Prince Ice Sand
Names: Prince Ice Sandthe princemy kingIce SandKing Ice Sandthe king
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 49 (The First Tale of Yun Tianming “The New Royal Painter”)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 49Cruel from childhood, he slaughtered animals in play; as an adult he hid his malice, feigning support for Dewdrop's succession.
- Ch 49He uses Needle-Eye as a weapon to eliminate the king, queen, and loyal ministers so he can become king.
- Ch 49Ice Sand is about to seize the throne, controlling the capital garrison and palace guards while loyal ministers are painted away.
- Ch 50He believes the princess no longer exists because Needle-Eye's brush captured her, so nobody pursues the escapees.
- Ch 51Has been crowned king, is a regicide and patricide traitor, and sends the painter Needle-Eye to paint Deep Water.
- Ch 51Ice Sand lured Deep Water to Tomb Island as a child, knowing glutton fish gathered there, with a false story about curative fish liver oil.
- Ch 51Ice Sand kept his plot against Deep Water secret; no one in the kingdom knew the truth.
- Ch 51Ice Sand was killed by Deep Water's sword through the chest, tumbling down the palace stairs.
Connections
- ally ofNeedle-Eyeserves him as painter-weapon
- family ofPrincess Dewdropbrother
- family ofPrince Deep Waterbrothers
- enemy ofPrincess Dewdrop
- related toNeedle-Eyepainter serving the king
- enemy ofPrince Deep Water
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 49Ice Sand's feigned loyalty
At the king's sixtieth birthday, where Dewdrop is named heir, Ice Sand humbly supports her and presents Needle-Eye as the new royal painter.
- Book 3 · Ch 49The night of the portraits
In a bunker, Needle-Eye paints the king, queen and loyal ministers; each disappears from their bed. Ice Sand plans to keep the portraits.
- Book 3 · Ch 49Flight from the palace
At dawn the princess, Auntie Wide and the captain leave in a carriage in disguise, while Needle-Eye finishes the princess's portrait.
- Book 3 · Ch 51Needle-Eye fails to paint Deep Water
Ice Sand sends Needle-Eye to paint Deep Water, but the painter returns shaken, saying the prince defies perspective and cannot be painted.
- Book 3 · Ch 51Deep Water kills Ice Sand
Deep Water arrives at the palace with the army watching; in a duel Ice Sand misjudges distance because of Deep Water's lack of perspective and is stabbed through the chest.