Cattail

"Asha got all excited about that. Don't know why; the village has a red egg every few years or so. But I didn't lose it."

— Cattail to Clay about his egg, The Dragonet Prophecy

Template:Charbox Cattail is an adult female MudWing and the mother of Clay, Umber, Reed, Sora, Pheasant, Crane, and Marsh, as well as the sister of Asha, a member of the Talons of Peace who was fatally wounded when she got caught in a battle. Cattail sold Clay's egg to the Talons of Peace for two cows, which they were supposed to breed.

Appearance

Cattail is a thin MudWing with umber brown and tawny scales, her mud-brown eyes have yellow rings around each black slit of a pupil. Her wings are pale brown and have lighter dappled patterns taking the form of light beige spots on them. Her laughter was described as a high croaking sound like a "thousand bullfrogs yelling at once".

Personality

Not much is shown of her personality, but it can be inferred that she is lazy, careless, and adapted to the "sib" MudWing way. She does not think much of Asha's importance, including saying that her sister's demise as although she was distraught at the news of her death. Cattail later brushed it off, saying it "served her right". She was quite nonchalant about selling off Clay. This also says that she might have anger about Asha or is not as reliable as a sibling.

Biography

Pre-Series

Cattail had Clay and his siblings' eggs after a breeding night in the outer region of the Mud Kingdom. Her sister, Asha, saw Clay as the potential MudWing dragonet of the prophecy, seeing as his egg was blood-red and would hatch on the brightest night. Cattail didn't care what happened to her eggs, like most MudWings, so she sold his egg to the Talons of Peace in exchange for at least two cows, and appeared to have no guilt or remorse towards the "delicious" deal, a typical MudWing trait being the love of food. She is shown to not care whatsoever for Clay, like traditional MudWing mothers.

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The Dragonet Prophecy

The Dragonet Prophecy

When Clay made his way back to her in the company of Glory (who was disguised as a MudWing), Cattail was irritated at his lack of knowledge about the traditions of MudWings. She also showed little to no attachment to her dragonets, which is common behavior for most MudWing mothers (but then again, she had no discipline in battle and she seemed to be cruel), but left Clay very upset because his fantasies of his frantic mother and father were not true.

The Lost Heir

She's mentioned when Tsunami hopes her mother cares about her more than Cattail does about Clay.

The Hidden Kingdom

Similarly to Tsunami in The Lost Heir Glory thought about how Cattail sold Clay's egg for two cows and certainly didn't want him back. She hoped her parents wouldn't be like that.

The Dark Secret

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The Brightest Night

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Relationships

Clay

Though Clay, while growing up under the mountain, had many fantasies about his mother and father, who he hoped had cared about him and been frantic when his egg was "stolen", Cattail, like many MudWing mothers, didn't seem to particularly care about her dragonets, and didn't even know who their father was. The Talons of Peace didn't even have to steal Clay's egg - Cattail sold it to them for a couple of cows. She told Clay, "There were six other eggs in the hatching. They didn't need you." This news massively disappointed Clay.

Asha

Cattail seems to have cared about her sister, having been distraught after learning that Asha had died shortly after delivering Clay's egg and saying that their bigwings would be furious. Despite this, she also commented that her sister had been "softhearted and mushy about crazy things" and had loved to preach about the prophecy and peace to the other dragons of their village. Cattail remarked that "She left a lot of blithering, dreamy-eyed dragons behind in this village, let me tell you". After finding out that Asha had died, Cattail had also told Clay and Glory that it "served her right" for choosing the Talons of Peace over her own kin. Clay then wonders how it would have felt to have another guardian, but one that gave them hope and cared about them (Asha).

Family Tree

Unnamed Dragons

Asha

Cattail

Unknown

Clay

Reed

Pheasant

Sora

Marsh

Crane

Umber

Quotes

"Oh, that egg, [...] Asha got all excited about that. Don't know why; the village has a red egg every few years or so. But I didn't lose it."

― to Clay about his blood red egg

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"We sold it to the Talons of Peace, [...] Does this mean they want the cows back? Because they can't have them. I know we were supposed to breed them, but we ate them, so too bad."

― about Clay's egg

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"Why not? [...] There were six other eggs in the hatching. They didn't need you. [...] Asha didn't tell you any of this?"

― about why she sold Clay's egg

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"That's Asha, all right, [..] She was always softhearted and mushy about crazy things. She loved mooning around little dragonets, telling the story of that prophecy. She left a lot of blithering, obsessed dreamy-eyed dragons behind in this village, let me tell you; they still won't shut up about destiny and peace and all that."

― about her sister Asha

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"Hee! Snorf! You don't know anything about MudWings, do you? Your father doesn't care. I don't even know who he is. The tribe has breeding nights once a month, nothing more."

― to Clay when he asks who his father is

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"You tell the Talons, we made a deal! They can't have those cows back! Because we ate them..."

― when Clay and Glory were leaving

Gallery

• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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  by Mike Holmes
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  by Mike Holmes

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