Riptide

Template:Infobox Riptide is a SeaWing of sky blue scales. and eyes of a blue so dark they were almost black. He was introduced in The Lost Heir as a member of the Talons of Peace, and Webs was his father. Coral seems to dislike him for being the son of Webs.

Biography

Riptide hatched two years before Webs, his father, fled the SeaWings in the middle of a battle. Webs later came back and stole Tsunami from Queen Corals personal hatchery so that she could fulfill the prophecy. Because of this Webs became his tribe's most notorious traitor. Although Riptide had absolutely nothing to do with it, he suffered from his fathers actions. Queen Coral hated Webs for what he had done, and she strongly distrusted Riptide. She assigned Riptide the lowest of duties, guarding the border seawing territory, far away from the seawing palace as possible. Riptide had been interested in knowing more about his father ever since. Because of this, he joined the Talons of Peace to find out about his father, though they told nothing except about Webs except that he was safe. He secretly passed on seawing information for years. He later discovered The Dragonets of Destiny on seawing territory and brought them to the Summer Palace of the Sea. Coral finally met her long-lost daughter Tsunami, and then revealed to her that Webs was his father and Riptide could not be trusted after sending him back to his post. Tsunami, however, felt it was unfair to punish Riptide for what his father had done. Riptide followed Tsunami from a distance afterward, and helped her repeatedly at sea. He wanted to protect the Dragonets of Destiny, and is shown to seem to be very fond of Tsunami. After Tsunami's first lesson of Aquatic with Whirlpool, which turned out to teach her nothing, she went to Riptide. Riptide taught Tsunami some basic Aquatic, and they became friends. Later, when Tsunami takes on the role of protecting Queen Coral's last female egg, Riptide shows her the way to the Summer Palace. When Tsunami returned to the Summer Palace and went to see her friends, Riptide left before he could be noticed away from his guard post. After he left, Glory accused Tsunami of liking Riptide, and she immediatly denied it. The following day Webs was found at the Summer Palace and Coral decide to later execute him for his crimes. Soon after, Riptide was found sneaking around outside the Summer Palace as well. Coral accused Riptide of working with his father and threw them both in prison despite Tsunami's pleas not to. Coral was convinced that Webs was the assassin that had been killing off her heirs for years. She wanted her egg, which was being guarded by Tsunami, to be put back into the royal hatchery. However, Tsunami knew that Webs was not the assassin and the egg was still in danger. She made a deal that if she caught the assassin, she had to let Riptide go. Coral, thinking that she already had the assassin, agreed. That night Tsunami stayed in the hatchery with the egg. The assassin turned out to be the statue of Orca (Coral's first daughter) inside the hatchery. Orca had been secretly animus and had enchanted the statue to take out any potential threats to her being queen. Orca never became queen though, as she was killed during her challenge to become queen. The statue remained their after her death, killing Coral's daughters for years. Tsunami destroyed it and saved Queen Coral's last daughter. Coral agreed to release Riptide as promised, but said he could not stay with the seawings. Tsunami and her friends had decided to leave the seawing kingdom, and Tsunami suggested he could come with them. Coral, however, did not want Tsunami to leave as she feared for her daughters life. To keep them all from leaving, she put the Dragonets of Destiny in her prison. Anemone, Tsunami's sister, slipped away from her mother and freed the dragonets. The dragonets then freed Riptide and Webs from their prison, and prepared to leave. Riptide then revealed to Tsunami that he had join the Talons of Peace in order to learn more about his father, though they told him nothing. Tsunami was mad at Riptide for lying to her, but at the same moment the seawing palace was attacked. The SkyWings had followed Webs to the Summer Palace, and launched a carefully planned attack. The Dragonets of Destiny and Webs escaped, but Riptide stayed to fight the skywings. Tsunami wasn't sure she had forgiven Riptide for lying to her, but she did hope to see him again.

Personality

Riptide greatly cares for Tsunami, and it is very likely he has a crush on her. He also wants to avoid getting his father's reputation. He is displayed as being nice, but always seems a bit mysterious, shown when hesitating to tell Tsunami that Webs was his father or that he was working for the Talons of Peace.

Trivia

The first phrase Riptide taught Tsunami in Aquatic was "squid-brain."

Quotes

"I certainly did not! You said you liked me, and that you'd followed me all the way out here to tell me that." (To Tsunami when they first met.)

"That's not usually how I introduce myself."  (to Tsunami when apologizing for not telling her that Webs was his father.)

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