Qibli

"Hey. I'm the idiot clawmate, although most dragons call me Qibli. My intimidating acquaintance here is Winter. What's your name?"

— Qibli to Moon in the Prey Center in Moon Rising.

Template:SpoilerToP Template:Infobox Character Qibli is a young male Sandwing. He was an Outclaw who considers himself Thorn's personal bodyguard and her most loyal friend since he was three years old, and was referred to as her 'third wing' by Onyx. Before becoming a student at the Jade Mountain Academy in the Jade Winglet with Moonwatcher, Winter, Umber, Kinkajou, Turtle and Carnelian. He appears to have a slight crush on Moonwatcher, and was clawmates with Winter. Qibli is confirmed to be the protagonist of Darkness of Dragons. Before this was confirmed, Tui said that it would be him unless "something very unexpected happens".

Qibli has light, sand colored scales with brown freckles on his snout, very similar to Thorn's. This led to Sunny asking if he was Thorn's son. The answer was no, though he remarked that Thorn had saved him from his family. In his left ear, he wears a dark amber earring with a warm amber teardrop hanging from it which almost gets torn out in Moon Rising, while confronting Icicle,^[1] and has a zigzag scar across his snout. He is described by Moonwatcher as good looking, in a warm way.

Personality

In The Brightest Night, Qibli seems to be all-business, completely dedicated to Thorn. Not much of his personality is shown, and he seems to be older than he really is. In Moon Rising, however, he shows to be a rather funny and sarcastic dragon. His mind, according to Moonwatcher, is constantly analyzing and thinking. He appears to be sarcastic and loves to joke around, especially with Winter. Qibli has a reputation on Moon as one of the "smartest dragons in Pyrrhia".

Biography

The Brightest Night

He first appears as part of The Outclaws when Thorn pins Preyhunter to the ground for admitting the truth of Morrowseer's death. He shot forward along with Six-Claws when Preyhunter lashes out at Thorn. When the NightWing was killed by Thorn, he stood beside the body looking "as if he'd very much like to stab it again, just to be sure."

Later, he follows Queen Thorn and Sunny before they talk about the "Wanted" posters around the Scorpion Den. He tells Thorn he's not leaving her alone with no stranger, showing his extreme loyalty towards her. When Six-Claws informs Thorn that there's been reports of a Dragonbite Viper near the orphanage, she leaves and Qibli is left alone with Sunny. She asks him what a Dragonbite Viper is, and he tells her that it's the only snake in Pyrrhia that can kill a dragon. After, Sunny asks him if Thorn was his mother also. He denies it, saying that she saved him from his real mother, and that his brother and sister hated him. As Sunny lies down on a pillow, she asks what the Outclaws do. He tells her that they are in charge of the Scorpion Den, and becomes a little insulted when she starts to fall asleep while he's talking, though he lets her sleep.

When the Outclaws attack Burn's stronghold, he fights alongside Thorn and Six-Claws. As a SandWing soldier was about to stab Thorn, Qibli barrels him away. Sunny and Thorn get locked into a room by Smolder, and when they escape, Thorn gathers her Outclaws and retreats. Qibli remarks that he never trusted Smolder, and that Thorn should have never done so either and claimed that you should never trust a royal dragon, to which Thorn pointed out he didn't even know any royals.

Moon Rising

He notices Moonwatcher in the hall, while she was looking for her room, while he was talking to Ostrich. He observes that she is twitching her wings back to look smaller than she really was and wonders if she is up to something, or if she is just shy. He then remembers that Queen Thorn does not like NightWings, so he is a bit wary of her, however he thinks she's pretty.

Later in the cafeteria he breaks in when Moon is protecting Bandit, a scavenger, and Winter is trying to get Bandit because he was Winter's pet. He was actually the one who let the scavenger out of the cage in the first place, since he had wanted a better look at it. Qibli defends Moon from Winter's threats and harsh words, since Winter had thought that Moon was trying to eat his pet. Qibli then comes to the winglet meeting the next day. He defends Moon from Winter when he grills her for NightWing secrets. He flies out the window and jokes about how fast Moon caught the goat and asks for half. He goes to the prey center after that.

The next day, he shows up after Winter when Moon is warning everyone about the fire. He asks her whatś wrong and stops Carnelian from going inside, lying and saying that it was because it smelled bad. When the cave blows up, Qibli than defends Moon for the third time from Winter when he questions her why she knew. Qibli finds out that Moon is a mind reader, thought that she thought of him a terrible dragon, and then runs off. The next day, he tells Moon that he wants to help her find the murderer.

Qibli than tells Moon to check Pike, Flame, and Icicle. After they become dead ends, they both go outside later to try Onyx. Qibli asks question to get Onyx to admit it. Everyone in the circle respects him. After they know it isn her, Moon lies to Qibli about the skyfire, which makes him distrust her again . Moon reads his thoughts later, him wondering if he should tell the MudWings. He then appears when Moon goes to see Sora. When Sora and Umber leave, Qibli follows Moon to the library.

When they get there, Icicle is creeping up on Starflight,ready to kill him.

Winter Turning

He annoys Winter by making clever observations about what Winter is planning, but still wants to be friends. Winter got rid of Turtle and Qibli said that he couldn't get rid rest of them as easily. This annoyed Winter very much, but he "allowed" them to follow. They all ended up flying to the rainforest to warn Glory about Icicle coming to kill her.

Qibli sees the dead NightWing body covered in frost breath. He is later locked in the wingery with the others and escapes to the NightWing tunnel where he finds Icicle. Kinkajou tackles her to the ground out of rage saying that nobody was going to kill her Queen. While Icicle was reaching to slice her when Glory gets in and tranquilizes Icicle.

When they go out looking for Scarlet after Icicle was dreamvisited, they meet Squid and Riptide, two SeaWings from the Talons of Peace, by the river. They look at the drawing and Riptide summons two SkyWings, Avalanche and Pyrite. Avalanche seems like she wants to rip off Qibli's tail barb. Pyrite claims to know where it is when they mention that they are looking for Scarlet. That's also when Winter makes an observation that Qibli has feelings for Moon.

When they find the mountain Moon saw in the dream, they take a short rest. Winter is dreamvisited by Scarlet, which means she is spying on them. They look around and find a shredded camp and one of Scarlet's scales, and they discover she herself had been there. They started looking until they found a cave, and while Kinkajou and Pyrite are still sleeping, they sneak up on Scarlet and her companion, and overhear her yelling at her companion and orders him to bring Pyrite to her. When they get back to camp they wake up Kinkajou who was very startled. Then she is grabbed by Scarlet's companion, punched in the chest two or three times and is thrown into a tree. The companion is then fought off by Moon blasting him in the face with fire and Winter blasting him in the face with frostbreath. The companion runs away, screaming in agony. After Winter confronts Pyrite and she attacks him, Qibli pins her snout to the ground and Winter tears off the necklace that she had previously refused to remove. Qibli jumps back at the sight of her scales falling off to reveal Hailstorm beneath the scales.

When they get to Possibility and hear the news about Kinkajou's fractured skull and broken ribs, Winter is worried about Hailstorm's confusion problem and Winter decides to wear the necklace to figure out what Hailstorm is going through, but before he can do so, Qibli tears off number four of the conditions. When Winter puts the necklace on he turns into Pyrite, and Qibli asks him if he could have the necklace back, so Pyrite gives it to him and Winter appears again. Winter decides to go back to the Ice Kingdom and Qibli tries to reason with him, but Winter ignores him, and Qibli gives him a week to come back to them.

Escaping Peril

Qibli flies above Peril and Turtle when he heals himself in the river. They greet each other when they meet.

When Peril burns Winter while trying to dive away, Qibli, Moonwatcher, and Turtle land below the arch and gather around Winter. Qibli frantically tries to think of a way to heal Winter, stating that he could breathe frost breath onto hit scales and mentioning that there was a cactus sap that heals burns. Qibli gets pushed aside by Turtle as he works with his animus-touched river stone. He asks why Turtle has "a magic healing rock". After a bit he exclaims that Turtle must be an animus.

Later, he says that Winter running into Peril looked like a fight when Peril tries to convince the group it was an accident. Qibli notes that Winter left pretty firmly and questions why he got a vote on stating that Peril was the target of the Jade Mountain Prophecy.

Later, when they get the scroll from chameleon, Winter and Qibli get into a fight on how to use it, which causes Peril to burn the scroll and to unintentionally free Darkstalker.

Relationships

Family

Qibli has a mother with snake patterns down her back, a father, one brother, and one sister. In one of his memories, his brother and sister are threatening him with their tails just to steal his talonful of dates. In one of Moon's visions, he is seen with his brother and sister and a elderly male SandWing, possibly his father. Qibli says that he had a terrible family life and is glad that he will never have to see is family again. Right after saying this, Moon has a vision of the future where he is in a fight with his father and two older siblings and yelling "Where is she?", possibly referring to his mother, Moonwatcher, or Thorn. His brother and sister (named Sirocco and Rattlesnake) are in the vision, and they are wearing golden medallions decorated with birds. Dragons adorned with similar jewelry are seen in Escaping Peril in Possibility, arguing over the price of dragonflame cacti.

Thorn

Qibli sees Thorn as his leader and mother, having served her and the Outclaws pretty much his whole life, since he was 3 years old. He is extremely loyal to her, protecting her during battles and even refused to leave her side when Thorn wanted to talk in private with Sunny. It was also mentioned by him that Thorn saved him from his birth mother, who didn't take good care of him.

Moonwatcher

In Moon Rising, he and Moonwatcher are put into the same winglet; he quickly becomes one of her best friends. He is very intelligent and observant, shown by his thoughts that Moon has heard. He is a bit wary of her at first, but however, he thinks she's pretty and constantly wonders what he should do to make Moon like him better. Because of his instinct to protect, he frequently defends her (mostly from Winter). He turns out to also be a bit insecure about her "gift" to read minds, but in the end he helps her figure out who set of the bomb with the use of her powers. It is stated in Winter Turning that Qibli wants to be more than friends with Moon.

Winter

Qibli and Winter have a bit of a rivalry -- as Qibli (quite often) likes to annoy him -- however, he still wants to be Winter's friend. Their rivalry could also be about the fact that they both have strong feelings for Moonwatcher, but this is unlikely, since even before they were introduced to Moon, Qibli still annoyed him in a deliberate, yet friendly way. Winter states that Qibli's constant, clever observations annoys him several times a day.

Kinkajou

It was shown in Moon Rising that, Qibli tried to get Kinkajou to like him. It is a possible ship but Kinkajou has shown no likeness to Qibli. Though Kinkajou has commented Qibli as a heroic SandWing.

Quotes

"I'm not leaving you alone with no stranger. All prophecy-like or not." - Qibli in Thorn's room to Thorn about Sunny.

"Ha! Moons, no. She saved me from my mother. Besides, the way I understand it, there's only ever been one egg for Thorn, and that's you- if you are who you say you are." - Qibli in Thorn's room to Sunny after she asked if Thorn was his mother.

"Would you really eat a hairy spider anyway?"

"I didn't trust that Smolder dragon. I knew there'd be trouble! Didn't I say so? Can't trust a royal, that's what I always say." - to Thorn about Smolder.

"Are you falling asleep in the middle of my fascinating explanation?" - to Sunny as she begins to fall asleep.

"No one is getting sliced up or frozen and snapped apart. What is wrong with you? Did you even try just asking nicely? " - to Winter in Jade Mountain Academy, after Winter threatened Moon.

"Hey. I'm the idiot clawmate, although most dragons call me Qibli. My intimidating acquaintance here is Winter. What's your name?" - to Moonwatcher, in the Prey Center.

"Winter, you need to seriously cool down! Get it? Because he's an IceWing? I know, I'm hilarious."

"See, I'm your destiny." - to Winter after the IceWing asked to be moved to a private cave.

"Hey igloo-face! That's not cool." - Qibli to Winter after he accuses Moonwatcher of lying to them in Moon Rising

"You're not at all clear on the concept of 'asking nicely', are you?"

"I'm probably wrong, but I think my clawmate just made a joke. Is that possible?"

"Camel farts. They all seemed like perfect suspects."

"What's with you and faces? You should try threatening someone's elbows or ankles once in a while, just for a change of pace." - To Winter in the rainforest about his habit of threatening to slice dragon's faces off.

"Nice. Not the face this time. Very creative." To Winter after he threatens to rip Squid's tail off and beat him with it.

"So your not-igloos don't look like this? - To Winter in Possibilty

"If you ever get stabbed by my tail, I promise it wont be by accident." - To Winter when he complained about being careful with his venomous tail in Winter Turning

"We would never allow such higgeldy-piggeldy shenanigans in the Ice Kingdom."-Qibli pretending to be Winter as Kinkajou and Moon raced.

"Entertainment value." Qibli about Winter in Winter Turning

"This is Riptide and Serious." ... "That's what I said." Qibli introducing Riptide and Cirrus.

"Oh, awesome logic! You're royalty, so you've always had power, so you should get any new power that comes along?" -To Winter, when they fight over the scroll in Escaping Peril

"Winter, do you have a part of your brain that can handle empathy?"

"Moon, sometimes you're so busy listening to what dragons are thinking, you miss the things they're actually doing. Which can tell you a lot more about what they're really like."

"Would anyone else like to make a dramatic confession? Who else is hiding powers? Winter, anything we should know? A special IceWing ability to kill dragons with a sneer?" -When Turtle reveals he's an Animus

"Turtle, why do you have a magic healing rock!? No, wait, how do you have a magic healing rock!?"

"You were really mean to Moon and you didn't even apologize!"

"Make bananas. Absolutely terrifying. Run for your life. "-Qibli talking about Mightyclaws' New Power

Trivia

Qibli is the dragonet that was based on Tui's son.
Qibli appears to think of himself as Queen Thorn's bodyguard.
Qibli's name is pronounced 'ki-blee'
Qibli is the alternate name for the desert wind Sirocco, which happens to be the name of one of his siblings.
He will be the first full SandWing PoV to be featured in the main series and the 2nd SandWing PoV overall.
It is still unknown which of Qibli's siblings are which, since all that is given is their names, which don't correspond to a gender. It is possible we will find out which sibling is which in Darkness of Dragons.
It is possible Qibli's mother was Blister, as his mother was described as having "snakelike patterns down her spine" in Moon Rising.
On the current cover of Darkness of Dragons, the scar across Qibli's snout is not visible, although it may get another cover with revisions.
He could have the original royal bloodline in him, from Oasis due to his mother having a snakelike pattern