Grandeur

"We used to keep track of the royal eggs, but my daughters were useless, so we merged our eggs with the tribe's, hoping to find successors who were queens in spirit, if not blood. There were a few who might have been great if they'd ever tried for the throne, but the truth is, I've never found a dragonet who both wanted to be queen and deserved to be. Until now."

— Grandeur to Glory, The Hidden Kingdom

Template:Charbox Ex-Queen Grandeur is an elderly female RainWing who appeared as a minor character in The Hidden Kingdom and served as queen of the RainWings before reluctantly giving the throne up to RainWing volunteers. Of the six RainWing queens who ruled before Queen Glory come to visit, she was the only queen who was a descendant of the original RainWing royal family.

Appearance

During the Royal RainWing Challenge, Grandeur was described as being a pale lavender color. Her ruff was an indignant pale orange and her scales glittered like tiny dewdrops. She had eyes that looked half-asleep, and she wore a sour expression. Glory mentioned that she was the only one of the RainWing queens that gave off a queenly aura.

Biography

The Hidden Kingdom

During the contest to determine the queen, Grandeur participated in the venom accuracy test. She was one of the only two RainWing queens who made no known attempt to cheat during her event (the other being Ex-Queen Fruit Bat), as she was sure she would win, and was truthful in the claim.

Towards the end of the venom targeting, a sloth tumbled out of the trees and in front of the target board. Kinkajou dove forward to push it out of the way, so instead of hitting the sloth, Grandeur's venom accidentally hit the young dragonet's wing. Glory, desperate, quickly did a venom test on a leaf (in the graphic novel, they use the corner of the target paper,) with the queen to see if she could save Kinkajou. When the venom matched, Glory used her venom to counteract Grandeur's. After realizing that Glory was a descendant from the line of ancient RainWing queens, Grandeur forfeited, allowing Kinkajou to be awarded victory in the venom spitting event and for Glory to become queen. She believed in the royal family, which the RainWings had abolished many years ago because, as Grandeur claims, her daughters were "useless". She also respected Glory enough to believe that she would do well as a queen, influencing her choice to give the throne to the dragonet.

In addition, she later told the other queens that Glory would indeed be a better queen than any of them, not caring what their opinions were. She told them she had only "allowed them to be queen in hopes that the experience may transform them to be worthy of the throne", which they were not.

The Dark Secret

When Starflight dreamvisited Kinkajou, Grandeur was watching her.

Grandeur was one of the few RainWings that actually acted like the other dragon tribes (not giggly and foolish) under stress. She was close to Glory (who trusts her with much responsibility as her personal advisor to the throne) and was a big help in activities of importance, such as battle planning. Grandeur and Liana were usually working together in Glory's command.

Grandeur helpfully freed the RainWings using a spear during the attack on the NightWings.

The Brightest Night

Grandeur was a big help to Glory while organizing the NightWings when they sought to refuge in the rainforest. She and Mangrove were later left in charge of the rainforest while Glory attended the peace summit at Burn's Stronghold.

Family Tree

More

Jacaranda

Several Generations

Grandeur

Several Dragons

Quickstrike

Unknown

Jambu

Glory

Deathbringer

Firefly

    = Possible timeline

Quotes

"I know she'll be a better queen than you." - To Magnificent

"Behold! Your new queen! Queen Glory of the RainWings!" - Introducing Glory as the new queen of the RainWings.

"I forfeit. Kinkajou wins." - In The Hidden Kingdom after Kinkajou is injured.

"It's my throne anyway. I have merely tolerated all of you on it because I thought experience might transform you into worthy queens." - Talking to the (now) ex-queens.

"I do, because it means that you are descended from the original line of RainWing queens, and so I am not the last one worthy of the throne after all."

"I don't know! I haven't had any eggs in decades. I haven't tried matching venom with anyone in so long. I don't think there's anyone related to me anymore."

"We used to keep track of the royal eggs, but my daughters were useless, so we merged our eggs with the tribe's, hoping to find successors who were queens in spirit, if not blood. There were a few who might have been great if they'd ever tried for the throne, but the truth is, I've never found a dragonet who both wanted to be queen and deserved to be. Until now." - To Queen Glory

"Listen! Your new queen is speaking!" - To the NightWings.

"I remember when we actually needed our camouflage, to protect ourselves from invading dragons. It wasn't a game back then. It was what we had to do to survive." -To Handsome.

"I remember when we used to use our camouflage to hide from our enemies."

"I could do it. Attack another dragon with my venom, I mean, for the sake of my tribe. But I agree, the others would have trouble."

"All clear."

"What a nightmare." -About the NightWing island.

Trivia

• Prior to The Hidden Kingdom, it was stated to have been a long time since Grandeur had dragonets, which may indicate that dragons can grow too old to have offspring.
• Grandeur is, by far, the oldest of the known queens of Pyrrhia.
• She is one of the oldest RainWings, too, though Tapir or Handsome might be older.
• She is old enough to remember when RainWings actually had to use their camouflage and venom on other dragons. This probably means other tribes used to attack the RainWings for land.
• It also shows that the RainWing abandonment of traditional kingdom priorities and families weren't too long ago.
• Grandeur is shown in the books to have a color preference to light purple or silver.
• Grandeur is the noun form of grand.
• She is one of the oldest named dragons in the series.
• In the minigame Speed Wings on Scholastic's Home Base, Grandeur is a playable character, alongside Kinkajou, Ex-Queen Magnificent, Ex-Queen Exquisite, Tamarin, and Mango.
• Although RainWings are shown to have 4 segments along their ruffs, the graphic novels depict RainWings to have only 3 segments. Grandeur is shown to have 4 segments along her ruff, unlike the other RainWings in the WoF GN series. This occurance might be intentionally added, becuase of her age, or an accident.
• Grandeur is the only one of two queens to not be a minor antagonist, the other being Ex-Queen Splendor.

Gallery

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  A typical RainWing (colored), by Joy Ang
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  A typical RainWing (lineart), by Joy Ang
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  A typical RainWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold
• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
• Art by Hrrdragons99
  Art by Hrrdragons99
• By Congela
  By Congela
• "I know she will be a better queen than you." Drawing in color
  "I know she will be a better queen than you." Drawing in color
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• Grandeur by Heron
  Grandeur by Heron
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  Grandeur
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  Overview of grandeur
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  Sorry about bad quality!
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  Ex-Queen Granduer by Leafpool102
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  RainWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
• Grandeur by Ta-ak
  Grandeur by Ta-ak
• Ex-Queen Grandeur (back) pictured with Tamarin by IceOfWaterflock
  Ex-Queen Grandeur (back) pictured with Tamarin by IceOfWaterflock
• Ex-Queen Grandeur headshot by Iron-Zing
  Ex-Queen Grandeur headshot by Iron-Zing
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• Queen Grandeur
  Queen Grandeur
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  Grandeur as a racer in Speed Wings
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References

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