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[[File:Seawing.png|thumb|An Image of a SeaWing From a NightWing Guide to The Dragons of Pyrrhia]]'''SeaWings''' are one of the seven tribes living in [[Pyrrhia]]. The home of the SeaWings is the [[Kingdom of the Sea]], where the [[Deep Palace]] is located. They also | [[File:Seawing.png|thumb|An Image of a SeaWing From a NightWing Guide to The Dragons of Pyrrhia]]'''SeaWings''' are one of the seven tribes living in [[Pyrrhia]]. The home of the SeaWings is the [[Kingdom of the Sea]], where the underwater [[Deep Palace]] is located. They also had another palace named the [[Summer Palace]], which was mostly above water, before it was destroyed. SeaWings have the ability to breathe underwater, see in the dark, and create huge waves with their tails.{{Citation needed}} They are also excellent swimmers.<ref name="dragonguide">''Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia'', Books 1-10 </ref> Their queen is [[Coral|Queen Coral]], whose heirs are [[Tsunami]], [[Anemone]], and [[Auklet]]. The SeaWing royal family carries the trait for [[animus magic]].{{Citation needed}} | ||
== Appearance == | == Appearance == | ||
SeaWings can have any range of blue, green, gray, or aquamarine scales and features (rarely they may be light pinks<ref>''[[The Lost Heir]]'', Page 77</ref> | SeaWings can have any range of blue, green, gray, or aquamarine scales and features (rarely they may be light pinks<ref>''[[The Lost Heir]]'', Page 77</ref> or purples). Their eyes may appear green, blue, gray, or purple.{{Citation needed}} | ||
[[File:Tsunami.png.png|thumb|Tsunami with the royal SeaWing spirals, The Lost Heir: Graphic Novel 2 ]] | [[File:Tsunami.png.png|thumb|Tsunami with the royal SeaWing spirals, The Lost Heir: Graphic Novel 2 ]] | ||
SeaWings are covered with bioluminescent stripes on their tails, snout, arms, legs, sides, and underbellies.<ref name="dragonguide" /> Royal SeaWings have luminescent stripes under their wings that form into spirals around the outer edges and large starbursts that branch out from the lines in the middle.<ref>''[[The Lost Heir]]'', Page 52</ref> Non-royal SeaWings typically only have smaller starbursts on their wings and lack any spirals. It is believed that each luminescent scale is different. | SeaWings are covered with bioluminescent stripes on their tails, snout, arms, legs, sides, and underbellies.<ref name="dragonguide" /> Royal SeaWings have luminescent stripes under their wings that form into spirals around the outer edges and large starbursts that branch out from the lines in the middle.<ref>''[[The Lost Heir]]'', Page 52</ref> Non-royal SeaWings typically only have smaller starbursts on their wings and lack any spirals.{{Citation needed}} It is believed that each luminescent scale is different.{{Citation needed}} | ||
SeaWings are said to be short and have small compact bodies, with short, stubby legs.{{Citation needed}} They have horns that twist backwards and are considered shorter than other dragons'.{{Citation needed}} Their claws are described to be as sharp as fishhooks.{{Citation needed}} | |||
SeaWings have a webbing of spines running down their back and the front of their chest.{{Citation needed}} They also have webs between their claws to help them swim faster.{{Citation needed}} Below their chin, they sport two barbels of varying size.{{Citation needed}} | |||
== Abilities == | == Abilities == | ||
They have gills on their necks to breathe underwater,<ref name="dragonguide" /> and also possess the ability to breath above water. Their thick tails are used to propel themselves through tough currents and fast rapids.{{Citation needed}} | |||
The bioluminescent | The bioluminescent patterns on every SeaWing serves as the basis for the language Aquatic. It is used to communicate below water, and to attract possible SeaWing partners.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Dragonet Prophecy|chapter=8|paragraph=22|quote=All right, fine!" she said with a grimace. "Glowing in the dark — Webs says it's to attract other SeaWings. That's how we choose our partners, or whatever." She shoved his head under the water again, and he came up sputtering. "Now aren't you sorry you asked?}}</ref><!-- This citation needs to be verified. It is later revealed that Webs did not bring up Aquatic, so this claim may be false. --> | ||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
==== Talons of Power ==== | ==== Talons of Power ==== | ||
When SeaWings | When SeaWings turn two years old, they are tested to see if they possess animus magic.{{Citation needed}} This ceremony is called ''Talons of Power'', and takes place next to the ruins of the old [[Island Palace]]. Both [[Anemone]] and [[Fathom]]'s powers were discovered during the ''Talons of Power'' ceremony.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} | ||
=== The Royal Hatchery === | |||
The hatchery is shaped like a large pale egg, with warm jets of water along the walls used to heat the room.{{Citation needed}} The floor of the room is filled with nests made of seaweeds, with pathways between each nest.{{Citation needed}} The eggs are separated between different stages, from newly laid close to the door and nearly hatched furthest in the room.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Heir|chapter=13|paragraph=74}}</ref> There used to be a statue of [[Orca]] inside the hatchery prior to its destruction.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} According to [[Queen Coral]] every SeaWing queen was hatched in ''the Royal Hatchery''.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Heir|chapter=22|paragraph=41}}</ref> | |||
Food is not allowed inside the royal hatchery due to the potential for attracting predators, who would eat the eggs. Other SeaWing hatcheries often fall victim to predators, such as sharks.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Heir|chapter=15|paragraph=37}}</ref> | |||
[[Tsunami]]'s egg was stolen from ''The Royal Hatchery'' by [[Webs]] in order to collect [[The Dragonets of Destiny]] in one place.{{Citation needed}} | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
==== ''' | === Darkstalker === | ||
[[File:Fathom.png.png|thumb|Prince Fathom of the SeaWings, Moon Rising: Graphic Novel 6]] | ==== '''The Massacre''' ==== | ||
Pearl sent away Fathom to the [[Night Kingdom]], where the [[NightWings]], because of the | The SeaWing Massacre was an event which took place during [[Darkstalker|Darkstalker's]] era, around 3000 A.S. The SeaWing queen at the time, [[Lagoon (Darkstalker)|Queen Lagoon]],<ref>{{Cite book|book=Legends: Darkstalker|chapter=Prologue: Dragon Guide|paragraph=5}}</ref> possessed two animus dragons: her brother, [[Albatross|Prince Albatross]], and her great-nephew, [[Fathom|Prince Fathom]].{{Citation needed}} Both princes used their magic in various projects around the Kingdom of the Sea, the most notable of which was [[Island Palace|The Island Palace]], an above-ground palace where non-SeaWing guests could stay and visit the tribe. | ||
It was at this palace where Prince Albatross went mad and killed many members of the royal family during a party thrown to host and honor SkyWing guests. It is commonly believed that Prince Albatross' madness was induced by his overuse of animus magic, the drawback of which is the consumption of the user's soul. Among the deceased were Queen Lagoon; her husband, King [[Humpback]]; their daughter, Princess [[Splash]]; Fathom's parents, [[Reef]] and [[Manta]]; Princes [[Scallop]] and [[Eel]]; an unnamed female musician; and [[Sunset|Princess Sunset]] of the SkyWings.<ref>{{Cite book|book=Legends: Darkstalker|chapter=11|paragraph=2-3|quote=Queen Lagoon and her husband, Humpback, were dead, as was their daughter, Splash. Current was missing — one of the dozens who had escaped into the sea — but his brother, Scallop, and his father, Fathom's uncle Eel, were not so lucky. One of the musicians had tried to fight Albatross when everyone fled; she was dead, too. | |||
... Fathom's parents were both dead ... not even Fathom's magic could bring them back from death.}}</ref> The only surviving heir to the throne was Prince Fathom's sister, [[Pearl]], who was five years of age at the time she became queen.<ref>{{Cite book|book=Legends: Darkstalker|chapter=11|paragraph=7|quote=[Pearl] was the only dragon left to rule the kingdom, other than [Fathom and Pearl's] mad aunt, Sapphire. Five years old and the new queen.}}</ref> | |||
The consequences of this massacre spread beyond the borders of the Kingdom of the Sea. [[Eagle]], the ambassador who had accompanied Princess Sunset, survived to warn the SkyWings of the dangers of animus dragons and their magic.<ref>{{Cite book|book=Legends: Darkstalker|chapter=11|paragraph=8|quote=... Eagle, miraculously, had survived. He survived to berate them all about the dangers of animus dragons. He survived to threaten revenge and war and the extermination of the SeaWing tribe.}}</ref> SeaWing settlements on SkyWing territory had been discussed and even begun, but after the massacre, were abandoned.<ref>{{Cite book|book=Legends: Darkstalker|chapter=11|paragraph=8|quote=And [Eagle] survived to take a message back to the SkyWing queen that the disputed shore villages would be abandoned immediately.}}</ref> The Kingdom of the Sea paid tribute in the form of seafood and gems in exchange for amnesty over Princess Sunset's death, as well as the promise of keeping the massacre a secret.<ref>{{Cite book|book=Legends: Darkstalker|chapter=11|paragraph=9|quote=Queen Pearl promised that SeaWings would never encroach into Sky territory again, in exchange for amnesty for Sunset's death. She also promised them tributes of gems and seafood for the next five years, in exchange for keeping the massacre a secret.}}</ref> [[File:Fathom.png.png|thumb|Prince Fathom of the SeaWings, Moon Rising: Graphic Novel 6]] | |||
Pearl sent away Fathom to the [[Night Kingdom]], where the [[NightWings]], because of the tribe's fear of his animus powers and to teach the newfound animus, [[Darkstalker]], of the dangers of animus magic.{{Citation needed}} [[Indigo]], Fathom's childhood best friend (and partial lover{{Citation needed}}), asked Queen Pearl if she could also come to guard Prince Fathom, and Pearl had no choice but to allow her.{{Citation needed}} She also sent two other guards with them, [[Lionfish]] and [[Wharf]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} | |||
Fathom befriended [[Clearsight]] and Darkstalker, to the point where Fathom would often forget for hours at a time the trauma he had faced.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} Tragically, Fathom had to betray Darkstalker to save the future of all of Pyrrhia.{{Citation needed}} | |||
Fathom hid [[Darkstalker's Scroll]] in the [[Rainforest]], and disappeared with Indigo once Darkstalker was put to sleep under a mountain.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} | |||
=== The War of SandWing Succession === | |||
The SeaWings were allied with [[Blister]] during the war.{{Citation needed}} Close to the end of the war, after the destruction of [[The Summer Palace]], the SeaWings fled to [[The Deep Palace]] and thus severed their alliance with Blister.{{Citation needed}} | |||
==== Orca's Statue ==== | |||
Queen Coral's first daughter [[Orca]] challenged her for the throne right as she came of age.{{Citation needed}} Orca almost won, but Coral accidentally impaled Orca and thus won.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} Orca's last words to Coral were, "I did this all wrong. You're going to rule forever, aren't you, Mother? You should thank me. No one can stop you now."{{Citation needed}} She had left a statue of herself in ''The Royal Hatchery'', which was secretly enchanted to destroy the eggs of all potential heirs soon before they would hatch.{{Citation needed}} The statue killed all but three of Coral's potential heirs, [[Tsunami]], [[Anemone]] and [[Auklet]].{{Citation needed}} Tsunami's egg was stolen from the hatchery by [[Webs]] before she could be killed. Anemone survived because Coral was there to protect her{{Citation needed}} and Auklet also survived because her egg was protected by Tsunami.{{Citation needed}} It was when Tsunami was protecting the egg of Auklet that the statue was revealed to be the killer.{{Citation needed}} Orca had hid her [[Animus]] powers her entire life,<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Heir|chapter=24|paragraph=40|quote='Orca's statue has been destroyed,' Queen Coral said with a sigh. ' [...] I can't believe she hid her animus powers from me. She could have trained with Whirlpool, too.'}}</ref> and the statue's creator was not revealed until Anemone enchanted the statue to reveal the dragon that enchanted it before it was destroyed.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Heir|chapter=24|paragraph=44|quote=Coral shook her head. 'Before we destroyed it, Anemone reanimated the statue and made it reveal who had enchanted it. It said Orca, plain as day'}}</ref> The statue did not destroy any male SeaWing eggs, as they never had the possibility of becoming heirs to the throne, which lead Coral to have 32 sons.<ref>{{Cite book|book=Moon Rising|chapter=1|paragraph=41|quote='THIRTY?' Tsunami shouted 'I have THIRTY BROTHERS?'<br />'Well, thirty-two,' he <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Turtle]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> said.}}</ref> | |||
==== Present Day ==== | ==== Present Day ==== | ||
The SeaWings' current queen is Queen Coral. The SeaWings currently only have the [[Deep Palace]], as the [[Summer Palace]] was bombed in ''[[The Lost Heir]]''. However, the SeaWings might shift their diplomacy above water to the [[Island Palace]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} | The SeaWings' current queen is Queen Coral. The SeaWings currently only have the [[Deep Palace]], as the [[Summer Palace]] was bombed by SkyWings in ''[[The Lost Heir]]''. However, the SeaWings might shift their diplomacy above water to the [[Island Palace]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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SeaWings are one of the seven tribes living in Pyrrhia. The home of the SeaWings is the Kingdom of the Sea, where the underwater Deep Palace is located. They also had another palace named the Summer Palace, which was mostly above water, before it was destroyed. SeaWings have the ability to breathe underwater, see in the dark, and create huge waves with their tails.[citation needed] They are also excellent swimmers.[1] Their queen is Queen Coral, whose heirs are Tsunami, Anemone, and Auklet. The SeaWing royal family carries the trait for animus magic.[citation needed]
Appearance[edit | edit source]
SeaWings can have any range of blue, green, gray, or aquamarine scales and features (rarely they may be light pinks[2] or purples). Their eyes may appear green, blue, gray, or purple.[citation needed]
SeaWings are covered with bioluminescent stripes on their tails, snout, arms, legs, sides, and underbellies.[1] Royal SeaWings have luminescent stripes under their wings that form into spirals around the outer edges and large starbursts that branch out from the lines in the middle.[3] Non-royal SeaWings typically only have smaller starbursts on their wings and lack any spirals.[citation needed] It is believed that each luminescent scale is different.[citation needed]
SeaWings are said to be short and have small compact bodies, with short, stubby legs.[citation needed] They have horns that twist backwards and are considered shorter than other dragons'.[citation needed] Their claws are described to be as sharp as fishhooks.[citation needed]
SeaWings have a webbing of spines running down their back and the front of their chest.[citation needed] They also have webs between their claws to help them swim faster.[citation needed] Below their chin, they sport two barbels of varying size.[citation needed]
Abilities[edit | edit source]
They have gills on their necks to breathe underwater,[1] and also possess the ability to breath above water. Their thick tails are used to propel themselves through tough currents and fast rapids.[citation needed]
The bioluminescent patterns on every SeaWing serves as the basis for the language Aquatic. It is used to communicate below water, and to attract possible SeaWing partners.[4]
Culture[edit | edit source]
Talons of Power[edit | edit source]
When SeaWings turn two years old, they are tested to see if they possess animus magic.[citation needed] This ceremony is called Talons of Power, and takes place next to the ruins of the old Island Palace. Both Anemone and Fathom's powers were discovered during the Talons of Power ceremony.[citation needed]
The Royal Hatchery[edit | edit source]
The hatchery is shaped like a large pale egg, with warm jets of water along the walls used to heat the room.[citation needed] The floor of the room is filled with nests made of seaweeds, with pathways between each nest.[citation needed] The eggs are separated between different stages, from newly laid close to the door and nearly hatched furthest in the room.[5] There used to be a statue of Orca inside the hatchery prior to its destruction.[citation needed] According to Queen Coral every SeaWing queen was hatched in the Royal Hatchery.[6]
Food is not allowed inside the royal hatchery due to the potential for attracting predators, who would eat the eggs. Other SeaWing hatcheries often fall victim to predators, such as sharks.[7]
Tsunami's egg was stolen from The Royal Hatchery by Webs in order to collect The Dragonets of Destiny in one place.[citation needed]
History[edit | edit source]
Darkstalker[edit | edit source]
The Massacre[edit | edit source]
The SeaWing Massacre was an event which took place during Darkstalker's era, around 3000 A.S. The SeaWing queen at the time, Queen Lagoon,[8] possessed two animus dragons: her brother, Prince Albatross, and her great-nephew, Prince Fathom.[citation needed] Both princes used their magic in various projects around the Kingdom of the Sea, the most notable of which was The Island Palace, an above-ground palace where non-SeaWing guests could stay and visit the tribe.
It was at this palace where Prince Albatross went mad and killed many members of the royal family during a party thrown to host and honor SkyWing guests. It is commonly believed that Prince Albatross' madness was induced by his overuse of animus magic, the drawback of which is the consumption of the user's soul. Among the deceased were Queen Lagoon; her husband, King Humpback; their daughter, Princess Splash; Fathom's parents, Reef and Manta; Princes Scallop and Eel; an unnamed female musician; and Princess Sunset of the SkyWings.[9] The only surviving heir to the throne was Prince Fathom's sister, Pearl, who was five years of age at the time she became queen.[10]
The consequences of this massacre spread beyond the borders of the Kingdom of the Sea. Eagle, the ambassador who had accompanied Princess Sunset, survived to warn the SkyWings of the dangers of animus dragons and their magic.[11] SeaWing settlements on SkyWing territory had been discussed and even begun, but after the massacre, were abandoned.[12] The Kingdom of the Sea paid tribute in the form of seafood and gems in exchange for amnesty over Princess Sunset's death, as well as the promise of keeping the massacre a secret.[13]
Pearl sent away Fathom to the Night Kingdom, where the NightWings, because of the tribe's fear of his animus powers and to teach the newfound animus, Darkstalker, of the dangers of animus magic.[citation needed] Indigo, Fathom's childhood best friend (and partial lover[citation needed]), asked Queen Pearl if she could also come to guard Prince Fathom, and Pearl had no choice but to allow her.[citation needed] She also sent two other guards with them, Lionfish and Wharf.[citation needed]
Fathom befriended Clearsight and Darkstalker, to the point where Fathom would often forget for hours at a time the trauma he had faced.[citation needed] Tragically, Fathom had to betray Darkstalker to save the future of all of Pyrrhia.[citation needed]
Fathom hid Darkstalker's Scroll in the Rainforest, and disappeared with Indigo once Darkstalker was put to sleep under a mountain.[citation needed]
The War of SandWing Succession[edit | edit source]
The SeaWings were allied with Blister during the war.[citation needed] Close to the end of the war, after the destruction of The Summer Palace, the SeaWings fled to The Deep Palace and thus severed their alliance with Blister.[citation needed]
Orca's Statue[edit | edit source]
Queen Coral's first daughter Orca challenged her for the throne right as she came of age.[citation needed] Orca almost won, but Coral accidentally impaled Orca and thus won.[citation needed] Orca's last words to Coral were, "I did this all wrong. You're going to rule forever, aren't you, Mother? You should thank me. No one can stop you now."[citation needed] She had left a statue of herself in The Royal Hatchery, which was secretly enchanted to destroy the eggs of all potential heirs soon before they would hatch.[citation needed] The statue killed all but three of Coral's potential heirs, Tsunami, Anemone and Auklet.[citation needed] Tsunami's egg was stolen from the hatchery by Webs before she could be killed. Anemone survived because Coral was there to protect her[citation needed] and Auklet also survived because her egg was protected by Tsunami.[citation needed] It was when Tsunami was protecting the egg of Auklet that the statue was revealed to be the killer.[citation needed] Orca had hid her Animus powers her entire life,[14] and the statue's creator was not revealed until Anemone enchanted the statue to reveal the dragon that enchanted it before it was destroyed.[15] The statue did not destroy any male SeaWing eggs, as they never had the possibility of becoming heirs to the throne, which lead Coral to have 32 sons.[16]
Present Day[edit | edit source]
The SeaWings' current queen is Queen Coral. The SeaWings currently only have the Deep Palace, as the Summer Palace was bombed by SkyWings in The Lost Heir. However, the SeaWings might shift their diplomacy above water to the Island Palace.[citation needed]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia, Books 1-10
- ↑ The Lost Heir, Page 77
- ↑ The Lost Heir, Page 52
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, chapter 8, paragraph 22. "All right, fine!" she said with a grimace. "Glowing in the dark — Webs says it's to attract other SeaWings. That's how we choose our partners, or whatever." She shoved his head under the water again, and he came up sputtering. "Now aren't you sorry you asked?"
- ↑ The Lost Heir, chapter 13, paragraph 74.
- ↑ The Lost Heir, chapter 22, paragraph 41.
- ↑ The Lost Heir, chapter 15, paragraph 37.
- ↑ Legends: Darkstalker, chapter Prologue: Dragon Guide, paragraph 5.
- ↑ Legends: Darkstalker, chapter 11, paragraph 2-3. "Queen Lagoon and her husband, Humpback, were dead, as was their daughter, Splash. Current was missing — one of the dozens who had escaped into the sea — but his brother, Scallop, and his father, Fathom's uncle Eel, were not so lucky. One of the musicians had tried to fight Albatross when everyone fled; she was dead, too. ... Fathom's parents were both dead ... not even Fathom's magic could bring them back from death."
- ↑ Legends: Darkstalker, chapter 11, paragraph 7. "[Pearl] was the only dragon left to rule the kingdom, other than [Fathom and Pearl's] mad aunt, Sapphire. Five years old and the new queen."
- ↑ Legends: Darkstalker, chapter 11, paragraph 8. "... Eagle, miraculously, had survived. He survived to berate them all about the dangers of animus dragons. He survived to threaten revenge and war and the extermination of the SeaWing tribe."
- ↑ Legends: Darkstalker, chapter 11, paragraph 8. "And [Eagle] survived to take a message back to the SkyWing queen that the disputed shore villages would be abandoned immediately."
- ↑ Legends: Darkstalker, chapter 11, paragraph 9. "Queen Pearl promised that SeaWings would never encroach into Sky territory again, in exchange for amnesty for Sunset's death. She also promised them tributes of gems and seafood for the next five years, in exchange for keeping the massacre a secret."
- ↑ The Lost Heir, chapter 24, paragraph 40. "'Orca's statue has been destroyed,' Queen Coral said with a sigh. ' [...] I can't believe she hid her animus powers from me. She could have trained with Whirlpool, too.'"
- ↑ The Lost Heir, chapter 24, paragraph 44. "Coral shook her head. 'Before we destroyed it, Anemone reanimated the statue and made it reveal who had enchanted it. It said Orca, plain as day'"
- ↑ Moon Rising, chapter 1, paragraph 41. "'THIRTY?' Tsunami shouted 'I have THIRTY BROTHERS?'
'Well, thirty-two,' he [Turtle] said."