Quicksand

"Really? She's keeping it, then?"

— Quicksand about Blaze, Deserter

Quicksand was an adult male SandWing, introduced in Deserter and mentioned in Darkness of Dragons. He worked as the head chef of Queen Oasis' kitchen.

Biography

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Darkness of Dragons

Palm thought about Quicksand for a moment as she fled from the palace. She was hallucinating, thinking to herself how Quicksand would be disappointed in her for leaving dates out in the sun for too long, but she quickly shook it off, remembering that her old boss had been dead for years.

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Winglets

Deserter

Quicksand was the head chef of Queen Oasis's kitchen, portrayed as an extremely loyal and considerate dragon. He and Ostrich, Six-Claws' mother, were partners and to have married. He, unfortunately, died of the same disease as Char several years before Queen Oasis was killed and the War of SandWing Succession started.

Family Tree

Quicksand

Ostrich

Kindle

Six-Claws

2 Dragons

Ostrich

Quotes

"Really? […] She's keeping it then?"

― to Ostrich, about Oasis allowing Blaze to live

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"That's easy. The one who likes cutting the legs off jackrabbits just to see what they'll do. […] There was one flopping around the courtyard shrieking for an hour yesterday. Do you know how hard it is to stuff olives under those conditions?"

― about Burn

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"To become the next queen, […] Because she thinks she'd be better at it than the current queen."

― about Queen Oasis' sister

Trivia

• Quicksand is the second known SandWing to die from the mysterious disease that swept the Kingdom of Sand before the death of Queen Oasis, the first being King Char.

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