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Revision as of 21:22, 4 September 2020
- "I will lead my tribe to safety."
- — Battlewinner, The Dark Secret
Battlewinner was an adult female NightWing queen introduced in The Dark Secret. Before the NightWing Exodus, she was the 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 after leaving her lava cauldron in an attempt to attack Glory and Starflight.
Appearance
Battlewinner had black scales that gleamed like polished ebony against her pool of lava, with buzzing white steam seemingly rising from them[1]. She had dark eyes with a glint of icy blue in their depths, and two of her teeth were the same shade of blue, looking more like icicles than regular teeth[1]. Her throat was lined with pale blue frost, oddly glinting swirling patterns that were feathery or sharp[2]. Her black tongue also had a layer of thin shimmering frost on it[2]. She had heavy shoulders[2], a thickset neck, a battle-scarred snout[1], glistening claws and a thick head[3]. She was massive, as big as Morrowseer[3], and had a creaky, quiet, rough, and eerie voice, like claws scraping on ice several caves away[1], as well as a barking laugh[4]. Whenever she would come out of lava, she would glow horribly with lava dripping between her scales and claws[3].
Personality
Battlewinner was cunning and manipulative as shown when she and Morrowseer wrote the dragonet prophecy in order to find a new home for the NightWings. She was also shown as cruel when she ordered Vengeance to be thrown into lava for upsetting her. She may have also been slightly insane, as she lunged out of her lava cauldron to attack Glory and Starflight, despite knowing that she would die.
Biography
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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 |
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| She had only been mentioned, not by name, when 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 |
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| Though she does not physically appear, she is mentioned by name for the first time by the NightWings that captured Glory. |
| The Dark Secret |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| Unknown | Battlewinner | ||||||||||||||
| Greatness | |||||||||||||||
Quotes
- "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)
Relationships
Morrowseer was Battlewinner's most trusted advisor as shown in The Dark Secret and Assassin. They came up with the dragonet prophecy together.
Greatness was Battlewinner's only daughter and heir to the NightWing throne. Battlewinner wasn't impressed by Greatness, calling her cowardy and a terrible queen. This was true however as Greatness was one of the first who fled into the tunnel, ahead of the rest of her tribe.
Gallery
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Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Dark Secret, page 165
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Dark Secret, page 167
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Dark Secret, page 261
- ↑ The Dark Secret, page 170
