'Vermilion' is an adult male SkyWing prince who was introduced in The Dragonet Prophecy. He was the
announcer for the SkyWing palace#SkyWing Arena|SkyWing arena before
Queen Ruby's succession to the Dragon royalty|throne, and is
Scarlet|Ex-Queen Scarlet's eldest son. He currently resides in the
SkyWing palace.

## Description

Vermilion has bright red scales and blood-red wings. He towers over
Ruby.

## Personality

Vermilion was formerly a loyal supporter of Scarlet, but became devoted
to Queen Ruby once he realized that she is a better queen than Scarlet.
His loyalty toward Scarlet was born out of fear, likely from watching so
many of his siblings die at Scarlet's talons - he switched allegiance to
Ruby almost immediately after Scarlet's disappearance and ignored every
single one of his mother's dreamvisitor messages to him. Once Scarlet
returned, Vermilion half-heartedly obeyed her orders, showing that his
fear of his mother still had a firm hold on him. He is fairly cowardly
and weak, but he snorted and took a step away from Ruby when she sat
next to him.

Vermilion seems to have a lot of interests, having been an announcer in
the SkyWing arena and a prosecutor while Scarlet was alive, and showing
an interest in owning a pet scavenger like Smolder's after the War of
SandWing Succession|war ended.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy
Vermilion, although unnamed at the time, was the
announcer for the fight between Horizon and Peril, making weak jokes
about the battle to come. After that, he announced the fight between
Clay and Fjord; he was shown to be Scarlet's herald in her arena. Later
on, Vermilion stood as the prosecutor during Kestrel's trial, where he
awkwardly claimed his mother's side to avoid anger from her. The next
day, he announced the battles for his mother's hatching day. Tsunami
attempted to attack him before her fight with Gill; however, her chains
kept her from fighting him.

left The Brightest Night

Vermilion was mentioned in a letter from Smolder to him about
his pet scavenger, Flower, featured at the end of the Collector's
Edition. The letter explained how to protect your scavenger, as someone
could eat it "by accident," to protect your belongings in case they
would try to make little things out of the cloth, what to feed them, and
to supply them water daily. Smolder ended the letter by requesting
Vermilion to send him a picture of his scavenger when he got them and
commented on the picture Flower drew of him and her; this letter
appeared to indicate that Vermilion was interested in getting a pet
scavenger and has, presumably, made plans with the SandWing.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Winter Turning

Vermilion was indirectly mentioned in the prologue when Ruby pitied
Winter by saying that she would probably rather die in battle than
listen to her brothers talk to her the way Hailstorm did to Winter.

The same letter featured in the Collector's Edition of The Brightest Night was also at the end of Winter Turning.

left Escaping Peril

In the prologue, he irritatingly shifted away from Hawk and Ruby when
Peril was first introduced to the tribe. Years later, Vermilion was
described as a loyal supporter of the new SkyWing queen, Queen Ruby.
When Scarlet found him in her return, she questioned him about what
happened since she "left the Sky Kingdom|kingdom," as well as saying
that she attempted to dreamvisit and told him to kill his sister many
times; she knew he had heard her, yet tactfully ignored her orders in
his continuing loyalty toward Ruby. To her outrage as she noted the lack
of treasure, Vermilion replied that Ruby used almost all of the SkyWing
treasure to transform the SkyWing arena into a hospital for dragons that
were injured during the war, hiring dragons from all of the different
tribes to teach and assist her healers in helping heal injured dragons.
He was also accused of liking Ruby more than Scarlet and was forced to
help Peril to take Cliff into custody and guard him.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World

Vermillion wrote a letter to Starflight about a list he found of dragons
Scarlet wanted dead. He was one of the dragons on the list. He was later
indirectly mentioned by Tailwind in literature#Named scrolls|This is
Why We Don't Marry Psychopaths as one of Scarlet and Canyon's sons.

## Relationships

### Ruby

When Ruby sat next to Vermilion in Scarlet's throne room, he snorted and
edged a step away from her. Years later, he became loyal to Ruby when
she became the new queen of the SkyWings.

### Scarlet

Vermilion was loyal to his mother during her reign, which helped him to
keep a stable relationship with Scarlet. She entrusted him with
announcing arena battles as well as arguing for prosecution. 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 - so much so that
she may as well have called him "Disappointment." He was sure that he
would be killed for disloyalty, especially because Scarlet had hunted
through his dreams with a dreamvisitor, ordering him to help Scarlet
regain her former throne, and kill Ruby for her, but he ignored her
commands. He spoke to her weakly and miserably after she scolded him,
and he once tensely warned Hawk not to question Scarlet.

### Smolder

After the end of the war, he seems to have become somewhat friendly with
Smolder — the two share an interest in keeping scavengers as pets.

## Quotes

After four wins, Horizon the SandWing — formerly, and unwisely,
a soldier in Blaze's army — has been challenged to a match with the
Queen's Champion, Peril. Claws up, fire ready! Fight!

announcing a match in the arena between Horizon and Peril
The Dragonet Prophecy
130

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After last month's battle with Blaze's army, our queen's
dungeons were stuffed with IceWing prisoners of war. Only nine have
survived. After two wins, I give you — Fjord of the IceWings! […] And
in this corner, an unusual case — a MudWing, but not one of our allies.
No, this dragonet was found hiding under our Claws of the Clouds
Mountains|mountains, protected by the Talons of Peace. Is he one of the
dragonets of destiny? Not if he loses this battle! […] If these
prophesied dragonets are as wonderful and legendary as they're supposed
to be, this should be a showdown to remember. I hope you're prepared to
impress us, dragon of the mud. I present to you … Clay of the MudWings!
Claws up, teeth ready! Fight!
announcing a match in the
arena between Fjord and Clay The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The
Dragonet Prophecy
154-155

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Your Majesty, […] the facts are clear. You gave an order.
Kestrel disobeyed you and fled the kingdom. She has been living under
your mountains for the last seven years, aiding and abetting the Talons
of Peace, who also refuse to follow Your Majesty's orders. She deserves
a long, painful execution. There is no need to drag this trial out.

during Kestrel's trial
The Dragonet Prophecy
177

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She turned your arena into a hospital. […] She pardoned all
the prisoners and brought in doctors and healers from other tribes to
teach ours everything they know and she made space for all the wounded
soldiers from the war and she's been finding them all places to live and
jobs to do and using the gold for all of that.
to Scarlet,
about Ruby Escaping Peril
184

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No! […] Never! You're the only good queen! I liked my
arena job! It's absolutely terrible here now! We always loved the, uh,
the fighting! We missed you so much!
to Scarlet

Escaping Peril
184

## Trivia

  - In The Dragonet Prophecy (graphic novel), Vermilion does not
    announce all of the arena fights as he did in the original novel. In
    the graphic novel, Queen Scarlet herself announces all of the
    battles before the ones taking place on her hatching day instead of
    Vermilion.

## References

in TDP Category:Appeared in EP Category:Minor characters Category:Dragon
royalty Category:Princes Category:Mentioned in TBN Category:Mentioned in
WT Category:Featured in AGttDW Category:Contributors in AGttDW