Palm
Template:SpoilerDoD Template:Charbox Palm was a female SandWing. Her name was mentioned in The Brightest Night as Smolder's lover, yet he said that Queen Oasis did not allow them to be partners for the fear of more potential challengers if they had female dragonet eggs. Smolder never saw Palm again after Oasis "dealt" with her. Six-Claws described her to be a sweet, clever, and nervous dragon who adored Smolder and was terrified of the queen, and who would most likely never raise dragonets to kill the queen. Onyx is her daughter.
Appearance
Palm had patterns of light brown scales freckled across her paler yellow scales, much like her sister. Compared to Prickle, she was rounder and softer thanks to working in the palace kitchen. She had sand-colored wings and a small scar on her left one from when she fell off the wingery roof when she was young. She also owned earrings made of fire opal that Smolder gave to her, but she gave them to Prickle for being allowed to stay in her hut for one night while fleeing from the guards.
Biography
Shortly before Oasis' death, Smolder was shown crying about Palm's disappearance and possible death. Six-Claws mentions that he had known Palm due to working in the kitchen with her. No one mentioned if she was really dead or just imprisoned.
When Glory and Jambu disguised themselves as IceWings to enter Blaze's Fortress, it was explained to them Blaze that one of the tapestries was made in the memory of a romantic story of Blaze's brother, Smolder, falling in love with a dragon that her mother never approved, and thought that Queen Oasis might have killed her. The dragon in the tapestry was supposed to represent Palm, Smolder's love.
In the prologue, Blister asks if Smolder is running off with his girlfriend again, and Queen Oasis says that she took care of that.
Smolder, near the end of the book, says the name of his lover is Palm. He recounts a story similar to Blaze's one about Palm.
A theory is that Onyx is Palm's daughter. When Onyx tells Moon and Ostrich about how she found the piece of skyfire, she tells of how it killed her mother when it went through her head. She considered it to be beautiful and deadly, which made her love it even more. This suggests that she did not have a strong connection with Palm, perhaps caused by their constant wandering.
The prologue is from Palm's PoV. She is running away from the queen's soldiers, who are trying to take her back to the palace. Right about to pass out, she finds Prickle's oasis and hut. Prickle, her somewhat mean sister, grudgingly lets her in, though she makes Palm hand over her earrings in exchange of letting her stay, and they start arguing about Smolder. The guards burst in, but instead of arresting Palm, they arrest Prickle because the sisters look so alike. One of the guards recognizes the real Palm, but doesn't mention it. Palm decides to run away and travel the continent, but realizes that she's with an egg. This egg turned out to be Onyx.
Trivia
- In Prisoners, Fierceteeth mentioned a dragon when talking to Saguaro that had supposedly "been down [there in the prison] since Queen Oasis ruled". Many believe that this is Prickle, as she was taken away instead of Palm.
- Tui confirmed that Palm is most likely Onyx's mother and was not killed by Oasis, during a reading where she read the prologue of Darkness of Dragons. This would make Onyx Palm's only daughter.
- A palm is an unbranched evergreen tree with a crown of long feathered or fan-shaped leaves, and typically having old leaf scars forming a regular pattern on the trunk. Palm trees sometimes bear coconuts.
- A leaf of a palm tree awarded as a prize is viewed as a symbol of victory or triumph.
- This suits Palm well, as in the end Queen Oasis did not imprison Palm.
Gallery
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A typical SandWing (colored), by Joy Ang -
A typical SandWing (lineart), by Joy Ang -
A typical SandWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
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Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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Palm (left) by YlimE mooP
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Palm under a palm tree -
by Destinyfollower2233: Palm thinking of Smolder
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SandWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing -
A real palm tree
| SandWings | |
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| Queens | |
| Royalty |
Blaze • Blister • Burn • Char • Scald • Singe • Smolder • Sunny • Onyx |
| Jade Mountain | |
| Other Dragons (Present) |
Addax • Agave • Armadillo • Camel • Capybara • Cereus • Cobra • Dune • Horizon • Jerboa III • Kindle • Meerkat • Needle • Ocotillo • Ostrich • Palm • Parch • Prickle • Quicksand • Rattlesnake • Saguaro • Sandstorm • Sirocco • Six-Claws • Tawny • Torch • Viper • Vulture |
| Other Dragons (Historical) |
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| Hybrids | |
| Kingdom |
Blaze's fortress • Blister's hideout • Great Five-Tail River • Jerboa III's hut • North Beach • Possibility • SandWing stronghold • Scorpion Den |
| Society | |
