Who is the main character? Tell how this character changed throughout the story. What happened to him/her to cause this change etc.?

Clay is a MudWing dragon and one of the five dragonets of the prophecy. He was the first to hatch, and the minders have often told the story that he attacked the other four eggs. The minders use this as an encouragement that Clay has a killer instinct and could be a great warrior, though Clay does not feel that killer instinct the minders seek. When Clay finds other MudWings and learns more about his tribe, he realizes that he was not attacking the other eggs. Instead, he was trying to help them hatch, which is the role of the first hatched of a MudWing group. Clay is bigger than the other dragonets who are part of the prophecy, and he often puts himself between them and danger, even though he is not particularly adept at fighting. He hates battling Kestrel during training and always feels he is being bullied by the older, stronger dragon.

Clay does not consider himself brave, but he is the first to volunteer when Queen Scarlet plans to throw someone into the arena to fight. When Scarlet plans to pit Tsunami and Starflight against several other dragons, Clay pleads to go with them. He does not believe that even the three of them have a chance of surviving, but he wants to go down fighting alongside his friends. This is one of many demonstrations of his loyalty toward the others. Another example is seen when Clay chooses to leave his family behind in order to remain with the dragonets of the prophecy. Clay realizes that he has a specific role with that group and that he would upset the dynamic of the MudWing group.