'Scarlet' was an adult female SkyWing who was introduced in The Dragonet Prophecy. Despite being
challenged fourteen times for the Dragon royalty|throne, she reigned as
the SkyWing queen for approximately twenty-nine years until she was
killed by her daughter Ruby (originally Tourmaline, but decided to stay
as Ruby) in a royal challenge. She was allied with Burn and later the
MudWings during the War of SandWing Succession. Before her death, she
resided in the SkyWing palace.

## Description

Scarlet was majestic and strong, with dark orange scales and narrow,
slitted, lidded, bright yellow eyes that were as sharp as talons, often
full of flames, and contained a glimmer of menace. Her orange wings were
enormous, and their top side had diamonds and rubies embedded around the
edges. A row of tiny rubies and diamonds were also embedded between the
scales over each of her eyes. She had a serpentine grin.

She was slightly bigger than Clay, but smaller than Kestrel and Dune.
She was usually wreathed in white smoke that emitted from her nostrils
in a steady stream that would coil thickly around her horns. She also
had a purring, lilting, deep, slithering voice and a laugh like a high,
strange, hollow cackle. She spoke clearly and coldly, with iron and ice
in her voice.

During her reign, she wore a fine coat of golden chain mail, hung with
rubies and amber drops, around her torso, as well as a circlet made of
gold and diamonds, medallions around her neck, and rings on her claws.
Occasionally, she would also wear a diamond-studded vest with small
black chain links. She glowed like a poisonous orange.

After being severely injured by Glory's venom and being imprisoned by
Burn, all of her earlier ornaments were gone except for the rubies above
her left eye. The other side of her shimmering orange face was melted
into a hideous dark mess of a scar that misshaped her snout and revealed
a glimpse of her jawbone underneath. One eye was pulled down and out of
proportion with the rest of her face.

Scarlet became thin and ragged after she escaped Burn's clutches, but
began adorning herself with jewelry again once she briefly managed to
regain the SkyWing throne. She remained alight with fury, like a cold
flame that would never go out. Her entire body radiated fury and
vengeance, and she had strong wings capable of powerful strokes that
were slow and majestic.

## Personality

Scarlet was malicious, dangerous, imperious, glowering, grim, scary,
mean, terrifying, monstrous, power hungry, manipulative, vengeful,
furious, sinister, insane, and murderous. Other dragons very rarely
argued with her. She would often examine her claws as if the dragons
around her were exceedingly boring, and she conveyed disdain in the tilt
of her wings.

Living in excess, Scarlet took pleasure in adorning herself and her
throne room with gemstones and precious metals and would grow petulantly
upset when she did not get her way. She refused to let herself be
uncomfortable, and she often made things a spectacle.

She also thought very highly of herself, and had portraits made in her
image. She was not above lying and manipulation and would go to great
lengths to control dragons around her to do her bidding, and she did not
care for rules whatsoever. She was a smooth liar, sly and cunning with
her words, as well as ruthless and unbothered by killing or having
dragons killed, including her own daughters. Upon returning to the Sky
Kingdom, she set three innocent guards on fire, one of whom was
unconscious.

She used fear of her violent wrath to prevent her subjects from doing
things she disliked, and she rarely lost challenges to her authority.
Chameleon also stated that she was usually very convincing. She rarely
trusted other dragons, and Moonwatcher described her mind as loud,
angry, and all over the place. She was deliberately languorous, cold,
and malicious, and although she did not care much about what happened to
dragons after death, but she allowed her tribe to follow whatever
rituals they wanted. Her favorite kind of power was fear, and she
smoldered with hatred. She did not take orders from anyone and did not
take threats seriously.

Her self-indulgent need for 'thrilling' forms of entertainment meant
that her violent SkyWing palace#Notable Features|arena, fed by the war,
was very important to her. She wished to continue the war, heedless of
its impact on her subjects, for her personal entertainment and to keep
her throne secure.

After being scarred by Glory's venom, Scarlet grew even more bitter and
vicious, plotting vengeance and violence against Burn, the dragonets of
destiny, and Ruby. She was less confident and more willing to let other
dragons carry out her murderous intentions. Peril once observed that
Scarlet's talons hovered over her scarred face, as if she wanted to tear
it off. However, her presence still evoked intense horror.

## Biography

left
Pre-Series
Scarlet was "the worst"
as a baby dragonet; the first thing she learned to do was point at
things and scream until they were given to her. She learned that if she
screamed for no reason, dragons would come running and give her random
things to make her stop, something she utilized to see what she could
get. She would scream any time she did not get her way. She also stole
from any dragon in the palace, walking into their rooms and taking
jewelry or rifling through treasure chests. She would stare blankly when
confronted about it — even if she was wearing the stolen jewelry.

Scarlet was one of the longest-lived SkyWing queens, surviving fourteen
challenges for the throne. She was also one of the most beautiful and
powerful queens in all of Pyrrhia. No one had even tried to challenge
her in almost nine years prior to The Dragonet Prophecy. This was mostly
due to Peril because everyone was afraid of her.

In The Dragonet Prophecy, it was said that she used the arena to
intimidate her challengers. Scarlet was also one of the richest queens.
Her throne room almost completely plated with gold and other precious
minerals. She decided to ally with Burn, perhaps because Burn offered
her something in return, like the river that SkyWings and SandWings
always fought over, and the MudWings in the War of SandWing Succession.
She began to use the war to entertain herself.

Scarlet would place prisoners against each other in the SkyWing Arena,
claiming that if they won enough fights, they would go free, using Peril
as her champion. It also mentioned that no one had ever gone free
before, because they died fighting Peril, the SkyWing who had the
condition of firescales.

[File:PerilPast.png|thumb|Kestrel](File:PerilPast.png%7Cthumb%7CKestrel)
having to abandon Peril Over a year before the brightest night, Kestrel,
one of her most loyal soldiers, entered the breeding program and yielded
one large egg with twin dragonets. Because one of the dragonets was born
with too much fire, and the other too little, Scarlet ordered Kestrel to
kill her dragonets and stay out of the program for the rest of her life,
a SkyWing tradition.

Despite this, Kestrel tried to flee with them, prompting Scarlet to
change the order: if Kestrel killed one of the dragonets, she would be
allowed to go free with the other. Kestrel "killed" the one with too
little fire, her son, with her own claws, an act that haunted her for
the rest of her life. Scarlet, however, revealed she had lied and
ordered her guards to take Kestrel back for trial and kill the other
dragonet. Kestrel tried to flee with the dragonet with too much fire,
Peril, but was burned upon contact with her firescales, leaving burn
scars. She was forced to flee alone, leaving her only daughter with
Scarlet. For years, Kestrel feared that the hatchling had been killed by
Scarlet.

Scarlet named the dragonet Peril, and, due to her invulnerability and
blazing hot claws that were shown to be able to melt through metal, she
trained Peril as a killer and to be the champion of the SkyWing arena.
She made Peril burn most of the eggs that would be due to hatch on the
brightest night. To ensure Peril's complete and utmost loyalty, she told
her that Peril had killed her twin by burning him before they hatched
and her mother attempted to kill her, but was thwarted by the SkyWing
queen. Scarlet also told Peril she needed to eat black rocks to survive,
which was a lie. When Peril got mad at Scarlet for not telling anything
about her real mother and refused to eat her black rocks, Scarlet
poisoned her real food without telling her what she had done to make
Peril more loyal and easily controlled.

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### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy
Mushroom, a scavenger, stole treasure from Scarlet
and fled. This led her to stumble across Clay and Tsunami, who had been
escaping from their cave home in the mountain with the Talons of Peace.
After finding the duo, Scarlet promptly ate Mushroom, before spitting
him out, claiming he tasted like fish. She told them to come with her
after Clay tried to explain what they had been doing in the SkyWing
territory for six years. She thought they had been stealing the jewels
from her. To escape, Tsunami impaled her tail into the ground with the
scavenger's sword, infuriating her. This led to her following their
smoke signal.

She captured the dragonets of destiny and Kestrel, killing Dune while
Webs managed to escape through the river hole that Clay and Tsunami had
used earlier to get out of the cave. Her guard came up to her and asked
her if she wanted them to kill Webs, and she declined.

Scarlet had locked Sunny in a cage hanging above her hall, imprisoned
Kestrel, used Glory as living "artwork," which Glory actually seemed to
enjoy, and put Clay, Tsunami, and Starflight into the SkyWing arena to
fight to their deaths. She wanted to pit Starflight against Tsunami
first, but Clay talked Scarlet out of it by denouncing her as "just
another SeaWing," which offended Tsunami greatly. Scarlet then pit Clay
against Fjord, an IceWing.

When Fjord was about to kill Clay, Tsunami distracted everyone by
launching herself off of her pedestal in an attempt to save Clay,
tugging all the other prisoners with her along the wire connecting them.
While everyone, including Fjord, was looking at the commotion, venom
splashed onto Fjord's face and eyes and almost immediately killed him.
Scarlet assumed Clay had killed him and declared him the winner. She
held a dramatic trial the following day when Kestrel was sentenced to
death, Osprey was killed, and Peril learned who her mother truly was and
decided to defend her with the Champion's Shield.

After Burn arrived, she imprisoned the three dragonets in Peril's room
for causing the prisoners to sing Songs#The Dragonets Are Coming|The
Dragonets are Coming. After Peril helped them escape, she betrayed them
by telling the queen where they were, to keep Clay with her in the Sky
Kingdom. The next day, which was Scarlet's hatching day, Tsunami was
pitted against an insane, water-deprived SeaWing named Gill, later
revealed to be her own father. Furthermore, Starflight and Tsunami had
to fight against scavengers, after they refused to fight each other.
They defeated two of the scavengers before Queen Scarlet decided to pit
Starflight against a group of IceWings, a tribe that loathed NightWings.
Before she could do so, Morrowseer came to Starflight's rescue and a
large group of NightWings proceeded to slaughter all the IceWing
captives. This offended and angered Scarlet to a huge degree.

Scarlet then pit Peril against Clay, knowing Peril was using the SkyWing
palace#SkyWing Arena|Champion's Shield in an attempt to save her
mother, Kestrel, from death, and that Clay could not be harmed by her
firescales. During the battle, Scarlet told Clay to use his venom, not
knowing that it was Glory who possessed that ability. Ironically, upon
asking him to do so, Glory reared up, easily broke her chain, and spat a
stream of venom at Burn, who pushed Scarlet in front of her as a shield.
As the venom took effect, Scarlet screamed in pain. She was then
presumed to have been killed during the chaos, with her daughter, Ruby,
succeeding her.

left The Lost Heir

Scarlet was mentioned when two SeaWing soldiers reported to Queen Coral
and her SeaWing Council|council that they had seen a group of SkyWings
arguing while on patrol, some of them claiming that Scarlet was still
alive and was the rightful SkyWing queen, while others were shouting,
"For Ruby!" At this point, the tribe was split into these two groups,
none knowing for certain what had happened to Scarlet.

left The Hidden Kingdom

Scarlet was revealed to still be alive as she used a magical
artifact created by an animus dragon, called a dreamvisitor, to talk to
Glory in her dreams. Due to Glory's venom, Scarlet's face had become a
"smeared mess." When Glory asked where she was, Scarlet said that she
would tell her if the RainWing promised to free her. Glory refused to do
so, and this caused the former queen to become angry because she
believed Glory owed her for damaging her formerly good looks with her
venom. She also said that she knew where the dragonets were. It was
likely that she was bluffing, as she never attacked them.

left The Dark Secret
Scarlet was mentioned several times by Starflight when he recounted
what had happened in the Sky Kingdom. In the epilogue, Scarlet was
mentioned by Burn when she was talking to Smolder. Burn discussed how
she had kidnapped the ex-queen and was holding her prisoner in her
SandWing stronghold|stronghold because she "[was] in no condition to
fight Ruby for the throne."

left The Brightest Night

Scarlet was being held in Burn's SandWing
stronghold#Weirdling Tower|weirdling collection and had destroyed as
much of it as she could in her frustration, a stuffed NightWing, which
Smolder mentioned would make Burn furious. Scarlet was found by Sunny in
Burn's stronghold as Smolder led her past, revealing Burn and her forces
had taken her away after Glory attacked her. She tried terrifying Sunny
at night, but Smolder's pet scavenger, Flower, made her feel better. She
later escaped with assistance from Peril during an Outclaw siege on
Burn's stronghold. Sunny could see Scarlet and Peril's wings flying off,
away from the fight. Before her rescue, she appeared in Peril's dreams.
After the attack, she vanished again.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising
Over the course of Moon Rising, Scarlet used a
dreamvisitor to appear in the dreams of Icicle|Princess Icicle, a
student at Jade Mountain Academy and an heiress to the IceWing throne.
Peril was also suspected to be Scarlet by Starflight. It was revealed
that Scarlet was keeping Icicle and Winter's brother, Hailstorm,
prisoner. Scarlet made a bargain with Icicle, telling her that if she
killed the dragonets of destiny she would release her brother. After her
failed attempt to kill Starflight, Icicle presumably fled to the
Rainforest Kingdom to assassinate Glory.

In the epilogue, Scarlet was seen at her hideout with Chameleon in his
NightWing form trying to get information on Icicle's assassination
attempt with the dreamvisitor. She dreamvisited Peril and discovered
that Icicle did not succeed in killing the dragonets and became
frustrated. Scarlet then contemplated killing the dragonets herself,
perhaps from a distance. Now annoyed, she shouted at Chameleon for
making a tapping noise with an object and asked him to show her what it
was. The object was Darkstalker's scroll.

left Winter Turning

After Hailstorm was captured by a group of SkyWing soldiers, he was
brought to Scarlet. She put a necklace around his neck and everything
went black, and he became Pyrite.

Scarlet was then mentioned when Icicle failed to kill the dragonets of
destiny. After Icicle escaped Jade Mountain and was hiding out at the
volcano where the Night Kingdom was, Icicle refused to sleep because she
knew if she did, Scarlet would dreamvisit her and she would lose the
deal she had with Scarlet to get Hailstorm back. Whenever she got tired,
she let the small rivers of lava wake her with the burning pains caused
by the close proximity to the scorching heat. She was put to sleep by
the RainWings's sleeping darts and taken back to the Rainforest Kingdom.

Afterward, she was seen dreamvisiting Winter when he and the rest of the
Jade Winglet went and tried to find her secret base. She told him that
she knew he is not really going to kill Glory and threatened to kill his
brother in agonizingly painful ways as punishment. In a desperate
attempt to get away from Scarlet, Winter ripped off his pouch carrying
the skyfire to yell for help in his mind for Moonwatcher, and Scarlet
disappeared along with the dream when Moon shook him awake.

She was later heard yelling at Chameleon, in the form of Shapeshifter,
who offered to go grab Pyrite so Scarlet could kill the one who was
inside the SkyWing mask, which was Winter's brother, Hailstorm.

left Escaping Peril

In the prologue, Scarlet ordered Ruby, Vermilion, Hawk, an unknown
dragon nicknamed "Kidney breath," and more unknown SkyWings of
importance into her throne room. There, she revealed to the dragons that
she has secretly kept the dragonet with too much fire, now named Peril,
alive in the hopes of creating her into a weapon. Scarlet then
demonstrated Peril's power by making her burn all but one of the
surviving eggs set to hatch on the brightest night. This act scared all
of the dragons and made them realize and fear how powerful Scarlet has
become as she has made the most dangerous creature imaginable: Peril.

Ruby visited Jade Mountain to collect the body of Carnelian and
negotiate about the arresting of Sora and Umber with Clay. While there,
Scarlet was spotted flying toward the school by a SkyWing guard. Ruby
saw it too and spoke Scarlet's name which caused Peril, who was
eavesdropping on the scene with Turtle, to have a flashback back to when
she last saw Scarlet. The flashback was set the night after Peril
rescued Scarlet from Burn's stronghold and they were hiding in the
wastelands that make up the border of the Ice Kingdom and the Kingdom of
Sand. Scarlet wanted Peril to kill Ruby for her, but Peril refused,
saying that she was not killing another dragon anymore and that Clay
said that she could be whoever she wanted to be. Scarlet got mad at
Peril mentioning Clay and said that she will not be happy if Peril did
not kill Ruby. Peril told Scarlet that she would not kill the SkyWing
queen and that was her final answer. The next morning, Scarlet ditched
Peril and disappeared.

When Peril came back to her senses, she saw Ruby and her guards getting
ready to attack Scarlet. Peril fled her hiding spot and flew outside of
the academy to go and protect Clay from harm. Before she reached Scarlet
though, Scarlet stopped and screamed at the SkyWings, saying how they
were all traitors and disloyal to their tribe, and hurled an object at
the group before fleeing back to where she came from. The object Scarlet
threw ends up being Queen Glory's severed head. While the guards and
Tsunami chased after her, Turtle removed a slip of paper from the head
and discovered that it was not actually Glory and that the paper was
enchanted to make a MudWing's head look like hers. Ever since the
incident, Peril decided that it was her responsibility to go find her
old guardian and kill her for the safety of Clay and everybody else
Scarlet intended to harm. Turtle decided to join her on the search for
the old queen.

After accidentally harming Winter in Possibility and fleeing from Qibli,
Moon, and Turtle, Peril ran into her long lost father, Chameleon.
Chameleon (in his SkyWing shape, Soar) introduced himself and took Peril
to Scarlet. Peril was surprised to see the Ex-Queen was there and
realized that Chameleon betrayed her. Scarlet realized that Chameleon
had not told her about his shapeshifting and she said to him "So you
still haven't told her. I love it." Scarlet then leaped on Chameleon
making Peril think that Scarlet was trying to kill her father. She
almost tried to go and help him but stopped, wanting to know what her
father did not tell her about. But Scarlet was not attacking Chameleon
but instead trying to rip off his pouch containing his different dragon
shapes. Chameleon transformed into his true, lime green RainWing self.
Scarlet showed to her how he used magic to create his SkyWing form and
that he enchanted a necklace made of thick metal for her that can take
away Peril's firescales forever. Chameleon offered the necklace to
Peril, which she took and places it around her neck. Suddenly, she lost
her firescales, as well as losing her memories of Clay and becoming
completely and forever loyal to Scarlet as part of the spell's secret
side effects. Peril became happy and agreed to kill Ruby and get back
Scarlet's throne.

They head to the Sky Kingdom to get back her throne and they started by
kidnapping Ruby's son, Cliff|Prince Cliff, from the palace wingery.
Because of Peril, nobody wanted to attack Scarlet because they believe
that Peril would kill. However, they did not know that she lost her
firescales. Scarlet, Chameleon, Peril, and Cliff settled down in
Scarlet's old throne room and waited for Ruby to arrive. Scarlet ordered
Vermilion to come to her and she scolded her son for not following any
of the orders she asked while she dreamvisited him in her weirdling
tower cell, such as bringing an army back to rescue her or try to
secretly assassinate Ruby. She assured to Vermilion that he will be
punished.

Ruby arrived early the next day with a squadron of SkyWings. Her plans
to defeat Scarlet were foiled, for Scarlet was holding Ruby's beloved
son, Prince Cliff, hostage, and would make Peril kill him if she took
another step. Ruby surrendered to her and was imprisoned. Scarlet
ordered Peril and Chameleon to watch Cliff on the highest tower in the
palace. After Cliff escaped and reunited with his mother, Scarlet
appeared and told Peril to burn them. She refused, finally realizing she
was done with Scarlet and her games and Peril took off her necklace and
regained her old self. Ruby, then, officially challenged Scarlet to a
fight for the throne. Ruby was beaten down by Scarlet and was losing the
fight until Peril learned from Chameleon that Ruby was Tourmaline all
along and when she destroyed Ruby's earring, Ruby transformed into the
long lost SkyWing princess, Tourmaline. Scarlet said she made up Ruby
because Tourmaline was becoming too dangerous. Tourmaline then finished
the duel by snapping Scarlet's neck and shouting "For the SkyWings!",
ending Scarlet's life and her reign as queen of the SkyWings.

left Talons of Power
Darkstalker stated that he guessed that part of Moon's prophecy was
about Scarlet, adding that was "chock-full of darkness." Peril later
said that she was going to tell Clay what she and Ruby had done to
Scarlet, and Turtle later saw Clay and Peril gathering the SkyWing
students to tell them about the duel, and when they all came back, all
of them looked relieved to know that Ruby was safely their queen. When
Qibli asked Peril how her meeting was with Clay, she stated that he had
been pleased to hear about Scarlet. Later, when Turtle was thinking
about how he wished Peril could come with him to the rainforest, he
reflected on how he had been able to think of their previous adventure
after Scarlet as Peril's quest, and not his, so nobody expected much
from him.

When Turtle used his enchanted coral to find Glory, he realized he
should have used it to help Peril find Scarlet. When Turtle got Anemone
to heal Kinkajou, he told Kinkajou that she had stopped Scarlet and
saved Hailstorm. He then explained everything that happened, including
what had happened with Peril and Scarlet. When Kinkajou stated to Moon
that Darkstalker was evil, Moon said that he was not — not like Scarlet
was. Turtle later thought again about his and Peril's adventure
together, including setting out to stop Scarlet, remembering how it had
felt a lot safer than what he was doing now. When Darkstalker asked Moon
which tribe was the wealthiest, and she said that the SkyWings might
have a lot of treasure because of Scarlet.

left
Darkness of Dragons
It was revealed
that when Scarlet was getting married, several guests at her wedding
were mysteriously assassinated (most likely by Cobra).

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

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The Dangerous Gift
During the
council, Ruby mentioned how her dragons have not recovered from
Scarlet's rule as "the Super-Murdery Queen of the Mountains."

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### Legends

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Dragonslayer
Queen Scarlet was first
shown among the other SkyWings chasing down Mushroom for stealing her
treasure. She touched down and ambushed the scavengers Leaf, Rowan, Cranberry, and Thyme. She presumably ordered her dragons to
seize them and shot down the ravine after the thief.

She was later seen in the feast hall by Leaf, at the head of the table.
When music was heard outside, she slammed her fist angrily on the table
and went outside to stop the music along with Burn and a few guards.

While Leaf was escaping, he noticed Scarlet stumbling in her throne room
alone, leaning over her throne and breathing heavily, trying to deal
with the pain of Glory's venom attack. She then collapsed into
unconsciousness, and Leaf thought about killing her. Burn and four other
SandWings came into the throne room, and Burn ordered the four to take
her away.

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### Winglets

left
Deserter
Six-Claws mentioned that
Burn sent Smolder to the Sky Kingdom to forge an alliance with Scarlet
near the beginning of the War of SandWing Succession.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Scarlet
was depicted in a portrait at the beginning of the SkyWing chapter of
the guide. Later in the chapter, a scroll of dragons she wanted dead was
featured. She was also mentioned in Cliff's songs#SkyWing
anthem|SkyWing anthem. Tailwind mentioned Scarlet many times in
Literature#Named scrolls|This is Why We Don't Marry Psychopaths.

## Relationships

### Burn

Scarlet allied with Burn during the War of SandWing Succession and found
that the war was a useful source for fighters in her arena. She would
occasionally give Burn gifts for her weirdling tower and Burn usually
liked them. Later, after being wounded by Glory, Burn locked her up in
her stronghold, changing their relationship drastically. During her time
in Burn's stronghold, she spent most of her time destroying a part of
Burn's collection and threatened to destroy the rest of her collection
once she was free. Burn was on Scarlet's list of enemies she wanted to
kill.

### Canyon

Scarlet was engaged and married to Canyon before throwing him in her
arena. Scarlet became fed up with his vanity after twelve years of
marriage and thought it was thrilling when Canyon died. She found him to
be a bore, and he was on Scarlet's list of enemies she wanted to kill.

### Chameleon

As a form of manipulation, Scarlet was quick to state that nobody
besides herself wanted Chameleon anywhere, and Chameleon believed that
as soon as Scarlet did not need him, she would kill him. He knew that
Scarlet would make him do terrible things if she knew that he harnessed
unlimited power through Darkstalker's scroll. He was on Scarlet's list
of enemies she wanted to kill. She believed that he was annoying and
barely helpful.

### Firestorm

Firestorm was Scarlet's mother. She found Scarlet amusing, and permitted
her to steal things and encouraged her to be vicious, cruel, and
dramatic. The worse she behaved, the more her mother laughed. Scarlet
met Firestorm's standards of beauty, and was allowed to remain in the
palace. She was on Scarlet's list of enemies she wanted to kill.

### Glory

Scarlet initially saw Glory as a typical useless and lazy RainWing and
displayed her as a piece of art in the arena. She said she had big plans
for her. While Glory was captive in the Sky Kingdom, Scarlet quite liked
her and considered their time together as "thrilling". After Scarlet was
injured by her venom, Scarlet loathed the RainWing for ruining her
looks. She wanted Glory dead more than all the other dragonets of
destiny. Scarlet said that Glory gave her a sickening feeling, which she
would not call fear. She was on Scarlet's list of enemies she wanted to
kill, as she was furious that Glory managed to become queen of two
tribes after her fall.

### Kestrel

Kestrel disobeyed Scarlet's orders when she hatched Peril and Sky. When
Scarlet captured her, she maliciously revealed Peril was alive, much to
Kestrel's shock. She was on Scarlet's list of enemies she wanted to kill
and was annoyed that somebody had killed her before she could.

### Peril

Scarlet had always been afraid of Peril, even when she was a young
dragonet. Peril often worried that Scarlet might be angry with her, and
when Peril questioned her decisions as a tiny dragonet, Scarlet coldly
told her "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, described as 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 whichever 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 generally right about everything. Scarlet
was the closest thing to a mother that Peril ever had, as she thought
Scarlet saved her egg from being destroyed. However, 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 when she
did not eat them, fooling her into believing she had to eat the black
rocks to survive.

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, felt that Scarlet was somehow her
responsibility, compelling her 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. Scarlet told Peril directly that
she would not like her anymore unless she followed her orders, a
statement that made Peril feel suddenly and 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, she called
Peril useless and disappeared overnight.

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.
Upon seeing her later, Scarlet's presence created a bloodbath of fear
and awe for Peril. She 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. She also stated that she thought every part of
Peril was perfect, to which she retorted "As long as I do what you want.
The minute I have a thought of my own, you hate me." She had set out
with the intention to kill Scarlet, but began doubting herself,
remembering that Scarlet had kept her alive when everyone else had
wanted her dead, and worrying that maybe nobody besides Scarlet really
would love her. She stated that nobody besides herself wanted Peril
anywhere, 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. She spoke acidly to Peril but Peril
later 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 kept Peril alive and gave her a purpose, but
her days were usually made worse when they interacted. Scarlet fully
believed that Peril would do anything once she gave her the order, and
she stated that Peril was her most loyal subject. Although Scarlet never
physically hit her, however, she had always heralded scorn, shouting,
and severe punishments for Peril, ultimately making her life miserable.

Upon hearing Scarlet threaten Ruby with ways she would control Cliff,
Peril realized that Scarlet had manipulated Peril in a very similar way.
She declared her loyalty to Queen Ruby, and offered to kill Scarlet in
order to maintain her throne. She considered Scarlet to be the worst
dragon she had ever met.

Peril was on Scarlet's list of enemies she wanted to kill, noting her to
be an ungrateful untrustworthy backstabber.

### Ruby

Scarlet was Ruby's mother. As a younger dragon, Ruby agreed that killing
Scarlet would be good for the kingdom. Scarlet also did not hesitate to
publicly insult Ruby in front of her court. She was impatient with her
daughter, and deliberately used Peril to threaten Ruby; if she were ever
to try and challenge Scarlet, her mother would surely have Peril kill
her. She always followed Scarlet's orders, and Scarlet believed that
Ruby was hapless, weak, and a mouse.

Scarlet placed an animus spell on Ruby to keep her docile and calm, so
that she would never try to challenge her for the throne. However, it
did not work perfectly and over time, Ruby gained back snippets of her
former self, Tourmaline. After briefly regaining the SkyWing throne, she
planned to have a grand, public, ceremonial execution for Ruby. In the
meantime, she placed her daughter in the lowliest prison available.

Ruby was on Scarlet's list of enemies as Tourmaline. Scarlet remarked
that she couldn't live without her but wouldn't live with her.

### Smolder

Smolder took care of Scarlet while she was imprisoned in the Sand
Kingdom. However, Scarlet despised Smolder, and uselessly threatened and
insulted him. She did not believe Smolder treated her with the respect
she deserved. He was on Scarlet's list of enemies she wanted to kill.

### Vermilion

Vermilion was loyal to his mother during her reign, which helped him
maintain a stable relationship with Scarlet. She entrusted him with
announcing the arena battles and arguing for persecution during trials.
While Scarlet was scheming to take the throne back, she dreamvisited
Vermilion multiple times, commanding him to kill Ruby. After Scarlet
returned to the Sky Kingdom, he threw himself into a bow before her and
stammered that he was so relieved to have her back. When Scarlet
addressed her son, however, her voice was full of fury. He was sure that
he would be killed for disloyalty, especially since Scarlet ordered him
to help Scarlet regain her throne. He spoke to her weakly and miserably
after she scolded him, and he once tensely warned Hawk not to question
Scarlet. He was on Scarlet's list of enemies she wanted to kill. She
noted that he was suddenly disobedient when she was not in front of him.

## Quotes

Now really, this is getting insulting. […] You're in my
territory. Apparently you're living under my mountain. I am only the
most important dragon for hundreds of miles. How dare you not recognize
me?
to the dragonets of destiny
The Dragonet Prophecy
110

-----

Oh, that's my new toy. […] Pretty, isn't she? I bet I'm the
only queen with my very own RainWing.
to Burn, about Glory

The Dragonet Prophecy
216

-----

You think Burn is what you have to worry about right now. She's
not. I am. I'll be free soon … free … and I'll be coming for all my
enemies … think about that while you try to fall asleep … what I'm going
to do to your friends when I get my claws on them … how messy and
thrilling it's going to be …
to Sunny
The Brightest Night
113

-----

I know what you want, and it's not going to work! […] He's
never going to love you! You can keep trying to save his friends, but
no one will ever love you except me! I'm the only one who accepts you
the way you are! You'll always be a monster to everyone else!
to Peril, about Clay The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest
Night
147

-----

What use are diamonds to me? If I want something, I don't pay
for it; I take it. And right now, groveling prince, I only want two
things: my throne back — and vengeance.
to Winter

Winter Turning
171

-----

So you're his only hope. […] Or at least, you were. It's all
over now, though. I can see that you're far too useless to kill anyone
for me. My only remaining pleasure is watching your face as I tell you
your brother will be dead by morning.
to Winter, about
executing Hailstorm Winter Turning

172

-----

Oh, really? You think you've changed so much? I know you. You
like killing dragons. You've always liked it. It's one of the things I
can stand about you-none of the simpering, moaning guilt another dragon
might have. You were born to burn your enemies. And mine. Mostly mine.

to Peril Escaping Peril

22

-----

Friends? […] Is that what you think Glory is to you, darling?
I'm sure she cares about you so very much. Do you think anyone would cry
if I'd dropped your decapitated head in their talons? Admit it: nobody
loves you the way you are except me. That's always been true and it
always will be true.
to Peril
Escaping Peril
148

-----

You think you're so smart, pathetic daughter. […] But your
love for this dragonet is a weakness. After I kill you, do you want to
know what I'm going to do to him? I'm going to make him fear me. I'm
going to make him so loyal to me that he'll forget your name. He'll obey
my every command. […] I'll use him until he becomes a dragon you
wouldn't recognize. By the time I'm done with him, he'd kill you with
his own talons if I tell him to. […] He'll be my adorable little
weapon, and he'll forget all about you. I will be his everything.

to Ruby, about Cliff Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping
Peril
220

-----

When you win? How thrillingly hilarious. After all the
challengers I've killed, you think you stand any chance at all? My mousy
daughter who can barely speak in a room with more than two other dragons
in it.
to Ruby Escaping Peril

224

## Trivia

  - One of Tui's favorite words is "thrilling," just like Scarlet.
  - Scarlet firmly avoided dragonets.
  - In Scarlet's character profile, the word written in big letters at
    the top is "VAIN." Tui determined that vanity would be Scarlet's
    defining characteristic while searching for traits that are unusual
    to find in a villain.
  - Scarlet had been challenged fourteen times, the most out of all
    known queens.
  - During her thirty-year reign, Scarlet replaced almost all of her
    mother's collected art with statues of herself.

## References

in TDP Category:Appeared in THK Category:Appeared in TBN
in ToP Category:Mentioned in DoD Category:Mentioned in TDG
royalty Category:Ex-Queens Category:Deceased Category:Point of views
AGttDW Category:Contributors in AGttDW Category:Featured in HtD