Darkstalker

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 * Darkstalker
 * Peacemaker


 * "I am not a monster. It seems history has painted me that way, but perhaps that's what happens when you disappear before you can tell your own story, and only your enemies are left to finish it."
 * —Darkstalker to Moonwatcher, Moon Rising

Darkstalker was an ancient NightWing-IceWing hybrid who is a main protagonist of Darkstalker. He was hatched with animus, precognitive, and mind-reading powers, making him the most powerful dragon in known Pyrrhian history. He was also in a relationship with Clearsight until the conclusion of Darkstalker, in which she and Fathom were forced to trap him beneath Agate Mountain before he destroyed Pyrrhia.

Almost 2,000 years later, Kinkajou used Darkstalker's own talisman to transform him into Peacemaker, a young NightWing-RainWing dragonet with none of his former abilities and no memories of his past life.

Appearance Edit
Darkstalker had black scales and midnight-black wings,appearing as a full NightWing except for a line of silvery IceWing scales where his wings met his body. He has silver teardrop scales indicative of mind-readers on the outside corner of each of his eyes,  which are as black as underground caverns. He has a narrow, handsome face and long, twisted horns and is at least three times as tall as the largest living dragons, his wingspan as wide as Agate Mountain. He wears a plain, white, half hoop earring made of bone in his left ear. During a party in Darkstalker, he wore a silver earring designed to look like a snake twining down his ear and a heavy silver band that wound around his tail five times and was carved to look like dragon scales.

Personality Edit
Darkstalker was a charismatic, kind, and witty individual, but also extremely ambitious and power-hungry. He was compassionate towards dragons close to him and would go to great lengths to do what he thought was best for them. His passion for protecting these dragons also manifested in a cruel, vindictive need to avenge any perceived wrongs towards himself or those he loved-this penchant for vengeance manifested itself in anger at his father, and, by extension, the entirety of the IceWing tribe. This persisted through his 2,000-year sleep, and he emerged from Agate Mountain with intent to wipe out the entire IceWing tribe.

Darkstalker was charming, thoughtful, intelligent, and even sweet at times, but ultimately let his ego combined with his desire for revenge and malice control him, often without either considering the repercussions of his actions or simply just choosing to ignore them. He was incredibly self-assured and ambitious, always believing that the best future was one with himself in a position of power.

Darkstalker had a great deal of willpower, being able to shield his mind from other mind-readers at will, and was a notably intelligent and sly dragon. He was very manipulative, such as when he persuaded Moonwatcher that he was simply a misunderstood and kind dragon who needed to be freed from the mountain. Darkstalker had few moral boundaries, and seemed to abide by 'the ends justify the means.' He was willing to do anything to achieve the 'perfect' future he foresaw-this included a total willingness to manipulate, mind-control, indirectly, and directly harm other dragons. He didn't see anything wrong with his own actions throughout the books and stood by his ability to create the perfect future until the end, refusing to give up his animus magic willfully.

Clearsight Edit
Clearsight was Darkstalker's soulmate (at the time). Darkstalker loved her without reserve or hesitation, mostly reciprocated. He was enthusiastic about their love and bent over backwards to make her happy. Notwithstanding, the tragedy of Foeslayer's presumed death shattered him and he became indifferent towards her free will and happiness, although later apologizing to her imagined spectre. He tried to keep her focused on the happy futures where they had dragonets and he did not take over the whole tribe by enchanting her earring, but when she found out, she was mad at him instead of being happy like he had hoped. Although Darkstalker lied to himself about this attempted manipulation of Clearsight being the best thing for her, it was really about keeping her from knowing about his schemes. However, Darkstalker still loved Clearsight more than anything, questioning what he's doing all this for if he doesn't get to be with her again in Darkness of Dragons. Despite his malice, he wanted to be with Clearsight more than anything, turning Fierceteeth into various aspects of Clearsight, but unable to "get her in the right form". Clearsight was one of the only dragons he truly loved according to her, along with Whiteout, Foeslayer, and possibly even Fathom.

Fathom Edit
As his former mentor and best friend, Darkstalker was very close to Fathom, even leading him to enchant a bell to ring whenever Fathom was feeling sad or lonely. However though, when the NightWing-IceWing hybrid showed no signs of understanding the dangers of animus magic, Fathom and Clearsight grew troubled about him. In the end, this caused Clearsight to convince Fathom to betray him. Fathom enchanted Clearsight's mind-reading shield bracelet that was to put Darkstalker into an "eternal" sleep. In Talons of Power he shows that he has not forgiven Fathom by conjuring a ghost of Albatross to scare his descendants. He believes that Fathom convinced Clearsight to betray him, and still never forgave him, demonstrating vindictive behavior toward Turtle because he resembled Fathom in Talons of Power.

Indigo Edit
Indigo is shown not to trust Darkstalker at all, going to such lengths as to destroy the glass that he gave to Fathom, (rightfully) thinking that it might be enchanted. Darkstalker sees Indigo as a threat to him and Fathom's friendship and turns her into a small wooden dragon so she won't turn Fathom against him. However, she was later freed by Fathom, who turned against him anyways. Indigo seemed to irk and irritate Darkstalker often.

Foeslayer Edit
Foeslayer is Darkstalker's mother. Darkstalker loved his mother and wanted to protect her in every way possible. He had an immense care for her and often enchanted everyday items to bring her more comfort in her life. Foeslayer was one of the only dragons Darkstalker that he truly loved according to Clearsight, along with Clearsight herself and Whiteout. When she was taken by the IceWings, Darkstalker offered to kill every IceWing in order for revenge. Even though she escaped from the IceWings, Darkstalker still thought she was dead until he found out she was still alive in Darkness of Dragons.

Arctic Edit
According to Darkstalker, he was trained by him both in using his mind-reading and animus powers, even though Arctic couldn't read minds. Darkstalker practically hated Arctic when they first met (When Darkstalker first hatched). In Darkstalker, Darkstalker is said to feel anger and resentment towards Arctic. The only thing that kept Darkstalker from killing him at first was his father's shard of love for his mother. He killed his own father, backing this up by saying "I saved the tribe from him," although Winter thought it was so that the IceWings would lose their entire Animus heritage. He was said to be taught his animus magic by him, but Arctic really did not care for him, and he was mentored by Fathom instead. At the ending of Escaping Peril, it is revealed that he enchanted Arctic to do anything he (Darkstalker) told him to do, admitting that he used this spell to force Prince Arctic to rip his own tongue out and to disembowel himself. In Darkstalker, it is revealed that Darkstalker forced Arctic to publicly admit all the treachery and treason that he had been planning (to go to the Ice Kingdom, give Queen Diamond all the NightWing secrets and plans that he had learned of while living with the NightWings, then lead an attack on the NightWing tribe [all in exchange for getting Foeslayer back, although Darkstalker did not mention that]), and then ordered him to admit that Darkstalker was the greatest animus of all time, before forcing him to apologize for being a bad father, and then finally making him cut his own tongue out and disembowel himself.

Whiteout Edit
Whiteout was Darkstalker's only sibling, and he was extremely protective of her. He made sure she was always content, this is shown when he used his magic to return her favorite scavenger toy to her whenever it got lost. He thought she was the prettiest dragon in all of Pyrrhia, besides Clearsight, and he would stand up for her when others picked on her for her strangeness. Whiteout was also one of the only dragons Darkstalker truly loved according to Clearsight, along with her and Foeslayer. He was extremely paranoid and furious when Prince Arctic tried to take her to the Ice Kingdom, causing Darkstalker to see Arctic as a threat so much that Darkstalker forced him to mutilate himself publicly.

Turtle Edit
Darkstalker seemed to dislike Turtle as he looked at Turtle with a "flash of hatred" when they first saw each other in Talons of Power. This causes Turtle to enchant a stick, making it so that Turtle is removed completely from Darkstalker's awareness. The most probable explanation of Darkstalker's disliking towards the SeaWing animus is that according to Darkstalker, Turtle looks exactly like Prince Fathom, who was a SeaWing animus as well who also tricked and betrayed him. In the last chapter of Talons of Power, he thinks Turtle is too unpredictable and takes away his animus magic.

Moonwatcher Edit
The first dragon Darkstalker had talked to since his imprisonment was Moonwatcher; he seemed to be very fond of her, caring for her and not wanting anyone to harm her. During the time she was the only dragon he could talk to, and he mentored her. He took a rather friendly approach, and it seemed that he enjoyed teaching her how to deal with her powers effectively without any problem. However, it is later revealed that he may have been manipulating her for his own benefit. In Talons of Power, he seems to really care about Moon and keeps mentioning how she is alike to Clearsight. He wants her to trust him, and she was mentioned to be one of the very few dragons he truly cared about, not putting any spells on her and trying to convince her to understand him.

Anemone Edit
Darkstalker acts as a mentor to Anemone. Her first reaction to his return is joy to meet another animus, rather than fear like Turtle expected. She is delighted to have someone understand her, and they form a bond, where Darkstalker helps her enchant objects to protect their sanity. He encourages her to use her magic, but tries restricting her to only use them with his permission. Due to her naturally rebellious personality and hatred of Moonwatcher, he eventually sends her off to the Kingdom of the Sea. Later on, once she (and the other animus dragons of Pyrrhia are summoned) to Darkstalker, he affirms his view of her as a tool by suggesting he runs tests on her and Stonemover to learn more about animus limits, even suggesting driving her insane. Anemone hates Darkstalker after the events of Darkness of Dragons.

Winter Edit
Before Darkstalker enchanted Winter, he was deeply suspicious of him. After Darkstalker put the spell on him, Winter basically worshipped and trusted him, looking at his magic as a first resort shown when he rushed to tell Darkstalker about the IceWing plague. But when Qibli broke the spell, Winter swore revenge, promising that Darkstalker's death will be bloody and long-winded.

Qibli Edit
Throughout the books, Darkstalker shows signs of suspicion towards Qibli, seeing as he could get in the way of his plans, starting in Talons of Power when Turtle casts a spell in the room Qibli was in and Darkstalker came to see what happened. Darkstalker and Qibli are also very alike in the ways they think and Darkstalker points out that the only thing different about them is who has animus magic. Towards the end of Darkness of Dragons, Darkstalker thought Qibli would be able to lead him onto the right path and act as his conscience. He trusts Qibli enough to do this and even offers him animus magic but in the end, Qibli declined.

Animus Enchanted Items Edit

 * A scavenger doll to always teleport to Whiteout's bedroom at the end of the day
 * A scroll to have all his animus power, and to cast a spell when a dragon writes it down
 * An hourglass and telescope combination that, when pointed at a dragon, would show how much of their soul remained.
 * His scroll to reveal the name of the dragon who hired Quickdeath to kill him.
 * His scales to make themselves invulnerable.
 * A beetle to rip off Arctic's protection earring.
 * Three sapphires to allow the user holding at them to visit any previously met dragon's dreams by thinking their name.
 * His neighbors' plantboxes to always grow turnips.
 * An unspecified spell that makes him unable to die.
 * An invisible barrier around the old Night Kingdom to kill any IceWings who try to enter the barrier.
 * A pair of earrings to prevent the dragon wearing them from seeing dark futures.
 * An earring to make himself appear extremely handsome and charismatic to any dragon he meets
 * A dagger to kill an IceWing every full moon for a year, or until he summoned the dagger back
 * A bell to ring whenever Fathom was upset or lonely
 * A goblet to enchant Fathom to forget about Indigo and his animus oath as soon as he drank from it
 * A set of paints to never dry out
 * A plate that kept food warm
 * A blanket that made the wearer sleep peacefully
 * Arctic of the IceWings to obey his every command
 * An unspecified object to give him a mental twinge whenever a dragon casts a spell with his scroll
 * An earring made from a preybone to enchant every dragon he meets to trust and like him
 * A metal breastplate to enchant his soul to protect his from the effects of animus magic forever
 * A banded silver necklace to protect Anemone's soul from animus magic forever
 * An unspecified object to give him the ability to sense animus spells being cast
 * A glass and wire bracelet to give the wearer mind-reading
 * An earring to give the wearer the ability to bring drawings to life with a touch
 * A wire bracelet to give the wearer superstrength
 * An unknown NightWing to deliver a message to Vulture, unable to stop until he completes the task
 * A feather to heal Flame's wounds
 * A stalactite to heal the wounds of any dragon it touches
 * A talonful of pebble dust to return Stonemover to his petrified state
 * A library card to transform into chains binding Flame to the cave floor
 * A length of vine to instantly heal the wearer from any wounds, current or preexisting
 * An unspecified wearable object to give the wearer the ability to catch any prey
 * An unspecified wearable object to allow the wearer to fly faster than any other dragon
 * An unspecified wearable object to give the wearer advanced warrior skills
 * An unspecified wearable object to let the wearer go for days without rest
 * A branch to transform into an indestructible, inescapable prison with room for ten dragons
 * An unspecified object to transform into keys for said prison
 * An unspecified object to transform into chains
 * A painting to restore itself, undoing any effects of aging
 * A mop to remove the spell on itself
 * Moonwatcher and Kinkajou to freeze in time until he makes a circular gesture with his claw
 * Fierceteeth to transform into several variations of Clearsight
 * A scrap of paper to turn into a map of Pyrrhia with the location of the IceWings updating in realtime
 * Anemone of the SeaWings to obey his every command
 * An unknown object to teleport every animus dragon in the Pyrrhian tribes to the NightWing throne room
 * The NightWing throne room to make it so that no animus dragon could cast spells in it except for himself
 * A sword to bring a dragon deeply cared about by Turtle to the throne room without killing them
 * His eyeball to regenerate itself
 * Stonemover of the NightWings to answer his question honestly
 * Turtle of the SeaWings to lose his animus magic forever
 * Several pebbles to transform into floating gemstones
 * Floating gemstones to shape themselves into a crown
 * An unspecified object to teleport Vulture to Darkstalker's cave
 * Vulture of the SandWings to obey his every command

Quotes Edit

 * "This is my mother. Those are my full moons. This is my world now."
 * ― some of his first thoughts (Darkstalker, page 17)


 * "Don't worry about it. She was cheating anyway, all he can think about is his crush on her sister, and he is thoroughly sick of both of them and wishes he knew anyone interesting. Have fun with your marbles, friends."
 * ― to the NightWing group after they yelled at Whiteout for messing up the marbles game (Darkstalker, page 105)


 * "Don't worry about the future. Just be here, with me, in this moment, when we are both as happy as we've ever been in our whole lives so far."
 * ― to Clearsight mentioning the futures (Darkstalker, page 108)


 * "Don't be mad at me for things I might do one day, all right? I'm not evil now. I haven't done any of that. And I probably won't. Will you focus on that, please? Stay in the present with me?"
 * ― to Clearsight mentioning the futures (Darkstalker, page 118)


 * "It was just—this toy of Whiteout's. It's a little carved scavenger. She loves it in kind of an obsessive way. Once it got lost and she cried for a whole day, until we finally found it again. So after that, I enchanted it to always return to her. No matter where I hide it, or where she loses it, it always turns up on her pillow by that night. It's just a little thing."
 * ― to Clearsight about one of his enchantments (Darkstalker, page 119)


 * "Oh—that's a drawing of you. I drew it before we met, from my visions, so it's not very good. I didn't want my father to see it or know about you... but I needed to have it, to look at. You know, to remind myself that things were going to get better."
 * ― to Clearsight about a drawing (Darkstalker, page 139)


 * "I could see the future, but not just any future- all the possible futures. Do you understand what that means? I could have guided the tribe along the best path to safety and glory and power and everything else. At each crossroad, I would have known the right thing to do. I loved my tribe, Moonwatcher. I would have been the best ruler they'd ever had. I know it; I saw the futures where I was king, benevolent and beloved, married to Clearsight with six little dragonets of our own. Those were possible. They could have happened if anyone had had faith in me."
 * ― thinking to Moonwatcher (Moon Rising, page 129)


 * "You are coming flying with us, because I have made you a present, and because there's a pack of delicious wolves running through the forests of Borderland Mountain, and because tomorrow is your hatching day, so Queen Vigilance can snort a bucket of worms for all I care."
 * ― to Clearsight when she said Vigilance wanted more vision work done (Darkstalker, page 233)


 * "I'm nothing like my father. I don't need saving. I can choose my own future, and I like the one I see, and you're going to learn to like it too. Where is my scroll?"
 * ― to Clearsight (Darkstalker, page 354)


 * "Now. Take your talons, rip open your stomach, and show us what you're really like on the inside. Pour out your life on this stage."
 * ― commanding Arctic to kill himself (Darkstalker, page 333)


 * "If you come back to me, I promise I'll never enchant your mind again. I promise I'll listen to you this time. We can choose the best future together. I could use your help with what you've left me. A ruined city, a weak and broken tribe. You'd be their Queen Clearsight, doesn't that sound all right now? When you can have the crown without anyone having to die? It was just waiting for us, Clearsight."
 * ― to himself, believing Clearsight was still there (Talons of Power)


 * "Clearsight, I — I keep looking at all my new possible futures. Millions of possibilities, but they're all empty. They're empty without you. I have no one, Clearsight. All I can see around me, as far as the future unrolls, are slaves and soldiers."
 * ― to himself, believing Clearsight was still there (Talons of Power)


 * "I was exaggerating. It was simple honor suicide. Even he knew he deserved it."
 * ― to Moon and Anemone about Arctic's death (Talons of Power)


 * "Didn't I save dragons too? But I'm not evil! I'm not..."
 * ― his last words (Darkness of Dragons, page 353)


 * "What, did you think I'd taste a strawberry and decide, mmm, wow, that's worth giving up my magic for?"
 * ― to Moon, Foeslayer, and Kinkajou (Darkness of Dragons, page 351)

Trivia Edit

 * Darkstalker's name can be perceived two ways: one is of a hero's perspective, that he chases away the darkness, while the other is that he stalks through the darkness as a villain. This is also a reflection of his own morality—one can see him as both a hero and a villain if they look at both sides of the story.
 * Both Darkstalker and Sunny dislike sleeping; they both feel like as though they are missing something when they sleep.
 * Tui has confirmed Darkstalker's theme song is I Love Me by Meghan Trainor.
 * In Moon Rising, Darkstalker states that his father taught him how to block out other dragons' thoughts. However, in Darkstalker, it is shown that his father is an IceWing, meaning he couldn't have taught Darkstalker how to do that, and he states that he learned the trick from a special class at school.

Gallery Edit
Reference by Platypus the SeaWing

Darkstalker on the US cover of Darkstalker (Legends), by Joy Ang

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References Edit

 * 1) ↑ Talons of Power, page 37
 * 2) ↑ Darkstalker, page 142
 * 3) ↑ Darkstalker, page 115
 * 4) ↑ Moon Rising, page 128
 * 5) ↑ 5.0 5.1 Escaping Peril, page 285
 * 6) ↑ Talons of Power, page 7
 * 7) ↑ Escaping Peril, page 286
 * 8) ↑ Talons of Power, page 54
 * 9) ↑ Darkstalker, page 173
 * 10) ↑ Darkstalker, page 174
 * 11) ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20190309204348/https://wingsoffire.scholastic.com/forums/topics/329450