'Willow' is a female LeafWing dragonet who was introduced
in the epilogue of The Hive Queen. She is currently in a relationship
with Sundew and resides in the LeafSilk Kingdom. She was formerly a
member of the SapWings and owns a pet cockatoo named Talkatoo.

## Description

Willow has pale green scales, which are warm and as light as a fern
frond. She has graceful wings which are a paler green than her body, and
a dark green dappled leaf pattern on her scales and underscales, like
the shadows of long oval leaves. She has deep, deer-brown eyes. Her
voice has a note of authority to it.

According to Sundew, she has a perfect "crinkly and sparkly" face, a
sparkling disposition, and warm, smiling, river-deep eyes, the deepest
she had ever seen. When Sundew had first met her, she noted that Willow
carried the scent of mint, chocolate, and new rain.

## Personality

Willow is calm and gentle, and a kind dragon who is quite often the
voice of reason for Sundew. Willow is empathetic and gentle and prefers
to take a reasonable approach to things, unlike Sundew's snarky or
aggressive manner. Even if Sundew is angry or frustrated, Willow can
stay level-headed and can calm down Sundew in turn. Willow is not
inclined toward shouting or being angry, as when Sundew noted that Queen
Sequoia might feel better if she took her anger out on others or yelled
at others. Willow does not like yelling, as it only made her feel guilty
and worse and that she still felt bad over the last time had yelled at
someone.

Willow can also be fierce and determined when trying to save others and
act quickly. This is seen when she swiftly kills a big snake to save
Tsunami and Turtle, and when she kills Hawthorn with a giant thorn to
save her friends from the breath of evil.

When Sundew shows her anger at the LeafWings being forced to run away,
Willow says she is angry as well. She feels everything that Sundew is
feeling, saying that she has never let herself get mad like that before.
She tells Sundew that Sundew is right and she should be angry, but she
needs to focus on those who deserve her anger.

She has good intentions toward most dragons, except those with evil or
threatening intentions. Like many others, she hates the othermind and
what it has done to Pantala.

## Biography

### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left The Lost Continent (book)| The Lost Continent

Willow was briefly mentioned by Sundew, who wondered why she
wanted to save the SilkWing tribe.

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The Hive Queen
When Cricket and
Sundew were talking about Swordtail leaving her to fight HiveWings
alone, Sundew said she understood him leaving to find Luna because she
had a true love as well. Willow was the mentioned true love. Later, when
dressed up in silk and glitter, Sundew said, "Wil — my tribe would fall
over laughing at me right now." The 'Wil' that Sundew mentioned before
cutting off was referring to Willow.

In the epilogue, Willow saved Tsunami and Turtle from a large snake when
they first arrived on Pantala. She introduced herself to them and told
the two that they should go back across the ocean if they wanted to
live.

left The Poison Jungle

Sundew mentioned wanting to see Willow multiple times. Willow
first appeared in a flashback Sundew had when she went to meet Willow.
Sundew, who was two years old, was chasing a frog who ate the
grasshopper she was planning on eating later. She headed towards a pond
and searched for the frog, yelling angry curses at it. Willow
interrupted her and asked, "Who are you talking to?" Sundew said that
she was looking for her "archnemesis," and Willow thought it was a
dragon. Sundew explained that her archnemesis was a frog, and Willow
started laughing so hard her shoulders shook. Sundew asked where Willow
was from, and Willow pointed to the trees, away from the LeafWing
village. Sundew was confused and introduced herself. Willow did not
recognize that name (which made Sundew furious) and introduced herself
as well. Sundew explained that she was the savior of Pantala from the
HiveWings. Willow gasped and realized Sundew was a "PoisonWing" and flew
over to inspect her. Willow mentioned that Queen Sequoia was alive and
living with the SapWings (although Willow called them the "real
LeafWings"). She went on and added that Sequoia was meeting with
Belladonna to negotiate peace. Sundew argued that they need to fight
Queen Wasp, and Willow calmed her. After both standing by each other's
sides, Sundew noticed that their heartbeats had synced. They stood
together for a while before Sundew announced that she decided to spare
the frog's life. Willow laughed and said that she had just decided to
wait until the frog came out so she could kill it. They both laughed
about it, and Willow requested that Sundew move to the SapWing village
with her. Sundew reluctantly declined. Every time Willow asked again,
the answer was always a no. They came to meet each other the next night
at the same place, and Willow gave Sundew a jade frog. Sundew was to set
it on a rock by the pond each night, so Willow would know she was there.

Sundew and Willow continued to meet each other in the same spot for four
years. After returning to the present time, Willow entered the clearing
and saw the frog. They had not seen each other for many days since
Sundew had to leave the jungle. Sundew bounded into Willow's wings.
Willow explained her daring rescue plan that she was thinking up about.
Sundew gave her flowers and explained everything that she had done since
she was gone. Willow freaked out and exclaimed that they had to tell the
queen, as the HiveWings were likely on their way. Sundew tried to
protest, but Queen Sequoia, who had been eavesdropping the entire
conversation, entered and told her that she needed to know. Willow was
then revealed to be Sundew's girlfriend.

Willow brought Sundew to the village of the SapWings. They met
Hazel|Princess Hazel, and Sundew showed Sequoia the breath of evil vine
from Wasp's greenhouse. Sequoia was shocked. Willow then led Sundew to
see the new dragons. There, they saw Io, Tsunami, and Turtle.

Willow witnessed Sequoia's telling of the Legend of the Hive. She
brought Sundew to meet her father and then went with Mandrake, Nettle,
Cricket, Bumblebee, and Sundew to find Hawthorn. She helped free Nettle
from a pitcher plant and led them safely past the Manchineel grove to
the Den of Vipers and met Hawthorn. Willow and the others heard his
story and took him to Queen Sequoia.

Hawthorn was revealed to have been under the control of the othermind
and threatened Willow. Sundew made a real sundew plant grow under him.
He threatened Cricket, and Willow killed him with a long thorn.

Willow, Sundew, Cricket, and Mandrake moved all the remaining
PoisonWings to the SapWing village. Hazel, now the LeafWing queen, found
the map in the Book of Clearsight, and the tribes moved to journey to
Pyrrhia. Io and Cinnabar brought some of the Chrysalis to the Gullet
River but stayed back to help SilkWings in the other hives. Willow
convinced Sundew, who was initially against the idea, to take everyone
to the Distant Kingdoms' for safety and come back with a plan.

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The Dangerous Gift
Willow tugged
Sundew down, preventing her from intervening while Hazel spoke to Queen
Snowfall for the first time. Later, she accompanied Sundew and others to
tell Luna what happened to Blue and Swordtail. Willow was later seen
with Hazel in Sanctuary, where Sundew hissed about their situation and
stalked away in anger. Before the selected representatives left for
Pantala, Willow was seen crying, with Sundew trying to comfort her. When
Snowfall gave Sundew the IceWing gifts|gift of stealth, she practised
turning Willow and herself invisible. Willow thanked Snowfall and gave
her a hug, before returning to Sundew's side.

left
The Flames of Hope
Willow was first
mentioned in Sundew's vision. In the epilogue of The Flames of Hope
Willow had returned to Pantala, she joked about how it would take magic
to make Sundew actually eat something.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Willow
wrote a letter to Cricket to thank her for her list of possible HiveWing
abilities in order for her to check if Bumblebee had any abilities.

In the LeafWing chapter, Willow shared her favorite literature|book,
literature#Named books|Ash of Green Gingkos.

## Relationships

### Hazel

Sundew was worried that Hazel loved Willow but they claim they are just
good friends and nothing more. After that, both Willow and Sundew agreed
that Hazel should lead the LeafWing tribe.

### Sequoia

Willow sees Sequoia as a good queen and is close with her.

### Sundew

Willow met Sundew at a pond when Sundew was chasing after a frog that
had stolen her sugar sprinkled grasshopper. Willow and Sundew started to
talk, and the two began meeting each other every night at the pond, with
Willow checking the pond every night for a jade frog that Sundew would
lay on a rock as a signal that she was there. Over time, they fell in
love and became girlfriends. Many brightly colored flowers are around
the pond — gifts that Sundew grew for Willow with her leafspeak through
the years. Even though they disagree from time to time, she still loves
her and states that Sundew is her forever dragon.

### Talkatoo

Willow thinks very highly of her pet cockatoo, stating that she is the
smartest bird in the world. Talkatoo has been her pet for most of her
life.

### Tsunami

Willow saved Tsunami and Turtle from a large snake in the epilogue of
The Hive Queen. In The Poison Jungle, Tsunami gets along amicably with
Willow, who visits her and Turtle. The two are on close enough terms
that Willow is very comfortable calling Sundew her girlfriend in front
of Tsunami.

### Turtle

Willow saved Turtle and Tsunami from a large snake in the epilogue of
The Hive Queen. She seems to see Turtle as a friend, caring for him,
asking if he is alright, and giving him ginger tea to help him recover
from swallowing too much water from the Gullet River. The two are casual
enough to where Willow is comfortable with calling Sundew her girlfriend
in front of him.

## Quotes

I'm Willow, […] and if you want to live, you should turn
around and go back there right now.
to Tsunami and Turtle,
telling them to go back to Pyrrhia
The Hive Queen
epilogue

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But how can you be? You look just like us! […] Maybe a
little prettier. […] Maybe a lot.
to Sundew, in a flashback

The Poison Jungle
71

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Shhhh. […] You don't have to do anything right this second.
Just be here. Breathe.
to Sundew
The Poison Jungle
81

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Don't you think thump is a terrible word? I mean, that's what
most dragons would say our hearts are doing, but it doesn't feel thumpy
to me. Pulse doesn't seem right either. Beat sounds too violent. It's
not quite tapping. There should be a better word for this.
to
Sundew The Poison Jungle
82

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You were gone forever! I have so much to tell you! I've been
waiting and waiting and checking the boulder every night and it was
dreadful and I didn't like it and let's never do that again! I was half
afraid Belladonna must have found out about us. I started to wonder
whether I needed to mount a daring rescue operation — blast through the
barrier! Knock the other PoisonWings aside! Tear down your prison and
sweep you away to safety! Wouldn't that have been so heroic?

to Sundew, when she returns from her mission
The Poison Jungle
86

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Hazel is a friend of mine, like all the dragonets our age in
the village. But if what you're really asking is 'Hey, Willow, have you
by any chance fallen in love with some other dragon while I abandoned
you to go start a war and frolic with SilkWings?' the answer is no, I
haven't, you're still the only dragon for me, even when you ask silly
veiled questions.
to Sundew, about her relationship status
with Hazel, The Poison Jungle

118

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And you're still the only dragon for me, too, Willow, light of
my life, I promise I will never fall for a beautiful SilkWing and leave
you.
to Sundew The Poison Jungle (book)|The Poison
Jungle
118

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I have a cockatoo. […] Her name is Talkatoo and she's the
smartest bird in the world SUNDEW STOP LAUGHING AT ME. […] I was only
a little older than Bumblebee when I named her! I'd like to see you
come up with a better name at that age!
to Sundew about her
pet cockatoo The Poison Jungle

192

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The four of us against the entire HiveWing tribe, Queen Wasp,
all the best LeafWing fighters, and our friends? […] We don't even
know what to destroy!
to Sundew, about the mind controlled
dragons The Poison Jungle
274

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You know they don't! There's a monster inside them. There's a
monster leading them. If you scatter your anger around like dandelion
seeds, you'll hurt everyone, tire yourself out, and end up with a bunch
of indignant dandelions. But if you summon it all together and aim for
the monsters, you'll win. I know you will. Because you're Sundew, my
forever dragon.
to Sundew
The Poison Jungle
293

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She might tell you that's the magic of leafspeak, […] but the
true magician will be whoever can get her to stop and actually eat
something once in a while.
about Sundew not liking to eat

The Flames of Hope
323

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Ah, yeah. […] Sundew's idea of a tree planting party is one
where we plant trees all day and then look at them and go: 'Well done,
us. Good night, trees!' and that's it, that's the whole party.
to Swordtail
The Flames of Hope
324

## Trivia

  - When Willow saved Tsunami and Turtle from the anaconda, Tsunami
    describes her as dark green. However, she has pale green scales.
  - Willow gifted Sundew a jade frog when the latter was two years old.
    Sundew uses the object as a signal for Willow.
  - Willow used the Pyrrhian term of humans, scavengers, rather than
    reading monkeys.