'Tundra' is an adult female IceWing princess who was introduced in Winter Turning. Along with
being the widow of Narwhal|Prince Narwhal, she was formerly a warrior of
the IceWings#Circle rankings|First Circle and is an advisor to Queen
Snowfall. She currently resides in the IceWing palace and is a member of
the IceWing Dragon royalty|royal family.

## Description

Tundra has cold, shimmering, stormy gray eyes and wears a necklace of
SkyWing teeth that emits a jittery, small clattering sound when she
moves. She has a slippery, smooth, cutting, flat, informative voice and
gleaming scales.

## Personality

Tundra is sharp and demanding, and dropped an expressionless mask over
her features after glancing at Icicle's last place Circle ranking. She
is willing to take great risks for much greater gains.

She also has no qualms in showing open admiration for Hailstorm and
Icicle's accomplishments while demeaning Winter's. She is calm, smug,
judgemental, disapproving, skeptical, cold, and impassive, with a marble
face that repels sarcasm and a perpetually frozen expression. Snowfall
noted that she had never seen a hint of sadness, rage, or resentment on
Tundra's face. It is rare for her to display emotion, but she looked
quite scandalized when Snowfall questioned the royal IceWing crown's
origin.

## Biography

### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising

Icicle mentioned her family in her thoughts here: "By the teeth of the
Great Ice Dragon, this is boring as sand. I shall certainly tell Mother
and Father and Glacier|Aunt Glacier what a waste of time this entire
Jade Mountain Academy|school is."

left Winter Turning

In the first chapter of the book, Tundra, Narwhal, Winter, Icicle,
Hailstorm, three attendants, and one of Winter's uncles were all part of
a hunting party. Tundra hissed for the attention of the others,
announcing that whoever brought down the first polar bear would later
sit beside the queen while she ate it. She shot a look at her daughter,
Icicle.

She told Winter that he should try harder while hunting during the tense
meals shared with his family. She would often compare him negatively to
Hailstorm and Icicle.

While Winter was out hunting, he paused, noticing that his prey, a
female polar bear, has two cubs. He also watched a scavenger. Tundra
flew towards him with Icicle and Narwhal following, shrieking at him to
kill the bear. Winter attempted to do so but failed because he had
hesitated too long.

Winter remembered how she would make him practice the IceWing guard
stance perfectly every day before he could eat. According to him, this
was not very fun.

Later on, when Winter woke up, she was waiting next to him and thanked
him for bringing Hailstorm back, before saying it was the least he could
do. She then complimented him by telling him that it was good that he
had not apologized, showing some form of emotion towards her son.

She was later seen as the dragons|dragon who scratches the names and
moves them around the Circle rankings.

left Talons of Power
Tundra was mentioned when Hailstorm asked about his parents'
condition. Tundra was one of the five confirmed IceWings who had
received the IceWing plague|plague, another one being her husband
Narwhal.

left
Darkness of Dragons
In the epilogue,
Winter said that Tundra never wanted to see him again after the death of
her husband, Narwhal.

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left
The Dangerous Gift
Tundra had
reminded Queen Snowfall about the Circle Ranks. She later glared at
Crystal's name on the wall. After Snowfall left the Ice Kingdom, Tundra
was mentioned many times throughout the book when Snowfall remembered
the wall. When Snowfall returned to the Kingdom and came back to the
IceWing palace, Tundra was surprised to see her return, assuming that
she was not coming back and had made Mink the new queen. When Snowfall
ordered Ivory to destroy the IceWing crown, Tundra became distressed.
She then reminded Snowfall about the Circle Rankings needing
rearrangements from her absence and followed her to the wall. However,
Snowfall soon destroyed the Circle Rankings wall using the Animus
enchantments#IceWing gifts|gift of strength in front of her aunt,
causing Tundra to scream desperately at her and then fainted. Snowfall
ordered her soldiers to take Tundra back to her room to rest,
afterwards.

## Relationships

### Icicle

Similar to her firstborn, Icicle is also Tundra's favorite dragonet
since she is a prodigy and a heir to the throne. However, it is unknown
if Tundra holds any actual affection towards Icicle as it is heavily
implied in The Dangerous Gift that Tundra wanted Icicle to succeed
Glacier instead of Snowfall so she could exploit her own daughter as a
secondary queen.

### Narwhal

It has been implied that Tundra did have feelings for her husband, as
she was saddened by his death. The news hurt her to the point she ended
up disowning Winter.

### Snowfall

Tundra is often frosty, disapproving, and skeptical towards Snowfall's
decisions. She hates having to obey Snowfall. She was distressed about
Snowfall's actions of destroying the enchanted IceWing crown and the
gift of order, causing her to scream and faint.

### Winter

Tundra is Winter's mother. After Winter dropped into the Fifth Circle
due to a failed polar bear hunt, Tundra made him memorize long sagas for
months about dragons who had attempted the Diamond Trial, including
about a hundred verses speculating how gruesomely they may have died.
Tundra made it clear that no dragonet of hers would reach their seventh
hatching day any lower than the Second Circle, even if it meant risking
their life for the Diamond Trial. Winter speculated that his mother sees
him as nothing more than a lump of gray ice. For a month after
Hailstorm's death report, Tundra did not speak to Winter. He felt
elation and pride when Tundra thanked Winter for rescuing Hailstorm, but
she then added that it was the least that Winter could do. After
realizing that Tundra had intended for him to die during the Diamond
Trial, he felt hurt in a deep place where he had thought his family
could not hurt him anymore. Winter suspected that Tundra would have
wanted Winter to complete a necessary task in any way possible, even if
it was immoral. She is sharp and demanding towards Winter, and does not
want to see him.

## Quotes

Hailstorm killed a polar bear on his first hunt. Icicle has
killed three so far. You obviously need to try harder.
to
Winter Winter Turning
3-4

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What is wrong with you? Are you hunting or sightseeing? Are you
an IceWing or a RainWing? Kill that bear!
to Winter during a
hunt Winter Turning
6

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Good. […] No apologies. But now it is time to rise. There
will be a ceremony in the courtyard in seven minutes that you must
attend.
to Winter Winter Turning (book)|Winter
Turning
252

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Thank you for bringing Hailstorm home […] It was the least
you could do.
to Winter Winter Turning (book)|Winter
Turning
252

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Restore our family's rank.
to Winter before the
Diamond Trial Winter Turning
271

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Tundra looked exactly the same, though. Snowfall never saw a
hint of sadness or rage or resentment in her face. Even though they both
knew perfectly well that Tundra had always hoped her daughter, Icicle,
would take the throne from Glacier before Snowfall could.

narration
The Dangerous Gift
22

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It's been in the royal family for hundreds of years! It's one
of the most treasured IceWing heirlooms!
to Snowfall about
the royal IceWing crown
The Dangerous Gift
299

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Your Majesty, as the wall has been neglected for a number of
days, despite my best efforts, perhaps you would appreciate a few
updates about the behavior of the palace IceWings in your absence.

to Snowfall about the gift of order
The Dangerous
Gift
301

## Trivia

  - The sound of Tundra's necklace always made Winter want to go and
    hide in a snowbank. Snowfall described it as noisy instead.