The Italian word that gives the meaning of this name is used in an Aria in the opera Aida by Giuseppe Vedri. The aria is Celeste Aida meaning heavenly Aida. I like the name because I like the aria, and because my father and grandfather also liked this aria.
Clay is a male MudWing, a Dragonet of Destiny, and the main protagonist in The Dragonet Prophecy, the very first book of the Wings of Fire series. Clay has fire-resistant scales, which he found out about when he pushed Peril down a tunnel as he tried to hide her from Queen Scarlet.
A mud engineer (correctly called a Drilling Fluids Engineer, but most often referred to as the Mud Man) works on an oil well or gas well drilling rig, and is responsible ensuring the properties of the drilling fluid, also known as drilling mud, are within designed specifications.he mud engineer is well supported by the mud supply company with computer aids and manuals dealing with all known problems and their solution, but it is his or her responsibility to get it right in a situation where mistakes can be very costly indeed. A mud engineer's job may involve long shifts of over 12 hours a day.