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"Across the continent still isn't far enough from you horrible grubs, but it'll have to do."
— Cadelle to Cricket and Katydid, The Hive Queen

Cadelle is an adult female HiveWing who was introduced in The Hive Queen. She is the grandmother of Cricket, and the mother of Katydid. She divorced with Katydid's father, leaving Cricket and Katydid to grow up in Cicada Hive without her. Cadelle's last known whereabouts was her residency within Jewel Hive.

Description[]

Cadelle has scales the color of tangerines, with black triangle patterns zigzagging along her spine and out to the edges of her wings.[1]

Personality[]

Scarab said that Cadelle's personality is like sandpaper.[2] She is shown to be irritable, ill-tempered, and cruel.[3] She views her job teaching history at Jewel Hive University as a waste of time.[1] She is perpetually trying to climb the social ladder.[4] She likes silence and hates ugliness.[5]

Biography[]

The Lost Continent Prophecy[]

The Lost Continent[]

Cadelle was mentioned when Cricket told Blue about her "mother."

The Hive Queen[]

Cadelle was first introduced in Cricket's flashback, disturbing Cricket when she was hiding in a cupboard reading a book on architecture. However, Cricket went unnoticed as Cadelle was under Queen Wasp's control at the time. Cadelle went outside to help capture an elderly HiveWing.

In the years between, Cadelle was shown to have gotten divorced, moved to Jewel Hive, and become a history teacher. Cadelle viewed her job as a waste of time.

When Cricket passed by Cadelle's square, she saw Cadelle coming out of the house and hurrying towards an avenue. Later, Katydid told Cricket that Cadelle was not her mother. This greatly frustrated Cricket, to the point where she did not bother to watch when Swordtail reported how Cadelle sailed off with another dragon by Dragonfly Square.

It was later revealed that Cadelle was not Cricket's mother, but was in fact her grandmother who reluctantly took the dragonet in when Cricket's real mother, Katydid, tried to hide the fact that she had an egg.

Upon trying to put up poster copies of Wasp over the Hive, Cricket accidentally ran into Cadelle. Cadelle was enraged and she dragged Cricket into her house, threatening her and demanding to have the Book of Clearsight, which Cricket refused to give. As they argued, Wasp abruptly took over Cadelle and used her to chase after Cricket. Cadelle was part of the mob of HiveWings who captured Cricket and left her in prison.

Relationships[]

Cricket[]

In Cadelle's eyes, Cricket represented danger, crime, disorder, and lies that could ruin Cadelle's life if Queen Wasp found out who Cricket's biological parents were. This is most likely the reason Cadelle left Cicada Hive, to escape Cricket, the risks, and Wasp's potential wrath. She was angry when she caught Cricket in The Hive Queen on her way to the water tower to hide, hissing, "I didn't want anyone to know I had anything to do with you. And you show up here?" Most of Cadelle's hatred of Cricket is motivated by fear of the secrets, lies, and the queen's fury.

Katydid[]

Katydid is Cadelle's daughter, but she does not seem particularly motherly to her. She acts distant and bitter towards Katydid. However, she treated Katydid better than she did to Cricket, as shown when Cadelle would take Katydid to dinner and leave Cricket at home.

Katydid's Father[]

Katydid's Father was Cadelle's partner, but there seems to be a sour, slightly bitter relationship between Cadelle and the latter. This was possible because of the lies and disorder associated with Cricket's hatching that caused the two to despise not only Cricket but each other after a period of time. When Cadelle moved out to Jewel Hive to escape Cricket and Katydid, she also divorced Katydid's Father and is no longer his partner.

Family tree[]

CadelleUnnamed
KatydidMalachite
Cricket


Quotes[]

"You. What are you doing here? In my Hive? Are you trying to get me arrested?"
― to Cricket when she accidentally crashed into Cadelle (The Hive Queen, page 206)

"I kept my mouth shut. I didn't want anyone to know I had anything to do with you. And then you show up here? Did you think I would help you?"
― to Cricket (The Hive Queen, page 207)

"Then why – why this Hive, why so close to my house? I came here to get away from you!"
― to Cricket (The Hive Queen, page 208)

"You could give me the Book. I am actually qualified enough to know what to do with it. It shouldn't be in the talons of some grubby SilkWings."
― to Cricket (The Hive Queen, page 209)

Trivia[]

  • Cadelle's wings buzz slightly when she is annoyed.[6]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Hive Queen, page 104
  2. The Hive Queen, page 190
  3. The Hive Queen, page 208
  4. The Hive Queen, page 209
  5. The Hive Queen, page 97
  6. The Hive Queen, page 9


HiveWings
Queens

Present: CochinealJewelWasp
Historical: Cicada

Royalty

BloodwormCicadaHornetMantisScarabTsetseVinegaroonYellowjacket

Other Dragons

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Kingdom

Bloodworm HiveCicada HiveHornet HiveJewel HiveMantis HiveTsetse HiveVinegaroon HiveWasp HiveYellowjacket Hive

Society

Book of ClearsightTree Wars

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