Mightyclaws
- "That's Fierceteeth. Don't mind her. Older sisters always think they can do whatever you're doing better than you can. I know, I've got one too. I'm Mightyclaws, by the way."
- — Mightyclaws when he first meets Starflight, The Dark Secret
Template:Charbox Mightyclaws is a male NightWing dragonet who lived on the NightWing island before the volcanic eruption that destroyed it. As of the events of The Dark Secret, he now lives in the NightWing Village in the Rainforest Kingdom, along with the rest of his tribe.
He was attending Jade Mountain Academy as a member of the Quartz Winglet before he left with Darkstalker to live in the Lost City of Night.
Appearance
Mightyclaws has black scales[1] and is rather small[2]. He has a round belly, but his face is still lean, with sharp jawbones and deep hollows under his eyes[3]. He wears a tiny silver diamond stud earring[4] and has a hint of a rasp to his voice[5].
Personality
When Starflight first met Mightyclaws, he said that he was the nicest of the NightWing dragonets, referring to him as "the friendly dragonet." Mightyclaws seemed to feel safe telling NightWing secrets to other dragons, as is shown when he told Fatespeaker all about the collapsed part of the fortress, including when it happened and where the treasure room was located. He is mature and friendly to strangers, at least compared to many of the other NightWing dragonets. He had a slight problem with accepting a RainWing dragonet as a queen but was also the first to give in to her rule at the volcano and seems to be honest and loyal. He loves his tribe and want to assist with their rebuilding, helping as much as he can and using his drawing-to-reality ability to build homes for fellow tribemates.
He seems to be creative on a high level and has a lot of artistic skill since, in Moon Rising, he painted the volcano from the NightWing Island, and Moon thought it was very well done.
He also has an unfriendly side, which was shown when Moonwatcher attempted to have a conversation with him in the art cave with him at Jade Mountain Academy, which is most likely based off of his jealousy of Moon being raised in the Rainforest Kingdom rather than in the Night Kingdom like the other NightWing dragonets.
Mightyclaws had a great fear of Darkstalker and seemed to fully think that he existed, while other NightWings appeared to believe him nothing but a legend. While he was under Darkstalker's spell, he was extremely different, due to his fear of the animus.
Biography
The Dragonet Prophecy
| The Dark Secret |
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| Mightyclaws first appeared at the dorm cave where The Dark Secret began with Fierceteeth, Mindreader, and a few other unnamed NightWing dragonets. He seemed to be a bit more outwardly friendly than some of the other dragonets. He interrogated Starflight with the others about the outside world because he was not old enough know the NightWing secrets and keep them a secret, thus he couldn't leave the NightWing island yet. Fatespeaker said they often chatted and Mightyclaws had told her about the fortress. He was the first to switch loyalties over to Glory while the other NightWings hesitated. |
| The Brightest Night |
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| Deathbringer suggested that Mightyclaws go to the new school for dragonets at Jade Mountain in the epilogue of The Brightest Night. |
The Jade Mountain Prophecy
| Moon Rising |
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Mightyclaws was mentioned in the prologue by Secretkeeper as being the only NightWing dragonet that had hatched in the last year (the prologue is set in the year Moon was hatched, in 5008 AS (After Scorching). Moon visits Mightyclaws in the art cave of Jade Mountain Academy to ask questions about Darkstalker and the NightWings. He asks Moon why she would ask him about such a thing. He is one of the NightWings who thinks Darkstalker will come back to the NightWings seeking revenge. He appears to have some problems with a trauma that he is supposed to solve by using art as a therapy, which was recommended by Starflight; however, Mightyclaws personally doesn't see how it could help. He seems to dislike Moonwatcher by saying that she "will never be one of us" after showing her his painting of the volcano, but Moonwatcher once heard him think, " If my mother had any spine she'd have hidden me in the rainforest", hinting that he may not dislike her and that perhaps he envies her instead. However, he seems to dislike his mother, what with him criticizing her for not hiding his egg in the rainforest. Moon describes him as an outwardly friendly dragon with dark thoughts on the inside. In the art cave when he asks Moonwatcher why she was asking him so many questions and she responded that she thought that it would help her be "more like a NightWing", he threw his painting of the volcano on the floor to show her that it was why she would never be a true NightWing, and he furiously stormed out of the art cave, thinking about how unfair his upbringing was compared to hers. |
| Winter Turning |
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| Mightyclaws makes a very brief appearance painting in the epilogue whilst Darkstalker is reading the thoughts of students across the school. He is shown to be thinking about the escaped prisoners planning a rebellion against Glory, wondering whether his mother would align with them or not and what his own choice would be. Darkstalker mentions that the young dragonet will have to make a decision, and only one of them will end with him still being alive. |
| Escaping Peril |
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| More information flying in soon... |
| Talons of Power |
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| Mightyclaws is shown appearing at an inconvenient time, in which Tsunami, Sunny, Starflight, and Turtle are discussing the return of Darkstalker. He panics, says he has to warn the others, and bolts out of the room. This really annoys Tsunami, as she says, "Oh great, we've had all of two days before another all-school panic, GREAT." He is later being given an enchantment on his earring by King Darkstalker that gives him the ability to turn whatever he draws to become real. He hurries to the art room to test it out. He is one of the 50 or so NightWings that decided to stay with Queen Glory, another one being his mother. |
| Darkness of Dragons |
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| Mightyclaws is mentioned to have been one of the few NightWings that refused an earring from Qibli and chose to keep the powers Darkstalker gave him. He currently uses those powers to draw up houses for the village in the Rainforest under Queen Glory and Deathbringer's supervision. |
Winglets
| Prisoners |
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| Fierceteeth mentions Mightyclaws as the only other NightWing dragonet she knew who has a sibling. |
Quotes
- "That's Fierceteeth, [...] Don't mind her. Older sisters always think they can do whatever you're doing better than you can. I know, I've got one too. I'm Mightyclaws, by the way."
- ― to Starflight (The Dark Secret, page 7)
- "Dragonets aren't allowed to leave the island until we're ten years old, [...] Apparently we can't be trusted to keep all the NightWing secrets until then."
- ― to Starflight (The Dark Secret, page 10)
- "No idea what I'm doing. Why does Starflight think this will help me? Would it be weird to go back to the prey center again tonight? Maybe there'll be some sheep left tonight. Three meals in one day; will anyone notice? Or yell at me? Why is Moon here? Maybe Starflight sent her, too. Although she doesn't have any trauma to work through. With her perfect life in the rainforest, always as much as she wanted to eat, no adult dragons yelling at her, no classes on lying, no death smoldering right over her head all the time..."
- ― thinking about painting (Moon Rising, page 150)
- "The looks the other dragons give me here-- like I either ate their favorite scroll or I might suddenly burst into flames, and they don't know which."
- ― thinking (Moon Rising, page 151)
- "No, he's definitely real, and he's definitely coming back to kill us all one day, [...] My father used to tell me about him while he taught me to fly. He'd say, 'Flap harder! Imagine the Darkstalker is chasing you!' or 'If you can't twist into a dive faster than that, the Darkstalker will catch you and rip off your claws and eat your brain!' He told me about how the tribe buried him a long time ago and then ran away to hide, but he's slowly clawing his way out, and one day he'll break free and come to kill us all for revenge."
- ― to Moonwatcher, about Darkstalker (Moon Rising, page 152)
- "Because everything was awful, and you escaped, and it is not fair."
- ― thinking about Moonwatcher (Moon Rising, page 155)
- "Like, if I draw a sword, then I touch it and it would become a real sword. And if I drew a pond, I could touch it, and then it would become a real pond. Or if I drew a banana, then I could touch it, and, and... um, I would have a real banana to eat."
- ― to Darkstalker, about the animus gift (Talons of Power)
Trivia
- In Moon Rising, he is shown to be an excellent artist, painting the volcano that was on the NightWing Island before the events of The Dark Secret took place.
- He is one of the only NightWings noted to have siblings, due to the conditions on the NightWing island being so harsh for mothers and dragonets.
Gallery
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Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
References
- ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 1
- ↑ Talons of Power, page 35
- ↑ Moon Rising, page 148
- ↑ Talons of Power, page 68
- ↑ Moon Rising, page 149
