Kinkajou

Template:Infobox Character Kinkajou is a three-year-old RainWing dragonet and one of the seventeen RainWings that was captured by the NightWings in The Hidden Kingdom. She is a secondary character of that book; the third novel of the series. She has large, dark eyes, a diamond shaped snout, and is talented at venom targeting.

Biography

The Hidden Kingdom

Kinkajou was one of the several missing RainWings that were held hostage by the NightWings. Kinkajou met Glory when Glory was knocked unconscious and brought through the portal to the Night Kingdom. She claimed that she was the youngest dragon there, and confirmed that there were fourteen dragons missing and three dead. With her help, Glory and Kinkajou both were able to escape and warn the rest of the RainWings about the upcoming danger.

Kinkajou participated in the venom accuracy test during Glory's challenge for the Rainwing throne and proved to be exceptionally better than what Bromeliad had said. During Queen Grandeur's turn, a sloth tumbled out of the trees and landed in front of the board. When Kinkajou leaped to move it away, Queen Grandeur's venom accidentally landed on the young RainWing's wing, saving the sloth, however, the venom was burning through her scales. After a venom test with the queen, Glory wiped some of her own venom on Kinkajou's affected spot using a leaf in an attempt to stop the venom from eating through her scales. It proved successful. Queen Grandeur forfeited, realizing that Glory should be the rightful queen, especially because Grandeur was related to Glory; Kinkajou thereby was awarded victory for the venom targeting, and Glory became the new queen of the RainWings.

The Dark Secret

Kinkajou is shown to have dreams about Glory and looks up to her. She's terrified that she might lose the ability fly after venom burned three holes through her wings. Kinkajou was the first dragon that Starflight visited with a dreamvisitor.

The Brightest Night

Near the beginning of the book, Sunny thinks about the time she overheard Tsunami comparing Blaze to Sunny to Kinkajou.

Kinkajou is mentioned when Peril asks Sunny if Clay had talked about her. Sunny remembers that Clay had mentioned her while they had both been watching over Kinkajou after her venom accident.

In the epilogue, Glory mentions her when they talk about students for a new school on Jade Mountain. She says that she and Tamarin need real teachers.

Personality

Kinkajou is very talkative and hyper. She's childish and likes to have fun. When she was captured she learned how to communicate with the other RainWing prisoners by observing the shifting colors of their scales. She describes herself as "smart but annoying", which is pretty accurate.

She is also shown to be very dedicated, such as when she backed Glory's petition to become Queen of the RainWings.

Trivia

• She doesn't have much venom, since she is only three years old, and lacks distance when spitting. However, she is precise at targeting, as shown in the The RainWing Queen Challenge.
• She views Glory as her hero. Evidence suggests that she sees Glory as larger than life. In her dreams, Glory is depicted as impossibly large and impossibly gorgeous. She once passionately stated to her fellow RainWings, "I'd follow Glory anywhere!", despite the fact Glory threatened to kill to become queen.
• She is one of Tui T. Sutherland's favorite characters, as stated in one of her blog posts.

Gallery

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  Base by *shalonesk on dA and colored by me (Hawkyfootwarrior c:)
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