'Prickle' is an adult female SandWing who was introduced in Darkness of
Dragons. She is Palm's identical twin sister, and was imprisoned by
Queen Oasis after being mistaken for Palm, who was a SandWing fugitive
at the time. She is currently imprisoned within the SandWing
stronghold#Dungeons|dungeons of the SandWing stronghold.

## Description

Prickle has sharp eyes and patterns of light brown scales freckled
across her paler yellow scales. She is lean and weathered, and wears
earrings made of glittering fire opal. After her imprisonment, she
became tortured-looking.

## Personality

Prickle often erupts into strange, gibbering wails, and is considered to
be mad; she attacks anyone who goes near her chains or into her cell.
She is frantic and only has occasional, thin moments of clarity.

Before her imprisonment, Prickle spoke acerbically. She appeared cold,
self-righteous, heartless, and condescending.

## Biography

### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

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Darkness of Dragons
In the prologue,
Palm appeared at the door of Prickle's hut after being chased by a
fraction of the SandWing army, where Prickle asks Palm why she should
let her in. After a quick discussion, Palm reluctantly gave her earrings
to Prickle, saying that Smolder gave them to her. This brought up a
discussion about Smolder, Prickle disliked him and Palm defended him.
During their talk, the soldiers that were chasing Palm broke into
Prickle's hut. They took Prickle away, thinking that she was Palm
because she was wearing her earrings. Palm recognized one of the
soldiers, Agave; who knew that they captured the wrong dragon, but said
nothing as the soldier was a former friend of Palm.

While Smolder and Onyx were hiding from the sandstorm that Qibli caused,
after the attempted assassination of Queen Thorn, Prickle began
screaming at them from her cell about her innocence and her plans of
vengeance against Palm. Thorn explained that they would have freed her,
but when her soldiers tried to approach the cell, she attacked them, so
they decided to leave her in the cell. Thorn also noted she was likely
starved many times in the past by Burn's negligence of prisoners.

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### Winglets

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Prisoners
When Fierceteeth was
trying to get Saguaro to hear her story, she mentioned a "gibbering mad
SandWing a few cages down who never shuts up," referring to Prickle.

## Relationships

### Palm

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. In her current state, Prickle despises Palm for
her imprisonment, and Palm had several nightmares about Prickle's
imprisonment before her death. Palm did not want to let the guards take
Prickle, but still chose Onyx and her own safety over her sister.

## Quotes

Oh, by the circle of snakes. I told you to stay away from that
prince. You should have left the palace with me when he first started
mooning around the kitchens. I knew he'd get you killed sooner or later,
and probably me too if I didn't clear out.
to Palm, about
Smolder
Darkness of Dragons
prologue

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Smolder's probably already dead. You'll never be able to go
back to the palace. If Oasis doesn't get you, one of her daughters will.

to Palm
Darkness of Dragons
prologue

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For LIES! I'M NOT HER! THE Queen|QUEEN NEVER CAME! NO ONE
EVER CAME! NO ONE SEES ME! SHE STOLE MY FACE! SHE THREW MY FACE INTO
THE FIRE! I'M NOT HER!
to Thorn, about Palm

Darkness of Dragons
184

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You. This is all your fault. Your earrings. Your fine words.
Your stupid dragonet.
to Smolder
Darkness of Dragons

185

## References

Prisoners