Cattail

"Asha got all excited about that. Don't know why; the village has a red egg every few years or so. But I didn't lose it."

— Cattail to Clay about his egg in The Dragonet Prophecy.

Template:Charbox Cattail is an adult female MudWing and the mother of Clay, Umber, Reed, Sora, Pheasant, Crane, and Marsh, as well as a sister to Asha, a former member of the Talons of Peace. She sold Clay's egg to the Talons of Peace for two or more cows, which she was quite nonchalant about in The Dragonet Prophecy. Her current status is unknown.

Appearance

Cattail is a thin, brown, female MudWing with mud-brown eyes that have yellow rings around each pupil. Her wings are pale brown and have dappled patterns of paler scales on them.

Biography

Pre-Series

Cattail had Clay and his sibs after a breeding night in the outer region of the Mud Kingdom. Her sister, Asha, saw Clay to be the potential MudWing dragonet of the prophecy, seeing as his egg was blood-red and would hatch on the brightest night. Cattail didn't really care what happened to her eggs, like most MudWings, so she sold his egg to the Talons of Peace in exchange for at least two cows, and appeared to have no guilt or remorse towards the deal.

The Dragonet Prophecy

When Clay made his way back to her in the company of Glory (who was disguised as a MudWing), Cattail was irritated at his lack of knowledge about the traditions of MudWings. She also showed little to no attachment to her dragonets, which is common behavior for most MudWing mothers, but left Clay very upset because his fantasies of his frantic mother and father were not true.

Relationships

Clay

Though Clay, while growing up under the mountain, had many fantasies about his mother and father, who he hoped had cared about him and been frantic when his egg was "stolen", Cattail, like many MudWing mothers, didn't seem to particularly care about her dragonets, and didn't even know who their father was. In fact, the Talons of Peace didn't even have to steal Clay's egg- Cattail sold it to them for a couple of cows. She told Clay that "There were six other eggs in the hatching. They didn't need you."

Asha

Cattail seems to have cared about her sister, having been distraught after learning that Asha had died shortly after delivering Clay's egg and saying that their bigwings would be furious, but also commented that her sister had been "softhearted and mushy about crazy things" and had loved to preach about the prophecy and peace to the other dragons of their village. Cattail remarked that "She left a lot of blithering, dreamy-eyed dragons behind in this village, let me tell you".

Family Tree

Unnamed Dragons

Asha

Cattail

Unknown

Clay

Reed

Pheasant

Sora

Marsh

Crane

Umber

Trivia

• A cattail is a kind of plant that grows in swamps and wetlands. Cattail ends are hairy, making them look like a cat's tail.
• Cattail is apparently one of the "lowest-born MudWings" according to Kestrel because she lives around the Diamond Spray Delta

Gallery

• 
  A typical MudWing (colored), by Joy Ang
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  A typical MudWing (lineart), by Joy Ang
• A typical MudWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
  A typical MudWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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  By purrpurr101
• By HuskyTheIcewing
  By HuskyTheIcewing
• By JBdino625
  By JBdino625
• By PerilTheSkyWing
  By PerilTheSkyWing
• 
  By Snowflake
• By Wisteria
  By Wisteria
• By xTheDragonRebornx and how she imagines Cattail
  By xTheDragonRebornx and how she imagines Cattail
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  MudWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
• 
  Real life cattails
• Cattail by Ta-ak
  Cattail by Ta-ak
• Cattail by QueenClam
  Cattail by QueenClam
• Cattail
  Cattail

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