Ostrich (TBN)

"Qibli, I don't like being a hostage. Can we stab all these dragons in the face so no one will ever think I'd make a good hostage again, like, ever? And then maybe I need to eat all the camels in Pyrrhia to get really huge; I bet that would help too. Super-Huge-Ostrich: Worst Hostage Ever. That is the look I would like to go for, please."

— Ostrich to Qibli, Darkness of Dragons

(Not to be confused with Ostrich, Six-Claws' mother, who appears in Deserter.)

Ostrich is a female SandWing dragonet who was introduced in The Brightest Night. She formerly resided in the Scorpion Den as a member of the Outclaws, but is currently attending Jade Mountain Academy as a member of the Silver Winglet. She is the daughter of Kindle and Six-Claws, and was named after Six-Claws' deceased mother, Ostrich.

Appearance

Ostrich is small, with nearly-white scales and a tail barb that is not fully developed. She is thin and quiet-looking, as well as the academy's littlest SandWing.

Personality

She appears to be very optimistic about most things, like Sunny. However, she seems to resent the fact that she appears helpless to many dragons, as shown in Darkness of Dragons. In Darkness of Dragons, Qibli notes that Ostrich was "one of the gentler souls among the Outclaws, but had a streak of ferocity from her father and an iron core from her mother that made her impossible to push around." He said she only bowed to Thorn and lived squarely and compactly (as opposed to Anemone being used to having servants). Moonwatcher considers her smart when she helped Qibli subtly interrogate Onyx. She also covered for Qibli and Cobra as they escaped Vulture's compound.

As a SandWing, Ostrich seems to be quite musical, as she is seen playing a harp. Later, Pronghorn mentions that he, Arid, and Ostrich were playing their instruments together.

Biography

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Brightest Night

During Sunny's time in the Scorpion Den, Ostrich was shortly held hostage by Addax, as part of his plan to regain his former position in Burn's army where his family supposedly resided. He had threatened to kill Ostrich, who he'd already had in his grasp if Six-Claws would not hand over Sunny, which prompted Sunny to come over willingly she did not wish to break up a family. To prevent Thorn and the other Outclaws from immediately attacking him or following him and his group, Addax released Ostrich an hour after his group began flying toward Burn's stronghold. Sunny noticed that Addax released her while still in sight of the Scorpion Den, before night had fallen, and thought that perhaps it was so she could find her way back safely.

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The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Moon Rising

Ostrich was in the Silver Winglet at the Jade Mountain Academy. She helped Qibli and Moonwatcher investigate Onyx by complimenting Onyx on the black diamonds inset in the older SandWing's scales, asking if they had hurt, to which Onyx said they did. It was noted by Moonwatcher that "the little SandWing was young but smart, and although she wasn't sure what Qibli was fishing for she instinctively knew how to help him get past the older dragon's defenses." Ostrich was also seen following Princess Anemone in the prey center after the fight between Pike and Bigtail.

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Darkness of Dragons

Qibli thought about Ostrich and how he was looking forward to seeing her in history class. When he arrived at the history cave, he noticed that Ostrich is not there. Later, Sunny entered the history cave and asked Qibli if he had seen Ostrich, mentioning that she had eaten breakfast with her the previous day, but had not seen her since. Qibli began a search for Ostrich but did not find her in the school, and eventually came to the conclusion that she was not there. Peril mentioned that she saw Onyx and Ostrich flying away from Jade Mountain Academy together, and Qibli guessed that Onyx threatened Ostrich to make her come. Sunny told Qibli that she tried to dreamvisit Ostrich, but couldn't get through, except for seeing a SandWing with dragon skull tattoos, Vulture. After realizing that Onyx had taken Ostrich to his grandfather, Qibli ventured to the Scorpion Den with Winter to rescue her. When they got there, Vulture brought Ostrich and Onyx out together. Ostrich immediately jumped into Qibli's arms, explaining that Onyx had lied to her and had taken her to Vulture's Talons of Power. When Qibli lied to Vulture about giving him information about Thorn, Ostrich was furious, displaying her fierce loyalty to her queen. Later, when Winter, Qibli, Ostrich, and Cobra escaped from the Scorpion Den together, Ostrich played the part of a tattoo artist to hide the true identity of them from Sirocco and Rattlesnake. When they arrived at Queen Thorn's stronghold, Ostrich, Cobra, and Winter all complained about being left behind while Qibli visited Queen Thorn. Later, after the sandstorm Qibli called with Anemone's enchanted weather bands, Ostrich freed Qibli, Thorn, and Smolder when she finds a door to the dungeon tunnels. In the epilogue of Darkness of Dragons, Clay mentioned that Ostrich was working on a RainWing camouflage project with Barracuda and Thrush.

Relationships

Arid

Arid and Ostrich seem to be seemed to be friends, as they were seen playing instruments together.

Pronghorn

Pronghorn and Ostrich were also friends who, play instruments together, Pronghorn also seemed genuinely worried about her when she went missing.

Qibli

Ostrich seems to be a good friend of Qibli, who was also assigned by Six-Claws and Kindle, her mother and father, to protect her at Jade Mountain Academy.

Onyx

Ostrich's relationship with Onyx seems to be a one-way relationship, them being polar opposites. Ostrich is young and bubbly, while Onyx old and stone-cold. However, Ostrich seems to dislike and distrust Onyx after her kidnapping.

Family Tree

Quicksand

Ostrich

Kindle

Six-Claws

2 Dragons

Ostrich

Quotes

"Qibli! Are you going home? I might go home. Do you think Father and Thorn would be mad if I went home?"

― to Qibli about leaving Jade Mountain Academy

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"I like the silver scales by your eyes. They're not diamonds, are they? I wish I had some treasure, or scales that looked like treasure. They're pretty."

― to Moon, about her silver teardrop scales

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"Your diamonds are so cool. Did it hurt to get them set between your scales like that?"

― to Onyx

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"Qibli, I don't like being a hostage. Can we stab all these dragons in the face so no one will ever think I'd make a good hostage again, like, ever? And then maybe I need to eat all the camels in Pyrrhia to get really huge; I bet that would help too. Super-Huge-Ostrich: Worst Hostage Ever. That is the look I would like to go for, please."

― to Qibli, about being taken hostage by the Talons of Power

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"Hmm. Yes, I think we can manage an excellent tattoo of, uh, your face along here. And perhaps a pattern to match on the other side — diamonds are always popular, or snakes — Of course, there are always gem-embedding options. I hear they're painful, but such a statement."

― pretending to be a tattoo artist to distract Rattlesnake and Sirocco

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"Well, Onyx told me that Queen Thorn had sent her a message asking for us, and I thought, whoa, that's kind of awesome, but guess what, that turned out to be a LIE, Qibli! She was LYING to me? Why would she DO that? And we were halfway to the palace when suddenly THIS guy showed up with, like, EIGHTY creepy dragons in hoods and they bossed us all here instead, although I was pretty sure Thorn wasn't here, and I was right, and then they said I couldn't leave, and finally I realized Onyx was actually WORKING with them and I was, like, ARRRGH, NOOO, I'm a stupid HOSTAGE again, aren't I?"

― to Qibli, about being taken hostage by the Talons of Power

Gallery

• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing

Trivia

• Ostrich plays the harp.

References

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