Talons of Power (organization)

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Not to be confused with Book 9, Talons of Power.

Appearance

The Talons of Power are all similarly dressed SandWings, with long black robes and gold medallions around their necks. They appear to be almost completely loyal to Vulture, their leader.

Information

The Talons of Power are a group led by Vulture, Qibli's grandfather. They reside in the Scorpion Den, and are apparently a large organization. They have been described as the 'underworld' of the Scorpion Den. They captured Ostrich and Cobra, although capturing Cobra may have been a ruse to get Qibli to lead them to Thorn's fortress. Qibli and Winter go to Vulture and find out about them, and subsequently, find out about Bog and that Vulture was blaming the MudWings for explosions in the Scorpion Den, in order to provoke some sort of battle, although Vulture or some other member most likely set the explosions themselves, and Bog only did it for the treasure and is, in fact, a form of Chameleon. The Talons of Power might be what The Jade Mountain Prophecy was referring to for "Beware the talons of power and fire." They are against Queen Thorn and want to overthrow her, replacing her with Onyx.

Known Members

Onyx

Vulture

Rattlesnake

Sirocco

Bog -associated

Cobra -associated

History

Moon Rising 

Moon has a vision of Qibli shouting at his family, who were wearing medallions etched with "some kind of bird", believed to be the medallions worn by the Talons of Power. The bird was most likely a vulture, named after Vulture.

Talons of Power

In the epilogue, it is stated that in the Sand Kingdom, three explosions, timed to go off simultaneously, started every dragon panicking, and black-hooded dragons wearing medallions (Talons of Power) were seen fleeing the scenes.

Darkness of Dragons

Qibli and Winter travel to the Scorpion Den, where it is revealed that the Talons of Power is Vulture's organization, and they are trying to take the throne for Onyx, Smolder's daughter. The Talons have captured Ostrich and have supposedly locked Cobra in a prison. Also, Bog, a MudWing, says that the MudWings were behind the explosions, but it is later found out that both Cobra and Bog are pretending, and Bog is Peril's dad, Chameleon.

Trivia

• Vulture mentioned that the Talons of Peace was too good a name for that group of dragons, and says his organization is much better, with a different name. (Or something like that.)
• They also might be named after the 'Talons of Power' in the prophecy.
• This is one of the only big controlled organizations found in the Scorpion Den, the other being Thorn's group.