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"Listen, Blue. Stop trusting them right now. They've let you go about your ordinary life so far, but now you look dangerous to them, and they're not going to let you have that life back. It's gone. Please promise me you'll hide from them, Blue. And don't let them catch you."
— Io to Blue about the HiveWings, The Lost Continent

Io is an adult female SilkWing who was introduced in The Lost Continent. She is the older sister of Swordtail and was formerly a member of the Cicada Hive Chrysalis. She currently resides within the LeafSilk Kingdom and is a member of the SilkWing Assembly.

Description[]

Io has iridescent[1] purple scales, and spectacular,[2] huge,[3] long,[4] and dark[5] indigo[6] wings dotted here and there with iridescent[3] shimmers of aquamarine green, as well as long, aristocratic-looking bones and horns.[5] She is very tall,[3] much taller than Luna, as she is described to tower over her.[5]

Personality[]

Io has a fervent, desperate hope of saving her tribe and friends.[7] She was shown to be very kind, but has an impatient side, shown when Blue paused in The Lost Continent as they were running from the HiveWings. It was made clear that she has a hatred towards the HiveWings. However, when she learned about Cricket, she was quick to thank her, despite her being a HiveWing. Like her brother, Swordtail, she has quite a rebellious nature, which probably is what led her to join the rebellion in the first place. Io is also shown to have a more calm and mature nature than Swordtail, matching her brother's boiling energy with her own kind of fierce passion. She is determined, convincingly telling Blue to stop believing in the HiveWings and refusing to let her tribe be left to the othermind, despite the fact that she would have to risk her own life to save them.

Biography[]

The Lost Continent Prophecy[]

The Lost Continent
Io attended Luna's Metamorphosis. When she saw the excessive amount of HiveWing guards and Luna's glowing orange wrists, she suspected that Luna had flamesilk. She was worried that Blue might have inherited the ability from Admiral as well, and she helped him escape the Cocoon so that he would not be captured. She hastily explained that Blue had to find the Chrysalis for help. She fought mind-controlled HiveWing guards, allowing Blue time to escape, into the savanna. However, the ground was too far away, and when Io realized that, she knocked over a ladder to give her time to spin a silk trail across the ceiling for Blue to escape on.
The Hive Queen
Swordtail mentioned that Io told Blue about the Chrysalis.
The Poison Jungle

Io was seen by Sundew in a home in the SapWing village after she was found along with Tsunami and Turtle from the Distant Kingdoms. She was found on the edge of the Poison Jungle, trapped by a roridula, running from the HiveWings. Io was later reunited with Swordtail to hear the Legend of the Hive recited by Sequoia.

Before the SilkWings and LeafWings departed for The Distant Kingdoms, Io decided to stay with Cinnabar to help save the rest of the SilkWings. Io was given a copy of the map to Pyrrhia before they left to help the other SilkWings who were left on Pantala.
The Dangerous Gift
Io was mentioned in Snowfall's vision of Atala when she was thinking about how Io had promised that they would get to fight HiveWings. Later, in Snowfall's vision of her she was outside of Cicada Hive, in the savannah. She thought about how she had sent two dragons to Tsetse Hive to go rescue the citizens of that Hive, then how she and Cinnabar flew the other way, stopping briefly at each Hive to warn whoever they could, then straight on to Mantis Hive where they had evacuated everyone in the Hive and got them safely into hiding. Io noticed that Cicada Hive was "too quiet" and suspected that the HiveWings had trapped the SilkWings in there. Cinnabar told her not to worry, and that even if that were true they could not have enough of the breath of evil to control them all yet. Io sighed and reminded herself that she has friends who will help her. Io and Cinnabar mentioned that the map to Pyrrhia was safe before flying off and the vision ends. She was mentioned along with Cinnabar several more times when Snowfall wondered about what happened to them and the map. She was most notably mentioned when Snowfall was upset that Hazel left a copy of the map on Pantala and Io's hope to save her tribe swept fiercely through her, like it was her own emotion.
The Flames of Hope
Swordtail mentioned Io in her talk with Luna with the dreamvisitor. He mentioned that she had been captured. Io later appeared in Luna's memory that Luna let Lizard see. In that vision, Io, Swordtail, Blue, and Luna had snuck into Silkworm Hall's art room after school to look for dyes to use for Io's Metamorphosis weaving. Io was unsure about where she should weave her secret Chrysalis symbol and asked Luna for help. When the headmaster barged into the art room, Io and the rest of the group were able to hide in time. Luna and Swordtail emerged out of their hiding spots to distract the headmaster from discovering Blue's hiding spot, allowing both Io and Blue to escape undetected. Io was with Silverspot and Burnet when Luna and Blue reunited with their mothers. She was mentioned again in the epilogue when Luna said that she and Tau would sort out the Assembly.

Field Guides[]

A Guide to the Dragon World
Io was the author of Rules for Happiness and Prospartiy in the Hives. She wrote about the rules, school curriculum, and common professions of SilkWings.

Relationships[]

Blue[]

Io is one of Blue's closest friends in the world, along with Luna and Swordtail. Io helped Blue escaped from the HiveWing guards when Luna was revealed to be a flamesilk dragon, and lured the guards away from the Hive so that Blue could hide and escape.

Cinnabar[]

Io and Cinnabar are friends, and they are physically affectionate.[8]

Swordtail[]

Io appears to be caring and supportive of her brother, as she attended his girlfriend's Metamorphosis on her own accord. The two were happy to be reunited in the SapWing village. They both joined the Cicada Hive Chrysalis together.

Luna[]

Io is one of Luna's three best friends in the world. Io went to Luna when she needed help coming up with an idea for her metamorphosis weaving.[9]

Family tree[]

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Quotes[]

"No way! […] We can't just let them take him!"
― to Burnet when she says Blue should turn himself in for being a flamesilk (The Lost Continent, page 47)

"Why did it have to be you? […] The one SilkWing who thinks HiveWings have any good in them? Listen, Blue. Stop trusting them right now. They've let you go about your ordinary life so far, but now you look dangerous to them, and they're not going to let you have that life back. It's gone."
― to Blue about trusting HiveWings (The Lost Continent, page 48)

"There are SilkWings who can help you, […] if you can find them. A group called the Chrysalis."
― to Blue when she tells him to run (The Lost Continent, page 53)

"Because every time someone says to you, 'Hey, wasn't that mean what that HiveWing did?' you say, 'Oh, maybe she's tired or frustrated with work or just lost something important or is having a fight with her sister,' and then it's kind of hard to follow up with 'Well, care to join a movement to take her down?'"
― to Blue about why he has not heard of the Chrysalis (The Lost Continent, page 54)

"Well, my plan was to hide with some friends in the Yellowjacket Hive Chrysalis, […] but when I got there, I was spotted by guards, who chased me pretty much all the way to the jungle. I flew inside to escape them and almost immediately got caught by this enormous horrifying insanqely sticky plant. It was going to eat me, Swordtail! With, like, its goo or something! How wild is that? But these dragons rescued me, and they said I could lie low here for a while."
― to Swordtail about being in the Poison Jungle (The Poison Jungle, page 131-132)

"They won't get the map. […] I'll hide it somewhere safe, so even if they catch me and take over my mind, they'll never find it. You HAVE to let me save the SilkWings. Look, if Wasp gets them, it'll double the size of her army, right?! So this is practical, and also OBVIOUSLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I mean really!"
― to Hazel about going back to save the SilkWings (The Poison Jungle, page 289)

"It's too quiet, […] the HiveWings must be here. I bet they've got all the SilkWings trapped in there with them."
― to Cinnabar about Cicada Hive (The Dangerous Gift, page 196)

Trivia[]

  • Io's name was misspelled as "Jo" in the preview of The Lost Continent.
  • Io once played with a monkey for an entire day and wanted to keep it, but her parents made her release it in the savannah since a HiveWing might eat it if they found it.[10]

Gallery[]

References[]


SilkWings
Queens

Present: Monarch
Historical: DiademMonarchMonarchSilverwash

Other Dragons

AdmiralArgusAtalaBlueBurnetClorindeCinnabarClubtailDanaidDuskyFestoonFritillaryGliderGraylingHeliconianIoLappetLunaMorphoPieridSilverspotSwordtailTauTemoraTussockWhitespeck (TLC)Whitespeck (TFoH)Xenica

Kingdom

Bloodworm HiveCicada HiveHornet HiveJewel HiveLeafSilk KingdomMantis HiveTsetse HiveVinegaroon HiveWasp HiveYellowjacket Hive

Kingdom
(Historical)

SilkWing palace

Society

Book of ClearsightChrysalisSilkWing AssemblyTree Wars

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