Peril

Peril is an adult female SkyWing and the main protagonist of Escaping Peril. She hatched with a dangerous condition known as firescales, and served as Scarlet's champion in the SkyWing Arena until the events of The Dragonet Prophecy. She currently attends Jade Mountain Academy as a member of the Jade Winglet and has romantic feelings for Clay.

Appearance
Peril has unusually bright, glowing, shimmering, copper-colored, fiery metallic-orange scales that emit smoke and heat, giving her the appearance of burning from the inside. She has a long, pointed tail, with veins of gold running through her glimmering copper wings. She has sly, startling, eerie, flame-blue and obsidian black eyes, as though someone had bundled up the sky and immersed it in fire until it burned from the inside. She has sharp white teeth, and horns that are not yet fully grown. Her scales emit a blistering, burning heat that feels like standing too close to an erupting volcano.

Personality
Peril is matter-of-fact, proud, bold, fiercely loyal, loving, sarcastic, curious, stubborn, and hopeful. Before meeting Clay, she was a brutal killer and did not seem to care that other dragons detested her, striding around as if she knew everyone would clear out of her way. Initially, she seemed untroubled by how much death she had caused; after knowing how many dragons are afraid of her scales, she often tried to make herself as small as possible and is quiet upon meeting other dragons; she seemed surprised when Clay offered to talk to her. After the battle in which Horizon committed suicide in the arena, Peril seemed confused when asked about it, and her voice wobbled when talking about Sky, of whom she believed to be dead. She has a kind of awkwardness and sadness to her, and Moonwatcher described Peril's mind as impossible to read; it is all fire, like she is burning from the inside. She believes that Peril is not a happy dragon, but is unsure if she is evil. Peril also appeared to be extremely sensitive, likely caused by how dragons often reacted around her and how the SkyWings appeared initially joyed to see her exiled. Throughout the second arc, Peril learns that taking away her firescales does not change who she really is; she believed that no dragon deserved to be manipulated by another, and that her decisions and loyalties are decided by herself instead of dragons who expect her to be somebody else.

Abilities
As a SkyWing, Peril is known to be a very fast flying dragon. As having firescales, she can burn other dragons just by touching them.