▁ ▁Im mort als ▁Sk ys ong ▁( nick named ▁K itten ): ▁A ▁baby ▁drag on ▁whose ▁mother ▁died ▁in ▁the ▁battle ▁at ▁Pir ate ' s ▁S wo op ▁in ▁Wild ▁Magic . ▁Sk ys ong ▁was ▁initially ▁dead ▁in ▁the ▁w omb ▁before ▁Da ine ▁in ad vert ently ▁he aled ▁her ▁mother , ▁and ▁afterwards ▁Da ine ▁becomes ▁her ▁guard ian ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁series . ▁It ▁is ▁shown ▁that ▁despite ▁her ▁love ▁for ▁Da ine , ▁Sk ys ong ▁needed ▁" dis cipl ine " ▁from ▁her ▁own ▁kind ▁and ▁that ▁she ▁would ▁later ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁drag on ' s ▁home ▁in ▁the ▁Div ine ▁Real ms . ▁She ▁is ▁shown ▁to ▁be ▁highly ▁advanced ▁and ▁can ▁wh ist le ▁lo cks ▁open , ▁sense ▁in visibility ▁sp ells , ▁and ▁detect ▁magic ▁used ▁for ▁sp ying . ▁T ka a : ▁A ▁bas il isk ▁who ▁found ▁Da ine ▁in ▁Dun l ath ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁friend . ▁He ▁also ▁appears ▁as ▁an ▁en voy ▁to ▁the ▁Co pper ▁Is les ▁in ▁D augh ter ▁of ▁the ▁Lion ess ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁teacher ▁of ▁the ▁imm ort als ▁class ▁in ▁Prote ctor ▁of ▁the ▁Small . ▁His ▁first ▁encounter ▁with ▁Num air ▁showed ▁his ▁power . ▁Though ▁he ▁meant ▁him ▁no ▁harm , ▁he ▁threw ▁magic ▁at ▁Num air ▁and ▁he ▁turned ▁him ▁into ▁a ▁rock ▁as ▁self - def ense . ▁He ▁broke ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁rock ▁in ▁a ▁few ▁minutes , ▁paused