Thorn into the tower housing
Burn's collection of strange things, including Scarlet. Scarlet ordered
Peril to free her and Peril claimed that she would only do so when Sunny
was out of the ex-queen's reach. Scarlet became aggressive and Peril
refused to free her. The group then left without Scarlet.

While the Outclaws are busy freeing Sunny, Peril manages to free Scarlet
and they flew away towards the Sky Kingdom, but Scarlet left Peril and
disappeared.

During the choosing of the SandWing queen, Clay was bitten by a
dragonbite viper on the leg, and its venom rapidly began to spread
around his body. Peril had a moment of panic and sorrow, feeling as
though the world would end for her if Clay died. Denying that Clay would
perish, Peril tackled him, stabbed her talons into his leg, and burned
out the poison. Although Clay had fireproof scales, Peril's claws put
him in terrible pain; he thrashed, trying to throw her off, but several
other dragons held him down. Although Peril left a nasty scar and limp,
her attack did end up saving his life. Afterward, Clay said that maybe
Peril was their "Wings of Fire". Saying this left Peril hopeful, though
not for long. She then burned and killed the other dragonbite viper by
stamping on it.

At the end of The Brightest Night, Peril was
mentioned to have been searching for Scarlet.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising
Peril
came to Jade Mountain Academy at Clay's request. Many students were
afraid when she arrived, and Starflight even thought that she was Queen
Scarlet, as he heard screams saying, 'Help! The SkyWing! She's come to
kill us all!'. As he prepared to fight, Moonwatcher points out that it
is Peril, and not Queen Scarlet as he had thought. Tsunami said that
they already had a SkyWing in each winglet because they did not know she
was coming. The dragonets of destiny decided to give her a room by
herself because they did not want her burning up the other students.

Tsunami was not happy about Peril coming to the school, but Clay
reasoned that every dragon deserved a second chance. Winter and Icicle,
along with almost every other IceWing, were appalled that the dragonets
allowed her to attend, as she had killed many IceWing prisoners in
Scarlet's arena.

During the history cave fire, Peril helped pull Carnelian out of the
fire but was unable to save her. This left her talon prints on her body,
which Ruby later used as an accusation of the death.

In the epilogue, Scarlet entered Peril's dreams using a dreamvisitor.
Peril's dream was shown to be filled with several Scarlets chasing her
through the SkyWing palace and burnt dragon corpses popping out to
attack her.

left Winter Turning

Peril is talked about by Winter, Moon, Kinkajou, and Qibli in the
rainforest, though not in a good way. Kinkajou and Winter suspect her to
be still working for Scarlet, possibly also part of the Jade Mountain
Prophecy.

Peril later appeared in the epilogue of Winter Turning as Darkstalker is
reading her mind while she is pacing in an empty cave. Her mind is
described as a "blazing mess of flames." Her dreams are haunted by
Scarlet and her heart is given entirely to Clay, the one known dragon
she cannot hurt. Darkstalker was not sure what future was ahead of her,
but he knew one thing; this dragon could change everything.

left Escaping Peril

Queen Ruby had came to Jade Mountain Academy to perform the proper
SkyWing death rituals for Carnelian, after her untimely demise due to
being killed by the result of an exploding Plants#Dragonflame
cactus|dragonflame cactus in the Academy's history cave. Clay had told
Peril to stay inside her cave until Ruby left, but Peril, under the
impression that Clay had come, leapt into the hallway, nearly bumping
into Turtle. He prompted her to eavesdrop on Carnelian's proceedings.
They heard a loud roar, making Peril assume that Queen Ruby was just
told of Peril's presence in Jade Mountain. Queen Ruby started yelling at
the dragonets of destiny but is interrupted by Scarlet's sudden arrival.

Peril, the Dragonets, Turtle, and Queen Ruby then go to confront
Scarlet. Scarlet was holding what seemed like the head of Queen Glory,
which she then proceeded to throw at the gathered crowd of dragons.
After throwing the head, Scarlet took her escape, flying away from the
watching dragons. Ruby demanded to know why Peril is in Jade Mountain,
but Peril replied that even Queen Ruby could not keep her from her
friends.

Clay, Ruby, and Peril studied the head in horror, but after some closer
inspection done by Turtle, he found out that the head was an
enchantment. Scarlet had apparently decapitated a MudWing and had it
enchanted to look exactly like Glory with a scrap of paper. They all
came to the conclusion that it had to be the work of an animus dragon.
Ruby decided to take the head to Moorhen to identify whose it was as it
may be close to Scarlet's location.

A little while later, Peril is left alone with Clay and Turtle. Peril
asked Clay what he wanted her to do. He replied , saying that "he won't
be another Scarlet and tell her what to do," though Peril still wanted
him to tell her what to do.

Peril later figured out what Clay really wanted: His friends and the
academy to be safe. The only way to do that was to kill Queen Scarlet,
so she set off through the mountains with Turtle following her, to her
annoyance. A little while into their expedition, they were ambushed by
five members of the Talons of Peace (Cirrus, a Unnamed
characters#MudWings| MudWing, Nautilus, another Unnamed
characters#SeaWings| SeaWing and Avalanche), who did not know who they
were or if they were conspiring with Scarlet. After the Talons members
confirmed that everyone was on the same side, Turtle and Peril were
allowed to continue on to Possibility to find the rest of the Jade
Winglet. During this, she has a heated exchange with Avalanche, ending
with "… but I'll forget you exist in a minute, so I don't actually care
if you die."

Later on, Peril and Turtle stopped for dinner, and Turtle threw a piece
of fish into her mouth so that it was still wet and not burned. After
this, Peril decided that she liked fish better when it was burned.
Later, Peril discovered Turtle rolling a smooth rock between his
shoulders, which she thought was a bit odd, but decided that SeaWings
must have some peculiar ability to heal themselves with river rocks.

Peril and Turtle continued on toward Possibility, and repeatedly caught
small glimpses of a strange NightWing, Shapeshifter. When they finally
reached the town, Turtle suggested that Peril should travel underwater
so that she could not be as easily spotted, which turned out to be a
good tactic. However, when she came out of the water, a dragonflame
cactus (in the process of being sold, presumably to the Talons of Power) exploded at her feet after brushing her
scales. The explosion did not severely injure any dragons, but it led
Qibli and Moonwatcher to Peril and Turtle. Peril started thinking about
how she would defeat them, to which Moon then revealed that she was a
mind-reader. She also suggested that Peril should stop thinking about
how to kill them.

After Turtle left to go see Kinkajou, Peril decided to blow off some
steam and flew into the desert. She ran into Winter and Foeslayer, who
were traveling back to Possibility. Winter was enraged to see her and
accused Peril of conspiring with Scarlet. They get into a fight and
Peril accidentally burns Winter while she was attempting to get away
from him. Foeslayer commented on how she had not seen firescales in a
long time, and Peril told her to get help.

Turtle, Moon, and Qibli came rushing to Winter and Peril, panicking
about what to do. Turtle then heals Winter with a rock that he had
enchanted, revealing him as an animus. Everyone was surprised by this,
but Turtle assured them that he was perfectly fine at the moment,
indicating that he had not gone insane from overuse of magic. Moon then
told Peril about the prophecy, and Peril discovered that they thought
the first part was about her. Winter proceeded insulted her, causing her
to fly off, angry and hurt. She then met an odd SkyWing who claimed that
he is her father, Soar. He told her to follow him and led her right to
Queen Scarlet. After Scarlet ripped off one of Soar's necklaces, he is
revealed to be a lime-colored RainWing named Chameleon with invariable
scales. He told Peril about his animus powers (which really came from an
animus scroll he had) and offered to give her an enchanted necklace that
can remove her firescales. Peril agreed to this. However, the
enchantment also includes other conditions, like becoming loyal to Queen
Scarlet, forgetting about Clay, and assisting the former SkyWing queen
to take back her kingdom.

Scarlet, Peril, and Soar entered the Sky Kingdom. They entered the
hatchery, where Scarlet is humiliated by some of the dragonets, but she
ignored them and asked for her grandson, Prince Cliff. They captured the
prince and brought him into the throne room, planning to hold him for
ransom until Ruby came and agreed to give up her kingdom in order to
keep her son safe. Ruby accused Peril of killing Tourmaline and
betraying her friends, which Scarlet replied to by saying that
Tourmaline was still alive, but hidden. Ruby was shocked, but Scarlet
dismissed this quickly and forced her to give up her kingdom. An unknown
MudWing asked Peril about what Clay would think. She simply looked at
the MudWing and asked who Clay was, making Ruby realize that there was a
spell on Peril. Peril stated that she was only "following orders" from
Scarlet. Ruby ordered two of her soldiers to lock herself up in one of
the dungeons where Kestrel was once held.

Scarlet asked Peril and Soar to watch over the prince while she was
gone. While they were watching over Cliff, Soar revealed himself as the
dragon who harmed Kinkajou for her being a RainWing, to which Peril
replied with shock. While the two were distracted, Cliff had managed to
escape and reunited with his mother. Scarlet appeared and told Peril to
kill them. She refused, finally realizing she had been under a spell.
She was about to kill Scarlet herself before Ruby officially challenged
Scarlet to a duel for the throne. During the duel, Ruby had been
severely beaten down by Scarlet and was close to losing the fight. While
things were not looking well for Ruby, Peril realized that Ruby must
have also been under a spell and destroyed Ruby's earring. It revealed
to the crowd and Ruby herself that Ruby had always been Tourmaline all
along. Peril suggested to Tourmaline to end the duel to which Tourmaline
agreed. Tourmaline then finished the duel by snapping Scarlet's neck and
shouting, "For the SkyWings!", ending Scarlet's terrible reign. After
Scarlet's defeat, Turtle arrived next to Peril, in his attempt to
"rescue" Peril, which delighted her.

In the end, Tourmaline thanked Peril and Peril revealed who Chameleon
was, forcing him to show Tourmaline what the scroll could do. Chameleon
was also forced to turn Tourmaline back into Ruby, as Tourmaline stated
that she only wanted the appearance of Ruby. While the SkyWing were
partying after Scarlet's defeat, Peril came to Ruby to apologize for
what happened to the SkyWing eggs on the Brightest Night. Ruby stopped
her, saying that it was not her fault and that Peril could better
herself if they let her try. She also allowed Peril to be able to return
to the Sky Kingdom whenever she pleased. Suddenly a guard came to Ruby,
telling Ruby about Chameleon's escape. Peril and Turtle left to meet up
with the rest of the Jade Winglet.

Together, the five forcefully confiscated Chameleon's scroll. After they
retrieved the scroll, Moon revealed to them that the scroll belonged to
Darkstalker. After some argument between Winter and Moon, the group
decided to wait for tomorrow to decide what to do with the scroll. They
all woke up and found that Moonwatcher had left on her own to deal with
Darkstalker. They decided to send Peril after Moon as she was the
fastest out of all of them, where Peril discovered Moon crying after
reading about what Darkstalker had done to Arctic. The rest of the group
arrived and started arguing about what to do with the scroll. As the
fight unfolded, Peril decided to burn the scroll, saying that it was
"too much power for one dragon to have." However, in the course of doing
so, she had accidentally released Darkstalker. Since the power no longer
had a vessel, it had returned to Darkstalker and he was able to use it
to escape his prison underground. Darkstalker burst free from the earth,
ominously thanking Peril for her role in his escape.

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As soon as she saw Darkstalker rise from the mountain, Peril tried to
attack him. He pushed her away and persuaded her that he was her friend,
and reminded her that he was invulnerable. Peril was then told that she
was the reason Darkstalker was free, and her wings drooped. She kept
curling and uncurling her talons while Darkstalker had his talon on her
head. Then after the other dragonets went hunting, she had a talk with
Turtle. She told him that she felt guilty, and he replied that she still
did the right thing. Peril then told Turtle to kill Darkstalker with his
magic and that he should make it something really cool, like
Darkstalker's face falling off or his insides exploding. She then went
hunting with Qibli, Winter, Moon, and Darkstalker while Turtle left to
warn the school.

Later, Peril told Turtle that he should not kill Darkstalker. She said
that he was very nice to her and that they were alike, and dragons
should not be scared of them. She then told Turtle that he needed to
stop hiding and go talk to Darkstalker. When he did not, she shrugged
and announced that she was going to go talk to Clay. After some more
awkward conversation, she left to talk to Clay.

Upon hearing a whoosh and yelling, Qibli looked out into the hallway,
seeing that Peril accidentally set a scroll on fire. She asked who left
it lying on the ground and Boto said that it was his homework. She told
him that he should not leave it around, and Turtle said that Peril was
very sorry too. She apologized to the RainWing, saying he should be
thankful it was not his tail. Boto got scared and left, Peril shouting
after him that he should not leave his tail laying around either. Turtle
said she was spreading terror before bedtime, and she said she thought
it was a good apology. She told them about her conversation with Clay,
and Qibli said Clay liked her too but does not know what to do about it.
Qibli said to give him lots and lots and lots of time to figure it out.
Peril saw Turtle packing and asked where he was going, to which he
replied the rainforest; and she seemed a little depressed, her wings
drooping and her scales almost setting fire to a scroll rack. Peril said
she wished she could go, too, but Queen Glory forbade no fire in the
rainforest. Then she said that she will miss Turtle a little, and Turtle
responded by saying she will not because she has Clay to hang out with.
She tried to hide her smile. After this, Peril was not shown in the
book.

left
Darkness of Dragons
While Qibli
tried to duplicate his earring in Turtle's bowl, Peril entered the cave
to see what he was yelling at. She began scolding the bowl in an attempt
to make Qibli feel better. He told her that the bowl was used to
duplicate objects, but he could not remember the command to duplicate.
Peril suggested adding "please" to the end of his guesses as Turtle
would. Once he successfully began duplicating the earring, he tried to
give her one to see if it would work on her. Peril refused, being
careful after the episode with the necklace, adding 'But it won't
survive long enough to do anything to me anyway.' Though she tried
putting the earring on, but it melted as soon as it touched her. When
Qibli remarked that it shielded the wearer from Darkstalker's spells,
she retorted that she would not need it anyway, proving that she was
still under Darkstalker's spell. When Qibli wondered where Ostrich and Onyx went, Peril told him she saw two SandWings
leaving the school a little while back and thought they would be back
after everyone calmed down. She followed Qibli around a little bit
before he left for the Scorpion Den.

Later, Peril was shown during the first attack of the Battle of Jade
Mountain, threatening to burn every dragon who dared to hurt Clay. She
also threatened to burn every dragon unless they "talked everything
out," which did not work due to the arrival of the rest of Darkstalker's
and newly crowned Snowfall's army.

She also had a small point-of-view in the epilogue of the book. Peril
finally became a student at Jade Mountain as part of the Jade Winglet,
and wanted Starflight to make fireproof scrolls for her after he and
Tamarin finish their project on making scrolls blind dragons could read.
She went to the prey center looking for RainWing food to set on fire and
cook, and she met up with Clay. She and Siamang, a RainWing from the
Quartz Winglet, had apparently started hanging out and "invented" a
"cooked mashed-up apple thing that is awesome." Clay then told her that
it is applesauce and that it was already invented. Peril retorted saying
that theirs was probably the best. She then asks him if they could go
flying together, and Clay said he would love to.

-----

### Legends

left
Dragonslayer
While escaping from the
SkyWing palace to avoid being eaten, Leaf noticed a copper-colored
dragon swoop past him, leaving a "wave of fiery warmth." This dragon was
followed by a "blue dragon" and a "brown dragon," who stops and helps
him get to a safer ledge. This matches the scenario in The Dragonet
Prophecy in which Tsunami and Clay are helping Peril to rescue Kestrel
during their escape from the SkyWing palace.

-----

### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Peril
was mentioned by Fatespeaker in the guide's opening letter when she
wrote that she and Peril helped write the letter too.

In the SeaWing chapter, Peril was mentioned by Turtle in his letter to
Starflight about celebrating his hatching day at Jade Mountain Academy.

In the NightWing chapter, Peril was briefly mentioned by Glory when she
brought up firescales while telling Mastermind about the special powers
tribes other than the NightWings have.

In the SkyWing chapter, she was mentioned as one of the dragons Scarlet
wanted dead.

## Relationships

### Chameleon

Upon first meeting his daughter, Chameleon smiled. After talking with
him, Peril realized that he sounded a lot like herself, and they were
able to bond over other dragons misunderstanding them. As soon as
Chameleon had realized that Peril was his daughter, he rushed to meet
her; additionally, he described her as powerful, amazing, and
terrifying, stating "Who wouldn't be proud of that?" He acknowledged his
absence in Peril's life, but stated that he would like to change that by
giving Peril a necklace that would take away her firescales. He trusted
her with the secret of his animus shapes and stated that his loyalty was
to Peril first and to Scarlet second. After Chameleon revealed that he
had been the one who had attacked Kinkajou, Peril was appalled at him.
Though Peril felt that she should be the one empathizing with her
father, she still felt what he did to Kinkajou was brutal and
unnecessary.

Despite feeling that something was wrong, Peril tried to convince
herself that Chameleon gave her the necklace because he loves her and
understands what it is like to be different and the desire to be normal.
However, as soon as Peril discovered that he had tricked her with the
necklace, he quickly offered other alternatives with magic, to which
Peril declined, bristling. After stating that she could not trust him,
he wilted a little, but Peril was far from feeling sorry for him. She
considers him one of the worst dragons she has ever met after Scarlet.
When he escaped from the Sky Kingdom, he said nothing to Peril, causing
her to believe that he maybe had not thought of her at all, despite her
deliberately not telling Ruby about his shapes because he loved them so
much and she wanted to leave him part of his magic.

Even after her father's betrayal, Peril believed that Chameleon had a
part of him that wanted to accept her as part of a family, and could not
bear to see him suffering. He believes that Peril betrayed him, and
while he is willing to admit that he also betrayed her, he thinks that
she does not want to see him again. Peril still wonders if she will ever
see her father again, though Clay reassures her that she does not need
Chameleon.

### Clay

Upon initially meeting him, Peril was oddly excited to discover that
Clay believed he had tried to kill his nestmates during hatching, but
after Clay admitted that he hoped he was not the same as Peril, she
became hurt. She enjoys talking to Clay, and regards him as "blazing";
Peril believed that Clay liked her how she was, and although Clay was
hesitant towards her, he found that Peril was not entirely awful, and
possessed an awkwardness and sadness that he understood. He is honest
with her, and she disobeyed Scarlet's orders in order to talk with him
in addition to bringing him mud and food to help him heal from the
arena. When talking to her, Clay's guilt about Fjord's death and his
friends' capture seemed lighter, and he regards her as kind, outside of
the arena. She avoided Clay after Osprey's death because she wanted to
keep him out of danger, but she easily became angry and jealous when
Clay mentioned how important Glory and Sunny were to him, and later
betrayed Clay and his friends to Scarlet because she was afraid of him
leaving. Clay felt sadness at her betrayal and guilt over trusting her
afterwards, although he felt sympathy for Peril because she had no other
friends. After escaping the Sky Kingdom, Clay invited Peril to join him
and his friends on the journey to the Diamond Spray Delta, and although
Peril refused, she did so on the grounds that until she could become
safer and better, she believed she did not deserve to come with them.

Whenever Peril sees Clay in present-day Pyrrhia, she often becomes
startled, and then tries to casually brush it off. She becomes violent
towards those who hurt him, she often intentionally appears in locations
where she knows Clay will be, and her heart gives small bounces when she
sees him. She hopes she does not imagine the extra bit of sweetness in
his smiles towards her, and he often is physically affectionate towards
her, to Peril's delight. Clay is reassuring towards her, and all Peril
wants is to be with him. She is willing to obey everything he says, and
is often held back from violence by thinking about him. His voice feels
like wings spreading inside her heart, and although Peril wanted to wrap
her wings around him when he was reminded of Sora's betrayal, she knew
it would only hurt him more. She thinks of his soul as a torch that will
never go out, burning clear and true all night long. Clay says that
Peril can be whoever she wants to be, and although all she wants to do
is take care of him, she felt jealous over the thought of him mourning
Glory's passing. She was worried that he and Sunny shared secrets she
might be unaware of, thinking "Doesn't Clay know he can tell me
anything?", and felt an intense stab of jealousy when he twined his tail
with Sunny's. The idea of leaving him is heart-wrenching to her, but she
was still willing to separate from him in order to kill Scarlet.

She cares for his safety and bases many of her decisions upon his
wellbeing, but she becomes jealous when he acts supportive and
reassuring to other dragons besides her. She wants, above all, to take
care of him, but often feels jealous of his other relationships;
something she is often ashamed of. Clay speaks to her in a soft, warning
voice when Peril is about to hurt others, and gives her sweet, grateful
smiles when she restrains herself from violence. His smile lights
candles in her heart, and he wants Peril to make her own choices. Peril,
however, was completely willing to become a dragon completely changed to
Clay's tastes, and she doubted if he would miss her if she disappeared.
Ruby, however, was baffled at the effects of Soar's spell, stating
"Peril would never just forget about Clay." In Peril's own words, Clay
is the dragon who changed her, and was the only dragon willing to give
her a second chance. Her heart sang when she removed the enchantment and
was able to remember him again, but she also worried that without him,
she went straight back to being a monster.

Clay sees the good in her and believes that she is more than Scarlet's
killer, encouraging her to become better and wanting her to make her own
choices. However, he winces when she touches him, and he watches her
wings carefully whenever she is near anything flammable; Peril is unsure
if he would change her firescales if he could. When thinking about what
she wanted most, an image of Clay wrapping his wings around her and
never letting go flashed through her mind; however, Peril believes she
is a long way off from getting or deserving that, and is worried that
she might not be able to accept it if Clay did not love her back.

### Cliff

Upon first being under Scarlet's control, Cliff was ordered to stand
close to Peril. Because of Cliff's small size and young age, Peril
thought that she never would have dared put him in that sort of danger
if she still had her firescales. She wanted to hug him and tell him not
to be scared, but could not due to her firescales facade. When she spoke
to him, she hoped her voice sounded kind, and he sang a song for her
before falling asleep. Even while being enchanted with loyalty to
Scarlet, Peril had second thoughts about following her potential orders
to burn Cliff. She then felt a wild, brief impulse to give Cliff back to
Ruby safely. Peril later referred to him as "little friend" and
apologized for him not being allowed to hug Ruby. She later defended
Cliff against Scarlet and took care to make sure he was not injured by
her burning scales. She watched over him during the battle between
Scarlet and Ruby, and comforted him when Ruby's physical form returned
to Tourmaline's. He giggled at one of Peril's jokes.

### Kestrel

After Peril discovered that Kestrel was her mother, she called upon the
tradition of the Champion's Shield for Kestrel's release, and freed her
from the Sky Palace after Glory attacked Scarlet. However, when Kestrel
expressed wanting to talk to Peril, she stated that because she believed
Kestrel killed Sky and abandoned Peril, she had no desire to know her.
She spoke to Kestrel without any warmth in her voice, and when Kestrel
offered Peril to come with her after they escaped the Sky Kingdom, she
refused, stating that she had never imagined Kestrel as she was, and
thought that Kestrel would not be good for her. When she was informed of
her mother's death by Sunny, she was devastated.

### Osprey

Osprey was often kind to Peril because she would listen to his stories
of his past. Osprey taught Peril about several SkyWing laws, including
that of the Champion's Shield, and he was one of her only friends before
he died. He also taught her how to read and write. When Osprey died, she
tried to catch him, until she realized catching him would make him hurt
even more. When he fell, she felt a vast emptiness open up inside her.

### Ruby

Peril was initially neutral with Ruby, before she became queen. Ruby
would stay out of Peril's way and usually stayed quiet around Peril. She
never seemed "queenly" at all to Peril. When Ruby became queen, however,
her first decree as queen was to banish Peril from the Sky Kingdom.
Peril did not understand why until she saw the look on Ruby's face when
she realized that Ruby hated her. Ruby immediately reacted with
hostility when she saw Peril at Jade Mountain. After Peril came back to
the Sky Kingdom, under Chameleon's spell, Ruby blamed her as the reason
for everything that's wrong in the Sky Kingdom. She also accuses her for
the death of her sister, Tourmaline. When Peril does not seem to
remember Clay, Ruby immediately realizes that she is under a spell. She
recognizes that Clay was the only dragon that gave Peril a second
chance. Right before Peril was about to kill Scarlet, Ruby asked her to
stop. Peril stopped, knowing that if she wanted to be trusted again, she
had to listen to Ruby and even called Ruby her "new queen". After Ruby
(Tourmaline at the time) had won the fight, she asked Peril if she knew
any dragon that could change her back to Ruby. While Peril was hesitant
to tell her, she ultimately decided to show Chameleon to her, deciding
that it was the right thing to do. After Tourmaline became Ruby again,
Peril started to apologize for the bad things she's done. Ruby stopped
her, saying that she knew Scarlet was Peril's only parental figure and
how no one tried to see her as a real dragon. She continued saying that
Peril can make up for what she did if they let her try. To make things
official, she allowed Peril return back to the Sky Kingdom whenever she
pleases.

### Scarlet

Scarlet has always been afraid of Peril, even when she was a young
dragonet. Peril worried often that Scarlet might be angry with her, and
when Peril questioned her decisions as a tiny dragonet, Scarlet
responded coldly, "You are my champion. You do as I tell you to." After
following Scarlet's orders to burn several SkyWing eggs, she looked at
Scarlet with a hungry look in her eyes - a "do you love me now?" look.

Later in Peril's life, Scarlet's treatment towards her remained similar.
She disliked when Peril spoke to other dragons, and often spent her time
scolding Peril for any new thing she had done wrong. Before the events
of The Dragonet Prophecy, Peril did whatever Scarlet told her to, and
was indignant on Scarlet's behalf when insulted. She was eager to please
the queen, and became afraid whenever she disappointed Scarlet, despite
the fact that Scarlet rarely had time to talk to her and was typically
angry with her. She believed that Scarlet was normally right. She also
learned some of Scarlet's mannerisms from watching her. Scarlet was the
closest thing to a mother that Peril ever had, thinking that Scarlet
saved her egg, but she ordered Peril to kill dragons in horrible ways
each day, and she was dismissive towards Peril's distress after Scarlet
killed Osprey. Peril believed that if Scarlet discovered that Peril
enjoyed Clay's company, she would do something awful to him in order to
punish her. Peril later discovered that her obligation to eat black
rocks was merely Scarlet trying to keep Peril under her control, as
Scarlet poisoned her regular food, fooling her into believing the black
rocks were her only dietary options.

When Sunny confronts Peril in the weirdling tower, Peril defends
Scarlet, despite all the terrible things she's done to her. After Peril
had risked her life to rescue Scarlet from Burn's weirdling tower,
Scarlet threw a reindeer hoof at Peril's head before calling her
annoying and disobedient, as well as implying that she was not a good
daughter. Peril still, however, had felt that Scarlet was somehow her
responsibility, causing Peril to free Scarlet from the SandWing
stronghold; additionally, Scarlet had slithered through Peril's dreams
when she was asleep until she had been rescued. Peril became slightly
vindictive towards Scarlet during a conversation in Escaping Peril, and
was consciously aware that she wanted to hurt Scarlet the way that she
had been hurt. She told Peril directly that she would not like her
anymore unless she followed Scarlet's orders, a statement that made
Peril feel horribly desperate to be Scarlet's favorite pet again. She
tried to beat this care for Scarlet's approval back, and when she
refused to kill Ruby for Scarlet, Scarlet called Peril useless and
disappeared overnight.

Upon seeing her later, Scarlet's presence created a bloodbath of fear
and awe for Peril. Scarlet stated that only Scarlet cared about Peril,
nobody would care if Peril had died, and that the only dragon to ever
love Peril was Scarlet and while Peril was aware of the terrible things
that Scarlet had done, she was still reminded of the fact that Scarlet
liked her firescales and had kept her alive. Scarlet fully believed that
Peril would do anything once given the order, and stated that Peril was
her most loyal subject. She also stated that she thought every part of
Peril was perfect, to which Peril retorted, "As long as I do what you
want. The minute I have a thought of my own, you hate me."

Peril had set out with the intention to kill Scarlet, but doubted
herself, and remembered that Scarlet had kept her alive when everyone
else had wanted her dead, and worried that maybe nobody besides Scarlet
really would love her. Although Scarlet spoke with an acidic tone
towards Peril, Peril thought, "That's me. She does love me!" when
Scarlet referred to her as "darling." When Cliff stated that Ruby made
everything better, Peril felt a vast chasm in her chest; Scarlet gave
her a purpose, but her days typically soured when they interacted. When
Scarlet became very angry, she refused to speak to Peril for weeks,
forcing the young dragon to figure out how to make Scarlet happy again.
Scarlet did not hit her, but she had always scorned, shouted, and given
severe punishments for Peril, consequently making her life miserable.

When she heard Scarlet threaten Ruby with ways she would control Cliff,
Peril realized that Scarlet had manipulated her in a very similar way.
She declared her loyalty to Queen Ruby, and offered to kill Scarlet in
order to maintain Ruby's reign. She considers Scarlet to be the worst
dragon she has ever met.

### Sunny

Sunny tried to break the news to Peril about Kestrel's death as gently
as she could to Peril, and comforted Peril over her mother's death; she
also offered to let Peril come with her instead of freeing Scarlet.
Sunny is the only one of Clay's friends that has attempted to be nice to
Peril, but she still wants to push her off a cliff on a daily basis.
Although Peril knows this is bad, she views Sunny's soul as a blaze of
warm sunlight, the type that is annoying and induces headaches, and is
irritated by how much she smiles. She is intensely jealous of Sunny
whenever she is physically affectionate or shares secrets with Clay.
Peril soon becomes closer to Sunny, even though she is envious of Sunny
at times.

### Tsunami

Tsunami regards Peril as unhinged. Tsunami gave her an unfriendly look
when they first met, and when Peril was speaking to Clay in their cell,
she backed away as far from Peril as possible. She vehemently opposed
Peril joining her and her friends after they escaped the Sky Kingdom.
Peril believed if given the chance, Tsunami would try to convince Clay
to get rid of her. Tsunami admitted that Peril was not one of her
favorite dragons, but she was still willing to defend her from Queen
Ruby's accusations for murdering Carnelian.

### Turtle

Peril initially only wanted to be friends with Turtle because Clay would
have wanted her to make friends. Though she was irritated by the way he
lounged around in dimly lit caves, as it caused her to almost run into
him. She made him laugh, although he considered her strange, but she
later snapped at him and stated that he was boring and forgettable,
although Turtle did not take offense, simply stating "I know. I try to
be". Turtle later insisted on accompanying Peril to kill Scarlet,
despite her bantering with him to stay at the academy. She was willing
to admit to him that she was not entirely happy under Scarlet in the Sky
Kingdom, and he giggled when he accidentally hit her with a fish. He
laughed at her intense disgust at tasting raw fish for the first time,
and was serene when she joked about setting him on fire as payback.

She later became worried about his choice to sleep at the bottom of the
river, as she thought he might simply want to get away from her and had
finally realized that she was a terrible dragon to be friends with.
Although Turtle trusted her to remove a dragonflame cactus pod from his
scales, she began panicking upon being introduced to Moonwatcher's mind
reading, wondering if Turtle had simply meant to test her, and had never
trusted her. She begrudgingly told Turtle to go on without her into
Possibility to check up on Kinkajou, and Turtle believed that he and
Peril were not so different because he harnessed animus magic. He stated
that he thought Peril's goal was to help him and his friends and became
anxious upon discussing her accident with Winter.

She became hurt and angry upon Qibli stating "she just showed up with
Turtle" and fled into the sky, despite Turtle's protests; she also later
thought that Turtle might be happy to never see her again. However, when
Scarlet stated that she was the only dragon who cared for Peril, she
mentioned Turtle, who laughs at her jokes, even the ones she makes
accidentally. She realized that Turtle coming to rescue her from the Sky
Kingdom was something only a friend would do, and when she asked if
Turtle liked her after all, he stated "You're a loon. Of course I do,"
despite him being wary of Peril's abilities. She stated that she was
lucky to have him as friend, and they banter often. She does not want
anything to harm him.

### Winter

Winter was hostile towards Peril and asked harshly if Peril was safe to
be around. He refused to show her basic dragon etiquette by staying in
flight while shouting at her, and he attacked her when she implied that
she might harm his friends. He was accusatory towards her and called her
a mass murderer and a monster after she accidentally burned him. Despite
all of this, Peril still thought she would feel sad if anything bad
happened to him. Winter has also sent Peril several letters during his
time in Sanctuary.

## Quotes

No one else wants me. […] No one can even touch me. You saw
that. I was born with too much fire. Usually when dragons like me hatch,
the SkyWings drop them off at the highest mountain peak. That's what my
mother was going to do, but Queen Scarlet saved me and killed her to
punish her.
to Clay, about her firescales ability
The Dragonet Prophecy
137-138

-----

Her Majesty said I might as well follow my true nature. […]
That's how she raised me — letting me be myself, giving me dragons to
kill. Maybe you'd feel better if you could be who you really are.

to Clay, about Scarlet
The Dragonet Prophecy
138

-----

I call upon the tradition of the Champion's Shield. […] It
says the queen's champion may stand forth for any dragon sentenced to
execution. If I can defeat the next dragon you set me to fight, you must
let her go free. […] I want to stand for my mother.
to
Scarlet, about Kestrel The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy
182

-----

No. […] You killed my brother. You left me here. And it's
your fault my friend is dead. I may not want you dead, but I don't want
to know you.
to Kestrel, about Sky and Osprey
The Dragonet Prophecy
185

-----

I'm your friend! You don't need them! […] That's not fair!
The others can have any dragon! I only want you!
to Clay

The Dragonet Prophecy

235-236

-----

I thought I was born a killer, but it turns out I wasn't. Queen
Scarlet made me that way … or I let myself become that way. It's like I
chose it without knowing I chose it. But you were born that way. […]
You knew what you were like, and you chose to be something else. I guess
I feel like I can't be one of you unless I can do that, too.

to Clay The Dragonet Prophecy
256

-----

But aren't we all murderers? […] Didn't we all do terrible
things because Queen Scarlet told us to? Can you find me one dragon who
defied her? Why am I the only one getting punished for obedience?

thoughts Escaping Peril

4

-----

Maybe I wasn't happy. […] But I also wasn't so worried all
the time. I only had one dragon to please, and I didn't always manage
that, but at least I understood what I needed to do. Now everything is
confusing. I guess — I mean, which would you rather be: lonely or
insecure?
to Turtle Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping
Peril
57-58

-----

You're right. […] All my life I have desperately wanted an
ugly necklace. [...] Especially one that will melt as soon as I put
on. Thank you so much! Best dad ever.
to Soar

Escaping Peril
157

-----

Of all dragons. […] I should be the one who can understand
fury and vengeance and wanting to lash out whenever someone hurts me.
He's my father, and she's a dragonet I don't even know. I should be on
his side.
thoughts about Chameleon
Escaping Peril
213-214

-----

I'm the only one who cares about you. No one will ever love you
except me. You'll always be a monster to everyone else. Scarlet's words
rang louder and louder in Peril's head. What she was describing — that's
what she did to me. She made me obedient. She made me loyal to her. She
made me think I had no choice. But I do.
thoughts about
Scarlet Escaping Peril
220

-----

I won't let you hurt Cliff. […] I won't let you do any of
that to him either. It's not right. He's not your toy, and if you can't
earn a dragon's loyalty by being a good queen, then you don't deserve it
at all.
to Scarlet Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping
Peril
221

-----

Now that I'm thinking what Clay wants me to think? What if he
really was gone from my life? What would I be like then?

thoughts about Clay Escaping Peril

227

-----

If I show her what Chameleon can do … I'll be giving another
queen his power. He could fly away right now, with no one the wiser
about his scroll or his shape-shifting. But if I let him do that, no one
will know what he's doing with it. He could end up working for another
terrible queen. I guess it comes down to who I trust more … my new queen
who always hated me … or my father, who betrayed me as soon as he met
me.
thinking about Chameleon
Escaping Peril
244

-----

Fighting over power. […] Like every dragon ever. But it's not
their power, it's Darkstalker's, and they want to use it, the same way
Scarlet used mine. But that scroll is too dangerous to be in this world.
Even if a good dragon controlled it … even if it didn't change that good
dragon to have that much power … even if we could somehow guarantee that
it would never fall into evil talons … it shouldn't exist. Look how good
dragons are fighting over it already. Nobody should be the boss of
someone else's magic. And nobody else should ever be hurt by that
scroll.
thoughts about Darkstalker's scroll
Escaping Peril
283

-----

I know, I know, it's my thing. […] but I can't kill him,
because of his stupid magic, GROWL. So you have to. Don't worry, it's
not that hard, and it would be such a relief — for me, I mean — because
I'm having this feeling — I don't know what to call it, but it's kind of
big and heavy and annoying? And it's filling me all up inside like
everything is awful and it's all my fault? Like maybe all the bad things
in the world are my fault? I really don't like it, so if you can make it
stop, that would be the greatest.
to Turtle, about
Darkstalker Talons of Power
13

-----

Or you can keep skulking around. […] Whatever you want. I'm
going to go say hi to Clay! I mean to uh, him and his friends. So I can
tell him what I did to Scarlet! I mean, tell all of them. What Ruby
did, technically. But with my help! He's going to be so excited. Don't
you think? So excited? I mean, not that it's any big deal. Well, I guess
it's kind of a big deal that I stopped his, like, super worst enemy from
coming after him. He'll be happy about that. Right? Not that it matters.
Why am I nervous? I'm not! STOP BEING NERVOUS, PERIL. Ha ha! That'll
work.
to Qibli Talons of Power

46-47

-----

Huh. […] Looks like a norm-nope! […] You're right!
Stupidest bowl I've ever seen! Can I join in? HEY, BOWL, YOUR SHAPE IS
INANE! FOOD PROBABLY FALLS OUT OF YOU ALL THE TIME! I BET YOU DON'T
EVEN STACK WELL IN CABINETS! YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! YOU'RE THE WORST!
Ooh, this is great. Let's do it every day! I feel much better.
to Turtle's food bowl
Darkness of Dragons
43

-----

I prefer dragons who are handsome, baffled, kind, and
accidentally heroic. I mean, hypothetically, just supposing there were
someone like that, I would maybe think they were pretty cool, is all I'm
saying. Not that I'm thinking of anyone specific.
to Qibli
about Clay
Darkness of Dragons
45

-----

I don't know. Whenever his name comes up, everyone looks at me
like they're remembering it was my fault he got out. I mean, I'm clearly
the 'talons of fire' in the prophecy. Which makes me want to be like
YEAH, I KNOW and I'M SORRY, OK and I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY TO SAVE YOUR
FRIENDS FROM AN ANCIENT SCROLL WITH NEBULOUS POWERS.
to Clay,
about Darkstalker
Darkness of Dragons
373

-----

Want to go flying with me? […] I mean, I know it's raining,
but it's kind of cool to fly in the rain, unless you're busy, you're
probably busy, you're, like, running a school, so, that's OK if you
can't, we —
to Clay
Darkness of Dragons
374

## Trivia

  - Tui had originally intended to have Peril die in The Brightest
    Night, but fan outcry caused her to change this and later give her a
    book of her own.
  - In the pre-final English cover of Escaping Peril, Peril was shown to
    have white eyes instead of blue.[2]
  - Peril is a restless sleeper.
  - Although Peril was not able to read or write as a dragonet due to
    her firescales, she is able to scrape out messages in the sand and
    read street signs.
  - Peril is the oldest main protagonist, at eight years old, while Moon
    is the youngest main protagonist, at only four years old.
  - Peril is one of Tui's favorite characters to write about as she says
    everything that pops into her head and is often inclined to set her
    problems on fire.
  - As of Escaping Peril, Peril has never cried before.