Riptide

"Please listen. I joined them because I wanted to find out more about my father, but they wouldn't tell me anything except that he was safe. I've been working with them for a few years now, passing them information about the SeaWings."

— Riptide to Tsunami about joining the Talons of Peace, The Lost Heir

Template:Charbox Riptide is a young male SeaWing who was introduced in The Lost Heir as a member of the Talons of Peace and as a patrol guard for Queen Coral. Riptide is often looked down upon by the royal family and others, for being the son of Webs, who fled during a battle and later returned to the Kingdom of the Sea to steal Tsunami's egg.

After Nautilus abdicated his position as the leader of the Talons of Peace, Riptide took charge as its new leader. He is currently in a long-distance relationship with Tsunami.

Appearance

Riptide has sky-blue scales, dark blue horns, a pale blue underbelly that almost looks white and dark blue eyes that are nearly black. He is large and well-built, with sharp, hooked claws and a massive tail. He also has several scars, including an old bite mark on his tail, claw scars along his underbelly, and slashes across his snout. According to Tsunami, he has a friendly-looking face and is quite handsome. However, she thinks that the scars on his face somewhat ruined his "handsome" snout. It is shown in the graphic novel that he wears armor over his chest and shoulders. In the graphic novel, he is a little bigger than his father, Webs.

Personality

Riptide is kind-hearted, charming, and humorous. He dislikes his reputation as a lowly traitor because of his father's crimes, yet he still respects the royal family's authority and does not often argue with them. He is intelligent and observant, as he noticed that Tsunami looked sad instead of guilty during a misunderstanding in The Lost Heir and concluded that she probably was not lying to him. Riptide is protective and loyal towards those he loves, although simultaneously respectful of their independence. He doesn't necessarily want to be a cunning or manipulative dragon, but is a good liar, and will use this skill when he feels it is necessary. He is often willing to offer his help and gave Tsunami sufficient Aquatic lessons in The Lost Heir. Riptide demonstrated being light-hearted, calm, and open-minded on numerous occasions, such as when he accepted the dragonets of destiny as allies after Tsunami explained that they were not trying to harm the SeaWings. Riptide seems to prefer to hear the hard truth rather than an easy lie, demonstrated when he asked for Tsunami's true opinion on his father. He is also courageous, as he fought against an enemy SkyWing group to help his tribe despite being imprisoned by Queen Coral only hours earlier. He is fairly empathetic and doesn't seem to hold grudges very easily.

Biography

Pre-Series

When Riptide was two years old, Webs fled in the middle of a battle and later returned in secret to the Deep Palace to steal Tsunami's egg from the Royal Hatchery for the Dragonet Prophecy. Webs quickly became infamous for his treachery throughout the SeaWing tribe and consequently created an unfortunate situation for his son Riptide, who was also unfairly believed to be a traitor at heart because of his father's crimes. Queen Coral, in particular, hated the young SeaWing, and assigned him to the lowest of duties: guarding the border of SeaWing territory, as far away from the palaces and SeaWing civilization as possible. Despite the bad rumors, Riptide always wanted to know his father and eventually joined the Talons of Peace in hopes of seeing Webs again. The Talons would only ever tell Riptide that his father was safe, even though Riptide passed them important information about the SeaWings for years.

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The Dragonet Prophecy

The Lost Heir

Riptide first appeared on patrol duty in the Kingdom of the Sea. After he briefly spoke with Nautilus in Aquatic, Tsunami revealed herself to Riptide and he fled, but accidentally smacked into the side of a passing whale. After pinning him down, Riptide flashed his scales at Tsunami, saying something in Aquatic, and Tsunami responded by flashing some of her scales. Then, Riptide lunged at her and Tsunami, thinking that Riptide was trying to attack her, swam to the surface. It was then revealed that when Tsunami flashed her scales to show Riptide she was also a SeaWing, she had unknowingly flashed that she liked him in Aquatic, saying: "Hey, sparkling teeth, I totally love three of your claws but not the others, and I wish your snout was a herring so I could eat it and also your wings sound like sharks snoring." After learning about her inability to speak and understand Aquatic, he became suspicious, but noticed Tsunami's sad expression and assumed that she wasn't lying about being a real SeaWing. Clay flew over, but Riptide, attempting to protect Tsunami from Clay, threw Tsunami down into the water, which Clay thought was hostile. After seeing Clay, he tried to injure him (as MudWings and SeaWings were enemies during the war), getting into a fight with Clay, but Tsunami angrily separated them and explained that they were the Dragonets of Destiny; Riptide ceased his attack after her intervention. Clay realized that Riptide wasn't trying to hurt Tsunami as he protested, confused.

After blindfolding Clay and Sunny (Glory convinced him that if he blindfolded her, he was scared of RainWings. Starflight said the NightWings would know where their island was, whether they blindfolded him or not), Riptide reluctantly agreed to take Tsunami and her friends to the Summer Palace as Tsunami pointed out what her mother's reaction would be if he didn't bring her back. They were confronted by the advance guard, although Tsunami eventually convinced Shark to let them through. After they entered the tunnel that led to the palace, Riptide removed Clay and Sunny's blindfolds and led them forward with glowing scales. After their arrival, Riptide told Tsunami a summary about the palace's architecture and history and took the Dragonets of Destiny to the top pavilion, where they could wait for Queen Coral to return from the Deep Palace. After Queen Coral and Anemone arrived, Riptide went back to guard duty on the queen's annoyed orders.

As Tsunami and several other SeaWings swam to an island near the Summer Palace to investigate a dead SkyWing (who was later revealed to be Kestrel), Tsunami saw Riptide following her from a distance, and they waved to one another.

Later, as Tsunami was resting outside the Summer Palace in a cave near the sea, Riptide approached her. Riptide expressed that he'd like Tsunami to tell him about Webs, and although Tsunami listed several good things about her former guardian, Riptide asked to hear about his father's flaws as well, insisting that it'd be okay. Riptide also taught Tsunami a small portion of Aquatic, including the phrases 'squid-brain' and 'I will protect you', as well as how to indicate different types of danger. After Tsunami realized her friends may be in danger from Shark and his guards, however, she quickly left for the Summer Palace.

The following day, Webs had been found at the Summer Palace and Coral decided she wanted to execute him for his crimes. Soon after, Riptide was found sneaking around outside the palace as well. Coral accused Riptide of working with his father and threw them both in prison, despite Tsunami's futile protests. Coral was convinced that Webs was the assassin that had been killing off her heirs for years, and she wanted her last egg (which was being guarded by Tsunami) to be put back into the royal hatchery. However, Tsunami knew that Webs was not the assassin and the egg was still in danger. She made a deal that if she caught the assassin, she had to let Riptide go. Queen Coral, thinking that she already had the assassins, agreed.

That night, Tsunami stayed in the hatchery with the last female egg. The assassin turned out to be a statue of Orca, placed inside the hatchery. The statue remained there after her death, killing all of Coral's daughters. Tsunami survived its attack and saved Queen Coral's last daughter. The statue was later destroyed by Coral.

Coral agreed to release Riptide but said he could not stay with the SeaWings. The dragonets had decided to leave the Kingdom of the Sea, and Tsunami suggested he could come with them. Blister, however, who was at the palace at the time, didn't want the dragonets to leave. To keep them all from leaving, Blister tricked Queen Coral into putting the dragonets in her prison. Anemone, Tsunami's younger sister, slipped away from her mother and freed the dragonets. The dragonets then released Riptide and Webs from their cage and then prepared to leave. Riptide then revealed to Tsunami that he had joined the Talons of Peace to learn more about his father, though they told him nothing. Tsunami was mad at Riptide for lying to her, but at the same moment, the SeaWing palace was attacked by the SkyWings and the MudWings, who had followed Webs to the Summer Palace. The dragonets and Webs escaped, but Riptide stayed to fight against Burn's alliance. Tsunami wasn't sure she had forgiven Riptide for lying to her, but she did hope to see him again.

The Brightest Night

Riptide was seen when Sunny, Tsunami, and Ochre went to the Talons of Peace's camp. There, he explained a few of the significant members of the Talons of Peace, such as Flame's mother, Avalanche. He is also present at Burn's stronghold near the end of the book and helps to hold Clay down while Peril burns the venom from the dragonbite viper out of Clay's leg.

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The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Moon Rising

Riptide is mentioned by Webs in the Jade and Gold Winglets' history class as 'the leader of whatever the Talons of Peace are becoming'.

Winter Turning

Riptide was seen in the book when Qibli, Winter, Kinkajou, and Moonwatcher were looking for somebody in the Talons of Peace who could point them to a spot in the Sky Kingdom, as he was the leader of the Talons of Peace ever since Nautilus stepped down. Moonwatcher sees the mysterious place where Icicle was dreamvisited by Scarlet and sketches it. He gets Avalanche and Pyrite, two Talons, to help them to look for it. He then asks if Tsunami had a message for him, and is happy to find out that she thinks about him a lot from Moon, but he doesn't want to contact her until she contacts him first.

Escaping Peril

Riptide was mentioned when Peril and Turtle are found by the Talons of Peace, Turtle asks where Tsunami is. Nautilus says she went with Riptide and his group.

Darkness of Dragons

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Relationships

Webs

Webs is Riptide’s father. They are sort of distant, but Webs attempted to protect Riptide during The Lost Heir (Book) when he was captured by Queen Coral saying "NO! He’s never had any contact with me!"

Princess Tsunami

It is well known that Riptide and Princess Tsunami have romantic feelings for each other. Initially, Tsunami wasn't sure what to think of him as she doesn't like being lied to, but after some time she decided that she liked him. It was confirmed by Tui T. Sutherland that the two are in a long-distance relationship.

Family Tree

Webs

Unknown

Riptide

Quotes

"Wait! [...] Where are you going? What's wrong?"

"I certainly did not! [...] I thought you-- that's the normal-- [...] You said you liked me!"

"You very clearly said you liked me, and you'd followed me out here to tell me that."

"Well, maybe not in those exact words! [...] All right, it was a little confusing. Maybe a lot confusing. But the message was in there. And why else would you be chasing me?"

"You were the only one doing any attacking, [...] I was being friendly after what you said."

"I said, 'What are you doing out here?' and you said-- [...] You said, 'Hey, sparkling teeth, I totally love three of your claws but not the others, and I wish your nose was a herring so I could eat it, and also your wings sound like sharks snoring." - Riptide to Tsunami ^{The Lost Heir, page 35}

"Are you seriously going to pretend you didn't say any of that?"

"Who are you?" - To Tsunami

"A SeaWing who doesn't speak Aquatic? [...] Not likely. What are you really? How did you make yourself look like a SeaWing?"

"You don't look guilty, [...] You look sad. And I imagine that would be hard to fake [your webs]. [...] So where did you come from, and what's wrong with you?" - Riptide to Tsunami ^{The Lost Heir, page 37}

"Look out!" - To Tsunami when he sees Clay.

"What are you doing? [...] I'm saving you from that MudWing!"

"I hardly think this gnat is going to hurt me."

"The MudWings are our enemies, [...] If you don't know that, then you'd better leave the Bay of a Thousand Scales before Queen Coral's army finds you and does what they always do to traitors."

"All right, [...] So the Talons of Peace are real."

"Just rumors and whispers, [...] None of the tribe queens would be pleased to find a member of the peace movement in their midst. Conspiring with other tribes? Stealing eggs? [...] Queen Coral would kill any dragon she found working with the Talons. [...] And you're the dragonets of destiny. For real. The ones in the prophecy. That's real. [...] And you're here. In SeaWing territory. Just like--"

"I suppose, [...] So you were all raised in a cave? [...] With no ocean? Never? You never went into the ocean?"

"But that's awful."

"I can't believe the Talons did that to you."

"Even Webs-- Webs didn't take you to the ocean?"

"He's pretty infamous in the tribe. We all know he deserted during a battle, and later he came back and stole one of the queen's eggs. At least, Queen Coral was sure it was him. But nobody knew if he stole it for the Talons of Peace or for his own reasons. We're not really supposed to talk about the Talons of Peace rumors."

"Some of us did. But again, nobody talked about it. Queen Blister doesn't like hearing about the prophecy, so that's also been a forbidden topic."

"You'll want to call her Queen Blister when you meet her."

"Not really. He ran away during a battle when I was only two years old. But I've been hearing about his treachery my whole life. [...] I really can't believe he never took you to the ocean in all that time."

"Oh, Whirlpool. Queen Coral's favorite instrument of torture." - Riptide to Tsunami ^{The Lost Heir, page 127}

"It's all right. You can tell me the truth. I want to hear the bad stuff, too. It's good for me." - Riptide to Tsunami ^{The Lost Heir, page 129}

"A squid-brain. My new favorite insult, thanks to you." - Riptide to Tsunami ^{The Lost Heir, page 130}

"I stayed close to make sure you and the other dragonets were safe. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you the truth. I didn't think you'd trust me if you knew." - Riptide to Tsunami ^{The Lost Heir, page 278}

"Where are you going? What's wrong?" -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"Well, maybe not in those exact words! It was a little confusing... maybe a lot confusing..." -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"You were the one attacking! I was trying to be friendly!" -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"Uh... 'Hey, sparkling teeth, I love three of your claws but not the others, and I wish your nose was a herring so I could eat it...'" -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"You're seriously going to pretend you didn't say that." -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"Who are you?" -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"A SeaWing who doesn't speak Aquatic? Not likely." -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"I'm saving you from that MudWing!" -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"But MudWings are our enemies!" -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"I hardly think this gnat is going to hurt me." -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"And you're... the dragonets of destiny. The ones in the prophecy. You were really all raised in a cave? With no ocean? Never?" -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"But that's awful." -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"Even Webs-- Webs didn't take you to the ocean?" -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"Not really. He ran away when I was only two years old. But he's infamous for stealing Queen Coral's egg. I've heard about his treachery all my life." -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"Queen Blister doesn't like us to talk about that." -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"You'll want to call her Queen Blister when you meet her." -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"The Missing Princess?" -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"It's required reading in school." -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

"I understand. But I can't take you to the Palace. Not with him along." -In The Lost Heir Graphic Novel.

Trivia

• Tsunami likes Riptide's name and thinks it sounds fierce and scary, like hers.
• It is very likely that the blue dragonet in one of Moonwatcher's visions of a peaceful future was Riptide and Tsunami's dragonet.
• Riptide's favorite insult became "squid-brain" after Tsunami used it on him in The Lost Heir. He later taught Tsunami how to say the phrase in Aquatic.
• Riptide still seems to obey Queen Coral, even though she is mean to him because of something he can't control.

Gallery

• 
  A typical SeaWing (colored), by Joy Ang
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  A typical SeaWing (lineart), by Joy Ang
• A typical SeaWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
  A typical SeaWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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  SeaWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
• Tsunami x Riptide by RhynoBullraq
  Tsunami x Riptide by RhynoBullraq
• Riptide by RyhnoBullraq
  Riptide by RyhnoBullraq
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  Riptide and Tsunami stargazing by Soulseeker
• Ripnami by Evocorrosion (posted with permission)
  Ripnami by Evocorrosion (posted with permission)
• Riptide by Ribbon-Wren
  Riptide by Ribbon-Wren
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  Ripnami by Redtail1472
• hundred waters by RealTense
  hundred waters by RealTense
• Riptide and Nautilus on the cover of The Lost Heir (Riptide is on the right)
  Riptide and Nautilus on the cover of The Lost Heir (Riptide is on the right)
• Riptide by VVisemanS
  Riptide by VVisemanS
• Three important words... by VVisemanS
  Three important words... by VVisemanS
• [WINGS OF FIRE FANART] A Silly Teacher by TavusaWarrior
  [WINGS OF FIRE FANART] A Silly Teacher by TavusaWarrior
• When the Riptide Comes in by dragonspirit20
  When the Riptide Comes in by dragonspirit20
• 
  Riptide with Tsunami
• Riptide by Iron-Zing
  Riptide by Iron-Zing
• Riptide by Zuramaki
  Riptide by Zuramaki
• Riptide (Jimmy Fallon voice) by Chamops
  Riptide (Jimmy Fallon voice) by Chamops
• Colored by Kiwi
  Colored by Kiwi
• a riptide
  a riptide
• Ripnami by Iiliumaa on Tumblr
  Ripnami by Iiliumaa on Tumblr

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