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|quote = Chameleon. Some [[dragons]] might say that was a cruel irony, while others, for instance an entire tribe of [[RainWings]], might laugh and laugh for days once everyone realizes that the dragon named 'Chameleon' is the only one in the [[Rainforest Kingdom|rainforest]] who can't change his scales.
|quote   = Ha. As long as you aren't too different, sure. But I had one problem the [[RainWings|tribe]] couldn't understand: I can't change my scales. You saw my RainWing color. When I'm a RainWing, I'm stuck that way. That same green all the time — no camouflage, no flamboyant emotional outbursts, no self-absorbed displays of clever special effects. I could never play their little RainWing [[games]]. Finally the [[queen]] banished me, saying I was making everyone uncomfortable, and perhaps there was a better tribe for me outside the [[Rainforest Kingdom|rainforest]] somewhere.
|speaker = Chameleon to [[Peril]] about his true origin, ''[[Escaping Peril]]''
|speaker = Chameleon to [[Peril]] about his snout deformity, ''[[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]''
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{{Character
|name       = Chameleon
|name     = Chameleon
|image     = ChameleonTemplate.png
|image     =  
|age        = Adult
<gallery>
|gender    = Male
Chameleon GN 4.png|GN (Chameleon)
|tribe      = [[RainWings]]
ChameleonTemplateSkyla.png|Chameleon
|occupation =
BogTemplateS978.png|Bog
|residence  = The [[Rainforest Kingdom]] (formerly), currently unknown
Cirrus GN 9.png|GN (Cirrus)
|powers    = Used [[King Darkstalker|Darkstalker]]'s animus scroll to create shapeshifting talismans to become different dragons
CirrusTemplateYSLF.png|Cirrus
|status    = Alive
Shapeshifter GN 6.png|GN (Shapeshifter)
|Relation1  = Former Mate
ShapeshifterTemplatePlaty.png|Shapeshifter
|RName1    = [[Kestrel]] † (as Soar)
Soar GN 4.png|GN (Soar)
|Relation2  = Daughter
SoarTemplateSSE.png|Soar
|RName2    = [[Peril]] (as Soar)
</gallery>
|Relation3  = Son
|age      = Adult
|RName3    = [[Peril's Brother]] † (as Soar)
|gender    = Male
|appeared  = ''[[The Lost Heir (Book)|The Lost Heir]]'', ''[[The Brightest Night]]'', ''[[Moon Rising]]'', ''[[Winter Turning]]'', ''[[Escaping Peril]]'', ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
|tribe    = [[RainWings]]
|mentioned  = ''[[The Hidden Kingdom (Book)|The Hidden Kingdom]]'', ''[[Talons of Power (Book)| Talons Of Power]]''
|powers    =  
|quote = }}
'''Chameleon''' is an adult male [[RainWings|RainWing]] who was introduced in ''[[Escaping Peril]]''. Because of a snout deformity that disallowed him to sleep for more than one hour at a time, Chameleon was unable to change the color of his scales and was fixed with a plain lime green color. Many of the other RainWings viewed Chameleon as strange and unsettling, and he was eventually banished from the Rainforest Kingdom.


Sometime after his banishment, Chameleon found [[Darkstalker's Scroll]] and, after learning how to read and write, figured out how it worked. Using the scroll's magic, Chameleon created new physical forms: Bog the [[MudWings|MudWing]], Cirrus the [[IceWings|IceWing]], Shapeshifter the [[NightWings|NightWing]], and Soar the [[SkyWings|SkyWing]]. He possesses a different shape for each dragon species.{{Ref|EP|208}}
|status    = Alive (as of ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]'')


<nowiki> </nowiki>After the events of ''Escaping Peril'', Chameleon no longer owns Darkstalker's Scroll, although he still possesses the scraps of parchment that allow him to transform into his other forms. His current location is unknown.
|current  =
|former    =
Ally of [[Queen Scarlet]],<br />
Member of the [[Talons of Peace]],<br />
Member of the [[Talons of Power (organization)|Talons of Power]]


== Appearance ==
|Relation1 = Partner
His scales are "the color of limes and jungle parakeets, a sort of nondescript yellowish-green", and he is also noted to have narrow shoulders.{{Ref|EP|152}} His scales cannot change colors like normal RainWing scales can. This is sometimes attributed to his inability to sleep for long periods of time, or vice versa. He is also mentioned by [[Bullfrog]], the RainWing healer that he had a snout deformity, causing his sleeping to halt after an hour or less.
|RName1    = [[Kestrel]] (formerly, as Soar)
|Relation2 = Daughter
|RName2    = [[Peril]] (as Soar)
|Relation3 = Son
|RName3    = [[Sky]] (as Soar)


== Biography ==
|a1App    = ''[[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]''
=== Pre-Series ===
|a1Men    =  
At an unknown point in time before the series, Chameleon was banished from the Rainforest Kingdom because of his inability to change the color of his scales, which made the other RainWings 'uncomfortable'. This was because of a snout deformity that stopped him from sleeping for more than an hour. The lack of sleep made it so that he couldn't change the color of his scales, and had also affected his personality. This lead to many of the RainWings thinking he was creepy, different, and weird. Sometime after that, he found Darkstalker's Scroll and got someone to teach him to read. By reading some of what was written on the scroll, Chameleon figured out what it could do and then learned how to write. Using the scroll, Chameleon created many shapes for himself, including Soar the SkyWing. He moved into the [[Sky Kingdom]] and helped Queen Scarlet spy on the [[Talons of Peace]] as Cirrus. While he served Scarlet, he made a [[Pyrite]] mask to hide [[Prince Hailstorm]] for Scarlet. As a SkyWing, he fathered Peril and her twin with Kestrel in the breeding program, but Scarlet told him that both of his dragonets were dead, and so Chameleon didn't know that Peril was his daughter until the eighth book, ''[[Escaping Peril]]''.
|a2App    =  
''[[Moon Rising (book)|Moon Rising]]'',<br />
''[[Winter Turning (book)|Winter Turning]]'',<br />
''[[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]'',<br />
''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
|a2Men    = ''[[Talons of Power (book)|Talons of Power]]''
|gnApp    =  
''[[Moon Rising (graphic novel)|Moon Rising]]'',<br />
''[[Winter Turning (graphic novel)|Winter Turning]]'',<br />
''[[Escaping Peril (graphic novel)|Escaping Peril]]''
|otFeat    = ''[[A Guide to the Dragon World]]''
}}
'''Chameleon''' is an adult male [[RainWing]] who was formally introduced in ''[[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]''. He hatched with an incurable snout deformity that prevented him from sleeping for more than an hour at a time, inhibiting the RainWing ability to change scale colors. He is the father of [[Peril]] and [[Sky]], and was formerly the partner of [[Kestrel]], in his [[SkyWing]] form, Soar.


=== ''[[The Lost Heir (Book)|The Lost Heir]]'' ===
After being banished from the [[Rainforest Kingdom]], Chameleon found [[Darkstalker's scroll]]. Using its [[Animus magic|magic]], Chameleon created new physical forms for every [[Dragons|dragon]] tribe of [[Pyrrhia]], but only five have been introduced: Bog the [[MudWing]], Cirrus the [[IceWing]], Shapeshifter the [[NightWing]], and Soar the SkyWing.  
''For more information, see'' Cirrus.


Chameleon appeared in the prologue as Cirrus, with the Talons of Peace. He pinned [[Webs]] down for [[Nautilus]]' orders and then threatened to rip Webs' heart out. However, before he could kill Webs, [[Crocodile]] knocked him out and Webs escaped.
After the events of ''Escaping Peril'' and ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]'', Chameleon no longer owns [[Darkstalker (L1)|Darkstalker]]'s scroll or the scraps of parchment that allowed him to transform into his other forms. His current whereabouts and status are unknown.


=== ''[[The Brightest Night]]'' ===
== Description ==
In his Cirrus form, Chameleon may have been spotted by [[Princess Sunny|Sunny]] in the Talons of Peace camp.
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|-| Chameleon =
Chameleon has scales that are the colors of limes and jungle parakeets, and were described to be a yellowish-green.{{Ref|EP|152}} He is skinny, with narrow shoulders, dull teeth,{{Ref|EP|152}} a deformed snout,{{Ref|WT|109}} and several rings around his claws.{{Ref|EP|154}} He is much scrawnier and less intimidating in comparison to his other shapes.{{Ref|DoD|231}}


=== ''[[Moon Rising]]'' ===
|-| Bog =
As the NightWing Shapeshifter, Chameleon spoke with Ex-Queen Scarlet in the epilogue, holding Darkstalker's scroll.
Bog has mud-brown scales{{Ref|DoD|85}} and is almost completely covered in different kinds of jewelry: gold chains around his neck that dangle from an elaborate ruby-encrusted headpiece clashing with the rows of silver, emerald, and topaz earrings in each ear; silver chain mail studded with sapphires on his chest; golden silk veils wreathing his wings;{{Ref|DoD|84}} giant bejeweled rings on his talons;{{Ref|DoD|121}} and a gold tail band shaped to look like dragon claws clutching every inch of his tail, each claw tipped with a sapphire.{{Ref|DoD|84}} He also wears a pouch tied firmly under one of his wings where he kept his pieces of Darkstalker's scroll.{{Ref|DoD|120}}


=== ''[[Winter Turning]]'' ===
|-| Cirrus =
A RainWing who couldn't sleep because of a snout deformity or change their scale color was mentioned by one of the RainWing healers when Winter was visiting Glory. He was also said to have watched other RainWings in their sleep. This was the description of Chameleon.
Cirrus is severe-looking,{{Ref|EP|62}} with silvery-white scales and wings{{Ref|EP|63}} and pale purple underscales.{{Ref|WT|141}} His eyes are glittering,{{Ref|EP|67}} cold, and snakelike,{{Ref|WT|141}} and he has a voice like icicles dripping.{{Ref|TLHp}} He is larger than [[Winter]] and fiercely thin, with claws that look even sharper than normal IceWing claws.{{Ref|WT|142}}


In his IceWing form of Cirrus, Chameleon appeared in the Talons of Peace camp when the dragonets were looking for a SkyWing. He seemed to be possessive of Pyrite, most likely because he was guarding her for Queen Scarlet.
|-| Shapeshifter =
Shapeshifter has black scales,{{Ref|WT|188}} narrow black eyes,{{Ref|EP|260}} and was described to be angry-looking,{{Ref|EP|259}} ominous,{{Ref|EP|264}} eerie, and still.{{Ref|EP|91}} He is quite large,{{Ref|EP|258}}{{Ref|DoD|227}} described as hulking and enormous,{{Ref|EP|258}} with sharp talons{{Ref|WT|188}} like wicked fishhooks.{{Ref|EP|91}} He wears a mess of dark jewelry and compact iron boxes on chains,{{Ref|WT|189}} including a case that held Darkstalker's talisman around his chest,{{Ref|EP|259}} as well as a silver earring,{{Ref|DoD|231}} three bracelets, a ring, and a couple of necklaces.{{Ref|DoD|228}} He has extra strength, extraordinarily hot fire, and invulnerable scales.{{Ref|DoD|228}}


Wearing his NightWing mask (Shapeshifter), Chameleon was overheard by [[Moonwatcher]], [[Ex-Prince Winter|Winter]], and [[Qibli]] talking to Scarlet. He later went to the dragonets' camp to retrieve Pyrite and attacked [[Kinkajou]], smashing her into a tree and leaving her in a coma. It is mentioned in Escaping Peril that he did this because of his grudge against the RainWings. He failed to capture Pyrite (Hailstorm) and leaves with his eyes burned and frozen by Moon and Winter, although it healed when he changed 'faces'.
|-| Soar =
Soar has warm{{Ref|EP|140}} golden-orange scales,{{Ref|EP|121}} large{{Ref|EP|187}} orange wings,{{Ref|EP|187}} and hooded{{Ref|EP|206}} amber eyes.{{Ref|EP|144}} He has no visible scars, long horns with faint golden markings on them,{{Ref|EP|140}} and a deeper, stronger voice than that of Chameleon.{{Ref|EP|154}} He also looks wealthier than the average SkyWing: he wears gold rings on three of his claws, a black leather{{Ref|EP|151}} necklace with gold spikes circling his throat, and an armband weaving like a snake all the way up one of his forelegs, with tiny rubies glittering like eyes at one end.{{Ref|EP|140}} He has a black metal sheath fitted tightly across his chest with a padlock on the outside,{{Ref|EP|140}} containing a small pouch full of coins or jewelry, and formerly a piece of Darkstalker's scroll wrapped in black leather binding.{{Ref|EP|208}} He is large{{Ref|EP|121}} and strong-looking.{{Ref|EP|151}}
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=== ''[[Escaping Peril]]'' ===
== Personality ==
As Cirrus, Chameleon stopped Peril and [[Prince Turtle|Turtle]] on their adventure with the Talons of Peace. When [[Avalanche]] mentioned Kestrel in a speech she gave about how she wanted to kill Peril when she was a dragonet, Cirrus asked questions about Kestrel and found out that Peril was Kestrel's daughter.
Chameleon was a lot grumpier than other RainWings,{{Ref|WT|110}} and several RainWing healers stated that he was horrible; they would wake up from [[RainWings#Description|suntime]] to find Chameleon just staring at them.{{Ref|WT|109}} [[Scarlet]] described him as strange and unreliable.{{Ref|WT|181}} He has an old,{{Ref|EP|142}} fierce anger in his eyes, and is aggressively protective towards his animus-touched shapes.{{Ref|DoD|120}}{{Ref|EP|263}} He is often angry{{Ref|DoD|229}} and avaricious,{{Ref|DoD|230}} unable to resist the lure of any treasure.{{Ref|DoD|231}} He is arrogant,{{Ref|EP|67}} self-important,{{Ref|EP|141}} conciliatory,{{Ref|EP|143}} pleased with himself,{{Ref|EP|149}} sly, irritable, evasive,{{Ref|EP|246}}  bitter, brooding{{Ref|EP|206}} impatient,{{Ref|EP|153}} defensive,{{Ref|EP|154}} dry,{{Ref|EP|241}} unsympathetic,{{Ref|EP|204}} cowardly,{{Ref|EP|230}} untrustworthy,{{Ref|EP|232}} and is not much of a fighter.{{Ref|EP|151}} He is hard to read, and Peril thought it difficult to tell whether he is being sly or desperate.{{Ref|EP|230}} He hates RainWings to the extent that he severely injured the innocent [[Kinkajou]] with no provocation,{{Ref|EP|213}} an action that Peril considered to be brutal and unnecessary.{{Ref|EP|214}} He is dangerous and power-hungry,{{Ref|EP|262}} once looked at Peril scornfully, like he highly doubted anyone could possibly be a match for him.{{Ref|EP|62}}


Later Turtle saw a dragon, most likely Chameleon, diving into the forest behind him and Peril. The next morning, Turtle found talonprints that didn't belong to him or Peril beside their sleeping spot. They likely belonged to Chameleon. When Peril and Turtle flew away, Peril spotted Chameleon in his NightWing form staring at her.
While in his Cirrus form, Chameleon is cold, calculating, and not much of a talker.{{Ref|EP|208}}


As Peril perched on the sandstone formation outside of [[Possibility]], a large SkyWing came flying towards her, but was distracted by Winter and [[Hope (Foeslayer)|Foeslayer's]] arrival. After Winter and Peril's fight, Peril flew away from the scene, and the SkyWing started flying with her. He told her his name was Soar and then revealed that he was her father. They were joined by Ex-Queen Scarlet, and the SkyWing informed Peril that he was, in fact, a RainWing named Chameleon. He offered her a gift of a strange necklace that he claimed would cancel the effects of her firescales. Peril accepted the gift, but unknown to her, it was also rigged with a loyalty enchantment to Scarlet, and it made her forget Clay.
== Biography ==
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|heading = Pre-Series
|content = At an unknown point in time before the series, the RainWing [[queen]] at the time banished Chameleon from the Rainforest Kingdom because of his inability to change the color of his scales, which made the other RainWings "uncomfortable." This came from a snout deformity that stopped him from sleeping for more than an hour. The lack of sleep made it so that he could not change his scales' color, which had also affected his personality. This led to many of the RainWings thinking he was creepy, different, and weird, especially since he would sometimes be seen staring at them while they slept. Sometime afterwards, he found Darkstalker's Scroll and got someone to teach him to read. By reading some of what was written on the scroll, Chameleon figured out what it could do and learned how to write. Using the scroll, Chameleon created many shapes for himself. He moved into the [[Sky Kingdom]] and helped Queen Scarlet spy on the [[Talons of Peace]] as Cirrus. While he served Scarlet, he made a [[Pyrite]] mask to hide [[Hailstorm]] for Scarlet. In his SkyWing form, he fathered Peril and Sky with Kestrel in the breeding program, however Scarlet told him that both of his dragonets were dead, and so Chameleon did not know that Peril was his daughter until ''Escaping Peril''.
}}
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=== The Dragonet Prophecy ===
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|heading = ''[[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]''
|content = Chameleon, disguised as Cirrus, was part of [[Nautilus]]' group that found [[Webs]] after the SkyWings abducted the [[dragonets of destiny]]. He demanded Webs to tell them how the SkyWings found them, and Webs explained the dragonets' plans to escape and how it was played out. Cirrus asks why they had anything to do with the SkyWings, and Webs simply said that they followed [[Tsunami]] and [[Clay]] back to the opening of the cave. Cirrus was enraged because he knew they would not be able to survive ex-Queen Scarlet's arena. When Webs suggested that the Talons attack the SkyWings, Cirrus hinted that there were only about forty members of the Talons of Peace, while there were countless SkyWings. Nautilus mentioned his backup plan and said that Webs would be a problem, in which Cirrus pinned him down, stating that Webs had failed them. He was instructed to kill Webs because of the [[SeaWing]]'s lack of knowledge of the Talons of Peace's backup plan and allowing the dragonets to escape. He also seemed to take morbid pleasure in the idea of killing the confused SeaWing, stating that he would feed Webs' heart to the fish. However, both he and Nautilus were thwarted and knocked out when [[Crocodile]] tackled them, which allowed Webs to escape the execution attempt.
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=== The Jade Mountain Prophecy ===
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|heading = ''[[Moon Rising (book)|Moon Rising]]''
|content = As the NightWing known as Shapeshifter, Chameleon spoke with Ex-Queen Scarlet in the epilogue, holding and tapping Darkstalker's scroll.
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|heading = ''[[Winter Turning (book)|Winter Turning]]''
|content = Chameleon was indirectly mentioned as a lime green RainWing who could not sleep because of a snout deformity or change their scale color by [[Bullfrog (WT)|Bullfrog]], a RainWing healer when [[Winter]] was visiting [[Glory]]. He was also said to have watched other RainWings in their sleep. This was the description of Chameleon.


=== ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]'' ===
Winter, [[Qibli]], [[Kinkajou]], and [[Moonwatcher]] later went to the Talons of Peace to find a SkyWing that could help them locate the mountain that Moon saw in [[Icicle]]'s dream when Scarlet visited her. Upon their arrival, they found a dragon named Pyrite, and Chameleon, disguised as Cirrus, did not want them to take her. Winter thought maybe Pyrite was an animus and Cirrus wanted to reintroduce the magic back into the IceWing bloodline, but forgot the idea when he noted that he showed no sign of returning to the [[Ice Kingdom]]. Winter also noted that he and Cirrus should have recognized one another, as he was royalty. Winter asked if Cirrus knew his parents, [[Narwhal]] and [[Tundra]], and Cirrus said he might.
In ''Darkness of Dragons'', Chameleon, disguised as a MudWing named Bog, tried to convince Qibli and Winter that the MudWings were causing the explosions in the SandWing kingdom and preparing to start a war. Later, when Winter tried to rescue the scavengers that [[Vulture]] had in the food storage, Bog caught them. Qibli then recognized Bog, and Winter and Qibli started attacking him. They blamed Chameleon for always messing with royal politics and hurting Kinkajou. Chameleon claimed that he met Vulture in Possibility and couldn't possibly say no to treasure. Chameleon stopped the fight by threatening to bite off the scavenger's head and then Qibli and Winter let him leave knowing that if they followed him, he would lead them straight to Vulture.
 
Later in the NightWing Kingdom, Qibli and Kinkajou met him in his NightWing form. Qibli convinced Chameleon to put on the enchanted earring, saying it was an apology gift from Peril, turning him back to a RainWing while Kinkajou stole all his remaining pieces of Darkstalker's scroll. After that, Chameleon most likely fled back to the Rainforest.
 
== Known Forms ==
* Cirrus the IceWing
* Shapeshifter the NightWing
* Soar the SkyWing
* Bog the MudWing
 
== Trivia ==
*A chameleon is a color changing lizard that inhabits the rainforest.
*Chameleon's name is very ironic as an actual chameleon can change the color of its scales, but Chameleon, the dragon, cannot.
*Chameleon is the first major RainWing antagonist to appear in the series, though [[Ex-Queen Dazzling]], [[Ex-Queen Fruit Bat]], [[Ex-Queen Magnificent]], and [[Ex-Queen Exquisite]] have served as minor antagonists in ''[[The Hidden Kingdom (Book)|The Hidden Kingdom]]''. 
*He is also the first RainWing besides [[Queen Glory|Glory]] to know how to read and spell but does not reveal who taught him how to read.
*Whenever he changes into a different form, it "resets"; i.e. when he puts on the Soar mask, all traces of previous battles or other activities from when he was previously Soar would disappear. This would be consistent with Peril's noticing he had no scars.
*In ''Escaping Peril'', he said he has a form for every tribe, but the SeaWing and the SandWing forms have never appeared.
*He is one of the seven characters whose name is ironic, the others being [[Quickdeath]], [[Quickstrike]], [[Slaughter]], [[Coconut]], [[Ex-Queen Scarlet|Scarlet]], and [[Secretkeeper]].
*Tui hinted on the Scholastic forum that she may bring back Chameleon in ''Darkness of Dragons'', which has shown to be true.
*Kinkajou is mentioned in the last chapter of ''Darkness of Dragons'' to have been "the first RainWing in a century to learn to write". However, both Chameleon and Glory can read and write. Thus, Kinkajou would not be the first RainWing in a century to learn to write, Chameleon would. This is most likely an error in the series, or perhaps Qibli's knowledge as to what RainWings could write.
**However, he also notices the "dark jagged scrawl of Peril's father's handwriting", thus indicating he knew what Chameleon's handwriting looked like. If anything, this is most likely either a plot hole or an error in the series.
*He is shown to be practically obsessed with treasure.
* He is also technically the first RainWing to join the Talons of Peace.
*Tui has stated that a RainWing's base color is lime like Chameleon.
 
==Gallery==
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<gallery navigation="true" orientation="none">
Typical RainWing by Sassy the Beagle.jpg|A typical RainWing (colored), by [[Joy Ang]]
RainTransparent.png|A typical RainWing (lineart), by [[Joy Ang]]
RainWingGer.jpg|A typical RainWing from the German publication, by [[Max Meinzold]]
ChameleonTemplate.png|Reference by [[User:Platypus the SeaWing|Platypus the SeaWing]]
RainWing Sigil.png|RainWing Sigil by [[User:Platypus the SeaWing|Platypus the SeaWing]]
Chameleon-sleepy.jpg.adapt.945.1.jpg|A real chameleon
Chameleon Ref.png|Chameleon reference by [[User:QueenClam|QueenClam]]
Imageofchameleonthefather.PNG|Chameleon and Peril by Haasio Sahel
ChameleonbyAlaska.png|Chameleon by [[User:Alaska the IceWing|Alaska the IceWing]]
Chameleon .png|Chameleon and his known forms by Riftlight
Screen Shot 2017-01-19 at 6.01.33 PM.png|Chameleon reference by xTheDragonRebornx|link=http://xthedragonrebornx.deviantart.com/art/Canon-RainWing-Reference-Sheet-656068624
Shapeshifter by SoIm.png|Shapeshifter by SoIm
6444.png|Chameleon by Ta-ak|link=https://ta-ak.deviantart.com/art/H-A-D-Chameleon-711683033
E7A5E84F-CC46-4D6C-94B2-EDE1B71D515E.jpeg|Chameleon by [[User:Mia.vanhalteren|Mia.vanhalteren]]
Chameleon_ironzing.png|Chameleon by Iron-Zing
CC small.PNG|Chameleon Interpretations from Various Artists|link=https://www.deviantart.com/xthedragonrebornx/art/Chameleon-Interpretations-800055907?ga_submit_new=10%3A1559447379&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1
chameleon_by_xthedragonrebornx_dda5e8g-pre.jpg|Chameleon by xTheDragonRebornx|link=https://www.deviantart.com/xthedragonrebornx/art/Chameleon-803108176
chameleon_s_rage_wings_of_fire_by_tayseiber_dcd7rt6-fullview.jpg|Chameleon's Rage by tayseiber|link=https://www.deviantart.com/tayseiber/art/Chameleon-s-rage-Wings-of-Fire-747791754
chameleon_by_animelionessmika_dcjv5j5-pre.jpg|Chameleon by AnimeLionessMika|link=https://www.deviantart.com/animelionessmika/art/chameleon-758960321
Untitled7-1.png|Chameleon Headshot by TheMostAmazingTree
</gallery>
{{Gallery Hider/end}}
 
== References ==
<references />


{{RainWing Navbox}}
Later, on the way to Winter and Hailstorm's [[Diamond Trial]], [[Queen Glacier]] said to Winter, "We haven't had a Cirrus in many years," and said she would look into the matter, claiming that he may have been on the outside of the kingdom and therefore did not have a rank on the IceWing wall.


[[de:Cameleon]]
Wearing his NightWing mask Shapeshifter, Chameleon was overheard by Moonwatcher, Winter, and Qibli talking to Scarlet. He later went to the dragonets' camp to retrieve Pyrite and attacked Kinkajou, smashing her into a tree and leaving her in a coma. It is mentioned in Escaping Peril that he did this because of his grudge against the RainWings. He failed to capture Pyrite and left with his eyes burnt by Moon and frozen by Winter, although his injuries healed when he changed shape.
[[fr:Caméléon]]
<div>
|-|Bog=
{{Quote
|quote= Nobody. Bog, just Bog, a regular [[MudWings|MudWing]], me.
|speaker= Bog to [[Qibli]] and [[Ex-Prince Winter|Winter]], ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
}}
}}
{{Charbox
{{Dropdown
|name      = Bog
|align  = left
|image      = BogTemplate.png
|heading = ''[[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]''
|age        = Adult
|content = As Cirrus, Chameleon stopped Peril and [[Turtle]] on their adventure with the Talons of Peace. When [[Avalanche]] mentioned Kestrel in a speech she gave about how she wanted to kill Peril when she was a dragonet, Cirrus asked questions about Kestrel and found out that Peril was Kestrel's daughter.
|gender    = Male
|tribe      = [[MudWings]]
|occupation =
|residence  =
|powers    = He is an animus enchantment by the way of [[Darkstalker's Scroll]], owned by Chameleon before it was destroyed by [[Peril]]
|status    = Enchantment currently not in use but was in ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''


Later, Turtle saw a dragon, most likely Chameleon, diving into the forest behind him and Peril. The next morning, Turtle found talonprints that did not belong to him or Peril beside their sleeping spot. They likely belonged to Chameleon. When Peril and Turtle flew away, Peril spotted Chameleon in his NightWing form staring at her.


|appeared  = ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
As Peril perched on the sandstone formation outside of [[Possibility]], a large SkyWing came flying towards her but was distracted by Winter and [[Foeslayer]]'s arrival. After Winter and Peril's fight, Peril flew away from the scene, and the SkyWing started flying with her. He told her his name was Soar and then revealed that he was her father. Ex-Queen Scarlet joined them, and Soar informed Peril that he was a RainWing named Chameleon. He offered her a gift of a strange necklace that he claimed would cancel the effects of her [[SkyWings#Abilities|firescales]]. Peril accepted the gift, but unknown to her, it was also rigged with a loyalty enchantment to Scarlet, and it made her forget Clay.
|quote = "Bog, just Bog, a regular MudWing, me."}}'''Bog''' is a male [[MudWings|MudWing]], and one of the forms of Chameleon, who appears in ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''. He worked alongside the [[Talons of Power (Organization)|Talons of Power]] and [[Vulture]] as a false hostage, lying about how the MudWings were attacking the oases. [[Qibli]] thought he looked suspicious and ridiculous in all his jewelry, which Vulture gave him for spreading his "story."


==Appearance==
When [[Ruby]]/Tourmaline retook the throne, a guard came running, saying that a NightWing had appeared inside the throne room. This was Chameleon in his NightWing form.
Bog has mud-brown scales and wears several accessories: a gold tail band shaped to look like dragon claws clutching every inch of his tail, each claw tipped with a sapphire; silver chain mail studded with sapphires on his chest; golden silk veils wreathing his wings; giant bejeweled rings; and gold chain necklaces dangling from a ruby-encrusted headpiece that clashes with the silver, emerald, and topaz earrings in each ear. Qibli thought it was strange that he wore a tail band, as they went out of style because they made it harder for dragons to fly. He also wears a brown leather pouch neatly tucked under his wing where he keeps his pieces of [[Darkstalker's Talisman]], the same pieces that were later used to transform [[King Darkstalker|Darkstalker]] into [[King Darkstalker|Peacemaker]], the [[NightWings|NightWing]]-[[RainWings|RainWing]] hybrid. It took Qibli "a minute to find out what tribe he was from". After seeing Bog, [[Winter]] looked like "his eyes might never recover," implying that the large amount of jewelry on him didn't look very stylish.


==Biography==
Peril and the Jade Winglet confronted Chameleon, but found he was too powerful for them to take on. Turtle used his magic to steal his scroll, smashing it onto Chameleon's face, injuring him severely. Peril cried out for the dragonets to stop, believing that Chameleon did not deserve his punishment no matter what he have done. The dragonets then ran away, leaving Chameleon with his shapes.
===''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''===
Bog/Chameleon first appeared as a false hostage in Vulture's lair, attempting to throw Qibli and Winter off of the recent explosions in the [[Scorpion Den]], saying that the MudWings led by [[Queen Moorhen]] were causing the explosions, but, according to Qibli, it was easy to tell that he was lying about the whole thing.
 
Later, when Qibli and Winter (along with Cobra and Ostrich who were elsewhere at the time) were trying to escape Vulture's compound, they ran into him as Winter was attempting to free Vulture's scavenger prisoners. He asked what they were doing and recognized them from his time as Shapeshifter. Qibli and Winter tried to fight him, but he threatened to kill the scavenger if they didn't let him go. Winter did not continue fighting after that. Qibli and Winter then managed to get back to Cobra and Ostrich.
 
Bog later appeared in the [[Night Kingdom]], and [[Kinkajou]], who was investigating the area, started to "stealthily" follow him. Bog walked into a room and closed the door, later coming out as Chameleon's superpowered NightWing form, Shapeshifter. Kinkajou relayed this information to Qibli, who quickly realized that the two dragons were Chameleon, and most likely arrived with Vulture. Qibli and Kinkajou devised a plan to steal Chameleon's pieces of Darkstalker's Talisman. Qibli walked up and acted as a distraction, while Kinkajou grabbed Chameleon's earring, which had the pieces of talisman in it. Chameleon was quickly told off by Kinkajou and Qibli, and most likely returned to the [[Rainforest Kingdom]]. The pieces of scroll were then used to give Darkstalker a new life as Peacemaker.
 
==Trivia==
*Vulture told Bog to tell all the SandWings the story that Queen Moorhen and the MudWings were setting off the dragonflame cactus explosions in the oases in exchange for lots of treasure.
*After escaping Queen Ruby's palace, Chameleon went to the Mud Kingdom.
*In ''Escaping Peril'', Chameleon commented on wanting a MudWing form to avoid persecution. This is shown to come true in ''Darkness of Dragons'', where he assumes the form of Bog while working with Vulture.
 
==Quotes==
''"Much better than that prison cell."''
 
''"Of course, sir, [...] The MudWings are the one's who've bee attacking cities throughout the Kingdom of Sand. Queen Moorhen and the MudWings are responsible for all of it."''
 
''"What's all this noise? [...] Raiding the storehouse in the middle of the night? Is there a feast going on that I wasn't invited to?"''
 
''"Nobody, [...] Bog, just Bog, a regular MudWing, me."''
 
''"Not lying, [...] All true. Definitely a MudWing plot."''
 
''"My what?"'' -When asked about his sibs.
 
''"Um, [...] Not here. Not traitors. Just me. I was captured by the Talons of Power and forced to reveal everything."''
 
''"Don't touch that!"''
 
''"You mean the one you robbed, [...] Perhaps you remember beating me bloody in order to steal my scroll."''
 
''"I didn't like the Mud Kingdom, [...] Too brown. Thought I'd try my luck in the Scorpion Den. Looking for treasure. [...] Found it."''
 
''"I was ''trying'' to, [...] Vulture approached me in the market and offered me a lot of treasure to tell people this MudWing story. What was I going to do, say no to treasure?"''
 
''"Haven't you ruined my life enough? [...] Aren't there any actual bad guys you could go harass?"''
 
''"Stop right there, [...] or I will bite this scavenger's head off."''
 
''"You get out of here and leave me alone."''
 
 
==Gallery==
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Typical MudWing by Sassy the Beagle.jpg|A typical MudWing (colored), by [[Joy Ang]]
MudTransparent.png|A typical MudWing (lineart), by [[Joy Ang]]
Germanmudwing.jpg|A typical MudWing from the German publication, by [[Max Meinzold]]
MudWing Sigil.png|MudWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
Bog-walking-Estonia-landscape-1.jpg|An actual bog
42242.png|Bog by Ta-ak|link=https://ta-ak.deviantart.com/art/H-A-D-Bog-712050009
Bog.png|Bog by QueenClam
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|-|Cirrus=
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|quote = Cirrus the [[IceWings|IceWing]]. Remember him? [[Ex-Queen Scarlet|Queen Scarlet]]'s spy in the [[Talons of Peace]]. Perfect because there are so few IceWings in the Talons that they never figured out how little I knew, or that I've never been to the [[Ice Kingdom]]. I made him cold and calculating and not much of a talker.
|speaker = Chameleon to [[Peril]] about Cirrus, ''[[Escaping Peril]]''
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|age        = Adult
|content = Turtle had memories about beating up Chameleon, worrying that he had damaged his soul.
|gender    = Male
|tribe      = [[IceWings]]
|occupation =
|residence  =
|powers    = He is an animus enchantment by the way of [[Darkstalker's Scroll]], owned by Chameleon before it was stolen by [[Kinkajou]]
|status    = Enchantment currently not in use
|appeared  = ''[[The Lost Heir (Book)|The Lost Heir]]'', ''[[Winter Turning]]'', ''[[Escaping Peril]]''
|mentioned  = ''[[The Brightest Night]]''
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'''Cirrus''' is a male [[IceWings|IceWing]], [[Ex-Queen Scarlet|Scarlet]]'s spy in the [[Talons of Peace]], who was revealed to be one of the many forms of Chameleon, a [[RainWings|RainWing]] that was in possession of [[Darkstalker's Scroll]]. Chameleon chose to join the Talons of Peace wearing an IceWing mask when he infiltrated them because of how few IceWings joined, therefore no one would find out he knew nothing about the Ice Kingdom. [[Prince Hailstorm/Pyrite|Pyrite]]'s insistence of staying with him every moment is most likely part of the enchantment that Chameleon placed on the mask, so as to keep an eye on her or possibly to keep [[Prince Hailstorm]]'s repressed IceWing instincts from kicking in. He first appears in the prologue of ''[[The Lost Heir]]'' and might briefly seen at a camp in ''[[The Brightest Night]]''. Cirrus also appears in ''[[Winter Turning]]'' and ''[[Escaping Peril]]''.
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== Appearance ==
|heading = ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
Cirrus has glittering silvery-white scales with pale purple under scales and hints of blue{{Ref|WT|141}}, silver-white wings{{Ref|EP|63}}, cold, snakelike eyes, and a malevolent gaze. He is quite a bit bigger than [[Ex-Prince Winter|Winter]] and fiercely thin with unusually sharp claws even for an IceWing. He also has a voice that sounds like icicles dripping.
|content = Chameleon, disguised as a MudWing named Bog, appeared as a false hostage in [[Vulture]]'s lair. He told Qibli and Winter that the MudWings were causing the explosions in the [[Kingdom of Sand]] and preparing to start a war, though Qibli could tell that he was lying.
 
==Biography==
===''[[The Lost Heir (Book)|The Lost Heir]]''===
Cirrus was part of [[Nautilus]]’ group that found [[Webs]] after the [[SkyWings]] abducted the [[The Dragonets of Destiny|dragonets of destiny]]. He demanded Webs to tell them how the SkyWings found them, and Webs explained the dragonets' plans to escape and how it was played out. Cirrus asks why they had anything to do with the SkyWings, and Webs simply said that they followed [[Princess Tsunami|Tsunami]] and [[Clay]] back to the opening of the cave. Cirrus was enraged because he knew they wouldn't be able to survive Ex-Queen Scarlet's arena. When Webs suggested that the Talons attack the SkyWings, Cirrus hinted that there are only about forty members of the Talons of Peace, while there were countless SkyWings. Nautilus mentioned his backup plan and said that Webs would be a problem, in which Cirrus pinned him down, stating that Webs had failed them. He was instructed to kill Webs because of the SeaWing's lack of knowledge of the Talons of Peace's backup plan and allowing the dragonets to escape, and he also seemed to take morbid pleasure in the idea of killing the confused [[SeaWings|SeaWing]], stating that he would feed Webs' heart to the fish. However, both he and Nautilus were thwarted and knocked out when [[Crocodile]] tackled them, which allowed Webs to escape the execution attempt. This hinted heavily that Crocodile wasn't working for the Talons of Peace after all, and had no problem betraying them.


===''[[The Brightest Night]]''===
Later, when Qibli, Winter, [[Cobra]], and [[Ostrich (TBN)|Ostrich]] were trying to escape [[Vulture's compound]], they ran into Bog as Winter was attempting to free Vulture's scavenger prisoners. He asked what they were doing and recognized them from his time as Shapeshifter. Qibli and Winter tried to fight him, but he threatened to kill the scavenger if they did not let him go. Winter did not continue fighting after that. Qibli and Winter then managed to get back to Cobra and Ostrich.
[[Princess Sunny|Sunny]] spotted an IceWing at the Talons of Peace's camp, which was most likely Cirrus, since there were no other known IceWings working with the Talons at that time, other than him.


=== ''[[Winter Turning]]'' ===
Bog later appeared in the [[Night Kingdom]], and Kinkajou, who was investigating the area, started to "stealthily" follow him. Bog walked into a room and closed the door, later coming out as Chameleon's superpowered NightWing form, Shapeshifter. Kinkajou relayed this information to Qibli, who quickly realized that the two dragons were Chameleon, and most likely arrived with Vulture. Qibli and Kinkajou devised a plan to steal Chameleon's pieces of Darkstalker's Talisman. Qibli walked up and acted as a distraction, while Kinkajou grabbed Chameleon's earring, which had the pieces of talisman in it. Qibli quickly told off Chameleon, then knocked out by Kinkajou. The pieces of the scroll were later used to give Darkstalker a new life as [[Peacemaker]].
Winter, [[Qibli]], [[Kinkajou]], and [[Moonwatcher]] went to the Talons of Peace in order to find a SkyWing that could help them locate the mountain Moon saw in [[Icicle]]'s dream when she was visited by Scarlet. Upon their arrival, they found a dragon named Pyrite, a nervous and twitchy SkyWing who sported a nose ring, but Cirrus did not want them to take her. Winter pondered about it and thought maybe because she was an 'animus' he wanted to put the magical genetics back into the IceWing bloodline, but forgot the idea when he noted that Cirrus showed no sign of returning to the Ice Kingdom. Winter was confused because being royalty, he should have recognized Cirrus, and vice-versa (which means Cirrus should've recognized Winter), but neither did. Winter asked if Cirrus knew his parents, [[Prince Narwhal|Narwhal]] and [[Tundra]], Cirrus said he might, but he was lying, as Chameleon said he had never been to the Ice Kingdom.
 
Later, on the way to Winter and Hailstorm's [[Diamond Trial]], [[Queen Glacier]] said to Winter, "We haven't had a Cirrus in many years", and says she would look into the matter, claiming that he may have been on the outside of the kingdom and therefore didn't have a rank on the IceWing wall.
 
=== ''[[Escaping Peril]]'' ===
Cirrus first appeared early in the story, along with the other Talons of Peace, when they attacked Peril and [[Prince Turtle]]. When Peril introduced herself as the daughter of [[Kestrel]], he said, "That can't be right. Kestrel never had any dragonets". He was questioned briefly for his knowledge about Kestrel, whom he couldn't have met since he joined the Talons after Kestrel went into hiding with the dragonets. 
 
He was later revealed as the IceWing form of Peril's father, Chameleon the RainWing, and working for Ex-Queen Scarlet. He never knew she was his daughter before, as he was told by Scarlet that both of Kestrel's dragonets were dead and that Kestrel had gone to join the Talons of Peace, so he was elated when he learned Peril was alive and well.  
 
==Personality==
Cirrus is shown to take an almost sadistic pleasure in killing others, appearing more than eager to kill Webs, and even explaining that he intended to rip Webs's heart out and "feed it to the fish". He is very obedient and docile towards Nautilus, and willingly follows his orders when he tells him to kill Webs. In ''Winter Turning'', he is shown to be mildly protective of Pyrite, and most likely doesn't want to let her out of his sight for fear of being executed by Queen Scarlet as Chameleon. He is a spy for Queen Scarlet in the Talons of Peace and seems not to care who is suspicious of him. Chameleon stated that he tried to make Cirrus seem cold and calculating, like a menacing character. 
 
==Trivia==
*A cirrus cloud is a type of cloud, containing bits of ice, or being made entirely out of ice. It forms at a height around 6,500–45,000 feet (5–13 km).
* Winter described him as acting like an aristocrat, but not possibly able to be one, or else he would have recognized Winter.
* Cirrus is the first IceWing described with purple scales. This may be a result of Chameleon's enchantment.
* Soar mentions Cirrus as his 'friend with the Talons of Peace,' when explaining to Peril how he found out about her.
 
==Gallery==
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Typical IceWing by Sassy the Beagle.jpg|A typical IceWing (colored), by [[Joy Ang]]
IceTransparent.png|A typical IceWing (lineart), by [[Joy Ang]]
Germanicewing.jpg|A typical IceWing from the German publication, by [[Max Meinzold]]
CirrusTemplate.png|Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
IceWing Sigil.png|IceWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
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Cirrus.png
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1444256867570-724837231.jpg|Cirrus as Dragonet undetailed by HuskyTheIcewing
1448640981001440200313.jpg|By Peril|link=Cirrus
cirrus_of_the_icewings_by_happyfalconqueen-d9l3esh.jpg|Cirrus of the IceWings by HappyFalconQueen|link=http://happyfalconqueen.deviantart.com/art/Cirrus-of-the-IceWings-579626657?ga_submit_new=10%253A1450833494
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Feed it to the Fish|Cirrus threatening Webs in The Lost Heir- by RiftSeaWing
Cirrus of the IceWings.png|Cirrus by HappyFalconQueen
IceWing - Cirrus.png|Cirrus by HappyFalconQueen
Cirruss by Star Nightwing.png|Cirrus by Star Nightwing
Cirrus_sky_panorama.jpg|Cirrus Cloud: From Wikipedia
wings_of_fire___cirrus_by_happyfalconqueen-db3nbpu.png|Cirrus reference by Toenailish
Cirrus the IceWing.jpg|Cirrus the IceWing by warriorswings42
64364365.png|Cirrus by Ta-ak|link=https://ta-ak.deviantart.com/art/H-A-D-Cirrus-711726149
cirrus.jpg|Cirrus, by Blackphoenix the SkyWing NightWing
Cirrus2.png|If Cirrus was in the graphic novel by ponyo100 (Main image is from Graphic novel #1)
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== References ==
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{{IceWing Navbox}}
 
[[de:Cirrus]]
[[fr:Cirrus]]
[[pl:Cirrus]]
 
|-|Soar=
{{Quote
|quote = Wait. No, no, no. Not SORE. SOAR, S-O-A-R, like flying high over the kingdom. Oh, good grief. Have other dragons been thinking my name is ''Sore'' all these years?
|speaker = Chameleon about his [[SkyWings|SkyWing]] form's name as the form of Soar, ''[[Escaping Peril]]''
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|name      = Soar
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|image      = SoarTemplate.png
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|age        = Adult
|align   = left
|gender    = Male
|heading = ''[[A Guide to the Dragon World]]''
|tribe      = [[SkyWings]]
|content = Chameleon was mentioned as one of the dragons Scarlet wanted dead.
|occupation =  
|residence  = Formerly the [[Rainforest Kingdom]]
|powers    = He is an animus enchantment by the way of [[Darkstalker's Scroll]], owned by Chameleon before it was destroyed by [[Peril]]
|status    = Enchantment currently not in use
 
|Relation1  = Former Mate
|RName1    = [[Kestrel]] †
|Relation2  = Daughter
|RName2    = [[Peril]]
|Relation3  = Son
|RName3    = [[Peril's Brother]] †
 
|appeared   = ''[[Escaping Peril]]''
|mentioned  =''[[The Dragonet Prophecy (Book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]]'' (indirectly)
 
|quote      = "See? I can change my entire self. Now I'm a full SkyWing."
}}
}}
'''Soar''' is a "mask", taking the form of a male [[SkyWings|SkyWing]], and one of the four known forms that Chameleon can become. When [[Ex-Queen Scarlet|Scarlet]] caught him shapeshifting, she gave him the choice to either tell her how he did it or work for her in exchange for treasure. He chose the second option, afraid that if he revealed the scroll he used, she would take it from him. He is the "father" of [[Peril]], and his former mate was [[Kestrel]]. Since Chameleon was in the form of Soar when he had Peril with Kestrel, Peril is fully SkyWing, and not any part [[RainWings|RainWing]]. This makes Peril half an artificial SkyWing.


== Appearance ==
== Relationships ==
Soar is described as big{{Ref|EP|121}} with amber eyes{{Ref|EP|140}}, warm orange scales{{Ref|EP|140}}, rippling muscles, and huge powerful orange wings{{Ref|EP|187}}. He doesn't bear any scars, which is observed by Peril to be unusual for a dragon under Scarlet's reign (his forms, when switched, lose their injuries, and therefore he has no scars). He is said to be strong-looking and has a deeper, stronger voice than Chameleon. He has long horns with golden markings. He is adorned with gold rings on three of his claws, a black necklace with gold spikes studded on, and a snake-like armband with rubies where the snake's eyes would be. He also has a black metal sheath fitted across his chest with a padlock, which was revealed to hold [[Darkstalker's Scroll]] scraps in them to shapeshift.
=== [[Kestrel]] ===
Upon hearing Kestrel's name, Chameleon flared his wings and asked for more information.{{Ref|EP|63}} He was fully a SkyWing upon meeting her, and she did not know that he was originally a RainWing.{{Ref|EP|152}} She did not know who he was and thought that he was assigned to partner with her in the breeding program, but he stated "but I knew her. I am unquestionably your father."{{Ref|EP|232}}


== Biography ==
=== [[Peril]] ===
===''[[Escaping Peril]]''===
Upon first meeting his daughter, Chameleon smiled.{{Ref|EP|140}} After talking with him, Peril realized that he sounded a lot like herself, and they were able to bond over other dragons misunderstanding them.{{Ref|EP|142}} As soon as Chameleon had realized that Peril was his daughter, he rushed to meet her; additionally, he described her as powerful, amazing, and terrifying, stating "Who wouldn't be proud of that?"{{Ref|EP|145}} He acknowledged his absence in Peril's life, but stated that he would like to change that by giving Peril a necklace that would take away her firescales.{{Ref|EP|156}} He trusted her with the secret of his animus shapes and stated that his loyalty was to Peril first and to Scarlet second.{{Ref|EP|207}}
Chameleon's SkyWing shape first appeared in Escaping Peril. When Peril waited out by [[Possibility]] while [[Turtle]] and the rest of his group checked on the injured [[Kinkajou]]. Peril saw Soar flying to her from a distance, but he abruptly fled when he saw [[Ex-Prince Winter|Winter]] and [[Hope (Foeslayer)|Foeslayer]] arrived. After the fight with Winter, Peril ran away and ran into Soar. Soar confirmed to her that she was his daughter, and then lead Peril to Ex-Queen Scarlet. Scarlet then ripped off his necklace holding the piece of Darkstalker's Scroll inside and he transformed back into his normal RainWing self.


After Peril was brainwashed into obeying Scarlet, Chameleon used his Soar shape again so the three of them could get into [[Queen Ruby's Palace]] without any confusion. Soar, Scarlet and Peril waited in the throne room for Ruby to arrive, and spent the night there. After she came, Scarlet imprisoned her and ordered her son, [[Prince Cliff]], on the highest tower in the palace with Soar and Peril guarding them. There, Soar and Peril have an emotional conversation about themselves, and Soar let her in on the secret about the scroll. After Cliff escaped, Peril and Soar flew after him. Soar witnesses the whole scene where Ruby escaped the prison, Peril takes off her necklace and was no longer brainwashed, and Ruby challenging Scarlet to the throne of the SkyWings.
Despite feeling that something was wrong, Peril tried to convince herself that Chameleon gave her the necklace because he loves her and understands what it is like to be different and the desire to be normal.{{Ref|EP|216}} However, as soon as Peril discovered that he had tricked her with the necklace, he quickly offered other alternatives with magic, to which Peril declined, bristling.{{Ref|EP|230}} After stating that she could not trust him, he wilted a little, but Peril was far from feeling sorry for him.{{Ref|EP|231}} She considers him one of the worst dragons she has ever met,{{Ref|EP|240}} and when he escaped from the Sky Kingdom, he said nothing to Peril, causing her to believe that he maybe had not thought of her at all,{{Ref|EP|252}} despite her deliberately not telling Ruby about his shapes because he loved them so much.{{Ref|EP|245}}


Chameleon stayed in his SkyWing shape for the entire [[Royal Challenges|Royal Challenge]]. He confessed to Peril after being threatened that Ruby was enchanted to be a weaker, least stronger SkyWing daughter than she originally was, and she couldn't win the fight. This fact saved Ruby's life and killed Queen Scarlet. After Scarlet's death, Soar gave up his scroll to Ruby and was imprisoned. He then transformed into Shapeshifter and stole it back.
Even after her father's betrayal, Peril believed that Chameleon had a part of him that wanted to accept her as part of a family.{{Ref|EP|212}} He believes that Peril betrayed him, and while he is willing to admit that he also betrayed her, he thinks that she does not want to see him again.{{Ref|DoD|230}}


== Relationships ==
=== [[Scarlet]] ===
=== [[Peril]] ===
Scarlet first met Chameleon as he was changing forms, and gave him the options of coming to work for her or explaining how he did it.{{Ref|EP|212}} Scarlet later stated that nobody but her wanted Chameleon anywhere,{{Ref|EP|152}} and although he worked with her to scare Peril's friends,{{Ref|EP|154}} he lied to Scarlet about the limitations of his power and does not want her to know about the scroll. He believes that she would take it away from him and kill him afterwards if she knew the extent of his abilities,{{Ref|EP|211}} and he does not trust Scarlet at all.{{Ref|EP|212}}
Though Peril is his daughter, it is unknown if Soar actually holds any fatherly affection for her. Though Soar offered to take away Peril's firescales, he appeared to have only done this on Scarlet's orders, and betrayed her by hiding a mind-affecting spell within the firescales spell. However, when he ran away, he asked Peril to come with him. In ''Darkness of Dragons'', while in his Shapeshifter form, he was furious with her for stealing his scroll but decides to accept an earring from [[Qibli]], who claims it is a making-up present from Peril.
 
=== [[Ex-Queen Scarlet]] ===
Soar, as Chameleon (and various other forms), worked as Ex-Queen Scarlet's minion. He doesn't particularly like her, only the fact that she pays him well.
 
=== [[Kestrel]] ===
Kestrel was Soar's mate, and together, they had one egg that contained twin dragonets, one of which was later killed by Kestrel. He claimed he was not around when Kestrel tried to escape with their dragonets, and had thought that Peril was dead. It is implied that Soar used his position under Scarlet to arrange for Kestrel to be his mate without her knowing.


== Family Tree ==
== Family tree ==
{{Peril Family Tree}}
{{Peril Family Tree}}


== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==
 
{{SingleQuote
''"Oh!"'' - To Peril when he first spots her.
|quote  = Wait. No, no, no. Not SORE. SOAR, S-O-A-R, like flying high over the kingdom. Oh, good grief. Have other dragons been thinking my name is ''Sore'' all these years?
 
|speaker = to Peril, about his name when they first met
''"Uh, [...] Nothing? [...] You're Peril, [...] Right?'' - To Peril when she asks what he is doing.
|book    = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
 
|page    = 141
''"Well, [...] there's always a chance. Isn't there?"'' - To Peril when she says he sounds like he is expecting her to be someone else.
}}
 
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''"My name, [...] is Soar."'' - Introducing himself to Peril
{{SingleQuote
 
|quote  = I know what you mean. You can do and say everything exactly the same as everyone else, but if there's ''one thing'' different about you, that's all that they care about.
''"Is it?"'' -When Peril says his name is unusual.
|speaker = to Peril
 
|book    = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
''"But it's a very SkyWing name, right?"''
|page    = 142
 
}}
''"Wait, [...] No, no, no. Not SORE. SOAR, S-O-A-R, like flying high over the kingdom. Oh, good grief. Have other dragons been thinking my name is'' Sore ''all these years?"''
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{{SingleQuote
''"Why are you the first dragon to say anything?"''
|quote  = My daughter is powerful and amazing and terrifying. Who wouldn't be proud of that?
 
|speaker = to Scarlet, about Peril
''"I know what you mean, [...] You can do and say everything exactly the same as everyone else, but if there's'' one thing ''different about you, that's all they care about."''
|book    = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
 
|page    = 145
''"I doubt Scarlet would find this useful, but among other things, it appears that I can father [[dragonets]] with firescales."'' - To Peril, revealing that he is her father.
}}
 
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''"See? I can change my entire self. Now I'm a full SkyWing."'' - To Peril, showing her his tribe-changing abilities.
{{SingleQuote
 
|quote  = It's not just a necklace. Peril, don't you understand what I can do? I can turn you into anyone you want. I could make you a SeaWing or an IceWing or even a scavenger, if you particularly wanted to get eaten for some reason. I could make you a MudWing. I could ''take away your firescales''. Don't you see? You could be normal. You could be a dragon who can touch other dragons. You don't have to be this monster everyone is afraid of. I can change you.
''"It's a long story. But the short answer is - for being myself." ''- Explaining to Peril about why he was kicked out of the RainWing tribe.
|speaker = to Peril
 
|book    = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
''"Well, to be fair, that's what she wanted, but that's also what you wanted, isn't it? So does that really count as a betrayal? I mean, now everyone's happy. So... yay, me?"'' - When Peril accused him of betrayal when he brought her to Ex-Queen Scarlet.
|page    = 157
 
}}
==Trivia==
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*Soar typically means to rise or glide high into the sky.
{{SingleQuote
 
|quote  = This is a special case. [...] I'd do anything to help my dragonet.
== Gallery ==
|speaker = to Scarlet about Peril
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|book    = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
Typical SkyWing by Sassy the Beagle.jpg|A typical SkyWing (colored), by [[Joy Ang]]
|page    = 158
SkyTransparent.png|A typical SkyWing (lineart), by [[Joy Ang]]
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Germanskywing.jpg|A typical SkyWing from the German publication, by [[Max Meinzold]]
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SoarTemplate.png|Reference by Platypus the SeaWing (lineart by Joy Ang)
{{SingleQuote
SkyWing Sigil.png|SkyWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
|quote  = Don't listen to those SkyWings. You're the second in command of this place. I wish I had that much power in my tribe. I'd have made everybody regret every moment of disrespect, every mocking laugh and disgusted whisper.
Soar.png|Soar by Jade-Grove
|speaker = to Peril
87895698.png|Soar by Ta-ak|link=https://ta-ak.deviantart.com/art/H-A-D-Soar-711856651
|book    = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
SoarQCref.png|Soar by QueenClam
|page    = 205
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{{SingleQuote
 
|quote  = Ha. As long as you aren't too different, sure. But I had one problem the tribe couldn't understand: I can't change my scales. You saw my RainWing color. When I'm a RainWing, I'm stuck that way. That same green all the time — no camouflage, no flamboyant emotional outbursts, no self-absorbed displays of clever special effects. I could never play their little RainWing games. The healers guessed that it was because of my sleep problem — as myself, I can never sleep for longer than a few minutes at a time, an hour at most. They thought it affected my scale-shifting abilities. But knowing that didn't help. Everyone still teased me ... and then whispered about me ... and then avoided me. Finally the queen banished me, saying I was making everyone uncomfortable, and perhaps there was a better tribe for me outside the rainforest somewhere.
== References ==
|speaker = to Peril about his snout deformity
<references />
|book    = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
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|page    = 206
 
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|quote  = It's the strongest magic in the world. I've never read the whole thing ... But then, I only had to read the beginning to realize what it could do.
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|speaker = to Peril about Darkstalker's Scroll
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|book    = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
|-|Shapeshifter=
|page    = 210
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|quote  = And then I followed you. In my NightWing form. That one's my favorite. I call myself Shapeshifter - isn't that a perfect [[NightWings|NightWing]] name?
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|speaker = Chameleon as Soar to [[Peril]] about Shapeshifter, ''[[Escaping Peril]]''
{{SingleQuote
|quote  = If Scarlet knew I had unlimited power, she'd make me do much more terrible things than anything I've done so far. I'm not an evil dragon, Peril ... I'm not going to give anyone all this power, especially not Queen Scarlet.
|speaker = to Peril about Darkstalker's scroll
|book    = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
|page    = 211-212
}}
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{{SingleQuote
|quote  = I have a very nice life, though. And so can you, once this kingdom is all sorted out. We'll be her right-claw dragons, and we'll be together. Maybe you can help me come up with clever uses for the scroll. It'll be nice to have family at last.
|speaker = to Peril
|book    = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
|page    = 212
}}
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{{SingleQuote
|quote  = But it's mine. ''I'' found it, ''I'' get to keep it. Why should you have it? What makes you all any better than me?
|speaker = to Moonwatcher, Peril, Qibli, and Winter, about Darkstalker's scroll
|book    = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
|page    = 262
}}
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|name      = Shapeshifter
{{SingleQuote
|image      = ShapeshifterTemplate.png
|quote  = You can't do this to me! I'm nothing without my shapes! You can't leave me as a useless RainWing! Where am I supposed to go?
|age        = Adult
|speaker = to Kinkajou and Qibli
|gender    = Male
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
|tribe      = [[NightWings]]
|page    = 231
|occupation =
|residence  =
|powers    = He is an animus enchantment by the way of [[Darkstalker's Scroll]], owned by Chameleon before it was destroyed by [[Peril]]
|status    = Enchantment currently not in use
 
|appeared  = ''[[Moon Rising]]'', ''[[Winter Turning]]'', ''[[Escaping Peril]]''
|mentioned  =
 
|quote      = ''"That scroll is mine! I'll find you! I'll take it back! You'll be sorry! It's mine, it's mine, it's mine!"''
}}
}}
'''Shapeshifter''' is the male [[NightWings|NightWing]] "mask"/enchantment created by [[Chameleon]] first appearing in the ''[[Moon Rising]] ''epilogue. This form has scales strong enough to withstand frostbreath, as well as firescales, and the strength of ten [[dragons]]. He is said to be Chameleon's favorite form, probably because of his power and super strength. During this cameo, Chameleon under the disguise of Shapeshifter, was in possession of [[Darkstalker's Scroll]], an [[Animus Dragons|animus]]-touched scroll. It was implied that he was working for - or at the very least providing some form of aid to - [[Ex-Queen Scarlet]], before her premature death in ''[[Escaping Peril]]''. Though his motives aren't immediately apparent, over the course of the second arc it is gradually revealed that he was performing enchantments for the former [[SkyWings|SkyWing]] [[Dragon Queens|queen]] for exuberant sums of treasure and the safety of his morphologic abilities. It is later revealed that he isn't a true NightWing, but one of the forms of Chameleon.
==Biography==
===''[[Moon Rising]]''===
He was first seen in the epilogue, annoying Scarlet by tapping a scroll, most likely Darkstalker's Talisman on stone, which caused her to yell at him.
===''[[Winter Turning]]''===
During the prologue, the "[[Prince Hailstorm/Pyrite|Pyrite]]-mask" was put on [[Prince Hailstorm]], [[Ex-Prince Winter|Winter]]'s brother. The necklace was put on by a dragon who had previously been wearing it. This dragon may have been Shapeshifter (most likely) or one of the other masks.
When [[Moonwatcher]], Winter, and [[Qibli]] were spying on them, Scarlet was heard yelling at him. He then flew off to grab Pyrite for her. The companion went to the group, and immediately attacked [[Kinkajou]], throwing her into a tree, and injuring her badly. Moon attacked him in retaliation, breathing fire on his face. Then, Winter used his frostbreath, as well. Between Moon's fire and Winter's frost breath, he was blinded. During the fight, Winter noticed that he was wearing "a mess of dark jewelry", which felt like iron boxes on chains. This was because of Darkstalker's scroll.
Later, after [[Mayfly]], a [[MudWings|MudWing]] doctor in [[Possibility]], examined Kinkajou, she asked what "really" happened. Moon told her that the [[RainWings|RainWing]] had been thrown into a tree by a dragon, to which Mayfly muttered, "With superdragon strength?" This showed he may have extraordinary power, perhaps wished upon himself by Darkstalker's talisman, which he possessed.
=== ''[[Escaping Peril]]'' ===
[[Peril]] noticed a large NightWing while she was traveling with [[Prince Turtle]] and later spotted his talonprints near where they were standing, noticing that he had been watching her sleep. She found out later that he was actually Chameleon, the dragon the RainWing healers mentioned couldn't sleep (for more than an hour at a time) or change color, as well as being Peril's father. Chameleon could also become [[Soar]] the SkyWing and [[Cirrus]] the [[IceWings|IceWing]]. He was forced to give up the scroll at the end of the book to Peril and her friends while using his Shapeshifter morph.
==Quotes==
''"Oh, this? Don't you worry. This is nothing."'' - To Queen Scarlet about Darkstalker's talisman.
''"My talents have been proven helpful to you."''
''"That scroll is mine! I'll find you! I'll take it back! You'll be sorry! It's mine, it's mine, ''it's mine!''"'' - Yelling at Peril and the [[Jade Winglet]] as they fly off with Darkstalker's talisman.


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* Shapeshifter's name suits him since it's Chameleon in disguise. Peril comments on this, calling it "a bit on the nose".
* Whenever he changes into a different form, it "resets;" (i.e., when he puts on the Soar mask, all traces of previous battles or other activities from when he was previously Soar would disappear).{{Ref|EP|260}}
* He is noted for being the dragon appearing in the epilogue of ''Moon Rising'', along with Ex-Queen Scarlet.
* Chameleon is not a fan of caterpillars, and considers them nasty and crawly.{{Ref|EP|213}}
* Shapeshifter is the one of the four revealed masks that Chameleon owns, the others being Soar the SkyWing, Cirrus the IceWing, and Bog the MudWing.
* There is a wall of humming between Moon and his shape as Shapeshifter, so she cannot read his mind.{{Ref|WT|180}}
* Mayfly does not initially believe the Jade Winglet about him attacking Kinkajou, as Shapeshifter has supernatural strength. The only other dragons who have this strength were NightWings given enchantments by Darkstalker.
* Chameleon has scratched, crooked handwriting.{{Ref|EP|246}}


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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Typical NightWing by Sassy the Beagle.jpg|A typical NightWing (colored), by [[Joy Ang]]
Chameleon GN 4.png|Chameleon from ''Escaping Peril (graphic novel)'', by Mike Holmes
NightTransparent.png|A typical NightWing (lineart), by [[Joy Ang]]
Chameleon SP.png|Chameleon from the ''Official Wings of Fire Stickerpedia'', by Brianna C. Walsh
German nightwing.jpg|A typical NightWing from the German publication, by [[Max Meinzold]]
ChameleonTemplateSkyla.png|Reference by {{U|Skyla the Skywing}}
ShapeshifterTemplate.png|Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
Bog SP.png|Bog from the ''[[Merchandise#Official Wings of Fire Stickerpedia|Official Wings of Fire Stickerpedia]]'', by [[Brianna C. Walsh]]
NightWing by VoidLegend.png|By VoidLegend
BogTemplateS978.png|Reference by {{U|Spirit978}}
Shapeshifter by RiftSeaWing.png|Shapeshifter by RiftSeaWing on DeviantArt
Cirrus GN 9.png|Cirrus from ''[[Escaping Peril (graphic novel)]]'', by [[Mike Holmes]]
This is Nothing (KareKareDragon).jpeg|By KareKareDragon on Deviantart
CirrusTemplateYSLF.png|Reference by {{U|Your smol local fren}}
NightWing Sigil.png|NightWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
Shapeshifter GN 6.png|Shapeshifter from ''Escaping Peril (graphic novel)'', by Mike Holmes
634364364.png|Shapeshifter by Ta-ak|link=https://ta-ak.deviantart.com/art/H-A-D-Shapeshifter-712234478
ShapeshifterTemplatePlaty.png|Reference by {{U|Platypus the SeaWing}}
Shapeshifter.png|Shapeshifter Ref by QueenClam
Soar GN 4.png|Soar from ''Escaping Peril (graphic novel)'', by Mike Holmes
SoarTemplateSSE.png|Reference by SpaceshipEarth
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Latest revision as of 06:35, 29 September 2025

"Ha. As long as you aren't too different, sure. But I had one problem the tribe couldn't understand: I can't change my scales. You saw my RainWing color. When I'm a RainWing, I'm stuck that way. That same green all the time — no camouflage, no flamboyant emotional outbursts, no self-absorbed displays of clever special effects. I could never play their little RainWing games. Finally the queen banished me, saying I was making everyone uncomfortable, and perhaps there was a better tribe for me outside the rainforest somewhere."
— Chameleon to Peril about his snout deformity, Escaping Peril

Chameleon is an adult male RainWing who was formally introduced in Escaping Peril. He hatched with an incurable snout deformity that prevented him from sleeping for more than an hour at a time, inhibiting the RainWing ability to change scale colors. He is the father of Peril and Sky, and was formerly the partner of Kestrel, in his SkyWing form, Soar.

After being banished from the Rainforest Kingdom, Chameleon found Darkstalker's scroll. Using its magic, Chameleon created new physical forms for every dragon tribe of Pyrrhia, but only five have been introduced: Bog the MudWing, Cirrus the IceWing, Shapeshifter the NightWing, and Soar the SkyWing.

After the events of Escaping Peril and Darkness of Dragons, Chameleon no longer owns Darkstalker's scroll or the scraps of parchment that allowed him to transform into his other forms. His current whereabouts and status are unknown.

Description

Chameleon has scales that are the colors of limes and jungle parakeets, and were described to be a yellowish-green.[1] He is skinny, with narrow shoulders, dull teeth,[1] a deformed snout,[2] and several rings around his claws.[3] He is much scrawnier and less intimidating in comparison to his other shapes.[4]

Bog has mud-brown scales[5] and is almost completely covered in different kinds of jewelry: gold chains around his neck that dangle from an elaborate ruby-encrusted headpiece clashing with the rows of silver, emerald, and topaz earrings in each ear; silver chain mail studded with sapphires on his chest; golden silk veils wreathing his wings;[6] giant bejeweled rings on his talons;[7] and a gold tail band shaped to look like dragon claws clutching every inch of his tail, each claw tipped with a sapphire.[6] He also wears a pouch tied firmly under one of his wings where he kept his pieces of Darkstalker's scroll.[8]

Cirrus is severe-looking,[9] with silvery-white scales and wings[10] and pale purple underscales.[11] His eyes are glittering,[12] cold, and snakelike,[11] and he has a voice like icicles dripping.[13] He is larger than Winter and fiercely thin, with claws that look even sharper than normal IceWing claws.[14]

Shapeshifter has black scales,[15] narrow black eyes,[16] and was described to be angry-looking,[17] ominous,[18] eerie, and still.[19] He is quite large,[20][21] described as hulking and enormous,[20] with sharp talons[15] like wicked fishhooks.[19] He wears a mess of dark jewelry and compact iron boxes on chains,[22] including a case that held Darkstalker's talisman around his chest,[17] as well as a silver earring,[4] three bracelets, a ring, and a couple of necklaces.[23] He has extra strength, extraordinarily hot fire, and invulnerable scales.[23]

Soar has warm[24] golden-orange scales,[25] large[26] orange wings,[26] and hooded[27] amber eyes.[28] He has no visible scars, long horns with faint golden markings on them,[24] and a deeper, stronger voice than that of Chameleon.[3] He also looks wealthier than the average SkyWing: he wears gold rings on three of his claws, a black leather[29] necklace with gold spikes circling his throat, and an armband weaving like a snake all the way up one of his forelegs, with tiny rubies glittering like eyes at one end.[24] He has a black metal sheath fitted tightly across his chest with a padlock on the outside,[24] containing a small pouch full of coins or jewelry, and formerly a piece of Darkstalker's scroll wrapped in black leather binding.[30] He is large[25] and strong-looking.[29]

Personality

Chameleon was a lot grumpier than other RainWings,[31] and several RainWing healers stated that he was horrible; they would wake up from suntime to find Chameleon just staring at them.[2] Scarlet described him as strange and unreliable.[32] He has an old,[33] fierce anger in his eyes, and is aggressively protective towards his animus-touched shapes.[8][34] He is often angry[35] and avaricious,[36] unable to resist the lure of any treasure.[4] He is arrogant,[12] self-important,[37] conciliatory,[38] pleased with himself,[39] sly, irritable, evasive,[40] bitter, brooding[27] impatient,[41] defensive,[3] dry,[42] unsympathetic,[43] cowardly,[44] untrustworthy,[45] and is not much of a fighter.[29] He is hard to read, and Peril thought it difficult to tell whether he is being sly or desperate.[44] He hates RainWings to the extent that he severely injured the innocent Kinkajou with no provocation,[46] an action that Peril considered to be brutal and unnecessary.[47] He is dangerous and power-hungry,[48] once looked at Peril scornfully, like he highly doubted anyone could possibly be a match for him.[9]

While in his Cirrus form, Chameleon is cold, calculating, and not much of a talker.[30]

Biography

Pre-Series
At an unknown point in time before the series, the RainWing queen at the time banished Chameleon from the Rainforest Kingdom because of his inability to change the color of his scales, which made the other RainWings "uncomfortable." This came from a snout deformity that stopped him from sleeping for more than an hour. The lack of sleep made it so that he could not change his scales' color, which had also affected his personality. This led to many of the RainWings thinking he was creepy, different, and weird, especially since he would sometimes be seen staring at them while they slept. Sometime afterwards, he found Darkstalker's Scroll and got someone to teach him to read. By reading some of what was written on the scroll, Chameleon figured out what it could do and learned how to write. Using the scroll, Chameleon created many shapes for himself. He moved into the Sky Kingdom and helped Queen Scarlet spy on the Talons of Peace as Cirrus. While he served Scarlet, he made a Pyrite mask to hide Hailstorm for Scarlet. In his SkyWing form, he fathered Peril and Sky with Kestrel in the breeding program, however Scarlet told him that both of his dragonets were dead, and so Chameleon did not know that Peril was his daughter until Escaping Peril.

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Lost Heir
Chameleon, disguised as Cirrus, was part of Nautilus' group that found Webs after the SkyWings abducted the dragonets of destiny. He demanded Webs to tell them how the SkyWings found them, and Webs explained the dragonets' plans to escape and how it was played out. Cirrus asks why they had anything to do with the SkyWings, and Webs simply said that they followed Tsunami and Clay back to the opening of the cave. Cirrus was enraged because he knew they would not be able to survive ex-Queen Scarlet's arena. When Webs suggested that the Talons attack the SkyWings, Cirrus hinted that there were only about forty members of the Talons of Peace, while there were countless SkyWings. Nautilus mentioned his backup plan and said that Webs would be a problem, in which Cirrus pinned him down, stating that Webs had failed them. He was instructed to kill Webs because of the SeaWing's lack of knowledge of the Talons of Peace's backup plan and allowing the dragonets to escape. He also seemed to take morbid pleasure in the idea of killing the confused SeaWing, stating that he would feed Webs' heart to the fish. However, both he and Nautilus were thwarted and knocked out when Crocodile tackled them, which allowed Webs to escape the execution attempt.

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Moon Rising
As the NightWing known as Shapeshifter, Chameleon spoke with Ex-Queen Scarlet in the epilogue, holding and tapping Darkstalker's scroll.
Winter Turning

Chameleon was indirectly mentioned as a lime green RainWing who could not sleep because of a snout deformity or change their scale color by Bullfrog, a RainWing healer when Winter was visiting Glory. He was also said to have watched other RainWings in their sleep. This was the description of Chameleon.

Winter, Qibli, Kinkajou, and Moonwatcher later went to the Talons of Peace to find a SkyWing that could help them locate the mountain that Moon saw in Icicle's dream when Scarlet visited her. Upon their arrival, they found a dragon named Pyrite, and Chameleon, disguised as Cirrus, did not want them to take her. Winter thought maybe Pyrite was an animus and Cirrus wanted to reintroduce the magic back into the IceWing bloodline, but forgot the idea when he noted that he showed no sign of returning to the Ice Kingdom. Winter also noted that he and Cirrus should have recognized one another, as he was royalty. Winter asked if Cirrus knew his parents, Narwhal and Tundra, and Cirrus said he might.

Later, on the way to Winter and Hailstorm's Diamond Trial, Queen Glacier said to Winter, "We haven't had a Cirrus in many years," and said she would look into the matter, claiming that he may have been on the outside of the kingdom and therefore did not have a rank on the IceWing wall.

Wearing his NightWing mask Shapeshifter, Chameleon was overheard by Moonwatcher, Winter, and Qibli talking to Scarlet. He later went to the dragonets' camp to retrieve Pyrite and attacked Kinkajou, smashing her into a tree and leaving her in a coma. It is mentioned in Escaping Peril that he did this because of his grudge against the RainWings. He failed to capture Pyrite and left with his eyes burnt by Moon and frozen by Winter, although his injuries healed when he changed shape.
Escaping Peril

As Cirrus, Chameleon stopped Peril and Turtle on their adventure with the Talons of Peace. When Avalanche mentioned Kestrel in a speech she gave about how she wanted to kill Peril when she was a dragonet, Cirrus asked questions about Kestrel and found out that Peril was Kestrel's daughter.

Later, Turtle saw a dragon, most likely Chameleon, diving into the forest behind him and Peril. The next morning, Turtle found talonprints that did not belong to him or Peril beside their sleeping spot. They likely belonged to Chameleon. When Peril and Turtle flew away, Peril spotted Chameleon in his NightWing form staring at her.

As Peril perched on the sandstone formation outside of Possibility, a large SkyWing came flying towards her but was distracted by Winter and Foeslayer's arrival. After Winter and Peril's fight, Peril flew away from the scene, and the SkyWing started flying with her. He told her his name was Soar and then revealed that he was her father. Ex-Queen Scarlet joined them, and Soar informed Peril that he was a RainWing named Chameleon. He offered her a gift of a strange necklace that he claimed would cancel the effects of her firescales. Peril accepted the gift, but unknown to her, it was also rigged with a loyalty enchantment to Scarlet, and it made her forget Clay.

When Ruby/Tourmaline retook the throne, a guard came running, saying that a NightWing had appeared inside the throne room. This was Chameleon in his NightWing form.

Peril and the Jade Winglet confronted Chameleon, but found he was too powerful for them to take on. Turtle used his magic to steal his scroll, smashing it onto Chameleon's face, injuring him severely. Peril cried out for the dragonets to stop, believing that Chameleon did not deserve his punishment no matter what he have done. The dragonets then ran away, leaving Chameleon with his shapes.
Talons of Power
Turtle had memories about beating up Chameleon, worrying that he had damaged his soul.
Darkness of Dragons

Chameleon, disguised as a MudWing named Bog, appeared as a false hostage in Vulture's lair. He told Qibli and Winter that the MudWings were causing the explosions in the Kingdom of Sand and preparing to start a war, though Qibli could tell that he was lying.

Later, when Qibli, Winter, Cobra, and Ostrich were trying to escape Vulture's compound, they ran into Bog as Winter was attempting to free Vulture's scavenger prisoners. He asked what they were doing and recognized them from his time as Shapeshifter. Qibli and Winter tried to fight him, but he threatened to kill the scavenger if they did not let him go. Winter did not continue fighting after that. Qibli and Winter then managed to get back to Cobra and Ostrich.

Bog later appeared in the Night Kingdom, and Kinkajou, who was investigating the area, started to "stealthily" follow him. Bog walked into a room and closed the door, later coming out as Chameleon's superpowered NightWing form, Shapeshifter. Kinkajou relayed this information to Qibli, who quickly realized that the two dragons were Chameleon, and most likely arrived with Vulture. Qibli and Kinkajou devised a plan to steal Chameleon's pieces of Darkstalker's Talisman. Qibli walked up and acted as a distraction, while Kinkajou grabbed Chameleon's earring, which had the pieces of talisman in it. Qibli quickly told off Chameleon, then knocked out by Kinkajou. The pieces of the scroll were later used to give Darkstalker a new life as Peacemaker.

Field Guides

A Guide to the Dragon World
Chameleon was mentioned as one of the dragons Scarlet wanted dead.

Relationships

Kestrel

Upon hearing Kestrel's name, Chameleon flared his wings and asked for more information.[10] He was fully a SkyWing upon meeting her, and she did not know that he was originally a RainWing.[1] She did not know who he was and thought that he was assigned to partner with her in the breeding program, but he stated "but I knew her. I am unquestionably your father."[45]

Peril

Upon first meeting his daughter, Chameleon smiled.[24] After talking with him, Peril realized that he sounded a lot like herself, and they were able to bond over other dragons misunderstanding them.[33] As soon as Chameleon had realized that Peril was his daughter, he rushed to meet her; additionally, he described her as powerful, amazing, and terrifying, stating "Who wouldn't be proud of that?"[49] He acknowledged his absence in Peril's life, but stated that he would like to change that by giving Peril a necklace that would take away her firescales.[50] He trusted her with the secret of his animus shapes and stated that his loyalty was to Peril first and to Scarlet second.[51]

Despite feeling that something was wrong, Peril tried to convince herself that Chameleon gave her the necklace because he loves her and understands what it is like to be different and the desire to be normal.[52] However, as soon as Peril discovered that he had tricked her with the necklace, he quickly offered other alternatives with magic, to which Peril declined, bristling.[44] After stating that she could not trust him, he wilted a little, but Peril was far from feeling sorry for him.[53] She considers him one of the worst dragons she has ever met,[54] and when he escaped from the Sky Kingdom, he said nothing to Peril, causing her to believe that he maybe had not thought of her at all,[55] despite her deliberately not telling Ruby about his shapes because he loved them so much.[56]

Even after her father's betrayal, Peril believed that Chameleon had a part of him that wanted to accept her as part of a family.[57] He believes that Peril betrayed him, and while he is willing to admit that he also betrayed her, he thinks that she does not want to see him again.[36]

Scarlet

Scarlet first met Chameleon as he was changing forms, and gave him the options of coming to work for her or explaining how he did it.[57] Scarlet later stated that nobody but her wanted Chameleon anywhere,[1] and although he worked with her to scare Peril's friends,[3] he lied to Scarlet about the limitations of his power and does not want her to know about the scroll. He believes that she would take it away from him and kill him afterwards if she knew the extent of his abilities,[58] and he does not trust Scarlet at all.[57]

Family tree

KestrelSoar
PerilSky


Quotes

"Wait. No, no, no. Not SORE. SOAR, S-O-A-R, like flying high over the kingdom. Oh, good grief. Have other dragons been thinking my name is Sore all these years?"
― to Peril, about his name when they first met (Escaping Peril, page 141)
"I know what you mean. You can do and say everything exactly the same as everyone else, but if there's one thing different about you, that's all that they care about."
― to Peril (Escaping Peril, page 142)
"My daughter is powerful and amazing and terrifying. Who wouldn't be proud of that?"
― to Scarlet, about Peril (Escaping Peril, page 145)
"It's not just a necklace. Peril, don't you understand what I can do? I can turn you into anyone you want. I could make you a SeaWing or an IceWing or even a scavenger, if you particularly wanted to get eaten for some reason. I could make you a MudWing. I could take away your firescales. Don't you see? You could be normal. You could be a dragon who can touch other dragons. You don't have to be this monster everyone is afraid of. I can change you."
― to Peril (Escaping Peril, page 157)
"This is a special case. [...] I'd do anything to help my dragonet."
― to Scarlet about Peril (Escaping Peril, page 158)
"Don't listen to those SkyWings. You're the second in command of this place. I wish I had that much power in my tribe. I'd have made everybody regret every moment of disrespect, every mocking laugh and disgusted whisper."
― to Peril (Escaping Peril, page 205)
"Ha. As long as you aren't too different, sure. But I had one problem the tribe couldn't understand: I can't change my scales. You saw my RainWing color. When I'm a RainWing, I'm stuck that way. That same green all the time — no camouflage, no flamboyant emotional outbursts, no self-absorbed displays of clever special effects. I could never play their little RainWing games. The healers guessed that it was because of my sleep problem — as myself, I can never sleep for longer than a few minutes at a time, an hour at most. They thought it affected my scale-shifting abilities. But knowing that didn't help. Everyone still teased me ... and then whispered about me ... and then avoided me. Finally the queen banished me, saying I was making everyone uncomfortable, and perhaps there was a better tribe for me outside the rainforest somewhere."
― to Peril about his snout deformity (Escaping Peril, page 206)
"It's the strongest magic in the world. I've never read the whole thing ... But then, I only had to read the beginning to realize what it could do."
― to Peril about Darkstalker's Scroll (Escaping Peril, page 210)
"If Scarlet knew I had unlimited power, she'd make me do much more terrible things than anything I've done so far. I'm not an evil dragon, Peril ... I'm not going to give anyone all this power, especially not Queen Scarlet."
― to Peril about Darkstalker's scroll (Escaping Peril, page 211-212)
"I have a very nice life, though. And so can you, once this kingdom is all sorted out. We'll be her right-claw dragons, and we'll be together. Maybe you can help me come up with clever uses for the scroll. It'll be nice to have family at last."
― to Peril (Escaping Peril, page 212)
"But it's mine. I found it, I get to keep it. Why should you have it? What makes you all any better than me?"
― to Moonwatcher, Peril, Qibli, and Winter, about Darkstalker's scroll (Escaping Peril, page 262)
"You can't do this to me! I'm nothing without my shapes! You can't leave me as a useless RainWing! Where am I supposed to go?"
― to Kinkajou and Qibli (Darkness of Dragons, page 231)

Trivia

  • Whenever he changes into a different form, it "resets;" (i.e., when he puts on the Soar mask, all traces of previous battles or other activities from when he was previously Soar would disappear).[16]
  • Chameleon is not a fan of caterpillars, and considers them nasty and crawly.[46]
  • There is a wall of humming between Moon and his shape as Shapeshifter, so she cannot read his mind.[59]
  • Chameleon has scratched, crooked handwriting.[40]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Escaping Peril, page 152
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Winter Turning, page 109
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Escaping Peril, page 154
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Darkness of Dragons, page 231
  5. ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 85
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Darkness of Dragons, page 84
  7. ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 121
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Darkness of Dragons, page 120
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Escaping Peril, page 62
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Escaping Peril, page 63
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Winter Turning, page 141
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Escaping Peril, page 67
  13. ↑ The Lost Heir, prologue
  14. ↑ Winter Turning, page 142
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Winter Turning, page 188
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Escaping Peril, page 260
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Escaping Peril, page 259
  18. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 264
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Escaping Peril, page 91
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Escaping Peril, page 258
  21. ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 227
  22. ↑ Winter Turning, page 189
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Darkness of Dragons, page 228
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 Escaping Peril, page 140
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Escaping Peril, page 121
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Escaping Peril, page 187
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Escaping Peril, page 206
  28. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 144
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Escaping Peril, page 151
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Escaping Peril, page 208
  31. ↑ Winter Turning, page 110
  32. ↑ Winter Turning, page 181
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Escaping Peril, page 142
  34. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 263
  35. ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 229
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Darkness of Dragons, page 230
  37. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 141
  38. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 143
  39. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 149
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 Escaping Peril, page 246
  41. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 153
  42. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 241
  43. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 204
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 Escaping Peril, page 230
  45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 Escaping Peril, page 232
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Escaping Peril, page 213
  47. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 214
  48. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 262
  49. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 145
  50. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 156
  51. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 207
  52. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 216
  53. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 231
  54. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 240
  55. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 252
  56. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 245
  57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 Escaping Peril, page 212
  58. ↑ Escaping Peril, page 211
  59. ↑ Winter Turning, page 180


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