View source for MudWing Succession Crisis

The '''MudWing Succession Crisis''' was an event where the [[MudWing]] tribe was left with no royal heirs to inherit the throne after the death and disappearance of both of the royal family's heirs, [[Egret|Queen Egret]] and [[Bayou|Princess Bayou]]. The event took place three generations prior to [[Queen Moorhen]].

== Description ==
After becoming [[queen]] of the MudWings, Queen Egret only had one heir, her sister, to take her place if anything were to happen to her. Although she ruled peacefully for a time, Egret grew paranoid and reckless after her brother [[Copperhead]] ran away, which lead to her death. Bayou was destined to inherit the throne but broke under the pressure and ran away from the [[Mud Kingdom]]. With no heirs, the kingdom dissolved into madness for a month. The crisis was eventually solved after [[Olive]], a MudWing construction worker near the [[MudWing palace]], offered her eggs to [[Sawgrass|Prince Sawgrass]] to hatch an heir while she ruled as queen regent in the meantime.

== Timeline ==
* [[Queen Anhinga]] had five [[dragonets]], two daughters and three sons.{{Ref|AGttDW|23}}
* Both of Anhinga's brothers died in skirmishes with the [[SkyWings]]. Neither of them had dragonets, leaving Egret and Bayou as the only heirs to the throne.{{Ref|AGttDW|25}}
* The [[bigwings]] of the dragonets, Egret, challenged Anhinga for the throne when Anhinga was elderly and weaker.{{Ref|AGttDW|26}}
* Egret inherited the throne and refused to have dragonets.{{Ref|AGttDW|26}}
* Copperhead fell in love with a [[RainWing]] and ran away to the [[Rainforest Kingdom]] to be with him. This caused Egret to become paranoid.{{Ref|AGttDW|28}}
* Egret would intentionally scare her siblings by being reckless which eventually led to her death.{{Ref|AGttDW|29}}
* Bayou, devastated by her sister's death, vanished during the night, leaving the kingdom with no heirs.{{Ref|AGttDW|29}}
* Sawgrass and [[Possum]], the last remaining royals, were left to deal with the kingdom for a month with no queen.{{Ref|AGttDW|29}}
* Olive sought out Sawgrass and gave him her eggs so that another queen could hatch. In the meantime, Olive stood in as queen.{{Ref|AGttDW|29-30}}
* [[Coypu]] hatched and eventually became queen of the MudWings, starting a new royal family.{{Ref|AGttDW|30}}

== Notable deaths ==
* [[Unnamed characters#MudWings|Anhinga's brothers]]
* [[Anhinga]]
* [[Egret]]

== References ==
{{References}}

{{MudWing Navbox}}

[[fr:La crise de succession des Ailes de boue]]

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:MudWing history]]