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"'I will lead my tribe to safety."
— Queen Battlewinner, The Dark Secret

Template:Charbox Queen Battlewinner was an adult female NightWing who was introduced in The Dark Secret. Before the NightWing Exodus, Battlewinner was ruler of the NightWings and was described in A NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia to be "a closely guarded secret." She froze to death in The Dark Secret after leaving her cauldron in an attempt to attack Glory and Starflight.

Appearance

Battlewinner looked like a typical NightWing, with black scales that gleamed like polished ebony. However, due to the ice inside her body, her eyes were tinged with pale blue, creating a supernatural effect[1]. The entire inside of her mouth, the walls of her throat, and presumably all of her internal organs were covered in ice. The walls of her throat were lined with pale blue frost in small swirling patterns that were described to be feathery or sharp and glinted oddly[2]. Starflight remarked that her teeth "looked more like icicles than fangs"[1]. There was a thin layer of shimmering frost on her tongue[2]. If she stayed outside of lava for too long, frost would begin to encase her entire body, starting with all of her internal organs. Battlewinner was massive, described to be as big as Morrowseer[3], with heavy shoulders. She had a battle-scarred snout[1], and her voice was hard to hear - creaky, quiet, rough, and eerie, like claws scraping on ice several caves away. Whenever she spoke, she would often break into a coughing fit, probably due to the ice in her throat.

Biography

Pre-Series

At one time, possibly after the initial eruption of the NightWing Volcano that destroyed part of the fortress, Battlewinner led expeditions to find a new home for her tribe. During one such venture, she was attacked by an IceWing, possibly due to the two tribes' bitter rivalry. She escaped alive, but the IceWing blasted her in the mouth with frostbreath, which should have frozen Battlewinner from the inside out. The only reason that she didn't die immediately was her ability to breathe fire: her internal fire reservoir counteracted the ice long enough for her to fly back to the island. In desperation, she dove into a lava pool, hoping to die quickly, but instead, it created a balance where the external heat prevented the ice from killing her. However, this left her unable to ever leave the lava without the ice completely encasing her body and becoming an ice statue, and then dying.

To prevent other dragons from learning of her weakness, Battlewinner had a hidden room created behind the NightWings' council chamber and lived in a cauldron filled with lava as big as two Morrowseer's. This way, she could watch her tribe and make her image more mysterious and powerful. When she "speaks", she uses her daughter, Princess Greatness, as a voice.

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Dragonet Prophecy
She had only been mentioned, not by name, when Queen Scarlet spoke to Morrowseer, suggesting that the NightWing queen should come to discuss the matter of Starflight with her. Morrowseer then hissed and told her not to anger the NightWings. Morrowseer and Battlewinner, the authors of the prophecy, had written the prophecy so that the NightWings could join the war. The part saying "Darkness will rise to bring the light" refers to the NightWings winning the war and taking over, which they personally see as the only meaningful line.
The Lost Heir
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The Hidden Kingdom
Though she does not physically appear, she is mentioned by name for the first time by the NightWings that captured Glory.
The Dark Secret
Starflight and Fatespeaker crept into Battlewinner's private chamber from behind a map in the NightWing Fortress and found that she lived in a cauldron of lava. After Starflight burst out about the scientific impossibility of surviving these conditions, the queen explained more about her reasons for keeping herself hidden. Starflight said that he could hear the ice breaking as she tried to talk. She was planning to wage war on the RainWings in lava-filled armor designed invented by Mastermind so she could lead the battle. When she left her lava cauldron to attack Starflight and Glory, the balance between fire and ice in her body tipped. Despite Mastermind's efforts to save her using the special armor, Battlewinner froze to death within a matter of seconds.
The Brightest Night
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The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Moon Rising
In the prologue, Secretkeeper gave the excuse of hunting food for Battlewinner so she can go through the tunnel.
Winter Turning
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Winglets

Prisoners
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Assassin
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Family Tree

Vigilance
Several Dragons
Several Generations
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Greatness


Quotes

"Don't make me [kill you], [...] How [did you get in here]?"
― to Starflight and Fatespeaker (The Dark Secret, page 166)
"Anything to... save the tribe, [...] Leave now."
― to Starflight, about what the NightWings are doing (The Dark Secret, page 170)
"[The NightWings] Must do this right, [...] Can't trust you to invade properly."
― to Greatness (The Dark Secret, page 257)
"Funny [that the RainWings would attack us]."
― to Glory (The Dark Secret, page 257)
"I see one [possibility], [...] You die."
― to Glory (The Dark Secret, page 258)
"NEVER! [...] We'll never bow to the RainWings."
― to Glory, about her plan (The Dark Secret, page 260)
"You never wanted to be queen, [...] You're a pathetic heir."
― to Greatness (The Dark Secret, page 260)
"I am their [the NightWing] queen. I am."
― to Glory and Starflight (The Dark Secret, page 260)
"I will lead my tribe to safety."
― final words (The Dark Secret, page 262)

Trivia

  • Queen Battlewinner is one of the four queens who have died in the main series, the others being Queen Oasis, Ex-Queen Scarlet, and Queen Glacier.
  • Tui confirmed that the IceWing that shot frostbreath in her throat is unknown.
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Dark Secret, page 165
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Dark Secret, page 167
  3. ↑ The Dark Secret, page 261


NightWings
Queens

Present: Battlewinner • Darkstalker • Glory
Historical: Vigilance

Royalty

Greatness

Jade Mountain

Bigtail • Fatespeaker • Fearless • Mightyclaws • Mindreader • Moonwatcher • Starflight

Other Dragons
(Present)

Bonecruncher • Deadlyclaws • Deathbringer • Eclipse • Farsight • Fierceteeth • Mastermind • Morrowseer • Obsidian • Preyhunter • Quickstrike • Secretkeeper • Shapeshifter • Slaughter • Smokeseer • Stonemover • Strongwings • Vengeance • Wisdom

Other Dragons
(Historical)

Allknowing • Clearsight • Discretion • Foeslayer • Foreseer • Jewel-eyes • Listener • Morrowwatcher • Prudence • Quickdeath • Starclaws • Swiftwings • Thoughtful • Truthfinder • Tunesmith • Vision

Hybrids

Darkstalker • Whiteout • Eclipse • Fierceclaws • Peacemaker • Shadowhunter • Sunny • Firefly • Commodore • Jewel • Orange • Tortoiseshell • Tortoiseshell

Folklore

Comet • Mindhealer • The Prophetess

Kingdom

NightWing island: NightWing tunnels
Lost city of night: Renewal
Rainforest Kingdom: NightWing village

Kingdom
(Historical)

Lost city of night: Borderland Mountain • Clearsight's home • Darkstalker's home • Great Diamond • Museum • NightWing library • NightWing palace • NightWing school • North Beach

Society

NightWing Exodus

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