Kestrel

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Template:InfoboxKestrel was a SkyWing[1]of "jewel-hard"[2] rust-colored scales and orange-yellow eyes.[3] Starflight is terrified of her extremely short temper. As one of the Guardians of the Dragonets, she guarded the dragonets while they were "imprisoned" in the hidden cave. She had always bullied and abused Glory, for that she discriminated against the RainWings more than anything. She was also a member of the Talons of Peace. Her mate is unknown, and she was the mother of Peril.[4] She acted as the antagonist to The Dragonets of Destiny while they were living in the cave.  

Biography

Kestrel was one of Queen Scarlet's most loyal soldiers. She later entered the breeding program, but the egg she brought forth contained twins, a rare and unwanted occurrence among the SkyWings. One of the dragonets, the female, got twice the amount of fire that she should have had, while her brother had too little. Since dragonets as such are always killed, Kestrel tried to save them but was cornered at the Diamond Spray. Scarlet told her to sacrifice one and she would not hold Kestrel responsible. In addition, the SkyWing Queen said she'd let the latter live and go free. Kestrel killed the young male, her own son, an act that haunted her the rest of her life. Scarlet lied and didn't keep up her end of the bargain, compelling Kestrel to flee for her own life. Kestrel attempted to bring Peril, but being burned from Peril's scales, she was forced to leave her behind.

She later acted as a guardian and the trainer of fighting, plus she was to teach the strength/weaknesses of every tribe, though she only yelled at them much, for the five Dragonets of Destiny, a task she loathed, because it reminded her of her lost children. She was one of the reasons the dragonets were such desperate to escape, although Sunny never bothered.

Later captured and imprisoned again by Queen Scarlet, she was set free when the dragonets escaped via the aid of Peril. She later parted ways with them and her daughter, leaving them up to her own devices.

In the epilogue of the first book, Blister and Morrowseer had betrayed her. Morrowseer had said that neither the dragonets nor Blister/himself needed the SkyWing; thus Blister slashed Kestrel's throat, and stabbed her in the heart with the poison-tipped barb, then proceeded to fling her off a nearby cliff into the ocean. Sometime later, a SeaWing guard (possibly Piranha) had found Kestrel, deceased.

Personality

For the reason that she had lost both her dragonets and had been exiled from the SkyWing Kingdom, Kestrel had always been always bad-tempered, grumpy and hot-headed. Her words stung, like they always did.

Quotes

"We await the wings of fire; not that it'll do us much good now, Hvitur is dead."
"So it's just you, me, and Dune to raise the little worms. For a prophecy that can never be fulfilled. Let's break the cursed eggs now and be done with it. We'll be long gone before the Talons of Peace return to the dragonets. 'All right, enough. I'm the strongest dragon in the Talons of Peace. You need me. It doesn't matter how I feel about nasty little dragonets. Although I though at least one of them would be a SkyWing."
Of all the horrible ideas. RainWings are wretched creatures. Nothing like SkyWings.
"WHICH LEFT WAS THAT, USELESS? Are all MudWings this stupid? OR ARE YOU JUST DEAF?"
'I'm your teacher. Nothing I do is cheating."
"Oh, yes? Which opponent would you prefer, the stunted SandWing or the lazy RainWing? Because I'm sure you'll get to choose out on the battlefield."
"Where's the violent little monster I saw when you hatched? That's the dragonet we need for the prophecy."
"I know who the ringleader was. Cut off the head, and the problem goes away."
"I don't like it either. I never have. And she's not a SkyWing. We're supposed to have a SkyWing.
"Ungrateful lizard!"
"Stupid SeaWing. Complaining to the first strange dragon you see! Trying to make us look bad! Whining about your life, after all we've given up for you! Our job is to keep you alive, or else I'd have strangled you myself a long time ago."
"All your big dreams of you wonderful family. They don't care about you. When it's time to fulfill the prophecy, you'll be alive, and the Talons of Peace will have you, and that's all that matters."
"He'll be back by midday. It has to be done be then. He doesn't want to see her again. He'll find us a SkyWing. Properly this time. No colorful substitutions."
"I won't fight. I'll come with you. Just leave them. These dragonets have nothing to do with the SkyWings. They're no prizes. They're useless, every one of them."
"Kill them and let's go!"
"No thanks to you five. You wanted so badly to be free. Now do you see why we had to protect you?"
"Everything I say is true. I am the way life has made me. Take it or leave it. Because I'm going now, and you can come with me or not."
"I failed you? I work for the Talons of Peace, not the NightWings. They can talk to me if they got complaints. I kept those brats alive, like I was supposed to."

References

  1. ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 3
  2. ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 3
  3. ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 303
  4. ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 181
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