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"You have ten seconds to give me back my scavenger before I slice your face off."
— Winter to Moonwatcher in Moon Rising.

Template:Infobox Character  Winter is a male IceWing and the nephew of Queen Glacier, first appearing in Moon Rising as a student at the Jade Mountain Academy, attending the Jade Winglet. He is the main protagonist of Winter Turning, the seventh book in the Wings of Fire series. Winter had a pet scavenger named Bandit for all of Moon Rising and Part One of Winter Turning. Winter kept him in a cage that he decorated and made himself. During the beginning of Winter Turning, he released Bandit into the wild, knowing that the scavenger would perish in the cold temperatures of the Ice Kingdom.  

Kinkajou may have a crush on him with thoughts describing him as "sparkly" as of Moon Rising. He has romantic feelings for Moonwatcher, although he doesn't want to admit it. This is because NightWings and IceWings have hated each other intensely ever since Foeslayer of the NightWings supposedly "stole" the IceWings' last animus dragon, a member of the royal IceWing family, Prince Arctic. In the end of Winter Turning, this was confirmed to be a lie that the queen made up. Like all IceWings, Winter has always hated NightWings, until he met Moonwatcher. He wanted to hate Moon, but he can never seem to bring himself to do it, due to his feelings for her.

Biography

Moon Rising

Winter went to the Jade Mountain Academy with his sister, Icicle. He first approaches Moonwatcher when threatening to slice off her face after she has caught his pet scavenger, thinking she is going to eat him, like most dragons would. Qibli soon pops in to negotiate, and makes sure no one's face gets sliced off. Later in the story, Moon warns Winter about the explosion in the history cave, but Winter threatens to tell everyone that Moon caused the explosion unless she told him how she knew the explosion would take place. He then was very surprised when Icicle told him that his brother,Hailstorm, is alive. He seems to not understand Moon because sometimes he appears to find her interesting and kind, yet sometimes thinks she is "like all other NightWings", especially after Moon's confession to mind-reading, when he thinks she's always been mysterious and untrustworthy, "like all other NightWings". He hates the NightWings even more now after they killed all the IceWing prisoners of Queen Scarlet, including (as he mistakenly believes) his brother Hailstorm. He is constantly comparing himself to his brother. Moonwatcher mentions that he hates himself more than anyone else.

Winter Turning

In the prologue,Hailstorm took Winter out to theSky Kingdom to find a scavenger den to get a pet scavenger. When the brothers are confronted by fourteen SkyWings, Hailstorm negotiates and tells them to let Winter go and take him instead, since Winter couldn't fight for anything and is worthless. Winter tries to protest but Hailstorm tells him to leave, that he is being a 'mewling RainWing'. The SkyWings tell Winter they will be 'more merciful' than Hailstorm and let him go, so Winter guiltily escapes. At the end, we see Hailstorm's guilt at hurting Winter, and relief that his brother (whom he says is NOT useless, but that his current ranking would make him not worth rescuing) has escaped. We also see Winter wondering if that's what Hailstorm really thought, and his guilt at leaving his brother.

After Moon told Winter about her powers, Winter freaked out and didn't trust her anymore, scared about what she had seen in his head. He's afraid that being seen next to a NightWing could result in him being exiled for the rest of his life or kept in the seventh circle. He plans to find Icicle, then somehow ditch the other dragonets and get to the Ice Kingdom. However, the other dragonets find him when he is about to depart and convince him to travel with them.

They get to the Rainforest Kingdom and Winter is disgusted by all the fruit and warmth and colors and noise, ("What self-respecting bird would need to have red, yellow, blue, and green feathers?"). He sees a sloth and tries to eat it, but in doing so he gets slammed in the side by a tail and sees a flash of red. He thinks he saw Queen Scarlet or another SkyWing and tries to fight the dragon, but Kinkajou talks to the dragon that turns out to be Exquisite, one of the former RainWing queens (who wasn't very happy about Winter trying to eat one of her sloths). He and the Jade Winglet continue into the forest, and Moon reunites with her mother. As she does, Deathbringer tries to arrest him, mistaking him for Icicle. He is released later and him and the Winglet are placed in the dragonet hatchery. Winter and the Winglet escape by Kinkajou distracting the dragonets, and freezing one of the holes in the wall.

They start searching in the NightWing tunnel, leading to the old Night Kingdom. They find Icicle there, and see that she kept herself awake for days and is badly injured from the lava. She tries to kill Kinkajou, but Glory catches Icicle with a tranquilizer and brings her to the RainWing healers. Before Icicle passes out, Winter tells her to get proof that Hailstorm is alive from Scarlet's dreamvisitor, and he will kill Glory himself. Moon finds out what he said to her, but trusts him that he wouldn't actually do it. She also gets a clue of where Scarlet may have been and they start searching by asking the Talons of Peace.

While they travel, Winter is attacked by Squid who is "practicing stealth". He is scolded by Riptide and Moon shows a drawing of the place where Scarlet may have been. Riptide leads them to a very shy and strange dragon with the Talons of Peace called Pyrite. Pyrite leads them to the place where Scarlet may have been, and Winter and the others start to search for Hailstorm. When it becomes night, Winter finds Ex-Queen Scarlet in his dream. This hinted that Scarlet saw Winter that day. He takes off the skyfire and demands Moon to make him wake up.

He also appears to be in love with Moonwatcher, though tries to deny it multiple times throughout the book, and as his feelings conflict, he falls deeper into his love with her. At the end of Winter Turning he and Hailstorm do the Diamond Trial, with Winter running away and Hailstorm making it First in the First Circle.

Escaping Peril

He is seen briefly while returning to Possibility with Foeslayer. He encounters Peril at the edge of town and attacks, thinking she is a spy for Scarlet. Peril tries not to hurt him, but when she tries to get away from Winter, they both collide in mid-air. Winter falls to the ground, burnt and at the brink of death. When Winter is sure he will die, he says, "Moon. Tell Moon-", most likely wanting Peril to tell Moon that he loves her. However, Turtle comes and uses his animus-touched rock to heal Winter's burns. At the end of the book, Winter argues with Qibli over who gets to use the talisman after they had stolen it from Chameleon. After they decide that nobody will use it and they wouldn't return it to Darkstalker, in the morning, they discover that Moon fled with the scroll. They catch up to her, and Winter was very worried about her setting him free.

Personality

Winter, to the common eye, is brash, cold, short-tempered, and arrogant, most likely because of his parents disapproval of him. However, underneath he actually hates and criticizes himself more than anyone else, and he appears to be in love with Moonwatcher, although to hide this he tries to act arrogant and proud, although he let this act down a few times. He can be a bit snobbish, and believes he should get special privileges for being Queen Glacier's nephew. He is also shown to be very interested in scavengers, and even care about Bandit. One of Winter's more closely guarded secrets is that his family doesn't like him as much as Winter wants others to believe. Icicle described him as "weak" for not hating other dragon tribes. However, Moonwatcher reads his mind and thinks him brave and kind underneath. She found out that his tribe and his family think they are better than other dragons and refuse to socialize with them. Winter appears to be the kindest out of his family, as the others are very rude and love to kill, with the exception of Queen Glacier. He is also shown to have compassion, for he leaves a polar bear alone because the animal had cubs. Even though this choice ended with his punishment, he went through with leaving it alone anyway.  

Appearance

He has eyes as dark blue as a frozen ocean, scales pale-blue like ice, and silver claws. He has been described as incredibly handsome and beautiful by other dragons, and 'shiny and sparkly' by some RainWings such as Kinkajou and several hatchlings.

Relationships

Moonwatcher

He first meets Moon when she finds his scavenger, Bandit, after he escaped. He immediately demanded his scavenger back and said he would slice her face off if she didn't give him back. She eventually gave Bandit back after a long argument. Winter seems to not completely understand Moon because he sometimes thinks she's kind and friendly and most of the time he thinks she's "like all NightWings", being mysterious and untrustworthy. Winter seemed to have strong feelings for her but he hid it well. It was unclear by his thoughts whether they were bad or good. Later on in Winter Turning, he admits multiple times that he's in love with Moon and he shouldn't be. However, by the end of Winter Turning, he no longer cares what anyone thinks and freely admits to himself he's in love with Moon, and would choose her over the Ice Kingdom any day. Towards Escaping Peril, Winter is still constantly arguing with her. But his feelings for her are still kept. This was shown when Peril burned him badly, towards the point where he would die. It is assumed he tried to tell Peril to tell Moon that he loved her. Later, it is assumed that Winter and Moonwatcher are still fighting because Qibli says "You were really mean to Moon and still haven't apologized." When Winter says Darkstalker has a horrible power (mind reading, precognition), Moon says "You mean my horrible power?" However, Winter still loves Moon because in his response to Qibli's statement, Winter was noted to have a "oddly heartbroken expression."

Qibli

He is Winter's clawmate and friend. He also seems to have a crush on Moon. When Winter was hassling Moon about Bandit he stepped in and tried to help the situation. He was there by Winter's side most of the time in the books and was there to make sure he didn't hurt anybody (especially Moon). He becomes increasingly close to both Winter and Moon, and keeps naming himself as Winter's best friend, although Winter denies having any relationship with him. He continues to tease Winter and brings out his better side and their friendship does grow. He also knows how to make Winter NOT give up by pairing him up with Moon and giving him reality checks.

Kinkajou

Kinkajou is Winter's friend. As of Moon Rising, Kinkajou has a crush on Winter. Kinkajou admires his "sparkly scales", but he doesn't seem to notice. In Winter Turning, she showed multiple acts of kindness, none of which he seemed to care. When Kinkajou gets in a coma, he peeks inside the hospital window, only to get rejected by Mayfly. In the end of Winter Turning, he promises that he will come back to Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou.

Icicle

She is Winter and Hailstorm's sister and the niece of Queen Glacier. She was always seen around him and other IceWings in school. When Winter found his sister trying to kill Starflight he tried to stop her and refused to help her when she asked him to kill the other dragonets of destiny even when finding out about Hailstorm. He was called weak and worthless by Icicle multiple times in the book.

Hailstorm

He is Winter and Icicle's brother. He was captured by Queen Scarlet and the SkyWings. Winter is constantly beating himself up about how he couldn't save him from being taken and hated the NightWings ever since they killed all the trapped IceWing prisoners in the SkyWing Arena, thinking one was his brother. He was called not being as smart or brave as Hailstorm by Icicle multiple times. Hailstorm often feels sorry for Winter, seen in the prologue of Winter Turning. In the book, it is revealed he was put under an animus enchantment and transformed into a female SkyWing named Pyrite. He fully recovers once he's back in the Ice Kingdom. Later, when it is revealed Hailstorm was to kill Winter to recover his rank in first place, he admits he does not want to kill Winter, because he cares for his brother. Winter suggests he'd wait until nightfall, and then he will sneak out of the Ice Kingdom. Hailstorm accepts, thanks Winter, and exits the maze so that it will only appear that he killed Winter.

Narwhal and Tundra

Narwhal and Tundra are Winter's parents. They are very harsh to him and dislike his skills (or lack of thereof) compared to his brother Hailstorm's and his sister Icicle's. Narwhal is shown to be angry whenever Winter fails to obey his orders. Winter feels like he always disappoints his parents and in Winter Turning, is shown to be correct. They despise him so much they are willing to sacrifice his life to get Hailstorm back to the First Circle.

Quotes

"You have ten seconds to give me back my scavenger before I slice your face off." - When Moonwatcher and Winter first meet in the begining of Moon Rising

"Moon what? Come on, NightWing. We know your names are all lies. So what's yours? Moondestroyer? Mooneater? Mooncrusher?" - To Moonwatcher when when they first meet in Moon Rising

"I only mentioned it because it seems entirely obvious to me that the niece and nephew of the IceWing queen should each be given a private cave, so I wanted you to know we wouldn't have to be clawmates for very long, as there has clearly been some kind of mistake." - to Qibli, about Winter saying he is Queen Glacier's nephew.

"She thinks it's funny, but if she knew what I've been feeling- who I've been thinking about..." - (thought) about Icicle because of her amusement at Kinkajou's crush on Winter.

"Stop liking her. Remember what Father said: They're all liars. Be strong, be vigilant, strike first. Trust nobody. Not even interesting NightWings with silver teardrop scales." - Winter thinking about Moon in Moon Rising

"By all the snow monsters what are you doing here?" - To Moonwatcher and the others at the end of Moon Rising

"I don't want them to come with me. In fact, if you could stick this SandWing in some quicksand while I get away from him, I will personally bring you a walrus to express my gratitude." - Winter about Qibli to Queen Glory

"I would have ripped off your tail and beaten you with it first." - Winter to Squid

"Terribly unimpressive. I haven't once said 'higgledgy-piggledgy' in my entire life. We would never allow such linguistic imprecision in the Ice Kingdom." - in response to some of Qibli's mocking

The look that said, If only we'd lost you instead of Hailstorm. If only you were everything an IceWing should be. -To himself in Winter Turning

"No. Not with more killing." To Icicle

"It's not what I want; it's how things have to be. We can never be what I wanted us to be" - Winter Turning

"WE are doing no such thing," I am going to find him. JUST ME." - To Queen Glory and the others in Winter Turning

" I never liked you anyway! And I'm going to MURDER this NIGHTWING!" - To Kinkajou about Deathbringer

"I listen, when there is something worth hearing."

"Because happiness isn't where I am... it's who I'm with."

"Moon, tell Moon-" - To Peril when she burned him.

Trivia

  • In the scholastic forums, Tui wrote, "OK, dragging myself away to work now . . . there’s an IceWing in GREAT TURMOIL who kind of needs a hug . . ."
  • He may be the one in the prophecy referring to The Darkness of Dragons.
  • If Winter were an animus, he said that he'd create a place to safely observe scavenger dens.
  • Winter is the second dragon to have been shown with a pet scavenger.
  • Since Winter is believed to be dead by the Ice Kingdom, it is unknown where he will reside at the end of the series.
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