Exquisite

"She has about twenty more at home. Talks about them constantly, feeds them the best fruits, grooms them with her own claws, and whenever she's queen, she has everyone build tiny hammocks for the sloths to sleep in and weave them tiny flower necklaces. No dragon is as important to her as these sloths."

— Kinkajou about Exquisite's obsession with sloths, The Hidden Kingdom

Template:Charbox Ex-Queen Exquisite is a female RainWing and was one of the former RainWing queens who were sharing the throne before Glory won the RainWing Royal Challenge. She is completely "obsessed with sloths" and, according to Kinkajou, would probably choose sloths over her subjects.

Appearance

When she was competing for the RainWing throne, Exquisite's scales matched the same silvery color as her sloths, with a soft shimmer "like the wind brushing against silver fur".

She is large but sleek, and has strong shoulders and big wings, as well as a longer tail than Jambu.

Personality

Exquisite, like most of the other RainWings, isn't dutiful as a queen should be, not wanting to do any work. She apparently loves sloths and owns more than anyone else in the kingdom, and forces her subjects to make them hammocks and such when she is queen. She doesn't seem to be exceptionally lazy, due to her at least being able to keep up with Jambu in the treetop-gliding race, and it would be impossible for her to be lazy due to the excessive amount of pet sloths she has. She is said to have a minimum of twenty sloths.

Biography

Pre-Series

Exquisite, at some point, joined the queen rotation for the RainWing throne.

The Hidden Kingdom

Exquisite competed against Jambu in the treetop-gliding competition in Glory's challenge for the RainWing throne. She won by a narrow margin because several sloths threw a vine around Jambu's neck. They were not confirmed to be Exquisite's sloths, although it is highly likely. Enraged, Glory accused her of using the sloths to cheat, but Magnificent claims that they are "not nearly smart enough for that." Exquisite defended them with, "They most certainly are! But they would never do such a thing." Exquisite then told the sloths that "Auntie Maggie", much to Magnificent's chagrin, isn't mad at them, and she's just not very happy today.

She lost her position as queen when Queen Grandeur forfeited the venom spitting match.

Winter Turning

Exquisite was a guard of the NightWing Village in Winter Turning. She rushed in and flared her wings when Prince Winter tried to eat a sloth named Toe-Fur, claiming Toe-Fur to be "no one's lunch", especially after one of "the black dragons already got one", seemingly referring to a NightWing.

Quotes

"Ridiculous!"

"They most certainly are! [...] But they would never do such a thing." - To Glory about when she accused her of cheating.

"Toe-Fur is nobody's lunch! Those nasty black dragons have already gotten one of my sloths." - To Winter when he tried to eat one of her sloths.

“I’ll be back in a moment darlings. I just have to win this race for Auntie Maggie” - To her sloths

Trivia

• Exquisite means to be extremely beautiful and delicate.
• She is a pet hoarder.
• When it was Exquisite's turn to rule, she often had the RainWings make small flower accessories and hammocks for her sloths.
• It is possible that Exquisite may have been abandoned or not had any friends when she was younger, as pet-hoarding often develops from those types of lonesome experiences.
• Exquisite is the third Ex-Queen to appear after the third book, with the other ones being Grandeur and Scarlet.
• It is possible that some of her sloths trapped Jambu in the tree-gliding contest.
• One of Exquisite's sloths' names is Toe-Fur.
• One of her favorite colors is silver, like her sloths.
• In the minigame Speed Wings on Scholastic's Home Base, Exquisite is a playable character, alongside Kinkajou, Ex-Queen Magnificent, Mango, Tamarin, and Ex-Queen Grandeur.

Gallery

• 
  A typical RainWing (colored), by Joy Ang
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  A typical RainWing (lineart), by Joy Ang
• 
  A typical RainWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
• Different RainWings, including Exquisite, by Congela the IceWing
  Different RainWings, including Exquisite, by Congela the IceWing
• Closeup of Exquisite by Heron
  Closeup of Exquisite by Heron
• By Cloudfury
  By Cloudfury
• By xTheDragonRebornx, and how she imagines Exquisite.
  By xTheDragonRebornx, and how she imagines Exquisite.
• Exquisite by Ta-ak
  Exquisite by Ta-ak
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  RainWing Sigil by Platypus
• 
  Exquisite and one of her pet sloths. Artwork by Stoatbramble.
• Ex-Queen Exquisite Fanart by Ridge the SeaWing-SkyWing
  Ex-Queen Exquisite Fanart by Ridge the SeaWing-SkyWing
• 
  Exquisite as a racer in Speed Wings
• Exquisite (Flash's mom) by Chamops
  Exquisite (Flash's mom) by Chamops
• Exquisite in The Hidden Kingdom (Graphic Novel).
  Exquisite in The Hidden Kingdom (Graphic Novel).
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  Exquisite Fr ref by Blackberry
• Exquisite by ponyo100
  Exquisite by ponyo100

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