Quenelda de Winter

Quenelda de Winter is the daughter of Earl Rufus de Winter. She is eleven years old in The Dragon Whisperer. She is the main protagonist of the series, along with Root Oakley.

She has blonde hair and tawny eyes. Her eyes sometimes turn gold.

Personality
Quenelda is clever and stubborn. She does not listen to people that she does not like, and is aloof (and believes herself to be superior) to commoners and people with little knowledge of dragons.

She is aristocratic is that she believes herself to be noble born, and dislikes common people. She is used to getting her own way, and is shocked when Root Oakley disagrees with her. She, however, becomes less of a snob and begins to form a friendship with him, teaching him about dragons.

She tries to like her brother, Darcy, and appears to genuinely hurt when he insults her mother (she was a commoner).

She is a bit of tom-boy, and often dresses in riding boots, a doublet and breeches. When her father makes her wear a dress she chooses the plainest, darkest one there is. She does not like to go to court, and finds it annoying. She disapproves of young ladies her age, with their dresses and such, and is often mocked by them.

Magic Powers
She has the powers of a half dragon, half man, well known in myth and legend. She has the ability to talk to dragons, and in The Dragon Whisperer, her eyes sometimes turn gold, and look like dragons eyes. At the end of The Dragon Whisperer, she shouts out a battlerune, which came into her head, to save her father.

In Flight to Dragon Isle, she has more magic (and more control over it) and can heal people.

Mentors

 * She is mentored by Tangnost Bearhugger, Earl Rufus de Winter's second in commend at Dragonsdome. He looks after he and teaches her when her father is away fighting or away at Dragon Isle.
 * Her father (Earl Rufus de Winter) encourages her and teaches her some when he is at Dragonsdome, and makes her learn with tutors. His pet name for her is "goose". He does not force her to go to court.

Dragons
Quenelda helps Tangnost Bearhugger to mend the tail of the battle dragon, Two Gulps and You're Gone, and so her father gives her the battle dragon. She rides him a lot and appears to have a good relationship with him. She is warned by her father and Tangnost that she is riding a battle dragon, and not to forget that he can kill people.

Quenelda raised the dragon Chasing the Stars from the shell herself.

Quenelda has a good relationship with her fathers (Earl Rufus de Winters) battle dragon, Stormcracker Thundercloud III (nick named Stormcracker).

Her name among the dragons is Dancing with the Dragons. Almost all dragons refer to her affectionately.