Kestrel
Template:InfoboxKestrel was a SkyWing[1]with "jewel-hard",[2] rust-colored scales, burn scars on her palms and intense,[3] orange-yellow eyes. As one of the Guardians of the Dragonets, she guarded the Dragonets of Destiny while they were imprisoned in the hidden cave. She was also a member of the Talons of Peace. Her mate is unknown, and she was the mother of Peril[4]and her dead brother .
Biography
Sometime before the series began, Kestrel was one of Queen Scarlet's most loyal soldiers. She entered the SkyWing breeding program, and produced one egg which contained twins, a rare and unwanted occurence. One of the dragonets, the female, hatched with twice the amount of fire she should've had, while her brother had too little. Since such dragonets were always killed, Kestrel attempted to save them but was cornered at the Diamond Spray River. Scarlet told her that if Kestrel sacrificed one, she would not be held responsible. In addition, Scarlet said she'd let the other dragonet live and go free. Kestrel killed the male with her own claws, an act that haunted her the rest of her life. Scarlet lied and didn't keep up her end of the bargain, forcing Kestrel to flee for her life. Kestrel attempted to bring her daughter, but burned her talons on the dragonet's scales. She was forced to leave her surviving dragonet behind, and could not return to her, as she would be killed.
Kestrel was also the dragon who found Hvitur's body at the base of a mountain after he had been murdered by Burn.
She later acted as a guardian and fighting instructor 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 so desperate to escape, although Sunny wasn't as bothered by her temper.
Later captured and imprisoned again by Queen Scarlet, who planned to execute her, she was set free when the dragonets escaped with the aid of Peril. She later parted ways with them and her daughter, leaving them to their own devices.
In the epilogue of the first book, Blister and Morrowseer had betrayed her. Morrowseer had said that neither the dragonets, Blister or himself needed the SkyWing; Blister then slashed Kestrel's throat and stabbed her in the heart with her tail barb, then proceeded to fling her off a nearby cliff into the ocean.
A SeaWing guard, possibly Piranha, found Kestrel's body washed up on a beach. Although at first only Tsunami and Coral's court knew about the murder, the other Dragonets of Destiny eventually found out. Sunny in particular was very upset over Kestrel's death.
Personality
Because she had lost both her dragonets and been exiled from the SkyWing Kingdom, Kestrel was usually bad-tempered, grumpy and hot-headed. She was assumed to be just cruel and mean naturally, but it was later revealed that this was because she was bitter about being lied to and subsequently losing her children. She also often bullied and abused Glory and was the only guardian not to deny participation in the RainWing's murder, saying that she would snap Glory's neck while she was sleeping.
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Kestrel
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Kestrel is betrayed by Blister and Morrowseer (morrowseer not pictured) -
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A typical SkyWing
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Kestrel is in the middle
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Kestrel looking at SandWings
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