Battlewinner

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"I will lead my tribe to safety."
— Queen Battlewinner, The Dark Secret

Template:Charbox Queen Battlewinner was an adult female NightWing who was introduced in The Dark Secret. Before the NightWing Exodus, Battlewinner was ruler of the NightWings, but was described in A NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia to be "a closely guarded secret" because, unbeknownst to even her own tribe, Battlewinner was only kept alive by a large cauldron of lava. During a battle away from the Night Kingdom, Battlewinner's mouth was blasted with IceWing frostbreath, causing her organs to begin freezing together, but she managed to halt the effects by submerging herself in lava. She froze to death in The Dark Secret after leaving her cauldron in an attempt to attack Glory and Starflight.

Appearance

Battlewinner looked like a typical NightWing, with black scales that gleamed like polished ebony. However, due to the ice inside her body, her eyes were tinged with pale blue, creating a supernatural effect[1]. The entire inside of her mouth, the walls of her throat, and presumably all of her internal organs were either covered in ice. The walls of her throat were lined with pale blue frost in small swirling patterns that were described to be feathery or sharp and glinted oddly[2]. Starflight remarked that her teeth "looked more like icicles than fangs"[1]. There was a thin layer of shimmering frost on her tongue[2]. If she stayed outside of lava for too long, frost would begin to encase her entire body, starting with all of her internal organs. Battlewinner was massive, described to be as big as Morrowseer[3], with heavy shoulders. She had a battle-scarred snout[1], and her voice was hard to hear - creaky, quiet, rough, and eerie, like claws scraping on ice several caves away. Whenever she spoke, she would often break into a coughing fit, probably due to the ice in her throat.

Biography

Pre-Series

At one time, possibly after the initial eruption of the NightWing Volcano that destroyed part of the fortress, Battlewinner led expeditions to find a new home for her tribe. During one such venture, she was attacked by an IceWing, possibly due to the two tribes' bitter rivalry. She escaped alive, but the IceWing blasted her in the mouth with frostbreath, which should have frozen Battlewinner from the inside out. The only reason that she didn't die immediately was her ability to breathe fire: her internal fire reservoir counteracted the ice long enough for her to fly back to the island. In desperation, she dove into a lava pool, hoping to die quickly, but instead, it created a balance where the external heat prevented the ice from killing her. However, this left her unable to ever leave the lava without the ice completely encasing her body and becoming an ice statue, and then dying.

To prevent other dragons from learning of her weakness, Battlewinner had a hidden room created behind the NightWings' council chamber and lived in a cauldron filled with lava as big as two Morrowseer's. This way, she could watch her tribe and make her image more mysterious and powerful. When she "speaks", she uses her daughter, Princess Greatness, as a voice.

The Dragonet Prophecy

She had only been mentioned, not by name, when Queen Scarlet spoke to Morrowseer, suggesting that the NightWing queen should come to discuss the matter of Starflight with her. Morrowseer then hissed and told her not to anger the NightWings. Morrowseer and Battlewinner, the authors of the prophecy, had written the prophecy so that the NightWings could join the war. The part saying "Darkness will rise to bring the light" refers to the NightWings winning the war and taking over, which they personally see as the only meaningful line.

The Hidden Kingdom

Though she does not physically appear, she is mentioned by name for the first time by the NightWings that captured Glory.

The Dark Secret

Starflight and Fatespeaker crept into Battlewinner's private chamber from behind a map in the NightWing Fortress and found that she lived in a cauldron of lava. After Starflight burst out about the scientific impossibility of surviving these conditions, the queen explained more about her reasons for keeping herself hidden. Starflight said that he could hear the ice breaking as she tried to talk. She was planning to wage war on the RainWings in lava-filled armor designed invented by Mastermind so she could lead the battle. However, when she got out of the lava cauldron to attack Starflight and Glory later, the balance between fire and ice in her body tipped. Despite Mastermind's efforts to save her using the special armor, Battlewinner froze to death within a matter of seconds.

After Battlewinner's death, all of the NightWings (some more reluctant) swore loyalty to Glory, as they safely passed through the animus tunnel from the erupting volcano, and therefore Glory became the first queen to rule two tribes.

Family Tree

Vigilance
Several Dragons
Several Generations
UnknownBattlewinner
Greatness


Quotes

"Who [is in my chamber]?" -To Starflight and Fatespeaker

"Don't make me [kill you], [...] How [did you get in here]?" -To Starflight and Fatespeaker

"I [am Queen Battlewinner], [...] You?" -To Starflight

"Ahhh. [...] Hmm. Unimpressive." -To Starflight and Fatespeaker about them being Dragonets of Destiny.

"[You are] Mastermind's son." -To Starflight after he asks how she is staying alive in the lava.

"Ice." -To Starflight about what is in her mouth.

"Not so easy." -To Starflight about an IceWing killing her.

"Indeed. [...] A balance." -To Starflight about the lava and the frostbreath cancelling each other out.

"No pity, [...] Revenge. Soon." -To Starflight about an IceWing freezing her insides.

"Do as he says, [...] The prophecy is everything." -To Starflight about Morrowseer.

"Anything to... save the tribe, [...] Leave now." -To Starflight about what the NightWings are doing.

"Fool." -To Greatness.

"Preparations [to attack the RainWings]?" -To Greatness.

"It [my armor] will be, [...] Tonight." -To Greatness about her armor made by Mastermind.

"[The NightWings] Must do this right, [...] Can't trust you to invade properly." -To Greatness.

"And you are?" -To Glory.

"Funny [that the RainWings would attack us]." -To Glory.

"Never, [...] Never." -To Glory about leaving the RainWings and the dragonets of destiny, true and fake, alone.

"I see one [possibility], [...] You die." -To Glory.

"WHAT?" -To Starflight when he offers to give the NightWing a village in the Rainforest Kingdom if she lets Glory rule them instead.

"NEVER! [...] We'll never bow to the RainWings." -To Glory about her plan.

"You never wanted to be queen, [...] You're a pathetic heir." -To Greatness.

"I am their [the NightWing] queen. I am." -To

"Shameful." -To Greatness. "I will lead my tribe to safety." -Battlewinner's last words.

Trivia

  • The name "Battlewinner" most likely refers to her ability to fight, or her military strategy. The name is, however, ironic because she lost in a battle with an IceWing's frostbreath and a "battle" with Queen Glory and Starflight.
  • Queen Battlewinner is one of the four queens who died in the main series, the others being Queen Oasis, Ex-Queen Scarlet, and Queen Glacier.
  • She died with her mouth open and looked like 'she had wanted to end her life with a roar'.
  • Tui confirmed that the IceWing that shot frostbreath in her throat is unknown.
  • It is unknown if other similar incidents involving frostbreath had transpired in the past.
  • She is the first known dragon to try to commit suicide but survive.
  • It is unknown if she was queen when she was blasted with frostbreath.
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Dark Secret, page 165
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Dark Secret, page 167
  3. ↑ The Dark Secret, page 261


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(Historical)

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