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|source = Darkness of Dragons
|quote   = I want a ruby inna middle of my forehead! [...] Can you do that?
|quote = I want a ruby inna middle of my forehead! Can you do that?
|speaker = Sirocco to [[Ostrich (TBN)|Ostrich]], ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
|speaker = Sirocco to [[Ostrich]] in ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''.}}{{Charbox
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|name       =Sirocco
{{Character
|image     = SiroccoTemplate.png
|name     = Sirocco
|age       = Older than [[Qibli]]
|image     = Sirocco GN.png
|gender    = Male
|age       = Older than 5 years (hatched before 5,007 AS)
|tribe      = [[SandWings]]
|gender    = Male
|occupation = Member of the [[Talons of Power (Organization)|Talons of Power]]
|tribe    = [[SandWings]]
|residence  = [[Scorpion Den]]
|powers    =  
|status    = Alive
 
|Relation1 = Mother
|status    = Alive (as of ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]'')
|RName1     = [[Cobra]]
 
|Relation2 = Brother
|current  = Member of the [[Talons of Power (organization)|Talons of Power]]
|RName2     = [[Qibli]]
|former    =  
|Relation3 = Sister
 
|RName3     = [[Rattlesnake]]
|Relation1 = Mother
|Relation4 = Grandfather
|RName1   = [[Cobra]]
|RName4    = [[Vulture]]
|Relation2 = Sister
|appeared  = ''[[Escaping Peril]]'', ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
|RName2   = [[Rattlesnake]]
|mentioned  = ''[[Moon Rising]]'', ''[[Winter Turning]]''
|Relation3 = Brother
|quote = ”I want a ruby inna middle of my forehead!”
|RName3   = [[Qibli]]
}}'''Sirocco''' is a male [[SandWings|SandWing]] mentioned in ''[[Moon Rising]]''. He is one of [[Qibli]]'s older siblings, the other being [[Rattlesnake]], who often helped bully and torment Qibli before he joined the [[Outclaws]]. His mother is [[Cobra]]. Qibli sometimes thinks or dreams about Sirocco and Rattlesnake doing cruel things to him, such as when they threatened him with their barbed tails so that he would give them his talonful of date palms. In Moon's vision and in ''[[Escaping Peril]]'' they are described as huge, bulky dragons wearing a medallion with a type of bird, most likely a vulture since they work for [[Vulture]], their grandfather, etched on it.
|Relation4 = Grandfather
|RName4   = [[Vulture]]
 
|a1App     =  
|a1Men    = ''[[The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest Night]]''
|a2App    =  
''[[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]'',<br />
''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
|a2Men    =
''[[Winter Turning (book)|Winter Turning]]'',<br />
''[[Talons of Power (book)|Talons of Power]]''
|a2Oth    = ''[[Moon Rising (book)|Moon Rising]]'' (vision)
|gnApp    = ''[[Escaping Peril (graphic novel)|Escaping Peril]]''
|gnMen    =
''[[The Brightest Night (graphic novel)|The Brightest Night]]'',<br />
''[[Winter Turning (graphic novel)|Winter Turning]]''
|gnOth    = ''[[Moon Rising (graphic novel)|Moon Rising]]'' (vision)
}}
'''Sirocco''' is a male [[SandWing]] who was introduced in ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''. His last known whereabouts were in the [[Scorpion Den]], and he is a member of the [[Talons of Power (organization)|Talons of Power]].
 
== Description ==
Sirocco is hulking,{{Ref|DoD|124}} large,{{Ref|MR|52}} and burly.{{Ref|EP|99}} He wears a black hood and golden medallion etched with the image of a vulture,{{Ref|MR|104}} and has three [[Dragons|dragon]] skull tattoos trailing down his neck. He has a rough, gravelly voice,{{Ref|DoD|75}} and either he or [[Rattlesnake]] looks a lot like [[Qibli]].{{Ref|MR|98}} He is smaller than Rattlesnake.{{Ref|EP|99}}


== Personality ==
== Personality ==
Sirocco is shown to be clumsy, thug-like and not very smart, in contrast to Qibli. He is seem to have a speech impediment. Sirocco is very whiny and demanding, and very childlike. This annoys Rattlesnake, his sister, who is implied to be much smarter, though probably not as smart as Qibli.
Qibli once mentioned that [[Pyrrhia]] would be much better off if Sirocco was locked up where he could not hurt anyone.{{Ref|WT|137}} He is empty-headed and clumsy,{{Ref|DoD|125}} and often growls at others.{{Ref|EP|99}}


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
===''[[The Brightest Night]]''===
=== The Dragonet Prophecy ===
When [[Princess Sunny|Sunny]] asks Qibli if she has any siblings, he says no and that she was better off, as his siblings were "a pair of dung-snorting hippo heads who'd rather stab [him] with their tails than share so much as a fig with him." One of those "dung-snorting hippo heads" is Sirocco.
==== ''[[The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest Night]]'' ====
Qibli described Rattlesnake and Sirocco as "a pair of dung-snorting hippo heads who'd rather stab him with their tails than share so much as a fig with him" when [[Sunny]] asked Qibli if he had any siblings.
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=== The Jade Mountain Prophecy ===
==== ''[[Moon Rising (book)|Moon Rising]]'' ====
[[Moonwatcher]] saw Rattlesnake and Sirocco frequently in Qibli's thoughts when she was using her mind-reading abilities. She also had a vision about Qibli fighting Rattlesnake and Sirocco, with an older male dragon, [[Vulture]], glowering at him and Qibli shouting, "Where is she?" referring to [[Cobra]], his mother.


=== ''[[Moon Rising]]'' ===
==== ''[[Winter Turning (book)|Winter Turning]]'' ====
[[Moonwatcher]] sees Sirocco and Rattlesnake in Qibli's thoughts frequently. She also has a vision about Qibli fighting Rattlesnake and Sirocco, with an older male dragon ([[Vulture]]) glowering at him as well, with Qibli shouting "Where is she?" referring to [[Cobra]], his mother.
After [[Winter]] saved Qibli, Moon, and [[Kinkajou]] by breathing frostbreath at a flaming [[scavenger]] projectile, Qibli commented that his family probably would have stabbed him with the projectile themselves rather than save him.


=== ''[[Winter Turning]]'' ===
==== ''[[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]'' ====
After Winter shoots frost breath at the scavenger weapon about to kill Qibli, Moon, and [[Kinkajou]], Qibli notes that his family probably would have shoved him into the projectile fired rather than saved him as Winter did.
Two SandWings were shown buying [[dragonflame cacti]] from a [[SkyWing]] vendor. They were Sirocco and Rattlesnake collecting the cacti for Vulture.


=== ''[[Escaping Peril]]'' ===
==== ''[[Talons of Power (book)|Talons of Power]]'' ====
Two SandWings are shown buying [[Dragonflame Cactus|dragonflame cacti]] from a SkyWing vendor. It was confirmed by Tui they were Sirocco and Rattlesnake collecting the cacti for Vulture.
Sirocco was indirectly mentioned when Qibli said that he had siblings who liked to pick on him.


=== ''[[Talons of Power]]'' ===
In the epilogue, a group of dragons, which had likely included Sirocco and Rattlesnake, terrified the SandWing tribe by setting off dragonflame cacti in different places throughout the [[Kingdom of Sand]].
A group of dragons, most likely including Sirocco and Rattlesnake, terrified the SandWing tribe by setting off dragonflame cacti in different places throughout the Sand Kingdom.


=== ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]'' ===
==== ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]'' ====
Sirocco and Rattlesnake appear at their and Qibli's old home to take him and Winter to Vulture.
Sirocco and Rattlesnake were at their and Qibli's old home to take him and Winter to Vulture. He was shown constantly at Rattlesnake's side; the latter commented that he was a meathead who gave their family a bad name due to his clumsiness and lack of brains. He and Rattlesnake were defeated by their mother and nearly killed before Qibli convinced her to spare them. Sirocco was bound and gagged, then left behind in Vulture's [[Vulture's compound|compound]] with his unconscious sister while they escaped.


Sirocco is shown constantly at Rattlesnake's side. Rattlesnake comments that he is a meathead who gives their family a bad name due to his clumsiness and lack of brains. He and Rattlesnake are defeated by their mother and nearly killed before Qibli convinces her to spare them. Cobra states that she only has one dragonet and that it's Qibli, disowning Sirocco and his sister, to trick Qibli in her mission to kill Queen Thorn.
== Relationships ==
=== [[Qibli]] ===
Alongside Rattlesnake, Sirocco threw Qibli into walls, trapped his tail in doors, stole his prey, or buried him in sand in acts of bullying.{{Ref|DoD|6}}


== Family Tree ==
== Family tree ==
{{Qibli Family Tree}}
{{Qibli Family Tree}}


== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==
*''"She's not here."''
{{SingleQuote
*''"Mother don't want to see you."''
|quote  = Mother don't want to see you.
*''"Better come quick and easy, [...] He don't like to wait."''
|speaker = to Qibli
*''"Bit of a long story."''
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
*''"Who? [...] Us? What'd I do now?"''
|page    = 75
== Trivia ==
}}
*A sirocco is a hot, dry wind that blows across the Mediterranean Sea, similar to a qibli, which Qibli is named after. This is ironic because Qibli appears to be nothing like Sirocco.
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*Sirocco or Rattlesnake may bear a striking resemblance to their brother, as Turtle mistook one of them for Qibli in ''Escaping Peril''.
{{SingleQuote
*Sirocco has three dragon skull tattoos to represent the dragons he has killed, like Vulture and Rattlesnake.  This indicates that he killed three dragons.
|quote  = Better come quick and easy, [...] He don't like to wait.
|speaker = to Qibli and Winter
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
|page    = 75
}}
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{{SingleQuote
|quote  = Bit of a long story.
|speaker = to Qibli, about Cobra's whereabouts
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
|page    = 76
}}
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{{SingleQuote
|quote  = Skulls! [...] Th'only good tattoo izza skull!
|speaker = to [[Ostrich (TBN)|Ostrich]] and Qibli
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
|page    = 124
}}
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{{SingleQuote
|quote  = I want a ruby inna middle of my forehead! [...] Can you do that?
|speaker = to Ostrich
|book    = [[Darkness of Dragons]]
|page    = 125
}}


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
{{Gallery Hider/start}}<gallery>
<gallery>
Typical SandWing by Sassy the Beagle.jpg|A typical SandWing (colored), by [[Joy Ang]]
Sirocco GN.png|Sirocco from ''[[Moon Rising (graphic novel)]]'', by [[Mike Holmes]]
SandTransparent.png|A typical SandWing (lineart), by [[Joy Ang]]
</gallery>
Germansandwing.jpg|A typical SandWing from the German publication, by [[Max Meinzold]]
 
SiroccoTemplate.png|Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
<gallery widths="80" heights="80" caption="Art by [[Mike Holmes]], from the [[:Category:Graphic novels|Wings of Fire Graphic Novels]]">
SandWing Sigil.png|SandWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
Sirocco GN 2.png
SandWing3.jpg
Rattlesnake and Sirocco GN 1.png
220px-Sirocco_from_Libya.jpg|A Libyan sirocco.
Enclavedragon.png|By Solstice the Icewing
</gallery>
</gallery>


{{Gallery Hider/end}}
== References ==
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{{References}}


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Latest revision as of 09:58, 26 September 2025

"I want a ruby inna middle of my forehead! [...] Can you do that?"
— Sirocco to Ostrich, Darkness of Dragons

Sirocco is a male SandWing who was introduced in Darkness of Dragons. His last known whereabouts were in the Scorpion Den, and he is a member of the Talons of Power.

Description

Sirocco is hulking,[1] large,[2] and burly.[3] He wears a black hood and golden medallion etched with the image of a vulture,[4] and has three dragon skull tattoos trailing down his neck. He has a rough, gravelly voice,[5] and either he or Rattlesnake looks a lot like Qibli.[6] He is smaller than Rattlesnake.[3]

Personality

Qibli once mentioned that Pyrrhia would be much better off if Sirocco was locked up where he could not hurt anyone.[7] He is empty-headed and clumsy,[8] and often growls at others.[3]

Biography

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Brightest Night

Qibli described Rattlesnake and Sirocco as "a pair of dung-snorting hippo heads who'd rather stab him with their tails than share so much as a fig with him" when Sunny asked Qibli if he had any siblings.

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Moon Rising

Moonwatcher saw Rattlesnake and Sirocco frequently in Qibli's thoughts when she was using her mind-reading abilities. She also had a vision about Qibli fighting Rattlesnake and Sirocco, with an older male dragon, Vulture, glowering at him and Qibli shouting, "Where is she?" referring to Cobra, his mother.

Winter Turning

After Winter saved Qibli, Moon, and Kinkajou by breathing frostbreath at a flaming scavenger projectile, Qibli commented that his family probably would have stabbed him with the projectile themselves rather than save him.

Escaping Peril

Two SandWings were shown buying dragonflame cacti from a SkyWing vendor. They were Sirocco and Rattlesnake collecting the cacti for Vulture.

Talons of Power

Sirocco was indirectly mentioned when Qibli said that he had siblings who liked to pick on him.

In the epilogue, a group of dragons, which had likely included Sirocco and Rattlesnake, terrified the SandWing tribe by setting off dragonflame cacti in different places throughout the Kingdom of Sand.

Darkness of Dragons

Sirocco and Rattlesnake were at their and Qibli's old home to take him and Winter to Vulture. He was shown constantly at Rattlesnake's side; the latter commented that he was a meathead who gave their family a bad name due to his clumsiness and lack of brains. He and Rattlesnake were defeated by their mother and nearly killed before Qibli convinced her to spare them. Sirocco was bound and gagged, then left behind in Vulture's compound with his unconscious sister while they escaped.

Relationships

Qibli

Alongside Rattlesnake, Sirocco threw Qibli into walls, trapped his tail in doors, stole his prey, or buried him in sand in acts of bullying.[9]

Family tree

UnknownVulture
UnknownCobra
SiroccoRattlesnakeQibli


Quotes

"Mother don't want to see you."
― to Qibli (Darkness of Dragons, page 75)
"Better come quick and easy, [...] He don't like to wait."
― to Qibli and Winter (Darkness of Dragons, page 75)
"Bit of a long story."
― to Qibli, about Cobra's whereabouts (Darkness of Dragons, page 76)
"Skulls! [...] Th'only good tattoo izza skull!"
― to Ostrich and Qibli (Darkness of Dragons, page 124)
"I want a ruby inna middle of my forehead! [...] Can you do that?"
― to Ostrich (Darkness of Dragons, page 125)

References

  1. ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 124
  2. ↑ Moon Rising, page 52
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Escaping Peril, page 99
  4. ↑ Moon Rising, page 104
  5. ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 75
  6. ↑ Moon Rising, page 98
  7. ↑ Winter Turning, page 137
  8. ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 125
  9. ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 6


SandWings
Queens

Present: Oasis • Thorn
Historical: Scorpion

Royalty

Blaze • Blister • Burn • Char • Scald • Singe • Smolder • Sunny • Onyx

Jade Mountain

Arid • Onyx • Ostrich • Pronghorn • Qibli • Sunny

Other Dragons
(Present)

Addax • Agave • Armadillo • Camel • Capybara • Cereus • Cobra • Dune • Horizon • Jerboa III • Kindle • Meerkat • Needle • Ocotillo • Ostrich • Palm • Parch • Prickle • Quicksand • Rattlesnake • Saguaro • Sandstorm • Sirocco • Six-Claws • Tawny • Torch • Viper • Vulture

Other Dragons
(Historical)

Jerboa • Jerboa II

Hybrids

Sunny

Kingdom

Blaze's fortress • Blister's hideout • Great Five-Tail River • Jerboa III's hut • North Beach • Possibility • SandWing stronghold • Scorpion Den

Society

Outclaws • Talons of Power • War of SandWing Succession


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