SeaWings

SeaWings are finned, gilled, ocean-dwelling Pyrrhian dragons with bioluminescent scales that cover their underbellies, snouts, backs, and tails. They can see in the dark, and can make large waves with their tails. As of, they are ruled by Queen Tsunami. They are primarily shades of green, blue, aquamarine, turquoise, teal, and sometimes indigo, or blueish-pink. They currently reside underwater in the Kingdom of the Sea after losing their above-water palace (the Summer Palace) in an enemy attack from the SkyWings, who destroyed the palace with their cactus seed bombs. The SeaWings were allied with Blister in the War of SandWing Succession. However, Blister could not locate her allies after the attack and destruction of the Summer Palace, because the SeaWings had fled to the inaccessible Deep Palace, located in a trench deep underwater, the location of which is currently only known to the SeaWings. Their alliance broke after the Summer Palace was attacked and destroyed by the SkyWings with the help of Crocodile, a MudWing spy/infiltrator pretending to be a member of the Talons of Peace, who had followed Webs to the Summer Palace. Once, the SeaWings were allied with the MudWings during the war, but the assassination of one of the top SeaWing generals, Commander Tempest, caused the alliance to be destabilized.

The SeaWings communicate using their bioluminescent stripes in the underwater language called Aquatic.

The Island Palace was originally the SeaWings' out-of-water palace until the Royal SeaWing Massacre, when Albatross murdered the royal family and one of the two SkyWing guests who was visiting at the time of the Massacre. After that, the SeaWings decided to abandon the Island Palace and relocate to the Summer Palace. Queen Coral had sent a letter to Turtle, saying that she intended to build a new palace that was not hidden. It was supposed to have loud, wonderful acoustics, "perfect for my readings", as Queen Coral writes, and will be located on a new island. The SeaWings are usually considered an artistic tribe with them writing most of the scrolls beside NightWings and having beautiful palaces and sculptures.

Description
SeaWings commonly range from a scale color of blues, greens, aquamarine, and rarely yellow or indigo, although Princess Anemone is a pale blue-grey with hints of pale pink like the inside of a seashell. She is said to resemble the pink dolphins that swim near the palace. In the sunlight, their scales look like emeralds and sapphires, according to Clay. SeaWings usually have green or blue eyes, with some exceptions, like Fathom, having gray-green eyes. The SeaWings have webbed talons with hooked claws, as well as long, powerful tails, which makes them excellent swimmers, and can be used for self-defense. It is also said that they can make powerful waves with one splash of their tails. SeaWings have gills on the side of their necks that allow them to breathe underwater. Some Seawings are named after sea related items or wildlife like Nautilus, Anemone, Orca, Tsunami, Shark, and Turtle. They also have names related to shades of blue colors, like Indigo and Prince Cerulean, similar to Skywings having names related to shades of orange or red. Some may have names of gems that have SeaWing colors, like Sapphire. They can also have names relating to SeaWing anatomies, like Webs or Gill. They're considered small, in height, and have long, compact bodies with short legs. SeaWings have curved horns, with a slender and curved snout, and have short tendrils coming from the bottom of their chin. They have webbed spines along their chest and along the backs of their necks to the tips of their tail. SeaWings also have their powerful tails to propel them through the water.

The bioluminescent stripes on a SeaWing's body are used to attract other SeaWings when choosing their mates, or during Aquatic conversation, which is the only way for SeaWings to communicate underwater using patterns of glowing scales. (However, Aquatic is also spoken with talon gestures. These gestures are not an alternative to the stripes, but a supplement. For example, the circle gesture made by Commander Shark) Members of the royal family, such as Queen Coral, have light blue spiral markings as well as starbursts on the underside of their wings, although they are shown as glow stripes on the wing arms and a starburst on each knee. Non-royal members of the tribe are described to have only smaller starbursts on their wings. SeaWings are able to control when the stripes on their bodies glow. It is possible for them to be born with birthmark glow patterns as well as the traditional patterns.

Abilities
SeaWings have the ability to breathe underwater with their gills, have excellent night vision (if it's too dark, though, they only see black and white), light up their glow-stripes to blind an enemy momentarily (or to converse in Aquatic), and they are excellent swimmers. They also have long, thick, powerful tails, which can be used as dangerous weapons, creating huge waves, and for swimming faster. No creature can surpass their speed through the water. They often use currents to increase their speed when traveling underwater and having webbed talons helps them swim. To attract mates at an older age, they can light up a special pattern on their bio-luminescent scales. However, they have also been used as signals above the water. Unlike other tribes, they cannot produce any form of attack from the mouth (such as fire, frost breath, or venom).

SeaWings can be driven insane by dehydration. This torture method was used by Queen Scarlet to punish Gill in the SkyWing arena during a battle with Tsunami. They lose all sense and will do anything to get water, even if it means drinking their own, or another dragon's blood. It's said that Gill had cuts all over his wings and body, perhaps from battle, or perhaps from self-harm.

SeaWings are one of four known tribes to have animus dragons (the others being the NightWings, IceWings, and SandWings). (It was once possible for SkyWings to have them too, but as they killed all of their animus dragons, they have nearly eliminated the gene, but Crimson and his grandson Lurker are the last known SkyWings to have animus magic). In SeaWings, the animus gift has only ever been seen in the royal family (IceWings also only have them in the royal families, and if they aren't, they are bred into the royal family).

The Royal Family
The SeaWing Royal Family has had a violent and tragic history marked with much strife and bloodshed. It is headed currently by Queen Tsunami. She and her husband, King Riptide, have so far had three dragonets: Prince Siren, Prince Hydra, and Princess Dolphin, with the addition of another egg that's planned to hatch.

Before Tsunami's rule, the Kingdom of the Sea was ruled by her mother, Queen Coral, who had multiple eggs, but most of all the female eggs were mysteriously destroyed after Orca's death, with the exception of Tsunami's and Anemone's, whose egg was taken by Webs after drugging the guards, while Anemone's egg was watched over by Queen Coral herself, and Auklet, whom Tsunami protected from the statue of Orca that the infamous SeaWing princess sculpted of herself and then enchanted using her animus powers.

It was later discovered that Orca had hidden her animus powers and had enchanted a statue in the Royal Hatchery to destroy all of the female eggs in secret so that Orca wouldn't have any competition for the throne, but this backfired when she was killed challenging Coral for the throne. Tsunami battled the statue to protect Queen Coral's last female egg, the one that held Auklet. The statue was destroyed afterward. Currently, there are three male SeaWing eggs that are unhatched in the Royal Hatchery, and thirty-two living princes.

Animus dragons also seem to run in the royal family, such as Albatross, Princess Orca, Prince Turtle, Prince Fathom, and Princess Anemone. Queen Coral also said they hadn't had an animus in a few generations, when talking about Anemone.

It is said that Tsunami has thirty-two brothers (including Prince Turtle). But their mother, Queen Coral, doesn't care about her sons as much as her daughters. Anemone was enough for her, but ironically Turtle was the one who made Anemone an animus in the first place.

Much earlier on in SeaWing history (3,000 years after the Scorching), Prince Albatross (who and therefore all SeaWing animi (plural for animus) after him are part IceWing which would explain some unusual colors) gradually lost his soul by using his animus powers excessively. After Albatross enchanted a rock to turn into the Summer Palace, he turned insane and killed nine dragons including his sister, Queen Lagoon.

All Known Royal Family Members

 * Prince Albatross
 * Princess Anemone
 * Princess Auklet
 * Princess Beachglass
 * Prince Cerulean
 * Clearpool
 * Queen Coral
 * Cowrie
 * Prince Current
 * King Dash
 * Princess Dolphin
 * Dive
 * Prince Eel
 * Prince Fathom
 * Prince Fin
 * King Gill
 * King Humpback
 * Prince Hydra
 * Indigo
 * Prince Jetstream
 * Queen Lagoon
 * Princess Manta
 * Princess Moray
 * Prince Octopus
 * Princess Orca
 * Queen Pearl
 * Prince Reef
 * Prince Ripple
 * King Riptide
 * Princess Sapphire
 * Prince Scallop
 * Commander Shark
 * Prince Siren
 * Princess Splash
 * Prince Surf
 * Commander Tempest
 * Prince Tide
 * Queen Tsunami
 * Prince Turtle

Animus History
Animus Magic is often found in the Royal SeaWing lineage, starting with Albatross.

Known Animus SeaWings

 * Prince Albatross
 * Prince Fathom
 * Prince Turtle
 * Princess Anemone (Artificial)
 * Princess Orca

Known SeaWing Enchantments

 * Clam enchanted to bite off Princess Sapphire's claws. (Prince Albatross)
 * Island enchanted to grow into the Summer Palace. (Prince Albatross)
 * Vine enchanted to strangle a seagull (not confirmed). (Prince Albatross)
 * Shell enchanted to light up when someone lies. (Prince Albatross)
 * A piece of bleached-white driftwood enchanted to carve itself into the shape of a gentle little octopus. (Prince Fathom)
 * Wooden octopus carving enchanted to come to life and have the sweetest, most loyal, most agreeable personality of any pet in Pyrrhia. (Prince Fathom)
 * Spears enchanted to kill Albatross. (Prince Fathom)
 * Pearl necklace enchanted to heal Indigo. (Prince Fathom)
 * Bracelet enchanted to put Darkstalker into an eternal sleep. (Prince Fathom)
 * Statue enchanted to kill off the royal SeaWing heirs. (Princess Orca)
 * Earring enchanted to get on Turtle's ear. (Prince Turtle)
 * Coral enchanted to find any object or dragon. (Prince Turtle)
 * Wooden food bowl enchanted to double anything inside. (Prince Turtle)
 * Two slates enchanted so one can send messages to the other (but not vice versa). (Prince Turtle)
 * Kelp enchanted to increase swimming speed. (Prince Turtle)
 * Pearl necklace enchanted to avoid Whirlpool. (Princess Anemone)
 * Spear enchanted to find Tsunami's attacker. (Princess Anemone)
 * River stone enchanted to heal scale wounds and sore muscles. (Prince Turtle)
 * Branch enchanted to erase the holder's existence completely from Darkstalker's awareness. (Prince Turtle)
 * Bracelets enchanted to control the weather. (Princess Anemone)
 * Earring enchanted to protect the wearer from any spells that Darkstalker casts. (Prince Turtle)
 * Skyfire enchanted to heal Kinkajou, make her love Turtle, and protect her from Darkstalker's spells. (Princess Anemone for the first two enchantments and Prince Turtle for the last one)
 * Mop and Bucket enchanted to repeatedly strike Moonwatcher until she cleaned Anemone's room. (Princess Anemone)
 * Gemstones enchanted to distract Darkstalker. (Princess Anemone)
 * Pebbles enchanted to turn into "a cool earring that Darkstalker would like". (Princess Anemone)
 * Earring (above) enchanted so that Darkstalker would forget about Moonwatcher and only care about Anemone. (Princess Anemone)
 * Seaweed enchanted to have Anemone not give spells by talk and thought. (Prince Turtle)
 * Library Card enchanted to connect the IceWing's and NightWing's minds during the battle, and also to take the love spell off of Kinkajou. (Princess Anemone)
 * Shell enchanted (accidentally) to make Prince Turtle's scales invulnerable to any harm (Prince Turtle)
 * Random Beach Objects enchanted when Anemone and Turtle were fighting, for example the shell (above), a rock told to crush Turtle (Anemone), crabs enchanted to attack Turtle (Anemone), the waves enchanted to pull the crabs away (Turtle), a pair of sand dollars to ward off attacks (Turtle), sand to suck Turtle in [Anemone], and so on.
 * Harness enchanted to keep Coral away from Anemone. ( Unknown if this was the exact spell ) (Princess Anemone)
 * Harness enchanted to wrap around Auklet's egg for Tsunami to wear. (Princess Anemone)

Known History
Albatross was the first SeaWing animus mentioned in the books. Prince Fathom was later discovered to be an animus when he was two years old and was therefore mentored by Albatross. After using his animus powers too much, Albatross revealed his madness at a party when he arrived late, and his sister Queen Lagoon scolded him for being late. He then became angry and murdered Queen Lagoon, along with eight other members of the Royal SeaWing Family. He was finally stopped when Prince Fathom killed him with enchanted spears.

Queen Pearl ascended to the throne peacefully and outlawed animus magic in the SeaWing kingdom. Her brother, Prince Fathom, made an oath to her that he wouldn't use his powers. Later, he chooses to use his powers to stop his friend Darkstalker after he killed his father, and return Indigo from being trapped in a wooden statue. Fathom then had dragonets with Indigo, passing the animus gene on.

Two thousand years later, Queen Coral had a dragonet whom she named Princess Orca. At age seven, Orca challenged her mother for the throne. Unfortunately for Orca, she lost, accidentally being impaled by a narwhal horn on the end of Queen Coral's tail. Before she died, she'd told her mother that she would reign forever and should thank her. This was because before she challenged her, she had carved a statue of herself, enchanted it, and donated it to the Royal Hatchery. The enchantment made the statue come alive every time the royal hatchery's doors were closed and the only things inside were heirs to the throne (either grown or in their egg). Then, it would destroy all the heirs it possibly could and return to its pedestal in the same position as it previously was. Orca probably wanted to kill off her own sisters so she could be queen as long as possible. Orca's last words befuddled the queen, as she had no idea of the powers her daughter held.

Queen Coral had another female dragonet, who only hatched because she'd stayed with the egg the entire time in the hatchery-therefore, Orca's statue was unable to kill her. Her name was Princess Anemone - and soon, they learned that she was animus. Ever since, Queen Coral's favorite tutor, Whirlpool, had attempted to give her lessons. Anemone enjoyed to annoy her teacher and frequently did so. Princess Blister (Coral's ally in the war of SandWing succession) intended to use Anemone's powers to win the war. After Tsunami arrived, she was attacked by an unknown dragon. Anemone (being Tsunami's sister) enchanted a spear to locate and retrieve the culprit - who turned out to be Whirlpool himself. Anemone accidentally killed Whirlpool after he explained everything to them (including his plot to marry one of the SeaWing princesses to become king) by knocking him into a pool of electric eels. Her animus powers made her become more unstable, then, she was enchanted by Darkstalker. She attempted to murder her mother and sisters and become queen, but she was stopped by her brother, Turtle, who removed Darkstalker's spells from her. In her early years, she lived with a rubbery leash that grew with her, attached to her mother so she could not get hurt. She finally was released near the middle of book two because of Tsunami and Auklet, and before she attended Jade Mountain Academy the first time. It is also said by Turtle in Talons of Power that he was the one that gave her powers and she was not born with them.

Prince Turtle was not immediately known to be an animus. However, this was discovered when he uses an enchanted river rock to heal Prince Winter's burn wounds from a fight with Peril. He also used his powers to remain hidden from Darkstalker's awareness, then ultimately battled with his sister Anemone to prevent her from killing off the royal family like her ancestor Albatross.

Names
SeaWings are named after ocean plants and animals such as Shark, seabirds such as Albatross, water features such as Tsunami, and marine animal body parts such as Webs. SeaWings can also be named after areas near water, such as Wharf, or shades of blue and green, such as Cerulean. Rarer colors such as dark blueish purple have been noted in the case of Indigo.

Known SeaWings

 * Prince Albatross
 * Princess Anemone
 * Aqua
 * Princess Auklet
 * Barracuda
 * Princess Beachglass
 * Prince Cerulean
 * Clownfish
 * Queen Coral
 * King Dash (also mostly has SkyWing and MudWing blood)
 * Dive
 * Princess Dolphin
 * Prince Fathom
 * Prince Fin
 * King Gill
 * Herring
 * Indigo
 * Prince Jetstream (has some SkyWing and MudWing blood)
 * Queen Lagoon
 * Princess Moray
 * Nautilus
 * Prince Octopus
 * Princess Orca
 * Pike
 * Commander Piranha
 * King Riptide
 * Sardine
 * Commander Shark
 * Prince Siren (also has SkyWing and MudWing blood)
 * Snail
 * Squid
 * Prince Surf
 * Prince Tide
 * Queen Tsunami
 * Prince Turtle
 * Typhoon (also half IceWing)
 * Webs


 * Whirlpool

Known Animus Dragons

 * Prince Albatross (Deceased)
 * Prince Fathom (Deceased)
 * Princess Orca (Deceased)
 * Prince Turtle
 * Princess Anemone
 * Princess Dolphin

Trivia

 * SeaWings have their own underwater language which they speak by gesturing with their talons and glowing/flashing their stripes underwater. The language is called Aquatic. Tsunami did not know the underwater language at first, and Whirlpool had said it can take up to five years to master.
 * SeaWings, dolphins, whales, and porpoises are alike because they have their own underwater language. SeaWings have stripes, while dolphins, whales, and porpoises have clicks and whistles to communicate. Aquatic may have been inspired by this.
 * All of the SeaWing protagonists of the series so far are part of the royal family.
 * SeaWings have the most known dragons in their tribe, having 52 known members.
 * Animus magic is commonly found in the Royal SeaWing Family. The SeaWing tribe has also had the most confirmed animus dragons out of the tribes.
 * A tale about an abandoned SeaWing dragonet that was raised by a pod of orcas is mentioned. This is similar to Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, as in that book a boy named Mowgli is raised by a pack of wolves.
 * A SeaWing named Typhoon is the very first SeaWing known to be a hybrid, being half IceWing.
 * SeaWings may be based on the Leviathan, a giant sea dragon in Scandinavian mythology.
 * SeaWings have 180 bioluminescent scales on their body in total and on average.
 * The SeaWing Royal Family is distantly related to the IceWing Royal Family.
 * SeaWings are the only Pyrrhian tribe that is not able to project anything from their mouths (fire, frost breath, venom, etc.).
 * Most SeaWings appear to dislike rain.