Hope
"The first forty times, Queen Diamond killed me herself."
--Foeslayer, Winter Turning, page 308
Foeslayer is a female NightWing who appears in Winter Turning. She was one of the causes of the rivalry between NightWings and IceWings, as well as the mother of Darkstalker.
Biography
Pre-Series
Only days away from the IceWing animus Prince Arctic's gifting ceremony, Foeslayer and the NightWings supposedly kidnapped him and took the future gifts by pretending to offer an alliance against the SkyWings and then abducting him. However, this is only a lie (or a misunderstanding?) told by Queen Diamond. What really happened was that they fell in love with each other. Unfortunately, the IceWings didn't listen. Queen Diamond enchanted her so that every time she died, she would freeze. As she only aged in moments when she was unfrozen she has probably only aged a few weeks in 2,000 years.
To win the Diamond Trial, one must kill her and then freeze their opponent. When Hailstorm and Winter found her, Hailstorm melted the icy layer that covers her and attacks her. She fought back and immobilizes him, and when she moved in to kill him, Winter, to her surprise, attacks her to prevent her from killing Hailstorm. She is then killed by Hailstorm.
When Hailstorm left, Winter woke her up again, and she remarked that she has never been woken up by the same dragonet twice. Winter asked why she took Prince Arctic, but she objected, saying she fell in love with him as he fell in love with her. Winter felt sorry for how she kept getting punished for over 2,000 years after she fell in love with the prince.
As Winter tried to break the shackles that kept her from leaving, she told him the story of how she fell in love with Prince Arctic. Winter finally froze the shackles off and offered for her to come with him. However, she declined and stated that she was going to the Night Kingdom. Winter decided that this would be a chance to find the Lost Kingdom of Night since Foeslayer and Darkstalker were the only ones who know where it was hidden. He hoped that after finding it, he'd be able to rejoin his friends.
