Exquisite

"Toe-Fur is nobody's lunch! Those nasty black dragons have already eaten one of my sloths."

— Exquisite to Winter after he tried to eat one of her sloths, Winter Turning

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.

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, big wings, and a longer tail than Jambu. In the graphic novels, her horns curve in a weird way.

Personality

Exquisite, like most of the other RainWings, isn't dutiful as a queen should be, not wanting to do any work. She doesn't seem to be exceptionally lazy, as she is 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.

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. Exquisite completely "obsessed with sloths" and, according to Kinkajou, would probably choose them over her subjects as she also believes that they are very smart and could do what humans or in this case dragons could do.

Biography

The Dragonet Prophecy

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 annoyance, 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.

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The Jade Mountain Prophecy

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, saying that those "nasty black dragons" had already gotten one of her sloths.

Quotes

{{SingleQuote |quote = I’ll be back in a moment darlings. I just have to win this race for Auntie Maggie |speaker = to her sloths |book = [[The Hidden Kingdom (Book)|The Hidden Kingdom |pe = |page = 264 }}

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{{SingleQuote |quote = They most certainly are [smart enough]! But they would never do such a thing. |speaker = to Glory, about her sloths helping her cheat |book = [[The Hidden Kingdom (Book)|The Hidden Kingdom |pe = |page = 268 }}

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"Toe-Fur is nobody's lunch! [...] Those nasty black dragons have already gotten one of my sloths! I'm not letting it happen again!"

― to Winter after he tried to eat one of her sloths

Trivia

• She is a pet hoarder.
• When it was Exquisite's turn to rule, she 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.
• It is possible that some of her sloths trapped Jambu in the tree-gliding contest.
• 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.

Gallery

Canon

• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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  by Mike Holmes
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  by Mike Holmes
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  by Mike Holmes
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  by Mike Holmes
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  by Mike Holmes

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Fanart

• 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
• Exquisite by Ta-ak
  Exquisite by Ta-ak
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  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
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  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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References

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