Pyrite

"I wish I weren't so clumsy and useless."

— Pyrite in Winter Turning.

Template:Infobox Character Pyrite is a false female SkyWing, an animus enchantment by the way of a necklace. Anyone who wears this necklace shifts instantly into her, a female SkyWing under Queen Scarlet's rule. The animus enchantment was created by Chameleon using Darkstalker's Talisman. She first appeared in the prologue of Winter Turning. She also could be used on anyone, however, she was created "spitefully" for Hailstorm.

Biography

Winter Turning

She first appeared in the prologue when Winter and his brother, Hailstorm, were exploring the Sky Kingdom. After Hailstorm was captured, a dragon wearing the "Pyrite mask" put it on him.

Later, Winter and his Jade Winglet friends visited the Talons of Peace. Riptide brought all the two Skywing members of the Talons, and Pyrite agrees to take Winter, Moonwatcher, Kinkajou, and Qibli to a place where Queen Scarlet  was suspected to be after Moon pressured her. Moon describes her mind as shallow and continuously going in a well-worn circle in her mind. Winter felt the same feeling from her as from the tunnel to the NightWing's destroyed volcano, and declared to Moon that she is an animus, but Moon said that Pyrite must not know that she is an animus, due to the lack of evidence in the SkyWing's mind.

Later, when Queen Scarlet's unknown NightWing companion attacks, Pyrite's necklace is removed by Qibli , and Hailstorm is revealed underneath. Winter describes the change as "the scales sliding off as though she was melting and growing and snapping into place at the same time. Her snout narrowed and lengthened. The orange color bled swiftly out of each scale. Sharp spikes shoved up through the skin all along her back and at the tip of her tail".

Even after Hailstorm took off the Pyrite mask, her memories still lingered in his mind. For a long while, he wasn't sure if he was an IceWing or SkyWing. This confusion was most shown when he approached Eagle, think that he was still Pyrite. Eagle had been a friend of Pyrite, and since Hailstorm was no longer Pyrite, Eagle did not recognize him. In fact, he thought it was a "sick joke", and probably would've attacked Hailstorm if Meerkat hadn't showed up.

It is later revealed that Pyrite's mind and body is nothing but an animus enchantment on a necklace in which whoever wears it takes the mind and body of the Skywing, Pyrite. Moon calls it the "Pyrite Mask." The "Pyrite Mask" is enchanted by a small piece of paper, ripped off from a scroll (Darkstalker's Talisman). The paper reads:

Enchant this paper so that when any dragon wears it in the form of a necklace, he or she shall fully become a female dragon named Pyrite, with the following conditions:

(1) Completely loyal to Queen Scarlet and the SkyWing tribe

(2) Insecure and weak

(3) No memory of his or her former identity 

(4) Compelled to wear this necklace at all times with life or death urgency

It still keeps Pyrite's memories, even if someone different tries it on. Winter decided he needed to know how wearing it feels. When he tried it on, Qibli ripped off rule 4 beforehand so Winter can take the necklace off. It appears to have worked, since Winter did not argue with Qibli once Qibli slipped it off him.

Description

Winter described her to be of an odd orange-yellow hue, the color of a peach's core. She is also noted to have amber eyes that are a similar in color to Qibli's earring. She has a gold chain necklace with a brown pouch that holds the spell paper making the enchantment possible and has a gold ring through her nose, a "fashion choice" Winter had never seen before'.

Quotes

• “What magic? I don’t have any magic! I never did anything special for Queen Scarlet!” –to Winter
• “No. Please. I’m not supposed to take it off ever.  It’s life or death. I need to wear it. Please leave it alone. Don’t take it. Don’t—“ -to Winter whilst he's removing the necklace.

Trivia

• Pyrite is a type of mineral, most commonly known as Fool's Gold.
• She is gold in color and a false dragon, hence the name Pyrite.
• Despite her dislike for IceWings, she was attached to Cirrus and then later Winter, possibly because Hailstorm was wearing her.
• She seems to be unaware of the fact that she is nothing but an animus enchantment on an old piece of paper.
• Pyrite is described to have long arms/legs.
• Her body most likely formerly belonged to Chameleon.
• According to Moon, her thoughts repeated over and over again in a loop, likely because she is enchanted.

Gallery

• pyrite rock
  pyrite rock
• 
  A typical SkyWing; art by Joy Ang
• A typical SkyWing from the German publications
  A typical SkyWing from the German publications
• By JBdino625
  By JBdino625
• Pyrite and Hailstorm by Sandycheeks
  Pyrite and Hailstorm by Sandycheeks
• By Luckybird
  By Luckybird
• File:Pyrite.png
• File:Skywing WT.jpg
• Pyrite/Hailstorm
  Pyrite/Hailstorm
• By Snowflake
  By Snowflake
• a colored picture, by, ME!
  a colored picture, by, ME!