Cliff

"Mommy says I'm special. Everyone say it. I be number one most beautiful singer in Pyrrhia one day! Friends with every dragon in the whole world! Mommy thinks I can do anything and great things and all things!"

— Cliff to Peril, Escaping Peril

Template:Charbox Prince Cliff is a male SkyWing dragonet who was first introduced in Escaping Peril. He is Queen Ruby's son and Ex-Queen Scarlet's grandson. He currently lives in Queen Ruby's Palace.

Appearance

Cliff is a very young SkyWing dragonet, less than a year old, with dark red scales. His wings are dark orange and his underscales are an orangish pink, similar to his mother when she is in the form of Queen Ruby. He was described to be small with a long neck and is noted by Peril to be one of the smallest dragonets she had ever seen, as she mentions if she had firescales back, she would not get nearly as close as she was. He has huge, golden-orange eyes that are "close to the color of goldfish," and "prettier than Scarlet's yellow eyes."

Personality

Cliff is very self-centered, as a young dragonet and prince, and has a passion for singing and songwriting. This attitude may have been created or heavily influenced by his mother, as she tells him that he is amazing at everything and loves him dearly. He seems to care deeply about his mother, thinks great things of her, and obeys her orders relatively well, if with an immense amount of enthusiasm. He often praises her ability and kindness towards her subjects and becomes upset with those who oppose her. In Escaping Peril, he shows his SkyWing pride by composing a song, which includes a few lines about his mother and how she is a "better queen than all the rest". He appears to be very bright and a quick learner as well. Although when he seems to fear Peril when they first meet, he starts to change his attitude towards her after she wished she could give him a hug to show that she wasn't scary anymore. Now, they seem to be becoming friends. When he grows up, he hopes to be a great singer and "friends with every dragon in Pyrrhia", summing up the majority of his personality in six words. As an enthusiastic, confident SkyWing prince, he hates being called ordinary, and he thinks being lonely would be better than being ordinary, the opposite of Peril's view on the subject. He can be extremely funny at times, and very empathetic towards others.

Biography

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Escaping Peril

While Peril was under Chameleon's spell, Scarlet requested to see Cliff, Ruby's son. She used him as a bargaining chip against Ruby. When they captured him, they put him on a stone pillar because he claimed he couldn't fly very well. However, Scarlet was unaware that SkyWings can fly at a very young age, because she "avoids dragonets like the plague," and after he sang a song about his mother, Ruby, he managed to fly off the pillar and get to where his mother was being held while Peril wasn't watching. Later, Peril promised to protect him if anything happened to Ruby during the challenge against Scarlet, in which he shouted, "I want! to SEE! MOMMY KILL GRANDMA!" clearly expressing his childish and enthusiastic personality. Peril laughed and called him a "bloodthirsty little barbarian," Afterward, Ruby was very thankful to Peril for protecting Cliff, wondering what would have happened if he had firescales, and therefore forgave Peril for killing many dragons in Queen Scarlet's arena, allowing her back in the Sky Kingdom.

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Legends

Dragonslayer

When Leaf goes back to the kitchen in the SkyWing Palace after the dragonets of destiny escape, he encounters Cliff playing underneath a table. Cliff attempts to play with Leaf and starts singing when Leaf asks him for a key to open the kitchen grate. When Ruby hears the singing and comes over to investigate, Cliff excitedly points to Leaf and apparently asks her for the key. Ruby sighs, retrieves the key from the wall and gives it to her son, who then happily places it in Leaf's hands before following his mother out of the kitchen, leaving Leaf bewildered. However, Cliff is not directly named in the novel.

Relationships

Queen Ruby

Queen Ruby is Cliff's mother. Scarlet said that Ruby lit up for the first time when Cliff was born, leading us to think that she cares very much about her young son and that the day he was born was one of, if not the happiest, days of her life. Ruby is clearly devoted to her dragonet, as she was willing to give up her throne if it meant he would live despite his protests. Ruby would likely not be able to live with herself if something happened to him. When Ruby returned to being Tourmaline, she seemed distressed and upset that Cliff did not recognize or accept her as his mother. This played a role in why Tourmaline chose to return to being Ruby. Ruby and Cliff clearly care very, very deeply about each other. While the queen was being taken off by her soldiers, she told Cliff to be brave and that he would change the world. Cliff has an immense amount of faith in his mother, and she tells him that he will do extraordinary things so often that Cliff didn't believe Scarlet when she said he wouldn't. She praises her son for his singing, loving him, and reminding him that he's special. The two have a close bond in which Ruby would do anything for him, while Cliff is immensely proud of his mother's accomplishments and defends her. Cliff looks up to Ruby as the best queen in the world and would probably do anything to appease her.

Peril

Though she was at first his captor, Peril and Cliff appeared to become friends. Cliff did not show much fear towards the older dragon, instead of seeming to enjoy her company. He sang a song to her, which he named We the Dragons of the Sky, and enjoyed talking to her. Cliff was delighted when he and Peril saved the day together. His mother may owe Peril her and her son's life. From their conversations, Peril and Cliff seem to share a close bond, perhaps even similar to a brother-sister one.

Ex-Queen Scarlet

Though they are related through blood, Cliff did not appear to be on the best of terms with his grandmother. He knows Scarlet is mean. This can be seen by the fact that Cliff loudly encourages his mother to kill his grandmother ("I want! To SEE! MOMMY KILL GRANDMA!") when Ruby and Scarlet faced off against each other. Scarlet describes Cliff as "There were no sparks. But then she saw you, and suddenly, there were sparks." Which, for the first time in a long time, it was a reaction she did not understand at all, and she compared Ruby's delight to the feeling of a dragon who has just received a treasure. Scarlet did not see this expression, or 'spark,' as love. Cliff was delighted when Ruby killed her.

Family Tree

Carmine

Sunset

Several Generations

More

Firestorm

Unknown

Canyon

Scarlet

3 Dragons

Vermilion

Hawk

11 Dragons

2 Dragons

Ruby

Unknown

Cliff

Quotes

"Yup, [...] I gotta practice my 'no, no, leave me alone' face, or else everyone want to be with me ALLLLLLS the time."

― to Peril, in Escaping Peril

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"WHAT? [...] Mommy says I'm special. Everyone say it. I be number one most beautiful singer in Pyrrhia one day! Friends with every dragon in the whole world! Mommy thinks I can do anything and great things and all things!"

― to Peril, about Ruby

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"Mommy, [...] Mommy, I have to tell you something. Mommy! Grandma is kind of mean."

― to Ruby, about Scarlet

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"I'm not a moonbeam! [...] Today I'm a super-secret stealth agent flier hero of the world."

― to Ruby

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"I WON'T get upset! [...] I want! to SEE! MOMMY KILL GRANDMA!"

― to Peril, about watching the royal challenge

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"Where's Mommy? [...] You said you not a bad guy. You said that! Where did you put her? I want Mommy back!"

― to Peril, when Ruby turned back into Tourmaline in Escaping Peril.

Trivia

• Though Qibli is roughly based off Tui's son, Elliot, Cliff is the one she said resembled him more.
• Tui said Cliff is her favorite minor character.
• Cliff is based on Tui's youngest son when he was "four and crazy".
• If Cliff is Ruby's biological son, then similarly to Peril, Cliff is technically a half  "artificial" SkyWing due to Ruby being an enchantment on Tourmaline. One half of his SkyWing blood would be influenced by magic, although he is still full SkyWing, assuming his other parent was a full-blooded SkyWing.
• Cliff is the third dragon to be the child of an enchantment.
• Cliff is likely the tiny long-necked dragonet Leaf runs into in the kitchen of the Sky Palace in Dragonslayer, since he attempts singing, would be the right age, and had a caretaker who could have been Ruby.

Gallery

• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing

References

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