Cadelle
Template:CharboxCadelle is an adult female HiveWing, the grandmother of Cricket, and the mother of Katydid. She is divorced with Katydid's Father, so they grew up in Cicada Hive while Cadelle currently lives in Jewel Hive.
Appearance
She is described as the color of tangerines with black patterns zigzagging along her spine and out to the edges of her transparent wings. She has sharp, venomous teeth and black talons.
Personality
Cadelle is shown to be ill-tempered and cruel, once biting a SilkWing servant with her poisonous teeth. She dislikes both Katydid and Cricket. She also views her job as a waste of time.
Biography
Cadelle is first shown in Cricket's flashback, disturbing Cricket as she is hiding in a cupboard reading a forbidden book.
Later on, in the book, it's revealed that Cadelle isn't Cricket's mother, but is in fact her grandmother who reluctantly took the dragonet in when her real mother, Katydid, gave her away. Later on in the story, it is revealed that she divorced her husband and moved to Jewel Hive, where she teaches history.
Relationships
Katydid is her daughter, but Cadelle doesn't seem particularly motherly to her. It is possible that Cadelle acted kinder to Katydid before Cricket was born, but after that the mother and daughter relationship grew more distant and bitter over the years.
In Cadelle's eyes, Cricket represented danger, crime, disorder and lies that could ruin Cadelle's life if Queen Wasp found how who Cricket's biological parents were. This is most likely the reason Cadelle left Cicada Hive, to escape Cricket, the risks, and Wasp's potential wrath. She was angry when she caught Cricket in The Hive Queen on her way to the water tower to hide. She hissed, "I didn't want anyone anyone to know I had anything to do with you. And you show up here?" Most of Cadelle's hatred of Cricket is motivated by fear of the secrets, lies, and the Queen's fury.
Katydid's Father is Cadelle's mate and father to Katydid, but there seems to be a sour, slightly bitter relationship between Cadelle and him. This is possibly because of the lies and disorder associated with Cricket's birth that caused the two to despise not only Cricket, but each other after a period of time. When Cadelle moved out to Jewel Hive to escape Cricket and Katydid, she also divorced with Katydid's Father as well.
Family Tree
| Cadelle | Unnamed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Katydid | Malachite | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cricket | |||||||||||||||||||
Trivia
- A cadelle is a small beetle that feeds on other insects.
- She is the first dragon in the series to be in a confirmed divorce.
Gallery
| HiveWings | |
|---|---|
| Queens | |
| Royalty |
Bloodworm • Cicada • Hornet • Mantis • Scarab • Tsetse • Vinegaroon • Yellowjacket |
| Other Dragons |
Aphid • Bombardier • Bumblebee • Cadelle • Carabid • Chafer • Cricket • Dragonfly • Earthworm • Earwig • Inchworm • Grasshopper • Hawker • Glowworm • Katydid • Librarian • Lubber • Malachite • Midge • Pinacate • Rootworm • Sandfly • Treehopper • Weevil |
| Kingdom |
Bloodworm Hive • Cicada Hive • Hornet Hive • Jewel Hive • Mantis Hive • Tsetse Hive • Vinegaroon Hive • Wasp Hive • Yellowjacket Hive |
| Society | |
