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|quote   = Have I taught you ''nothing'' about survival? ''You'' survive! That's all you have to do! Nobody is ever going to take care of you! A [[Dragons|dragon]] looks out for herself ''and no one else''. You weak little worm, if you steal a coconut, ''you keep it for yourself''.
|name       =
|speaker = Cobra to [[Qibli]], ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
|image     = CobraTemplate.png
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|age       = Old enough to be a mother
{{Character
|gender     = Female
|name     = Cobra
|tribe     = [[SandWings]]
|image     = Cobrapg83.png
|residence  = Incarcerated
|age       = Older than 40 years (hatched before 4,972 AS)
|Relation1  = Father
|gender   = Female
|RName1    = [[Vulture]]
|tribe     = [[SandWings]]
|Relation2  = Sons
|powers    =  
|RName2    = [[Qibli]], [[Sirocco]]
|Relation3  = Daughter
|RName3    = [[Rattlesnake]]
|appeared  = ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
|mentioned  = ''[[The Brightest Night]]'', ''[[Moon Rising]]''
|occupation = Assassin|quote = ''"Get it now, lizard?"''}}
'''Cobra''' is a female [[SandWings|SandWing]] and the mother of [[Qibli]], [[Sirocco]], and [[Rattlesnake]]. She, along with Sirocco and Rattlesnake, bullied and abused Qibli. She was a top assassin who many respected, but she hated dragonets. Some were confused why she had dragonets instead of getting rid of them. Qibli tried to garner her attention a lot of times, but she didn't care for him or his siblings. She showed no love to her dragonets and even sold Qibli away. She is shown to be very dedicated to her job, as that she killed members of her own organization to trick Qibli (unsuccessfully).


==Biography==
|status    = Alive (as of ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]'')


=== ''Pre-Series'' ===
|current  = Captive of [[Queen Thorn]]
Cobra abused and ignored Qibli before selling him off to Thorn. She didn't care what happened to him and insisted that he had to fend for himself in the Scorpion Den. She said he cared to much for others.
|former    =  
Member of the [[Talons of Power (organization)|Talons of Power]],<br />
Assassin


=== [[Darkness of Dragons|''Darkness of Dragons'']] ===
|Relation1 = Father
After Qibli left, Vulture, Cobra's father, imprisoned her to get his hands on her dragonets, to make them join his Talons of Power Organization. He trapped her in an oubliette until Qibli came to Vulture's fortress to look for Ostrich. When Cobra was freed by Qibli, she told him to escape that night with her. Cobra stopped herself from calling Qibli "lizard", and even tried to kill her other two dragonets for trying to stop her escape. It was later revealed/deducted by Qibli that Cobra and Vulture were plotting against Qibli, by making it seem as if Cobra had been trapped in the oubliette for years, although it was only been less than a day. Vulture and Cobra had set a trap for Qibli, trying to make him lead his mother to Thorn's stronghold. Cobra was arrested by Thorn and Qibli.
|RName1    = [[Vulture]]
|Relation2 = Daughter
|RName2    = [[Rattlesnake]]
|Relation3 = Sons
|RName3    = [[Sirocco]], [[Qibli]]


== Family Tree ==
|a1App    =
|a1Men    = ''[[The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest Night]]''
|a2App    = ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
|a2Men    = ''[[Talons of Power (book)|Talons of Power]]''
|a2Oth    = ''[[Moon Rising (book)|Moon Rising]]'' (flashback)
|gnApp    =
|gnMen    = ''[[The Brightest Night (graphic novel)|The Brightest Night]]''
|gnOth    = ''[[Moon Rising (graphic novel)|Moon Rising]]'' (flashback)
}}
'''Cobra''' is an adult female [[SandWing]] who was introduced in ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''. She is the mother of [[Qibli]], [[Rattlesnake]], and [[Sirocco]] and daughter of [[Vulture]]. Before being imprisoned by [[Queen Thorn]] at the [[SandWing stronghold]], Cobra's skills were legendary among certain circles, and she outshone all of the assassins in the [[Scorpion Den]].{{Ref|DoD|3}}
 
== Description ==
Cobra has snakelike patterns down her spine.{{Ref|MR|103}} She looks beautiful and deadly, with a dangerous glitter in her eyes.{{Ref|DoD|98}} She is long,{{Ref|DoD|98}} large{{Ref|MR|103}} and thin,{{Ref|DoD|98}} and has a toothy smile.{{Ref|DoD|129}}
 
== Personality ==
Cobra is dishonest,{{Ref|DoD|180}} untrustworthy,{{Ref|DoD|141}} greedy,{{Ref|DoD|129}} cold,{{Ref|DoD|126}} deadly, smart,{{Ref|DoD|74}} nefarious,{{Ref|DoD|3}} evil,{{Ref|DoD|9}} scornful,{{Ref|DoD|13}} and hates [[dragonets]].{{Ref|DoD|4}} She has a fierce hostility towards other tribes{{Ref|DoD|101}} and is very strict about grammar.{{Ref|DoD|110}} Her voice sounded bored when she was imprisoned within the SandWing stronghold.{{Ref|DoD|186}}
 
== Biography ==
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|heading = Pre-Series
|content = Cobra was hatched to [[Vulture]] and an unknown mother. She grew up to be a famous assassin, rumored to have killed [[Oasis]]'s sisters and two guests at [[Scarlet]]'s wedding. She had three dragonets; Qibli, Rattlesnake, and Sirocco with an unknown dragon. Cobra abused and ignored Qibli, and possibly even his siblings, before Thorn came to take him. She did not care what happened to him, but she did not want to sell Qibli at first. But after a quick negotiation, in which Thorn agrees to stay out of Cobra's way, she let Thorn take him. She always insisted that he had to fend for himself in the Scorpion Den. She said he cared too much for others and was worthless.
}}
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=== The Dragonet Prophecy ===
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|align  = left
|heading = ''[[The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest Night]]''
|content = Cobra was indirectly mentioned when [[Sunny]] asked Qibli if Thorn was his mother too, he said no and that Thorn had saved him from his mother.
}}
----
=== The Jade Mountain Prophecy ===
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|align  = left
|heading = ''[[Moon Rising (book)|Moon Rising]]''
|content = Soon after meeting Qibli, [[Moonwatcher]] had a vision about Qibli's early life, including his mother. Later, Qibli asked "where is she?", the 'she' being Cobra.
}}
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|heading = ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
|content = In a flashback, Qibli remembered the whispers of dragons wondering why he and his siblings were allowed to live. He remembered lying awake night after night waiting for his mother to show a hint of her hidden love. Yet, Cobra never looked at her dragonets. When Qibli was three and half years old, Cobra had ordered Qibli and his siblings out because she was expecting a client. He came back later with a coconut and offered it to Cobra. She was furious because when "you steal a coconut, you kept it for yourself." Thorn noticed this and offered to take Qibli. Cobra refused this but agreed after Thorn claimed that she and her [[Outclaws]] would leave her alone.
 
After Qibli left, Vulture, Cobra's father, imprisoned her to get his hands on her dragonets, to make them join his [[Talons of Power (organization)|Talons of Power organization]]. He trapped her in an oubliette until Qibli came to [[Vulture's compound|Vulture's fortress]] to look for [[Ostrich (TBN)|Ostrich]]. When Cobra was freed by Qibli, she told him to escape that night with her. Cobra stopped herself from calling Qibli "lizard," and even tried to kill her other two dragonets for trying to stop her escape. She, in fact, killed many Talons of Power members on her way out of Vulture's fortress with Qibli, and also set off a [[dragonflame cactus]] prior to stealing the [[Obsidian Mirror]] against her father's wishes. It was later revealed by Qibli that Cobra and Vulture were plotting against Qibli, by making it seem as if Cobra had been trapped in the oubliette for years, although it had only been less than a day. Vulture and Cobra had set a trap for Qibli, trying to make him lead his mother to Thorn's stronghold. Cobra was arrested by Thorn and was thrown in Thorn's dungeon. Later, when [[Smolder]], Qibli, Thorn, and [[Onyx]] visited the dungeons of Queen Thorn's stronghold, they met [[Prickle]], who was thought to be [[Palm]] and thrown into jail. Once they confirmed her identity, Thorn thoughtfully wondered if she should let her go, and Cobra asked in a bored voice if she was letting prisoners go and, if so, could she be released. Thorn rejected her offer.
}}
 
== Relationships ==
=== [[Qibli]] ===
Cobra is dishonest{{Ref|DoD|180}} and scornful towards her son, and did not care at all what he did or how he was affected.{{Ref|DoD|6}} Cobra considers him a half-witted idiot with crazy ideas,{{Ref|DoD|140}} completely ordinary and useless, and doubts his ability to ever do anything important.{{Ref|DoD|11}} Later on in life, she snapped at him even while pretending to be loving towards him in order to infiltrate the SandWing stronghold.{{Ref|DoD|114}}
 
=== [[Rattlesnake]] and [[Sirocco]] ===
Cobra did not pay much attention to Rattlesnake and Sirocco, and did not care much what they did. She often spoke harshly towards them{{Ref|DoD|6}} and showed no qualms against killing them.{{Ref|DoD|126}}
 
===[[Vulture]]===
Cobra had a decent professional relationship with her father, as she was willing to go along with his plan of overthrowing Thorn by manipulating Qibli into trusting her. However, she stole the Obsidian Mirror against his wishes,{{Ref|DoD|123}} and planned on betraying him, killing him and taking over the Scorpion Den for herself.{{Ref|DoD|141}}
 
==Family tree==
{{Qibli Family Tree}}
{{Qibli Family Tree}}


== Trivia ==
==Quotes ==
*A cobra is a venomous snake that is recognizable from its hood.
{{SingleQuote
*She may have killed [[Queen Oasis|Queen Oasis's]] sisters. This has been hinted, but not confirmed.
|quote  = Get your ugly snouts out of here and don't come back until dark, if you must come back at all.
*She sold Qibli to [[Queen Thorn]].
|speaker = to her dragonets
*The SandWing princesses tried to hire her to kill the others, but she declined, saying that she'd profit more from the war.
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
*She was rumored to have poisoned and killed multiple guests at [[Ex-Queen Scarlet|Queen Scarlet's]] wedding.
|page    = 6
*She was hired by Queen Thorn to find [[Morrowseer]], [[Stonemover]], and [[Dune]], to no avail.
}}
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{{SingleQuote
|quote  = Have I taught you ''nothing'' about survival? [...] ''You'' survive! That's all you have to do! Nobody is ever going to take care of you! A dragon looks out for herself'' and no one else. ''You weak little worm, if you steal a coconut, ''you keep it for yourself.''
|speaker = to Qibli
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
|page    = 10
}}
----
{{SingleQuote
|quote  = He thinks about other dragons too much. It's going to get him killed one day.
|speaker = to Thorn about Qibli
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
|page    = 10
}}
----
{{SingleQuote
|quote  = Hoping for some last words of wisdom? [...] Take care of yourself, lizard. You'll never amount to much, so don't go trying to be a hero, or you'll just get killed. And don't come crawling back here. How's that?
|speaker = to Qibli
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
|page    = 13
}}
----
{{SingleQuote
|quote  = Has your handwriting gotten ''worse'' since you were a dragonet? And your spelling is atrocious. What self-respecting SandWing can't spell ''[[Capybara]]''? I swear you've gotten stupider since I sold you.
|speaker = pretending to criticize Qibli's handwriting
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
|page    = 109
}}
----
{{SingleQuote
|quote  = All right, Mr. Cleverclaws. You think you've got it all figured out. But did it ever occur to you that I might be betraying ''him''? That he wouldn't have wanted me to take the Obsidian Mirror? That I might really want to destroy him and take over the Scorpion Den with you at my side?
|speaker = to Qibli, about betraying Vulture
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
|page    = 141
}}
----
{{SingleQuote
|quote  = You really think he would give up that easily? You think he'll go back to his gilded compound and lie around eating scavengers peacefully for the rest of his life? Ha. Ha. Ha. Vulture will burn the [[Kingdom of Sand|kingdom]] to the ground before he gives up.
|speaker = to Qibli about Vulture
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
|page    = 186
}}


==Quotes==
== Trivia==
"''That's what I call living.''"
*Cobra loves coconuts.{{Ref|DoD|8}}
*Cobra always eats roasted coriander seeds before a planned assassination.{{Ref|DoD|140}}
*Cobra was suspected of killing two guests at Scarlet's wedding and supposedly murdered Oasis's sisters, but no one could ever prove it.{{Ref|DoD|3-4}} There were even rumors about the SandWing sisters attempting to commission her to kill the others during the [[War of SandWing Succession]]. According to those rumors, Cobra had refused as she found the war to be more profitable for her.{{Ref|DoD|4}}
*Cobra dismembered scorpions to study and extract their venom.{{Ref|DoD|5}}
*[[Tui]] might make a Winglet for Cobra and/or Vulture, though this is not certain.{{Ref|Event|https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Tinyscourge1/Brand_New_Information_for_WoF_Books_11-15!!!}}
*Cobra's name was originally going to be used for [[Viper]], but Tui decided against it.{{Cite}}


"''Get it now, lizard?''"
==Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
<gallery>
Typical SandWing by Sassy the Beagle.jpg|A typical SandWing (colored), by [[Joy Ang]]
Cobrapg83.png|Cobra from ''[[Moon Rising (graphic novel)]]'', by [[Mike Holmes]]
SandTransparent.png|A typical SandWing (lineart), by [[Joy Ang]]
Germansandwing.jpg|A typical SandWing from the German publication, by [[Max Meinzold]]
CobraTemplate.png|Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
Fdrfgd.jpg|By [[User:Foxstep1|Foxstep1]]
Cobra1.png|Cobra by Solstice the Icewing
SandWing Sigil.png|SandWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
cobrasnake.jpg|A real Cobra
</gallery>
</gallery>
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Latest revision as of 15:57, 18 September 2025

"Have I taught you nothing about survival? You survive! That's all you have to do! Nobody is ever going to take care of you! A dragon looks out for herself and no one else. You weak little worm, if you steal a coconut, you keep it for yourself."
— Cobra to Qibli, Darkness of Dragons

Cobra is an adult female SandWing who was introduced in Darkness of Dragons. She is the mother of Qibli, Rattlesnake, and Sirocco and daughter of Vulture. Before being imprisoned by Queen Thorn at the SandWing stronghold, Cobra's skills were legendary among certain circles, and she outshone all of the assassins in the Scorpion Den.[1]

Description

Cobra has snakelike patterns down her spine.[2] She looks beautiful and deadly, with a dangerous glitter in her eyes.[3] She is long,[3] large[2] and thin,[3] and has a toothy smile.[4]

Personality

Cobra is dishonest,[5] untrustworthy,[6] greedy,[4] cold,[7] deadly, smart,[8] nefarious,[1] evil,[9] scornful,[10] and hates dragonets.[11] She has a fierce hostility towards other tribes[12] and is very strict about grammar.[13] Her voice sounded bored when she was imprisoned within the SandWing stronghold.[14]

Biography

Pre-Series
Cobra was hatched to Vulture and an unknown mother. She grew up to be a famous assassin, rumored to have killed Oasis's sisters and two guests at Scarlet's wedding. She had three dragonets; Qibli, Rattlesnake, and Sirocco with an unknown dragon. Cobra abused and ignored Qibli, and possibly even his siblings, before Thorn came to take him. She did not care what happened to him, but she did not want to sell Qibli at first. But after a quick negotiation, in which Thorn agrees to stay out of Cobra's way, she let Thorn take him. She always insisted that he had to fend for himself in the Scorpion Den. She said he cared too much for others and was worthless.

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Brightest Night
Cobra was indirectly mentioned when Sunny asked Qibli if Thorn was his mother too, he said no and that Thorn had saved him from his mother.

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Moon Rising
Soon after meeting Qibli, Moonwatcher had a vision about Qibli's early life, including his mother. Later, Qibli asked "where is she?", the 'she' being Cobra.
Darkness of Dragons

In a flashback, Qibli remembered the whispers of dragons wondering why he and his siblings were allowed to live. He remembered lying awake night after night waiting for his mother to show a hint of her hidden love. Yet, Cobra never looked at her dragonets. When Qibli was three and half years old, Cobra had ordered Qibli and his siblings out because she was expecting a client. He came back later with a coconut and offered it to Cobra. She was furious because when "you steal a coconut, you kept it for yourself." Thorn noticed this and offered to take Qibli. Cobra refused this but agreed after Thorn claimed that she and her Outclaws would leave her alone.

After Qibli left, Vulture, Cobra's father, imprisoned her to get his hands on her dragonets, to make them join his Talons of Power organization. He trapped her in an oubliette until Qibli came to Vulture's fortress to look for Ostrich. When Cobra was freed by Qibli, she told him to escape that night with her. Cobra stopped herself from calling Qibli "lizard," and even tried to kill her other two dragonets for trying to stop her escape. She, in fact, killed many Talons of Power members on her way out of Vulture's fortress with Qibli, and also set off a dragonflame cactus prior to stealing the Obsidian Mirror against her father's wishes. It was later revealed by Qibli that Cobra and Vulture were plotting against Qibli, by making it seem as if Cobra had been trapped in the oubliette for years, although it had only been less than a day. Vulture and Cobra had set a trap for Qibli, trying to make him lead his mother to Thorn's stronghold. Cobra was arrested by Thorn and was thrown in Thorn's dungeon. Later, when Smolder, Qibli, Thorn, and Onyx visited the dungeons of Queen Thorn's stronghold, they met Prickle, who was thought to be Palm and thrown into jail. Once they confirmed her identity, Thorn thoughtfully wondered if she should let her go, and Cobra asked in a bored voice if she was letting prisoners go and, if so, could she be released. Thorn rejected her offer.

Relationships

Cobra is dishonest[5] and scornful towards her son, and did not care at all what he did or how he was affected.[15] Cobra considers him a half-witted idiot with crazy ideas,[16] completely ordinary and useless, and doubts his ability to ever do anything important.[17] Later on in life, she snapped at him even while pretending to be loving towards him in order to infiltrate the SandWing stronghold.[18]

Cobra did not pay much attention to Rattlesnake and Sirocco, and did not care much what they did. She often spoke harshly towards them[15] and showed no qualms against killing them.[7]

Cobra had a decent professional relationship with her father, as she was willing to go along with his plan of overthrowing Thorn by manipulating Qibli into trusting her. However, she stole the Obsidian Mirror against his wishes,[19] and planned on betraying him, killing him and taking over the Scorpion Den for herself.[6]

Family tree

UnknownVulture
UnknownCobra
SiroccoRattlesnakeQibli


Quotes

"Get your ugly snouts out of here and don't come back until dark, if you must come back at all."
― to her dragonets (Darkness of Dragons, page 6)

"Have I taught you nothing about survival? [...] You survive! That's all you have to do! Nobody is ever going to take care of you! A dragon looks out for herself and no one else. You weak little worm, if you steal a coconut, you keep it for yourself."
― to Qibli (Darkness of Dragons, page 10)

"He thinks about other dragons too much. It's going to get him killed one day."
― to Thorn about Qibli (Darkness of Dragons, page 10)

"Hoping for some last words of wisdom? [...] Take care of yourself, lizard. You'll never amount to much, so don't go trying to be a hero, or you'll just get killed. And don't come crawling back here. How's that?"
― to Qibli (Darkness of Dragons, page 13)

"Has your handwriting gotten worse since you were a dragonet? And your spelling is atrocious. What self-respecting SandWing can't spell Capybara? I swear you've gotten stupider since I sold you."
― pretending to criticize Qibli's handwriting (Darkness of Dragons, page 109)

"All right, Mr. Cleverclaws. You think you've got it all figured out. But did it ever occur to you that I might be betraying him? That he wouldn't have wanted me to take the Obsidian Mirror? That I might really want to destroy him and take over the Scorpion Den with you at my side?"
― to Qibli, about betraying Vulture (Darkness of Dragons, page 141)

"You really think he would give up that easily? You think he'll go back to his gilded compound and lie around eating scavengers peacefully for the rest of his life? Ha. Ha. Ha. Vulture will burn the kingdom to the ground before he gives up."
― to Qibli about Vulture (Darkness of Dragons, page 186)

Trivia

  • Cobra loves coconuts.[20]
  • Cobra always eats roasted coriander seeds before a planned assassination.[16]
  • Cobra was suspected of killing two guests at Scarlet's wedding and supposedly murdered Oasis's sisters, but no one could ever prove it.[21] There were even rumors about the SandWing sisters attempting to commission her to kill the others during the War of SandWing Succession. According to those rumors, Cobra had refused as she found the war to be more profitable for her.[11]
  • Cobra dismembered scorpions to study and extract their venom.[22]
  • Tui might make a Winglet for Cobra and/or Vulture, though this is not certain.[event 1]
  • Cobra's name was originally going to be used for Viper, but Tui decided against it.[citation needed]

References

  1. Stated by Tuisource 


SandWings
Queens

Present: OasisThorn
Historical: Scorpion

Royalty

BlazeBlisterBurnCharScaldSingeSmolderSunnyOnyx

Jade Mountain

AridOnyxOstrichPronghornQibliSunny

Other Dragons
(Present)

AddaxAgaveArmadilloCamelCapybaraCereusCobraDuneHorizonJerboa IIIKindleMeerkatNeedleOcotilloOstrichPalmParchPrickleQuicksandRattlesnakeSaguaroSandstormSiroccoSix-ClawsTawnyTorchViperVulture

Other Dragons
(Historical)

JerboaJerboa II

Hybrids

Sunny

Kingdom

Blaze's fortressBlister's hideoutGreat Five-Tail RiverJerboa III's hutNorth BeachPossibilitySandWing strongholdScorpion Den

Society

OutclawsTalons of PowerWar of SandWing Succession


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