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|quote = You two are HOPELESS. Have you never seen a dragon wear pearls before? They can't hang this way or they'll make it impossible to swim, and besides, everyone knows a double wind around the neck is most flattering. You have to tighten the slack here and drape it like ''this''..." | |quote = You two are HOPELESS. Have you never seen a dragon wear pearls before? They can't hang this way or they'll make it impossible to swim, and besides, everyone knows a double wind around the neck is most flattering. You have to tighten the slack here and drape it like ''this''..." | ||
|speaker = fixing Indigo's pearl necklace for the party | |speaker = fixing Indigo's pearl necklace for the party | ||
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|quote = You can thank me by distracting Great-Uncle Humpback if he tries to corner me again with stories about the grand old days. 'You know, when I was a young whippersnapper, we had scavenger sashimi every afternoon. But where have they all gone, can you tell me that, eh? They can't have gotten smarter! Someone's been interfering with my scavenger supply! Some toothy little blowfishes, I'll show them. | |quote = You can thank me by distracting Great-Uncle Humpback if he tries to corner me again with stories about the grand old days. 'You know, when I was a young whippersnapper, we had scavenger sashimi every afternoon. But where have they all gone, can you tell me that, eh? They can't have gotten smarter! Someone's been interfering with my scavenger supply! Some toothy little blowfishes, I'll show them. | ||
|speaker = imitating King Humpback | |speaker = imitating King Humpback | ||
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|quote = There was always a weird vibe between Pearl and Manta, which Fathom couldn't entirely figure out. Indigo said it was because the only way Pearl could become queen was if Manta first challenged Lagoon and won, and then Pearl would have to challenge her own mother. | |quote = There was always a weird vibe between Pearl and Manta, which Fathom couldn't entirely figure out. Indigo said it was because the only way Pearl could become queen was if Manta first challenged Lagoon and won, and then Pearl would have to challenge her own mother. | ||
|speaker = Fathom and Indigo's thoughts on the relationship between Pearl and her mother | |speaker = Fathom and Indigo's thoughts on the relationship between Pearl and her mother | ||
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|quote = Besides, it's not fair to her. She's my friend, too, and I want her to have a happy life. Don't you? Think about it. What could she ever have with you? No dragonets, no future, nothing but constant danger. Do you want that for her? [...] I'll make her part of my honor guard, promote her up the ranks quickly. In a few years, I'll find a minor noble she can have a family with. She'll have a safe, normal life. | |quote = Besides, it's not fair to her. She's my friend, too, and I want her to have a happy life. Don't you? Think about it. What could she ever have with you? No dragonets, no future, nothing but constant danger. Do you want that for her? [...] I'll make her part of my honor guard, promote her up the ranks quickly. In a few years, I'll find a minor noble she can have a family with. She'll have a safe, normal life. | ||
|speaker = to Fathom about Indigo | |speaker = to Fathom about Indigo | ||
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|quote = Queen Vigilance is, naturally, worried about whether her animus might go all homicidally crazy, too. | |quote = Queen Vigilance is, naturally, worried about whether her animus might go all homicidally crazy, too. | ||
|speaker = to Fathom, about Queen Vigilance's worries about Darkstalker | |speaker = to Fathom, about Queen Vigilance's worries about Darkstalker | ||
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|quote = That story is nonsense. Who would ''want'' an animus? | |quote = That story is nonsense. Who would ''want'' an animus? | ||
|speaker = to Indigo's question on whether the NightWings might try to steal Fathom | |speaker = to Indigo's question on whether the NightWings might try to steal Fathom | ||
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Revision as of 05:50, 19 May 2020
- "I mean, how am I supposed to trust you, Fathom? Whenever I look at you, I see everything he did. Won't you always be tempted to use your magic? What would stop you? What could ever stop you?"
- — Queen Pearl to Fathom, Darkstalker
(Not to be confused with Pearl, the current SeaWing royal treasurer and a member of Queen Coral's Council.)Template:Charbox Queen Pearl was a young female SeaWing who was introduced in Darkstalker. She ascended the throne at the age of five after the Royal SeaWing Massacre, as the last remaining heir to the throne.
Appearance
In Darkstalker, Pearl was described as "glittering with coils of gemstones, long twisted ropes of pearls and opals and sapphires circling her torso and ankles".
Personality
Pearl was shown to be intelligent, as she helped Indigo put on a pearl necklace correctly and played dead during the massacre.
After the massacre, she was wary of animus magic and cautious. She wanted the best for her kingdom’s safety as well as Indigo, and prohibited Fathom from using his magic. Pearl believed that isolating Fathom would end the animus bloodline, but she also carried the gene. This showed that she may be narrow-minded despite her attempts to keep others safe.
Biography
The Jade Mountain Prophecy
She is mentioned in the book when Moon is reading a scroll titled The Animus Histories, which explains that Pearl was Fathom's sister, the granddaughter of Albatross, and one of the few dragons who survived the massacre. It says that Pearl became queen peacefully and ruled for many years.
Legends
Pearl was the sister of Fathom and one of the dragonets chosen for animus testing, which later became the Talons of Power Ceremony. She tried to shush Indigo multiple times as they waited and was the one to point out that it was Fathom's coconut that had hit Albatross in the chest.
During The Royal SeaWing Massacre, she used the glass from the shattered aquariums to cut herself, covering herself in the blood to play dead. After Albatross was killed, she emerged from her hiding place and claimed her new role as queen of the SeaWings. Her first decree was to outlaw animus magic throughout the Kingdom. Fathom made a blood oath to her, promising never to use his magic again as long as he lived and never have dragonets, which she told him meant he had to stay away from Indigo, whom he was in love with. She then appointed Indigo to be the head of her personal guard.
About a year later Current, another survivor of the massacre, returned from being held as a "guest" of the queen of the NightWings. He reported that the NightWings had an animus and that he was using his powers. To avoid a similar tragedy from occurring in the Night Kingdom, Pearl sent Fathom (with Indigo, Wharf, and Lionfish as his guards) to the Night Kingdom, and assigned Fathom to train Darkstalker and to warn him of the price of using his magic.
It is unknown what happened to her after the events of Darkstalker (Legends). It is possible that one of Fathom's dragonets challenged her, as the current line of SeaWings is descended from Fathom.
Family Tree
| Albatross | Sapphire | Lagoon | Humpback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eel | Manta | Reef | Splash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current | Scallop | Pearl | Fathom | Indigo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clearpool | Cowrie | Ripple | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| More | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quotes
- "You two are HOPELESS. Have you never seen a dragon wear pearls before? They can't hang this way or they'll make it impossible to swim, and besides, everyone knows a double wind around the neck is most flattering. You have to tighten the slack here and drape it like this...""
- ― fixing Indigo's pearl necklace for the party (Darkstalker)
- "You can thank me by distracting Great-Uncle Humpback if he tries to corner me again with stories about the grand old days. 'You know, when I was a young whippersnapper, we had scavenger sashimi every afternoon. But where have they all gone, can you tell me that, eh? They can't have gotten smarter! Someone's been interfering with my scavenger supply! Some toothy little blowfishes, I'll show them."
- ― imitating King Humpback (Darkstalker)
- "There was always a weird vibe between Pearl and Manta, which Fathom couldn't entirely figure out. Indigo said it was because the only way Pearl could become queen was if Manta first challenged Lagoon and won, and then Pearl would have to challenge her own mother."
- ― Fathom and Indigo's thoughts on the relationship between Pearl and her mother (Darkstalker)
- "Besides, it's not fair to her. She's my friend, too, and I want her to have a happy life. Don't you? Think about it. What could she ever have with you? No dragonets, no future, nothing but constant danger. Do you want that for her? [...] I'll make her part of my honor guard, promote her up the ranks quickly. In a few years, I'll find a minor noble she can have a family with. She'll have a safe, normal life."
- ― to Fathom about Indigo (Darkstalker)
- "Queen Vigilance is, naturally, worried about whether her animus might go all homicidally crazy, too."
- ― to Fathom, about Queen Vigilance's worries about Darkstalker (Darkstalker)
- "That story is nonsense. Who would want an animus?"
- ― to Indigo's question on whether the NightWings might try to steal Fathom (Darkstalker)
Trivia
- It was mentioned that she had received a jewelry tree carved from dark brown mahogany from Fathom as a hatching day present.
- She is one of three queens known to ascend to the throne before the age of ten, with the others being Queen Glory and Queen Snowfall.
- In the epilogue of Winter Turning, Darkstalker claims that Anemone is Fathom's great great great great great granddaughter, despite the fact Anemone is in the royal family, and Fathom and Indigo were isolated from any ties to SeaWing royalty during the epilogue of Darkstalker.
- This implies that something may have happened to Pearl, causing Fathom and Indigo's descendants to rejoin the royal family.
Gallery
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A typical SeaWing (colored), by Joy Ang -
A typical SeaWing (lineart), by Joy Ang -
A typical SeaWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
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SeaWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing -
Queen Pearl by Ta-ak
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Reference by Drachen Hybride
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Queen Pearl by BuzzieOfTheSkyWings
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Queen Pearl by IronDragon (old)
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Queen Pearl, made by Cuzcats
| SeaWings | |
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| Queens | |
| Royalty (Present) |
Anemone • Auklet • Cerulean • Fin • Gill • Moray • Octopus • Orca • Shark • Tsunami • Turtle |
| Royalty (Historical) |
Albatross • Clearpool • Cowrie • Current • Eel • Fathom • Humpback • Manta • Reef • Ripple • Sapphire • Scallop • Splash |
| Jade Mountain | |
| Other Dragons (Present) |
Abalone • Flounder • Herring • Kelp • Lagoon • Nautilus • Pearl • Piranha • Riptide • Snail • Snapper • Squid • Tempest • Tortoise • Urchin • Webs • Whirlpool |
| Other Dragons (Historical) |
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| Hybrids | |
| Folklore | |
| Kingdom | |
| Kingdom (Historical) |
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| Society |
Aquatic • Bombing of the Summer Palace • Royal SeaWing Massacre • SeaWing Council • Talons of Power ceremony |
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