Line #13 Characters/WingsOfFireSeaWings


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3	[[folder:In General]]
4	* BioluminescenceIsCool: They have bioluminescent patches used to communicate in their own special language underwater (as any sound from the mouth will be made into incoherent gurgles) that no other dragon can duplicate and allegedly find mates, though the latter might have been a lie.
5	* DecadentCourt: The queen's council is this.
6	* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Most members of the royal family are shown wearing some piece of jewelry on their bodies, necklaces for most of them and armbands for Moray and Turtle. [[note]]Whirlpool (who is not a member of the royal family) also wears an earring[[/note]]
7	* FishPeople: Can be considered a dragon equivalent, having several fish-like characteristics, living in an around the sea, and even being able to breathe underwater just like fish.
8	* MakingASplash: While they don't possess water-related {{Breath Weapon}}s, they can use their powerful tails to douse opponents in water.
9	* RoyaltySuperpower: Royal [=SeaWings=] have extra bioluminescent scales [[spoiler:and often have animus powers.]]
10	* SuperNotDrowningSkills: They can live under water due to possessing gills.
11	* SuperSenses: Have enhanced night vision.
12	* TailSlap: They have a very powerful tail that can be used in battle, either for sheer force or spraying large amounts of water on enemies.
13	* ThemeNaming: Normally named after oceanic things, such as kinds of waves, tides, sea animals, sea plants, fish, [=SeaWing=] bodily features, or sea-related colors.
14	* UnderwaterCity: They live in one.
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17	[[folder:Lagoon]]
18	!!Queen Lagoon
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20	* BigSisterBully: She and her sister Sapphire to their little brother Albatross. It didn't work out well for ''either'' of them.
21	* BitchInSheepsClothing: She was outwardly a dignified, beautiful, beloved queen to the [=SeaWings=], but there's a great many hints underneath that she's a classist, selfish, arrogant bitch beneath her classy exterior, even trying to force Fathom to stop hanging out with Indigo because she sees Indigo as beneath him.
22	* TheCharmer: She's quite the smooth talker, as it's mentioned she's been able to smooth over issues with the [=MudWings=] and [=RainWings=], and was doing the same with the [=SkyWings=] after building villages on coastlines in their territory.
23	* TheDogBitesBack: Her constant abuse of Albatross eventually leads to her death when she gives him one insult too many.
24	* ItsAllAboutMe: Her whole personality seemed to be focused on how to make herself look good. All of the work she made Albatross do for her was to make her jewelry and trinkets and projects that could make herself look good to visiting diplomats. She even has a FreudianSlip when she finds out Fathom is an animus, nearly saying he'll make so many wonderful things for ''her'', rather than the kingdom.
25	* IronicDeath: She made use of Albatross's animus magic for decades to make trinkets and various projects for her...only for Albatross to finally use those same powers to kill her.
26	* {{Jerkass}}: Forcing Albatross to train his replacement while also constantly holding what he did to Sapphire over his head, trying to force Fathom and Indigo apart, and intending to use Fathom as her personal trinket-maker for the rest of his life, rude, arrogant, and selfish? Lagoon fits the bill.
27	* KickTheDog: Does one of these essentially every time she's in a scene, whether to Albatross or someone else.
28	* LaserGuidedKarma: Decades of emotionally abusing Albatross in order to make him "atone" for maiming Sapphire resulted in her being brutally murdered in front of the entire [=SeaWing=] court, with the majority of her family following afterwards.
29	* PetTheDog: She might be a selfish, arrogant, bullying bitch, but she still regularly went to visit her sister Sapphire after Albatross maimed her.
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32	[[folder:Coral]]
33	!!Queen Coral
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35	* BewareMyStingerTail: She wears a spike on her tail as an intimidating decoration, which she accidentally impaled Orca with during their fight for the throne.
36	* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's a kind, friendly queen for most of her subjects, but she ''will'' make you regret it if you make her angry.
37	* BlindObedience: Most of her council acts like this to her, especially Moray.
38	* ColdBloodedTorture: Does this to any hatchery guard who lets her eggs be killed, no matter how justified their failure is. She also finds out about the dragonflame cactus by torturing a [=SkyWing=].
39	* ItsAllJunk: Throws away her scrolls [[spoiler: to prevent dragons from dying when they are burned up by the [=SkyWings=]' bombs]] at the end of book 2.
40	* KnightTemplarParent: She's willing to torture and brutally execute any guard for her eggs who failed to protect them from being killed, or anyone she suspects of being the murderer, including one she suspects just because of Blister's manipulations and for [[spoiler:being the son of the dragon who kidnapped one of her daughters.]]
41	* KillTheOnesYouLove: She killed Orca in a challenge for the throne, and still feels guilty over it.
42	* MyBelovedSmother: Has Anemone attached to her by a harness at all times to prevent assassination attempts. As of the second series, she's improved...a little. Enough to send her to school.
43	-->'''Coral:''' But you can come home ''anytime'', you understand? If you feel lonely, or overworked, or tired-
44	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Had this reaction to killing Orca, and since then has been churning out scrolls and texts of how great of a queen she is out of a concern that her subjects think of her as a monster because of it.
45	* OffingTheOffspring: Killed her oldest daughter, Orca, in a challenge for the throne, which [[KillTheOnesYouLove she still grieves about]]. She's also one of the suspects for killing her other daughters [[spoiler:though it turns out she was not responsible]].
46	* ParentsAsPeople: She's a loving mother to her daughters (to a smothering extent) but barely acknowledges her sons, having to be reminded of Turtle's name when introducing him to Tsunami. She's also very violent when angry, but is still grieving over the death of her daughter Orca and is under a lot of stress due to her yet-to-hatch daughters being repeatedly murdered. By the end of ''Talons of Power'', she's making strides to be better to her children.
47	* RevengeByProxy: Punished Webs for stealing Tsunami's egg by forcing his wife into the army and sending her into a bloody battle.
48	* RulingCouple: With her husband, [[spoiler:King Gill.]]
49	* SanitySlippage: Is under a high amount of stress due to the war, her husband's disappearance, and her daughters being repeatedly murdered, causing her to act irrationally and be easily manipulated by Blister.
50	* SelfMadeMyth: She actually ''wrote'' the history books that portray her as such a benevolent queen.
51	* TheUriahGambit: How she has Webs' wife killed.
52	* WrittenByTheWinners: While she isn't nearly as horrible a queen as [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen some of the other queens]], she's much more morally ambiguous than the scrolls that she herself wrote would suggest.
53	* WrongGenreSavvy: Her experience writing murder mysteries allows Blister to manipulate her into thinking her own plight must be just like one.
54	* VillainsLoveEntertainment: While she's not quite as sadistic in general or in her choice of entertainment as Scarlet, she loves reading and writing books which leads to her tendency to be WrongGenreSavvy.
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56	[[/folder]]
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58	[[folder:Anemone]]
59	!!Princess Anemone
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61	* AccidentalMurder: Accidentally knocks [[spoiler: Whirlpool]] into the electric eel-infested [=SeaWing=] prison, killing him. She is horrified at what she is done, but by book 6 she is proud of her actions.
62	* AlphaBitch: Shows herself to be one upon attending Jade Academy. [[spoiler: [[TookALevelInKindness She eventually gets better.]]]]
63	* BlackMagicianGirl: She's a one-year old dragonet with a strong personality and [[spoiler: animus powers that she's already killed a dragon with.]]
64	* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:She is driven to insanity by her magic, and attempts to murder her brother Turtle. Anemone is also willing to kill Auklet and [[BigBrotherInstinct Tsunami.]] However, Turtle talks her out of it, showing that she isn't as far gone as one might assume.]]
65	* CorruptTheCutie: Starts out as Tsunami's cute (though defiant) little sister. By book 6, she seems to have changed a lot for the worse, though whether she was corrupted by [[spoiler:her animus powers]] or not remains to be seen. [[spoiler:Taken to sad extremes in Talons of Power, courtesy of [[AffablyEvil Darkstalker.]]]]
66	** [[spoiler: Thankfully, she makes a genuine effort to [[HeelFaceTurn reform in the next book, becoming more carefree and less selfish.]]]]
67	* CreepyChild: Is only very young--she'd be approximately nine years old as a human--and is very volatile, often unkind, occasionally violent and [[spoiler: willing to use her powers for corrupt ends, even ''murder.'']]
68	* DeadpanSnarker: She's a LittleMissSnarker, just like [[spoiler:her big sister Tsunami]].
69	* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:In Talons of Power, she becomes jealous of Moonwatcher's [[EvilMentor (complicated) relationship with Darkstalker,]] and treats her horribly as a result.]]
70	* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler: In ''Darkness of Dragons."]]
71	* IncomingHam: "DARKSTALKER!" Said while [[spoiler:using her animus powers to create a dramatic thunderstorm.]]
72	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: About killing [[spoiler:Whirlpool]]. At least until Book 6.
73	* PrincessesPreferPink: She has unusual partially pink scales, and is a princess.
74	* RoyalBrat: Moon's peek into Anemone's mind reveals that she's [[ItsAllAboutMe entitled and arrogant]], believing that others should kowtow to her whims. [[spoiler:In Talons of Power, Anemone is shown complaining about having to clean her new room, because she never had to in the Kingdom of the Sea. Meanwhile, [[BreakTheCutie Kinkajou]] comments that she never even ''had'' a room of her own, and it wasn't a big deal. When Moonwatcher refuses to do it for her, Anemone [[GreenEyedMonster enchants a broom to ''hit and abuse Moon until she's satisfied''.]] Ouch. That being said, [[TookALevelInKindness she does]] [[HeelFaceTurn get better.]]]]
75	* ThenLetMeBeEvil: How she justifies [[spoiler:trying to kill her family with her powers in ''Talons of Power.'' She says that all animus dragons are destined to become evil anyway, so there's no point in trying to be cowardly about it. Turtle manages to [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre talk her out of this mindset.]]]]
76	* TookALevelInJerkass: In ''Moon Rising'' [[spoiler:and ''especially'' in ''Talons of Power.'']] It is still ambiguous whether she was always like this when not around Tsunami, if it's a consequence of her accidental murder of Whirlpool, or if it is because of her [[spoiler:animus powers]].
77	* [[spoiler:TookALevelInKindness]]: [[spoiler: After Turtle and Anemone have their talk, she goes back to being the dragon she used to be in ''The Lost Heir.'' In ''Darkness of Dragons,'' she plays a key role in stopping the battle between the [=IceWings=] and [=NightWings=], and later casts a spell on herself to protect her soul and to make herself less selfish and arrogant. She also promises to cut back on using her animus magic in general.]]
78	* UsedToBeASweetKid: She debuted in "The Lost Heir" as a sweet, cute little princess, but by the time we see her again in "Moon Rising," she's become a spoiled, entitled RoyalBrat who's not much better than Winter and Icicle.
79	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: What she's worried will happen to her since she's [[spoiler:an animus dragon]].
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82	[[folder:Riptide]]
83	!!Riptide
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85	* DeclarationOfProtection: He teaches Tsunami the phrase "I will protect you" in Aquatic, which Tsunami mistakes for this and is predictably enraged by.
86	* LoserSonOfLoserDad: Isn't very respected considering his father is [[spoiler:Webs.]]
87	* SinsOfOurFathers: Tends to be Coral's scapegoat thanks to being [[spoiler:Webs']] son. This leads to [[spoiler:Blister manipulating Coral into thinking he is part of a conspiracy to kill her female dragonets along with his father just because of their relationship, and she nearly has him executed.]]
88	* YoungAndInCharge: Leads [[spoiler:the Talons of Peace]] at seven years old.
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91	[[folder:Whirlpool]]
92	!!Whirlpool
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94	* ArmoredDragons: Wears armor [[spoiler:when he tries to kill Tsunami.]]
95	* TheBore: He's an incredibly boring dragon, so Tsunami can't stand spending time with him.
96	* TheDogWasTheMastermind: He's not the one killing all of Coral's children, but no one expected him of all dragons to be [[spoiler:the one who tries to kill Tsunami halfway through the book.]]
97	* EvilMentor: [[spoiler:Teaches Anemone to use her animus powers, despite knowing [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity the consequences]], as well as teaching Tsunami aquatic. Ends up wanting Tsunami dead so he can marry one of her sisters.]]
98	* GreenAndMean: He has green scales and [[spoiler: tries to kill Tsunami because he doesn't want to marry her.]]
99	* HighVoltageDeath: Falls into Coral's pit of [[PsychoElectricEel eels]] and is shocked to death.
100	* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Turtle describes him as this.
101	* MurderTheHypotenuse: He tries to kill [[spoiler:Tsunami]] so she can't get in the way of [[spoiler:him marrying Anemone or Auklet, both of whom can give him power but he doesn't hate.]]
102	* OldManMarryingAChild: He's supposed to be married to Tsunami, though he's an adult dragon. [[spoiler:He doesn't want to marry her but one of her even younger sisters, the one-year old Anemone or the newborn Auklet.]]
103	* PrinceCharmless: Tsunami is supposed to marry him, but given that he's a textbook example of this trope, she's not so happy about it. [[spoiler:[[MurderTheHypotenuse Neither is he.]]]]
104	* SmugSnake: He's a smug, manipulative asshole who bows and scrapes to get into Coral's good graces.
105	* WifeHusbandry: He wants to raise [[spoiler:either Anemone or Auklet (a one-year old dragonet and a newborn, respectively]] to be his future wife.
106	* WindbagPolitician: He's one of Coral's counselors, and he is very long-winded - he recites a large part of a whole book in aquatic to Tsunami, who is supposed to be just learning the basics of the language.
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109	[[folder:Shark]]
110	!!Commander Shark
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112	* CommandingCoolness
113	* EvilUncle: Is Tsunami's uncle, and is aggressive towards her and the other dragonets, to the point of [[spoiler:Locking all of them except Tsunami in a prison and not caring that they might drown when a storm comes]]. He also might be responsible for the deaths of Tsunami's sisters [[spoiler:though it turns out he isn't, and he turns out to be genuinely loyal to the SeaWings and even, in Coral's view, too compassionate towards the dragons guarding her eggs]].
114	* LastStand: Leads a counterattack against [[spoiler:the [=SkyWings=] when they bomb the Summer Palace]] in order to give the dragons inside time to escape.
115	* NobleDemon: He's a very aggressive and murderous dragon who has moments of more compassion and heroism than he'd like to admit.
116	* WarriorPrince: He's Queen Coral's brother and commands the [=SeaWing=] army.
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119	[[folder:Moray]]
120	!!Moray
121	* UndyingLoyalty: Is utterly devoted to Coral, to a creepy extent.
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124	[[folder:Orca]]
125	!!Princess Orca
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127	* AbelAndCain: [[spoiler:Creates a LivingStatue designed to kill all of her sisters, which is eventually stopped by Tsunami.]]
128	* AntagonisticOffspring: Of Coral, attempting to challenge her for the throne the moment she became an adult.
129	* EvilGenius: She was known to be very intelligent and skilled at sculpting. [[spoiler:She also enchanted a statue to murder her future sisters when Coral won their fight.]]
130	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Gets impaled on Coral's tail spike accidentally during their fight.
131	* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: She is already dead by the time of the books, but [[spoiler:is still a threat due to the LivingStatue she programmed to kill all female royalty.]]
132	* PosthumousCharacter: Has already been killed by Coral before the events of ''The Lost Heir''.
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135	[[folder:Gill]]
136	!!King Gill
137	* TheAtoner: He intends to make up for [[spoiler:how he berated Turtle for letting his sisters die]], especially when he finds out [[spoiler:that Snapper was outside the Deep Palace all along.]] Unfortunately, he gets captured before he has a chance to ever do so.
138	* BadassPacifist: He competently manages the war though refuses to fight himself and is a very successful and persuasive negotiator.
139	* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: He was originally a competent leader who preferred peace. When we meet him in ''The Dragonet Prophecy'', he has been deprived of water by the [=SkyWings=] and as a results has turned insane and is perfectly willing to kill Tsunami in the arena.
140	* ChekhovsGunman: Is introduced as a random [=SeaWing=] that Tsunami fights in the arena. in ''The Lost Heir'', he is revealed to be [[spoiler:Coral's husband and Tsunami's father]], and he later gets an appearance in ''Assassin''.
141	* DoomedMoralVictor: He wanted peace, even when he was imprisoned and forced to fight to the death. It doesn't end well for him.
142	* FallenHero: He was once the heroic [[spoiler:king of the [=SeaWings=].]]
143	* TheGoodKing: He was a beloved king despite not having any real political power; he was respected and fondly thought of, and loved and respected his subjects in turn, attempting to try and persuade Blister to end the war peacefully and crying for Tempest when she's assassinated.
144	* IntroOnlyPointOfView: The prologue of ''Talons of Power'' is told from his point of view, the only time we get a look into his thoughts in the series. This lets us see what he did to Turtle to make him how he is in the main story.
145	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Regretted blaming Turtle for his sisters' deaths, especially once it came to light that Snapper was not even in the Deep Palace, so Turtle's mission was doomed to failure to begin with. Gill regretted this terribly and meant to apologize to Turtle but never got the chance.]]
146	* PartingWordsRegret: He blamed Turtle for the deaths of his unborn sisters [[spoiler:(unfairly, it turns out) and never got the chance to apologize, which Coral tells Turtle about when he comes home briefly in ''Talons of Power''.]]
147	* PleaseWakeUp: Tries to wake up Tempest after Deathbringer kills her.
148	* RulingCouple: His wife is [[spoiler:Queen Coral]], and [[spoiler:he's given a lot of responsibility as a general and a diplomat.]]
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151	[[folder:Tempest]]
152	!!Commander Tempest
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154	* CommandingCoolness
155	* DoomedByCanon: In "Assassin", we see that her competence means that Blister's side is almost winning the war, and Deathbringer is assigned to kill her to stop that from happening. Predictably, he succeeds.
156	* GeniusBruiser: Is described as being both as intelligent as Blister and a large and powerful dragon. The [=NightWings=] assassinate her because with her and Blister working together, there's a chance Blister might end the war faster than the [=NightWings=] want.
157	* LargeAndInCharge: She's absolutely ''massive'', as large as Morrowseer, and is in command of the Kingdom of the Sea's army.
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160	[[folder:Squid]]
161	!!Squid
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163	* AttackHello: Greets Winter this way in ''Winter Turning''.
164	* ButtMonkey: He spends much of ''The Dark Secret'' getting humiliated in various ways and complaining about it.
165	* EvilCounterpart: He's Tsunami's replacement and is much more cowardly and selfish.
166	* {{Nepotism}}: Is only the alternate [=SeaWing=] dragonet of destiny because he is Nautilus' son.
167	* NonActionGuy: He's pretty pathetic in a fight and spends most of his time complaining.
168	* [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Only In It For The Treasure]]: However much Nautilus wants him to be high-minded.
169	* LeftForDead: By [[spoiler:Morrowseer]]. He's not injured, but he's alone in enemy territory and it is presumed that he couldn't possibly live. [[spoiler:He gets discovered by a Talons of Peace spy and rescued.]]
170	[[/folder]]
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172	[[folder:Pike]]
173	!!Pike
174	A minor character who's part of Anemone's posse.
175	----
176	* TheChampion: Is obsessed with protecting Anemone, and Moon thinks (correctly) he might be sent to Jade Mountain Academy by Coral for that.
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178
179	[[folder:Fathom]]
180	!!Fathom
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182	* BabiesEverAfter: This can't really happen to him since he's not allowed to have dragonets [[spoiler:but he does eventually get to have them, breaking his oath to Pearl.]]
183	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When he was young, he wanted to be an animus. He soon regrets ever wanting that.
184	* BloodOath: He makes his oaths to Pearl by slashing his palm with a sword. He mostly does this as a method of self-harm due to his grief at losing his whole family, though, rather than Pearl requiring it.
185	* BreakTheCutie: Starts out as an enthusiastic young dragonet who loves hanging out with his friend and using his animus powers. It doesn't last that long.
186	* CelibateHero: He swore an oath to never have dragonets so they wouldn't inherit his animus powers. [[spoiler:At the end of the book, he decides to have dragonets anyway.]]
187	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Indigo.
188	* ConflictingLoyalty: He decides early on that he would break his oath to his sister to never use his magic if Indigo's life depends on it, to avoid this kind of issue. [[spoiler:This comes up when he has to free Indigo from the dragon carving.]]
189	* CourtMage: Was supposed to be this to Queen Lagoon. It didn't end well.
190	* ADayInTheLimelight: Is one of the three points of view in ''Darkstalker''.
191	* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Holy fuck, yes.'' [[spoiler:Fathom loses nearly his entire family in a bloody massacre, nearly all of his friends, is forced to betray one of his best friends to stop him from trying to TakeOverTheWorld, nearly loses the love of his life, and overall comes through ''Darkstalker'' a traumatized mess...but he manages to escape, rescue Indigo, and lives out his days on a peaceful island with three kids, happy and content.]]
192	* EmeraldPower: Has green scales and is an animus.
193	* ExplainExplainOhCrap: When he questions his grandfather on how Albatross discovered he was an animus, Albatross casually reveals that it was while being teased by his sister, Sapphire. Fathom mentally goes over that while he's heard an "Aunt Sapphire" mentioned once or twice, it sure is weird that he knows nothing about her. He knows everything about the rest of the Royal Family, but was never told anything even about her current status. Not even if....she's...alive...[[spoiler: She is alive, but Albatross was so angry at her teasing that he used his nascent powers to maim her until the pain drove her insane.]]
194	* FriendlessBackground: He never had any friends after the massacre, because they were all scared of his powers. Nobody even came to celebrate his sixth hatching day.
195	* HeroicTeamRevolt: He and Clearsight team up to betray Darkstalker after he [[spoiler:kills his father and tries to become king.]]
196	* IJustWantToBeSpecial: He wanted to have animus powers so he's stand out, because his sister was always the one who was going to be queen and he was just a minor prince who got little attention.
197	** IJustWantToBeNormal: Of course, this behavior takes a complete 180-turn after the Massacre.
198	* InterclassFriendship: He's a prince, but Indigo, the daughter of a soldier and a museum keeper, is his best friend.
199	* KidHero: He's the oldest out of the three protagonists of ''Darkstalker'', being a year older than Darkstalker and Clearsight, but is still only 5-7 years old throughout most of the story.
200	* MoralityPet: Was supposed to be one for Darkstalker, helping him gain humility, but however friendly they were it didn't work out.
201	* OnePersonBirthdayParty: No one ever attended his sixth hatching day due to his animus powers.
202	* PosthumousCharacter: Presumably died 2000 years ago.
203	* PowerTrio: With Clearsight and Darkstalker, who made the dreamvisitors for them so they could always contact each other.
204	* ProperlyParanoid: He correctly guesses that it might not be a good idea to [[spoiler:use Darkstalker's scroll]] because [[spoiler:Darkstalker might have cast a spell on it that would alert him.]]
205	* StarCrossedLovers: He's not supposed to be with Indigo, first because she comes from a lower-class family and then because Pearl doesn't want to risk him having animus dragonets.
206	* SpottingTheThread: He's able to realize that [[spoiler:Darkstalker did something to Indigo and rescue her]] when Blob comes out from under his bed, knowing that Indigo would never leave Blob behind if she ''actually'' left.
207	* SurvivorGuilt: He, [[spoiler:his sister and Current]] were the ''only'' members of the Royal Family to survive Albatross' rampage. It tears him apart inside. [[spoiler:Especially because he's the one who ultimately stopped his grandfather, leaving him convinced that it's all his fault things got so bad. And since he blames himself for hiding when Albatross started killing his family, because he was the only one who could have saved them.]]
208	* ToBeLawfulOrGood: A key part of his character development is him being torn between keeping his vow to Pearl to never use his animus powers, lest he become like Albatross, or use them to protect the dragons he loves, despite the oaths he swore. [[spoiler:At the end of the story, he choses Good.]]
209	* TheWoobie: Loses nearly his entire family in a bloody massacre perpetrated by his beloved grandfather, is ostracized by other [=SeaWings=], is banned from using his animus powers, marrying Indigo, or having dragonets, then is betrayed by his best friend, has to betray ''him'' in turn...it's a miracle that by the end of the book Fathom is still ''sane.''
210	* YouCantGoHomeAgain: He can't go back to the Sea Kingdom because of how ostracized he is [[spoiler:and breaking both of his oaths. He and Indigo live out the rest of their lives on an island outside the Kingdom of the Sea, with their dragonets.]]
211	[[/folder]]
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213	[[folder:Indigo]]
214	!!Indigo
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216	* ActionSurvivor: But she first becomes renowned to how she fought Albatross in the Royal [=SeaWing=] massacre, ''before'' she got that training.
217	* BabiesEverAfter: She's not allowed to have this with Fathom thanks to the oath he swore to Pearl. [[spoiler:They do get to have dragonets at the end, though.]]
218	* BecomingTheMask: She is allowed to be a royal guard because of her heroism in supposedly [[spoiler:killing Albatross]], and offers to be Fathom's bodyguard to be with him. Over time, she becomes an actually skilled bodyguard.
219	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Fathom.
220	* EarnYourHappyEnding: With Fathom, after all the hardships they both went through.
221	* HeroicSacrifice: She faces Albatross on her own to save Fathom's life, knowing it could kill her. [[spoiler:She is horribly injured and only survives due to Fathom using his powers to heal her.]]
222	* IJustWantToBeNormal: She was scared of the idea of having animus power, even before she knew how they could make you lose your soul. Fortunately, she gets her wish and doesn't end up with powers.
223	* InterclassFriendship: She's the lowly daughter of a soldier and a museum keeper, and looked down on by Queen Lagoon, but Fathom's immediate family, all nobility, adores her and basically treat her like one of their own.
224	* LegendaryInTheSequel: In the present day she's one of the famed heroes of the [=Seawings=].
225	* LetsGetDangerous: When she switches into bodyguard mode, her stance changes, her voice deepens, and she holds up her spear like it's more than just a prop.
226	* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Out of Fathom's three bodyguards, she's the one always doing the actual protecting. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by several characters, who start to suspect from this that her relationship with Fathom might be more than it seems.
227	* NaughtyIsGood: As a dragonet she's disobedient and tends to earn the ire of the queen. But she's a very good dragon, and Darkstalker's soul reader even shows that she's almost ''entirely'' good.
228	* ProperlyParanoid: She always suspects Darkstalker of trying to enchant dragons around him. [[spoiler:This leads to her stopping Fathom from drinking a goblet, which really was enchanted - to make him forget his oath and Indigo, and use magic all of the time.]]
229	* RagsToRiches: She goes from a lower-class dragon who the queen thinks will never amount to anything and likes to treat as a servant to the most respected of the new queen's personal guard and a renowned hero throughout the kingdom.
230	* RedBaron: Following Fathom giving her the credit for killing Albatross, she becomes known as the "Animus Slayer" throughout the Kingdom of the Sea.
231	* SealedGoodInACan: [[spoiler:Darkstalker]] seals her [[spoiler:in one of Fathom's carvings]], while [[spoiler:enchanted a note in her handwriting to be written that says she has left.]]
232	* StarCrossedLovers: With Fathom. First they're not supposed to be together because of her coming from a lower-class family while he's a prince, and then because of Pearl not wanting them to have dragonets who might have animus powers. [[spoiler:Subverted by the end, where they eventually marry and have dragonets anyway on an island outside the Kingdom of the Sea.]]
233	* TrainingFromHell: Put herself through this in order to protect Fathom and Pearl.
234	* TookALevelInBadass: After becoming part of the royal guard, and later Fathom's personal bodyguard.
235	[[/folder]]
236
237	[[folder:Albatross]]
238	!!Albatross
239
240	* CourtMage: To Queen Lagoon.
241	* TheDogBitesBack: He does this inadvertently to Sapphire when she teases him, [[spoiler:telling a shell he was playing with to rip her claws out]]. Then later, Lagoon telling him that he'll never escape what he did to Sapphire [[spoiler:drives him into his murderous rampage after she'd emotionally abused him with what he did to Sapphire his entire life.]]
242	* FallenHero: Was once considered a heroic dragon until his animus powers drove him insane.
243	* GuiltByAssociation: The entire reason he goes after Fathom during his massacre. After it was discovered Fathom had animus powers, Lagoon took [[KickTheDog every chance she could]] to tell Albatross how much better of an animus Fathom would be than him, using it as another method of emotionally abusing him.
244	* GreenEyedMonster: He's jealous of Fathom for being the second animus in his tribe, especially giving the effect his animus powers are having on his soul.
245	* TheMentor: To Fathom. He teaches him how to use his animus powers.
246	** EvilMentor: Once he uses his powers too much.
247	* OffingTheOffspring: He kills his own daughter Manta during his attack.
248	* PaterFamilicide: His animus power-driven insanity (and a lifetime of emotional abuse from his sister, Lagoon) leads him to slaughter nearly his entire family.
249	* PosthumousCharacter: Even though he's long dead, him perpetrating the Royal [=SeaWing=] Massacre leaves a black stain on animus magic for millennia to come.
250	* TragicVillain: Was a dragon that the entire royal family loved and respected, and one of the most-respected dragons in the kingdom. However, his constant emotional abuse by Lagoon and the overuse of his powers to make trinkets for her caused him to eventually go insane, massacre his entire family, and blacken the reputation of animus magic forever.
251	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Overuse of his animus powers were blamed for why he went insane and massacred most of his family.
252	[[/folder]]
253
254	[[folder:Pearl]]
255	!!Queen Pearl
256
257	* AChildShallLeadThem: As the oldest female relative of Queen Lagoon to survive the massacre, she ends up becoming Queen of the Kingdom of the Sea at five years old.
258	* InterclassFriendship: Indigo is one of her best friends, despite not being royalty herself. After the massacre, she pulls a lot of strings to get Indigo set up with a good, respected job and a marriage to a minor noble in order to assure Fathom she'll be taken care of.
259	* PlayingPossum: She survived the Royal [=SeaWing=] Massacre by cutting herself with glass to make her look injured and then pretending to be dead.
260	* UniversallyBelovedLeader: She was loved by all of the [=SeaWings=] to the point of being the only [=SeaWing=] queen to die of old age, rather than being killed by a daughter in a challenge.
261	* WiseBeyondHerYears: Starts out as an immature, envious dragonet, but after her family's massacre, she becomes a strong queen at only five years old.
262	* YoungAndInCharge: Becomes queen when she's only five years old.

Context Characters / WingsOfFireSeaWings