Burn

"No prophecy decides what happens to me. I'm not letting a bunch of words or baby dragons decide when I die or what I bow to. We can have peace when my sisters are dead and I am queen of the SandWings."

— Burn to Hvitur, The Dragonet Prophecy

Template:Charbox Princess Burn was an adult female SandWing who was introduced in The Dragonet Prophecy. She was the most brutal of the three rival sisters who fought for the throne during the War of SandWing Succession. Shortly after the death of Queen Oasis, Burn overtook the SandWing Stronghold and fixed decapitated dragon heads to the top of its walls as a warning to both her own dragons and to outsiders. She was responsible for the death of hundreds, most directly those of the Unnamed Characters#SkyWing dragonet and her brothers Scald and Singe.

Burn was killed in The Brightest Night by a bite from a dragonbite viper, which was given her as a "gift" by her sister, Blister.

Appearance

Burn's scales were described as "pale gold that radiated heat like a desert horizon" and also as pale yellow,her wings are oak blotted, while her eyes were "black as obsidian," with no white to them at all. She was an enormous, heavyset dragon with jagged scars scathed over her scales, one of which was particularly nasty and ran down all along her side under her left wing. Her long, massive claws and teeth ware stained red from all the blood she had shed in the war.

Personality

Burn was described as the largest and most powerful of her siblings, and she used this to her advantage, fighting her way through any obstacles. She was extremely brutal and violent, using brute force to win her battles, cutting down opponents with her sheer size and strength. She was extremely sadistic and loved killing, mutilating, and stuffing things, which she displayed in her Weirdling Tower. The tower was said by Smolder to be "safer than the dungeon, but more psychologically destabilizing" due to the thought that you might actually belong there. Some of the things she included in her Weirdling Tower were a dead stuffed MudWing missing its claws and teeth, hybrid dragons, including what is said to be a SandWing-IceWing, and a wing from a strange dragon, which is said to be from a hybrid, but could possibly be a SilkWing from Pantala. Burn wished to include Sunny in her collection as well. Burn was ruthless, displayed no mercy to her enemies, and had no qualms about viciously killing and mounting the head of anyone who opposed her on the walls of her stronghold. 

Biography

Pre-Series

Burn was the eldest, strongest, and largest of the three daughters of Queen Oasis. She got along fine with her mother, Oasis, who mentioned that if she gave Burn an odd-looking or deformed thing or creature, she would disappear into her room for days to study it. It seemed that Burn was Queen Oasis's favorite daughter, considering how well they got along. After Queen Oasis was supposedly murdered by three treasure-seeking scavengers, Burn became embroiled in conflict for the throne of the SandWings with her two younger sisters, Blaze and Blister. She also had three brothers, the only living one being Smolder, whom she was shown to abuse, and she had killed her other two brothers, Prince Scald and Prince Singe for unknown reasons, most likely because of disobedience or doing something without Burn's permission. The princes were described to have been killed for "annoying" her. Shortly after Queen Oasis's death, Burn took over the palace and either drove Blaze and Blister out, or Blister and Blaze escaped before she got to them. Burn was allied with the SkyWings and MudWings, two very powerful fighting tribes, and appeared to be winning the war.

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The Dragonet Prophecy

The Dragonet Prophecy

Burn was the SandWing who murdered Hvitur, one of the guardians of the dragonets, and the SkyWing egg the night before the brightest night, the day on which the Dragonets of Destiny would hatch. Burn shoving Scarlet into the venom so she wouldn't get hit by it. She traveled all the way from her stronghold after Queen Scarlet captured the Dragonets of Destiny. She intended to watch Scarlet dispose of the dragonets in her gladiatorial arena and take Sunny back with her for her collection of oddities, but the dragonets escaped when Glory attempted to spray venom on Burn. Burn, using Queen Scarlet as a shield, shot into the sky. She later sent out search parties after the dragonets, who managed to avoid them.

The Lost Heir
Burn was mentioned briefly when Anemone, Tsunami and Whirlpool where discussing the things that Anemone could do with her animus magic, such as enchant a spear to kill Burn and win the war for Blister.

The Hidden Kingdom

After the escape of the dragonets, Burn took Queen Scarlet prisoner to "keep her safe", and because she was "in no condition to battle Ruby for the throne." With Scarlet being imprisoned, Ruby became the functioning queen of the SkyWings. Burn considers Ruby to be an unsatisfactory ruler because she refuses to join any battle on Burn's side until she has "restored order to the Sky Kingdom" and "established the stability of her own throne." Burn is put forward as a possible kidnapper of RainWings, but Glory shoots down that idea, saying that Burn doesn't like pretty things, but rather "horribly weird things."

The Dark Secret
In the epilogue, Burn is shown in her stronghold, discussing the Dragonets of Destiny with Smolder. She and Smolder decide to kill all five of the dragonets. She refers to Scarlet as her guest rather than her prisoner.

The Brightest Night

Burn appeared at her stronghold when the dragonets of destiny were choosing the SandWing queen. Blister mentioned the gift she gave her, and Burn ordered Smolder to bring it to her. Worried, Sunny told Burn to be careful, and Burn mocked Blister, pulling out the dragonbite viper that was inside the box. Burn took a few steps toward Blister, planning to have it bite her. A second viper lunged out of the box, biting Burn's ankle and killing her. Smolder commented that he never thought he'd outlive Burn.

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The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Moon Rising
Burn was first mentioned by two unknown SandWing students at Jade Mountain Academy saying that "Burn would have been a strong queen" but were ultimately glad Thorn was queen instead. She was mentioned again by Qibli while talking to Onyx saying "I’m amazed you were able to avoid Burn's soldiers for so long".

Winter Turning
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Escaping Peril

Burn is seen in the prologue of Escaping Peril seated next to Queen Scarlet as she first reveals Peril to her children and other SkyWings of importance. Scarlet tells them how Burn killed a Talons of Peace IceWing (Hvitur) that was trying to steal a SkyWing egg, and that they must destroy all the SkyWing eggs hatching on the Brightest Night. Burn is anxious to kill the rest of the eggs, but Scarlet makes a show of it, having Peril burn the eggs.

Talons of Power
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Darkness of Dragons
Burn was briefly mentioned by Palm as one of the three dragons who may have let Queen Oasis know about her and Smolder.

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Legends

Dragonslayer

Burn was seen by a few scavengers flying over the grate, and they theorized someone else was visiting. She was seen by Leaf leaving with Queen Scarlet to deal with the music, along with a few guards.  Later, Leaf sees Queen Scarlet unconscious beneath her throne. Burn enters the room with a few guards, has them pick her up, and they all flew out again. Leaf interprets this as a SandWing attack on the SkyWings.

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Winglets

Prisoners
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Assassin
Burn was briefly mentioned by Morrowseer who was telling Deathbringer his next mission.

Deserter

Burn and Blister lured their sister, Blaze, into a sandstorm. After Six-Claws rescued her, he went into training for the army. After the death of Queen Oasis, Six-Claws served as a general in Burn's army, under the condition that she received his unusual talons after his death. She told him that when he dies, his army is to cut off his talons and give them to her for her to collect. She was later seen arguing with Six-Claws about attacking the MudWings instead of finding Blaze. During the ensuing argument, she crippled Dune so he was unable to fly again. This was one of the events that placed doubt in Six-Claws, causing him to leave the army with Dune and Kindle.

Relationships

The Dragonets of Destiny

Burn didn't trust prophecies whatsoever. She thought it would be safer to just kill the Dragonets of Destiny instead of waiting for them to choose her. Since they could have gotten in the way of the throne, Burn didn't want to risk them not choosing her.

Princess Blister and Blaze

Burn despised both of her sisters and didn't seem to have a good relationship with them even before the war started. She was willing, even eager, to kill both of them to claim the throne. She was stated to like Blister better than Blaze (in which Blister was stated to like Burn better than Blaze). Both she and Blister once plotted to kill Blaze as dragonets. Blister despised Burn as well, starting the war because she knew she couldn't defeat Burn in claw-to-claw combat. Ultimately, Burn's death was at the claws of Blister.

Ex-Prince Smolder

Smolder was the only brother that Burn allowed to live. However, she tended to feel uncomfortable around Smolder because he has a similar appearance to Blister. It was implied many times that Burn seemed to threaten Smolder with death so he'd obey her orders at all times, as Smolder fears for his life whenever something goes wrong. 

Queen Oasis

Oasis and Princess Burn had a good relationship, stated by Oasis to be "odd but reasonable". Oasis could easily distract Burn by giving her something strange, and Burn would go into her room for days to study it. At the stronghold during the Brightest Night, Thorn comments that she was impressed at Burn's poetic tombstone for Queen Oasis. It is suggested that she actually mourned for Oasis, who thought that she and Burn "actually got along, in a way."

Six-Claws

He served her for twelve years during the war and was a general. The two got along fairly well until Six-Claws argued against her orders, which strained their relationship. Burn seemed to be more sparing towards Six-Claws than other odd dragons, and did not kill him right away. Instead, she wanted his talons hung up after his death, which never happened.

Family Tree

Char

Oasis

2 Dragons

Scald

Singe

Burn

Blister

Blaze

Prickle

Palm

Smolder

Onyx

Quotes

"I don't care. No prophecy decides what happens to me. I'm not letting a bunch of words or baby dragons decide when I die or what I bow to. We can have peace when my sisters are dead and I am queen of the SandWings."

― to Hvitur

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"So, IceWing. Is this egg a part of your pathetic prophecy?"

― before dropping the SkyWing egg

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"The world doesn't need a prophecy. It needs me as Queen of the SandWings."

― to Scarlet

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"The supposed new queen of the SkyWings is a bore and a nuisance, [...] She wants to 'restore order in the Sky Kingdom' and 'establish the stability of her own throne' before engaging in any more battles at my side. She's even more difficult than her annoying mother, and she follows orders very poorly, if at all. We haven't had a satisfying battle in weeks. I'm considering getting rid of her."

― to Smolder, about Queen Ruby

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"It is. I really need to kill something. It's been too long since I last ripped out a dragon's throat."

― to Smolder

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"No, no, [...] Queen Scarlet is our guest. For now. I may change my mind once I decide how useful she can be. [...] No, I have another victim in mind. Five of them, in fact."

― to Smolder

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"Oh, I will, [...] Everyone will finally shut up about the wonderful 'dragonets of destiny' when I have their heads mounted on spikes on my walls. [...] Mark my words. Soon we'll put an end to this prophecy nonsense once and for all."

― to Smolder

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"First, I kill my sisters. Then I kill all of you, and I`ll stuff you and spend the next hundred years telling your dead faces about peaceful solutions."

― to the Dragonets of Destiny.

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"Of course it is, especially if it is from my clever little sister. Sending me a present, thinking I'll open it without any suspicion. As if I didn't recognize the hiss of a dragonbite viper when I hear it."

― to Sunny, when Smolder gives her a box from Blister containing two dragonbite vipers.

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"I'll kill you - I'll claw that - it hurts - stop it - stop the-"

― her last words, after being bitten by a Dragonbite Viper

Trivia

• Burn was the oldest and the biggest out of her siblings.
• She was the first and only known dragon to die of a dragonbite viper bite, and the first of two dragons to be bitten, the second being Clay.
• She has been noted as one of the largest dragons in the series.
• It was stated that Burn was not interested in having dragonets.
• In the main series, Burn was described as having eyes like black orbs, with no white to them; in the graphic novel, however, she has brown eyes.
• Burn has scars all over her body, however, in the graphic novel she has none.
• In the graphic novel, she was shown to be smaller than Morrowseer.
• Burn is shown in a chest plate in The Dragonet Prophecy Graphic Novel but there is no mention of it in the original series (like how Blister is shown with a helmet). She is also shown with a hatchet in The Hidden Kingdom Graphic Novel, which is also never mentioned.
• Burn and her two sisters may represent 'the three B's', the brains (Blister), the brawn (Burn), and the beauty (Blaze).
• Tui confirmed in an annotated version of The Dragonet Prophecy that Burn was envious of Scarlet's possession of Glory, and would have liked to experiment with the RainWing, perhaps peeling off her scales.

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