'Sequoia' is an adult female LeafWing who was introduced in The Poison Jungle. Prior to
the Tree Wars, she ruled as queen of the LeafWings but later fled to the
Poison Jungle with her tribe to avoid extinction. Her tribe diverged
into two groups, with Sequoia continuing to lead the half known as the
SapWings. She currently resides on Pantala and was formerly under the
control of the othermind. She is the great-grandmother of Hazel.

## Description

Sequoia is depicted as dark green in a mural within the
Cicada_Hive#The_Mosaic_Garden|Mosaic Garden. Her tail is scarred
with claw marks and drags behind her, and she is missing one ear and
half of one of her horns. She is enormous and long-necked, and has been
alive for a very long time.

## Personality

Sequoia once had an angry personality, though this may likely have been
caused by many of her subjects' deaths. After the Tree Wars, she
resolved to become a calmer and more tranquil Dragons|dragon. She uses a
counting-to-ten strategy to control her temper, especially during
meetings with Belladonna. She has a royal aura surrounding her. She
cares deeply for all of the LeafWings in her tribe, no matter if they
are PoisonWings or SapWings. Despite what the HiveWings had done to her
tribe, Sequoia was still furious when she heard about how Belladonna had
been responsible for an entire Hive being destroyed.

## Biography

### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left The Lost Continent

While Blue and Luna were visiting the Mosaic Garden, Luna
came across the Salvation Wall, which was a giant mural depicting the
end of the Tree Wars. Blue noticed a dark green LeafWing who was
supposed to resemble Queen Sequoia, and he wondered why she refused to accept Queen Wasp's rule as Monarch (TLC)|Ex-Queen Monarch did. Blue
then attempted to imagine himself as Sequoia, leading her tribe into a
single-outcome war. Later, when reading the Book of Clearsight, Sundew
said that Queen Sequoia would have only agreed to Queen Wasp's demands
if she saw it written in Clearsight's handwriting.

left The Poison Jungle

Queen Sequoia was revealed to still be alive. She ruled the
SapWings and when Sundew and Willow were first reunited, she found them
and took them both back to the SapWing village. There, she learned about
the PoisonWings and their plan to burn down the Hives. While they are in
the Poison Jungle, Queen Sequoia told the PoisonWings and the SapWings
about the "Legend of the Hive," where groups of mind-controlled insects
and animals attacked the first dragons on Pantala. She explained that
the Plants|plant Queen Wasp used to mind-control the HiveWings was the
breath of evil. She sent Sundew, Willow, Mandrake, Cricket, Bumblebee,
and Nettle on a mission to find Hawthorn, who was supposedly sent to
research the breath of evil because he might have found a cure.

When Sundew, Willow, Mandrake, Cricket, Bumblebee, and Nettle found
Hawthorn, they discovered that Queen Sequoia did not object to
Hawthorn's plan of mind-controlling Queen Wasp. Sundew then decided to
be mad at Sequoia after Wasp had been defeated.

After they returned from their quest, Sequoia aided in the preparations
to defend the Poison Jungle from invading HiveWing forces and left her
great-great granddaughter, Princess Hazel in command.

At the end, when Sundew and the remaining dragons of Pantala, who were
not mind-controlled by the othermind, had to journey to Pyrrhia to
escape from Queen Wasp and the breath of evil with the aid of a map
hidden in the Book of Clearsight, Queen Sequoia became mind-controlled
by the othermind and could not come with Sundew and the others, and
Hazel had to act as queen of the LeafWings, in her place.

left
The Dangerous Gift
Sequoia was
mentioned by Swordtail when he remembered how the breath of evil
infected the LeafWings. Later, when Snowfall|Queen Snowfall asked Hazel
about what happened to the earlier queen, Sequoia was mentioned to be
possibly still alive. She was also mentioned by Blue that Queen Wasp
wanted her dead but the othermind did not allow Wasp to do so.

left
The Flames of Hope
Sequoia was
mentioned by Cottonmouth while listing dragons that wanted to use the
othermind's power to control others.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Sequoia
was first mentioned in the SilkWing chapter by Monarch in her reflection
on her reign as queen.

Sequoia was depicted with Princess Hazel in a portrait at the beginning
of the LeafWing chapter of the guide. Later in the chapter, she shared
her favorite literature|book. Her letters to and from Linden, and later
Belladonna, were featured.

## Relationships

### Belladonna

Sequoia and Belladonna often get into fights, as they lead contradicting
organizations. Despite their arguments, she believed Belladonna would
never endanger the rest of tribe with her mission. Even though she would
rather not talk to Belladonna ever again, she was still willing to work
with Belladonna for the good of the tribe.

### Hazel

Sequoia seems to love her great-granddaughter very much, treating her
like her own daughter by fussing over her and worrying about her.
Sequoia has great faith in Hazel and believes she will make a good
queen.

### Linden

Sequoia referred to Linden as her best general and the bravest dragon
she ever knew, and she truly loved her. Sequoia still trusted and
worried about Linden after she left to start the PoisonWing village.

## Quotes

Hello, Belladonna's daughter. […] Willow is correct that I
need to know everything. I think it is high time you joined the real
LeafWings.
to Sundew upon first meeting her
The Poison Jungle
95

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I can STILL HEAR YOU. […] I am TRYING to COUNT until I FEEL
CALMER and less like MURDERING EVERYONE.
to Hazel
The Poison Jungle
107

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I don't care what you don't want to do! I am not going to let
your dragons die. […] You may have been apart from us for fifty years,
but you're still my tribe. If we don't work together now, we don't stand
a chance.
to Belladonna The Poison Jungle (book)|The
Poison Jungle
129-130

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I know Wasp. She strikes back the moment she's struck. I
estimate we have a day, maybe two, while they put out the fire, tend to
their wounded, and relocate their eggs and dragonets. Then perhaps a day
to gather her horde and travel here ― more likely less. If they're not
on the border of the Poison Jungle by tonight, they will be by tomorrow
morning.
about Queen Wasp
The Poison Jungle
136

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No. […] I won't be able to think clearly with you there. I
need to know you're safe here, and that the rest of the tribe is safe,
too, because you'll be in charge of them. If Wasp gets past us, you'll
need to decide what to do … fight her, or run.
to Hazel The Poison Jungle
149