Copper

Copper is a MudWing-SandWing hybrid, who has fireproof scales, and also metallic scales because the blood-red egg he was born from was animus-cursed. He founded the Scorpion Den after witnessing the death of his brother, Rust, and is one of the protagonists for The Creation, alongside Lavender and Fatebringer.

Pre-series
Copper's egg was cursed by an animus dragon so that his scales would be metallic. He was born from a blood-red egg, meaning he had fireproof scales. His place of birth is unknown. His family was outlawed from the Sand and Mud kingdom.

The Creation
At the beginning of the book, Copper was being arrested for being born with his powers during his escape his brother (Rust) was killed. This is when he decided to make the Scorpion Den for all outlaws to have somewhere to go. Later, he was joined by Lavender and Fatebringer in an attempt to defeat Snowstorm, and also try to prevent him from obtaining all of the Stones of Power.