SeaWings

SeaWings are dragons ruled by Queen Coral, and live underwater in the Kingdom of the Sea. The SeaWings were allied with Blister in the Great War, however it is said in the prologue of The Hidden Kingdom that Blister is against her allies.

Description

SeaWings' scales range from deep blue, to green, to grey-green, to pea-green, to aquamarine, to bluish-white, sometimes with hints of light pink. They have webbed talons and flattened, powerful tails similar to crocodile tails, which make them excellent swimmers and can be used defensively. They also have gills on their necks that allow them to breathe underwater. SeaWings are just as much at home in the water as they are on land or in the air. SeaWings cannot breathe fire, but they can see in the dark.

These dragons also have glow-in-the-dark stripes located on their tails, snouts, underbellies, and the undersides of their wings that are used to attract other SeaWings when choosing their mates. Members of the Royal Family, such as Tsunami (a Dragonet of Destiny), Anemone, Orca and any other royal dragonet, possess special spiral markings as well as starbursts on the underside of their wings (though it is not shown on the cover of book two, The Lost Heir). Non-Royal members of the tribe just have regular starbursts on their wings. The markings are also necessary for underwater communication in a SeaWing language called Aquatic. Young SeaWings are taught the language in school.

The Royal Family

The royal family of the SeaWings has a violent and tragic history marked with much inner strife and bloodshed. It is headed by the current queen, Queen Coral. She and her husband, the now deceased Gill, had multiple eggs. All the female eggs were mysteriously destroyed except for the one that was stolen (by Webs) that held Tsunami and the one the SeaWing queen guarded, Anemone. Orca (the oldest and first daughter) was killed when she was younger and foolishly challenged her mother for the throne at the age of seven. It was later discovered that Orca, who had hidden animus powers, had enchanted a statue in the Royal Hatchery to destroy all of the female eggs in secret so that Orca wouldn't have any competition for the throne if she won. Tsunami battled the statue trying to protect Queen Coral's last female egg (Auklet) in The Lost Heir. By the end of the second book, the egg had hatched. Currently there are three male Seawing eggs that are unhatched in the royal hatchery.

Abilities

SeaWings can breathe underwater and are excellent swimmers. Their glow-in-the-dark stripes are not always used for vision purposes (as Clay used them when he and Tsunami spied on their guardians); they are primarily used to speak Aquatic, the underwater communication language of SeaWings, and to attract mates at an older age. SeaWings cannot breathe fire, but because they do spend so much time underwater, but lack of water can cause SeaWings to go insane. This tactic can be used to the enemies advantage, as Scarlet used it against Gill, the SeaWing King, in her SkyWing Arena. SeaWings also have long, powerful tails, which can be used as powerful weapons. The tails can make a large and distracting splash, or can be used to propel a dragon forward for momentum.