Ivy
- "They're not all monsters. That means we have a chance. A chance to save Rose, a chance to bring her back and save our friends, maybe even a chance to communicate with them. After all, now I'm a girl who's ridden a dragon."
- — Ivy to herself, Dragonslayer
Ivy, referred to as Holler by Sunny, is a female human and one of the three main protagonists of Dragonslayer. She is one of two scavengers that Sunny met in the scavenger ruins in The Brightest Night. She is the daughter of Heath and a member of the Wingwatchers.
Appearance
Ivy has enormous brown eyes and long, dark hair flowing down to the middle of her back.[1] Violet said that Ivy looks like Rose,[2] although she still is smaller and younger than Rose.[3]
Personality
Ivy is curious, shown when she joined the Truth Seekers to discover the truth about her father and his lies with Daffodil and Violet. At a young age she was very curious and was always asking questions, though she knew it "always made her parents frustrated and grumpy with her."[4] She is observant, having noticed Heath's lies to the citizens of Valor at the age of six.[5] She is good at picking up on when others are about to get angry, as shown when she could see the lines of tension around Brook's eyes when talking with Heath, despite the fact that Brook was good at keeping her face expressionless.[6] Ivy is a peacekeeper, often between Daffodil and Violet. According to Violet, Ivy never looks like she is about to get into trouble.[2] Ivy has artistic talent, much like her aunt.[7] She is passionate about her love of dragons,[8] and often wonders about dragon society.[9]
Sunny notes that Ivy moved in a "quick, confident way."[10] She also appeared to think that Ivy seemed braver than most scavengers, as Sunny interpreted Ivy asking for Rose as asking for a ride.[11]
Biography
The Dragonet Prophecy
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At Jade Mountain, a scavenger later revealed to be Ivy, accidentally contacted Sunny using a dreamvisitor. Sunny assumed that the only way the scavenger could have gotten the dreamvisitor was by stealing it, and so she traveled to the scavenger ruins in hopes that the rest of the SandWing treasure would be there. Upon arrival at the ruins, Sunny climbed onto a tree to survey the area from above and hide until the scavengers came. Eventually, two scavengers emerged from the burnt village — one with short, fluffy hair and a more confident one with longer hair. Sunny approached the scavengers but was forced to trap them on a scavenger building's remains due to them not being cooperative and trying to attack her. She gave Ivy the name Holler because she was very loud, and the other Fluffy because of his fluffy hair. After Sunny asked for the dreamvisitor, Ivy and Leaf began to argue, presumably on whether to give it to the dragonet or not. Eventually, Ivy produced the sapphire and gave it to Sunny. Sunny then asked for the rest of the treasure by drawing a pile of it in the dirt with her claw. After watching the two scavengers discuss it for a while, she decided to take Fluffy off of the wall, assuming that he would bring the treasure in return for Ivy. Ivy then demanded a ride from the dragonet, and so Sunny let her onto her back and flew off in search of Fluffy. After Leaf gave Sunny a sack full of treasure, Sunny noticed that the Eye of Onyx was not in there, although the Lazulite Dragon was. Sunny questioned the scavengers, but they did not appear to have it. As she was about to leave, Sunny considered keeping Ivy and Leaf as pets but eventually decided against it. Ivy asked Sunny for another ride, but Sunny regretfully told them that she had to leave and flew away with the sack of treasure. Sunny wondered if she would ever see them again. |
The Jade Mountain Prophecy
| Moon Rising |
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| Sunny mentioned her and Leaf indirectly when talking to Winter about scavengers and what to do with Bandit. |
The Lost Continent Prophecy
| The Dangerous Gift |
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| Wren mentions her when she is saying that establishing dragon-human relations is Ivy's goal and not Wren's. When Snowfall promises to pass an edict forbidding dragons from hunting or eating humans, Sky says that Ivy would love that. |
Legends
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Ivy asked her mother, Lark, about her father's fame. Lark explained how he killed the sand dragon queen. Ivy claimed that she wanted to see a dragon and asked why Stone was yelling at Heath about running away from dragons before asking Lark if she could have a pet dragon, much to her mother's disapproval. Later, Ivy mentally noted how the women and children created Dragonslayer Way while her father took all the credit. She befriended Violet and Daffodil and formed the Truth Seekers with them. One of their "quests" was to find out what Heath really does, and to discover the truth about Valor. When Violet and Daffodil visited, Lark said she could tell them that Ivy was studying, but Ivy denied, saying she was finished with her homework. Ivy was surprised that the Truth Seekers had lasted for a year since she joined. She expressed her desire to become a Wingwatcher to Daffodil and Violet, showing them her drawing of a sea dragon. The three decided to do a Truth Seeker mission instead. Ivy wished she could see a dragon palace, wondering how dragons could be vicious wild animals if they also had castles and lived together, and had queens who ruled over them. Violet asked how Heath could have gone to the mountain dragon palace and back in three days, causing Ivy to wonder where he went during the time. Ivy then decided to follow Heath around Valor when he left the caves. She ran into Foxglove, and the older Wingwatcher took her outside of the city. They spied on Heath before a night dragon passes by. Ivy told Foxglove that she loved the dragon, and passionately claimed that she wanted to be a Wingwatcher. Foxglove said she would put in good word for Ivy and took her back underground. Five years later, Ivy is surprised and joyed that she is still best friends with Daffodil and Violet, and that they'd all be starting Wingwatcher training together. The trio attended the Wingwatcher welcome ceremony and met Brook, who enthusiastically galloped over and shook each of their hands. Brook states that they are her favorite people, which earned an injured response from her son Forest. When asked about her uncle Stone, Ivy shook her head and remembered that he always looked so sad and that he had disappeared years ago. Meanwhile, more and more Wingwatchers arrive to the cave. Foxglove came over to greet Ivy and her friends, and Ivy shyly gave her a folded drawing of a black dragon in flight to show her gratitude. Foxglove grinned and winked at the initiate, remarking how there have not been a Wingwatcher with artistic talent in years and that they could update the Wingwatcher's Guide. Violet and Daffodil immediately interjected and asked to be the new authors, while Ivy tells them that they have a lot of research to do before really publishing a new guide. This led to the idea of more expeditions, where they gave suggestions of where they could explore. Foxglove soon hurries away when Violet openly pointed out about Pine's banishment, and remarked towards Daffodil's hiss that she is just interested in what the older Wingwatchers are talking about, whether there's a secret Wingwatcher conspiracy afoot. Ivy is surprised that they haven't told her such thing, but was interrupted by Heath staggering into the cave for an announcement. He complimented on how the Wingwatchers got their hands on the smartest girl in Valor and that they would definitely take care of her out there, which she found an embarrassing to say, especially in public. She continues wondering about the conspiracy and her future as a Wingwatcher; eventually she comes back to the thought of if her father should really be the lord of Valor. She wonders if she would have to choose between her friends, her dream, the dragons, and her family. During her first year of official training, Ivy goes on a real expedition. Though she, Daffodil, Violet, and Foxglove were only skygazing, she still found it exciting and relaxing. When the other Wingwatchers and fruit gatherers were out of sight, Violet speaks about whether either of them found out anything about the secrets with Stone and the conspiracy. Daffodil and violet started bickering, but Ivy found that, in the blowing wind and the rustling leaves and dragons somewhere in the sky, even her friends bickering over dangerous conspiracies felt joyful. After a while, they see their first dragon, who seemed to fly in an odd, loopy way. Ivy wondered if there is something wrong with it, and found it amazing that they met a real ice dragon. Squirrel rushes in to check in on the trio, but as they shoved through the bushes to examine what had happened, they found Stone in the forest, looking utterly bedraggled. Stone breathed in relief when he saw that those were only Wingwatchers, but told them to keep it secret that he just rode the ice dragon invisible while coming back from his quest of finding Rose. Ivy met Violet's eyes, then Daffodil's, looking back at Stone. She asked who Rose is. The trio arrives at Stone's cave as he told them the story of Rose and what human settlements used to look like. Ivy is shocked that so much is left out of the glorious story Heath often tells his citizens, which only got worse when Stone states that Heath destroyed the world, and he helped him do it. Ivy blames herself of her dad's mistakes, realizing that her father is a liar. Daffodil and Violet tries to comfort her, and tells her that they can instead fix the problem by starting with returning Heath's treasure to the dragons. |
Relationships
Ivy and Daffodil consider each other best friends, caring greatly for each other. Ivy thinks that she could not imagine life without Daffodil along with Violet, calling the possibility of the two getting banished the worst thing ever to happen.
Ivy is friends with Foxglove, and looks up to the older Wingwatcher. She is impressed by Foxglove's calm, focused, and unimpressed face, and tried to imitate it. She gave Foxglove her best drawing of a dragon in flight, which was a night dragon, the first dragon they saw together. Ivy wrote "Thank you for everything" in the corner. After hearing Foxglove was arrested by Heath, Ivy worried about Foxglove's safety often, determined to save her.
Heath is Ivy's father. She cares about her father, despite knowing all the horrible things he has done. Ivy notes that "it always felt something like sunlight" when he paid attention to her.[12] Ivy never talked to anyone about her father's temper, not even to Violet and Daffodil — she could sometimes calm him down when he was really mad, or help him make peace with Lark whenever they had a fight. When it did not work, she was also "really good at staying out of his way."[13] Ivy and Lark hid in Ivy's room when Heath had broken a few plates in a rage in the kitchen, the both of them pretending not to hear.[14] After exposing his lies to Valor, she assured him that things would get better, and that he could still be her dad, if he wanted to be.[15]
Ivy is shown to have a neutral relationship with her mother. Ivy also feels bad for Lark, thinking that she has been manipulated by Heath ever since they got together.
Ivy helped him escape from some SkyWings, and quickly became friends. She shows concern for Leaf during the Wingwatcher arrests, and before Leaf rode on Cereus, she promises that she will help him look for Wren. They appear to have romantic feelings for each other, as shown when they kiss before Leaf leaves on Cereus (or "Sweetface") to find Wren.
Ivy seems to have a friendly relationship with Sky. They terrified the citizens of Valor and exposed Heath together. Ivy notes that she couldn't stop watching him, and had a "constant impulse to babble at him about how perfect he was," adding how she was repressing it with great difficulty.[16]
Ivy views Violet as one of her best friends, and thinks Violet is the smartest girl in Valor.[12] She is shown to care about Violet's wellbeing, such as when she mentions the risk of Violet and Daffodil getting banished from Valor and worries about Violet when Heath arrests her. When Ivy was sneaking into the SandWing stronghold with Leaf and Stone, she wishes that Violet was with them. After Ivy, Sky, and Wren free the Wingwatchers, Ivy hugged Violet fiercely.
Family Tree
| Stone | Heath | Lark | Rose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ivy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quotes
- "Because he's the boss of everyone, or because he did a Dragonstare a long, long, long time ago?"
- ― to Lark about her father, Heath (Dragonslayer, page 36)
- "Were the other dragons mad at Daddy? I think maybe slayering a dragon is not very nice. I bet that dragon did not like getting poked until it fell over and couldn't get up again."
- ― to Lark (Dragonslayer, page 37)
- "Mommy. Mommy. Mommy, you know how Daffodil has a pet rabbit? Do you think I can have a pet dragon?"
- ― to Lark about Daffodil's pet rabbit (Dragonslayer, page 37)
- "But Miss Laurel, why can my dad go there whenever he wants, but Pine went there once, and now he's banished from Valor forever?"
- ― to Miss Laurel about Pine being banished from Valor (Dragonslayer, page 43)
- "My dad's a liar. […] He let his sister die. And all the people he's banished, and who knows how many hundreds of people in all those villages the dragons destroyed. That's all because of him."
- ― to Daffodil, Stone, and Violet about Heath (Dragonslayer, page 206)
- "[Dragons] are not all monsters. That means we have a chance. A chance to save Rose, a chance to bring her back and save our friends, maybe even a chance to communicate with them. After all, now I'm a girl who's ridden a dragon."
- ― Ivy to herself (Dragonslayer, page 416-417)
Gallery
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Ivy on the cover of Dragonslayer, by Joy Ang
References
- ↑ The Brightest Night, page 181
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dragonslayer, page 202
- ↑ The Brightest Night, page 195
- ↑ Dragonslayer, page 41
- ↑ Dragonslayer, page 40
- ↑ Dragonslayer, page 146
- ↑ Dragonslayer, page 103
- ↑ Dragonslayer, page 101
- ↑ Dragonslayer, page 87
- ↑ The Brightest Night, page 192
- ↑ The Brightest Night, page 197
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Dragonslayer, page 143
- ↑ Dragonslayer, page 204
- ↑ Dragonslayer, page 349–350
- ↑ Dragonslayer, page 478
- ↑ Dragonslayer, page 470
| Humans | |
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| Abyss village | |
| Talisman |
Bluebell • Butterfly • Camellia • Crow • Gorge • Mushroom • Tadpole • Trout |
| Valor |
Aster • Azalea • Brook • Chipmunk • Daffodil • Daisy • Forest • Foxglove • Heath • Lark • Laurel • Moth • Petal • Pine • Root • Squirrel • Stone • Violet |
| Indestructible City | |
| Pyrrhia |
Present: Arbutus • Bandit • Cardinal • Cranberry • Grove • Ivy • Leaf • Rose • Rover • Rowan • Thyme • Wren |
| Pantala | |
| Society |
Dragonmancers • Human settlements • Truth Seekers • Wingwatchers |
