Line #79 Characters/WingsOfFireSandWings


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5	* ArabianNightsDays: Their culture is the dragon equivalent of this trope. Treasure-filled palaces, street urchins, bustling open-air markets filled with everything from fruit to assassins- it's all there.
6	* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Averted; [=SandWings=] are not immune to their own venom. Therefore, their settlements are marked by gardens of [[ImprobableAntidote brightsting cactus]] (its cure) or merchants that sell the plant's juice.
7	* BewareMyStingerTail: Their tails are tipped with a venomous barb. One of the first things dragonets learn is how to keep it curled up so they won't accidentally scratch anyone, and brightsting cactus juice is sold in markets in case of accidents.
8	* BigFancyCastle: The [=SandWing=] palace is a massive walled fort whose courtyard is big enough to hold armies from all of the tribes. After a few minutes of walking through the former, Sunny gives up on trying to memorize its layout, and there's so much space that nobody has yet bothered to clear out the old queen's taxidermy collection. As for "fancy", its aesthetic is "fantasy Persian", filled with mosaics, tapestries, and elaborate architecture built to accommodate its aerial inhabitants.
9	* BlackEyesOfEvil: They all have black eyes with no pupils. Many of them are antagonists, but many others [[AvertedTrope avert]] this by being heroic.
10	* ChameleonCamouflage: A step below [=RainWings=]. They can't change their scale colour, but pure-blooded [=SandWings=] are a pale yellow or peach that makes them almost impossible to see if they burrow into sand.
11	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: A stereotype about them, according to Winter.
12	* GoldColoredSuperiority: Averted. Hybrid Sand/[=NightWings=] have scales deep gold like a harvest moon, but such dragons do not have either sides' poison-tipped tails or psychic powers. In ''strictly'' martial terms, they are weaker than their ancestors.
13	* HoldYourHippogriffs: Instead of being "in the same boat", [=SandWings=] say that they're "in the same tent".
14	* LightIsGood: A common belief among [=SandWings=]. They don't ''need'' sunlight like the [=RainWings=], but they ''really'', really like it. The only part of the [=SandWing=] palace that isn't close to the sky is its dungeons.
15	* MyBloodRunsHot: [=SandWings=] exude a small amount of heat, enough that other dragons can feel it without touching them.
16	* TheNeedless: A downplayed example. [=SandWings=] are the toughest of the dragon tribes. They need much less food, can go longer without water, and endure extreme temperatures both hot and cold. That many [=SandWings=] '''still''' don't have enough to eat is a depressing commentary on how incompetent the rival queens are.
17	* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Among the royal [=SandWing=] treasures is the Eye of Onyx, an animus-enchanted necklace that singlehandedly gives its chosen enough power to rule the kingdom. No soldiers or royal blood required. But if the Eye ''doesn't'' accept someone, [[TouchOfDeath they die instantly]]. Many "legitimate" heirs refuse to take the risk of wearing it, especially because just what the Eye's criteria is has been lost to time. Based on the events of ''The Brightest Night'', [[spoiler:being a good dragon is the only prerequisite. Being the sort of dragon who would be a good ''ruler''- who can protect her subjects and make hard decisions- is not. Sunny realizes this when the Eye accepts her, and wisely chooses to give it to someone else. The Eye also allows this.]]
18	* PlayingWithFire: They can breathe fire.
19	* PoisonousPerson: They possess potent venom in a stinger on their tail.
20	* SuperSenses: Have enhanced sight and hearing.
21	* ThemeNaming: Like all of the tribes. SandWings are normally named after desert features, such as rock formations, wind, animals, types of cacti, or things related to heat.
22	* WretchedHive: Decades of war have turned the few [=SandWing=] towns into ramshackle slums filled with beggars, mutilated veterans, and assassins openly hawking their services. The Outclaws are trying to make things better (feeding starving dragonets, for one thing) but many [=SandWings=] are too distrustful to accept help.
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25	[[folder:Thorn]]
26	!![[spoiler:Queen]] Thorn
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28	* ActionMom: She's [[spoiler:Sunny's]] mom, Qibli's adoptive mom and a very powerful fighter.
29	* AmicableExes: With [[spoiler:Stonemover]] after ''The Brightest Night''.
30	* AngerBornOfWorry: When Qibli is hit by frostbreath in ''Darkness of Dragons'', she screams at him not to faint.
31	* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Is chosen by [[spoiler:the Eye of Onyx to become the new Queen of the [=SandWings=].]]
32	* BigNo: When she learns [[spoiler:Morrowseer is dead]] she becomes so angry she literally spits fire. [[spoiler:And kills a [=NightWing=] named Preyhunter.]]
33	* DarkHorseVictory: In the [[spoiler: War of [=SandWing=] Succession.]]
34	* DartboardOfHate: She has wanted pictures for Morrowseer and a younger Dune used for throwing sharp things at.
35	* EnemiesList: Has compiled a list of dragons she wants revenge on - namely Morrowseer and Dune.
36	* GoodIsNotSoft: She's the leader of a WretchedHive, and while it ''was'' a lot worse before she and her "Outclaws" took over, she will resort to using fear to maintain order if necessary.
37	* TheHighQueen: She's a great queen that is beloved by all of the [=SandWings=] and is very personable with them, sitting among them at celebrations and gatherings rather than above them. Moon reads the thoughts of the [=SandWings=] at Jade Mountain and, except for Onyx, ''all'' of them are thankful she's the one that ended up being queen, rather than any of Oasis's daughters.
38	* IncorruptiblePurePureness: She is noted to have a reputation for being an incorruptible dragon, which leads the Jade Mountain dragons to immediately determine she won't become the ally of [[spoiler:Chameleon.]]
39	* INeverGotAnyLetters: She was angry at [[spoiler:Stonemover]] for never responding to her letters, but it turns out [[spoiler:that Burn is in the business of intercepting everyone's letters.]]
40	* JustLikeRobinHood: She and her Outclaws turned a WretchedHive into a refugee camp, taking from the rich and giving to the poor to ensure everyone has an even share.
41	* MamaBear: When Sunny is [[spoiler:kept prisoner by Burn]], she responds by immediately invading Burn's fortress with her considerably smaller army of Outclaws. She also had a DartboardOfHate with Morrowseer and Dune's faces on it, as she wanted to kill them for taking Stonemover and Sunny away from her.
42	* MissingChild: She has her infant daughter (who was still in her egg) stolen from her, by someone she thought she could trust. She searches for ''years'' to find her. This all happens in a WretchedHive, during a civil war.
43	* NotSoAboveItAll: Darkness of Dragons reveals that she has quite the sense of humor, despite her serious-ness in The Brightest Night.
44	* OfferedTheCrown: By [[spoiler: Sunny]], who [[spoiler: gives her the Eye of Onyx.]]
45	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Feels this way towards Morrowseer and Dune, so [[spoiler: she is very angry when she finds out they are already dead]]
46	* [[KingOfThieves Queen Of Thieves]]: She's the leader of the Outclaws. [[spoiler:She later becomes an actual queen.]]
47	* RagsToRiches: Went from being the leader of a group of outlaws to [[spoiler:the Queen of the [=SandWings=]]] in the space of one book.
48	* RoaringRampageOfRescue: When Sunny is [[spoiler:imprisoned in Burn's palace, about to be killed and stuffed]], she [[spoiler:charges in with all of her Outclaws against Burn's much larger army to rescue her.]]
49	* StormingTheCastle: She and her outclaws storm [[spoiler:Burn's palace]] to [[spoiler:rescue Sunny.]]
50	* SirSwearsALot: She curses a lot. Well, as close as you can come to it in a kids book.
51	* WeUsedToBeFriends: She used to be a friend of Dune's, but when he stole Sunny's egg she dedicated a lot of time to trying to find him so she could kill him.
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54	[[folder:Smolder]]
55	!!Prince Smolder
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57	* AlliterativeFamily: Smolder and his brothers, Singe and Scald.
58	* ApologeticAttacker: Apologizes before he [[spoiler: locks Sunny and Thorn in Burn's palace]].
59	* CannotConveySarcasm: It's hard for dragons to tell whether he's being serious or sarcastic when he talks.
60	* DeadpanSnarker: He spends much of his time snarking about Burn and his life, but tries to keep it very much deadpan and subtle so Burn won't pick up on it and [[OffingTheMouth have him executed.]]
61	* HalfIdenticalTwins: He looks very similar to Blister and they are from the same hatching.
62	* HumanPet: He has one, and is sending Vermilion letters of advice on how to keep them.
63	* StarCrossedLovers: With Palm.
64	* TrappedInVillainy: He's forced to stay as Burn's prison guard because if he disobeys her, he'll be executed like his brothers.
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67	[[folder:Viper]]
68	!!Viper
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70	* BewareMyStingerTail: She has a poisonous tail tip like all [=SandWings=], but she has a particular tendency of brandishing it all of the time.
71	* DarkActionGirl: She fights a lot, including against her fellow alternate dragonets.
72	* EvilCounterpart: She's Sunny's replacement, and is much more aggressive and less enthusiastic about the prophecy.
73	* MutualKill: Poisons [[spoiler:Flame]] before [[spoiler:he accidentally throws her into the volcano]] during their fight. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] because Starflight and Fatespeaker manage to get Flame a brightsting cactus through the tunnel before he can die from the poison.]]
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76	[[folder:Oasis]]
77	!!Queen Oasis
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79	* DragonHoard: She presided over the [=SandWing=] treasure, which was once the largest treasure in Pyrrhia.
80	* EyeScream: She was killed by being stabbed in the eye with a spear.
81	* IntroOnlyPointOfView: In ''The Brightest Night''.
82	* PlotTriggeringDeath: Her death started the events of the book series.
83	* PosthumousCharacter: She died 20 years before the start of the series.
84	* SoundOnlyDeath: In ''Deserter'', Six-claws doesn't actually witness her death but just hears a lot of horrific roaring coming from the palace area.
85	* TemptingFate: Her thoughts in the prologue of ''The Brightest Night'' show her wondering what a few scavengers could possibly do to her.
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88	[[folder:Jerboa]]
89	!!Jerboa
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91	* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Didn't start out as this, but eventually began using animus magic to change anything she didn't like about Boa.]]
92	* TheArchmage: She was one of the greatest animus dragons of her time and figured out a great deal about how it worked over her life.
93	* AndIMustScream: Jerboa III [[spoiler:cursed her to be frozen in a block of ice and kept below her hut forever.]]
94	* CourtMage: She was this to the [=SandWing=] queen Scorpion [[spoiler:before she fled the kingdom in response to her ever-increasing demands, which included making her live longer and healing her, crafting the Eye of Onyx so that Scorpion's line would always rule the Sand Kingdom, and doing something to the [=SkyWings=]. While Jerboa rebelled a little with the Eye, making it so that it would only allow those who it judged worthy to be Queen, commoner or royal, she outright refused to follow Scorpion's orders with the [=SkyWings=] and fled the kingdom to go into hiding.]]
95	* DyingCurse: Before Boa [[spoiler:freezes her in a block of ice, she curses her to never be able to use her animus magic without losing a part of her body in exchange, leaving wounds that will never heal.]]
96	* EarlyBirdCameo: She was mentioned once in ''Darkstalker'' as an animus dragon serving Queen Scorpion of the [=SandWings=] who later disappears, and then again in ''Darkness of Dragons'' when it's revealed [[spoiler:she created the Eye of Onyx, but it takes until ''The Dangerous Gift'' for her to actually appear.]]
97	* EvilSorcerer: She was originally Queen Scorpion's personal animus, but slid into this over the course of her long life. [[spoiler:Along with her abuse of Jerboa, she would sometimes enchant other dragons to be their servants.]]
98	* HelicopterParents: [[spoiler:She was very controlling of Boa and what she wanted out of her, often enforcing what she would do with magic.]]
99	* {{Immortality}}: She lived around Darkstalker's time [[spoiler:and made herself immortal, living 1,100 years past that time before Boa got rid of her.]]
100	* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:She was careful with her animus powers at first, trying not to be evil, but as her life went on and she used her powers more and more, she gradually forgot about being careful with them and abused her "daughter", and even enchanted other dragons to be servants to the pair.]]
101	* TheKingslayer: Sixty years after she fled the Sand Kingdom, [[spoiler:she murdered Queen Scorpion with a [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident magically-induced heart attack.]]]]
102	* WalkingSpoiler: Much like her daughter, her role in the story is extremely important to the third arc.
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105	[[folder:Jerboa [[spoiler:III]]]]
106	!!Jerboa III
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108	* CloneAngst: When she was little [[spoiler:(the first time), she expressed dissatisfaction with her ''also'' being named Jerboa.]] While she was with her mother, she preferred to be called Boa.
109	* DesignerBabies: In the most literal sense. [[spoiler:Her mother would constantly change things about her she didn't like, making her more loving, less argumentative, able to cook, ''like'' cooking, able to dance and sing, and also repeatedly wiping her memory and changing her back into a dragonet.]]
110	* EarlyBirdCameo: She appears for a brief instant in ''Talons of Power'' when Darkstalker teleports every animus in Pyrrhia to his throne room. Luckily he's facing away from her and doesn't see her, giving her the time she needs to teleport out.
111	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Her situation reads out [[spoiler:like the worst kind of HelicopterParents scenario you can ever imagine.]]
112	* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Subverted. While she lives alone and apart from any other dragons and prefers her solitude now, she has had friends over the years, until paranoia about her being unable to use her animus magic wisely drove her to stay in her hut. [[spoiler:Her most recent friend was Queen Glacier.]]
113	* OnlyFriend: She had a few over her (very long) life, [[spoiler:but the original Jerboa made her forget them. After she killed her mother and broke free of her control, Queen Glacier became this to her, even surprising Jerboa when she revealed her un-glamored self to her when Glacier cried in sympathy and told her how unfair it was that she had to suffer so much.]]
114	* OurHomunculiAreDifferent: [[spoiler:She's essentially a clone of the original Jerboa formed from a lizard egg and turned into a [=SandWing=].]]
115	* PowerAtAPrice: [[spoiler:As a last "screw you", the original Jerboa managed to cast a spell on her daughter before being frozen and entombed under the beach. Whenever Jerboa III would cast a spell, she would lose a part of herself in a painful manner. She lost several claws over the years and the spell to break animus magic cost her tail barb.]]
116	* PygmalionSnapback: At first she seems like an obedient child to Jerboa I. [[spoiler: That is, until she finds the list of all the changes she's made to her over ''2000'' years.]]
117	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Reading up on her would spoil the reason behind the loss of animus magic.]]
118	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Her mother made her immortal, which she is very tired of by the time she appears.]]
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121	[[folder:Six-Claws]]
122	!!Six-Claws
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124	* ADayInTheLimelight: In ''Deserter''.
125	* ExtraDigits: He has six claws on each forelimb instead of five, hence his name. Apparently whenever he told another dragon his name they would instinctively look down to check.
126	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Dune.
127	* HypercompetentSidekick: To Burn. It's why [[spoiler: the [=NightWings=]]] want to get rid of him. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that when Burn decides to try to force the [=MudWings=] to her side against Six-Claws' orders it actually works, and she's shown to be utterly cruel and more than a bit rash but not the complete idiot Blaze is.
128	* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Why he initially works for Burn. Even he eventually becomes too disillusioned with the war and her cruelty to continue any longer, though.
129	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Deserts Burn's army for the Outclaws along with Dune due to Deathbringer's influence and [[spoiler:what Burn did to Dune.]]
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132	[[folder:Saguaro]]
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135	[[folder:Ostrich (Six-Claws' daughter)]]
136	!!Ostrich (Six-Claws' daughter)
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138	* DeadGuyJunior: Presumably named after Ostrich, her paternal grandmother.
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141	[[folder:Addax]]
142	!!Addax
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144	* TheMole: He is an outlaw who's really working for Burn.
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147	[[folder:Char]]
148	!!King Char
149	* AuthorityInNameOnly: Like most Kings, Char only had as much political power as his wife Oasis allowed it.
150	* FamilyThemeNaming: His daughters' names begin with 'B', while his sons' names begin with 'S'.
151	* KilledOffscreen: Dies along with Quicksand due to a sickness during a TimeSkip in ''Deserter''.
152	* LukeIAmYourFather: He mentions being Blaze's father after she is whining to him that he's not her boss. Everyone in-story knows it, but it counts as this for the readers.
153	* MinorMajorCharacter: He's Burn, Blister, and Blaze's father and the king of the [=SandWings=], but his importance in Oasis' court varies depends on what Oasis feels about him at the moment and he dies fairly early into ''Deserter''.
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156	[[folder:Ostrich]]
157	!!Ostrich (Six-Claws' mother)
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159	* ActionMom: She's Six-Claws' mother and also one of Oasis' most respected royal guards who is a very competent fighter.
160	* GoodParents: It is noted that thanks to her and Quicksand, Six-Claws is one of the rare dragons who has a happy childhood.
161	* KilledOffscreen: Is killed in battle after a TimeSkip in ''Deserter''.
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164	[[folder:Quicksand]]
165	!!Quicksand
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167	* GoodParents: It is noted that thanks to him and Ostrich, Six-Claws is one of the rare dragons who has a happy childhood.
168	* KilledOffscreen: Dies of a sickness along with Char after a TimeSkip in ''Deserter''.
169	* NonActionGuy: Unlike Ostrich, he doesn't have a role as a guard but is instead the royal chef.
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172	[[folder:Scald]]
173	!!Prince Scald
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175	* AlliterativeFamily: Scald and his brothers, Smolder and Singe.
176	* TheCasanova: He has three girlfriends, though he doesn't take any of them too seriously.
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179	[[folder:Singe]]
180	!!Prince Singe
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182	* AlliterativeFamily: Singe and his brothers, Scald and Smolder.
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185	[[folder:Horizon]]
186	!!Horizon
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188	* RedShirt: His only purpose is to be killed to show how powerful Peril is.
189	* WeHardlyKnewYe: Is killed pretty quickly only to show Peril's power.
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192	[[folder:Onyx]]
193	!!Princess Onyx
194	The daughter of Prince Smolder and his long lost love Palm.
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196	* PsychicBlockDefense: Like Turtle, she is completely unreadable by [=NightWing=] psychics [[spoiler:because of her skyfire.]]
197	* RightfulKingReturns: Subverted. She thinks that her royal blood gives her the right to usurp Thorn and jail whoever she wants, but in reality everyone recognizes her as an arrogant, ignorant brat who has no business being anywhere near power.
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200	[[folder:Meerkat]]
201	!!Meerkat
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203	* MrExposition: He introduces the main characters to Possibility and explains things about the town.
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206	[[folder:Cobra]]
207	!!Cobra
208	The abusive mother of Qibli, Rattlesnake and Sirocco; an accomplished assassin.
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210	* BlatantLies: As the Outclaws are locking her away, she does [[DirtyCoward her utmost]] to act like a caring mother who Qibli is betraying- the fact that she ''sold him'' be damned.
211	* CharacterTics: She always eats roasted seeds before undertaking a job.
212	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Having no appreciation of real love, she cannot fake it well enough to deceive Qibli.
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215	[[folder:Rattlesnake and Sirocco]]
216	!!Rattlesnake and Sirocco
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218	* InadequateInheritor: Vulture deliberately made Cobra keep them (and Qibli) around to see who might be the one to inherit his criminal empire. From what we hear, neither of ''them'' fit the bill.
219	* SmallRoleBigImpact: In their short appearance, they manage to set off a chain of events that leads to [[spoiler:Foeslayer flying away, Winter nearly being killed and the rest of Jade Winglet and Peril finding out that Turtle is an animus.]]
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