'Rose', referred to as 'Flower' by Smolder, is an adult female human who
is kept as a pet by Smolder. She is one of the three scavengers who were
there when Queen Oasis was killed, triggering the War of SandWing
Succession. She showed Sunny where the Eye of Onyx was buried during the events of The Brightest Night, ultimately
leading to the end of the war.

## Description

Rose has dark brown curls running down like a mane onto her shoulders,
and thoughtful but laughing dark brown eyes. She wears a square of white
fabric tied around herself and a pouch of the same material and is about
as tall as a full-grown Dragons|dragon's head. She had a mischievous
grin and wild hair.

## Personality

Rose is curious, inventive and enjoys making art, such as clothing. She
is talented, shown in how she self-taught herself to be an excellent
artist. She is compassionate and fearless, having no trouble living with
and near dragons. She appears to be tough and physically strong. In
Dragonslayer, she was shown to be mischievous, energetic, and lively, a
free spirit that her Valor|village cannot keep caged. Her demand to be
freed and uncontrolled is the reason she refused to leave Smolder
despite all the dangers in the Kingdom of Sand. She is also very clever.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy
Rose was indirectly mentioned throughout the book to
be one of the humans who killed Oasis.

left The Lost Heir

Rose was indirectly mentioned when Tsunami saw two scavengers stranded
in the storm and thought of the scavengers that killed Queen Oasis. She
expressed anger towards the two scavengers, but gave them her mercy by
putting them somewhere where they would not drown, thinking that despite
what Rose and her siblings did to Oasis, she would let them live.

left The Hidden Kingdom

Rose and her siblings were indirectly mentioned when Glory
explained to Jambu about how the War of SandWing Succession started.

left The Dark Secret
Rose and her siblings were indirectly mentioned during Starflight and
Fatespeaker's conversation when they found out that the NightWings
tracked scavenger dens because they wanted to find Oasis' SandWing
treasure|treasure.

left The Brightest Night

Smolder mentioned that Burn had wanted to kill Rose and mount
her head on a spike, but Blister argued that doing so would only be a
reminder of the queen's humiliating death. Blaze thought that Rose was
cute and they should breed her for more scavenger pets. Smolder wanted
to keep her as his pet and the other two brothers of the princesses
thought that Smolder should be allowed to get something he wanted since
Oasis was no longer around, so he was allowed to keep her as his pet
instead. She was around sixteen at the time of her capture.

Smolder claimed that he had wanted to call her Stabby at first because
of her ferocity with the sword she had been carrying, which had been
taken away from her. However, Rose had found a tapestry with roses on it
and kept pointing to it, suggesting that her actual name had something
to do with flowers. Smolder misunderstood what Rose's name was, so he
started calling her Flower. Rose often drew, which helped Smolder guess
what she needed, and taught her to come when he rang a bell and called
her name. Rose attempts to communicate with Smolder.

Rose insisted on staying with Sunny when she was held prisoner by Burn.
Rose normally did not trust other dragons, but she felt safe around
Sunny. Rose also drew a picture of Sunny using a piece of charcoal.

When Blister was fighting Blaze during the royal SandWing gathering,
Rose begins to dig where Queen Oasis was buried. At first Sunny,
Tsunami, and Glory were puzzled by this but eventually helped until half
of Oasis' bones were uncovered. Rose had Sunny open the queen's jawbones
and two sacks of treasure fell out. In one of the sacks, was the Eye of
Onyx, which helped Sunny pick the new SandWing queen, Thorn.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising
Rose
was indirectly mentioned when Sunny brought up that Smolder took care of
his scavenger, after Winter found Bandit.

left Winter Turning

Rose was mentioned in the letter from Smolder to Vermilion concerning
pet scavengers in the back of the book (which also appears in the
special edition of The Brightest Night). Smolder also encloses an
illustration of them that was supposedly drawn by her.

left
Darkness of Dragons
Rose was with
Smolder when Qibli and Winter went to the Kingdom of Sand to warn Thorn
of Darkstalker and to prevent any of the SandWings and IceWings from
falling under his spells. She appeared again with Smolder and Onyx when
they took shelter inside the underground prisons of the SandWing
stronghold|stronghold, during a huge sandstorm.

Rose was later mentioned in Winter's thoughts about Sanctuary and how
Qibli would visit him and bring Rose along with him so Winter may study
scavengers more closely.

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left
The Dangerous Gift
Horrified, Winter
realized that Smolder had a pet human for years and they had to free
her. Wren said that they met and Rose was happy being with Smolder.

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### Legends

left
Dragonslayer
In the prologue, Rose
was helping her brothers Stone and Heath steal treasure from Queen
Oasis. She returned to the stronghold once more to retrieve more
treasure, and the trio began to return to the village until they were
discovered by Queen Oasis. She told Heath that there was a sword in one
of the bags, and the trio fought Oasis. Rose, in particular, threw a bag
of treasure at Oasis and barely avoided her fire, but then she twisted
her ankle and was half-buried in a sand dune. This left Stone and Heath
to return to their village without Rose, unable to find her.

Later on, Ivy, Violet and Daffodil tried to use Rose's name when trying
to guess the password to Heath's treasure chest. However, the code
ultimately turned out to be "Mine."

When Wren reached the SandWing stronghold, Rose appeared again, helping
Wren find the pellets that she was planning on using to poison
Sandstorm|General Sandstorm. Later, when Wren needed the keys to Sky's
shackles, she told her that Prince Smolder had copies of each key in the
Stronghold. Rose then attempted to talk to Smolder, and managed to get
the key for Wren.

Shortly afterward when Ivy, Leaf, and Stone came to rescue Rose, she
responded that she prefers staying in the Stronghold over going back to
Valor. Rose then mentioned that she had seen Wren, and pointing out that
Cereus|Sweetface liked scavengers and was likely to carry Leaf to Wren.

Near the end of the book, she was mentioned by Ivy and Stone, who
discussed why she did not want to return to Valor.

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### Winglets

left
Deserter
Rose was found hiding in a
sand dune by Smolder, shortly after Queen Oasis's death.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Rose was
depicted in a portrait with Thorn and Smolder at the beginning of the
SandWing chapter of the guide. Later in the chapter, she was the main
focus of Smolder's observations throughout his first week of keeping her
as a pet.

She was mentioned in the SkyWing chapter on the list of dragons that
Scarlet wanted dead.

She was later seen at the end of the book with Smolder in Wren's notice
to the dragons to stop eating humans.

## Quotes

I'm Rose, […] Are you here to steal treasure? Because,
speaking from experience, I can't say I'd recommend it. Also, that's not
treasure, that's mouse poison.
to Wren
Dragonslayer

327

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Oh, I'm helping you anyway, […] Sorry, I shouldn't have made
it sound optional. Did I mention the part where I haven't talked to a
human in years? I'm kind of overexcited about the idea of a real
conversation. Plus, check it out, there's one over here. […] See?
Helping!
to Wren
Dragonslayer
374

-----

Not really. […] I mean, it's all a matter of perspective,
right? They might think they're holding me prisoner, but I kind of like
it here. I like my dragon. He's pretty adorable.
to Wren

Dragonslayer
375

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I think she thought you were me. She's driven me out of her
kitchen more than once, and I think she's also yelled at Smolder about
keeping me away from her food. She thinks I'm a mouse, basically, who's
going to leave holes in all her cheese. I mean, fair, I do actually do
that, sometimes. Anyway, so she saw you, thought you were me, brought
you over here to yell at Smolder, and then discovered that I was already
here. Which meant she'd picked up a wild human, which apparently gave
her quite a fright.
to Stone
Dragonslayer
436

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Not really, […] I only know a few phrases, and apparently my
pronunciation is 'abominable.' Also, I'm pretty sure Smolder thinks I'm
just an adorable mimic. He keeps laughing at everything I try to say!
So I think I told him to get me some dried apricots, but we'll see what
he actually comes back with. Who are you, by the way?
to Ivy

Dragonslayer
437-438

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Seriously? Heath had kids? Who was silly enough to marry him?

to Stone
Dragonslayer
438

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I don't, actually, […] Because of exactly that tone of voice,
Stone. Why would I want to go back to the people who spent my whole life
telling me what to do and who to be and what not to do and what was
wrong with me? Dad had a husband all picked out for me — someone who
could finally 'calm me down,' in his own words. Someone who could trap
me in a boring life in a boring little village — everything I didn't
want.
to Stone
Dragonslayer
439

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Yes! […] Life in a dragon palace, Stone! It's never ever
boring here. Who else can say they've lived with dragons?
to
Stone
Dragonslayer
439

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You can tell him I'm alive, but I'm not coming back. Whatever's
going on with him, it's not about me, kid. Heath never listened to
reason and he was always losing his temper over little things. Me being
there won't change him. I'm not going back into a situation where he's
the new boss of me, same as Dad, the old boss of me.
to Ivy

Dragonslayer
440

## Trivia

  - In Smolder's letter to Vermilion, it says that Rose has a pet desert
    mouse that Smolder originally gave her to eat, but she took it as a
    pet.
  - Rose has mentioned that she figured out a few
    Languages#Dragon|Dragon words before meeting Wren.