Scarlet

Scarlet was an adult female SkyWing who was introduced in The Dragonet Prophecy. Despite being challenged fourteen times for the throne, she reigned as the SkyWing queen for approximately twenty-nine years until she was killed by Queen Ruby in a royal challenge.

Appearance
Scarlet had dark orange scales and bright yellow eyes that were as sharp as talons. Her orange wings were enormous, and their top side had rubies embedded around the edges. A row of tiny rubies and diamonds were also embedded between the scales over each of her eyes.

She was slightly bigger than Clay, but smaller than Kestrel and Dune. She was usually wreathed in white smoke emitting from her nostrils in a steady stream that would coil thickly around her horns. She also had a deep, slithering voice.

During her reign, a fine coat of golden chain mail adorned her, hung with rubies and amber drops around her torso, as well as a circlet made of gold and diamonds, medallions around her neck, and rings on her claws. Occasionally, she would also wear a diamond-studded vest with small black chain links.

After being severely injured by Glory's venom and being imprisoned by Burn, all earlier ornaments were gone except for the rubies above her left eye. The other side of her shimmering orange face was melted into a hideous dark mess that misshaped her snout and revealed a glimpse of her jawbone underneath. One eye was pulled down and out of proportion with the rest of her face. She was referred to as "Melty-Face" by a SkyWing dragonet.

During the time after her escape from Burn, Scarlet became thin and ragged but began adorning herself with jewelry again once she briefly managed to regain the SkyWing throne.

Personality
Scarlet was a violent, vain, and manipulative dragon, with a love for bloodshed and a thirst for vengeance. She was sarcastic, melodramatic, sadistic, and hedonistic. Living in excess, Scarlet took pleasure in adorning herself and her throne room with gemstones and precious metals, and would grow petulantly upset when she did not get her way. She thought very highly of herself, and had portraits made in her image. She was not above lying and manipulation, and would go to great lengths to control dragons around her to do her bidding, particularly Peril. She was a smooth liar, sly and cunning with her words, as well as ruthless and unbothered by killing or having dragons killed, including her own daughters. She used fear of her violent wrath to prevent her subjects from doing things she disliked, and she rarely lost challenges to her authority. Chameleon also stated that she was usually very convincing. She rarely trusted other dragons, and Moonwatcher described her mind as loud, angry, and all over the place.

Her self-indulgent need for 'thrilling' forms of entertainment meant that her violent arena, fed by the war, was very important to her. She wished to continue the war, heedless of its impact on her subjects, for her personal entertainment and to keep her throne secure. She also kept a close hold on Peril, her arena champion, who was encouraged to draw out battles for Scarlet's entertainment.

After being scarred by Glory's venom, she grew more bitter and vicious, plotting vengeance and violence against the dragonets of destiny, Princess Burn, and her successor, Queen Ruby. She was less confident and more willing to let other dragons kill the dragonets of destiny for her.

She was shown to be opportunistic, taking advantage of what Chameleon could do very early on. She also seemed to find it amusing and easy to manipulate Peril, despite the latter wanting to kill her. When changing dragons with the jewelry Chameleon provided, she put loyalty to her as one of the first criteria most of the time, showing how she expects all her subjects to feel the same.

Burn
Scarlet allied with Burn for the War of SandWing Succession and found the war a useful source for fighters in her arena. Later, after being wounded by Glory, Burn locked her up in her stronghold, and this changed the relationship between them drastically.

Chameleon
Upon discovering Chameleon disguising as Soar, Scarlet offered him to work as her spy in exchange for treasure. Their relationship was mutual due to the offer, as Chameleon was greedy for treasure and was willing to work for such. She trusted Chameleon with multiple spying missions, such as using a Cirrus mask to infiltrate the Talons of Peace.

Clay
As a dragonet of destiny, Scarlet toyed with him during his imprisonment. She is aware of his friendship with Peril and focused on destroying it. As with the other dragonets of destiny, she wanted him dead.

Glory
Scarlet initially saw Glory as a useless and lazy RainWing, turning her into a piece of art. After getting injured by her venom, Scarlet loathed the RainWing for ruining her looks. She wanted Glory dead more than the other Dragonets of Destiny, as hinted when Icicle goes for her to make up for her failed murders. Scarlet says that Glory gave her a sickening feeling, which she wouldn't call fear.

Peril
Scarlet was like an adoptive mother to Peril, since she took her in when she was very little and let her grow up in the SkyWing palace. She manipulated her to become her champion and made her so that she didn't feel any guilt when she killed. When Clay came along, Scarlet tried to make her stay away from him so she wouldn't try to escape. She also tricked her into eating the black rocks. In Escaping Peril, she had Chameleon enchant Peril to be loyal to her. Scarlet tricked the firescales in every way. It backfired eventually when Peril broke free from the spell.

Pyrite
As per the enchantment modifications, Pyrite always does her best for Scarlet and is completely loyal to her. She stated that she would have kept fighting for Scarlet as long as she needed Pyrite and that she refused to sign an oath to Ruby because of her loyalty. When Pyrite thinks of Scarlet, a surge of powerful emotion rolls through her. She believes Scarlet is amazing and took care to see her at least once per day when Pyrite still lived in the Sky Kingdom, even if from a distance.

Ruby
Ruby is Scarlet's daughter, making her eligible for taking the throne. She was formerly Tourmaline, whom Scarlet enchanted to be a softer, more obedient dragon in order to maintain her power. Despite wanting to keep the throne, Scarlet kept her alive in order to have at least one live heir, though they did not have a strong relationship. She was ultimately killed by her daughter during the challenge.

Vermilion
Scarlet does not see her son as a threat because he cannot inherit the throne. As such, she seems to be on good terms with him, letting him announce arena battles as well as argue for persecution.

Trivia

 * Tui admitted before that one of her favorite words was "thrilling," just like Ex-Queen Scarlet.
 * In Scarlet's character profile, the word written in big letters at the top is "VAIN." Tui determined that vanity would be Scarlet's defining characteristic while searching for traits that are unusual to find in a villain.

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