Indigo

"Fathom, listen. Our choices are what make us good or evil — what we do, how we help or hurt the world. You make the world a better place by being in it. With or without your magic, that's always been true."

— Indigo to Fathom, Darkstalker

Indigo was an adult female SeaWing who was introduced in Darkstalker. She was the partner of Fathom and the mother of Clearpool, Cowrie, and Ripple.

Her last known location was an island off the coast of the Rainforest Kingdom, where she was raising her three dragonets with her partner, Fathom. She has a pet wooden octopus named Blob, made for her with animus magic by Fathom.

Appearance

Indigo had deep blue scales that are almost purple, dark purple-blue claws, and dark purple eyes.

Personality

Indigo was portrayed a similar figure as Tsunami — she was extremely loyal, courageous, and protective. She was said to be mischievous and funny and loved to play little pranks on Fathom, as shown in Darkstalker. Along with her prankster nature, Indigo was very fierce. She distrusted most NightWings and strongly believed that Darkstalker was evil, going as far as attacking him and holding a sharp metal disk to his throat. Her overprotective self could sometimes lead to conflict between her and Fathom, as she notified him even on the smallest suspicions that seemed completely harmless. She was also noted to be a good listener.

Biography

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Talons of Power
Indigo was featured in one of Turtle's favorite scrolls. The story was about her saving the tribe from a deranged killer, Albatross, who almost massacred the entire royal family.

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Legends

Darkstalker

During the animus test, Indigo fooled around and teased Fathom. Queen Lagoon and Albatross appeared and scolded her. When Fathom politely asked the coconut to hit Albatross, she teased him yet again, telling him that he was allowed to be mean to objects. When the coconut hit Albatross, she asked why Fathom had never told her. He replied that he hadn't known he was an animus. Later, while she, Fathom, and Pearl were at tutoring, Albatross sent a messenger for Fathom. Not wanting to leave his side, Indigo snuck away to watch what they were doing and found them at the Summer Palace. Albatross discovered her spying on them, saying that Queen Lagoon would "not be pleased that you've seen her most secret project." Indigo, characteristically, was defiant and acted as though she didn't care. When Fathom told her excitedly that he was about to do his first enchantment, Albatross told them that they were done with their first lesson and left them alone at the Summer Palace. Indigo and Fathom begin to build a sea castle on the beach. As they do this, Fathom wonders why Albatross suddenly decided to quit. Indigo speculates that it's because he's old and boring and then asks to Fathom whether he thought the queen would stop them from being friends. Fathom declares that he would never let the queen do that. Because Indigo still looks worried, he uses his first enchantment to make an octopus out of driftwood for her, despite her protests that they should wait. Even so, Indigo loves it immediately and names the octopus Blob saying, "He's clearly a Blob. Aren't you Blob?" Indigo is present at the start of The Royal SeaWing Massacre, and she and Fathom later run to one of the over-water pavilions to hide when they realize that Albatross is killing any dragon he can, instead of just dragons that he is mad at. Indigo also tells Fathom that he is the most likely next target. Indigo and Fathom are hiding under a boat when Albatross comes into the pavilion, and Indigo eventually gets out from under the boat and attacks Albatross, trying to give Fathom time to escape. Instead, Fathom orders the spears to kill his grandfather (Albatross) and Indigo seizes his snout to smother any spell he might try to cast. The spears eventually do kill Albatross, but Indigo falls and almost dies. Fathom saves Indigo's life using the pearl necklace that she was wearing. When the massacre ends, Fathom names Indigo as the dragon that killed Albatross, keeping his fatal use of his powers a secret. She is then named the 'Animus Killer.' Years pass until Indigo sees Fathom again. Queen Pearl kept the two dragonets away from each other because it was clear they were in love. When Fathom finds out about Darkstalker being an animus, he decides to go to the Night Kingdom, and Indigo volunteers to go with him. They also take two other guards, Wharf and Lionfish. When they arrive, they attend a party where they first meet Darkstalker. Indigo is immediately suspicious of Darkstalker, even to the point where she holds a razor-sharp dagger to his throat. That is when Darkstalker makes up his mind that he needs to 'dispose of' Indigo. A few weeks, even a month pass, and Darkstalker gets his chance. He enchants a pebble to, when thrown into the room Indigo is in, trap her inside the carving of a SeaWing Fathom made for him. For a good part of the story, she is inside the carving. Nobody knows whether she was conscious or not while she was trapped, or whether it felt like a year or a day to her. Fathom finally gets her out, clutching the carving and enchanting it to release her. While he did that, Clearsight was trapping Darkstalker under the mountain. The two fly away to a secret island, never to be seen by the mainlanders again. They had three dragonets together, Cowrie, Ripple, and Clearpool. They give animus blood down through the line until eventually one of their dragonets finds their way back to the other SeaWings.

Relationships

Clearsight

At first, Indigo distrusted Clearsight but gradually warmed up to her as she proved to be a trustworthy friend. As she was the one to take Darkstalker down, she eventually named one of her dragonets, Clearpool, after her.

Darkstalker

Almost immediately after meeting Darkstalker, Indigo did not trust him and often thought of him in a similar way to Albatross. She almost kills him not too long after their first introduction, but Fathom talked her out of it. Darkstalker wanted revenge, so she was eventually trapped in a dragon carving by Darkstalker, and Indigo was stuck in there until near the end of the book where Fathom used his animus magic to free her.

Fathom

Throughout his whole life, Fathom has shown great compassion for Indigo and she is shown to reciprocate the feeling. The two dragons knew each other since dragonethood, and Indigo often brought Fathom what he needed before he asked for it. Due to her bond with Fathom, she was invited to royal family gatherings despite being the only one there without royal blood. When Albatross went mad after using too much animus magic, she tried to kill Albatross herself. Although in the end, she survived by Fathom's magic, she was ready to sacrifice herself for Fathom to distract Albatross. After the SeaWing Massacre, Queen Pearl separated Indigo from Fathom as she forced Fathom to swear an oath to never have dragonets from fear of having any more animus dragons. Fathom was separated from Indigo for a year to make sure Fathom kept to his oath, which greatly saddened him as he often felt lonely without his friend.

When Fathom was sent to the Night Kingdom by Pearl, Indigo volunteered to go with him as a bodyguard. Even though Pearl disapproved, she had to let Indigo go as Indigo was a hero to the tribe. Indigo was very protective of Fathom when they were in the Night Kingdom (as shown when Indigo nearly killed Clearsight when she tried to hug Fathom) because she feared Darkstalker trying to use his magic on Fathom and on anyone Fathom cared about deeply. She became suspicious of Darkstalker almost immediately after meeting him and distrusted him forever.

Indigo and Fathom could often get into conflict when she became overprotective, even as a guard. This could be shown once when she smashed an enchanted goblet that Darkstalker gave to Fathom as a gift, which angered Darkstalker and disappointed Fathom. In many other scenarios, Indigo warned Fathom of multiple seemingly harmless issues that he often tried to ignore. This often made Fathom exasperated and hurt Indigo's feelings, but she never stopped trying to protect him more than a normal bodyguard would do, unlike Wharf and Lionfish.

She was then enchanted by Darkstalker to turn into a wooden dragon figure that Fathom had carved, as Darkstalker found her an objection to his plans. She was eventually then "brought back to life" by Fathom when he realized that she had been right all along about Darkstalker. She told him she didn't care if he's an animus at all as long as he uses his powers for good. By five years after Darkstalker was enchanted to sleep eternally, she had three dragonets with Fathom. She and her family lived on a deserted island off the shore of the Rainforest Kingdom, far away from the Sea Kingdom's palaces, unknown to the rest of the tribe that they lived happily instead of fleeing along with the NightWings.

Lagoon

Indigo feared the queen due to how openly the latter disliked her. Nevertheless, she tried to be respectful and obedient towards Lagoon.

Pearl

For the majority of her life, Indigo and Pearl had a sisterly relationship, with Pearl always helping her to fit in with the royals. However, after the death of Albatross, Indigo was promoted to Pearl's Honor guard, and Fathom was ordered to stay away from her. Separating Indigo from her beloved Fathom chilled the relationship between Pearl and Indigo. As Fathom and Pearl made their oath Pearl also mentions that Indigo is also her friend and is just trying to keep her safe.

Family Tree

Albatross

Sapphire

Lagoon

Humpback

Eel

Manta

Reef

Splash

Current

Scallop

Pearl

Fathom

Indigo

Clearpool

Cowrie

Ripple

More

Quotes

"Using your magic doesn't make you evil, Fathom! Doing evil things makes you evil! Have you done anything evil lately?"

― about Fathom saying animus magic itself is evil

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"Who, me? What did I say? Nothing, that's what. You're the one being noisy. I'm just sitting here. Perfectly still. A model dragonet, me."

― to Fathom

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"Our choices are what make us good or evil — what we do, how we help or hurt the world. You make the world a better place by being in it. With or without your magic, that's always been true."

― to Fathom

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"He's too dangerous, […] He's already trying to mess with your head, can't you tell? This isn't safe, Fathom. I should kill him right now, to protect everyone."

― to Fathom, about Darkstalker

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"I look like a squid pretending to be a seahorse."

― to Fathom

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"You didn't just eat it! You were smug about it! You totally deserved to be dumped in the koi pond!"

― to Fathom when talking about the time he took the last salmon

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"He's clearly a Blob. Aren't you, Blob?"

― to Blob the octopus

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"It's true. He's really never coming back. You did the right thing, Fathom. You saved Pyrrhia from him forever. It's safe to be happy."

― to Fathom

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"Well done, […] Those pillows will never question your authority again."

― after Fathom punched some pillows out of anger

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"Stop smushing each other into the sand and I'll tell you a story."

― to her fighting dragonets

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"Not to me. Fathom, not to me."

― to Fathom when he states that his talons are dangerous

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"I believe he can be happy without any magic."

― to Darkstalker, about Fathom

Trivia

• Despite not having been the one to stab Albatross, she is credited with it due to Fathom not wanting more attention.
• She prefers belugas over dolphins, as she told Fathom when he tried sculpting a "graceful dolphin" by talon.
• She was the only dragon invited to every royal family gathering despite not having royal blood.
• When she was a dragonet, Indigo and Fathom put squid ink in everyone's toothpaste.

Gallery

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  Reference by Goosefeathers

References

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