Vermilion


 * "Your Majesty, the facts are clear. You gave an order. Kestrel disobeyed you and fled the kingdom. She has been living under your mountains for the last seven years, aiding and abetting the Talons of Peace, who also refuse to follow Your Majesty's orders. She deserves a long, painful execution. There is no need to drag this trial out."
 * —Vermilion to Scarlet, The Dragonet Prophecy

Vermilion is an adult SkyWing prince who was introduced in The Dragonet Prophecy.

He was the announcer for the SkyWing arena before Queen Ruby's succession to the throne. As of Escaping Peril, he resides in the SkyWing palace.

Appearance Edit
Vermilion has bright red scales, blood-red wings, a pink underside, and orange eyes. He is towering over Ruby.

Personality Edit
Vermilion was a former loyal supporter of Scarlet, but he became loyal to Queen Ruby once he realized that she was a better queen. His loyalty towards Scarlet was born out of fear, likely from watching so many of his siblings die at Scarlet's talons - he switched allegiance to Ruby almost immediately after Scarlet's disappearance, and ignored all of his mother's dreamvisitor messages to him. Once Scarlet returned, Vermilion half-heartedly obeyed her orders, showing that his fear of his mother still had a strong hold on him. Vermilion seems to have a lot of interests, from being an announcer in the SkyWing Arena, a prosecutor and is even interested in owning a pet scavenger.

Scarlet Edit
He was loyal to his mother during her reign, which help kept a stable relationship with Scarlet. She entrusted him with announcing arena battles as well as arguing for persecution. However, it has been shown that his loyalty sprung out of fear. He is ultimately more loyal to Ruby due to being a better queen.

Smolder Edit
Following the end of the war, he seems to have become somewhat friendly with Smolder - the two share an interest in keeping scavengers as pets.

RubyEdit
Vermilion seemed to be rather close to his sister Ruby since he didn’t kill her like Scarlet demanded. He also prefer Ruby as queen.

Quotes Edit

 * "After four wins, Horizon the SandWing-- formerly, and unwisely, a soldier in Blaze's army-- has been challenged to a match with the Queen's Champion, Peril. Claws up, fire ready! Fight!"
 * ― announcing a match between Horizon and Peril (The Dragonet Prophecy)


 * "After last month's battle with Blaze's army, our queen's dungeons were stuffed with IceWing prisoners of war. Only nine have survived. After two wins, I give you-- Fjord of the IceWings! [...] And in this corner, an unusual case-- a MudWing, but not one of our allies. No, this dragonet was found hiding under our mountains, protected by the Talons of Peace. Is he one of the dragonets of destiny? Not if he loses this battle! [...] If these prophesied dragonets are as wonderful and legendary as they're supposed to be, this should be a showdown to remember. I hope you're prepared to impress us, dragon of the mud. I present to you... Clay of the MudWings! Claws up, teeth ready! Fight!"
 * ― announcing a match between Fjord and Clay (The Dragonet Prophecy)


 * "Your Majesty, [...] The facts are clear. You gave an order. Kestrel disobeyed you and fled the kingdom. She has been living under your mountains for the last seven years, aiding and abetting the Talons of Peace, who also refuse to follow Your Majesty's orders. She deserves a long, painful execution. There is no need to drag this trial out."
 * ― during Kestrel's trial (The Dragonet Prophecy)


 * "She turned your arena into a hospital, [...] She pardoned all the prisoners and brought in doctors and healers from other tribes to teach ours everything they know and she made space for all the wounded soldiers from the war and she's been finding them all places to live and jobs to do and using the gold for all of that."
 * ― to Scarlet, about Ruby (Escaping Peril)


 * "No! [...] Never! You're the only good queen! I liked my arena job! It's absolutely terrible here now! We always loved the, uh, the fighting! We missed you so much!"
 * ― to Scarlet (Escaping Peril, page ?)

Trivia Edit

 * In The Dragonet Prophecy (graphic novel), Vermillion doesn't announce all of the arena fights as he did in the original mainstream novel. In the graphic novel, Queen Scarlet herself announces all of the battles before the ones occurring on her hatching day instead.

Gallery Edit
Reference by Platypus the SeaWing

Vermilion from The Dragonet Prophecy (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes Add a photo to this gallery

References Edit

 * 1) ↑ Escaping Peril, page 181
 * 2) ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 175
 * 3) ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy (graphic novel), page 145
 * 4) ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy (graphic novel), page 114
 * 5) ↑ Escaping Peril, prologue