Nautilus

"We gave up worldly things to fight for a higher cause. Peace is more important than jewels or gold."

— Nautilus to Squid about the Talons of Peace, The Hidden Kingdom

Nautilus is an adult male SeaWing who was introduced in The Lost Heir. He was the founder and former leader of the Talons of Peace, and is the father of Squid. Nautilus gave up his role as leader of the Talons of Peace to Riptide after the War of SandWing Succession. He did not know that the prophecy was false, and was very devoted to ending the war at any cost.

Description

Nautilus has green scales with black spiral patterns on them and cold, glittering green eyes.

Personality

Nautilus puffed up his chest and spoke haughtily to Turtle when speaking about how the Talons of Peace helped Tsunami to look for Scarlet. He is nervous. He believed peace was more important than any one dragon and would have done anything for the sake of peace, including ordering the death of another dragon.

Biography

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Lost Heir

Nautilus was introduced in the prologue. He and Cirrus confronted Webs at the entrance to the underground river and attempted to kill him. They claimed that Webs had failed them by letting the dragonets of destiny escape and become prisoners, so he could not know about the backup plan. Cirrus was about to kill Webs when a Talons of Peace infiltrator, unknown at that time, by the name of Crocodile knocked Nautilus and Cirrus unconscious so Webs could escape. Later, Nautilus was "talking" to Riptide using Aquatic when Tsunami first started following Riptide. Nautilus was described to have a bruised eye from being knocked out by Crocodile. When the Summer Palace was being destroyed by the SkyWings and MudWings, Riptide told Tsunami he had been telling Nautilus information about the SeaWings. Nautilus was in the epilogue, where Morrowseer had him explain their concept of the false dragonets to Blister, who approved of the idea.

The Hidden Kingdom
In the prologue, he, Morrowseer, and the false dragonets were at the Talons of Peace's camp. Morrowseer told Nautilus that he would be taking the fake dragonets of destiny to an unknown location (later revealed to be the NightWing island) to train.

The Dark Secret
Nautilus appeared in the epilogue, where he and his son Squid, encountered Blister as she was waiting to meet with Morrowseer. Squid complains that he hates NightWings and Blister agrees with him. When Morrowseer did not show up, Blister said that it must be the dragonets' fault and she would kill them no matter what.

The Brightest Night

Tsunami, Sunny, and Ochre traveled to the Talons of Peace's camp to ask him to deliver a message to Blister. However, Ochre was approached by Nautilus, Riptide, a SandWing noted to possibly be Viper's uncle, Cirrus, and a female SkyWing named Avalanche. Much to Tsunami's annoyance, Nautilus flashes a message toward Tsunami, which Sunny guessed was a suggestion to land, though Tsunami wanted to go and hit the older SeaWing and pretend she misunderstood what he said. Tsunami questioned Riptide's decision to rejoin the Talons of Peace, and he explained that Coral had thrown him out of the Kingdom of the Sea and that he was hoping the Talons of Peace would know where the dragonets had gone. Nautilus coldly remarked that they had no clue, and Riptide quickly introduced Nautilus as the leader of the Talons of Peace, to prevent an argument between him and Tsunami. Avalanche replied that Nautilus was the leader "for now," hinting at her dislike of the SeaWing, and asked where the rest of the false dragonets are. The IceWing known as Cirrus (later revealed to be Chameleon in Escaping Peril), noticed the arrival of another dragon, who Avalanche recognized as her son, Flame. After seeing the slash across the dragonet's face due to Viper's venomous tail, Nautilus commented that he is not sure if he wanted to know what happened to the others, and so Sunny told him that Fatespeaker was fine, that they did not know what happened to Squid, and that Viper had died after falling into the lava in the Night Kingdom. Sunny then told him that she needed them to convey a message to Blister. Although he talked as if he was indecisive and unwilling to help, Sunny noticed that he was excited about finally ending the war.

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The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Winter Turning
Nautilus was mentioned by his son, Squid, who says that "My dad used to be the leader of the Talons of Peace," and he whined and complained why he could not be leader.

Escaping Peril
Nautilus was leading his group of Talons; Avalanche and Cirrus (Chameleon in his IceWing form), when they came across Peril and Turtle and attacked them. However, they stopped soon after Peril explained why they were there.

Family tree

Nautilus

Unknown

Squid

Quotes

"A suicide mission may not be necessary. [...] Something happened in the SkyWing palace yesterday. We don't have any clear reports yet, but one spy said he thought Queen Scarlet was dead — killed by the dragonets."

― to the Talons of Peace about the dragonets of destiny

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"Sorry, Webs. [...] Peace is more important than any one dragon. And you would disrupt our backup plan. We're doing this for your own good. For the prophecy. For peace. [...] Cirrus, rip out his heart."

― to Webs

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"They were just a backup plan. [...] Nobody thought we'd need them. Especially not all of them; we thought maybe one, or two, if something went wrong with the originals. We haven't spent a lot of time training them."

― to Morrowseer about the false dragonets of destiny

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"We gave up worldly things to fight for a higher cause. Peace is more important than jewels or gold."

― to Squid, about why the Talons have no treasure

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"Well, I thought, why not? [...] Of course, none of these five actually hatched on the brightest night, or else they'd be the real dragonets of the prophecy, wouldn't they? But they're about the right age, and nobody has to know the rest."

― to Morrowseer about the false dragonets of destiny

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"I — I don't know. [...] I thought he would be here by now. I haven't seen him since he took the alternate dragonets from the Talons of Peace camp. But I knew he was supposed to be here to meet you tonight, and I had to speak with him."

― to Blister, about Morrowseer

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"We called them 'guardians,' [...] But you're right. Everywhere the dragonets go, they seem to leave chaos behind."

― about the dragonets of destiny

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"Tsunami tried to chase her, but when she lost Scarlet not far from here, she came to the Talons of Peace for extra help. With all of us looking, Scarlet won't get far."

― to Turtle, about Scarlet

Gallery

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  Nautilus from Escaping Peril (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes
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  Reference by Goosefeathers

• Art by Mike Holmes, from the Wings of Fire Graphic Novels
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References

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