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|quote  = I did this all wrong. You're going to rule forever, aren't you, Mother? You should thank me. No one can stop you now.
|quote  = I did this all wrong. You're going to rule forever, aren't you, Mother? You should thank me. No one can stop you now.
|speaker = Orca to [[Coral]], recounted in ''[[The Lost Heir (Book)|The Lost Heir]]''
|speaker = Orca to [[Coral]] about [[Orca's statue]], recounted in ''[[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]''
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{{Charbox
{{Character
|name       = Princess Orca
|name     = Orca
|image     = <gallery>
|image     =  
Orca GN Infobox.png|GN
<gallery>
OrcaTemplate.png|Ref
Orca GN Infobox.png|Graphic Novel
OrcaTemplateSkyla.png|Reference
</gallery>
</gallery>
|age       = 7 years at death (hatched in 4996 AS)
|age       = 7 years at death (hatched in 4,996 AS)
|gender     = Female
|gender   = Female
|tribe     = [[SeaWings]]
|tribe     = [[SeaWings]]
|occupation = SeaWing princess
|powers   = [[Animus magic]]
|residence  =
 
|powers     = [[Animus Dragons|Animus]]
|status   = Deceased (died in 5,003 AS)
|status     = Deceased (died in 5003 AS)
|death    = Impaled by [[Queen Coral]]'s narwhal horn on her tail during a [[SeaWing]] [[Dragon_royalty#Royal_Challenges|royal challenge]]
|Relation1 = Mother
 
|RName1     = [[Queen Coral]]
|current  = [[Princess]] of the [[SeaWings]]
|Relation2 = Father
|former    =
|RName2     = [[King Gill]]
 
|Relation3 = Sisters
|Relation1 = Mother
|RName3     = [[Princess Tsunami]], [[Princess Anemone]], [[Princess Auklet]], twelve deceased ones{{Ref|ToPp}}
|RName1   = [[Coral]]
|Relation4 = Brothers
|Relation2 = Father
|RName4     = [[Prince Turtle]], [[Prince Cerulean]], [[Prince Octopus]], [[Prince Fin]], twenty-eight unnamed ones
|RName2   = [[Gill]]
|Relation5 = Uncle
|Relation3 = Sisters
|RName5     = [[Shark|Commander Shark]]
|RName3   = [[Tsunami]], [[Anemone]], [[Auklet]], [[Unnamed characters#SeaWings|twelve unnamed SeaWings]]{{Ref|ToPp}}
|Relation6 = Cousin
|Relation4 = Brothers
|RName6     = [[Princess Moray]]
|RName4   = [[Fin]], [[Cerulean]], [[Octopus]], [[Turtle]], [[Unnamed characters#SeaWings|28 unnamed SeaWings]]
|Relation7 = Ancestors
|Relation5 = Uncle
|RName7     = [[Queen Pearl]], [[Prince Fathom]], [[Queen Lagoon]], [[King Humpback]], [[Prince Albatross]]
|RName5   = [[Shark]]
|mentioned  = ''[[The Lost Heir (Book)|The Lost Heir]]'', ''[[The Hidden Kingdom (Book)|The Hidden Kingdom]]'', ''[[The Brightest Night (Book)|The Brightest Night]]'', ''[[Moon Rising]]'', ''[[Talons of Power (Book)|Talons of Power]]''
|Relation6 = Cousins
|RName6   = [[Moray]], [[Unnamed characters#SeaWings|unnamed SeaWings]]{{Ref|TLH|103}}
|Relation7 = Ancestors
|RName7   = [[Pearl (L1)|Pearl]], [[Fathom]], [[Template:Royal SeaWing Family Tree|more]]
 
|a1App    =
|a1Men    =  
''[[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]'',<br />
''[[The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden Kingdom]]'',<br />
''[[The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest Night]]''
|a2App    =
|a2Men    =
''[[Moon Rising (book)|Moon Rising]]'',<br />
''[[Talons of Power (book)|Talons of Power]]''
|gnApp    =
|gnMen    =
''[[The Lost Heir (graphic novel)|The Lost Heir]]'',<br />
''[[Moon Rising (graphic novel)|Moon Rising]]''
}}
}}
'''Princess Orca''' was a young female [[SeaWing]] who was first mentioned in ''[[The Lost Heir (Book)|The Lost Heir]]''. She was secretly an [[Animus Dragons|animus dragon]], having enchanted a statue she sculpted to kill off possible heirs to the SeaWing throne. She was killed during a royal challenge by her mother, [[Queen Coral]].
'''Orca''' was an adult female [[SeaWing]] [[princess]] who was mentioned in ''[[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]''. She was secretly an [[animus dragon]] and was killed by [[Queen Coral]] during a [[Dragon_royalty#Royal_Challenges|royal challenge]].{{Ref|TLH|106}}


==Appearance==
== Description ==
It was confirmed in the second graphic novel that Orca had deep green scales and sapphire-blue eyes, like her statue. Some of her scales were a light eel color, her wings were a very pale olive green and her underbelly was bleached.
Orca had dark green scales and blue eyes.{{Ref|Event|https://www.deviantart.com/xthedragonrebornx/journal/Tui-and-Questions-Answered-691255321}}


== Personality ==
== Personality ==
Orca appeared to be power-hungry and extremely ambitious during her lifetime, challenging Coral at the age of seven and using her magic to secure her power over the SeaWing throne.{{Ref|TLH|242}} She was disliked by many of Queen Coral's subjects.{{Ref|TLH|106}}


Orca appeared to be power-hungry during her life, challenging Coral at a young age as well as using her magic to secure her power. She also thought highly of herself, choosing not to use her magic to win the challenge in order to prove herself.  
== Biography ==
=== Pre-Series ===
Before her challenge for the SeaWing throne, Orca enchanted a [[Orca's statue|marble statue]] that she had sculpted of herself and dedicated to the [[Deep_Palace#Royal_Hatchery|Royal Hatchery]]. Coral did not know at that time that Orca had been an animus [[Dragons|dragon]] or that the statue was enchanted to kill off the heirs to the SeaWing throne. Expecting to win, Orca then challenged her mother for the throne of the SeaWings, nearly winning, which shocked Coral. She was accidentally speared with the narwhal horn Coral wore on the end of her tail and died.


==Biography==
After her death, the enchanted statue began killing off all the female heirs in the hatchery for years, murdering the unhatched dragonets in secrecy before it was defeated and destroyed.
===Pre-series===
Prior to her challenge for the throne, Orca enchanted a marble statue of herself she had sculpted and dedicated to the Royal Hatchery. Coral did not know that Orca was an animus dragon, or that the statue was enchanted to kill off heirs to the SeaWing throne. Orca then challenged Queen Coral for the throne of the SeaWings, nearly winning. She was accidentally speared with the narwhal horn Coral was wearing on the end of her tail.
 
After her death, the enchanted statue began killing off all the female heirs in the hatchery for years, murdering the unhatched dragonets in secrecy. [[Tsunami]] proved that the statue was destroying the eggs when she defeated it and saved [[Auklet]].
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=== The Dragonet Prophecy ===
=== The Dragonet Prophecy ===
====''[[The Lost Heir (Book)|The Lost Heir]]''====
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Orca was mentioned throughout ''The Lost Heir'', including as a part of the scroll '[[Queen Coral's Scrolls|The Tragedy Of Orca]]'. Queen Coral owned several of her carvings, even though some of her subjects disliked Orca, such as Moray. Tsunami discovered that the statue in the hatching nursery was enchanted by her to kill off possible heirs to the SeaWing throne.
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|heading = ''[[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]''
====''[[The Brightest Night (Book)|The Brightest Night]]''====
|content = Orca was mentioned throughout ''The Lost Heir'', including as a part of the [[scroll]] ''[[Scrolls#List of Known Scrolls|The Tragedy of Orca]]''. Queen Coral owned several of her carvings, even though some of her subjects disliked Orca, such as [[Moray]]. [[Tsunami]] discovered that the statue in the hatchery was enchanted by her to kill off possible heirs to the SeaWing throne. It was mentioned that [[Anemone]] reanimated Orca's statue and forced it to tell her who enchanted it, and it said Orca.
''More information flying in soon...''
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|heading = ''[[The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden Kingdom]]''
|content = After the [[dragonets of destiny]] discovered one of the [[NightWing tunnels]], [[Clay]] indirectly mentioned Orca while they were discussing animus magic.
}}
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|heading = ''[[The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest Night]]''
|content = [[Sunny]] thought about Orca when she went to meet [[Stonemover]].
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=== The Jade Mountain Prophecy ===
=== The Jade Mountain Prophecy ===
====''[[Moon Rising]]''====
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''More information flying in soon...''
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|heading = ''[[Moon Rising (book)|Moon Rising]]''
|content = Tsunami mentioned that she had considered before how Orca's statue had left the male SeaWing heirs alive.
}}
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|heading = ''[[Talons of Power (book)|Talons of Power]]''
|content = In the prologue, [[Gill]] saw the statue of Orca and thought about her, wishing that she could still be alive and protect her sisters herself. Later, [[Turtle]] mentioned Orca when he was thinking of his animus powers.
}}


====''[[Talons of Power (Book)|Talons of Power]]''====
== Family tree ==
''More information flying in soon...''
{{Royal SeaWing Family Tree/Current}}


==Family Tree==
== Known Enchantments ==
{{Royal SeaWing Family Tree/Current}}
{{Enchantments
|phrase1 = Phrasing unknown.
|target1 = A statue
|intent1 = To kill all the heirs to the SeaWing throne
|book1  = TLH
|page1  = 247
}}


==Quotes==
== Quotes ==
{{SingleQuote
{{SingleQuote
|quote  = I did this all wrong. You're going to rule forever, aren't you, Mother?...You should thank me...no one can stop you now.
|quote  = I did this all wrong. You're going to rule forever, aren't you, Mother? You should thank me. No one can stop you now.
|speaker = her last words, to Queen Coral
|speaker = her last words, to Queen Coral
|book    = [[The Lost Heir (Book)|The Lost Heir]]
|book    = [[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]
|pe      =
|page    = 248
|page    =  
}}
}}


== Trivia ==
* Orca refused to use her animus power to win the royal challenge because she wanted to prove that she could win in a fair fight.{{Ref|Event|https://www.deviantart.com/biohazardia/journal/Meeting-Tui-Questions-Answered-751819289}}
* Orca was from Coral's first clutch of eggs. She was the only female included in this group.{{Ref|TLH|183}}
* Orca was a talented sculptor.{{Ref|TLH|89}}


==Trivia==
== Gallery ==
*The statue she carved of herself was of dark green marble<ref>''The Lost Heir'', page 144 </ref> with blue sapphire eyes. It was confirmed that she is dark green with blue eyes [http://xthedragonrebornx.deviantart.com/journal/Tui-and-Questions-Answered-691255321 here], rather than the common fan depiction of her being black and white. In the graphic novel, however, the statue is light green.
<gallery>
**She is the only known SeaWing to have blue eyes along with green scales, as most have blue eyes and blue scales or green eyes and green scales.
Orca GN Infobox.png|Orca from ''[[The Lost Heir (graphic novel)]]'', by [[Mike Holmes]]
*Orca was the only dragon known to have challenged Queen Coral.
OrcaTemplateSkyla.png|Reference by {{U|Skyla the Skywing}}
** Tui has confirmed that Orca didn’t use her animus power to win her challenge because she wanted to prove that she could win in a fair fight.
</gallery>
*Orca’s name may be a hint that her statue was the culprit for the SeaWing princess murders, as orcas are often referred to as “killer whales”.
*Orca enchanted the statue that she built because so that if she won the throne, Queen Coral's other daughters would not survive to challenge her.


==Gallery==
<gallery widths="80" heights="80" caption="Art by [[Mike Holmes]], from the [[:Category:Graphic novels|Wings of Fire Graphic Novels]]">
<gallery>
Orca Guilty.png
OrcaTemplate.png|Reference by [[User:Platypus the SeaWing|Platypus the SeaWing]]
Orca GN 1.jpeg
Orca GN Infobox.png|by [[Mike Holmes]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 07:46, 21 July 2025

"I did this all wrong. You're going to rule forever, aren't you, Mother? You should thank me. No one can stop you now."
— Orca to Coral about Orca's statue, recounted in The Lost Heir

Orca was an adult female SeaWing princess who was mentioned in The Lost Heir. She was secretly an animus dragon and was killed by Queen Coral during a royal challenge.[3]

Description

Orca had dark green scales and blue eyes.[event 1]

Personality

Orca appeared to be power-hungry and extremely ambitious during her lifetime, challenging Coral at the age of seven and using her magic to secure her power over the SeaWing throne.[4] She was disliked by many of Queen Coral's subjects.[3]

Biography

Pre-Series

Before her challenge for the SeaWing throne, Orca enchanted a marble statue that she had sculpted of herself and dedicated to the Royal Hatchery. Coral did not know at that time that Orca had been an animus dragon or that the statue was enchanted to kill off the heirs to the SeaWing throne. Expecting to win, Orca then challenged her mother for the throne of the SeaWings, nearly winning, which shocked Coral. She was accidentally speared with the narwhal horn Coral wore on the end of her tail and died.

After her death, the enchanted statue began killing off all the female heirs in the hatchery for years, murdering the unhatched dragonets in secrecy before it was defeated and destroyed.


The Dragonet Prophecy

The Lost Heir
Orca was mentioned throughout The Lost Heir, including as a part of the scroll The Tragedy of Orca. Queen Coral owned several of her carvings, even though some of her subjects disliked Orca, such as Moray. Tsunami discovered that the statue in the hatchery was enchanted by her to kill off possible heirs to the SeaWing throne. It was mentioned that Anemone reanimated Orca's statue and forced it to tell her who enchanted it, and it said Orca.
The Hidden Kingdom
After the dragonets of destiny discovered one of the NightWing tunnels, Clay indirectly mentioned Orca while they were discussing animus magic.
The Brightest Night
Sunny thought about Orca when she went to meet Stonemover.

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Moon Rising
Tsunami mentioned that she had considered before how Orca's statue had left the male SeaWing heirs alive.
Talons of Power
In the prologue, Gill saw the statue of Orca and thought about her, wishing that she could still be alive and protect her sisters herself. Later, Turtle mentioned Orca when he was thinking of his animus powers.

Family tree

More
SharkCoralGill
MorayFinCeruleanTurtleOctopus28 Dragons
3 DragonsOrcaTsunamiAnemoneAuklet


Known Enchantments

Phrasing Target Intention
"Phrasing unknown." [5] A statue To kill all the heirs to the SeaWing throne

Quotes

"I did this all wrong. You're going to rule forever, aren't you, Mother? You should thank me. No one can stop you now."
― her last words, to Queen Coral (The Lost Heir, page 248)

Trivia

  • Orca refused to use her animus power to win the royal challenge because she wanted to prove that she could win in a fair fight.[event 2]
  • Orca was from Coral's first clutch of eggs. She was the only female included in this group.[6]
  • Orca was a talented sculptor.[7]

References

  1. Talons of Power, prologue
  2. The Lost Heir, page 103
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Lost Heir, page 106
  4. The Lost Heir, page 242
  5. The Lost Heir, page 247
  6. The Lost Heir, page 183
  7. The Lost Heir, page 89
  1. Stated by Tuisource 
  2. Stated by Tuisource 


SeaWings
Queens

Present: Coral
Historical: LagoonPearl

Royalty
(Present)

AnemoneAukletCeruleanFinGillMorayOctopusOrcaSharkTsunamiTurtle

Royalty
(Historical)

AlbatrossClearpoolCowrieCurrentEelFathomHumpbackMantaReefRippleSapphireScallopSplash

Jade Mountain

AnemoneBarracudaPikeSnailTsunamiTurtle

Other Dragons
(Present)

AbaloneFlounderHerringKelpLagoonNautilusPearlPiranhaRiptideSnailSnapperSquidTempestTortoiseUrchinWebsWhirlpool

Other Dragons
(Historical)

IndigoLionfishWharf

Hybrids

Typhoon

Folklore

Droplet

Kingdom

Bay of a Thousand ScalesDeep PalaceSummer Palace

Kingdom
(Historical)

Island Palace

Society

AquaticBombing of the Summer PalaceRoyal SeaWing MassacreSeaWing CouncilTalons of Power ceremony


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