RainWings

RainWings are colorful color-changing, polychromatic dragons, like the birds of paradise, that live in the chromatic Rainforest Kingdom. The tribe was originally ruled by several dragon queens: Queen Grandeur, Queen Dazzling, Queen Fruit Bat, Queen Magnificent, Queen Splendor, and Queen Exquisite. However they are now lead by the newly crowned Queen Glory. They are not allied with any of the three SandWing sisters, but that might change under the decisions of Queen Glory.  

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Colored RainWing

Description

RainWings almost never remain monochromatic. Their scales are constantly shifting colors, often reflecting their mood. They are dazzling and sparkling in the sunlight, and there is almost no color they cannot reproduce. The sun is needed to make their scales vibrant. RainWings share many traits with chameleons, including changing scale color, and rapped tails. They shoot venom like spitting cobras, but in a black sticky substance instead of a liquid.

They are long and graceful, with a ruff around their necks and prehensile tails that are used primarily for climbing (and for treetop races) and hanging in the forest they inhabit. When afraid, RainWings would flare their ruffs, possibly as a defense tactic, to seem bigger, or to scare away others.

Abilities

RainWings can alter the color of their scales as so to camouflage. They can mimic the color patterns of other dragons. In The Hidden Kingdom, Glory and Jambu changed the color of their scales to pass as IceWings and get to Queen Glacier and Princess Burn. According to former queen Grandeur, long ago, RainWings used their color-changing ability to hide from invaders. However, it is now used mostly for showing off or in queen competitions. Their prehensile tails are used for climbing in their jungle home and often are carried curled over.

They have acid venom that only affects living things. All RainWings have it, and typically don't use it for anything other than self-defense. If two dragons of the same family spit venom on each other's, the effects of the venom will cancel out. However, most RainWings don't care about their family or royal lineages (with the exception of Grandeur). The only reason this is useful in the other RainWing's eyes is if they are planning to mate with another dragon and don't want to mate with family.

RainWings have special tails like chameleons to grip onto trees. They would swing from tree to tree and dragonets would do gliding practices. Jambu was versus Queen Exquisite when the Queens were doing the games. Exquisite cheated because her sloths dropped vines over Jambu when he was winning.

RainWings sleep in the day so that they can be even more dazzling and active during the waking hours. That time is called 'sun time' and it is always in the middle of the day, when the sun is highest. This also causes them to be so peaceful, since the sun mellows them. This is the reason why Glory is normally grumpy, as she was deprived of the sun.

Society

RainWings are seen as lazy and not very smart due to their tendency to lay around in the sun, although this is because suns rays have a positive effect on their bodies, making them prettier, smarter, less grumpy, and even less hungry. They appear to have a carefree society with almost no conflict--there is plenty of food, so they have no reason to fight. The adults don't even bother to watch the eggs, as evidenced when Webs stole one to complete the fifth dragonet of the prophecy. 

RainWings determine if they're related or not with a venom test, where they spit their venom on a leaf and see if they counteract or not. If the venom cancels out, then they are related. This is normally done before two RainWings decide to have eggs.

RainWings had a very different way with queens, switching off every month. Any female RainWing could become a queen if she wanted. In older times, a competition was taken place to determine the queen. But since Glory came to the rainforest and won a competition, she is now the new queen.

For names, RainWings tend to name their dragonets after rainforest animals, plants, virtues, and physical descriptions such as Glory and Handsome. It was mentioned before that they go through a list that they had to name dragonets, and when they finished the list they'd start over again, so that means that some dragonets have the same names as each other.

RainWings normally don't leave the rainforest. They have no scrolls, they can't read, and know very little about the other dragon tribes or of the rest of Pyrrhia.

They apparently have dart guns, which are used for playing games or when they meet new dragons. During the attack on the NightWing kingdom, Queen Glory had the RainWings use them as weapons for knocking out opponents, as most of the RainWings would have opposed to using their venom to kill another dragon.

RainWings also have and take great care of pet sloths, while the pets from other tribes are usually eaten or lost by mistake. This shows RainWings can be both caring, and soft. Even Glory adopted a sloth she named Silver and grew attached to it.

Colors

Colors to Moods

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Changing Color RainWing

• Red/Black = Angry/Upset
• Orange = Irritated
• Gold/Yellow = Excited/Amused
• Rose Pink = Happy
• Pale Green/Acid Green/sick green = Fearful/sick
• Green = Worried/Displeased
• Blue = Calm/Tranquil
• Indigo = Pride
• Dark Purple = Shame/Guilt
• Purplish Orange = Puzzled/Confused
• White = Pain
• Crimson/Pink = Embarrassed/Love

"For example, Glory gets pink around the edges of her wings and ears when Deathbringer talks with her"

• Gray or Blue-Gray = Sorrow

Trivia

• RainWing venom can be counteracted by the venom of a blood relative.
• If a dragon is targeted in the eyes or the venom enters the bloodstream, the dragon would be killed. However, if it only hits the scales, then the dragon may live, but be left horribly disfigured.
• RainWing venom only affects living things.
• It is possible that RainWings can change the color of their eyes.
• The oldest known RainWing is Tapir, who is one-hundred and ten years old. He died in the Night Kingdom, so the oldest currently is unknown.

Queens

• Reigning: Queen Glory
• Past: Queen Magnificent, Queen Fruit Bat, Queen Dazzling, Queen Grandeur, Queen Exquisite, and Queen Splendor.

Gallery

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  Glory the RainWing on the cover of "The Hidden Kingdom"
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  Art by Clover Stone
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  Picture taken by Trishna Mengelie
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  Rainwing in the Rainforest