Fathom

"Well, there are lots of ways, and lots of reasons. Sometimes it's because they're sad or angry. Some dragons become bad when they have too much power...sometimes they don't know they're bad guys. They think what they're doing is the right thing."

— Fathom to his dragonets about evil dragons

Template:Infobox Character Prince Fathom was a male animus SeaWing who befriended and mentored the first NightWing animus, Darkstalker. He was the grandson of Albatross and one of the only survivors of the Royal SeaWing Massacre, along with his sister, Queen Pearl. He was described to have green scales and grey-green eyes, described to look like an ocean after a storm. After the massacre, Fathom took an oath to his sister, now the new queen of the SeaWings, never to use his animus powers ever again, however, he is known to have broken the vow once, to enchant Clearsight's copper mindreading protection bracelet, which he re-enchanted to put Darkstalker to sleep forever, once it was put on him. Before his vow however, Fathom used his powers numerous times, such as when he enchanted a coconut to hit his Grandfather during the Animus tests, in which he discovered he was an animus dragon. Fathom is also known to have helped enchant the SeaWing Summer Palace with Albatross.

Biography

Pre-Series

Fathom was the grandson of Albatross, and he was the second Animus of the Seawings, first was his famous Grandfather. After Albatross went insane, Fathom swore an oath to his sister Pearl, the new queen of the SeaWings, that he would never use his animus powers again. Later he was sent to train Darkstalker, and the two became quick friends. On Clearsight's fifth birthday, Darkstalker made three enchanted star shaped sapphires called dreamvisitors, and gave one to Fathom, and one to his soulmate, Clearsight, to link the three, no matter how far apart they were. As time passed, and the NightWing animus became more ambitious with his powers and enchantments, Fathom came to believe that Darkstalker would become evil, lose his mind, and kill everyone, so he broke his oath and enchanted Clearsight's bracelet to put Darkstalker into an eternal slumber. He and Clearsight were convinced that Darkstalker would turn evil and become a threat to everyone. The Nightwings then moved to another island and may have given up their powers to hide from Darkstalker and never allow anything that powerful to ever happen again.

Moon Rising

In Moon Rising, Moonwatcher reads a scroll to trying find out about dreamvisitors and finds out about Fathom from the scroll and more about Darkstalker. The scroll mentions Fathom's ties to the Royal SeaWings Massacre, and his enchanted object to put Darkstalker to sleep, but not much else is mentioned. Darkstalker confirms that the enchanted object was a bracelet.

Darkstalker (Legends)

Fathom and a group of SeaWing dragonets; including his sister, Pearl and a dragonet named Indigo, are waiting on a beach on orders of Queen Lagoon. Indigo teases Fathom consistently, but he ignores her and follows Lagoon's orders to stay still. Finally, she arrives alongside Albatross. The two announce that they are going to be testing to see if any of the dragonets are animus. Albatross gives them some coconuts and tells them to enchant the coconuts to hit him. At first, he tries politely telling the coconut to hit Albatross. When nothing happens, Indigo teases him again and he sternly commands it to do so, enchanting the coconut to hit Albatross for real. Albatross congratulates him while silently strangling a distant seagull.

Later, Fathom and some other SeaWing dragonets are in a geography class, when a messenger comes and tells him that Albatross is waiting for him do to their first animus session. Fathom meets his grandfather at the "sunset beach", and Albatross then leads him to the soon-to-be Summer Palace. He tells hi, about what happened with Sapphire when they were young, and cautions him about the dangers. Once they find out Indigo was listening the whole time, Albatross changes his mind and they head back to the palace. Fathom then enchants a pet for Indigo that she names Blob.

Two SkyWings arrive in the palace, and a Queen Lagoon reveals that she has animus dragons. Fathom spots Albatross waiting, but he slices her throat open and the Queen dies.

Quotes

"I mean… there are dragons that do bad things. But maybe that doesn't make them all bad. Maybe they can also do good things. Maybe some of those bad things are just mistakes." -Fathom describing "bad guys" (Darkstalker) to Ripple.

“Everyone stop squishing one another.”

"Spears! Kill my grandfather!" - Fathom's enchantment that killed Albatross

"Hello, that was supposed to be a graceful dolphin." -Fathom to Indigo

"Do you think it's true that animus dragons loose their souls? Is that why he's doing this?" -To Indigo during the Royal SeaWing Massacre

"Clearsight just flew off with the the bracelet and he's meeting her and hopefully she can use it on him, but it's possible she won't be able to, and then he'll be really mad, and then he might come back and... you know, destroy the world after all." -Fathom to Indigo

“I seem to recall just a few shrieking fits when you were that age.” -Fathom to Indigo

"Sometimes . . . sometimes they don't know they're bad guys. They think what they're doing is the right thing." -Fathom to his and Indigo's dragonets.

Trivia

• A fathom is a unit used to measure water depth, equal to six feet.
• Fathom also means to deeply think.
• The current SeaWing royal family is the many-times great-grandchildren of Fathom, though we don't know the point in time in which Fathom, and not Pearl's descendants became the main royal family.
• Fathom appeared as the protagonist of one of the 3 parts of Darkstalker (Legends).
• Fathom has sworn to never use his Animus powers, stating that "The soul that I still have, and wish to keep. Queen Pearl of the SeaWings, I pledge you this oath, on my life and sealed with my blood: I will never use my animus magic again, not for the rest of my days." Afterwards, he used a sword and drew an 'x' on the palm of his talon. However, this oath was not kept, since he later used his powers to save Indigo and imprison Darkstalker.

Gallery

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  A typical SeaWing
• A typical SeaWing from the German publication
  A typical SeaWing from the German publication
• Ref by Platypus the SeaWing
  Ref by Platypus the SeaWing
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  Fathom Ref- QueenClam
• Prince Fathom by GeekWayne
  Prince Fathom by GeekWayne
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• Fathom on the night Darkstalker is born.
  Fathom on the night Darkstalker is born.
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  Fathom at bottom left. By Sahel.
• Drawn by me, xTheDragonRebornx
  Drawn by me, xTheDragonRebornx
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  Darkstalker, by Lantasia (or Azalea The RainWing)
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  Fathom is on the right. By Alaska the IceWing
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  Fathom is on the right. By Snowblast
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  Fathom on the bottom right
• Fathom and Indigo
  Fathom and Indigo
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  Fathom and Indigo by QueenClam
• By NightWing of Time/Queen Terra
  By NightWing of Time/Queen Terra
• Fathom the Seawing
  Fathom the Seawing
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• File:Snapshot 20160813 1.JPG
• Indigo, Fathom's mate, and Blob, whom he enchanted
  Indigo, Fathom's mate, and Blob, whom he enchanted