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"How am I supposed to trust you, Fathom? Whenever I look at you, I see everything he did. Won't you always be tempted to use your magic? What would stop you? What could ever stop you?"
— Pearl to Fathom, Darkstalker

(Not to be confused with Pearl, the treasurer of the SeaWing Council.)

Pearl was a female SeaWing dragonet who was introduced in Darkstalker. She ascended to the throne and became queen of the SeaWings at the age of five after the events of the Royal SeaWing Massacre.

Description[]

Pearl was glittered with coils of gemstones, long twisted ropes of pearls and opals and sapphires circling her torso and ankles.[1] Manta described her as a picture of majestic splendor.[2]

Personality[]

Pearl was blunt,[3] and often exasperated by Fathom and Indigo's immature behavior,[4] but seemed unfairly jealous when Fathom was announced an animus dragon and began receiving special treatment.[5] She sometimes used an exceedingly bored voice, and often sighed about how loud and immature Fathom and Indigo were.[6] She studied herself in mirrors for a long while before attending a party, implying she was concerned about her physical appearance.[7]

Biography[]

The Jade Mountain Prophecy[]

Moon Rising
She was mentioned when Moon was reading a scroll titled The Animus Histories, which explained that Pearl was Fathom's sister, the granddaughter of Albatross, and one of the few dragons who survived the massacre. It said that Pearl became queen peacefully and ruled for many years.

Legends[]

Darkstalker

Pearl was the sister of Fathom and one of the dragonets chosen for animus testing, which later became the Talons of Power ceremony. She tried to shush Indigo multiple times as they waited, and was the one to point out that it was Fathom's coconut that had hit Albatross in the chest.

During the Royal SeaWing Massacre, she used the glass from the shattered aquariums to cut herself, covering herself in blood to play dead. After Albatross was killed, she emerged from her hiding place and claimed her new role as queen of the SeaWings. Her first decree was to outlaw animus magic throughout the kingdom. Fathom made a blood oath to her, promising never to use his magic again as long as he lived and never have dragonets, which she told him meant he had to stay away from Indigo, whom he was in love with. She then appointed Indigo to be the head of her personal guard.

About a year later, Current, another survivor of the massacre, returned from being held as a "guest" of the queen of the NightWings. He reported that the NightWings had an animus, and that he was using his powers. To avoid a similar tragedy from occurring in the Night Kingdom, Pearl sent Indigo, Wharf, and Lionfish along with Fathom as his guards, to the Night Kingdom, in which they were assigned to train Darkstalker and to warn him of the price of using his magic.

Field Guides[]

A Guide to the Dragon World

Pearl was mentioned in Queen Lagoon's letter to Albatross about testing for animus SeaWings.

She was the recipient of a letter from Queen Carmine in the SkyWing chapter of the guide.

Relationships[]

Fathom[]

Fathom and Pearl did not always get along, and she was often exasperated by him,[4] but she never followed him around to be unreasonably mean towards him.[8] After he was summoned by Albatross for his first training session, Fathom noted that she appeared to be mad at Fathom for being an animus.[9] Even after three years after the test, she acted jealous towards Fathom whenever he went off to practice with Albatross, but most of the time, she went back to normal, often exasperated by his and Indigo's immaturity.[6]

After the events of the massacre, Pearl's relationship with her brother was strained, as she feared that Fathom would go insane very much like Albatross,[10] and did not trust him. However, her love towards her brother was still there as she accepted his oath and spared him from death.

Indigo[]

Despite being exasperated by her,[4] Pearl considered Indigo as her friend, and stated that she wanted Indigo to live a happy life.[3] Pearl believed that Indigo would be honest with her,[11] but planned for Indigo to stay away from Fathom despite her and the prince's wishes.[11] Pearl made Indigo part of her royal guard to keep her away from Fathom so they could never have dragonets or possible animus dragons together.

Manta[]

Fathom mentioned that there was a weird vibe between his sister and their mother. Before the massacre, Indigo stated this was because the only way for Pearl to become queen was for Manta to challenge Lagoon and win, then for Pearl to challenge Manta and win.[2]

Family tree[]

AlbatrossSapphireLagoonHumpback
EelMantaReefSplash
CurrentScallopPearlFathomIndigo
ClearpoolCowrieRipple
More


Quotes[]

"You two are HOPELESS. Have you never seen a dragon wear pearls before? They can't hang this way or they'll make it impossible to swim, and besides, everyone knows a double wind around the neck is most flattering. You have to tighten the slack here and drape it like this…"
― fixing Indigo's pearl necklace for the party (Darkstalker, page 58)

"You can thank me by distracting Great-Uncle Humpback if he tries to corner me again with stories about the grand old days. 'You know, when I was a young whippersnapper, we had scavenger sashimi every afternoon. But where have they all gone, can you tell me that, eh? They can't have gotten smarter! Someone's been interfering with my scavenger supply! Some toothy little blowfishes, I'll show them."
― imitating Humpback (Darkstalker, page 59)

"I sliced myself up with the glass from the aquarium. I covered myself in blood and pretended to be dead. He walked right past me."
― to Fathom about how she avoided Albatross (Darkstalker, page 126-127)

"Besides, it's not fair to her. She's my friend, too, and I want her to have a happy life. Don't you? Think about it. What could she ever have with you? No dragonets, no future, nothing but constant danger. Do you want that for her? […] I'll make her part of my honor guard, promote her up the ranks quickly. In a few years, I'll find a minor noble she can have a family with. She'll have a safe, normal life."
― to Fathom about Indigo (Darkstalker, page 130)

"That story is nonsense. Who would want an animus?"
― to Indigo's question on whether the NightWings might try to steal Fathom (Darkstalker, page 160)

Trivia[]

  • Pearl was noted to have had poor handwriting when she was a dragonet.[12]
  • Pearl preferred everything perfectly symmetrical.[6]
  • When she was two, Pearl took geography along with Fathom and Indigo.[1]
  • Before the Royal SeaWing Massacre, Pearl was thought of as "the one who might be queen someday." Because of this, she had special diplomacy classes, extra policy sessions with the queen, private lessons to improve her handwriting, and advanced etiquette courses.[9]
  • Pearl and Sapphire were the only remaining heirs to the throne, but due to Sapphire's mental and physical incapabilities she was not capable of being queen, leaving Pearl to ascend the SeaWing throne.[12]
  • Pearl is one of the youngest known queens in Pyrrhian history.[12]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Darkstalker, page 18
  2. 2.0 2.1 Darkstalker, page 61
  3. 3.0 3.1 Darkstalker, page 129
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Darkstalker, page 2
  5. Darkstalker, page 20
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Darkstalker, page 57
  7. Darkstalker, page 59
  8. Darkstalker, page 30
  9. 9.0 9.1 Darkstalker, page 21
  10. Darkstalker, page 128
  11. 11.0 11.1 Darkstalker, page 130
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Darkstalker, page 127


SeaWings
Queens

Present: Coral
Historical: LagoonPearl

Royalty
(Present)

AnemoneAukletCeruleanFinGillMorayOctopusOrcaSharkTsunamiTurtle

Royalty
(Historical)

AlbatrossClearpoolCowrieCurrentEelFathomHumpbackMantaReefRippleSapphireScallopSplash

Jade Mountain

AnemoneBarracudaPikeSnailTsunamiTurtle

Other Dragons
(Present)

AbaloneFlounderHerringKelpLagoonNautilusPearlPiranhaRiptideSnailSnapperSquidTempestTortoiseUrchinWebsWhirlpool

Other Dragons
(Historical)

IndigoLionfishWharf

Hybrids

Typhoon

Folklore

Droplet

Kingdom

Bay of a Thousand ScalesDeep PalaceSummer Palace

Kingdom
(Historical)

Island Palace

Society

AquaticRoyal SeaWing MassacreSeaWing CouncilTalons of Power ceremony

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