Prince Hailstorm is a royal, male IceWing and the older brother to Winter and Icicle, as well as a nephew to the late IceWing ruler, Queen Glacier. Prior to the events of the main series, Hailstorm was captured by the SkyWings when he was searching for scavenger dens with his younger brother, Winter. Winter and the rest of the IceWings assumed he was dead, killed by the NightWings led by Morrowseer when they swooped into the SkyWing battle arena to save Starflight in The Dragonet Prophecy. In Moon Rising, it was discovered that Ex-Queen Scarlet had kept important prisoners an unknown secret location in the Sky Kingdom, which had saved Hailstorm's life. Winter often compares himself to Hailstorm, thinking he isn't as good as his brother. Scarlet had Chameleon "hide" Hailstorm by using Darks