RainWings

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Colored RainWing. Color by Hawky, lineart by Joy Ang

RainWings are color-shifting, venom spitting dragons that dwell in the Rainforest Kingdom or the 'hind leg' of Pyrrhia. The tribe was originally ruled by the RainWing royal line, but since the queen at the time had 'useless' heirs, she merged her eggs with the tribes'. Eventually, Queen Grandeur let other RainWings sit on her throne in hopes of finding a queen who was one in spirit, if not blood. Six dragon queens were then sharing the throne; Queen Grandeur, Queen Dazzling, Queen Fruit Bat, Queen Magnificent, Queen Splendor, and Queen Exquisite, who each took one month turns at being queen (Queen Grandeur being the only one with royal blood). However, they are now lead by Queen Glory, who is a distant relative of Queen Grandeur, discovered during the challenge for the throne when Grandeur accidentally spat venom on Kinkajou's wings and Glory did a venom test. RainWings tend to be rather peaceful and do not like to rush into fights. Instead of having a palace like most tribes, the queen resides in an ordinary-sized hut which other dragons can visit her in.

Descriptions

RainWings can change the color of their scales at any time, much like chameleons, and they almost never remain monochromatic. Their scales are usually shifting colors, often reflecting their moods absentmindedly, but colors can be intent on their choice if they concentrate hard enough. The only Rainwing who doesn't do this often is Queen Glory. The sun is needed to make a Rainwing's scales beautiful and brightly vivid, so during the day, they have a time where they sleep under the sun for hours, claiming it 'recharges' their scales. They call this "sun time". In addition to making them better at camouflage and color changing, sun time also makes a RainWing less grumpy and feeds them to a certain extent.

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

Dragonets develop their color-shifting sales while still in their eggs, which are pale white in color.

Abilities

RainWings can alter the color of their scales to mimic objects, their surroundings, or other dragons, or simply to suit their preference. A RainWing's colors may also change if they feel a particularly strong emotion.

RainWings also have prehensile tails much like chameleons to grip onto trees. They swing from tree to tree, called "tree gliding" to move about over long distances, as vines and branches would make normal flying difficult. RainWing dragonets take tree gliding lessons.

RainWings have an acidic "venom", which can be shot from their two longest fangs. Their venom melts away at dragon scales easily, and is said to kill the target quickly if sprayed directly in their eyes or blood stream. RainWing venom only affects living matter such as leaves or flowers.

Two RainWings can spray their venom on leaves or other objects to see if they are related. A RainWing's venom will neutralize their relative's venom, whereas an unrelated dragon's venom will cause the target to dissolve faster.

RainWing venom is black. When it hits hard ground, it will, after some time, dry into hard glossy droplets. While spitting their venom, RainWings fully open (Unhinge) their mouth, much like a snake.

Society

RainWings are seen as lazy and unintelligent due to their tendency to lay around in the sun, although this is because sun's 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. The RainWings all care for the dragonets together.

RainWings have had different ways of becoming queen overtime. In older times, RainWings fought for the throne like any other Tribe, and later, they developed a nonviolent competition. Finally the RainWings decided to take turns being queen- and any female in the Tribe who wished to become queen could. After Glory became queen via the nonviolent competition, this recent tradition appears to have vanished from the RainWing society.

For names, RainWings tend to name their dragonets after rainforest animals, plants, virtues, and physical descriptions, such as Exquisite 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, revealing that some dragonets have the same names as each other. According to Handsome, their names don't always suit them.

RainWings rarely leave the Rainforest. They had no scrolls, couldn't read, and knew very little about the other dragon tribes or of the rest of Pyrrhia, until their most recent queen began a dragonet school there.

They apparently have dart guns, which are used for playing games or when they meet new dragons and want to explore them first while they're asleep. During the attack on the Night Kingdom, Queen Glory had the RainWings use them as weapons for knocking out opponents, as most of the RainWings would have been opposed to using their venom to kill another dragon. They later made an agreement with the NightWings for them to live in the forest.

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. When sloths climb on the back of a sleeping RainWings, that means they have been "chosen" and can then keep that sloth as a loving, loyal pet forever. Even Glory was "chosen" by a sloth which she at first refused to love, but then gave up and named it Silver.

In Winter Turning it was revealed that Nightwing dragonets play with Rainwing dragonets in the hatchery. This might prove useful to the future of those kingdoms as also in that book it is shown that older Nightwings hate the RainWings.

Known RainWings

• Banana
• Boto
• Bright
• Bromeliad
• Bullfrog
• Coconut
• Dazzling
• Exquisite
• Fruit Bat
• Gibbon
• Queen Glory
• Grandeur
• Handsome
• Heliconia
• Prince Jambu
• Kinkajou
• Liana
• Loris
• Magnificent
• Mango
• Mangrove
• Orangutan
• Orchid
• Siamang
• Splendor
• Tamarin
• Tapir
• Tualang

Colors

Colors to Moods

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Changing Color RainWing

• Red/Black = Angry/Upset
• Orange = Irritated
• Emerald = Displeasure/Annoyance
• Gold/Yellow = Excited/Amused
• Pink/Rose = Joy/Happiness
• Pale/Lily Green/Acid Green = Fearful/Terrified
• Green = Worried/Displeased/Annoyed
• Blue = Calm/Curiousity
• Purple-Blue = Pride
• Dark Purple = Shame/Guilt
• Purplish Orange = Confused
• White = Pain/Extreme Fear/Sick
• Dark Gray/Blue-Gray = Sorrow
• Pale Blue = Worried

Trivia

• RainWing venom can be counteracted/canceled out 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 quickly and painfully. However, if it only hits the scales, the dragon may live, but will be left horribly disfigured.
• RainWing venom only affects abiotic things. 
• It is unknown if they can change their eye color, but a quote from the third book seems to imply that they can. When Glory is disguising as an IceWing- "His pale blue scales, the color of sky-filled snow. His darker blue eyes. She felt the changes shimmer across her scales."
• The oldest known RainWing and the oldest known dragon in the series is Tapir, who lived to be one-hundred and ten years old before starving himself in as a captive of the NightWings.
• RainWings that are deprived of sunlight are grumpier, ruder, and have duller scales, as seen with Glory.
• RainWings are the only dragons that can change their scale color depending on their mood.

Gallery

• 
  A typical RainWing by Joy Ang
• 
  Glory and the Rainforest in the cover of The Hidden Kingdom" (Art by Joy Ang)
• Rainforest Kingdom, map by Mike Schley
  Rainforest Kingdom, map by Mike Schley
• RainWings by Congela the IceWing
  RainWings by Congela the IceWing
• Glory by RainbowDragonet
  Glory by RainbowDragonet
• By Starfruit the RainWing
  By Starfruit the RainWing
• 
  By Greatness the NightWing
• A RainWing and the Rainforest kingdom (Art by River-the-SeaWing)
  A RainWing and the Rainforest kingdom (Art by River-the-SeaWing)
• 
  By River-the-SeaWing
• By River-the-SeaWing
  By River-the-SeaWing
• 
  By Shadespots
• by RhynoBullraq
  by RhynoBullraq
• Jambu by RhynoBullraq
  Jambu by RhynoBullraq
• By QueenClam
  By QueenClam
• 
  Art by Clover Stone
• Glory by Glitch Wolf
  Glory by Glitch Wolf
• Rainwing in the Rainforest (By Heliosanctus, original art by Joy Ang)
  Rainwing in the Rainforest (By Heliosanctus, original art by Joy Ang)
• By Heliosanctus
  By Heliosanctus
• 
  By Greatness The NightWing
• RainWing (Glory) on the UK cover
  RainWing (Glory) on the UK cover
• 
  Hidden Kingdom Postcard
• 
  Royal blue and Golden Glory (Art by Paradise Of The RainWings and NightWings)
• 
  by Nathia
• Fast drawn RainWings by QueenClam
  Fast drawn RainWings by QueenClam
• 
  By RhynoBullraq
• By Destiny the NightWing
  By Destiny the NightWing
• Uncolored paper drawing by TDLA
  Uncolored paper drawing by TDLA
• 
  By QueenClam
• 
  German Books' Depiction of a RainWing
• The German cover of The Hidden Kingdom
  The German cover of The Hidden Kingdom
• By Rhyno Bullraq
  By Rhyno Bullraq
• 
  Bouncing Glory by IceOfWaterflock
• By Ripnami1034
  By Ripnami1034
• 
  By Falco217
• By OrchidDragon
  By OrchidDragon
• 
  Kinkajou by Falco217
• By VibrantEchoes
  By VibrantEchoes
• 
  Art by Orchid the rainwing
• Maggie and Grandeur arguing (Art by Music9488)
  Maggie and Grandeur arguing (Art by Music9488)
• By Music9488
  By Music9488
• 
  By YlimE mooP
• Kinkajou is in the bottom right (Art by Rhyno Bullraq)
  Kinkajou is in the bottom right (Art by Rhyno Bullraq)
• A baby rainwing (By Orchid the RainWing)
  A baby rainwing (By Orchid the RainWing)
• By OrchidDragon
  By OrchidDragon
• 
  By Heron the MudWing
• By Ripnami1034
  By Ripnami1034
• 
  By Destiny the NightWing
• 
  Image of a RainWing (Art by XUbiquitousx)
• 
  By YlimE mooP
• By Winter the icewing12
  By Winter the icewing12
• By Heron the MudWing
  By Heron the MudWing
• RainWing by Spotty ON
  RainWing by Spotty ON
• By Sapphireeyes108
  By Sapphireeyes108
• By Angelturtle
  By Angelturtle
• Glory by wintermoon
  Glory by wintermoon
• Line art by Joy Ang colored by Heron
  Line art by Joy Ang colored by Heron
• 
  By Macaw the RainWing
• 
  by Macaw the Rainwing
• A RainWing changing colors by Heron the MudWing
  A RainWing changing colors by Heron the MudWing
• 
  Glory - By Flare0324
• 
  By Warriordragon876
• 
  by Warriordragon876
• Kinkajou by Thunder the StaicWing
  Kinkajou by Thunder the StaicWing
• By OcelotoftheRainWings
  By OcelotoftheRainWings
• 
  Tamarin by Sahel the Sandwing