Moorhen

"Burn has promised us immunity from attack for the next hundred years if we help her win. If we don't - she'll destroy us. She is a powerful enemy, little SandWing. A lot more powerful than you, and she's an enemy I don't intend to make."

— Queen Moorhen to Sunny about Burn in The Brightest Night.

Template:Infobox Character Queen Moorhen is a stately russet-hued, female MudWing adorned with gemstones on her head and ankles, signifying her importance as the current queen of the MudWings. By size and age, she is one of the oldest queens in the series, described to be as big as Morrowseer. Like every other MudWing queen, she has not and likely will not ever be challenged for the throne by her sisters because her siblings are a very tightly knit group and would never try to kill her.

History

The Brightest Night

Moorhen gathered her army to prepare for an invasion of the IceWing territory with her SkyWing allies. Sunny visited Moorhen during one of her nightmares using a dreamvisitor to warn her about the battle. Sunny manages to convince her not to go through with the invasion, for it would kill too many dragons on both sides, and to arrive at Burn's stronghold a few days later for the peace summit. Although Moorhen did agree, she was still unsure it would solve anything, but was present at the stronghold at the end of the book.

Personality

Moorhen was the bigwings of her clutch, and because of that she is very protective of her siblings, which includes three brothers and a sister. Her protective instincts extend to the rest of her tribe as well, explaining why the MudWings joined the war. Burn threatened Moorhen to fight for her; otherwise she would attack the tribe. According to Reed, Moorhen is a good queen, and well liked by her fellow MudWings. She would do anything to protect her fellow MudWings from danger.

Quotes

“Can’t you see I’m in the middle of a campaign? And everyone’s dying and it’s all my fault and I can’t save them?” -To Sunny during her dreamvisit

"You're very small to be in charge of saving the world." -To Sunny during her dream

Trivia

• A moorhen is a type of waterfowl, or duck, but it was recently renamed to a common gallinule. Because of this, there isn't really a moorhen anymore.
• Burn threatened to kill her tribe if she didn't join the war, but promised one hundred years of immunity from attack in exchange for joining her.
• Her palace is built around a large lake at the bottom edge of Pyrrhia, on the borders of the Rainforest Kingdom and the Mud Kingdom.
• Moorhen was originally allied with Blister in the war.
• She knows of the SeaWing's scrolls as referring to it in The Brightest Night as "The SeaWing queen's silly romantic scrolls".
• She has been described as an older queen.
• Moorhen is most likely not descended from the original line of MudWing Queens.

Gallery

• 
  A typical MudWing, lineart by Joy Ang
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  A typical MudWing
• A typical MudWing from the German publication
  A typical MudWing from the German publication
• Ref by Platypus the SeaWing
  Ref by Platypus the SeaWing
• Moorhen is the top leftmost.
  Moorhen is the top leftmost.
• Queen Moorhen by HarpyoftheRainWings
  Queen Moorhen by HarpyoftheRainWings
• Queen Moorhen by stingfish101
  Queen Moorhen by stingfish101
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• Queen Moorhen drawn by xTheDragonRebornx
  Queen Moorhen drawn by xTheDragonRebornx
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• A real moorhen
  A real moorhen