Rainforest Kingdom

Template:Infobox LocationThe Rainforest Kingdom is a vast jungle that covers most of the southeastern part of Pyrrhia. It is occupied by the RainWings and most of the NightWings, and is ruled by Queen Glory.

Description

The Rainforest Kingdom is bordered by the Mud Kingdom to the north and a mountain range to west. It covers what would be the haunches of the dragon-shaped continent.

The Rainforest Kingdom consists of giant trees, tangles of vines, and a thick canopy of green leaves overhead. The sounds of howling, buzzing, and a waterfall can be heard in some areas. There are many strange smells, as well as heat that is damp and sticky and a muddy forest floor. There are giant spiderwebs everywhere, as well as a river with oozing black mud, reeds, and a huge boulder along its banks. There is a damp layer of leaves and bracken on the forest floor, where it is cool and muddy.

Wildlife

Wildlife

Animals Armadillos Small pigs Boars Insects Beetles Centipedes Walking twig-like insects Green-striped caterpillars Greenish-brown beetles with many legs Small yellow butterflies Fireflies Glow-in-the-dark moths Snails Furry spiders River dolphins Botos Fish Siamese fighting fish Frogs Bullfrogs Small blue frogs with darker blue speckles Tree frogs Hallucinogenic tree frogs Hallucinogenic orange toads Poison dart frogs Great Apes Baboons Gibbons Siamangs Orangutans Kinkajous Loris Monkeys Howler monkeys Tamarin monkeys Spider monkeys Jaguars Scavengers Sloths Snakes Constrictors Anacondas Tapirs Tropical birds Parrots Macaws Quetzals Unnamed birds with red, yellow, blue, and green feathers Large-beaked red birds Plants Trees Giant palm trees Banyan trees Large seed pods Medicinal leaves Purple berries Vines Bushes Reeds Dragonfruit Flowers Red flowers as big as a dragonet's talons Spiraling tendrils of delicate white-blue flowers Purple and blue morning glories Delicate white-orange-pink orchids Pale night orchids Ferns Bracken Toxic ferns

RainWing Village

The rainforest is populated with hundreds of RainWings. They live in a village full of treehouses, fruits, platforms, hammocks, and trees. The roofs of the houses are made of leaves, making it harder to see the houses while flying and looking down. The village is made up of treehouses, connected by vine walkways. The village has three hatcheries, each hatchery holding a third of the village's eggs. Each hatchery has a tightly woven floor and is shaped like a large green egg. The RainWings mix their eggs and raise them as a village, making it unknown who is related to who unless they do a venom test. However, Glory promises to make sure that RainWings know who their kin are.

There is a large treehouse that houses the queen, who until the end of The Hidden Kingdom takes turns with other queens each month. (Dazzling, Fruit Bat, Grandeur, Magnificent, Exquisite, and Splendor were the queens.) There is also a Royal Garden which Tamarin, one of the gardeners, takes care of.

Many platforms and hammocks are between trees for the RainWings' sun-time. The healer's hut, which is close to the sunning platforms, is described to have red berries growing on the balcony, with skylights shining through its leafy roofs. Their houses are made in the trees with leaves as windows and the trees as a natural wall.

At the center of the village is a structure called the Arboretum (which resembles a non-violent version of the SkyWing arena), a huge platform made from woven branches and surrounded by more treehouses, some of which have been set up as fruit stands. It seems to be a meeting place for the RainWings and where many public events take place, such as the competition between Glory and the existing queens for the throne.

Royal Pavilion

The Royal Pavilion is a structure that is built halfway between the NightWing and RainWing villages. It is used for settling disputes and making special announcements to both the NightWings and RainWings, as well as greeting visitors to the Rainforest Kingdom, such as Winter and Qibli inWinter Turning.

The pavilion is built on the branches of a large circle of trees. It rests midway between the forest floor, where the NightWing village is, and the jungle canopy, where the RainWings reside. Glory stated this was to symbolize she is the queen of the NightWings and RainWings. Its roof is made of the same large translucent leaves that are also used as windows in the Jade Mountain Academy library. The center of the pavilion is ornamented by a small dais for Glory, raised only a few inches above the ground, that serves as a throne there. Instead of jewels or treasure as decoration, there are flowers such as morning glories and orchids.

Healer's Hut

This is where injured dragons are brought. Starflight stayed here for an extended period following the events of The Dark Secret, and this is also where Turtle and Anemone cast spells on Kinkajou that protected her from Darkstalker, healed her, woke her up, and made her fall in love with Turtle (the last spell was courtesy of Anemone).

NightWing Village

This is the section of the Rainforest where the NightWings have lived ever since their volcano erupted and the NightWing Exodus occurred. It is the closest part to the NightWing tunnels and has thinner trees. The NightWings have built huts out of leaves and twigs. The RainWings offered to help, but the NightWings, wanting to keep the dignity they had left, refused the offer. Because of this, the NightWing huts are poorly built and tend to leak or collapse frequently. The NightWing village is also very close to the ground and mentioned by Winter to be very muddy. However, during the epilogue of Darkness of Dragons, Mightyclaws uses the power given to him by Darkstalker to help create homes for the NightWings.

Gallery

• The Rainforest Kingdom on the map of Pyrrhia
  The Rainforest Kingdom on the map of Pyrrhia
• The Rainforest Kingdom up close. Map by Mike Schley. Zooming done by Bloodfrost of the IceWings.
  The Rainforest Kingdom up close. Map by Mike Schley. Zooming done by Bloodfrost of the IceWings.
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  Glory and the Rainforest Kingdom on the cover of The Hidden Kingdom
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  The Rainforest Kingdom on Scholastic Home Base
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  RainWing Village
• The Arboretum
  The Arboretum

References

fr: Forêt de Pluie pl:Las deszczowy ru:Радужное королевство