Glory

"Queen Glory of the RainWings. That'll be my name in the history scrolls — not Glory the mistake, or Glory the lazy RainWing, or Glory who could never be as good as some nameless SkyWing who died six years ago. I'm responsible for all these dragons now. I'll protect them. I'll lead them. I'll make them — us — a tribe we can be proud of. Glory, the queen who chose her own destiny, saved her subjects, and turned her tribe into the greatest dragons in all of Pyrrhia."

— Glory's thoughts about being queen, The Hidden Kingdom

Glory is an adult female RainWing and the main protagonist of The Hidden Kingdom. Formerly a dragonet of destiny, she was also partially responsible for the end of the War of SandWing Succession and the founding of Jade Mountain Academy.

After the events of the NightWing Exodus, Glory became queen of both the NightWing and RainWing tribes. She resides in the RainWing village and is currently in a relationship with Deathbringer.

Description

Glory has green eyes and brilliant, color-changing scales. According to Liana, these scales are dull and mousy in comparison to those of other RainWings. She has soft wings, feathery ears, a long body, tail, and neck, and a long, delicate snout. She is often considered very beautiful and elegant.

Unlike most RainWings, Glory tries to keep her scales from showing emotions. Therefore, she is usually seen with dark emerald green scales and flares of orange around her ears and the underside of her wings.

Personality

Glory is often depicted as teasing, sarcastic, cross, snide, intelligent, fierce, firm, sniping, and arch. When Moonwatcher suggested that Glory return to the RainWing village for her safety while they searched for Icicle, she snorted as though she was sure she could handle anything. She has a steely ferocity about her, and Deathbringer describes her as reckless. She is thoughtful and fair. Queen Glacier stated that she was an unusual queen for choosing a path toward peace and cooperation over clear and simple vengeance. Although she did not seem to be bothered by the memory of using her venom to attack Scarlet, she is unwilling to use her venom on dragons who are unable to fight back. She often refuses to take orders from anyone, and Tsunami once regarded her to be the least trustworthy and most dangerous out of the dragonets of destiny. She speaks for herself, and the RainWing color for happiness does not often appear on her scales.

Upon meeting Winter, she beckoned him to walk beside her as an equal and greeted him as visiting royalty. According to Qibli, she is well-known for being a fair and kind queen and took her responsibilities as ruler of the NightWings seriously, being unwilling to release Icicle to Glacier's custody without confirmation that the IceWing princess would be punished for her murder of a NightWing guard. It is hard to figure out what she truly wants, but Moonwatcher stated that she would not want enchanted obedience or fake love from her NightWing subjects. She used to believe she could do everything by herself, but that changed after the RainWing royal challenge.

Biography

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Dragonet Prophecy

After Burn smashed the original SkyWing egg intended for The Dragonet Prophecy and killed its carrier, Hvitur, Webs stole Glory's egg from the Rainforest Kingdom as a last-minute replacement, insisting that they had to have five dragonets for the prophecy. He had gotten in trouble with Kestrel because it was not a SkyWing egg and they supposedly could never complete The Dragonet Prophecy with a RainWing. Six years later, Morrowseer visited their cave to inspect the dragonets. He was disgusted upon seeing a RainWing included in the prophecy instead of a SkyWing and later ordered the three guardians to kill Glory before the next morning. Kestrel was assigned to kill Glory and had Tsunami chained up on the excuse of the SeaWing being the only one who could stop her. Although Tsunami and Glory protested, Clay decided to use the river to escape. Soon after Clay and Tsunami opened the boulder covering the entrance of the cave their friends were in, Scarlet confronted them, and was led to their cave by a smoke signal meant to help Clay and Tsunami find their way back. Webs fled down the river while Dune was killed by Scarlet, and the others were imprisoned and taken to the Sky Kingdom. There, Clay, Starflight, and Tsunami were forced to fight in Scarlet's gladiatorial battles, while Glory was chained and displayed as artwork. Sunny was kept inside the castle in a cage while they were in the Sky Kingdom, though Peril mentioned that she was well-cared for. When Fjord was moments away from killing Clay in the arena, Tsunami attempted to jump off of her prison tower, unintentionally distracting everyone while Glory sprayed lethal venom on Fjord's neck and face, killing him in seconds. Later, as Clay was fighting Peril in honor of the Champion's Shield, Glory shot her venom at the right side of Scarlet's face, causing the spectators to flee and giving Peril ample time to free the dragonets and aid them in escaping the palace. After rescuing Kestrel and Sunny, Glory suggested that Peril was possibly their "wings of sky" and the prophecy's true SkyWing, which Clay eagerly discussed with Peril. Glory felt unwanted and formed a plan with Tsunami to test Clay's loyalty; later that night, Tsunami woke Clay and pretended that Glory had run away to the Rainforest Kingdom. Clay insisted that they abandon their plans to travel to the Mud Kingdom and meet his family until they found Glory again; Glory then realized that Clay would never want her to leave, and revealed that she had not run away. Once the dragonets reached the outskirts of the Mud Kingdom, Glory, disguising herself as a MudWing, volunteered to go with Clay while the others waited near a small waterfall to avoid tribal tension. When Clay met his mother, Cattail, they found out that she had sold his egg to the Talons of Peace for at least two cows, and therefore did not care about him at all. Whilst leaving the Mud Kingdom, Clay was confronted by a group of five MudWings who turned out to be his siblings. Clay learned that he should have been the group's bigwings. Reed offered to step down and let Clay lead, but he refused, as he still needed to stop the war and take care of his friends. Glory added that Clay could not be their bigwings since he was the dragonets' bigwings. Glory was also present when Starflight dropped in during Clay's speech about finding their lost friend. She then accompanied the others on the way to the Kingdom of the Sea in hopes of meeting Tsunami's family.

The Lost Heir

While discussing what to do next, Glory and the others saw a SkyWing air patrol scouting the area, probably looking for the dragonets themselves. Glory camouflaged herself on the sand, Starflight and Sunny hid in the nearby forest, and Tsunami dove into the ocean. After the majority of the patrol moved on, Tsunami attacked a soldier in midair and knocked him into the sea. With Clay's help, she pulled him to shore. Glory felt angrily surprised at Tsunami's irrational behavior, but they eventually set leaves over the guard's face before flying away. Once the dragonets arrived at the Summer Palace, Glory and the others were locked up in one of Coral's caves while Tsunami explored the palace. The dragonets almost drowned in a flood in the dungeons, but were freed by Tsunami and Riptide and brought into a comfier cave. The cave happened to belong to Blister, who found the dragonets, convinced Coral to release them, and invited them to breakfast. After angering Blister, the dragonets were locked up in the prison, which was guarded by electric eels. With the help of Anemone, they broke free and planned to escape the Summer Palace. However, SkyWing soldiers began attacking the Summer Palace with dragonflame cacti and flaming logs. As Glory and the others were fleeing, Crocodile, the MudWing that led the troops to the Summer Palace, confronted them. To protect the others from the danger, Glory sprayed venom in Crocodile's eyes, killing her. After they escaped, the group decided to travel to the Rainforest Kingdom in an attempt to help Webs and find Glory's family.

The Hidden Kingdom

Glory was first shown flying through the rain with her friends. A pair of MudWing soldiers walked by, and the dragonets hid among the fog. After hiding Sunny, Glory left them momentarily to investigate. Hearing a scream from the soldiers' location, Glory discovered that the soldiers had been killed by blows to their throats. Most of the group was wary about continuing into the rainforest, but Glory and Sunny eventually convinced them to move on. On the edge of the rainforest, Glory's friends disappeared right in front of her eyes. Startled, she looked back up and demanded that the attackers show themselves and a large group of RainWings materialized in front of them. One introduced himself as Jambu and his friend as Liana, and gestured to the treetops, where their missing friends were hanging in woven leaf nets. Jambu explained that they were rendered unconscious with blow darts and would wake up soon. He led them to the RainWing village, where their friends were placed on a leaf platform. As the others were still unconscious, Jambu and Liana explained the purpose of sun time to Glory, and Starflight reassured her that he would watch over her while she slept. When she awoke, she discovered a dozing sloth curled between her shoulder and wing; Jambu explained that sloths were like pets to the RainWings and that this one had apparently 'chosen her'. Glory was at first hesitant to let the sloth stay with her, but eventually grew fond of her and decided to let her stay. Jambu then took her to see the three RainWing Hatcheries, where all of the tribe's eggs were raised and hatched together. He explained that the RainWing tribe did not have a family system and that RainWing dragonets were raised by the entire tribe. Glory asked how any RainWing would know if they were related to someone else, and Jambu introduced the venom test. In this, two dragons mixed their venom, and if one diluted the other one the two dragons are related. Jambu suggested trying the venom test between themselves, and Jambu's venom canceled out Glory's, which suggested that they were probably half-brother and sister. After the others woke, Sunny told them that Webs' scratch had gotten worse and that he would need to see a healer. Starflight asked Jambu and Liana for an audience with Dazzling, but Jambu asked if they would rather see the current queen. Glory then learned, to her shock, that six RainWings took turns as queen, each reigning for one month at a time. Jambu led them to the queen's treehouse to see the current ruler, Magnificent, where they waited in a line with a few other RainWings. Mangrove, one of the dragons in line, told Glory that his partner, Orchid, had gone missing three weeks ago and that he was again requesting a search party for her. Glory, intrigued, asked if she could watch while Mangrove spoke to the queen, and he agreed. After speaking with Bromeliad, she learned that the RainWing's student, Kinkajou, had also gone missing, and she suggested that she combine her audience with Mangrove's since their issues were so similar. Sunny showed Magnificent Webs' injury. The queen gave them directions to the healers' treehouse but seemed uninterested when Glory suggested gathering information about the missing RainWings. Unwilling to do the job herself, she appointed Glory as an investigator. Glory, Clay, and Starflight went to see Mangrove while Sunny and Tsunami took Webs to the healer's hut. They found and asked Mangrove for details on Orchid's disappearance. He agreed to take them to the last place Orchid was seen, which turned out to be beside a huge fallen tree that was relatively near the village. As they tracked a sickly-smelling trail, the four arrived at a small waterfall where a dying sloth lay, the apparent source of the smell. Looking around, Glory saw what looked like a black hole — or a doorway — on the side of a boulder. After showing the entrance to Clay and Starflight, Glory speculated that it had something to do with the missing RainWings. They agreed that Starflight would return in the morning with a plan, the strongest vines they could find, and the rest of their friends. Sending Starflight and Mangrove back to the village, Clay and Glory settled near a large tree to watch the pond and the tunnel for the night. Around midnight, they heard loud stamping, sniffing, and snorting. Something moved near the pond and proceeded to eat something, then slithered back into the hole. When the sun rose, all that was left of the dying sloth were a few scraps of fur and blood-spattered leaves. Once Clay, Sunny, Tsunami, and Jambu returned with vines, they decided that Glory and Clay would go into the hole, both with vines tied around their shoulders and directions to tug on them if something was wrong. Handing her sloth to Sunny, Glory and Clay stepped into the tunnel. It led Kingdom of Sand near Burn's stronghold, but once Glory and Clay returned to tell their friends, Mangrove ran past them and disappeared into the tunnel. Glory ran after him, but he was barely visible by the time she got there. It looked like he was heading to the Ice Kingdom, which meant that that was where they were going next. After a night of uncomfortable sleep, Glory and Starflight were the first to wake up. Starflight went back to sleep, and Glory took to the air and saw a fortress with smoke rising from its chimneys ahead, presumably belonging to Blaze. She spotted a black dragon, hoping that it was Mangrove camouflaging himself, but then he breathed out fire. There was an actual lone NightWing on IceWing territory. Suspicious, Glory camouflaged herself as an IceWing and flared up her ruff as an illusion of the IceWings' extra horns. Confronting him, he explained that he was waiting for "a few someones" and was on a secret NightWing mission. He asked if she had seen the dragonets of destiny anywhere, and as Glory was flying away he told her that his name was Deathbringer. When Glory returned to their camp and explained her encounter, the other guessed that Mangrove was hiding in Blaze's fortress. Taking Jambu with her, Glory scouted the building and realized that they would have to get in through the main door. She disguised herself as an IceWing named Storm, and Jambu as another IceWing named Penguin, claiming to be sent by Queen Glacier. A SandWing offered to take them to see Blaze right away when they asked for an audience with her, surprising both of them. They had not expected Blaze to be lounging around her fortress at that very moment. Glory told Blaze that the dragonets were here, but that they were not willing to risk coming inside the fortress. The princess reluctantly agreed to go outside, throwing a blanket on. While they walked towards the door, Glory distracted Blaze by asking about one of the tapestries adorning the stone walls, which gave Jambu time to grab the camouflaged Mangrove and pull him out the door. Glory and Jambu saw two scavengers shivering in a freezing cage. After they took them outside, they dropped the scavengers on the snow beside the fortress before following Blaze back to their friends. While Blaze introduced herself to the dragonets, Deathbringer landed behind her with two throwing stars in his talons. He hit Blaze in the neck, and also accidentally hit Tsunami in the wing before Glory tackled him. When she saw an incoming IceWing patrol with Queen Glacier at its head, she threatened to leave him to their mercy if he did not fly away immediately. He left, and after they ensured that Blaze was safe, the dragonets, Mangrove, and Jambu headed for home. After they returned to the rainforest, Glory and Tsunami decided to spend the night in the same tree as the night before, as Glory thought that Tsunami's night vision might be useful. As the thing that came from the tunnel began crashing around their hiding spot again, it was interrupted by someone whistling the "The Dragonets are Coming" song. Whatever it was, it retreated into the tunnel, and when the whistler came into view, Glory was not surprised that it was Deathbringer. Glory tied him to a tree with vines and sent Tsunami back to the RainWing village to get Clay so that he could watch the NightWing instead. Once Clay came and relieved her shift, Glory decided to use herself as bait: she went alone into the rainforest, eventually arriving at a clearing that was marked with black, harmless stains. As she bent to sniff one of the footprints embedded in the mud, she was knocked out by a heavy blow to the back of her head. Once Glory regained her senses, she felt herself being dragged down a long tunnel. So that she could not use her venom and escape, she was bound and gagged. The tunnel was not the one she had guessed — this one sloped downward. One of her kidnappers mentioned how Deathbringer had warned him about the dragonets, but before she could think about this she was knocked out again, only to awake in a prison stationed next to a flowing river of lava. There was a young RainWing in her cell, who introduced herself as Kinkajou. Glory discovered that the NighWings had been capturing the RainWings and brought them to their secret home, the NightWing island. Because of her young age, her talons, mouth, and wings were not bound, unlike the other RainWing captives. Glory communicated to Kinkajou through talon gestures and discovered that the NightWing guards took off her gag when it was time to feed her. After her gag was taken off for her meal, she sprayed venom towards one of the guards. He jumped out of the way, but not fast enough. The second guard fled, but the third retaliated when Glory tried to spray venom at him, pinning Glory to the floor. Kinkajou sprayed venom between his wings, causing him to release Glory, and then shoved him into a ravine. Glory realized that she would never get her bonds off before the second guard raised an alarm, so she ordered the first guard to carry them across the lava river. The NightWing only responded with a groan, but Clay and Deathbringer showed up just in time for their rescue. However, Deathbringer circled back to join his tribe when they neared the tunnel, as he did not want to be punished for helping them. After Glory, Clay, and Kinkajou fought with the NightWing guards stationed at the tunnel, they fled into the rainforest, where Glory spoke with Queen Magnificent about what she had seen. When the queen did not seem to care and refused to save them, Glory challenged Magnificent for the RainWing throne, as she knew that she could not save the prisoners without an army. Instead of a battle to the death to become queen, the RainWings had devised a series of challenges that included things such as camouflage, flower hunting, venom-shooting contests, tree gliding, and fruit gathering. By the final venom-shooting contest, Glory and Magnificent's teams were tied. Kinkajou, competing against Grandeur, was losing by the end of the tie-breaking match, but a sloth tumbled out of the trees in front of the target board right after Grandeur had spat her venom. Kinkajou jumped up and pushed the sloth out of the way, but Grandeur spat her venom and hit Kinkajou's wing. Frantic, Glory tried her venom to counteract Grandeur's, and the melting stopped as their venom met. Grandeur forfeit the contest when she realized that Glory was descended from the original RainWing royal family, knowing that Glory would be a better queen than any of the current ones. Glory was officially crowned the queen of the RainWings, but Clay suddenly appeared with news of Starflight's disappearance, as well as a guess that he had gone to warn his tribe about Glory's plan.

The Dark Secret

In the time that Starflight was trapped on the NightWings' volcano, he found a dreamvisitor, which he used to contact Glory in a dream to warn her that the NightWings were planning something. When Starflight, (along with Fatespeaker and Flame), returned to their friend's overjoyed welcome, they discussed the plan to infiltrate the NightWings' home and rescue the captured RainWings. Glory was worried, however, that most of her tribe would not be able to use their venom on another dragon, even if it meant life or death. Sunny, though, found a solution by suggesting that the RainWings use their tranquilizer guns and darts to knock the NightWing guards out, which avoided violence on both sides. After the first wave of RainWings knocked the tunnel's guards out, Glory took Starflight with her to one of the RainWings' cages so that he could show her how to unlock them. Glory sent other members of her tribe to rescue any other RainWings that they saw, and to camouflage themselves as NightWings while they did so. While Glory and Starflight were searching for the NightWing ruler, Battlewinner, they found her daughter, Greatness, snooping around the fortress. Glory ordered Greatness to lead them to her mother, along with the threat of venom if she refused. The princess led them down a small tunnel that led to Battlewinner's throne room, which was empty except for a huge black pot of lava in the center. When Battlewinner emerged, Starflight told her that she was never going to make it to the rainforest alive and that she should give the NightWing tribe to Glory so that they would not share the same fate. Battlewinner, seething, refused and flung herself at Glory — but it was no use, as the ice was taking over her body in the absence of the lava. After the former NightWing queen froze to death, the ground started to shake and rumble. Glory and Starflight hastily ran to the NightWing dungeons, where they freed Deathbringer and Splendor with a set of keys found in a coal niche. As they exited the fortress, Starflight told the gathered NightWings that accepting Glory's rule was the only way to live, unless they wanted to fly over the ocean. Tsunami, stationed at the tunnel, required each NightWing to pledge their allegiance to Glory before she allowed them to pass. As the last few remaining NightWings fled into the tunnel, Morrowseer threatened them, and the volcano exploded. Clay tried to shield Starflight with his fireproof scales, but he was not fast enough, as the lava had permanently blinded Starflight's eyes.

The Brightest Night

When Sunny was kidnapped by three traitorous NightWings – Preyhunter, Strongwings, and Fierceteeth – Glory was in a panic, sending out several search parties to find her. When Sunny returned, she explained her capture and how she had finally met her mother, Thorn. Glory was angry but relieved, but she was excited most of all by Sunny's plan for stopping the war. They would find Blister through the Talons of Peace, Sunny would dreamvisit Moorhen to get a message to Burn, and Sunny would also dreamvisit Blaze. There was a short discussion about who should dreamvisit Blaze, and all the dragonets except Tsunami voted for Sunny. Glory left Grandeur and Mangrove in charge of the rainforest, while she and the other dragonets of destiny were at the summit. At the meeting, Glory brought fifteen RainWings disguised as SkyWings, NightWings, and MudWings; believing it would cause fewer complications. Glory also allowed Deathbringer to bring five trustworthy NightWings so that all tribes could be represented. Glory herself was a SkyWing and pointed out the irony in replacing the SkyWing in the prophecy, yet appearing to be one when the prophecy was finally fulfilled. At the meeting, Blister gave Burn a box with two dragonbite vipers inside. Burn trapped one under her talons, but the other bit her other foot, killing her, and raced toward the dragonets. While Sunny and Fatespeaker tried to get Starflight off the ground, Clay slammed into them to save Starflight; however, he received a bad wound on his thigh. Glory helped to hold Clay down while Peril burned out the poison in his leg. She also helped to dig up Oasis's grave to get the Eye of Onyx and the other lost SandWing treasure. The Eye of Onyx was Blister's demise and the start of Thorn's reign, effectively making Sunny the new heir to the throne and ending the War of SandWing Succession once and for all. One month after the war was over, the dragonets, Fatespeaker, and Deathbringer went to Jade Mountain to discuss who would attend their new school to help teach the tribes of Pyrrhia to live in peace with each other. Glory, now the queen of two tribes, had to remain in the rainforest but she promised her friends she would come visit them.

---

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Moon Rising
Glory was mentioned by Moon's mother, Secretkeeper, as being somewhat unfit for a ruler due to her young and inexperienced age. She was also mentioned by Kinkajou multiple times when she said she was friends with a queen.

Winter Turning

Glory is first mentioned when Winter remembers how Scarlet asked for the dragonets of destiny's lives in return for Hailstorm's. Winter then thinks to himself that Glory had been one of the dragons who had confirmed that the NightWings had no more powers. Glory formally appeared when Winter was tackled by Deathbringer in the NightWing village. As she hauled the NightWing assassin off of the young prince, Winter explained that his sister Icicle was coming to kill Glory on Scarlet's orders. Glory summoned a meeting at the Royal Pavilion, calling a few scouts to report if they had seen anything suspicious. One RainWing mentioned a patch of ice near the Bayan Tree after Moon suggested signs; Glory and Winter prepared to leave, along with Moon and Qibli. Near the tree, there was an unnaturally shaped mound of dirt, which contained a bloodied and frozen NightWing. As Glory realized that Icicle was nearby, she sent the four dragonets to the RainWing Wingery for their safety. While the dragonets escaped from the Wingery, Kinkajou left a trail for Glory to follow. As Kinkajou and Icicle were fighting in the abandoned Night Kingdom, Glory tranquilized the IceWing with eight other dragons (seven RainWings and Deathbringer) and took her back to the RainWing village, announcing her arrest. As Winter was arguing with Qibli when the SandWing offered to help save Winter's brother, Hailstorm, Glory told Winter that she felt the same way that he did then: that she could have done everything by herself and did not need anyone else, but that he would appreciate his friends' help later on. She reluctantly permitted the group to leave, strictly ordering Moon and Kinkajou not to die, calling them "two of my favorite subjects."

Escaping Peril

When Queen Scarlet shouted vengeance at Ruby and her soldiers at Jade Mountain Academy's entrance, she also hurled a decapitated head at the watching dragons. Sunny and Clay recognized it as Glory's. Tsunami was furious and went to find Queen Scarlet. She later came to the Talons of Peace for help. However, as Turtle pulled out a curled scrap of paper from the dragon's ear canal, the head began to shift and grow until it resembled a female MudWing. Turtle guessed that an animus dragon had enchanted the paper to make the dragon appear exactly as Glory, as the paper contained a written enchantment. Later in the book, it is mentioned that Sunny dream visited Glory and Tsunami.

Talons of Power

When Darkstalker visited the Rainforest Kingdom, he challenged Glory for kingship over the NightWing tribe. Instead of the usual fight-to-the-death challenge, Glory decided to let each NightWing decide for themselves which dragon they wanted as their ruler. This easy agreement only added to Turtle's nervousness, as he guessed that Darkstalker's spells were clouding Glory and Deathbringer's greater judgment. After a while, Darkstalker began handing out magic powers to some NightWings, and Turtle went to tell Glory, thinking that she would want to know. After finding her and telling her, he asked about Kinkajou, and Glory told him she was in the healer's hut and gave directions. Later that night, Darkstalker had a vision of five dragons coming to kill the RainWing queen; after he captured four of them and sent the fifth away as a messenger to Vulture, he created a giant iron prison using a branch. Glory appeared uneasy as the building made its home in her rainforest, but she did not argue with Darkstalker.

Darkness of Dragons
Glory was mentioned by Sunny, as she was dreamvisiting her, and also by Qibli, who said that some NightWings would hate her forever simply because she was a RainWing.

---

The Lost Continent Prophecy

The Hive Queen
Glory was indirectly mentioned by Tsunami in the prologue when Tsunami said she and her friends had solved plenty of problems without animus magic.

The Dangerous Gift
Glory was mentioned by Snowfall as one of the queens who wanted to build more relationships between their tribes and hers. She later appeared at the queen summit and suggested that she send a surplus of poison darts, which Cricket showed interest in. She then decided to send Moonwatcher and Pineapple as the NightWing and RainWing representatives to go to Pantala.

The Flames of Hope

When Luna was describing Freedom's appearance, she noted that the shape of Freedom's eyes reminded her of Glory. Glory was in Pineapple's vision. In the vision, she came to wake Jambu from his sleep and asked for Jambu to come with her to Sanctuary for a queen's gathering. Jambu refused as he found politics boring. Pineapple offered to go in his place, which Jambu happily agreed to as he went back to sleep. Glory later appeared in Tsunami's vision. In that vision, she was arguing with Tsunami over which kingdom was the biggest. Starflight asked for them to not fight over the map as Kestrel would punish them if they tore the map. Sunny added that Clay may tell her that it was his fault and punish him instead. Clay responded by saying that it did not matter how big the kingdoms were, but rather which kingdom had the best food.

---

Legends

Dragonslayer

Glory was the green dragon seen playing with the other dragonets of destiny in the cave looked in upon by Wren and Sky. Though unnamed, when Kestrel came into the cave roaring at them, she slid into a nook in the wall. Glory was also the reason the mountain dragon's fighting arena got disrupted, causing the audience to scatter after she shot venom at Burn's face; hitting Scarlet instead when Burn used her as a shield.

---

Winglets

Prisoners
In Fierceteeth's messages to Saguaro, Glory was mentioned several times when Fierceteeth wrote about how much she wanted to dethrone and kill her. She was also indirectly mentioned when Fierceteeth talked about how much she wanted the dragonets dead.

---

Field Guides

A Guide to the Dragon World

Glory's commentary was seen in the guide's opening letter. At the beginning of the RainWing chapter, Starflight and Glory exchanged letters about the inclusion of RainWing scrolls in the guide. Kinkajou featured Glory as a character in her story about Silver. Glory provided Starflight with a version of Dangers of the Rainforest with updates she wrote herself. Glory was later mentioned by Jambu who said that she believed RainWing camouflage was "an excellent defensive battle strategy" during his explanation about RainWing color-changing abilities. In the SkyWing chapter, Glory was mentioned on a list of dragons that Scarlet wanted to kill. Her thoughts on her inclusion in the note were seen in the margins of the page.

Relationships

Clay

Since hatching, Glory has shared a strong bond with Clay. It was mentioned that he had often given Glory pretty things to cheer her up, and he was willing to risk his life to save her own in The Dragonet Prophecy. Glory trusts Clay completely and thinks of him as honest and kind. Clay is also quick to try and resolve conflicts between Glory and the others, and he is always ready to forgive Glory whenever she has been unfair. Glory was overjoyed when Clay came to rescue her from the NightWing Island. Glory would kill to protect him. Clay was devastated when he believed that Glory was dead. Glory did not want Clay to risk his life in the river and instead suggested that she could camouflage herself instead.

Deathbringer

When Glory first met Deathbringer, she had been disguised as an IceWing, trying to probe information out of him. Given her personality, Deathbringer gave her more information than what was intended about his mission and then began to flirt with her. Glory is sarcastic with him and does not like his flirting, but he likes her even more because of it and helps her escape the NightWing Island when she is imprisoned. Deathbringer takes his role as Glory's bodyguard very seriously, sometimes to an excessive degree. Glory mentioned that she viewed Deathbringer's attempted arrest of Winter as annoying instead of romantic or heroic, but she also spoke to him in a low, surprisingly affectionate voice that made Winter rethink everything he had assumed about the queen and her overenthusiastic bodyguard. Deathbringer once stated that he was half a dragon before he met Glory, and would be even less if he lost her. Deathbringer likes her for her personality and how when he suggests something, she shoots him down, which he finds amusing.

In The Dark Secret, Deathbringer described her as beautiful, sarcastic, and fascinating. Glory also said she was not leaving without Deathbringer. When Glory was helping him out of the prison, Glory retorted at him, but Starflight saw that she and Deathbringer "exchanged a look that said, 'thank you' and a whole lot more." Adding to that, in The Brightest Night, Deathbringer continued flirting with her, which Glory dismissed. He even put his wing around Glory and she let him, which was somewhat unusual given her personality. In Moon Rising, Moon had a vision of Glory and Deathbringer's possible future having an heir together named Firefly. In Winter Turning, Deathbringer is constantly trying to protect Glory and muttering to the queen when she says she does not need help. In Escaping Peril, Sunny says "Glory has magical death spit and Deathbringer and a whole army of RainWings who would die for her." It is implied that Glory and Deathbringer have feelings for one another, and their romantic relationship has been made officially canon by Tui T. Sutherland. It was once stated that Glory failed to keep her scales from turning pink when Deathbringer laid one wing over her. Glory sometimes shows annoyance when Deathbringer flirts with her.

Grandeur

Grandeur is Glory's advisor as well as a fellow royal, proven when Glory's venom counteracted hers. She consistently aided Glory and her friends. Since she is Glory's advisor, she is trusted enough to run the kingdom alongside Mangrove when Glory left for the Great War's peace summit. Grandeur believes that Glory deserves to be queen, and because of this, forfeited her venom spitting contest with Kinkajou, letting Glory become queen.

Jambu

Glory did not know that she had a half-brother until she met him in the Rainforest Kingdom. Glory was unimpressed with him at first and considered him to be just as ridiculous as the other RainWings. However, Jambu helped her get Blaze to meet the dragonets, and he nearly beat Exquisite in the tree-gliding competition, one of the five contests that decided who would become the queen of the RainWings. He was only stopped when Exquisite's sloths entangled him with a snare made of vines. He appears to be one of Glory’s most trusted dragons now, even if he seems incompetent. He also makes sure Glory takes her daily sun time, noting that it makes her less grumpy and more recharged. She considers him a dragon she knows she can count on, as she asked him to come with her to Sanctuary for a queen's summit.

Kestrel

Kestrel and Glory never liked each other. Kestrel did not like RainWings in general, and would often call Glory a "lazy RainWing," even though Glory trained and studied harder than the other dragonets of destiny. Kestrel also hated Glory because she was a last-minute substitute for the broken SkyWing egg. She and Dune would call Glory a mistake and growl at her a lot. When Morrowseer told the guardians to kill Glory, Kestrel claimed that she did not care about her.

Kinkajou

Though Glory did not initially think much of the dragonet, she had respect for Kinkajou after learning how Kinkajou had been able to visit the other RainWings. She aided Glory in escaping and claims that she would follow her anywhere, even when Glory threatened to take the throne by force. She chose Tamarin for the RainWing royal challenge partially because the dragonet was friends with Kinkajou. She participated in the venom targeting part of the RainWing royal challenge on Glory's behalf and was injured by Grandeur's venom. She is later shown in a dream to see Glory as a big, beautiful queen, crowned and welcoming Kinkajou with open wings, while the other dragons stare at her enviously. Kinkajou also was willing to fight Icicle because she threatened to kill Glory. Kinkajou sees herself as one of Glory's best friends, and Glory sees Kinkajou as one of her favorite subjects. Another hint of affection towards Kinkajou from Glory is when she said she wanted her and Moon to stay away from the SkyWings' former queen, Scarlet, when Glory said she and Moon were her favorite subjects. Kinkajou is shown to be very loyal to her queen and friend.

Mangrove

Glory seems to have a good relationship with Mangrove, due to her interest in finding the missing RainWings. He was especially thankful when Orchid was successfully rescued. Glory also appears to trust him, as she appointed him – along with Grandeur – to run the kingdom while she attended the summit.

Moonwatcher

Glory was first mentioned with Moon when the latter came to the rainforest to look for Icicle with Qibli, Winter, and Kinkajou in Winter Turning. They ended up meeting Glory when Obsidian and Bromeliad took them to the NightWing village, and then to the Queen's Pavilion. Glory seems to like Moon, calling her and Kinkajou her favorite subjects. Glory was very protective of Moon; she trusted Moon enough to pick her as the NightWing representative to journey to Pantala and help stop the othermind.

Peril

Glory is on neutral terms with Peril. However, Glory sometimes shows dislike for Peril, specifically when Clay suggested that Peril could be the "Wings of Sky." Peril describes Glory as "far from her favorite fan." Glory calls Sunny brave for talking Peril into saving Thorn, which the RainWing admits would have made her nervous. However, Glory is very grateful that Peril saved Clay's life at the SandWing stronghold when a dragonbite viper bit him.

Scarlet

Glory was imprisoned by Scarlet and treated as artwork throughout much of The Dragonet Prophecy. She often remembers her first time put under the sun and fed fruit, but always eventually reminds herself that she was used as if she was an artifact. Glory and Ex-Queen Scarlet had an extremely negative relationship; this largely came from the fact that she melted half of Scarlet's face with her venom, which Scarlet held deep in her heart and constantly swore vengeance over. Scarlet hated Glory enough to try to get Icicle to kill her.

Silver

Silver is Glory's pet sloth and the two seem quite close. Silver reminded her of Sunny in a way. Initially she did not think much of the sloth and even suggested that she may eat the sloth. However, she was willing to stop Tsunami from attempting to kill Silver. She had slowly taken a liking for Silver, though she did not want to show her affection for the sloth in front of her friends. Glory grew angry for Silver's sake after Magnificent scared her to win her round of the contest.

Starflight

Although Glory is often annoyed by Starflight's know-it-all personality and rambling, she still appears to love him like a brother or friend and would kill to protect him. She knew about his crush on Sunny and thought he should do something about it. She also shows affection to him on rare occasions. She respects his plans, as she followed his idea of diplomacy in The Dark Secret, and trusts his intelligence.

Sunny

In The Hidden Kingdom, Glory decided Sunny was better to touch than Webs, even though she is not comfortable touching other dragons. This was a rare case of affection from Glory. Glory was also extremely worried when Sunny went missing in The Brightest Night and held her talons in hers when she was found. Sunny helped break up arguments between Tsunami and Glory by always making it seem like she was on their side. As with Clay and the others, Glory has a strong connection with Sunny. She would kill to protect her, and Sunny views Glory as indestructible and amazing. When Sunny thought Glory might be dead, she broke down, covering her face with her talons and curling into a ball with her wings over her head.

Tamarin

Glory initially did not know Tamarin well, other than the fact that she was blind. Tamarin seemed confident in front of Glory when she said that maybe she could not do the flower challenge, with Kinkajou later stating that Tamarin had the best nose in the whole kingdom. At first, Glory doubted her abilities, but when Tamarin won the flower hunt in the RainWing queen challenge, she began to see that she was a skilled dragonet despite her blindness. She also felt compassionate about getting Tamarin a better teacher at Jade Mountain Academy.

Tsunami

Glory and Tsunami were often in disagreement and could not hold a conversation for long without arguing. Glory tolerated Tsunami and was not bothered by her bossiness at all; she just felt that someone needed to talk back whenever Tsunami acted like the boss of everyone. However, she can acknowledge Tsunami's growth of character since they left the Kingdom of the Sea. Although Glory can become irritated by Tsunami's prideful nature and they argue quite a bit, she loves her anyway. She knows that she can always depend on Tsunami to protect and defend her by fighting, even when fighting might be a bit inappropriate, and can often share a laugh with her friend. An example of this was in The Brightest Night where they shared their exasperation over Blaze's shallow nature, or when they were making fun of NightWings in The Hidden Kingdom. Although the two disagree on many different things, Glory finds that she can relate to Tsunami some of the time as well. She admires Tsunami's courage, but Glory herself is more of a strategic thinker whilst Tsunami usually behaves rashly and without thought. In The Hidden Kingdom, Glory was worried about the cut that Deathbringer had caused in Tsunami's wing. No matter how angry Tsunami becomes at Glory, she would never want anything bad to happen to her. Glory would kill to protect Tsunami, but when she came to rescue Clay, Glory commented that she was sure that Tsunami would not have come. She was later gently teasing towards Tsunami and reached over to nose her shoulder playfully. When Queen Scarlet held up Glory's severed head, Tsunami let out a roar that "should have flattened the mountains and ripped holes in the sky," before chasing after Scarlet.

Turtle

Glory first met Turtle when he confronted her about Darkstalker and she appeared to be a little suspicious of the SeaWing, but seemed trusting of him for the most part. This horrified Turtle and he accidentally lost control of his enchanted coral, baffling Glory. She seems to find him a little odd and weird.

Webs

Glory has a particular dislike for Webs since he brought her to the cave and was ready to allow her to die. After hearing of Webs' wife's fate, however, even she felt sorry for him. When they were wandering around the rainforest, Glory was annoyed about how slow Webs was. She does not completely hate him, though; she likes him better than Kestrel and presumably Dune. Glory was happy with the idea of Webs becoming the history teacher at Jade Mountain, so he could be removed from the rainforest.

Family tree

More

Jacaranda

Several Generations

Grandeur

Several Dragons

Quickstrike

Unknown

Jambu

Glory

Deathbringer

Firefly

    = Possible timeline

Quotes

"Because Burn is bigger and scarier and could crush her like a bug if they actually fought claw to claw, [...] And Blister — that's me — is smarter than both of them put together. She knew she couldn't kill Burn in a regular duel. It was her idea to involve all the tribes and turn their SandWing throne battle into a world war. She's probably waiting for the other two to kill each other."

― explaining why Blaze isn't queen when the SandWings like her

---

"I don't. [...] She was going to kill me. Remember?"

― to Sunny about rescuing Kestrel

---

"That's what it was! [...] When we hatched — the guardians didn't know anything about MudWings, so they thought you were attacking us. But you were trying to help. Your instinct told you to get the rest of us out of our shells. Clay, you know what this means? You weren't trying to kill us at all."

― to Clay

---

"What am I going to do? [...] Round up some scary RainWings to sleep on your roof? I thought no one was afraid of my tribe."

― to Riptide

---

"We are NOT CALLING IT MAGICAL DEATH SPIT."

― to Sunny, in the SeaWing prison

---

"But I didn't love it. [...] It was just new and different. A new, different way to be a prisoner and have my life chosen for me. I'm more than a lump of treasure. I guess Scarlet found that out the hard way."

― thinking about her imprisonment in the Sky Kingdom

---

"This. [...] I could have slept in the sun like this every day of my life. Forget the stupid prophecy. This is the destiny I was supposed to have."

― Glory, when she has her first sun time

---

"All right, sure. I'm not in the Great Magnificent Wondrous Dragonet Prophecy. Maybe no one would ever write a prophecy about a RainWing. Maybe no dragon in Pyrrhia expects any of us to have an important destiny or do anything worthwhile. But this? Sleeping all day in a patch of sun? Is that all I'm good for — all any RainWing is good for? There must be more to us than this. There must be more to me."

― thinking

---

"Except for mine. [...] Which was stolen, and nobody noticed. That's what you're telling me. You had no idea my egg was missing at all."

― Glory, about her egg

---

"Because I wasn't just an egg 'rolling in' and out of your nest. [...] There was a real live dragon there. A dragonet who had to grow up for six years with no family, no rainforest, and no sun."

― Glory, speaking to Jambu about her egg and her life

---

"Yeah. [...] It would make more sense if they'd chain you all up in a cave and starve you and ignore you for a day or two and then throw you in prison after you save one of their princesses. Oh, no, wait, that's what your mom did."

― to Tsunami, after she complains about having to wait to see the RainWing queen

---

"I don't believe in prophecies. Sorry, I know they're a NightWing specialty, but seriously? If you can actually see the future, why be all cryptic and vague about it? Why not give us a prophecy that's like, 'Oh, by the way, Blaze is going to win the war, so give her the crown now and don't even bother fighting about it.' Skip all the death and bloodshed. And leave a bunch of poor dragonets out of it."

― to Deathbringer

---

"I don't think it's enough to just be happy. I think you have to care about something, too. Like other dragons who need you, for instance. And you still have to be ready to fight, just in case some creepy 'less evolved' dragons decide to invade your territory and kidnap a bunch of you."

― to Sunny and Starflight

---

"Wow. I'm a queen. Queen Glory of the RainWings. That'll be my name in the history scrolls — not Glory the mistake, or Glory the lazy RainWing, or Glory who could never be as good as some nameless SkyWing who died six years ago. I'm responsible for all these dragons now. We can rescue the missing RainWings and make sure no more dragonets ever get lost again. Starflight can help me teach them all how to read and write. I'll protect them. I'll lead them. I'll make them — us — a tribe we can be proud of. Glory, the queen who chose her own destiny, saved her subjects and turned her tribe into the greatest dragons in all of Pyrrhia."

― thinking after winning the royal challenge

---

"Listen to me. Your friends are suffering. They're tortured and trapped in caves in a horrible place that smells of smoke and death. There's no fruit. There's no sun time. [...] This could have happened — could still happen — to any of you. If you won't go rescue them, who will? They'll be lost there forever. [...] I know you'd rather sleep than deal with problems, but these dragons are from your tribe, and they need you. [...] That's why I'm going to take the throne tomorrow. It's not because I want the biggest pieces of fruit or the highest sun platform. I'm doing this for the missing RainWings — and for you, so that you don't have to spend the rest of your lives looking over your shoulders and thinking, Our friends are still lost . . . and we could have saved them."

― to Bromeliad and a group of RainWings

---

"It's normal to be scared. [...] I'm scared. You'd have to be crazy not to be — well, crazy or Tsunami, which is basically the same thing. You just have to push that aside and do what you have to anyway."

― to Starflight

---

"You know I don't like giving speeches. [...] so I'll just say this. We're going to save our fellow RainWings, and we're going to make this rainforest safe, and we're going to do it like real RainWings. And by the three moons, try not to talk or sneeze or fall asleep in the tunnel on the way there, all right?"

― to the RainWings, about invading the NightWing island

---

"Don't call for help. [...] I'm not an ordinary RainWing. My venom is aimed at your eyes right now and I am not afraid to use it."

― to Greatness

---

"We're taking our prisoners back. [...] You will never set foot in the rainforest again. You will leave the RainWings alone forever. We'll destroy the tunnel between our kingdoms, you'll call off the invasion, and we'll never even sniff another NightWing near our village for the next twelve generations."

― to Queen Battlewinner

---

"Are you serious? [...] The whole thing was made up? There's no destiny, no wings of fire? No reason for us to be trapped in a cave our whole lives? No amazing mythical SkyWing who's infinitely better than me? Absolutely no need for any of us at all?"

― to the dragonets

---

"Then why do the IceWings support her? [...] Don't they want a strong queen? No, of course they don't. [...] The one kingdom they share a border with — wouldn't it be great if it happened to be ruled by a vain, silly dragon who was totally in debt to them and did everything their queen ordered. Maddening for us, but sensible for them. Queen Glacier knows what's she's doing. Unless she loses — like if Blaze happened to die somehow — in which case she'd have to deal with Burn right on her border, all enraged and looking for vengeance. All right, yes, I can see why she'd keep her safely locked up. Three moons."

― to the dragonets of destiny

---

"Good news: Four of your students have gone off to find a dragon who just tried to kill you, in order to find another dragon who has tried to kill you about ninety dozen times. Oh excellent, thanks, Turtle. Now we don't have to worry at all. I mean, we were hoping somebody would take care of the vengeful and deadly Queen Scarlet for us. Preferably a bunch of five-year-olds. Very reassuring indeed."

― to Kinkajou

---

"Listen. [...] I used to think I could do everything by myself, too. I didn't want help from anyone. But I wouldn't be here now if it weren't for my friends, and I have a feeling you'll be saying the same thing a year from now."

― to Winter

---

"I think that is your superpower. [...] Extreme heroic idiocy. [...] Well, if that means all the NightWings decide to go with Darkstalker, I suppose my job around here will get a lot easier."

― to Deathbringer

Trivia

• Glory initiates a prickly instinctive "shield" around her mind, making it unreadable, and limits her color-changing scales to hide her emotions when uncomfortable.
• Tui had originally planned to make Clay have a crush on Glory, but it did not work out.
• Glory does not like touching other dragons.
• Glory's head was an available item on Roblox as part of a promotional event in 2016. While the item is still viewable and can be worn on one's avatar if they own it, it is no longer obtainable.
• Glory hates the dark.
• Glory is skilled at memorizing maps.
• Glory is extremely fond of guavas.
• As a dragonet, Glory wished she had animus magic so she could enchant Dune's dinner to eat him.
• Glory hates rainy weather.

Gallery

• 
  Glory on the cover of The Hidden Kingdom, by Joy Ang
• 
  Glory on the full cover of The Hidden Kingdom, by Joy Ang
• 
  Glory and the other dragonets of destiny on the special edition box set poster, by Joy Ang
• 
  Glory on the cover of The Hidden Kingdom (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes
• 
  Glory on the cover of Forge Your Dragon World, by Mike Holmes
• 
  Glory on the cover of Official Wings of Fire Coloring Book, by Brianna C. Walsh
• 
  Glory on the cover of How to Draw by Brianna C. Walsh
• 
  Glory on the cover of the Official Wings of Fire Stained Glass Art Book, by Brianna C. Walsh
• 
  Glory on the cover of the Official Wings of Fire Stickerpedia, by Brianna C. Walsh
• 
  Glory fullbody render, edited by WoF Kinka
• 
  Glory from How to Draw, by Brianna C. Walsh (edited by WillowCharlotte1234)
• 
  Glory's head as an item on Roblox, created to promote the release of The Hidden Kingdom
• 
  Glory from Scholastic HomeBase
• 
  Glory from Speed Wings and Venom Victory, games on Scholastic HomeBase
• 
  Glory as a Cutie Cuff
• 
  Glory as a Cutie Cuff (official render)
• 
  Glory as a Plush Dangler (official render)
• 
  Glory on the cover of the UK version of The Hidden Kingdom, by Angelo Rinaldi
• 
  Glory on the cover of the German version of The Hidden Kingdom, by Max Meinzold
• 
  Glory on the cover of the Ukrainian version of The Hidden Kingdom
• 
  Glory on the cover of the Japanese release of The Hidden Kingdom, by Lē Yamamura
• 
  Glory from the Japanese release of The Dragonet Prophecy, by Lē Yamamura
• 
  Glory's rough design for the Japanese cover, by Lē Yamamura
• 
  Glory with the dragonets of destiny from the Japanese release of The Dragonet Prophecy, by Lē Yamamura
• 
  Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Sunny from the Japanese release of The Dragonet Prophecy, by Lē Yamamura
• 
  Glory and the other dragonets of destiny from the Japanese release of The Lost Heir, by Lē Yamamura
• 
  Glory and the dragonets of destiny from the Japanese release of The Dark Secret, by Lē Yamamura
• 
  Reference by Skyla the Skywing

• Art by Mike Holmes, from the Wings of Fire Graphic Novels
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• File:Glory the "IceWing".png
• 
• File:Queen Scarlet's "Art".png
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• File:Glory & Clay.png
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• File:Glory'sTeam.jpg
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

References

cs:Zářena de:Glory es:Gloria fi:Gloria fr:Gloria nl:Glorie pl:Gloria ru:Ореола uk:Сяйво