Foeslayer-hope

Hope, formerly known as Foeslayer, is an adult female NightWing and was one of the three main protagonists of Runaway. Many IceWings believed that she was one of the main causes of the NightWing-IceWing War, as Hope and Arctic's forbidden relationship infuriated Queen Diamond and led her to declare war on the NightWings.

She was imprisoned in the Diamond Caves for over 2,000 years due to an enchantment cast by Queen Diamond, but was freed by Winter when he breathed frostbreath onto the diamond shapes on her shackles after his Diamond Trial was over. She is currently raising Peacemaker in the NightWing village.

description: Hope is huge, with black scales that are as dark as a moonless night. She has dark green underscales, dark green eyes, a smooth, dark neck, and black wings.

personality: When Winter appeared horrified by the enchantment that imprisoned Hope in the Diamond Caves, she only shrugged eloquently in response. She is absorbed with worry, protective, and ready to defend, love, and rage at a moment's notice. She is wry, energetic, nervous, patient, loyal, hopeful, and caring, and although she sparks with anger from snout to tail, there is immense room inside her for love. She feels guilty whenever she upsets her loved ones, and during a party in Darkstalker, she felt relief and eagerness to get to the food after being dismissed by Vigilance. When interacting with Qibli, her eyes were neither friendly nor unfriendly, and her face was difficult to read. Her tone was not open to argument, and when Darkstalker was surprised that she did not want vengeance against the IceWings for what they did to her, she replied that she was never vengeful.

históric: To win the Diamond Trial, one must defeat Foeslayer and then kill the opposition. When Hailstorm and Winter found her in the Diamond Caves, Hailstorm touched his narwhal spear to the layer of ice covering her, cracking it off. He then attacked her. Foeslayer fought back and immobilized him, but when she moved in to kill him, Winter attacked her to protect Hailstorm. After a short conversation about the history of her imprisonment and an explanation of how Diamond's enchantment worked, she let Hailstorm kill her, telling him to "Make it quick." Afterward, Hailstorm then revealed that he had been told in advance that one of them has to kill the other to win the Diamond Trial.

Hailstorm agreed to let Winter sneak off and pretend he was killed instead of Hailstorm having to kill his brother. When Hailstorm left, Winter tapped his spear to Foeslayer's ice again and cracked it, and she remarked that she has never been woken up by the same dragonets twice. Winter then demanded why Foeslayer stole Prince Arctic, but she objected to the word "steal" and told Winter that they fell in love with each other, so Prince Arctic ran off with her, knowing the IceWings would not accept this. Winter felt sympathetic to the love she had for Arctic, comparing it to the feelings he has for Moonwatcher, and decided to set Foeslayer free.

Winter figured out that he needed to use frostbreath on the base of the chains to break off the animus-touched shackles that kept Foeslayer from escaping the Diamond Caves. Before he broke them off, he asked her to promise to leave the IceWings alone. She agreed, stating she never wanted to see another IceWing ever again and said that she was going straight back to the 'old' Night Kingdom. Winter decided that this would be a chance to find the lost city of night since Foeslayer and Darkstalker are the only ones who know where it was hidden. He hoped that after finding it, he would be able to rejoin his friends and save Jade Mountain.

Relatives

Mother: Prudence Husband: Arctic Son: Darkstalker, Peacemaker (en un futuro) Daughter: Whiteout Mother-in-Law: Diamond Descendants: Stonemover, Sunny

husband Artic: When Arctic first met Hope, he found his wings responding in a way that matched her own. When Arctic figured out Hope's name at the time, Foeslayer, he felt a thrill like the first time he had touched fire. Hope laughed and grinned with him, and he found himself unable to stop smiling at her. He thought that perhaps nothing would ever be boring or frustrating again so long as they were together, and he would do anything to spend a few more minutes with her. He broke his animus vow for Hope, and longed for her to view him as a dragon who did not care much for rules. He brushed his wing with her own, and promised her that his soul was hers, if she wanted it. Hope believed that she would make their relationship work, and that they would be happy.

In later stages of their relationship, Arctic threatened Hope after she made a joke towards him, and Darkstalker sensed that his mother was in danger. There was fury, bitterness, suspicion, hatred, and emanating outrage from both partners.They often argued and squabbled loudly, and Hope was irritated with Arctic for staying within their home and complaining constantly. Although Arctic believed Hope only loved him for his animus magic, in truth, she disliked his magic and wished he had not been an animus. In fact, she stated she loved him more than anything.

However, he still loved her; when Darkstalker hatched, he sensed a small, warm ember of love for Hope hidden under layers of ice. He could not bear to keep secrets from her, and worried about her safety. In one of Clearsight's visions, he was crying over a painting of Foeslayer by Whiteout. hey were still physically affectionate with one another in the later stages of their relationship. She truly loved him. Arctic did not want to leave Hope or Whiteout for the Ice Kingdom.

darkstalker (son): During Darkstalker's hatching, Hope's mind shimmered with excitement, and she considered him strong. She adored him from hatching, heart and soul, and cared about him very deeply; she named him Darkstalker as an allusion to chasing back the darkness, like a hero. She was supportive of his relationship with Clearsight, and smiled at him often. She worried about Vigilance's intentions to use Darkstalker's animus magic, as she was concerned for the safety of her son. Darkstalker was willing to do anything to see his mother again after awakening from his enchantment, and he appeared desperately hopeful at the prospect of seeing her. He sobbed when they were reunited. During their reunion, she told her son that she was sorry that he had to live a life shaped with anger and wished that they could start over again. She urged Darkstalker to start over again as a dragonet and believes it was ultimately better for both of them.

Diamond Trial: The Diamond Trial, also known as the gift of vengeance, was a way for IceWing dragonets to increase their Circle ranking in the tribe, generally as a last-minute effort to switch the places of two dragonets (the topmost and bottommost positions). It involved entering the Diamond Caves with narwhal horn spears, meant to touch a frozen NightWing - Hope. When she is thawed, both contestants must battle her. Hope is then frozen and resurrected again after she is killed, leaving the two dragonets to fight to the death. However, the trial was rigged- only one of the dragonets, the one the IceWings wanted to win, was given information about the trial and how the spears actually worked.

diamond: Diamond fiercely hated Foeslayer (hope), and by extension the entire NightWing tribe, for "stealing" her son. She went as far as lying to her subjects that the NightWings were plotting to gain animus magic. When she finally captured Foeslayer, she created the gift of vengeance so she could be kept alive just to be able to suffer, and even killed Foeslayer the first forty times herself just to vent her anger. She also enchanted the Royal IceWing Crown to make every wearer hate the NightWings as much as she did, further emphasizing her hate of Foeslayer bringing animus magic to the NightWing tribe.

Whenever Arctic and Hope attended parties in the lost city of night together, they would intentionally complement one another's jewelry because it gave the illusion of matching and fitting perfectly together. Hope was one of the strongest fighters in her class. During the welcome party in Darkstalker, Hope was the first to rush in and fill one of Queen Vigilance's usual momentary silences. Darkstalker made a mental note to find a subtle way to make Vigilance pay later. Hope knows a few tricks to hide her thoughts from mind-readers.

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