Searing

Searing, whose original name was Skeeter, is the mate of Rage and father to Valoran; he's also Ripper's preferred future patriarch, and Lucifer's mortal enemy. Before he made his way into the Red Rippers clan, Skeeter was a joyful hatchling who loved to wander off and play. One night, Skeeter snuck away from his nest to chase after some fireflies, but his playful demeanor soon changes to fear as he found himself in the middle of nowhere. Unable to find his way back home, Skeeter takes refuge in a cave. Just then, a vicious roar could be heard approaching the cave! Skeeter hid behind some rocks, but the intruder found him. Skeeter trembles in fear as Rage stares him down from above. She's angry that some random dragon had the audacity to use her personal training base as a nest. Realizing there's no way out, Skeeter becomes aggressive, and he attacks Rage. One flap of her wing sends him flying into the wall. Rage walks over to him baring her fangs, but to his surprise, she doesn't eat him. Instead, she grabs him and flies back to her clan.

Skeeter, who's too scared to move, is taken to a secret area where Lucifer can't find him. Rage tells him that he will only survive under her protection, and that she will make him a powerful ruler when he grows up; she's also changing his name to Searing. Skeeter has no choice, he must obey her or die.

Months after becoming a member of the Red Rippers, Searing has become attached to Rage, and he follows her everywhere she goes; his once playful and joyous demeanor has been replaced by a bloodthirsty desire for power. Once Lucifer leaves for training, Rage takes Searing to meet the matriarch. Ripper, Rage's mother and ruler of the clan, takes a liking to the new male, and she decides that Rage & Searing are deserving of her throne when the time comes for her and Red to step down. Tanja, Lucifer's closest assistant, is upset that her matriarch would choose some random male over her own son.

A few days after Searing was crowned the future patriarch of the Red Rippers, Lucifer attacked him in the dead of night. Having little combat experience, Searing is fighting a losing battle, but Rage comes to his rescue. The two siblings square off in a bloody fight that lasts for hours. The dust finally settles and Rage stands victorious. Lucifer retreats back to his lair where he and Tanja vow revenge against Rage & Searing. With his brother-in-law out of the way, Searing can focus on starting a family with his wife. Out of all his hatchlings, only one is deemed by her grandmother to be worthy of inheriting the Red Rippers clan, Valoran.

Rage & Searing's daughter, Valoran, is expected to lead the Red Rippers after Rage ends her reign. Rage & Searing dedicate all of their time to training their daughter so she can become a ruthless warrior like the rest of her family. What Searing fails to realize is that Valoran has no desire to cause other dragons suffering, and that she secretly wants out of the clan. Red realized what's going on with his granddaughter, so he arranges for her to live with Legion in the Neon Nights clan. Rage & Searing are unaware of the situation, and when they realize Valoran is missing, they nearly destroy their home. Red tries to calm them down by saying that Valoran went away for extensive training, and that she'll return to them someday. Searing believes Red's lie, but Rage doesn't.

Searing knows nothing about Legion & Reaper, and he couldn't care less for his brother-in-law, Blood.