Smolder

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"He wasn't evil — he wasn't even mean. He was a dragon in a terrible family, in a hard situation, in danger of being put to death like his brothers at any moment. He could have killed her the moment he got his talons on her. He could have left her in the tower. Maybe she shouldn't like him, but she did anyway."
— Sunny's thoughts about Smolder, The Brightest Night

Smolder is an adult male SandWing who was introduced in The Dark Secret. He was allied with Burn during the War of SandWing Succession, and currently resides in the SandWing stronghold. He keeps a pet scavenger he calls Flower.

Appearance

Smolder has sharp claws, with pale yellow scales[1] and wings that are patterned with black diamonds.[2] Similarly to Blister, Smolder has a narrow face and unfathomable,[3] lidded dark eyes.[1] He is smaller than Burn,[4] and wears a cluster of keys, pouches, and bells on chains around his neck that clink and jingle slightly as he walks. Several are plain iron, while others are plated in jewelry or gold.[1] He has a crooked smile,[5] and his face conveys his emotions quite clearly.[6]

Personality

Sunny noted that Smolder's voice sounds normal, like that of one of her friends, and he spoke directly to Sunny instead of over hear head as though she was nothing but a piece of treasure, as many other dragons did. He is firm,[7] easily amused, thoughtful,[8] patient,[9] hilarious, [10] compassionate,[11] odd,[12] kind,[13] and hopeful.[10][13] He has a sarcastic,[14] sardonic,[15] odd way of speaking that makes everything he says sound sort of like a joke.[16] He is clever and cunning,[17] but he is not cruel or evil.[18]

Biography

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Hidden Kingdom
In Blaze's fortress, Blaze said her brother fell in love with a dragon her mother would never agree with, and she broke his heart. A tapestry was shown to be hanging in her fortress, showing two dragons, presumably Palm and Smolder flying in the sunset.
The Dark Secret
In the epilogue, he was seen in Burn's stronghold speaking to Burn about the dragonets of destiny. He and Burn plotted to kill all of the dragonets. He also talked about a prisoner that was revealed to be Scarlet. He also stated that he wasn't used to calling Burn "Your Majesty."
The Brightest Night

Smolder was running Burn's stronghold while Burn was away, looking "for a certain quintet of dragonets." He led Sunny to the tower where Burn stores her collection and "special" prisoners, such as Queen Scarlet. He introduced Sunny to his pet scavenger, Flower. He showed Sunny that Flower was trained to come when she heard Smolder ring a bell, among other things. After this, he proceeded to lead her to her cell in the tower. After seeing how miserable Sunny was, he decided that he'd take her out at midday for a walk every day. Sunny began realizing that he was actually a nice dragon. He also explained to Sunny the mystery of the missing SandWing treasure, showing her the doors to the previous treasure holds and revealing to her a clue about the Eye of Onyx, telling her if any of the other SandWing sisters had the treasure, they'd be queen already.

He later unchained Sunny and ordered Camel to watch her as he organized troops to defend the stronghold. Thorn and the Outclaws were attacking the stronghold, and Smolder was successfully fending them off. Sunny begged Peril to stop the fight to save her mother, and Peril agreed, but asking to save Queen Scarlet, and both agreed.

Smolder then led Thorn, Sunny, and Peril to Burn's collection, on Thorn's orders to see the dead, stuffed NightWing that Burn owned.

Later, Smolder led Thorn and Sunny into the library and locked them in there, because Burn would kill him if she found out that he let them escape. Thorn and Sunny escape by burning the wood surrounding the doorknob, and part ways.

At the choosing of the SandWing queen, Smolder was present and handed Burn Blister's gift. The gift happened to be two dragonbite vipers, one of which killed Burn, and the other nearly kills Clay. Blister and Blaze fought until Sunny finds the Eye of Onyx and gave it to Thorn.

Smolder apologized to Thorn about the library, and Thorn claimed that it would be hard to forgive him.

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Moon Rising
Sunny thought of Smolder when talking to Winter about Bandit. She was not sure how to refer to him, whether as a friend, a former captor, or a dragon who almost got her killed.
Winter Turning
Although he does not formally appear, there was a letter from him addressed to Vermilion on the joys of raising and taming a scavenger, which Smolder did himself in the case of Flower. Some of the lines told him what to do, what not to do and some general information about scavengers. The letter came after the book's epilogue and it also appeared in the special edition of The Brightest Night.
Darkness of Dragons

Palm, his lost love, thought of him many times whilst fleeing from Oasis's guards. She gave the earrings he gifted her with to her sister Prickle as payment for her refuge.

Later in the book, Qibli walked into Thorn's tent and saw Smolder in the tent discussing the IceWing plague. He was flirting with Thorn, and he seemed astonished that she was letting Qibli have an opinion.

When Onyx challenged Thorn, he and Blaze went to watch the fight. Upon Onyx revealing her identity, Smolder jumped into the ring and tried to convince her not to fight. Qibli noted that, while he was facing Onyx, his wings keep brushing affectionately with Thorn's. Onyx refused and goes on with the challenge.

During the sandstorm, he took shelter with his daughter in the dungeon.

While looking for him, Thorn mentioned that he was terrified of the dungeon. They found him in there with Onyx, who had a badly injured leg. Qibli noted that it was not obvious whether she was injured by the storm or if Smolder did it so she'd be unable to challenge Thorn.

Legends

Dragonslayer

Smolder is seen by Wren greeting General Sandstorm when he returned to the palace. She notes the way they speak to each other is veiled, both of them barely hiding contempt and annoyance. Smolder says Burn will be back in a few days, and that's when Sandstorm can give her her gift. Sandstorm is happy about this, saying Burn will want him alive for now. Smolder winces and says he's fine. Wren notes that Smolder seems confused about why Sandstorm seems comfortable ordering him around.

Later, he is mentioned by Rose, unnamed, to be her dragon. Even later, once she describes him to Wren, Wren tells her his name. Rose was unaware of this and said that she had been calling him Ember since she met him.

Smolder is woken up by a dragon cook in the middle of the night; the cook mistook Stone for Rose, and trapped him in a net bag. Smolder is confused and points to Rose, who is lying in a bunch of green pillows in the corner of his room. The dragon enters his room and they start arguing as Stone and Rose reunite, and she meets Ivy and Leaf. After the dragon leaves, Rose attempts to get Smolder to leave his room for a bit by speaking to him in Dragon, telling him to get her some apricots. He laughs when she does this and saunters out to get what she requested. Rose says her pronunciation is "abominable," and wonders what Smolder will actually bring back.

Winglets

Deserter
Smolder approached Six-Claws while he was digging up a shrub to inform him that Blister and Burn were up to something, hoping that Six-Claws would come up with a way to fix it because he didn't want to get involved. When Six-Claws thought that Blaze could be in trouble, Smolder refused to help and fled back toward the palace. Later, he was seen sobbing over Palm's disappearance, unable to be comforted. As he and his brothers discovered the dead Queen Oasis, and he was satisfied knowing that Oasis didn't take her away.

Relationships

Burn

Smolder had a rocky relationship with Burn. He often made her mad, which almost led to him being killed. He resented his sister but often carried out her bidding throughout the war to avoid being killed by her like his brothers before him.

Flower

Flower is Smolder's pet. She is bold around him,[19] and she and Smolder are very physically affectionate.[20] When speaking about her, Smolder's voice seems to lose its sardonic tone, and is instead affectionate. He views her as very clever, and is proud of her,[15] although Flower is indignant towards him when he becomes stern.[21] He cares deeply for her well-being,[22] and is gentle towards her.[23]

Oasis

Oasis is Smolder's mother. He once briefly mentioned that she made him unhappy when she was alive.[14]

Onyx

Smolder was surprised to hear that Onyx was his long-lost daughter. Having a great love for her, he flew down to embrace her, only to be pushed away. It is unconfirmed if Smolder was the one who injured Onyx's leg, but he stayed with her until Thorn came.

Palm

Smolder loved Palm very much, despite the fact his mother would not like her. He was distraught after her disappearance. His love for her also gave him satisfaction of his mother's death, since he knew she disliked Palm. Palm was never taken away by Oasis, as originally thought.

Sunny

He was respectful to Sunny as she was presented as a gift for his sister. Smolder was kind to her and cared about her, having taken her on midday walks when he noticed how miserable she was. In addition, he chose to let her live, but also didn't want her escaping. She genuinely likes him,[24] and appreciated how he spoke directly to her.[7]

Thorn

At first, he did not have a good relationship with Thorn due to locking her and Sunny in the library. Thorn found it hard to forgive him after that. However, in Darkness of Dragons, it is shown that Smolder is a very loyal friend towards Thorn, even showing affection for her.

Vermilion

Smolder seems to be friends with Prince Vermilion, as in a special edition of The Brightest Night and Winter Turning, he gives him advice on how to take care of a scavenger.

Family Tree

CharOasis2 Dragons
ScaldSingeBurnBlisterBlaze
PricklePalmSmolder
Onyx


Quotes

"I have heard that before. There was someone who used to tease me about it. She told me she was going to assume everything I said was a joke, since that would simplify things. You can do that, too, if you like."
― to Sunny about his voice (The Brightest Night, page 114)
"I think I should put you in the weirdling collection. It's as safe as the dungeon but more comfortable. Also more psychologically destabilizing."
― to Sunny, Smolder debating where to imprison her (The Brightest Night, page 98)
"There used to be three of us, but the other two made the wrong dragons mad."
― to Sunny about his brothers (The Brightest Night)
"You can live for now, but I'd appreciate it if you made your escape attempts as feeble and ineffective as possible."
― to Sunny (The Brightest Night, page 96)
"This is not Burn's favorite place. I can't guarantee she's ever been in here, in fact. And our mother wasn't the most organized dragon in the world either. I tried once to put it all in order. As you can see, I was wildly successful."
― to Sunny and Thorn about the SandWing messaging room (The Brightest Night, page 155)
"Oh, right. Very dignified. Hard to argue with that kind of elegant turn of phrase."
― to Thorn (Darkness of Dragons)
"An extremely beautiful frog. One we're all still proud to call our queen."
― to Thorn, after she put on a copy of Qibli's enchanted earring (Darkness of Dragons, page 134)

Trivia

  • In the prologue of Darkness of Dragons, Palm states that she would give her egg the name that Smolder chose, revealed to be Onyx.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Brightest Night, page 93
  2. ↑ The Dark Secret, page 125
  3. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 121
  4. ↑ The Dark Secret, page 293
  5. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 118
  6. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 122
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Brightest Night, page 94
  8. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 95
  9. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 108
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Brightest Night, page 141
  11. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 110
  12. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 114
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 The Brightest Night, page 115
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 The Brightest Night, page 103
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 The Brightest Night, page 105
  16. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 96
  17. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 159
  18. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 288
  19. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 101
  20. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 102
  21. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 124
  22. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 112
  23. ↑ The Brightest Night, page 123
  24. ↑ The Dark Secret, page 139


SandWings
Queens

Present: Oasis • Thorn
Historical: Scorpion

Royalty

Blaze • Blister • Burn • Char • Scald • Singe • Smolder • Sunny • Onyx

Jade Mountain

Arid • Onyx • Ostrich • Pronghorn • Qibli • Sunny

Other Dragons
(Present)

Addax • Agave • Armadillo • Camel • Capybara • Cereus • Cobra • Dune • Horizon • Jerboa III • Kindle • Meerkat • Needle • Ocotillo • Ostrich • Palm • Parch • Prickle • Quicksand • Rattlesnake • Saguaro • Sandstorm • Sirocco • Six-Claws • Tawny • Torch • Viper • Vulture

Other Dragons
(Historical)

Jerboa • Jerboa II

Hybrids

Sunny

Kingdom

Blaze's fortress • Blister's hideout • Great Five-Tail River • Jerboa III's hut • North Beach • Possibility • SandWing stronghold • Scorpion Den

Society

Outclaws • Talons of Power • War of SandWing Succession


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