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| |quote = It's normal to be scared. I'm scared. You'd have to be crazy not to be- well, crazy or Tsunami, which is basically the same thing. You just have to push that aside and do what you have to anyway.
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| |age = 7 years (hatched in 5005 A.S.)
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| |gender = Female
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| |occupation = Queen of the [[NightWings]] and [[RainWings]], [[The Dragonets of Destiny|Dragonet of Destiny]] (Replacement of the smashed [[SkyWings|SkyWing]] egg)
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| |tribe = [[RainWings]]
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| |residence = [[Rainforest Kingdom]]
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| |ships = [[Deathbringer|Glorybringer]] (canon), [[Tsunami|Glornami]], [[Starflight|Gloryflight]], [[Clay|Clory]]
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| |Relation1 = Half-Brother
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| |RName1 = [[Prince Jambu|Jambu]]
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| |Relation2 = Distant Relative
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| |RName2 = [[Ex-Queen Grandeur|Grandeur]]
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| |Relation3 = Ancestor
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| |RName3 = [[Queen Anaconda]]
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| |Relation4 = Boyfriend
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| |RName4 = [[Deathbringer]] (possible future mate)
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| |Relation5 = Daughter
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| |RName5 = [[Firefly]] (in a possible future)
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| |appeared = ''[[The Dragonet Prophecy]]'', ''[[The Lost Heir]]'', ''[[The Hidden Kingdom]]'', ''[[The Dark Secret]]'', ''[[The Brightest Night]]'', ''[[Winter Turning]]'', ''[[Talons of Power]]''
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| |mentioned = ''[[Moon Rising]]'', ''[[Escaping Peril]]'', ''[[Prisoners]]'', ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''
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| |quote = ''"The queen can take care of herself. Out of the two dragons in question, the queen happens to be the one with camouflage scales who can shoot venom. What can you do? Sit in the dark, is that it? Guess what, I can do that, too."''}}
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| '''Glory''' is a young, female [[RainWings|RainWing]] dragonet who was the hasty last minute replacement for the [[SkyWings|SkyWing]] [[The Dragonets of Destiny|Dragonet of Destiny]], due to the egg being smashed by [[Burn]] in the prologue of ''[[The Dragonet Prophecy]]'', being killed alongside its carrier, [[Hvitur]]. After the events of ''[[The Hidden Kingdom]]'' and ''[[The Dark Secret]]'', she became the Queen of the RainWings and the [[NightWings]] after being deemed victorious in a RainWing throne challenge battle. In ''[[Talons of Power]]'', however, she lost most of her NightWing subjects to [[King Darkstalker|Darkstalker]], but gained them back at the end of ''[[Darkness of Dragons]].''
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| ==Appearance==
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| Glory has emerald green eyes and no apparent scars around her body. She seems to prefer a red color around her frill, as well as on the undersides of her wings. However, she is not consistent with these colors, as she is a RainWing, and the colors change constantly, similar to a chameleon's scales.
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| Despite this, Glory dislikes it when other dragons read her emotions through her scales, and attempts to bottle up her inner feelings by keeping her scales a neutral color that usually promotes tranquility or calmness. Because of this, she has a prickly mental shield around her thoughts as well, even though this isn't her intention. This makes it hard for NightWing mind readers to see her thoughts.
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| ==Biography==
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| ===''[[The Dragonet Prophecy]]''===
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| '''Glory's''' egg was stolen from the Rainforest Kingdom as a last-minute replacement for the prophesied [[SkyWings|SkyWing]] dragonet by a [[SeaWings|SeaWing]] named [[Webs]]. The reason why Glory was included in the the Dragonets of Destiny group in the first place was because on the hasty way back from stealing a SkyWing egg from [[Queen Scarlet|Queen]] [[Ex-Queen Scarlet|Scarlet's]] palace, an [[IceWings|IceWing]] named [[Hvitur]] associated with the [[Talons of Peace]] was brutally intercepted by [[Burn]], who had guessed why he had stolen the unhatched SkyWing dragonet. Since Burn nor her two sisters trusted the Dragonet Prophecy, she smashed the SkyWing egg and murdered Hvitur to ensure that the Prophecy would never come true. However, after Glory's egg was stolen, she was raised with the other four Dragonets of Destiny - [[Clay]], [[Princess Tsunami|Tsunami]], [[Starflight]] and [[Princess Sunny|Sunny]]. Glory was constantly bullied by [[Guardians of the Dragonets|the guardians]], especially [[Kestrel]], as well as [[Dune]] for being a "lazy RainWing". Webs was an exception, as he never harassed Glory personally, although he never tried to defend her from the other guardian's taunting, teasing, and physical bullying. Glory trained and studied harder than anyone of the other dragonets to try and prove herself to them that she wasn't lazy, but she never saw any change in the way that they treated her. Before any of the seven dragons under the mountain knew what suntime was, (when RainWings sleep when the sun is highest to recharge their scales and make them healthier) it was strange to see her sleep right after lunch every day. This only added to the name-calling and bullying, unfortunately.
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| When an ominous [[NightWings|NightWing]] named [[Morrowseer]] arrived under the mountain a few years later, he was displeased with the guardian's replacing of the SkyWing dragonet. Later, in private, he discussed with the three guardians that he wanted Glory killed before the next morning. Kestrel volunteered to murder the RainWing, as she had never cared for her and the other two guardians would not kill her themselves. Tsunami was chained up to stop her from interfering with Glory's death, as the guardians knew she would fight for Glory's life, so instead the dragonets formed a plan to escape. Glory was hesitant to risk Clay's life to save her, but he was determined to do so anyway.
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| In the [[Queen Ruby's Palace|SkyWing Palace]], Glory was chained to a marble tree and kept as [[Ex-Queen Scarlet|Queen Scarlet's]] "art" as beautiful colors swirled along her scales constantly. Queen Scarlet usually kept Glory on her royal pavilion during the arena battles. Queen Scarlet, when Burn came to visit a few weeks later, bragged to Burn that she was probably the only queen with her "very own RainWing", and Burn looked envious, although her words proved otherwise, stating Glory was a "waste of food." When [[Fjord]] the IceWing was about to kill Clay in the arena, Tsunami attempted to jump off the prison towers to save Clay, and distracted everyone while Glory shot venom on Fjord's face that spread into his chest wound, poisoning him and soon after causing his death. This was the first time anyone had seen RainWing venom in a long time, although they didn't know what it was, even Clay himself. He had assumed Scarlet had gotten the poison from somewhere in her royal treasury and had cheated during the gladiatorial fight. When Clay was fighting the SkyWing [[Peril]] in the arena in the tradition of the [[Champion's Shield]], Glory shot venom at Queen Scarlet, melting the left side of her face and causing the SkyWings to flee in panic while Peril helped the Dragonets of Destiny escape.
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| When Clay requested to free Kestrel, Glory objected, trying to remind the others about how Kestrel had wanted to kill her. Afterwards, when Clay wondered if Peril was their Wings Of Fire (or missing SkyWing), Glory felt unwanted and formed a plan with Tsunami to test how far the other dragonet's loyalty really ran. When the dragonets were traveling to the [[Mud Kingdom]] to meet Clay's family, Glory and Tsunami played this trick on Clay. Tsunami had argued that he had hurt her feelings by wanting to cast her out and replace her with the first SkyWing they saw. Afterwards, Clay frantically objected and insisted they travel to the Rainforest Kingdom at that moment to retrieve her. in which Glory realized none of her friends would ever want her to leave.
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| When Clay traveled to the Mud Kingdom, Glory, disguised as a [[MudWings|MudWing]], went along with him to try to find his parents. They found out that Clay's mother didn't care about him and had traded his egg for ''at least two cows'', so they began to leave. Clay then met his siblings, who explained to them all about the MudWing customs, and how he should have been their [[bigwings]]. Clay refused because he didn't want to take [[Reed]]'s place, and he needed to stay with his friends to stop the war. Glory also stated that he was the dragonets' bigwings, so Clay's siblings couldn't have him.
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| Glory was present when Starflight was dropped off by Morrowseer, right when Clay was giving his speech about them staying together, and his plan to rescue Starflight.
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| Glory then traveled with them to the SeaWing Kingdom to meet Tsunami's family.
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| ===''[[The Lost Heir]]''===
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| Once the dragonets had arrived at the shores of the SeaWing kingdom, they were all startled to see a SkyWing patrol scouting the skies. As Glory dug for cover in the sand and proceeded to turn her scales to match the shores, Tsunami dove into the nearby sea. The first few SkyWings had passed by the dragonets quickly, but there was a guard near the back who was scanning the area intently and flying more slowly. Tsunami convinced herself that the SkyWing had seen Sunny's tail before she dove into the forest with Starlight for cover, and she saw him open his mouth. She panicked, thinking the SkyWing was going to call out to his comrades, and she lunged out of the sea to attack him. Once she had knocked him out, Clay came over to help her drag the unconscious SkyWing to the shore. Glory was shocked at Tsunami, and rather angry, arguing that he hadn't seen anything and that he was only yawning when he opened his mouth. During the rest of ''The Lost Heir,'' Glory was imprisoned by [[Queen Coral]]. Coral had convinced Tsunami that she had only chained her friends up so that the other SeaWings in the palace wouldn't feel uncomfortable with dragons from different tribes roaming freely around her court. The dragonets were then unchained and invited to eat breakfast with the other SeaWings in the palace when [[Blister]] arrived. However, the dragonets had angered Blister, and they were imprisoned once again shortly after the breakfast. Tsunami escaped by taking a risk and freeing her friends before being confronted by [[Crocodile]], who Glory killed by using her venom. The poison had gotten into the unfortunate MudWing's eyes, and she died shortly after. The group then escaped together, only to be horrified to see their old guardian Webs be attacked by Blister, earning a poisonous scratch from her tail barb near his own tail. All of the dragonets except Clay and Sunny wanted to leave Webs to die after they escaped the SeaWing palace, but the two convinced the rest of their group afterwards. They made good points by saying the Rainforest Kingdom was nearby, and Glory surely wanted to see her home at last. They also stated the RainWings may have healers that could heal Webs.
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| ===''[[The Hidden Kingdom]]''===
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| Glory is the main protagonist of ''The Hidden Kingdom ''and the story is told from her point of view.
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| The book begins with the six dragons trading through a muddy rainforest. During this time, Glory is anxious and hoping that her tribe will be strong and smart, not lazy like the scrolls they had read under the mountain had claimed. Shortly afterwards, they hear heavy talon steps and make the quick decision to hide themselves. Glory, because of her camouflage scales, is assigned to hide Webs, but she refuses and hides Sunny instead. This is most likely because Webs had never helped her when she was trapped and bullied in the cave, therefore she felt no reason to help him. After a moment, she whispers to Sunny to stay put and sneaks after the patrol. After seeing their thick bodies and brown scales, she assumes they are MudWings. Glory walks quietly after the MudWings to eavesdrop on their conversation, although the pouring rain and sounds of the Rainforest insects and animals made it hard to hear. However, she did pick up that the MudWings were afraid of a "monster" that was haunting the Rainforest. One of the guards stated that there had also had been "screaming" deep in the Rainforest. The two had hurried on, and Glory wasn't able to hear their words or heavy thumping talonsteps any longer. Curious, she had crept closer, only to be horrified to find the two MudWings' throats brutally ripped out. She shakily went back and told the others, and after a short argument, she convinced Starflight and the others to continue to the Rainforest Kingdom.
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| Once they had delved deeper into the rainforest, one by one all the dragonets disappear except for Glory and Starflight, who had hidden in a low-growing bush. Angry, she then stands up and out of the bush, demanding that their "attackers" show themselves. She was shocked to find out that the RainWings had shot them with sleeping darts while they were camouflaged. She and Starflight fly into the Rainforest Kingdom, and she learns about sun time, where RainWings sleep in the middle of the day, to make them smarter, braver, and recharge their scales. Glory, however, decides to first find the parents who had laid her egg, but is told by a pink-colored RainWing (Jambu, who by coincidence Glory's brother) that all RainWing eggs are hatched together then raised by the tribe, so her parents most likely don't care or know that her egg is missing. Glory decides not to tell her friends, because she didn't need their pity and was embarrassed that the RainWings didn't even count their eggs. Jambu shows Glory how to perform the venom test, a way for RainWings to tell whether or not they are related. They do it, and Glory's venom counteracts his, meaning they are related. Jambu explains that he is most likely Glory's half-brother due to their age difference. From Jambu, Glory learns that RainWings have no families and they don't count their eggs, so Glory's egg was stolen without the RainWings catching Webs or even noticing her egg was gone. They didn't know how to read or write, and spent most of their hours sleeping, eating, or playing silly games. Glory goes to the queen's hut and learns from another dragon that at least 12 tribe members had gone mysteriously missing. Glory sets off to figure out why, with Jambu helping her.
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| In doing so, Glory and her friends find a tunnel created by an [[Animus Dragons|animus dragon]], later confirmed to be the NightWing, [[Stonemover]]. They go through to find that it leads to the desert. Then when the mate of one of the RainWings that disappeared flies through, Glory follows with her friends and Jambu. Glory finds [[Deathbringer]] and talks to him, while camouflaged as an IceWing. After that Glory and Jambu went to find [[Mangrove]] and bring him and [[Blaze]] back to the others. They stop [[Deathbringer]] from killing Blaze, one of the candidates for SandWing Queenship, and then they return to the desert and go back through the tunnel.
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| Glory watches the tunnel the night after they get back with Tsunami. They hear the monster, but Deathbringer showed up and the monster runs. They capture Deathbringer and tie him up. Glory uses herself as bait to catch the monster, and gets grabbed, and taken to the NightWing home. There she finds the missing RainWings. She meets Kinkajou there, and they are saved by Deathbringer and Clay. They go back and talk to the RainWing queen, who refuses to do anything to save the prisoners, so Glory decides to challenge her for the throne. Instead of killing her as per normal tribal customs, Glory, Tamarin, Kinkajou, Mangrove, and Jambu go up against the RainWing queens in the [[The RainWing Royal Challenge|RainWing Royal Challenge]], testing camouflage, fruit hunting skill, venom aiming, tree gliding, and flower finding. However, Kinkajou was injured by [[Ex-Queen Grandeur|Grandeur]]'s venom while saving a sloth during the contest. Glory hits the former Queen's venom with her own on Kinkajou in a desperate attempt to save her, and accidentally but successfully cancels out the venom. Grandeur forfeits after finding out that Glory was a descendant of the original royal family, knowing that Glory would be a better queen. Glory is crowned queen at the end of the book, when Clay suddenly comes and informs Glory that Starflight is gone, possibly to warn the NightWings.
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| It is believed Glory thought that Starflight left the Rainforest Kingdom to tell the NightWings about her army. Starflight later found a [[dreamvisitor]] and visits Glory's dream and tells her that he was kidnapped and also tells her all he knew of the plans of the NightWings. When Starflight (along with [[Fatespeaker]] and Flame) return to the Rainforest Kingdom, Glory is overjoyed to see Starflight. Glory and her RainWings sneak into the Night Kingdom to save the captured RainWings. Glory, Starflight, and Fatespeaker go to [[Queen_Battlewinner|Queen Battlewinner's]] throne room to talk with her, while Glory and Battlewinner are arguing, Starflight comes up with the idea, letting the NightWings live in the Rainforest Kingdom as long as they bow to Queen Glory.
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| Battlewinner refuses and jumped out of the lava, saying that she would lead her tribe to safety, but, because of her IceWing injury, quickly froze to death. Then the ground starts shaking and lava starts to pour through the walls, Glory took Starflight with her to save Deathbringer and former Queen Splendor, and they flew back to the others to tell the NightWings about their plan. The NightWings bowed to her and fly off to the Rainforest Kingdom, via tunnel. Then the volcano erupted and the dragonets flew out, with Starflight injured from the flames and later confirmed to have gone blind.
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| ===''[[The Brightest Night]]''===
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| Glory is outraged when she found out her entire life was ruined by Morrowseer. She responds by saying, "I AM GOING TO BITE THAT DRAGON'S HEAD OFF AND STUFF HIM IN A VOLCANO!" and when she finds out Morrowseer is dead, outraged, she yells, "LET'S GO BACK AND KILL HIM AGAIN!" Later, when Sunny returns, she is relieved, saying, "Now I can totally behead you". She votes on choosing Blister because she was the smartest. Glory also points out that if they're on Blister's side she'll leave them alone. It is believed that Glory bit or scratched or whacked Deathbringer to get to Clay after he was bitten by the [[Dragonbite Viper]]. She is one of the dragons who helped Sunny dig up [[Queen Oasis' Grave]] to get the treasure buried with her.
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| === ''[[Moon Rising]]'' ===
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| Glory is mentioned but does not make an appearance in this book. It is shown by Moon's mother's reaction that many NightWings think she is too young or unfit to be queen.
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| === ''[[Winter Turning]]'' ===
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| She is seen in ''Winter Turning'' when the dragonets came to warn her about [[Princess Icicle|Icicle]], who is coming to kill her on Scarlet's orders. She summons a meeting at the Royal Pavilion and a couple of scouts to come along. One tells of a very cold place in the rainforest which Icicle could have visited, and Glory demands to be taken there. When they arrive, they find a NightWing corpse. She sends the four dragonets to the Dragonet Wingery for their own safety.
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| When the group escapes the wingery, [[Kinkajou]] left a trail that Glory followed to the old [[NightWing Fortress|NightWing Island]], where she tranquilized Icicle and brought her to the healer's hut. When everybody is about to leave, Glory issues her orders to Kinkajou and [[Moonwatcher|Moon]]. Glory tells Winter that she used to think that she could accomplish everything on her own without friends, but now she says she wouldn't be here right now if she didn't stick with them.
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| ===''[[Escaping Peril]]''===
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| Glory is mentioned when Scarlet holds her supposed head in front of the crowd, but the head turns out to be an animus enchantment, later confirmed to be the head of an unknown MudWing. Sunny dreamvisits her to confirm this update, but Glory is still alive and well. She does not make a formal appearance in the book, though she is mentioned many times in the first few chapters.
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| ===''[[Talons of Power]]''===
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| Glory appeared when Darkstalker decided to make a visit to the Rainforest. At first ruling over both all of the NightWings and RainWings, Queen Glory was met with a challenge by Darkstalker for being the ruler of the NightWings. Glory proposed that instead of a RainWing challenge or the typical fight-to-the-death challenge that most tribes do, each individual NightWing would decide who their ruler should be. Afterwards, Turtle confronts her and Deathbringer and discovers that she and Deathbringer too are both under Darkstalker's spell as well. Darkstalker informs Glory that five dragons were on their way to kill her, and makes a prison for the rainforest and says they should wait for the assassins in it. When he catches them and imprisons them, Glory says she doesn't completely trust her decision. She appears when Darkstalker takes the NightWings to [[The Lost City of Night]].
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| === ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]'' ===
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| She is mentioned by Sunny, who dreamvisited her. She told Sunny about Darkstalker taking the tribe to the Night Kingdom. Queen Glory is also mentioned by Qibli, as he says that no matter what good decisions she makes, some NightWings will hate her just because she's a RainWing. At the end of the book, she is seen standing over Mightyclaws while he's drawing Hope's house, her scales all gold and dark purple. Deathbringer is standing behind her, eyeing the forest fiercely.
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| ==Abilities==
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| Glory is clever and capable in combat. She demonstrated the knowledge of a dragon's anatomy by pressing a bladed disc right to Deathbringer's vital artery and used pressure points to stun a NightWing foe when escaping from the Night Kingdom.
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| According to Starflight, she also memorized information from scrolls very easily.
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| Like all RainWings, she is able to secrete and spit black venom from two of her longest fangs, as well as change color and camouflage herself. She uses both of these abilities effectively in combat, unlike most other RainWings.
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| == Personality ==
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| Glory has a fighting personality and is known for her sarcasm. She also has a bad temper because of the guardians and notable memory and because she doesn't get that much sun time, although she does have a softer side. Her stubborn yet loyal demeanor has made her rise to the top and became the Queen of NightWings and RainWings. However, sometimes her more affectionate side is shown when she talks to Deathbringer.
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| == Family Tree ==
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| ''"Oh my gosh WE KNOW. Don't make me come down there and bite you, Starflight."'' - To Starflight when he started to go off on a lecture in ''[[The Dragonet Prophecy (Book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]]''
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| ''"Is that an egg? Wow, they work fast in the Kingdom of the Sea."''-To Tsunami where she saw she had an egg in ''[[The Lost Heir]]''
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| ''"I bet he thought he could charm his way out of anything, idiot."''- To Starflight about Deathbringer in [[The Dark Secret|''The Dark Secret'']]
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| ''"I like the one where we melt everyone's eyeballs on our way out the door."''
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| ''"I AM GOING TO BITE THAT DRAGON'S HEAD OFF AND STUFF HIM IN A VOLCANO!"'' - To Tsunami about Morrowseer after he said the prophecy was fake in ''[[The Dark Secret]]''
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| ''"LET'S GO BACK AND KILL HIM AGAIN."'' - When Tsunami tells her about Morrowseer's death in ''[[The Brightest Night]]''
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| ''"It's normal to be scared. I'm scared. You'd have to be crazy not to be— well, crazy or Tsunami, which is basically the same thing. You just have to push that aside and do what you have to anyway." - ''To Starflight
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| ''"No way. A TREE in the FOREST?"''
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| ''"Blaze is a dizzy idiot who'd be dead by day two''." -to her friends (dragonets of destiny) about Princess Blaze
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| ''"The queen can take care of herself. Out of the two dragons in question, the queen happens to be the one with camouflage scales who can shoot venom. What can you do? Sit in the dark, is that it? Guess what, I can do that, too." ''- Queen Glory making a jab at Deathbringer in ''[[The Brightest Night]]''
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| ''"He's just trying to make his list look longer than mine."- ''Queen Glory in [[The Brightest Night|''The Brightest Night'']]
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| ''"I am not. Quit stalking me." ''- to Deathbringer
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| "You better do what she says, or Tsunami will fling you to the eels." -To Starflight when he hesitated after Tsunami told him to do something.
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| ''"What sort of assassin stalks his prey and whistles at the same time?" ''- To Deathbringer when she and Tsunami caught him at the tunnel in ''[[The Hidden Kingdom]]''
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| ''"Funny, tell me another. I love jokes about trusting NightWings."'' To Deathbringer
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| ''"That is a level of noisy that makes me think you aren't even trying to be stealthy. Come on out."'' - To Qibli
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| ''"WE ARE NOT CALLING IT MAGICAL DEATH SPIT!" ''- to Sunny in ''[[The Lost Heir]] (page 259)''
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| ''"Well, that's great. For the first time in my life, I act as lazy as everyone thinks RainWings are, and you actually believe it. I'm glad my friends have so much faith in me." ''- After Glory and the dragonets reunite in [[The Dragonet Prophecy (Book)|''The Dragonet Prophecy'' ]]
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| ''"I can get my army ready to fly in an hour. Sure. Organizing RainWings, no problem. It's only roughly as hard as getting a hundred butterflies to fly in a straight line."''
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| ''"So now what? Should we shout 'Hey SeaWings, we've got your missing princess!' and wait for dragons to bound joyfully out of the ocean?" ''- To Tsunami in ''The Lost Heir.''
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| ''"Listen. I used to think I could do everything by myself, too. I didn't want help from anyone. But I wouldn't be here now if it weren't for my friends, and I have a feeling you'll be saying the same thing a year from now." ''- Queen Glory to Winter about his friends in [[Winter Turning|''Winter Turning'']]
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| ''"All right, OFF. I am going to replace you as my bodyguard if you seriously can't tell the difference between a male IceWing traveling with my friends Kinkajou and Moonwatcher, and a lone female IceWing out to kill me. Pay a little more attention to detail, Deathbringer. Also, by the way, you're one to talk about killing prophecy dragonets."'' - To Deathbringer in Winter Turning
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| ''"Stop arresting my guests. It's not romantic or heroic, it's annoying. I've told you this before."'' -To Deathbringer
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| "''Yes, and that certainly helped. Good news: Four of your students have gone off to find a dragon who just tried to kill you, in order to find another dragon who has tried to kill you about ninety dozen times. Oh, excellent, thanks, Turtle. Now we don't have to worry at all. I mean, we were hoping someone would take care of the vengeful and deadly Queen Scarlet for us. Preferably a bunch of five- year- olds. Very reassuring indeed.''"
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| ''"This could have happened-could still happen-to any of you. If you won't go rescue them, who will? They'll be lost forever. I know you'd rather sleep than deal with problems, but these dragons are from your tribe, and they need you. That's why I'm going to take the throne tomorrow. It's not because I want the biggest pieces of fruit or or the highest sun platform. I'm doing this for the missing rainwings and for you, so that you don't have to spend the rest of your lives looking over your shoulders and thinking, our friends are still lost. . .and we could have saved them."'' Glory to the RainWing tribe about her becoming queen
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| "Well, lucky you, you're about to find out." -To Crocodile before she shoots venom at her
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| ===[[Clay]]===
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| Clay and Glory have known each other since their hatching, and Clay tried to help Glory and the other dragonets hatch as the bigwings. He liked to bring her pretty things to cheer her up and was very concerned for Glory when he realized the [[Talons of Peace]] wanted to kill her. As with the other three dragonets of destiny, she feels a deep bond to him, at one point admitting that she could never have made it under the mountain without him and the others.
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| ===[[Kestrel]]===
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| Glory was not afraid of the strict SkyWing, but she had always held a deep grudge against her for abusing her and underestimating her greatly. She refused to rescue Kestrel from the [[Sky Kingdom]] as Kestrel did want to kill her.
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| === [[Dune]]<nowiki/> ===
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| Much the same with Kestrel, Glory once wanted to have animus powers, so she could enchant his dinner to eat him.
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| ===[[Webs]]===
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| Though he was less strict than Kestrel, she still hated him for stealing her egg and letting Kestrel and Dune abuse her. In ''The Hidden Kingdom'', she refused to camouflage him. She didn't even want to touch him. But as much as she hates him, she doesn't want to kill him for it, even though she said "Well, some of us don't" when it was mentioned that they don't want him to die.
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| ===[[Princess Tsunami|Tsunami]]===
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| Glory doesn't actually mind Tsunami's bossiness, but she still talks back because she thinks at least someone should stand up to Tsunami. She is always snapping at Tsunami, even when Tsunami clearly isn't in the mood. The two squabble occasionally, and really are extreme opposites: Glory waits for the perfect time to strike, and Tsunami just rushes into things and attacks.
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| ===[[Princess Sunny|Sunny]]===
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| In ''The Hidden Kingdom'', Glory decided Sunny was better to touch than Webs, even though she isn't comfortable touching other dragons. Glory was also extremely worried when Sunny went missing in ''The Brightest Night'' and held her talons in hers when she was found. Sunny helped break up arguments between Tsunami and Glory by always making it seem like she was on their sides. As with Clay and the others, Glory feels a strong relational connection with Sunny.
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| ===[[Starflight]]===
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| Glory is often annoyed by his know-it-all personality and rambling. She apparently knew about his crush on Sunny, and thought he should do something about it. She also shows affection to him at rare occasions. She respects his plans, as she followed his idea of diplomacy in ''The Dark Secret.''
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| ===[[Deathbringer]]===
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| When Glory first met Deathbringer, she was disguised as an IceWing. Deathbringer gave her information about his mission and then began to flirt with her. Glory was sarcastic with him, but he liked her even more because of it and helped her escape the NightWing island. The current status is 'more than friends'. In ''The Dark Secret'', Deathbringer described her as beautiful, sarcastic, and fascinating. When Glory is helping him out of the prison, they hold each other's talons and Starflight thinks; ''"they exchanged a look that said "thank you" and a whole lot more". ''Adding to that, in ''The Brightest Night'', Glory and Deathbringer are constantly flirting with each other, and Deathbringer even put his wing around Glory, which she allowed. In ''Winter Turning'', Deathbringer is constantly trying to protect Glory and muttering to the queen when she says she doesn't need help. In ''Escaping Peril'', Sunny says "Glory has magical death spit and Deathbringer and a whole army of RainWings who would die for her".
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| Tui has confirmed that the ship Glorybringer is official.
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| ===[[Prince Jambu|Jambu]]===
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| Glory didn't know she had a brother (half brother), until she met him in the Rainforest Kingdom. Glory was unimpressed with him at first, and thought of him just as ridiculous as the other RainWings. However, Jambu helped her get Blaze to meet the dragonets and nearly beat [[Exquisite]] in the tree-gliding competition, one of the five contests that decided who would be queen of the RainWings. He was only stopped by a vine, possibly a bunch of sloths, that wrapped around his neck, and he nearly strangled himself. He appears to be one of her most trusted dragons now, even if he is incompetent. He also makes sure Glory takes her suntime.
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| ===[[Kinkajou]]===
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| The little dragonet met Glory when she was captured by the NightWings. She followed Glory in escaping, and claims that she'd follow Glory anywhere, even when Glory threatens to take the throne by force. She did the venom targeting part of the contest to become queen and was injured by RainWing venom. She is later shown in a dream to see Glory as a big, beautiful queen, crowned and welcoming Kinkajou with open wings, while the other dragons stared at her enviously. Kinkajou sees herself as one of Glory's best friends.
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| ===[[Tamarin]]===
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| Glory didn't really know Tamarin that well, other than the fact that she was blind. Tamarin seemed confident in front of Glory when she said that maybe she couldn't do the flower challenge, with Kinkajou later stating that Tamarin had the best nose in the whole kingdom. She also felt compassionate about getting Tamarin a better teacher in [[Jade Mountain Academy]].
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| === [[Turtle]] ===
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| Glory first met Turtle when he confronted her about Darkstalker, and she seemed to be a little suspicious of the latter but seemed to trust him for the most part. This horrified Turtle and he accidentally lost control of his enchanted coral, baffling Glory. She seems to find him a little odd and weird.
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| ==Trivia==
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| *It has been revealed that Glory is afraid of the dark.
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| *Some of the books state that Glory has an extreme distaste of being touched.
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| *Glory once had the desire to be an animus as a young dragonet so that she could enchant her guardians' food to eat them but changed her opinion when she knew the price of using animus magic after visiting the Kingdom of Sea.
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| *She has a pet sloth named Silver, one of the few dragons mentioned to own a pet. Some of the others are Smolder, Winter (for a short period of time), and quite a few RainWings.
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| *She is one of two PoVs to have a pet during her book.
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| *On the cover of ''The Hidden Kingdom'', Glory does not have a strip of wing membrane that the RainWings should have. The spikes going down her back don't go to the tip of her tail either, as shown in the guide.
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| *Glory is descended from the original line of RainWing queens.
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| *She is the first character in the series to challenge a queen for the throne.
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| *She is the second known descendant of the original Royal RainWing family (The first being [[Ex-Queen Grandeur|Grandeur]]).
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| *In ''Moon Rising,'' Glory is found to throw up an instinctive "shield" around her mind when uncomfortable, doing the same with her scales, to hide her emotions.
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| *Glory is the only queen who rules two tribes (the RainWings and NightWings).
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| *It was confirmed in a live video chat with [[Tui T. Sutherland]] that Glory and Deathbringer are dating.
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| *Glory's grouchiness appears to have come from her lack of suntime during her time under the mountain.
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| *Glory mentions in ''The Hidden Kingdom'' that Scarlet fed her pineapple during her entrapment.
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| *Tui was originally going to have Clay have a crush on Glory, then decided it wouldn't work.
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| *She is the first known queen to ascend to the throne without killing the previous queen, along with [[Queen Pearl]] and [[Queen Snowfall]].
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| *Glory might have been named after the flower Morning Glory.
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| == Gallery ==
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| ===Canon===
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| {{Gallery Hider/start}}
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| <gallery>
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| GloryFull.png|Glory on the full cover of ''[[The Hidden Kingdom]]''
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| Book 3.jpg|Glory on the US cover of ''The Hidden Kingdom''
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| 1407147803.jpg|Glory on the UK cover of ''The Hidden Kingdom''
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| GloryTemplate.png|Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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| Typical RainWing by Sassy the Beagle.jpg|A typical RainWing (colored), by [[Joy Ang]]
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| RainTransparent.png|A typical RainWing (lineart), by [[Joy Ang]]
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| RainWingGer.jpg|A typical RainWing from the German publication, by [[Max Meinzold]]
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| </gallery>
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| {{Gallery Hider/end}}
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| ===Fan Art===
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| {{Gallery Hider 2/start}}
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| <gallery navigation="true">
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| Day 3 - Glory.png|By xTheDragonRebornx
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| Queen glory by xthedragonrebornx-daaq9cp.jpeg|By xTheDragonRebornx
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| Glory x Deathbringer.jpg|By xTheDragonRebornx
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| A924d4c781b2e3dfa24bbbf79e42ce5a.jpg|Shiny Queen by Chrispy Cookie|link=http://chrispycookie.deviantart.com/art/Shiny-Queen-586090199
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| Glory ref.png|By Velociapioca
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| Glory Ref.png|By QueenClam
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| Glorybyember.jpg|By Snowblast
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| Glorybringer .png|By Soulseeker
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| ThenextGlorybyAlaska.png|By Alaska
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| Glorynoperc13.png
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| Glory animated.gif
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| Death + Glory.jpg|By liighty
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| Glory of the RainWings.jpeg|By Tapey10
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| GloryQC.png|By QueenClam
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| day_three__glory_the_rainwing_by_ledzeppelingirl-db37ggb.jpg|Glory by Malice the NightWing|link=http://ledzeppelingirl.deviantart.com/art/Day-Three-Glory-the-RainWing-670514699
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| court_of_900_by_realtense-db0dmfc.jpg|court of 900 by RealTense
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| project_glorybringer_by_farencry-da455tk.jpg|Project Glorybringer by FarenCry
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| let_the_games_begin_by_realtense-db4lea5.png|let the games begin by RealTense
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| Now my favorite nopeerosity.JPG|By Windwalker45
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| glory_by_88aurora88-da49rzl.jpg|Glory by 88Aurora88
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| c717047cf9fceb30f8b81173d4ca848f-d8o58ew.png|magic rain forest by stArchaeopteryx
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| glorybringer_by_lowdetail-db0ibwa.png|Glorybringer by LowDetail
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| Glory The rainwing.png|Queen Glory in all of her ''gloriousness''.|link=http://tomato-power.deviantart.com/art/Glory-The-Rainwing-675524010?ga_submit_new=10%3A1492466593
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| she_brings_me_glory_by_light_star_does_art-dapp8ri.png|She Brings Me Glory by light-star-does-art|link=http://hobsyllwinsflame.deviantart.com/art/She-Brings-Me-Glory-647829918
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| glorybringerbytrunswicked.jpg|Glorybringer by Trunswicked on Pinterest
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| we_ll_never_set_like_the_sun__glorybringer_by_vision_seeker-dar3ebq.jpg|We'll Never Set Like The Sun- Glorybringer by Vision-Seeker|link=http://vision-seeker.deviantart.com/art/We-ll-Never-Set-Like-The-Sun-Glorybringer-650169926
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| d_a_d_glory_day_3_by_vision_seeker-das6xdi.png|D.a.d Glory-day 3 by Vision-Seeker|link=http://vision-seeker.deviantart.com/art/D-a-d-Glory-day-3-652014198
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| the_hateful_lovers_by_deva_rays-dargvty.jpg|The hateful lovers by Deva-rays|link=http://deva-rays.deviantart.com/art/The-hateful-lovers-650799142
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| glory_the_rainwing_by_drawgonite-da3i4as.jpg|Glory The Rainwing by Drawgonite|link=http://drawgonite.deviantart.com/art/Glory-The-Rainwing-610545988
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| glory_by_capybaraart-da8h6ex.jpg|Glory by CapybaraArt|link=http://capybaraart.deviantart.com/art/Glory-618900153
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| all_hail_to_the_queen_by_juliagoldfox-db96m4v.png|All hail to the queen by JuliaGoldfox|link=http://www.deviantart.com/art/All-hail-to-the-queen-680553103
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| fanart__glory_by_jmyq-d9vqhdg.jpg|Fanart: Glory by JmyQ|link=http://jmyq.deviantart.com/art/Fanart-Glory-597499252
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| glory_by_psychokittypants-db3urt9.jpg|Glory by PsychoKittyPants|link=http://psychokittypants.deviantart.com/art/Glory-671602509
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| </gallery>
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