'Whirlpool' was an adult male SeaWing who was introduced in The Lost Heir. He was a royal
scribe, a friend and advisor of Queen Coral, and a member of the SeaWing
Council. He was killed by Anemone when she knocked him into a moat of
electric eels.

## Description

Whirlpool had dark green scales and additional light green scales,
dappled in wave patterns, along his spine. He had blobby, frog-like,
pale green eyes that seemed too large for his eye sockets, and oddly
small teeth. He wore a large, golden hoop earring in one ear and had
dark ink staining his talons. He also wore several golden rings around
his sharp, fishhook-like claws. His smile was toothy and did not reach
his eyes, and he often strutted around. Tsunami viewed him as less
handsome than Riptide.

## Personality

Whirlpool was haughty, boring, patronizing, pompous, indignant,
officious, ridiculous, and annoying. He never allowed Anemone to do
anything other than move inanimate objects around during her animus
lessons. He was also described to have an oily, oozing voice, and
according to Riptide, he was "Queen Coral's favorite instrument of
torture." Although Coral believed him to be a wonderful teacher,
Whirlpool usually avoided more claws-on training in favor of traditional
literature, even if the latter hindered his pupils. Whirlpool was also
notorious for his greed, and the only reason he had any interest in
marrying one of Coral's daughters was that he could obtain power and
riches by becoming king. He slurped loudly while eating and droned on
about things, even when no one seemed to be listening. Whirlpool always
sounded like a know-it-all even with things he knew nothing about.

## Biography

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Pre-Series
Whirlpool was an overseer
of the Talons of Power ceremony, which was a test to discover any animus
dragons in the tribe. When Turtle was four, he was escorted by Whirlpool
to this event. Whirlpool tested dragonets in groups of three, ordering
them to make their coconuts hover. When Anemone's powers were
discovered, he reluctantly ended it before he was able to test the
remaining dragonets.

Sometime before The Lost Heir, he had hidden a Weapons|weapon on the
very same island the Talons of Power ceremony occurred, hiding it in the
sand for Anemone to use when she decided to challenge Queen Coral for
the Dragon royalty|throne. The said weapon was a "large, wickedly curved
dagger."

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### The Dragonet Prophecy

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Whirlpool, a member of Queen Coral's Council, as previously mentioned,
taught both Anemone and Tsunami how to speak Aquatic, trained Anemone in her animus abilities even though in Talons of Power (book)|Talons of
Power, Anemone was pretty sure he wanted her to lose her soul.

During the time when Tsunami came to visit the royal family, he
attempted to teach her Aquatic, but this lasted only for one day. His
method was to recite all of Queen Coral's work over a span of five
years. Tsunami found this ineffective and swam away angrily. In the end,
she learned more Aquatic from Riptide instead of Whirlpool.

Whirlpool wanted to marry Anemone and become the king; he also
threatened to tell Coral and Blister about how strong Anemone's animus
power really was, claiming that they would be so grateful that they
would grant him the SeaWing throne. He then thought out loud about
marrying Auklet instead, saying Anemone probably would not survive the
war.

Queen Coral was quite fond of Whirlpool and often praised him, so much
as to raise the possibility of Tsunami marrying him, although Tsunami
showed no interest in Whirlpool and, in fact, despised him. He tried to
murder Tsunami because of this since that would increase the chances of
Anemone becoming queen, and he would have a better chance of marrying
Anemone, making him king. He attempted the murder with a kelp sack and a
suit of armor but Tsunami fought him off and he sped away before he
could be discovered.

After the dragonets of destiny|dragonets were imprisoned, Anemone came
to visit and enchanted a narwhal spear to search for the dragon that had
attacked Tsunami. It herded Whirlpool into the prison, and Whirlpool
exclaimed how impressed he was by Anemone's power, and threatened to
tell Blister and Queen Coral. Then, Anemone struck him with the spear,
causing Whirlpool to fall into the moat which surrounded the dragonets'
prison. The moat was full of massive electric eels that gave off shocks
strong enough to kill a dragon, charging the water with deadly force.
When Whirlpool fell in, there was a blinding flash, and he was killed by
the eels. Anemone, terrified that Coral would find out, went back to
Coral moments before Summer Palace|the palace was attacked by the
SkyWings.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

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Moonwatcher accidentally read Anemone's mind as she was swimming with
her fellow SeaWings at Jade Mountain, and she was thinking about the
death of Whirlpool and how strong her animus powers were growing.

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Whirlpool was mentioned in Anemone's thoughts in the epilogue. Anemone
reflected on how she could do anything she wanted at the Jade Mountain
Academy|academy now that she was free from her mother's harness. She
believed that killing Whirlpool taught her mother that she was the most
powerful dragon in the world, and if it did not, she would teach her
some other way.

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Turtle reflected on the Talons of Power ceremony. In the climactic
battle, Anemone says, "If Whirlpool was wrong, I'll hunt down his
drifting corpse and kill him all over again," and then she admits that
she did not accidentally kill Whirlpool, but did it on purpose to
protect her sister Tsunami, and to make sure her mother Coral and
Princess Blister did not find out how powerful she was becoming. She
also says to him that before his death, Whirlpool wanted to be king
really badly, so he had tried to shape her into a darker dragon and told
her about the hidden dagger buried on the beach of the Island Palace
that she could use to kill her mother in hopes that he would be by her
side.

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### Field Guides

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A Guide to the Dragon World

Whirlpool was mentioned by Coral in her scroll about the War of SandWing
Succession.

## Relationships

### Anemone

Anemone seemed hopeful when Tsunami was introduced to Whirlpool, as
Anemone did not want to marry him and hoped that Tsunami might take her
place. She considers him dreadful and despises the idea of marrying him,
and he speaks to her patronizingly. She considers him awful, and often
glared at him. Whirlpool did not like Anemone much, but would have
preferred marrying her over Tsunami. Anemone suspected that Whirlpool
wanted her to turn evil and challenge Coral for the throne in order to
become king.

### Coral

Whirlpool was Coral's most trusted advisor. Coral considered Whirlpool
to be an intelligent, handsome, wonderful, brilliant young dragon.
Whirlpool bowed to Coral elaborately when greeting her, and she
considered him very clever; she was especially impressed by his
invention of permanent squid ink. Whirlpool was fond of Coral's writing
and would often talk about or praise her for her work. He spoke to her
in a voice full of sincere admiration.

### Tsunami

Tsunami would never marry Whirlpool, a feeling that is mutual. She
considers him awful and annoying, and stated that he was a horrible
teacher.

## Quotes

All knowledge can be found in the queen's writing. [...] If
we recite three chapters a day, we should get through her entire body of
work in about five years.
to Tsunami about her aquatic
training The Lost Heir
125

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My goodness. Anemone, I had no idea you were capable of such
powerful magic. I must be a brilliant teacher.
to Anemone
about her magic The Lost Heir
264

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But I do want to be king. [...] So I thought if I got rid of
you, I'd improve my chances of marrying a more agreeable daughter.

to Tsunami about why he attempted to kill her
The Lost Heir
265

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It's not really up to you. [...] Once I tell Queen Coral and
Queen Blister about what you can do, they'll be so grateful, they'll let
me have anything I want. But of course, then you'll be very busy using
your powers to win the war. And you probably won't survive that. So I
should really ask for Auklet instead.
to Anemone about his
plan to become king The Lost Heir

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