Thorn
Template:Infobox Template:Spoiler Thorn is the current queen of the SandWings and the mother of Sunny. She is a secondary character of The Brightest Night.
Biography
Pre-series
Before the events of The Dragonet Prophecy, Thorn met a NightWings called Stonemover, who would become her mate. They later had one egg, but shortly before it was laid Stonemover mysteriously vanished. Thorn buried the egg in the desert outside the Scorpion Den where she lived to keep it safe, but just before it was about to hatch, it too vanished. Thorn found out it had been stolen by Dune, and formed the Outclaws and put a bounty on his head in a desperate search for her missing egg and mate.
Thorn is first seen when Fierceteeth, Strongwings and Preyhunter go to the Scorpion Den with information on the whereabouts of the Dragonets of Destiny, followed by Sunny. Thorn ignores what they have to say about the dragonets, and instead asks if they've seen Dune, Morrowseer or Stonemover. When Preyhunter claims that Morrowseer is dead, she kills him with her barb, and then asks about Dune. Sunny then steps forward and says that Dune is also dead. Thorn dismisses Fierceteeth and Strongwings, but keeps Sunny inside and sends her into a back room, along with another dragonet called Qibli. She then tells Sunny that she is her mother, and plans a welcome party for her. However, before anything else can happen, reports of a dragonbite viper near an orphanage come in and she has to leave.
Later, Thorn is one of the SandWings present when Burn, Blister, Blaze and the rest of the tribes meet at the stronghold. After Burn dies and Sunny discovers the Eye of Onyx, faced with a choice between Blister and Blaze she gives it to Thorn instead on the grounds that nobody ever said that the new queen had to be related to Oasis. Thorn whispers to her that it's all very strange and that she hopes that Sunny will be around to help.
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