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"RainWings are too stupid and cowardly to be dangerous. Most of you know I got this when I grabbed their queen — well, turns out, just one of their queens — stupid tribe — and she had no idea what she was doing, or I'd be dead. They have Pyrrhia's most dangerous weapon and they're too pathetic to use it."

— Vengeance, ranting about capturing RainWings, The Dark Secret

Vengeance was an adult male NightWing who was introduced in The Hidden Kingdom. He formerly served as a guard for the NightWings until he was killed by being thrown into a lava pool as punishment for disobeying Queen Battlewinner's orders.

Description

Vengeance was large^[1] and had a horribly deformed snout; a twisting scar that closed one of his nostrils, multiple melted scales, and oozing bubbles of deformed skin along his jawline caused by Splendor's venom.^[2] He breathed in a loud, snuffly way^[3] and had a hoarse, wet voice.^[3] According to Fierceteeth, he was hideous even before his injury.^[4]

Personality

According to Morrowseer, Vengeance would love to practice killing other dragons, and Quickstrike stated that he was unintelligent.^[5] He was vengeful,^[6] greedy, and disobedient.^[7] Vengeance was selfish, pushing away other guards to escape first.^[8]

Biography

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Hidden Kingdom

It was mentioned early in the book that RainWings were missing, including Queen Splendor. When the dragonets were searching for Orchid, they found a dying sloth with a nasty bite on it. Later, they heard something out at night that sounded like a monster. They heard bones crunching, then discovered that the sloth was gone. Vengeance was the kidnapper of Glory and Queen Splendor. He was mentioned — though not by name — when Glory was taken to the NightWing island. When Glory was first inspected, a fellow NightWing stated her worries, but Vengeance scoffed, saying that all RainWings were rotten and useless. During his attempt to capture Splendor, she accidentally sprayed him with her venom, scarring his face and making him show an intense hatred for all RainWings.

The Dark Secret

He interrupted the council meeting where Starflight was being interrogated about the RainWings' plan. He then claimed that he knew more about RainWings than anyone else. Greatness accused him of disobeying orders by kidnapping Glory, even after Deathbringer had warned them not to. He rebuffed by explaining how Deathbringer allowed Clay to pass through the tunnel and had Deathbringer arrested. However, Queen Battlewinner decided that Vengeance must be executed for capturing Glory, and he was thrown into a lava pool. Vengeance struggled to escape, but the guards used spears to keep him submerged until he eventually burned to death. Later, Starflight wondered about Queen Scarlet and how she could still be alive, as Glory's venom did not hit her directly in her eyes. He noted that if she was alive, she would probably look like Vengeance.

The Brightest Night

When Fierceteeth, Strongwings, and Preyhunter were watching Queen Glory and Deathbringer, Preyhunter snarled that Vengeance was right about Deathbringer being a traitor.

Winglets

Prisoners

Fierceteeth mentioned him when explaining that no one knew what RainWings could do, as it was not in any scrolls. Fierceteeth also mentioned that he was ugly even before he got sprayed in the face with venom.

Assassin

Vengeance was one of the two dragons Deathbringer had to choose from to kill, in order to get permission to leave the NightWing island. When Deathbringer tracked him down to assassinate him, he was unable to check if Vengeance was sleeping in his cave or not due to two other dragons playing a game in the entranceway. Because of this, Deathbringer decided to kill Vengeance's cousin, Slaughter, instead. This was likely what brought Vengeance's hatred of Deathbringer.

Relationships

Slaughter

Slaughter was Vengeance's cousin, and was kind only towards him.^[9] Quickstrike believed that Vengeance would hate and try to hurt Deathbringer for killing Slaughter.^[10]

Quotes

"Bosh. All RainWings are the same. Rotten and useless."

― before taking Glory's gag off ^{(The Hidden Kingdom, page 190)}

"It doesn't matter. [...] RainWings are no match for us."

― about the RainWings ^{(The Dark Secret, page 19)}

"Yeah, I noticed. [...] And yet I know more than any dragon about RainWings and what they can do. [...] And I can tell you this was a fluke. RainWings are too stupid and cowardly to be dangerous. Most of you know I got this when I grabbed their queen — well, it turns out, just one of their queens — stupid tribe — and she had no idea what I was doing or I'd be dead. She didn't even mean to spray me. They never do. [...] They have Pyrrhia's most powerful weapon and they're too pathetic to use it."

― about the RainWings ^{(The Dark Secret, page 19)}

"Deathbringer. [...] Oh, yeah. How is your pet, Greatness? I've heard a very interesting story about him."

― to Greatness, about Deathbringer ^{(The Dark Secret, page 19)}

"This dragon. [...] This pet assassin of Princess Greatness was actually conspiring with the enemy. He is the one who brought the MudWing here and he helped them both to escape."

― about Deathbringer ^{(The Dark Secret, page 20-21)}

"Yeah, I have witnesses. [...] One of the guards she attacked on the way out saw you helping them. And the guards you distracted from the tunnel so the MudWing could come through — they can tell us all about that."

― to Deathbringer, after being asked if his accusations had any proof ^{(The Dark Secret, page 21)}

"Wait. [...] What he did was worse! I just grabbed a RainWing, same as always! How could I know — she didn't look no different than the others!"

― when Princess Greatness declared his death ^{(The Dark Secret, page 22)}

Gallery

Vengeance from The Hidden Kingdom (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes
Reference by SpaceshipEarth

Art by Mike Holmes, from the Wings of Fire Graphic Novels

References

↑ The Winglets Quartet: Assassin, page 55
↑ The Dark Secret, page 19
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 The Hidden Kingdom, page 189
↑ The Winglets Quartet: Prisoners, page 30
↑ The Winglets Quartet: Assassin, page 45
↑ The Winglets Quartet: Assassin, page 81
↑ The Winglets Quartet: Assassin, page 47
↑ The Hidden Kingdom, page 192
↑ The Winglets Quartet: Prisoners, page 47
↑ The Winglets Quartet: Prisoners, page 55

NightWings
Queens	Present: Battlewinner • Darkstalker • Glory Historical: Vigilance
Royalty	Greatness
Jade Mountain	Bigtail • Fatespeaker • Fearless • Mightyclaws • Mindreader • Moonwatcher • Starflight
Other Dragons (Present)	Bonecruncher • Deadlyclaws • Deathbringer • Eclipse • Farsight • Fierceteeth • Mastermind • Morrowseer • Obsidian • Preyhunter • Quickstrike • Secretkeeper • Shapeshifter • Slaughter • Smokeseer • Stonemover • Strongwings • Vengeance • Wisdom
Other Dragons (Historical)	Allknowing • Clearsight • Discretion • Foeslayer • Foreseer • Jewel-eyes • Listener • Morrowwatcher • Prudence • Quickdeath • Starclaws • Swiftwings • Thoughtful • Truthfinder • Tunesmith • Vision
Hybrids	Darkstalker • Whiteout • Eclipse • Fierceclaws • Peacemaker • Shadowhunter • Sunny • Firefly • Commodore • Jewel • Orange • Tortoiseshell • Tortoiseshell
Folklore	Comet • Mindhealer • The Prophetess
Kingdom	NightWing island: NightWing tunnels Lost city of night: Renewal Rainforest Kingdom: NightWing village
Kingdom (Historical)	Lost city of night: Borderland Mountain • Clearsight's home • Darkstalker's home • Great Diamond • Museum • NightWing library • NightWing palace • NightWing school • North Beach
Society	NightWing Exodus

nl:Zee-egel de:Vengeance fi:Kosto fr:Vengeur nl:Wreker pl:Mściciel ru:Лют

[W2q55-1] The Winglets Quartet: Assassin, page 55

[TDS19-2] The Dark Secret, page 19

[THK189-3] 3.0 ^3.1 The Hidden Kingdom, page 189

[W1q30-4] The Winglets Quartet: Prisoners, page 30

[W2q45-5] The Winglets Quartet: Assassin, page 45

[W2q81-6] The Winglets Quartet: Assassin, page 81

[W2q47-7] The Winglets Quartet: Assassin, page 47

[THK192-8] The Hidden Kingdom, page 192

[W1q47-9] The Winglets Quartet: Prisoners, page 47

[W1q55-10] The Winglets Quartet: Prisoners, page 55

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-|quote   = [[RainWings]] are too stupid and cowardly to be dangerous. Most of you know I got this when I grabbed their queen — well, turns out, just one of their queens — stupid tribe — and she had no idea what she was doing, or I'd be dead. They have [[Pyrrhia]]'s most dangerous weapon and they're too pathetic to use it.
+|quote   = [[RainWings]] are too stupid and cowardly to be dangerous. Most of you know I got this when I grabbed their [[queen]] — well, turns out, just one of their queens — stupid tribe — and [[Splendor|she]] had no idea what she was doing, or I'd be dead. They have [[Pyrrhia]]'s most dangerous weapon and they're too pathetic to use it.
 |speaker = Vengeance, ranting about capturing RainWings, ''[[The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark Secret]]''
 }}
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 |name      = Vengeance
 |image     =
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+<gallery>
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-VengeanceTemplate.png|Reference
+VengeanceTemplateSSE.png|Reference
 </gallery>
 |age       = At least 18 years at death (hatched before 4,993 AS)
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 |status    = Deceased (died in 5,011 AS)
-|death     = Thrown into lava on Queen [[Battlewinner]]'s orders
+|death     = Thrown into lava on [[Queen Battlewinner]]'s orders
 |current   =
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 ''[[The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark Secret]]''
 |a1Men     = ''[[The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest Night]]''
-|gnApp     = ''[[The Hidden Kingdom (graphic novel)|The Hidden Kingdom]]'',<br/>
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+''[[The Hidden Kingdom (graphic novel)|The Hidden Kingdom]]'',<br />
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-'''Vengeance''' was an adult male [[NightWing]] who first appeared in ''[[The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden Kingdom]]''. He was thrown into a lava pool for disobeying the [[Battlewinner|NightWing queen]]'s orders.
+'''Vengeance''' was an adult male [[NightWing]] who was introduced in ''[[The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden Kingdom]]''. He formerly served as a guard for the NightWings until he was killed by being thrown into a lava pool as punishment for disobeying [[Queen Battlewinner]]'s orders.
-== Appearance ==
+== Description ==
-Vengeance had a horribly deformed snout: a twisting scar that closed one nostril, several melted scales, and oozing bubbles of deformed skin along his jawline caused by [[Splendor]]'s venom.{{Ref|TDS|19}} He breathed in a loud, snuffly way{{Ref|THK|189}} and had a hoarse, wet voice.{{Ref|THK|189}}
+Vengeance was large{{Ref|W2q|55}} and had a horribly deformed snout; a twisting scar that closed one of his nostrils, multiple melted scales, and oozing bubbles of deformed skin along his jawline caused by [[Splendor]]'s venom.{{Ref|TDS|19}} He breathed in a loud, snuffly way{{Ref|THK|189}} and had a hoarse, wet voice.{{Ref|THK|189}} According to [[Fierceteeth]], he was hideous even before his injury.{{Ref|W1q|30}}
 == Personality ==
-Vengeance was a very aggressive and cold individual. He rarely spoke and used intimidation on any captured [[RainWings]]. He was rather cruel, angry, and vengeful, hating all RainWings for what Splendor's venom did to his snout. He also seemed to care about his cousin, [[Slaughter]], as he held a grudge against [[Deathbringer]] for killing him.
+According to [[Morrowseer]], Vengeance would love to practice killing other [[dragons]], and [[Quickstrike]] stated that he was unintelligent.{{Ref|W2q|45}} He was vengeful,{{Ref|W2q|81}} greedy, and disobedient.{{Ref|W2q|47}} Vengeance was selfish, pushing away other guards to escape first.{{Ref|THK|192}}
 == Biography ==
 === The Dragonet Prophecy ===
 ==== ''[[The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden Kingdom]]'' ====
-It was mentioned early in the book that RainWings were missing, including Queen Splendor. When the [[dragonets of destiny|dragonets]] were searching for [[Orchid]], they found a dying sloth with a nasty bite on it. Later, they heard something out at night that sounded like a monster. They heard bones crunching, then they found that the sloth was gone. Vengeance was the kidnapper of [[Glory]] and Queen Splendor. He is mentioned — though not by name — when Glory is taken to the NightWing island. During his attempt to capture Splendor, she accidentally sprayed him with her venom, scarring his face and giving him an intense hatred for all RainWings.
+It was mentioned early in the book that [[RainWings]] were missing, including Queen Splendor. When the [[dragonets of destiny|dragonets]] were searching for [[Orchid]], they found a dying sloth with a nasty bite on it. Later, they heard something out at night that sounded like a monster. They heard bones crunching, then discovered that the sloth was gone. Vengeance was the kidnapper of [[Glory]] and Queen Splendor. He was mentioned — though not by name — when Glory was taken to the [[NightWing island]]. When Glory was first inspected, a fellow NightWing stated her worries, but Vengeance scoffed, saying that all RainWings were rotten and useless. During his attempt to capture Splendor, she accidentally sprayed him with her venom, scarring his face and making him show an intense hatred for all RainWings.
 ==== ''[[The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark Secret]]'' ====
-He interrupted the council meeting where [[Starflight]] was being interrogated about the RainWings' plan. He then claimed that he knew more about RainWings than anyone else. [[Greatness]] accused him of disobeying orders by kidnapping Glory, even after Deathbringer had warned them not to. He rebuffed by explaining how Deathbringer allowed [[Clay]] to pass through the tunnel and had Deathbringer arrested. However, Queen [[Battlewinner]] decided that Vengeance must be executed for capturing Glory, and he was thrown into a lava pool. Vengeance struggled to escape, but the guards used spears to keep him submerged until he eventually burned to death. Later, Starflight wondered about Queen [[Scarlet]] and how she could still be alive, as Glory's venom didn't hit her directly in her eyes. He noted that if she was alive, she would probably look like Vengeance.
+He interrupted the council meeting where [[Starflight]] was being interrogated about the RainWings' plan. He then claimed that he knew more about RainWings than anyone else. [[Greatness]] accused him of disobeying orders by kidnapping Glory, even after [[Deathbringer]] had warned them not to. He rebuffed by explaining how Deathbringer allowed [[Clay]] to pass through the tunnel and had Deathbringer arrested. However, Queen Battlewinner decided that Vengeance must be executed for capturing Glory, and he was thrown into a lava pool. Vengeance struggled to escape, but the guards used spears to keep him submerged until he eventually burned to death. Later, Starflight wondered about [[Queen Scarlet]] and how she could still be alive, as Glory's venom did not hit her directly in her eyes. He noted that if she was alive, she would probably look like Vengeance.
 ==== ''[[The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest Night]]'' ====
-When [[Fierceteeth]], [[Strongwings]], and [[Preyhunter]] were watching Queen Glory and Deathbringer, Preyhunter snarled that Vengeance was right about Deathbringer being a traitor.
+When Fierceteeth, [[Strongwings]], and [[Preyhunter]] were watching Queen Glory and Deathbringer, Preyhunter snarled that Vengeance was right about Deathbringer being a traitor.
 ----
 === Winglets ===
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 ==== ''[[Assassin]]'' ====
-Vengeance was one of the two dragons Deathbringer had to choose from to kill, in order to get permission to leave the [[NightWing island]]. When Deathbringer tracked him down to assassinate him, he was unable to check if Vengeance was sleeping in his cave or not due to two other dragons playing a game in the entranceway. Because of this, Deathbringer decided to kill Vengeance's cousin, Slaughter, instead. This was likely what brought Vengeance's hatred of Deathbringer.
+Vengeance was one of the two dragons Deathbringer had to choose from to kill, in order to get permission to leave the NightWing island. When Deathbringer tracked him down to assassinate him, he was unable to check if Vengeance was sleeping in his cave or not due to two other dragons playing a game in the entranceway. Because of this, Deathbringer decided to kill Vengeance's cousin, [[Slaughter]], instead. This was likely what brought Vengeance's hatred of Deathbringer.
+== Relationships ==
+=== [[Slaughter]] ===
+Slaughter was Vengeance's cousin, and was kind only towards him.{{Ref|W1q|47}} Quickstrike believed that Vengeance would hate and try to hurt Deathbringer for killing Slaughter.{{Ref|W1q|55}}
 == Quotes ==
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-|quote   = It doesn't matter, […] RainWings are no match for us.
+|quote   = It doesn't matter. [...] RainWings are no match for us.
 |speaker = about the RainWings
 |book    = [[The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark Secret]]
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 {{SingleQuote
-|quote   = Yeah, I noticed, […] And yet I know more than any dragon about RainWings and what they can do. […] And I can tell you this was a fluke. RainWings are too stupid and cowardly to be dangerous. Most of you know I got this when I grabbed their queen — well, it turns out, just one of their queens — stupid tribe — and she had no idea what I was doing or I'd be dead. She didn't even mean to spray me. They never do. […] They have Pyrrhia's most powerful weapon and they're too pathetic to use it.
+|quote   = Yeah, I noticed. [...] And yet I know more than any dragon about RainWings and what they can do. [...] And I can tell you this was a fluke. RainWings are too stupid and cowardly to be dangerous. Most of you know I got this when I grabbed their [[queen]] — well, it turns out, just one of their queens — stupid tribe — and she had no idea what I was doing or I'd be dead. She didn't even mean to spray me. They never do. [...] They have Pyrrhia's most powerful weapon and they're too pathetic to use it.
 |speaker = about the RainWings
 |book    = [[The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark Secret]]
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 {{SingleQuote
-|quote   = Deathbringer. […] Oh, yeah. How is your pet, Greatness? I've heard a very interesting story about him.
+|quote   = Deathbringer. [...] Oh, yeah. How is your pet, Greatness? I've heard a very interesting story about him.
 |speaker = to Greatness, about Deathbringer
 |book    = [[The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark Secret]]
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 {{SingleQuote
-|quote   = This dragon, […] ''This'' pet assassin of Princess Greatness was actually ''conspiring with the enemy. He'' is the one who brought the MudWing here and ''he'' helped them both to escape.
+|quote   = This dragon. [...] ''This'' pet assassin of Princess Greatness was actually ''conspiring with the enemy. He'' is the one who brought the MudWing here and ''he'' helped them both to escape.
 |speaker = about Deathbringer
 |book    = [[The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark Secret]]
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 ----
 {{SingleQuote
-|quote   = Yeah, I have witnesses, […] One of the guards she attacked on the way out saw you helping them. And the guards you distracted from the tunnel so the MudWing could come through — they can tell us all about that.
+|quote   = Yeah, I have witnesses. [...] One of the guards she attacked on the way out saw you helping them. And the guards you distracted from the tunnel so the MudWing could come through — they can tell us all about that.
 |speaker = to Deathbringer, after being asked if his accusations had any proof
 |book    = [[The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark Secret]]
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 ----
 {{SingleQuote
-|quote   = Wait, […] What he did was worse! I just grabbed a RainWing, same as always! How could I know — she didn't look no different than the others!
+|quote   = Wait. [...] What he did was worse! I just grabbed a RainWing, same as always! How could I know — she didn't look no different than the others!
 |speaker = when Princess Greatness declared his death
 |book    = [[The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark Secret]]
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 == Gallery ==
-<gallery widths="185">
+<gallery>
-VengeanceTemplate.png|Reference by {{U|Platypus the SeaWing}}
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+VengeanceTemplateSSE.png|Reference by {{U|SpaceshipEarth}}
 </gallery>
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+<gallery widths="80" heights="80" caption="Art by [[Mike Holmes]], from the [[:Category:Graphic novels|Wings of Fire Graphic Novels]]">
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-VengeanceGN2.png|by Mike Holmes
+File:VengeanceGN5.png
-VengeanceGN3.png|by Mike Holmes
+File:Vengeance Escape GN.png
-VengeanceGN4.png|by Mike Holmes
+File:Glory and Vengeance GN.png
-VengeanceGN5.png|by Mike Holmes
+File:Vengeance and Glory GN4.png
+File:Vengeance The NightWing GN.png
+File:Mastermind Vengeance GN.png
+File:Vengeance and a NightWing GN.png
 </gallery>
-}}
 == References ==
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