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|quote  = Obviously Clearsight's gift is a little different from everyone else's. I'm sure we'll all learn so much from listening to her tell us about it. But for now, I suggest we get back to our curriculum.
|quote  = You claim to be a seer? How do you know? What have you seen? We don't tolerate play-acting in here. How do you know they weren't ordinary dreams? Or products of your imagination?
|speaker = Allknowing, in [[Darkstalker (Legends)]]}}
|speaker = Allknowing to [[Clearsight]] about her visions, ''[[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]''
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{{Character
|image     = Typical NightWing by Sassy the Beagle.jpg
|name     = Allknowing
|age       = Adult
|image     = Allknowing GN 6.png
|gender     = Female
|age       = Adult
|tribe     = [[NightWings]]
|gender   = Female
|occupation = Former Head Seer for [[Queen Vigilance]] possibly reinstated
|tribe     = [[NightWings]]
|residence  =
|powers   = Foresight
|powers     = Precognition, likely stronger than average
|status    = Deceased


|appeared   = ''[[Darkstalker (Legends)]]''
|status    = Deceased
 
|current   = Teacher at the [[NightWing school]]
|former    = [[Queen Vigilance]]'s top seer
 
|leApp    = ''[[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]''
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|gnApp    = ''[[Darkstalker (graphic novel)|Darkstalker]]''
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'''Allknowing''' was a female [[NightWings|NightWing]] that was from [[King Darkstalker|Darkstalker's]] time and [[Queen Vigilance]]'s original personal seer before [[Clearsight]] took over the job. She was also a teacher for the other [[Dragonets|dragonet]] seers at the NightWing school that Clearsight attended. Clearsight described her as "large", "looming", and "scowling", which, in the following events of ''[[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]],'' basically sums up her entire character.
'''Allknowing''' was an adult female [[NightWing]] who was introduced in ''[[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]''. Before [[Clearsight]] took her place, she served as [[Queen Vigilance]]'s head seer. She was also a teacher for the other [[dragonet]] seers at the [[NightWing school]].


==Biography==
== Description ==
On Clearsight's first day of school, she finds her way to the 'Tower of Knowledge' in the NightWing school. There she meets her teacher, Allknowing. Allknowing appears to detest Clearsight from their first meeting when Clearsight is not only able to find her classroom on her first day, but is only three years old and predicts three things: a huge storm is going to roll in three days from the current day, that class will have to be canceled for a week of rain, and that the queen is planning to evaluate all of her potential seers in a month and she won't be pleased. After this statement, Allknowing quotes a line from one of her previous prophecies: ''"Dragon of chaos, tangling the webs, too many eyes and too many threads" ''and comes to the sudden conclusion that her new student's name is Clearsight, much to the awe of her students, [[Jewel-eyes]], [[Vision]], and [[Morrowwatcher]].
Allknowing was looming and large,{{Ref|L1|81}} with a long neck and sharp-edged bones.{{Ref|L1|304}} Her voice dripped with icicles,{{Ref|L1|83}} and she glittered with poise and diamonds. She had a composed expression.{{Ref|L1|217}}


Allknowing's character reappears in Chapter 19 of ''Darkstalker'', in Queen Vigilance's court "glittering with poise and diamonds". There Clearsight delivers a warning, that the [[IceWings]] were planning an invasion by sea on North Beach. Queen Vigilance is surprised by the straightforwardness of this vision and asks Allknowing what she knows of such events. Allknowing replies that she did have such a vision, one about ''waves of ice dragons ''and a ''midnight menace''. Queen Vigilance politely compliments Allknowing on the poetic nature of her prophecy, but then makes Clearsight her new personal seer, for her desired precision (i.e. telling her visions in a straightforward way rather than as a cryptic prophecy), and accuracy.
== Personality ==
Allknowing was glowering,{{Ref|L1|220}} snappy,{{Ref|L1|85}} scowling,{{Ref|L1|81}} wickedly amused,{{Ref|L1|82}} snide, clipped, and unfriendly.{{Ref|L1|84}} She stalked around,{{Ref|L1|83}} narrowed her eyes, and spoke to Clearsight in a barking voice during her first day of class.{{Ref|L1|81}} She swelled like a poisonous viper when she was upset,{{Ref|L1|82}} and had a hissing voice and a withering scowl.{{Ref|L1|85}} She was dangerously resentful and ignorant.{{Ref|L1|86}}


She is also later seen in the last few chapters of ''Darkstalker (Legends)'' when Clearsight had been summoned yet again to Queen Vigilance's court, having told Queen Vigilance of a prophecy concerning Darkstalker, convincing the queen that Darkstalker was out to kill her and get her throne.
== Biography ==
=== Legends ===
==== ''[[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]'' ====
Clearsight met Allknowing on her first day of school in the [[NightWing school#Tower of Knowledge|Tower of Knowledge]]. Allknowing appeared to take an instant detest towards Clearsight from their first meeting, given her age and ability to search the future. To combat Allknowing's challenge, Clearsight makes three predictions, prompting Allknowing to quote her prophecy: "''Dragon of chaos, tangling the webs, too many eyes and too many threads''." She concluded that her new student's name was Clearsight, much to the awe of her students, [[Jewel-eyes]], [[Vision]], and [[Morrowwatcher]].


== Prophecies ==
Allknowing reappeared later in Queen Vigilance's court, "glittering with poise and diamonds." Clearsight warned Queen Vigilance that the [[IceWings]] were planning an invasion by sea on [[North Beach]]. Queen Vigilance, surprised by the simplicity of this prediction, asked Allknowing if she knew of this future. Allknowing replied that she did have such a vision, one about ''waves of ice dragons'' and a ''midnight menace''. Queen Vigilance impolitely complimented Allknowing on her prophecies' poetic nature, proceeding to make Clearsight her new personal seer.
{| class="article-table"
|+Being the queen's top seer for a while, Allknowing has naturally presented many predictions. She has a signature style of writing prophecies about these predictions in rather mediocre poetry that forgets entirely about rhythm. So far, the prophecies that Allknowing has presented in ''Darkstalker'' are:
|-
!Prophecies
!Meaning
|-
|"''From far to the north, a prince will arrive, Seething with darkness and sparkling with ice, In his blood runs a gift for the whole NightWing tribe, But it comes with a terrible price." ''
|Prince Arctic of the IceWings will father an IceWing/NightWing Hybrid with animus powers who will grow up to cause chaos in the Night Kingdom and bring war.
|-
|''"Hatched of ice and hatched of night, cursed with moons all shining bright. Longs for power not his own, comes to steal your very throne."''
|As the son of Prince Arctic the IceWing and Foeslayer the NightWing, Darkstalker will be thrice moon born and want to become ruler of his Kingdom even though he is not a NightWing prince, and will attempt to murder his own queen to become the king of the NightWings.
|-
|''"Dragon of chaos, tangling the webs, too many eyes and too many threads" ''
|Clearsight has a very strong fortune telling power that she tries to harness to guide Pyrrhia to the safest path. This ultimately caused the fall of the old NightWing Kingdom, and also caused the rise of Darkstalker.
|}


More references to her prophecies are in ''Darkstalker'', but these are the only complete ones to our knowledge.
She was later seen when Clearsight had been summoned to Queen Vigilance's court. Queen Vigilance re-appointed Allknowing as her seer, as she gave her a prophecy of [[Darkstalker (L1)|Darkstalker]] killing the [[queen]] and ruling the NightWings. Clearsight had failed to foresee this potential future due to a spell from Darkstalker.


== Trivia ==
== Relationships ==
* It seemed that Allknowing developed a grudge against Clearsight for becoming the queen's top seer and taking her place; and for having far stronger powers than she had, she showed this when she had (or, some speculate, made up) a vision of Darkstalker, who she knew loved Clearsight.
=== [[Clearsight]] ===
* Her name most likely refers to her gifts and occupation as a seer.
Allknowing had a burning dislike for Clearsight. On the day they met, Allknowing was immediately hostile to Clearsight, her voice dripping with icicles when she realized who Clearsight was.{{Ref|L1|83}} She was dangerously ignorant and resentful of Clearsight's powers.{{Ref|L1|86}} After Clearsight replaced her as the queen's head seer, she believed Clearsight had betrayed her and gave her a cold send-off.{{Ref|L1|220-221}}
* It is unknown if Allknowing fled the old NightWing Kingdom along with the rest of her tribe.
* Her name is also a bit ironic, because due to the meaning of her name being "knowing all", she seems to be rather oblivious to the fact that Darkstalker is an animus.


== Quotes ==
== Prophecies ==
''"Talk to me when you've had a few more visions than ''oh no, my mommy is going to yell at me for splattering rabbit bits all over the floor''."'' - Mocking Clearsight and her visions
Allknowing had a signature style of prophecy, written in mediocre poetry devoid of rhythm. She wrote these prophecies based on her visions. Other, unspecified prophecies by Allknowing are referenced in ''Darkstalker''.
{{Prophecies
|prophecy1 = From far to the north, a prince will arrive, seething with darkness and sparkling with ice. In his blood runs a gift for the whole NightWing tribe, But it comes with a terrible price.
|meaning1  = [[Arctic]] of the IceWings will come to the Night Kingdom, bringing the gift of [[animus magic]], but cause war. Clearsight also interprets 'a terrible price' as meaning the cost of Arctic's soul, or the price for the dragons who loved him. Allknowing interprets the terrible price as the war.
|book1    = L1
|page1    = 84


''"Certainly it was more mysterious''' '''before''' '''it was''' '''fulfilled. Care to explain''' '''it to''' '''us?" - ''Regarding''' '''her''' '''prophecy''' '''about''' '''Prince''' '''Arctic
|prophecy2 = Hatched of ice and hatched of night. Cursed with moons all shining bright. Longs for power not his own. Comes to steal your very throne.
|meaning2  = As the son of Arctic the IceWing and [[Foeslayer]] the NightWing, Darkstalker will be thrice-moonborn and want to become ruler of his [[Lost city of night|kingdom]] even though he is not of NightWing royalty, and will attempt to murder Vigilance to become the king of the NightWings.
|book2    = L1
|page2    = 306


''"That- that- the nature of visions- specific details are not- that's not how it works."''
|prophecy3 = Dragon of chaos, tangling the webs, Too many eyes and too many threads.
|meaning3  = Clearsight has an extreme fortune-telling power that she tries to harness to guide [[Pyrrhia]] to the safest path. This ultimately caused the fall of the old NightWing Kingdom, and also caused the rise of Darkstalker.
|book3    = L1
|page3    = 82


''"I knew you were trouble. But I didn't realize you were planning to betray me."''
|prophecy4 = Waves of ice dragons and a midnight menace.
|meaning4  = Waves of IceWings will come to attack the NightWings, and the rise of Darkstalker, or possibly when the IceWings attack the kingdom.
|book4    = L1
|page4    = 219
}}


''​​​​''
== Quotes ==
{{SingleQuote
|quote  = You claim to be a seer? How do you know? What have you seen? We don't tolerate play-acting in here. How do you know they weren't ordinary dreams? Or products of your imagination?
|speaker = to Clearsight
|book    = [[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]
|page    = 81
}}
----
{{SingleQuote
|quote  = Ha! [...] How old are you ― three? Your powers have barely begun to evolve yet, even if they are real. Whatever lucky guess brought you here, you should go away again until you are truly ready. Talk to me when you've had a few more visions than ''oh no, my mommy is going to yell at me for splattering rabbit bits all over the floor''.
|speaker = to Clearsight, mocking her visions
|book    = [[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]
|page    = 82
}}
----
{{SingleQuote
|quote  = Well. [...] Obviously Clearsight's gift is a little different from everyone else's. I'm sure we'll learn ''so'' much from listening to her tell us about it. But for now, I suggest we get back to our curriculum.
|speaker = about Clearsight's powers
|book    = [[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]
|page    = 84
}}
----
{{SingleQuote
|quote  = That — that — [...] The nature of visions — specific details are not — that's not how it works.
|speaker = to Queen Vigilance regarding one of Clearsight's visions
|book    = [[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]
|page    = 220
}}


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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<gallery navigation="true">
Allknowing GN 6.png|Allknowing from ''[[Darkstalker (graphic novel)]]'', by [[Jake Parker]]
Typical NightWing by Sassy the Beagle.jpg|A typical NightWing (colored), by [[Joy Ang]]
NightTransparent.png|A typical NightWing (lineart), by [[Joy Ang]]
German nightwing.jpg|A typical NightWing from the German publication, by [[Max Meinzold]]
Allknowing.png
AllknowingTheNightwing.png
Snapshot 20160812 5.JPG|by Moonblishipper14
NightWing Sigil.png|NightWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
Dragon meme.jpg|by SunsetTheHybrid
9686.png|Allknowing by Ta-ak|link=https://ta-ak.deviantart.com/art/H-A-D-Allknowing-714960313
Allknowing IceOfWaterflock.png|Allknowing by IceOfWaterflock|link=https://iceofwaterflock.deviantart.com/art/Allknowing-735681508
</gallery>
</gallery>
{{Gallery Hider/end}}
 
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<gallery widths="80" heights="80" caption="Art by [[Jake Parker]], from ''[[Darkstalker (graphic novel)]]''">
Allknowing GN 1.png
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Allknowing GN 3.png
Allknowing GN 4.png
Allknowing GN 5.png
Allknowing GN 7.png
Allknowing and Vigilance GN 1.png
Allknowing and Vigilance GN 2.png
Allknowing and Vigilance GN 3.png
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Latest revision as of 08:52, 4 November 2025

"You claim to be a seer? How do you know? What have you seen? We don't tolerate play-acting in here. How do you know they weren't ordinary dreams? Or products of your imagination?"
— Allknowing to Clearsight about her visions, Darkstalker

Allknowing was an adult female NightWing who was introduced in Darkstalker. Before Clearsight took her place, she served as Queen Vigilance's head seer. She was also a teacher for the other dragonet seers at the NightWing school.

Description

Allknowing was looming and large,[1] with a long neck and sharp-edged bones.[2] Her voice dripped with icicles,[3] and she glittered with poise and diamonds. She had a composed expression.[4]

Personality

Allknowing was glowering,[5] snappy,[6] scowling,[1] wickedly amused,[7] snide, clipped, and unfriendly.[8] She stalked around,[3] narrowed her eyes, and spoke to Clearsight in a barking voice during her first day of class.[1] She swelled like a poisonous viper when she was upset,[7] and had a hissing voice and a withering scowl.[6] She was dangerously resentful and ignorant.[9]

Biography

Legends

Darkstalker

Clearsight met Allknowing on her first day of school in the Tower of Knowledge. Allknowing appeared to take an instant detest towards Clearsight from their first meeting, given her age and ability to search the future. To combat Allknowing's challenge, Clearsight makes three predictions, prompting Allknowing to quote her prophecy: "Dragon of chaos, tangling the webs, too many eyes and too many threads." She concluded that her new student's name was Clearsight, much to the awe of her students, Jewel-eyes, Vision, and Morrowwatcher.

Allknowing reappeared later in Queen Vigilance's court, "glittering with poise and diamonds." Clearsight warned Queen Vigilance that the IceWings were planning an invasion by sea on North Beach. Queen Vigilance, surprised by the simplicity of this prediction, asked Allknowing if she knew of this future. Allknowing replied that she did have such a vision, one about waves of ice dragons and a midnight menace. Queen Vigilance impolitely complimented Allknowing on her prophecies' poetic nature, proceeding to make Clearsight her new personal seer.

She was later seen when Clearsight had been summoned to Queen Vigilance's court. Queen Vigilance re-appointed Allknowing as her seer, as she gave her a prophecy of Darkstalker killing the queen and ruling the NightWings. Clearsight had failed to foresee this potential future due to a spell from Darkstalker.

Relationships

Clearsight

Allknowing had a burning dislike for Clearsight. On the day they met, Allknowing was immediately hostile to Clearsight, her voice dripping with icicles when she realized who Clearsight was.[3] She was dangerously ignorant and resentful of Clearsight's powers.[9] After Clearsight replaced her as the queen's head seer, she believed Clearsight had betrayed her and gave her a cold send-off.[10]

Prophecies

Allknowing had a signature style of prophecy, written in mediocre poetry devoid of rhythm. She wrote these prophecies based on her visions. Other, unspecified prophecies by Allknowing are referenced in Darkstalker.

Prophecy Meaning
"From far to the north, a prince will arrive, seething with darkness and sparkling with ice. In his blood runs a gift for the whole NightWing tribe, But it comes with a terrible price." [8] Arctic of the IceWings will come to the Night Kingdom, bringing the gift of animus magic, but cause war. Clearsight also interprets 'a terrible price' as meaning the cost of Arctic's soul, or the price for the dragons who loved him. Allknowing interprets the terrible price as the war.
"Hatched of ice and hatched of night. Cursed with moons all shining bright. Longs for power not his own. Comes to steal your very throne." [11] As the son of Arctic the IceWing and Foeslayer the NightWing, Darkstalker will be thrice-moonborn and want to become ruler of his kingdom even though he is not of NightWing royalty, and will attempt to murder Vigilance to become the king of the NightWings.
"Dragon of chaos, tangling the webs, Too many eyes and too many threads." [7] Clearsight has an extreme fortune-telling power that she tries to harness to guide Pyrrhia to the safest path. This ultimately caused the fall of the old NightWing Kingdom, and also caused the rise of Darkstalker.
"Waves of ice dragons and a midnight menace." [12] Waves of IceWings will come to attack the NightWings, and the rise of Darkstalker, or possibly when the IceWings attack the kingdom.

Quotes

"You claim to be a seer? How do you know? What have you seen? We don't tolerate play-acting in here. How do you know they weren't ordinary dreams? Or products of your imagination?"
― to Clearsight (Darkstalker, page 81)
"Ha! [...] How old are you ― three? Your powers have barely begun to evolve yet, even if they are real. Whatever lucky guess brought you here, you should go away again until you are truly ready. Talk to me when you've had a few more visions than oh no, my mommy is going to yell at me for splattering rabbit bits all over the floor."
― to Clearsight, mocking her visions (Darkstalker, page 82)
"Well. [...] Obviously Clearsight's gift is a little different from everyone else's. I'm sure we'll learn so much from listening to her tell us about it. But for now, I suggest we get back to our curriculum."
― about Clearsight's powers (Darkstalker, page 84)
"That — that — [...] The nature of visions — specific details are not — that's not how it works."
― to Queen Vigilance regarding one of Clearsight's visions (Darkstalker, page 220)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Darkstalker, page 81
  2. ↑ Darkstalker, page 304
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Darkstalker, page 83
  4. ↑ Darkstalker, page 217
  5. ↑ Darkstalker, page 220
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Darkstalker, page 85
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Darkstalker, page 82
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Darkstalker, page 84
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Darkstalker, page 86
  10. ↑ Darkstalker, page 220-221
  11. ↑ Darkstalker, page 306
  12. ↑ Darkstalker, page 219


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