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|quote  = Name's Cardinal. [...] But don't get too attached.
''(This is the page for the scavenger, Cardinal. You may be looking for the [[SkyWings|SkyWing]] named [[Cardinal]] instead.)''
|speaker = Cardinal to [[Leaf]], ''[[Dragonslayer]]''
}}
''(This is the page for the human, Cardinal. You may be looking for the [[SkyWing]] named [[Cardinal (EP)|Cardinal]] instead.)''
{{Character
|name      = Cardinal
|image    =
|age      = Adult
|gender    = Male
|species  = [[Human]]
 
|status    = Deceased (died in 5,011 AS)
|death    = Killed in [[Queen Scarlet]]'s arena
 
|current  =
|former    =


{{Charbox
|a1App    = ''[[The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]]''
|name = Cardinal
|a1Men    =  
|gender = Male
|leApp    = ''[[Dragonslayer]]''
|tribe = [[Scavengers]]
|leMen    =
|status = Deceased
|appeared = ''[[Dragonslayer]]'', ''[[The Dragonet Prophecy (Book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]]''
}}
}}
'''Cardinal''' was an adult male [[Scavengers|scavenger]] appearing in ''[[Dragonslayer]]''.
'''Cardinal''' was an adult male [[human]] who was introduced in ''[[Dragonslayer]]''. He died fighting [[dragons]] in the [[SkyWing]] [[SkyWing palace|arena]].


== Appearance ==
== Description ==
Cardinal is described as a big, bearded man.
Cardinal was large and had a beard.{{Ref|L2|218}}


== Personality ==
== Personality ==
''More information flying in soon!''
Cardinal was shown to be very pessimistic, believing that there was no way out of the arena and that they were trapped there forever.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== ''[[Dragonslayer]]'' ===
=== The Dragonet Prophecy ===
''More information flying in soon!''
==== ''[[The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]]'' ====
Cardinal, along with [[Rowan (L2)|Rowan]], [[Cranberry]], and [[Arbutus]], was a scavenger who fought  against [[Tsunami]] and [[Starflight]] in the SkyWing Arena. He was one of the scavengers who died, along with Arbutus.
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=== Legends ===
==== ''[[Dragonslayer]]'' ====
Cardinal was introduced when Rowan, [[Leaf]], Cranberry, and [[Grove]] arrived in [[SkyWing palace|the mountain dragon palace]] prison. He told them that he had been there for five days and that he had survived the arena. When Leaf asked him how, Cardinal said that he had played dead until he was dragged out of the arena. He then added that the strategy was not necessarily a good one because his friend had also attempted it and had been trampled. Cardinal was among the scavengers chosen for the arena on [[Scarlet|Queen Scarlet]]'s hatching day, and he was killed there.


=== ''[[The Dragonet Prophecy (Book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]]'' ===
== Quotes ==
Cardinal, along with [[Rowan]], [[Cranberry]], and [[Arbutus]] were the scavengers who fought [[Tsunami]] and [[Starflight]] in the SkyWing Arena. He is one of the scavengers who died, along with Arbutus.
{{SingleQuote
 
|quote  = Doesn't matter anyway, [...] They took your swords. You might get one back if you're chosen for the arena, but you still don't stand a chance.
==Quotes==
|speaker = to Leaf
''"Doesn't matter anyway, [...] They took your swords. You might get one back if you're chosen for the arena, but you still don't stand a chance."''
|book    = [[Dragonslayer]]
 
|page    = 219
''"This dragon queen likes to watch fights, [...] Mostly between dragons, but sometimes she sends humans out there, too."''
}}
 
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''"I've been here five days. On day two, they split up the humans-- three for the kitchen, three for the arena, far as we could tell. We haven't seen the first three since, and I'm the only one that survived the arena."''
{{SingleQuote
 
|quote  = Ha! No, by lying down and playing dead until they dragged me out again, [...] Not a great trick, though. The other guy who tried it got trampled in the action and wound up actually dead.
''"Ha! No, by lying down and playing dead until they dragged me out again, [...] Not a great trick, though. The other guy who tried it go trampled in the action and wound up actually dead."''
|speaker = about how he survived the arena
 
|book    = [[Dragonslayer]]
''"Name's Cardinal, [...] But don't get too attached."''
|page    = 220
}}
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{{SingleQuote
|quote  = Name's Cardinal, [...] But don't get too attached.
|speaker = introducing himself
|book    = [[Dragonslayer]]
|page    = 220
}}
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{{SingleQuote
|quote  = Lots of folks wander without villages after theirs were burned, [...] And the dragons can go a lot farther afield than your town — I met one person in here who lived in a village far down the coast. And then, of course, there are the idiots who show up here trying to steal treasure.
|speaker = about how people ended up in the arena
|book    = [[Dragonslayer]]
|page    = 221
}}


''"Lots of folks wander without villages after theirs were burned, [...] And the dragons can go a lot farther afield than your town-- I met one person in here who lived in a village far down the coast. And then, of course, there are the idiots who show up here trying to steal treasure."''
== References ==
{{References}}


==Trivia==
{{Human Navbox}}
*Cardinal is one of the known characters to have a reused name, the others being Eclipse ([https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/Eclipse here] and [https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/Eclipse_(Darkstalker) here]), Eagle ([https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/Eagle here] and [https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/Eagle_(Darkstalker) here]), Pearl ([[Pearl|here]] and [[Queen Pearl|here]]), Crane ([[Crane|here]] and [[Queen Crane|here]]), Lagoon ([https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/Lagoon here] and [https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/Queen_Lagoon here]), Jerboa ([[Jerboa|here]] and [[Jerboa II|here]]), Jewel ([https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/Jewel here] and [https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/Lady_Jewel here]), and Ostrich ([https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/Ostrich here] and [https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/Ostrich_(Deserter) here])


==Gallery==
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63667311-480px.jpg|An actual cardinal
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Latest revision as of 20:43, 31 May 2025

"Name's Cardinal. [...] But don't get too attached."
— Cardinal to Leaf, Dragonslayer

(This is the page for the human, Cardinal. You may be looking for the SkyWing named Cardinal instead.)

Cardinal was an adult male human who was introduced in Dragonslayer. He died fighting dragons in the SkyWing arena.

Description

Cardinal was large and had a beard.[1]

Personality

Cardinal was shown to be very pessimistic, believing that there was no way out of the arena and that they were trapped there forever.

Biography

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Dragonet Prophecy

Cardinal, along with Rowan, Cranberry, and Arbutus, was a scavenger who fought against Tsunami and Starflight in the SkyWing Arena. He was one of the scavengers who died, along with Arbutus.

Legends

Dragonslayer

Cardinal was introduced when Rowan, Leaf, Cranberry, and Grove arrived in the mountain dragon palace prison. He told them that he had been there for five days and that he had survived the arena. When Leaf asked him how, Cardinal said that he had played dead until he was dragged out of the arena. He then added that the strategy was not necessarily a good one because his friend had also attempted it and had been trampled. Cardinal was among the scavengers chosen for the arena on Queen Scarlet's hatching day, and he was killed there.

Quotes

"Doesn't matter anyway, [...] They took your swords. You might get one back if you're chosen for the arena, but you still don't stand a chance."
― to Leaf (Dragonslayer, page 219)
"Ha! No, by lying down and playing dead until they dragged me out again, [...] Not a great trick, though. The other guy who tried it got trampled in the action and wound up actually dead."
― about how he survived the arena (Dragonslayer, page 220)
"Name's Cardinal, [...] But don't get too attached."
― introducing himself (Dragonslayer, page 220)
"Lots of folks wander without villages after theirs were burned, [...] And the dragons can go a lot farther afield than your town — I met one person in here who lived in a village far down the coast. And then, of course, there are the idiots who show up here trying to steal treasure."
― about how people ended up in the arena (Dragonslayer, page 221)

References

  1. ↑ Dragonslayer, page 218
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