Qibli

Qibli is a male SandWing dragonet around Sunny's age, possibly a year or two younger. He has light-yellow scales, and brown speckles on his snout, like Thorn. He also wears a dark amber earring in one ear, and has a zigzag scar across his nose. Being a student at the Jade Mountain Academy, he attends the Jade Winglet.

Biography

The Brightest Night

He first appears when Thorn pins Preyhunter to the ground. He shot forward along with Six-Claws when Preyhunter lashes out. When the NightWing was killed by Thorn, he stood beside the body looking "as if he'd very much like to stab it again, just to be sure."

Later, he follows Thorn and Sunny before they talk about the "Wanted" posters around the Scorpion Den. He tells Thorn he's not leaving her alone with a stranger, showing his loyalty towards Thorn. When Six-Claws informs Thorn that there's been reports of a dragonbite viper, she leaves and Qibli is left alone with Sunny. She asks him what a dragonbite viper is, and he tells her that it's the only snake in Pyrrhia that can kill a dragon. After, Sunny asks him if Thorn was his mother also. He denies it, saying that she saved him from his real mother, and that his brothers hated him. As Sunny lies down on a pillow, she asks what the Outclaws do. He tells her that they basically are in charge of the Scorpion Den, and is enraged when she starts to fall asleep.

When the Outclaws attack Burn's Stronghold, he fights alongside Thorn and Six-Claws. As a SandWing soldier was about to stab Thorn, he knocked him away. Sunny and Thorn get locked into a room by Smolder, and when they escape, Thorn gathers her Outclaws and retreats. Qibli remarks that he never trusted Smolder.

Quotes

• "I'm not leaving you alone with no stranger. All prophecy-like or not."
• "Ha! Moons, no. She saved me from my mother. Besides, the way I understand it, there's only ever been one egg for Thorn, and that's you- if you are who you say you are."
• "I didn't trust that Smolder dragon. I knew there'd be trouble! Didn't I say so? Can't trust a royal, that's what I always say."
• "Are you falling asleep in the middle of my fascinating explanation?"

Trivia

• There is a chance that he could be the SandWing protagonist in the tenth Wings of Fire book, with another possibility being Ostrich.
• He is most likely the SandWing dragonet that was based on Tui's son.
• Qibli likely thinks of himself as Thorn's bodyguard.