Mandrake

Template:SpoilerTPJ Template:Charbox Mandrake is a male LeafWing who appears in The Poison Jungle. He has the special LeafWing ability of being able to manipulate plants, but unfortunately doesn't use it as well as his father, Wolfsbane, hopes he would.

Biography

The Poison Jungle

Mandrake is first seen trying to kill a panther while his father, Wolfsbane, and his sister, Nettle, watch. He is extremely nervous and keeps panicking before he can seize his opportunity. When Sundew kills the panther for him with her powers, he at first believes he did it and is confused by his success. When Sundew appears, he seems happy to see her, though he is visibly disappointed to have his sister's suspicions of Sundew killing the panther confirmed. Mandrake offers to stay with Sundew and her friends while his father and sister go alert Belladona to their presence. While he's with them he informs the group that he is Sundew's fiancée.

Appearance

Mandrake has dark green wings with thin gold stripes on top of them and mahogany brown underneath. It has also been described that he has a nonthreatening crooked smile, and that a panther's teeth were larger than his claws.

Quotes

• "It's moving too fast! If it would just-- can we back it over to-- or next to that--" - To Wolfsbane and Nettle about a panther.
• "I can hear you, and it is not helping." - To Nettle
• "Whoa. Did I do that?" - After seeing a tree strangle a panther.
• "What was that?" - After hearing Bumblebee complain in hiding.
• "Oh. It was you." - To Sundew about the tree.
• "Sorry-- I mean-- thank you. I was just excited for a moment." -To Sundew about saving him from the panther.
• "Aw, cool. But everyone can still eat the panther, right?" -To Sundew after she kills a panther by throwing a white berry at it.
• "Everyone but me." -To Blue after he asks if LeafWings are always loud and 'shouty'.
• "I'm Mandrake. Sundew's fiance." -Introducing himself to Blue, Cricket, Swordtail and Bumblebee.
• "Well, 'future husband' sounds weird." -To Sundew after she says not to use the word 'fiance' to describe their relationship.
• "No, no, that's not at all, no, we are not that, no." -To Cricket after she says she didn't imagine Sundew's 'one true love' to be like this.

Trivia

• A mandrake is the root of a plant, historically derived either from plants of the genus Mandragora found in the Mediterranean region, or from other species, such as Bryonia alba, the English mandrake, which have similar properties.