Vermilion

"Your Majesty, the facts are clear. You gave an order. Kestrel disobeyed you and fled the kingdom. She has been living under your mountains for the last seven years, aiding and abetting the Talons of Peace, who also refuse to follow Your Majesty's orders. She deserves a long, painful execution. There is no need to drag this trial out."

— Vermilion, doing his duty as persecutor during Kestrel's trial in The Dragonet Prophecy.

Template:Charbox Prince Vermilion is a bright red SkyWing prince and the brother of Tourmaline, Hawk, two unnamed brothers and eleven unnamed sisters, who were killed off over the years in royal challenges against their now deceased mother, Ex-Queen Scarlet. He was the announcer of the SkyWing arena matches, and the prosecutor during trials. He is also mentioned in letters in the last pages of Winter Turning and the collector's edition of The Brightest Night, in which Smolder tells him how to care for a pet scavenger. It is likely that he's planning to get one of his own, like Smolder's pet scavenger, Flower, and Winter's former pet scavenger, Bandit.

Appearance

Vermilion's scales are a vibrant cherry red, like the hue he was named after; he is also mentioned to have blood-red wings.

Personality

Vermilion was shown to be a former loyal supporter to Scarlet, but he turned to Ruby and supported her when he realized that she truly was a better SkyWing queen. Vermilion also seems to have quite a lot of interests, from being an announcer in the SkyWing Arena, a prosecutor, and possibly owning a pet scavenger.

Biography

The Dragonet Prophecy

Vermilion, although unnamed at the time, was the announcer for the fight between Horizon and Peril, making weak jokes about the battle to come. After that, he announced the fight between Clay and Fjord; he is shown to be Scarlet's herald in her arena. Later on, Vermilion stood as the prosecutor during Kestrel's trial, where he awkwardly claimed his mother's side to avoid anger from her. The next day, he announced the battles for his mother's hatching day. Tsunami attempted to attack him before her fight with Gill, although her chains kept her from fighting him.

The Brightest Night

Vermillion is mentioned in a letter from Smolder to him about his pet scavenger, Flower, and how to take care for one is featured at the end of the Collector's Edition. The letter explained how to protect your scavenger, as someone could eat it "by accident", to protect your belongings because it would try to make little things out of the cloth, what to feed it and to supply water daily. Smolder ends the letter requesting Vermilion to send him a picture of his when he got it, and comments on the picture Flower drew of him and her; this letter appears to indicate that Vermillion is interested in getting a pet scavenger and has, presumably, made plans with the SandWing.

Winter Turning

The same letter that was featured in the Collector's Edition of The Brightest Night was also at the end of Winter Turning, talking about how to raise a pet scavenger.

Escaping Peril

In this book, Vermilion was shown as a loyal supporter of the new SkyWing queen, Queen Ruby. When Scarlet found him, she questioned him about what happened since she "left the Kingdom", as well as saying that she attempted to dreamvisit and tell him to kill his sister many times;  she knew he'd been hearing her, yet tactfully ignoring her orders and continuing his loyalty towards Ruby. To her outrage as she noted the lack of treasure, Vermilion replied that Ruby used almost all of the SkyWing treasure to transform the SkyWing Arena into a hospital for dragons that were injured during the war, hiring dragons from all of the different tribes to teach and assist her healers in helping heal injured dragons. He was also accused of liking Ruby more than Scarlet, and was forced to help Peril (who was under a spell at the time) to take Prince Cliff into custody and guard him.

Family Tree

Carmine

Sunset

Several Generations

More

Firestorm

Unknown

Canyon

Scarlet

3 Dragons

Vermilion

Hawk

11 Dragons

2 Dragons

Ruby

Unknown

Cliff

Quotes

• "After four wins, Horizon the SandWing-- formerly, and unwisely, a soldier in Blaze's army-- has been challenged to a match with the Queen's Champion, Peril. Claws up, fire ready! Fight!" -Announcing a match between Horizon and Peril.
• "After last month's battle with Blaze's army, our queen's dungeons were stuffed with IceWing prisoners of war. Only nine have survived. After two wins, I give you-- Fjord of the IceWings! [...] And in this corner, an unusual case-- a MudWing, but not one of our allies. No, this dragonet was found hiding under our mountains, protected by the Talons of Peace. Is he one of the dragonets of destiny? Not if he loses this battle! [...] If these prophesied dragonets are as wonderful and legendary as they're supposed to be, this should be a showdown to remember. I hope you're prepared to impress us, dragon of the mud. I present to you... Clay of the MudWings! Claws up, teeth ready! Fight!" -Announcing a match between Fjord and Clay.
• "Your Majesty, [...] The facts are clear. You gave an order. Kestrel disobeyed you and fled the kingdom. She has been living under your mountains for the last seven years, aiding and abetting the Talons of Peace, who also refuse to follow Your Majesty's orders. She deserves a long, painful execution. There is no need to drag this trial out." -During the trial for Kestrel.
• "Mother! [...] Your Majesty! [...] You're alive! You've returned! What a, uh-- what a glorious day for the Sky Kingdom! We're all so, so, so, uh, blessed and lucky and relieved! Yes. This is thrilling, it really is."
• "A great day, [...] So... great."
• "Steal-- she-- [...] I didn't-- we thought--"
• "Y-y-yes?"
• "But-- I didn't know it was real, [...] Could have been my, um... subconscious."
• "And then I woke up, [...] and it seemed crazy to obey a dream..."
• "I'm sorry. [...] I know you're going to kill me. or would you rather have me kill myself?"
• "Um, [...] Yes. About that."
• "No, no, [...] No one did that! It was Ruby. She took the gold and used it to, uh-- she--"
• "She turned your arena into a hospital, [...] She pardoned all the prisoners and brought in doctors and healers from other tribes to teach ours everything they know and she made space for all the wounded soldiers from the war and she's been finding them all places to live and jobs to do and using the gold for all of that."
• "No! [...] Never! You're the only good queen! I liked my arena job! It's absolutely terrible here now! We always loved the, uh, the fighting! We missed you so much!"
• "Tomorrow morning, [...] She sent an advance messenger."

Trivia

• Vermilion is a brilliant red that comes from the mineral cinnabar.
• It was revealed in The Brightest Night Collector's Edition and Winter Turning that Vermilion was considering having a scavenger as a pet like Smolder does.
• It appears that Vermilion is a much more caring dragon than how he appeared in The Dragonet Prophecy, probably forced to be mean by Queen Scarlet. His kinder side is shown in his appeal and interest in scavengers, as well as his devoted loyalty to the better queen, Ruby.
• Vermilion was Scarlet's first known son.
• Vermilion had twelve sisters, all deceased with the exception of Queen Ruby/Tourmaline.

Gallery

• 
  A typical SkyWing (colored), by Joy Ang
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  A typical SkyWing (lineart), by Joy Ang
• A typical SkyWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
  A typical SkyWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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  SkyWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
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  Lineart by Joy Ang
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  The SkyWing line art by Joy Ang colored by Heron
• By Congela
  By Congela
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  Vermillion by QueenClam
• File:ChibiMaker.Vermillon.jpg
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  Vermilion
• By xTheDragonRebornx on deviantART
  By xTheDragonRebornx on deviantART
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  Vermillion Ref- QueenClam
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• By xTheDragonRebornx
  By xTheDragonRebornx
• D.a.d - Prince Vermillion- day 11 by Vision-Seeker
  D.a.d - Prince Vermillion- day 11 by Vision-Seeker
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• The color vermilion
  The color vermilion
• Vermilion by Ta-ak
  Vermilion by Ta-ak
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• Vermillion Ref by QueenClam
  Vermillion Ref by QueenClam
• This was drawn by
  This was drawn by
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• Vermillion BY FISH
  Vermillion BY FISH

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