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| '''Vermilion''' is an adult male [[SkyWing]] [[prince]] who was introduced in ''[[The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]]''. He was the announcer for the [[SkyWing arena]] before [[Queen Ruby]]'s succession to the [[Dragon royalty|throne]], and is [[Scarlet|Ex-Queen Scarlet]]'s eldest son. He currently resides in the [[SkyWing palace]].
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| == Description ==
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| Vermilion has bright red scales{{Ref|EP|181}} and blood-red wings.{{Ref|TDP|175}} He towers over Ruby.{{Ref|EPp}}
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| == Personality ==
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| Vermilion was formerly a loyal supporter of Scarlet, but became devoted to Queen Ruby once he realized that she is a better [[queen]] than Scarlet. His loyalty toward Scarlet was born out of fear, likely from watching so many of his siblings die at Scarlet's talons - he switched allegiance to Ruby almost immediately after Scarlet's disappearance and ignored every single one of his mother's [[dreamvisitor]] messages to him. Once Scarlet returned, Vermilion half-heartedly obeyed her orders, showing that his fear of his mother still had a firm hold on him. He is fairly cowardly and weak,{{Ref|EP|183}} but he snorted and took a step away from Ruby when she sat next to him.{{Ref|EPp}}
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| Vermilion seems to have a lot of interests, having been an announcer in the SkyWing arena and a prosecutor while Scarlet was alive, and showing an interest in owning a pet [[scavenger]] like [[Smolder]]'s after the [[War of SandWing Succession|war]] ended.
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| == Biography ==
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| === The Dragonet Prophecy ===
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| |heading = ''[[The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]]''
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| |content = 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 was 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]]; however, her chains kept her from fighting him.
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| |heading = ''[[The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest Night]]''
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| |content = Vermilion was mentioned in a letter from Smolder to him about his pet scavenger, [[Flower]], 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 in case they would try to make little things out of the cloth, what to feed them, and to supply them water daily. Smolder ended the letter by requesting Vermilion to send him a picture of his scavenger when he got them and commented on the picture Flower drew of him and her; this letter appeared to indicate that Vermilion was interested in getting a pet scavenger and has, presumably, made plans with the [[SandWing]].
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| === The Jade Mountain Prophecy ===
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| |heading = ''[[Winter Turning (book)|Winter Turning]]''
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| |content = Vermilion was indirectly mentioned in the prologue when Ruby pitied [[Winter]] by saying that she would probably rather die in battle than listen to her brothers talk to her the way [[Hailstorm]] did to Winter.
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| The same letter featured in the Collector's Edition of ''[[The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest Night]]'' was also at the end of ''[[Winter Turning (book)|Winter Turning]]''.
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| |heading = ''[[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]''
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| |content = In the prologue, he irritatingly shifted away from [[Hawk]] and Ruby when Peril was first introduced to the tribe. Years later, Vermilion was described as a loyal supporter of the new SkyWing queen, Queen Ruby. When Scarlet found him in her return, she questioned him about what happened since she "left the [[Sky Kingdom|kingdom]]," as well as saying that she attempted to dreamvisit and told him to kill his sister many times; she knew he had heard her, yet tactfully ignored her orders in his continuing loyalty toward 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 to take [[Cliff]] into custody and guard him.
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| === Field Guides ===
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| |heading = ''[[A Guide to the Dragon World]]''
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| |content = Vermillion wrote a letter to [[Starflight]] about a list he found of dragons Scarlet wanted dead. He was one of the dragons on the list. He was later indirectly mentioned by [[Tailwind]] in ''[[literature#Named scrolls|This is Why We Don't Marry Psychopaths]]'' as one of Scarlet and [[Canyon]]'s sons.
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| == Relationships ==
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| === [[Ruby]] ===
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| When Ruby sat next to Vermilion in Scarlet's throne room, he snorted and edged a step away from her.{{Ref|EPp}} Years later, he became loyal to Ruby when she became the new queen of the SkyWings.
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| === [[Scarlet]] ===
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| Vermilion was loyal to his mother during her reign, which helped him to keep a stable relationship with Scarlet. She entrusted him with announcing arena battles as well as arguing for prosecution. After Scarlet returned to the Sky Kingdom, he threw himself into a bow before her{{Ref|EP|181}} and stammered that he was so relieved to have her back. When Scarlet addressed her son, however, her voice was full of fury - so much so that she may as well have called him "Disappointment." He was sure that he would be killed for disloyalty, especially because Scarlet had hunted through his dreams with a dreamvisitor, ordering him to help Scarlet regain her former throne,{{Ref|EP|182}} and kill Ruby for her, but he ignored her commands. He spoke to her weakly and miserably after she scolded him,{{Ref|EP|183}} and he once tensely warned Hawk not to question Scarlet.{{Ref|EPp}}
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| === [[Smolder]] ===
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| After the end of the war, he seems to have become somewhat friendly with Smolder — the two share an interest in keeping scavengers as pets.
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| == Family tree ==
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| {{Royal SkyWing Family Tree}}
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| == Quotes ==
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| |quote = 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!
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| |speaker = announcing a match in the arena between Horizon and Peril
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| |book = [[The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]]
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| |page = 130
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| |quote = 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 [[Claws of the Clouds Mountains|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!
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| |speaker = announcing a match in the arena between Fjord and Clay
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| |book = [[The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]]
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| |page = 154-155
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| |quote = 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.
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| |speaker = during Kestrel's trial
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| |book = [[The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]]
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| |page = 177
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| |quote = 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.
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| |speaker = to Scarlet, about Ruby
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| |book = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
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| |page = 184
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| |quote = 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!
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| |speaker = to Scarlet
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| |book = [[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]
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| |page = 184
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| == Trivia ==
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| * In ''[[The Dragonet Prophecy (graphic novel)]]'', Vermilion does not announce all of the arena fights as he did in the original novel. In the graphic novel, Queen Scarlet herself announces all of the battles before the ones taking place on her hatching day instead of Vermilion.
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| == Gallery ==
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| <gallery>
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| Vermilion GN 6.png|Vermilion from ''[[Escaping Peril (graphic novel)]]'', by [[Mike Holmes]]
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| VermilionTemplateSkyla.png|Reference by {{U|Skyla the Skywing}}
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| </gallery>
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| <gallery widths="80" heights="80" caption="Art by [[Mike Holmes]], from the [[:Category:Graphic novels|Wings of Fire Graphic Novels]]">
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| Vermilion GN 1.png
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| Vermilion GN 2.png
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| Vermilion GN 3.png
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| Vermilion GN 4.png
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| Vermilion GN 5.png
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| Vermilion GN Infobox.png
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| Ruby Vermilion and Hawk GN 1.png
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| Ruby Vermilion and Hawk GN 2.png
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| Ruby and Vermilion GN.png
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| Vermilion GN 7.png
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| Vermilion GN 8.png
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| Vermilion GN 9.png
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| </gallery>
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| == References ==
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