Burn


 * "No prophecy decides what happens to me. I'm not letting a bunch of words or baby dragons decide when I die or what I bow to. We can have peace when my sisters are dead and I am queen of the SandWings."
 * —Burn to Hvitur, The Dragonet Prophecy

Burn was an adult female SandWing who was introduced in The Dragonet Prophecy. Among Blaze and Blister, Burn was the most brutal during the War of SandWing Succession and was widely feared in Pyrrhia. While she resided in the Kingdom of Sand, she mounted severed dragon heads on the walls of the SandWing stronghold and killed her brothers Scald and Singe.

She was killed by the venom of a dragonbite viper in The Brightest Night.

Appearance Edit
Burn had pale yellow and pale gold scales that radiated heat like a desert horizon with jagged scars all over them, one of which was a particularly vicious burn that ran down all along her side under her left wing and another, a more recent one being a slash across her snout.

Her obsidian-black eyes had no white in them at all; they were orbs of pure, menacing black and similar to those of Blaze and Blister.

She was massive and of enormous size, much bigger than Scarlet and bigger than both of her sisters, with long talons twice the size of Clay's. She did not wear any accessories, but her claws and teeth were stained red from all the blood she had shed and she was equipped with gray chain mail.

Personality Edit
Glory implied that Burn was one of the scariest dragons in Pyrrhia. She was described as the most powerful of her siblings, and she used this to her advantage, fighting her way through any obstacle. She was extremely brutal and violent, using brute force to win her battles, and cutting down opponents with her sheer size and strength. She was extremely sadistic and loved killing, mutilating, and stuffing things, which she displayed in her Weirdling Tower. Burn wished to include Sunny in her collection as well. Burn was ruthless, displayed no mercy to her enemies, and had no qualms about viciously killing and mounting the head of anyone who opposed her on the walls of her stronghold. She was also extremely cruel, maiming Dune just because Six-Claws didn’t agree with her.

Dragonets of destiny Edit
Burn didn't trust prophecies whatsoever. She thought it would be safer to just kill the dragonets of destiny instead of waiting for them to choose her. Since they could have gotten in the way of the throne, Burn didn't want to risk them not choosing her.

Blister and Blaze Edit
Burn despised both of her sisters and didn't seem to have a good relationship with them even before the war started. She was willing, even eager, to kill both of them to claim the throne. She was stated to like Blister better than Blaze (in which Blister was stated to like Burn better than Blaze). Both she and Blister once plotted to kill Blaze as dragonets. Blister despised Burn as well, starting the war because she knew she couldn't defeat Burn in claw-to-claw combat. Ultimately, Burn's death was at the claws of Blister.

Smolder Edit
Smolder was the only brother that Burn allowed to live. However, she tended to feel uncomfortable around Smolder because he has a similar appearance to Blister. It was implied many times that Burn seemed to threaten Smolder with death so he'd obey her orders at all times, as Smolder fears for his life whenever something goes wrong.

Oasis Edit
Oasis and Princess Burn had a good relationship, stated by Oasis to be "odd but reasonable." Oasis could easily distract Burn by giving her something strange, and Burn would go into her room for days to study it. At the stronghold during the Brightest Night, Thorn comments that she was impressed at Burn's poetic tombstone for Queen Oasis. It is suggested that she actually mourned for Oasis, who thought that she and Burn "actually got along, in a way."

Six-Claws Edit
He served her for twelve years during the war and was a general. The two got along fairly well until Six-Claws argued against her orders, which strained their relationship. Burn seemed to be more sparing towards Six-Claws than other odd dragons and did not kill him right away. Instead, she wanted his talons hung up after his death, which never happened.

Thorn Edit
Thorn and Burn did not have a great relationship, which was shown when she did not hesitate to attack the stronghold during The Brightest Night. Many dragons who lived in the Scorpion Den were there to avoid military service in Burn's army, so while Thorn was the leader of the city she seems to have worked to keep the princess away.

Quotes Edit

 * "I don't care. No prophecy decides what happens to me. I'm not letting a bunch of words or baby dragons decide when I die or what I bow to. We can have peace when my sisters are dead and I am queen of the SandWings."
 * ― to Hvitur (The Dragonet Prophecy, prologue)


 * "So, IceWing. Is this egg a part of your pathetic prophecy?"
 * ― before dropping the SkyWing egg (The Dragonet Prophecy, prologue)


 * "The world doesn't need a prophecy. It needs me as Queen of the SandWings."
 * ― to Scarlet (The Dragonet Prophecy, page 196)


 * "The supposed new queen of the SkyWings is a bore and a nuisance, […] She wants to 'restore order in the Sky Kingdom' and 'establish the stability of her own throne' before engaging in any more battles at my side. She's even more difficult than her annoying mother, and she follows orders very poorly, if at all. We haven't had a satisfying battle in weeks. I'm considering getting rid of her."
 * ― to Smolder, about Queen Ruby (The Dark Secret, epilogue)


 * "It is. I really need to kill something. It's been too long since I last ripped out a dragon's throat."
 * ― to Smolder (The Dark Secret, epilogue)


 * "No, no, […] Queen Scarlet is our guest. For now. I may change my mind once I decide how useful she can be. […] No, I have another victim in mind. Five of them, in fact."
 * ― to Smolder (The Dark Secret, epilogue)


 * "Oh, I will, [.…] Everyone will finally shut up about the wonderful 'dragonets of destiny' when I have their heads mounted on spikes on my walls. […] Mark my words. Soon we'll put an end to this prophecy nonsense once and for all."
 * ― to Smolder (The Dark Secret, epilogue)


 * "First, I kill my sisters. Then I kill all of you, and I`ll stuff you and spend the next hundred years telling your dead faces about peaceful solutions."
 * ― to the dragonets of destiny. (The Brightest Night, page 273)


 * "Of course it is, especially if it is from my clever little sister. Sending me a present, thinking I'll open it without any suspicion. As if I didn't recognize the hiss of a dragonbite viper when I hear it."
 * ― to Sunny, when Smolder gives her a box from Blister containing two dragonbite vipers. (The Brightest Night, page 274)


 * "I'll kill you — I'll claw that — it hurts — stop it — stop the-"
 * ― her last words, after being bitten by a dragonbite viper (The Brightest Night, page 276)

Trivia Edit

 * Burn was the oldest and the biggest out of her siblings.
 * She was the first and only known dragon to die of a dragonbite viper bite, and the first of two dragons to be bitten, the second being Clay.
 * She has been noted as one of the largest dragons in the series.
 * It was stated that Burn was not interested in having dragonets.
 * Burn has scars all over her body, however, in the graphic novel she has none.
 * Despite being constantly described with black eyes throughout the books she was depicted with brown eyes in the graphic novels.
 * Burn and her two sisters may represent "the three B's," the brains (Blister), the brawn (Burn), and the beauty (Blaze).
 * Tui confirmed in an annotated version of The Dragonet Prophecy that Burn was envious of Scarlet's possession of Glory, and would have liked to experiment with the RainWing, perhaps peeling off her scales.

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References Edit

 * 1) ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Brightest Night, page 271
 * 2) ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Dragonet Prophecy, prologue
 * 3) ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Dragonet Prophecy, page 195
 * 4) ↑ The Hidden Kingdom, page 133
 * 5) ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 187
 * 6) ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy (graphic novel), page 130
 * 7) ↑ Winter Turning, page 126
 * 8) ↑ Moon Rising, page 239
 * 9) ↑ The Brightest Night, prologue
 * 10) ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy (graphic novel), page 132