'Shark' is an adult male SeaWing prince who was introduced in The Lost Heir. He is the commander for the
Kingdom of the Sea, where he currently resides and is a member of the
SeaWing Council. He is the brother of Queen Coral and the father of
Moray.

## Description

Shark has dull gray-green scales, similar in appearance to a stone where
moss has been scraped away. He has unsettling, malicious, tiny,
bone-pale, unblinking eyes that have been described as unfriendly, pale
reflecting pools that hide his thoughts. He has a knobbly, protruding
forehead and horns that twist strangely towards one another. He has been
noted to lack any battle scars and similar in appearance to Moray. He
has a pattern of starbursts shaped like webbed dragons|dragon prints
branching across his wings, indicative of the SeaWing royal family.

## Personality

Unworried, bad-tempered, skeptical, and arrogant, Shark is a
challenging, insolent dragon who speaks flatly and often in a snarl. He
is not often challenged, and Riptide mentioned that Shark would endanger
those he considers a threat. However, he was merciful enough towards
Tortoise that Coral described him as soft. When Shark was imprisoned, he
did not protest; he just simply snarled at the guards attempting to
control him and went towards the dungeons himself.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Lost Heir

Shark was at the head of the advance guard to confront Riptide and the
dragonets of destiny as they approached the Summer Palace. After Riptide
claimed that he had found Tsunami, the SeaWing tribe's alleged missing
princess, Shark was skeptical. After Tsunami presented her spiral wing
markings, undoubtedly marking her as SeaWing royalty, Shark reluctantly
accepted that she was a princess and ordered his troops to bring Tsunami
to the palace and to kill Clay, Glory, Starflight, and Sunny. Tsunami
protested, and Shark eventually signaled for his guard to stand aside,
leaving Tsunami's companions unharmed.

Shark led the dragonets, Riptide, and Tsunami to the Summer Palace.
Shark stood silently on one of the spirals of a pillar while Tsunami
introduced herself to a portion of the SeaWing tribe. He then joined
Tsunami and her companions, along with Anemone, Coral, and nine other
SeaWings on the royal pavilion. He stood aside as seven of them ushered
the dragonets into a prison cave on Coral's orders. Anemone, Coral,
Moray, Piranha, Riptide, Shark, and Tsunami then swam to the border of
the Summer Palace in order to investigate the dead body of an unknown
SkyWing (later revealed to be Kestrel). After flying back to the palace,
Coral and a few Council members (one of whom was likely Shark) conducted
a War of SandWing Succession|war meeting.

The next morning, Shark was observed sitting in a pool labeled 'DEFENSE'
during a Council meeting. After a time of eating in silence, Shark
reported to Coral that he was concerned about the palace defenses,
accusing the dragonets to be a danger in their midst. When Tsunami
confessed that Gill was killed in the SkyWing palace|SkyWing arena, she
felt as if Shark had guessed the truth, and he knew that the actual
cause of Gill's death was Tsunami herself, who was forced to combat him
while she was imprisoned in the Sky Kingdom. Coral then disbanded the
council meeting so she could grieve for her deceased husband.

Coral mentioned that she had sent Shark to the Deep Palace after that
morning's council meeting in order to check on Tortoise and her eggs.
After discovering that one of her eggs had been smashed, however, she
punished Tortoise by yanking out all of her teeth one by one and then
fatally stabbing her through the belly. Before Tortoise died, she
pointed at Shark amongst the spectating crowd, Coral afterward having a
heated discussion with him in Aquatic. Later, it was revealed by Anemone
that, according to Tortoise, Shark had brought Tortoise an octopus to
eat and granted her permission to leave her post.

Later, when Tsunami asked Flounder, Herring, Kelp, and Snail
for a key to Clay's chains, they protested, mentioning that Shark had
given them orders to keep him imprisoned within the cave. Tsunami
eventually convinced them through discussion and a promise to keep each
of their families safe if she ever became the SeaWing queen.

Next morning, in front of Blister, her SandWing guards, and several
members of the SeaWing tribe, Tsunami loudly accused Shark of giving his
soldiers orders to chain Clay; aware that she was being watched, Coral
had no choice but to order Shark into the underwater dungeons. Shark did
not protest, only snarling at the guards who approached him and giving
Tsunami a look of hatred before swimming towards the prison himself.

Shark was not imprisoned for long, however, and was later seen leading
the defense against enemy SandWing and SkyWing soldiers during the
attack on the Summer Palace. He lived through the battle, later fleeing
to the Deep Palace with the other surviving SeaWings.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Talons of Power
Shark was mentioned when Anemone said she thought about turning him
bright pink and making all his teeth fall out. Later, Turtle thought
about Anemone's suggestion again. Turtle remembered him in his
flashback. He was on the beach, pacing and glowering at everyone.

## Relationships

### Tsunami

Upon first meeting Tsunami, Shark regarded her as though she were a dead
eel someone had left half-eaten on the beach. She believes him to be
arrogant, and once stated that when she became the queen of the
SeaWings, she would make him sit in a lagoon and grow seaweed. Tsunami
was one of the few dragons that ever talked back to Shark. He glared at
her during a Council meeting and shot her a look full of hatred when he
was imprisoned. Tsunami felt that Auklet's egg would very much be much
safer without Shark around. Even when Tsunami saved Auklet's life, he
did not act pleased or supportive at all.

## Quotes

Rrrriptide. What are you dragging home now?
to
Riptide about the dragonets of destiny The Lost Heir (book)|The
Lost Heir
50-51

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Oh, really? You, Riptide? Of all dragons? What an unusual
coincidence.
to Riptide about finding Tsunami
The Lost Heir
51

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Very well. Kill the other four and bring her.
to the
advance guard about Tsunami and the dragonets of destiny
The Lost Heir
52

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I am concerned about our defenses. The intruders in our midst
are a danger to us. We have no idea whether they might have led others
to our palace, or what they might be planning.
to Coral about
the dragonets of destiny The Lost Heir

112

## Trivia

  - Riptide mentioned that Shark is the only dragon brave enough to
    argue against Blister and Coral.