Ivy

"My dad's a liar. He let his sister die. And all the people he's banished, and who knows how many hundreds of people in all those villages the dragons destroyed. That's all because of him."

— Ivy to Daffodil, Stone, and Violet about Heath, Dragonslayer

Ivy, referred to as Holler by Sunny, is a female human and one of the three main protagonists of Dragonslayer. She is one of two scavengers that Sunny met in the scavenger ruins in The Brightest Night. She is also the daughter of Heath.

Appearance

Ivy has enormous brown eyes and long, dark hair flowing down to the middle of her back. She is smaller and younger than Rose.

Personality

While not much of her personality was shown in The Brightest Night due to her being a scavenger instead of a dragon, Ivy appears to be braver than most scavengers, as she yelled at Sunny. Sunny also mentioned that she moved confidently. More about her personality is revealed in Dragonslayer when she was initially shown to idolize her father, Heath, for his supposed heroism, but as she grew older, she began to fear that Heath may not be as truthful about his heroic acts as everybody excluding herself thought he was. This is later proven to be true when Ivy learns that Rose's "death" was partly due to an unrepentant Heath's cowardliness and that it was Ivy's uncle Stone, not Heath, who slaughtered Oasis. Realizing that Heath was nothing but a fraud, Ivy develops resentment towards her father for his cowardliness and lack of remorse for lying about it.

Much like her aunt, she has artistic talent. She is curious and adventurous, which was shown when she joined the Truth Seekers to discover the mysteries her father hid from the rest of the village.

Biography

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Brightest Night

At Jade Mountain, a scavenger later revealed to be Ivy, contacted (possibly accidentally) Sunny using a dreamvisitor. Sunny assumed that the only way the scavenger could have gotten the dreamvisitor was by stealing it, and so she traveled to the scavenger ruins in hopes that the rest of the SandWing treasure would be there. Upon arrival at the ruins, Sunny climbed onto a tree to survey the area from above and hide until the scavengers came. Eventually, two scavengers emerged from the burnt village — one with short, fluffy hair and a more confident one with longer hair. Sunny approached the scavengers but was forced to trap them on a scavenger building's remains due to them not being cooperative and trying to attack her. She gave Ivy the name Holler because she was very loud, and the other Fluffy because of his fluffy hair. After Sunny asked for the dreamvisitor, Ivy and Leaf began to argue, presumably on whether to give it to the dragonet or not. Eventually, Ivy produced the sapphire and gave it to Sunny. Sunny then asked for the rest of the treasure by drawing a pile of it in the dirt with her claw. After watching the two scavengers discuss it for a while, she decided to take Fluffy off of the wall, assuming that he would bring the treasure in return for Ivy. Ivy then demanded a ride from the dragonet, and so Sunny let her onto her back and flew off in search of Fluffy. After Leaf gave Sunny a sack full of treasure, Sunny noticed that the Eye of Onyx was not in there, although the Lazulite Dragon was. Sunny questioned the scavengers, but they did not appear to have it. As she was about to leave, Sunny considered keeping Ivy and Leaf as pets but eventually decided against it. Ivy asked Sunny for another ride, but Sunny regretfully told them that she had to leave and flew away with the sack of treasure. Sunny wondered if she would ever see them again.

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The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Moon Rising
Sunny mentions her (as Holler) and Leaf (or Fluffy) indirectly when talking to Winter about scavengers and what to do with Bandit.

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Legends

Dragonslayer

Ivy first appears in Chapter Three of Dragonslayer. Ivy was very young at this time. She asks her mother, Lark, about her father's fame, and Lark responds, explaining how he killed Oasis. Ivy claims that she wants to see a dragon and asks why Stone was yelling at Heath about running away from dragons before asking Lark if she could have a pet dragon (much to her mother's disapproval). Later, Ivy mentally notes how the women and children created Dragonslayer Way but that her father took all the credit. In the book, she befriends Violet and Daffodil and forms the Truth Seekers with them. One of their "quests" is to find out what Heath really does. As she follows Heath around Valor, Ivy runs into Foxglove, and the Wingwatcher assists her outside of the underground city. More information flying in soon...

Relationships

Daffodil

Ivy and Daffodil consider each other best friends, caring greatly for each other. Ivy thinks that she could not imagine life without Daffodil along with Violet, calling the possibility of the two getting banished the worst thing ever to happen.

Foxglove

Ivy is friends with Foxglove, and looks up to the older Wingwatcher. She is impressed by Foxglove's calm, focused, and unimpressed face, and tried to imitate it. She gave Foxglove her best drawing of a dragon in flight, which was a night dragon, the first dragon they saw together. Ivy wrote "Thank you for everything" in the corner. After hearing Foxglove was arrested by Heath, Ivy worried about Foxglove's safety often, determined to save her.

Leaf

Ivy helped him escape from some SkyWings, and quickly became friends. She shows concern for Leaf during the Wingwatcher arrests, and before Leaf rode on Cereus, she promises that she will help him look for Wren. They appear to have romantic feelings for each other, as shown when they kiss before Leaf leaves on Cereus (or "Sweetface") to find Wren.

Sky

Ivy seems to have a friendly relationship with Sky. They terrified the citizens of Valor and exposed Heath together. Ivy notes that she couldn't stop watching him, and had a "constant impulse to babble at him about how perfect he was," adding how she was repressing it with great difficulty.

Violet

Ivy views Violet as one of her best friends. She is shown to care about Violet's wellbeing, such as when she mentions the risk of Violet and Daffodil getting banished from Valor and worries about Violet when Heath arrests her. When Ivy was sneaking into the SandWing stronghold with Leaf and Stone, she wishes that Violet was with them. After Ivy, Sky, and Wren free the Wingwatchers, Ivy hugged Violet fiercely.

Family Tree

Stone

Heath

Lark

Rose

Ivy

Quotes

"Because he's the boss of everyone, or because he did a Dragonstare a long, long, long time ago?"

― to Lark about her father, Heath

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"Were the other dragons mad at Daddy? I think maybe slayering a dragon is not very nice. I bet that dragon did not like getting poked until it fell over and couldn't get up again."

― to Lark

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"Mommy. Mommy. Mommy, you know how Daffodil has a pet rabbit? Do you think I can have a pet dragon?"

― to Lark about Daffodil's pet rabbit

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"But Miss Laurel, why can my dad go there whenever he wants, but Pine went there once, and now he's banished from Valor forever?"

― to Miss Laurel about Pine being banished from Valor

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"My dad's a liar. [...] He let his sister die. And all the people he's banished, and who knows how many hundreds of people in all those villages the dragons destroyed. That's all because of him."

― to Daffodil, Stone, and Violet about Heath

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