Tundra
- "Thank you for bringing Hailstorm home. It was the least you could do."
- — Tundra to Winter, Winter Turning
Template:Charbox Tundra is an adult female IceWing. She is the sister-in-law to Queen Glacier, due to her marriage to Prince Narwhal, the queen's brother. She first appears in Winter Turning, introduced as the mother of Winter, Icicle, and Hailstorm, making Queen Snowfall and several other princesses her known nieces.
Appearance
Tundra is described as having cold, shimmering, stormy-grey eyes and pale, glittering, icy-blue scales. She wears a necklace of SkyWing teeth which rattles when she moves. Winter recalls that the sound made him want to hide in a snowdrift as a dragonet. Hailstorm believes that she wore it to intimidate other dragons.
Personality
Tundra appears to be solemn, competitive, and extremely ambitious. Winter mentions that if sisters-in-law could take the throne, she surely would have "thrown down the challenge herself". She appears to be disappointed in her youngest son, Winter, and is close to resentment about him, willing to force him to take the Diamond Trial simply to have her older son get back into the First Circle because she favors Hailstorm more. This may also be caused by her son's low rank pulling down her own rank. She seems to care for Winter more than his father Narwhal by thanking him for Hailstorm's return but still brushes it off as if she doesn't want Winter to feel good about himself. She also grieved for Hailstorm when she believed he was "dead", and is grieving for the death of her husband in Darkness of Dragons.
Biography
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In the first chapter of the book, Tundra, Narwhal, Winter, Icicle, and Hailstorm, three attendants, and one of Winter's uncles were all part of a hunting party. Tundra hissed for the attention of the others, announcing that whoever brought down the first polar bear would later sit beside the queen while she ate it. She shot a look at her daughter, Icicle.
She told Winter that he should try harder while hunting during the tense meals shared with his family. She would compare him negatively to Hailstorm and Icicle.
While Winter was out hunting, he paused, noticing that his prey, a female polar bear, has two cubs. He also watched a scavenger. Tundra flew towards him with Icicle and Narwhal following, shrieking at him to kill the bear. Winter attempted to do so but fails because he had hesitated too long.
Winter remembered how she would make him do the IceWing guard stance perfectly every day before he could eat. According to him, this was not very fun.
Later on in the book, when Winter woke up, she was waiting next to him and thanked him for bringing Hailstorm back, before saying it was the least he could do. She then complimented him by telling him that it was good that he had not apologized.
She was later seen as the dragon who scratches the names and moves them around the Circle Rankings.
She was mentioned in Talons of Power when Hailstorm asked about his parents' condition. Tundra was one of the five confirmed IceWings who had received the plague, another one being her husband Narwhal.
In the epilogue, Winter said that Tundra never wanted to see him again after the death of her husband, Narwhal, which implies that she was truly saddened by his demise.
Family Tree
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| Glacier | Several Dragons | Narwhal | Tundra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crystal | Snowfall | Mink | Hailstorm | Winter | Icicle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quotes
- "Hailstorm killed a polar bear on his first hunt. Icicle has killed three so far. You obviously need to try harder."
- ― during one of their tense family dinners. (Winter Turning, page 3-4)
- "What is wrong with you? Are you hunting or sightseeing? Are you an IceWing or a RainWing? Kill that bear!"
- ― to Winter during a hunt (Winter Turning, page 6)
- "Good. No apologies. But now it is time to rise. There will be a ceremony in the courtyard in seven minutes that you must attend."
- ― to Winter (Winter Turning, page 252)
- "Thank you for bringing Hailstorm home. It was the least you could do."
- ― to Winter when he brings Hailstorm back (Winter Turning, page 252)
- "Restore our family's rank."
- ― Her last words to Winter before he entered the Diamond Caves. (Winter Turning, page 271)
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