Sirocco

"I want a ruby inna middle of my forehead! Can you do that?"

— Sirocco to Ostrich, Darkness of Dragons

Template:CharboxSirocco is a male SandWing mentioned in Moon Rising. He is one of Qibli's older siblings, the other being Rattlesnake, who often helped bully and torment Qibli before he joined the Outclaws. His mother is Cobra. Qibli sometimes thinks or dreams about Sirocco and Rattlesnake doing cruel things to him, such as when they threatened him with their barbed tails so that he would give them his talonful of date palms. In Moonwatcher's vision and in Escaping Peril they are described as huge, bulky dragons wearing a medallion with a type of bird, most likely a vulture since they work for Vulture, their grandfather, etched on it.

Personality

Sirocco is shown to be clumsy, thug-like and not very smart, in contrast to Qibli. He also seems to have a speech impediment. Sirocco is very whiny and demanding, and very childlike. This annoys Rattlesnake, his sister, who is implied to be much smarter, though probably not as smart as Qibli.

Biography

The Brightest Night

When Sunny asks Qibli if she has any siblings, he says no and that she was better off, as his siblings were "a pair of dung-snorting hippo heads who'd rather stab [him] with their tails than share so much as a fig with him". One of those "dung-snorting hippo heads" is Sirocco.

Moon Rising

Moonwatcher sees Sirocco and Rattlesnake in Qibli's thoughts frequently. She also has a vision about Qibli fighting Rattlesnake and Sirocco, with an older male dragon (Vulture) glowering at him as well, with Qibli shouting "Where is she?" referring to Cobra, his mother.

Winter Turning

After Winter shoots frost breath at the scavenger weapon about to kill Qibli, Moon, and Kinkajou, Qibli notes that his family probably would have shoved him into the projectile fired rather than saved him as Winter did.

Escaping Peril

Two SandWings are shown buying dragonflame cacti from a SkyWing vendor. It was confirmed by Tui they were Sirocco and Rattlesnake collecting the cacti for Vulture.

Talons of Power

A group of dragons, most likely including Sirocco and Rattlesnake, terrified the SandWing tribe by setting off dragonflame cacti in different places throughout the Sand Kingdom.

Darkness of Dragons

Sirocco and Rattlesnake appear at their and Qibli's old home to take him and Winter to Vulture.

Sirocco is shown constantly at Rattlesnake's side. Rattlesnake comments that he is a meathead who gives their family a bad name due to his clumsiness and lack of brains. He and Rattlesnake are defeated by their mother and nearly killed before Qibli convinces her to spare them. Cobra states that she only has one dragonet and that it's Qibli, disowning Sirocco and his sister, to trick Qibli in her mission to kill Queen Thorn.

Family Tree

Unknown

Vulture

Unknown

Cobra

Sirocco

Rattlesnake

Qibli

Quotes

• "She's not here."
• "Mother don't want to see you."
• "Better come quick and easy, [...] He don't like to wait."
• "Bit of a long story."
• "Who? [...] Us? What'd I do now?"

Trivia

• A sirocco is a hot, dry wind that blows across the Mediterranean Sea, similar to a qibli, which Qibli is named after. This is ironic because Qibli appears to be nothing like Sirocco.
• Sirocco or Rattlesnake may bear a striking resemblance to their brother, as Turtle mistook one of them for Qibli in Escaping Peril.
• Sirocco has three dragon skull tattoos to represent the dragons he has killed, like Vulture and Rattlesnake. This indicates that he killed three dragons.

Gallery

• 
  A typical SandWing (colored), by Joy Ang
• 
  A typical SandWing (lineart), by Joy Ang
• A typical SandWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
  A typical SandWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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  SandWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
• A SandWing by Spotty ON
  A SandWing by Spotty ON
• A Libyan sirocco.
  A Libyan sirocco.
• 
  By Solstice the Icewing

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