Rose

Flower and Smolder

Rose, referred as Flower by Smolder, is a female scavenger who is kept as a pet by Smolder. She is one of the scavengers who killed Queen Oasis, triggering the War of SandWing Succession. She also showed Sunny where the Eye of Onyx was buried during the events of The Brightest Night.  

Appearance

Rose was described by Sunny as having a patch of dark fur that covers the top of her head and runs down like a mane onto her shoulders. She wears a square of white fabric tied around herself that Sunny thought looked like it was "suspiciously hacked off" of one of the Stronghold's main hall curtains and that she holds a bag made of the same materials, presumably for holding her paintbrush and other art supplies. It was mentioned by Smolder that Flower has many other "costumes".

In Dragonslayer, she was described as having a "halo of dark curls" that no one else quite had. She also had tiny hands.

Personality

Rose seems to be curious and inventive and she enjoys making art such as clothing and drawings. She seems to be quite good at it as well. She is compassionate, feeding many of the native animals and keeping Sunny company, and she is also fearless, having no trouble living with and near dragons. She appears to be tough and physically strong since Smolder almost named her "Stabby" because she was so ferocious with her sword.

History

Pre-Series

Rose was one of the three scavengers that killed Queen Oasis, and stole some of the SandWing treasure. The other two, one being The Dragonslayer, escaped. But she was found hiding in the sand dunes afterwards by Smolder. Unknown to the dragons who found her, she had hidden the treasure she had taken, which included the Eye of Onyx, in the dead queen's mouth.

Burn had wanted to kill her and mount her head on a spike, but Blister argued that doing so would only be a reminder of the queen's humiliating death. Blaze thought that Rose was cute and they should breed her for more scavenger pets. Smolder wanted to keep her as his pet and the other two brothers of the princesses thought that Smolder should be allowed to get something he wanted since Oasis was no longer around, so he was allowed to keep her as his pet instead. She was around 16 at the time of her capture.

Smolder claimed that he had wanted to call her Stabby at first because of her ferocity with the sword she had been carrying, which had been taken away from her. However, Rose had found a tapestry with roses on it and kept pointing to it, suggesting that her actual name had something to do with flowers. Smolder also taught her how to draw, so he could tell what she needed, and to come when he rang a bell and called her name. Rose attempts to communicate with Smolder. Rose still lives with Smolder, as revealed in the epilogue of Darkness of Dragons, when Winter says that Smolder is going to bring Rose to a city for ideas for his Scavenger Sanctuary.

Deserter

Rose was found hiding in a sand dune by Smolder, shortly after Queen Oasis’s death.

The Brightest Night

Rose insisted on staying with Sunny when she was held prisoner by Burn. Rose normally didn't trust other dragons, but she felt safe around Sunny. Rose also drew a picture of Sunny using a piece of charcoal.

When Blister was fighting Blaze during the royal SandWing gathering, Rose begins to dig where Queen Oasis was buried. At first Sunny, Tsunami, and Glory were puzzled by this, but eventually helped until half of Oasis' bones were uncovered. Rose had Sunny open the queen's jawbones and two sacks of treasure fell out. In one of the sacks, was the Eye of Onyx, which helped Sunny pick the new SandWing queen, Thorn.

Winter Turning

Rose does not actually appear in the events of the story, but is mentioned in the letter from Smolder to Vermilion concerning pet scavengers in the back of the book (which also appears in the special edition of The Brightest Night). Smolder also encloses an illustration of them that was supposedly drawn by her.

Darkness of Dragons

Rose is seen with Smolder when Qibli and Winter go to the Kingdom of Sand to warn Queen Thorn of Darkstalker and to prevent any of the SandWings and IceWings from falling under his spells. She appears again with Smolder and Onyx when they take shelter inside the underground prisons of the stronghold.

Later, she is mentioned in Winter's thoughts about Sanctuary and how Qibli would visit him and bring Rose along with him so Winter may study scavengers more closely.

Dragonslayer

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Quotes

"Heath, [...] There's a sword in the bag nearest to you."

Trivia

• Due to Holler being her niece and the daughter of the scavenger that killed Queen Oasis, Rose is the sister of the scavenger that started the war.
• In the letter, it says that Rose has a pet desert mouse that Smolder originally gave her to eat, but she took it as a pet.
• Rose was able to hold the Eye of Onyx when she stole it. It is unknown if this is simply a case of the eye's magic not activating for scavengers.
• Rose may likely be able to draw on a similar skill level as dragons, considering her drawing of Smolder and herself is similar to the drawing of SandWings in A NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia. It is unknown if this is done intentionally or not intentionally by the illustrator of the books, Joy Ang.

Gallery

• Flower and Smolder by Biohazardia
  Flower and Smolder by Biohazardia
• Follower (Colored) by SunsetArtist
  Follower (Colored) by SunsetArtist
• A real life rose
  A real life rose