Thistle

Thistle is the last queen of the Dracanis Kingdom before her death, when she named Fisher her heir until Lily's next birthday. Thistle is the daughter of Lavender and Boulder and older sister of Lily.

Thistle is a very abrasive and strict ruler, though well beloved by her people. She took an aggressive approach on the war against the phonidae and won many battles. She is described as 'seemingly invincible' and threw the kingdom into a state of turmoil upon her death.

Prologue
Thistle and Lily argue about her going into another battle. Lily begs her not to, but Thistle disregards her concerns. Thistle soon leaves, telling Lily she will return with yet another a victory.

Chapter 1
Thistle's army returns much too early and it is revealed Thistle is dead. She marched her army on Sequoia Sanctuary and planned to lightly flood out a part of the south-west, though the dam broke and caused much more destruction than intended and she was swept away in the water. Shortly before her death she named Fisher her heir until Lily's next birthday with sand Viper and Andonsonia Baobab as witness.

Champion Batticus
Thistle is briefly mentioned twice. First is when Celeste and Atticus are arguing who would win in a one-on-one fight: Thistle of Purmuda. Second is when it is mentioned that she flooded the south-west of Sequoia Sanctuary.

Lily
Though Lily looks up to Thistle, she doesn't seem to respect Lily much. She is rude to her sister when she tries to give advice and dismissed her concerns. Despite this, Lily is very sad over Thistle's death.

Pebble
Thistle and Pebble did not get along well at all, though Pebble seems to still admire her.

Fisher
Fisher was very very close to Thistle. He was her personal guard and they spent much of their time together. She trusted him enough to name him heir.

Sand Viper
Sand Viper was a part of her council and trusted enough to act as witness to Thistle naming Fisher heir.

Poppy
Poppy must have been dear to Thistle, as she was very adamant about keeping her on the dracanis Council.