Mangrove

"I will try... for Orchid."

— Mangrove, The Hidden Kingdom

Template:CharboxMangrove is a male RainWing who is featured in The Hidden Kingdom. He and his partner, Orchid, are fruit gatherers for the tribe.

Appearance

When not displaying a particular emotion, his scales usually appear to be a shade of dark purple. He currently lives in the Rainforest Kingdom with Orchid.

Personality

Unlike the average RainWing, Mangrove is shown to be rather alert, irritable, and perceptive, and he noticed RainWings disappearing. It was stated he was grumpier than most RainWings, mainly because he never received as much suntime as the other RainWings. This started after Orchid disappeared, and he spent most of his time worrying about her.

Biography

The Hidden Kingdom

After Orchid went missing, Mangrove was heartbroken and quite determined to find her. He stood in line at Queen Magnificent's palace every day, waiting for his turn to tell the queen about the disappearances, though she always ignored him, suggesting that she was taking a long nap. Because of this, he often missed large portions of his suntime and was grouchier than normal, similar to Chameleon and Glory.

Mangrove appealing to Queen Magnificence

He reluctantly allows Glory as an audience with his discussion with Magnificent, where he expressed his problem yet again. When it became apparent to everyone that Queen Magnificent didn't intend to do anything about it, he volunteered to help Glory in looking for the "rainforest monster" as she made a suggestion for Bromeliad and Mangrove to have their audience together. The search leads to the discovery of a tunnel made by Stonemover that lead to the borders of the Kingdom of Sand and the hidden NightWing Kingdom. Thinking Orchid might be in the latter, Mangrove took off into the tunnel while the dragonets weren't looking. Glory and Jambu then disguised themselves as IceWings and found him hiding in Blaze's Fortress near the IceWing palace, camouflaged against the sand in Blaze's room. The siblings managed to rescue him, but not before running into Deathbringer. As Blaze arrived, Glory sent Jambu and Mangrove back to the safety of the rainforest.

Mangrove fruit-hunting for Glory's challenge

During the competition in which Glory tried to become queen, Glory picked Mangrove as part of her team. He participated in the fruit gathering contest and collected seventeen different fruits (including one that appeared to be newly discovered), beating Queen Dazzling, who originally had nineteen (through cheating by preparing beforehand), but ate three of them on the way back.

The Dark Secret

Starflight and Glory led an attack on the NightWings through the tunnel. There, they rescued Splendor, Orchid, the rest of the missing RainWings, and Deathbringer. Mangrove and Orchid reunited by locking tails, glowing pink with happiness. Mangrove introduced Orchid to Glory, who was immensely grateful for their new queen.

Orchid mentioned that she was feeling a rumbling in the earth, and Mangrove replied that it was like "all the happiness in us is trying to burst out". After that, he went off with Orchid back to the rainforest.

The Brightest Night

Mangrove and Jambu disguised themselves as IceWings to send a message to Blaze, asking her to attend the meeting at the Burn's Stronghold. He and Jambu later tell Glory that Blaze is not coming, and Mangrove states that it was because they know that Burn and Blister could both easily kill Blaze.

When Glory visited Burn's Stronghold at the end of the book, Mangrove and Grandeur are left in charge of the Rainforest Kingdom.

Quotes

"Complaining about something! I'll say! Something we should all be complaining about! My Orchid isn't the only one who's missing, you know!"

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"My partner, [...] Orchid. She's been missing for three weeks. I've asked the queen every day since then to send out a search party."

― to Glory, about why he is seeing Magnificent

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"At least twelve in the last year, including Orchid."

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"There could be totally different explanations, [...] I'm sure something terrible happened to Orchid."

― to Glory and Bromeliad

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"Not as far as I know. I noticed she was gone only when her turn came back around and she wasn't there. But I can guess when she went missing because her sloth found someone else to live with right around then."

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"Two dragons who were out venom training, [...] One of them was having trouble aiming his venom properly, so the other took him away from the village to practice, and neither of them came back."

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"Seven females, five males. Four dragonets under the age of seven. Kinkajou is three, so she'd be the youngest, and Tapir is the oldest; he's around a hundred and ten."

― about the missing RainWings

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"All right. You're right. I guess I've been neglecting my sun time since Orchid went missing, [...] I used to be as cheerful as everyone else, but I'm worried about her. [...] Trust me, Orchid was perfection in every scale. No one could possibly want to hurt her. [...] I don't really want to talk about this anymore right now."

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Trivia

• Glory seems to trust Mangrove more than most of the other RainWings, most likely because he is more alert and not as lazy as most RainWings.
• It is possible that Orchid and Mangrove had dragonets together, but we may never know because RainWings do not have families, only partners. See RainWings for more detail. 

Gallery

• 
  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
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  RainWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
• File:Screen Shot 2015-01-11 at 10.23.46 AM.png
• Mangrove finally finding 'his Orchid'
  Mangrove finally finding 'his Orchid'
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  By HeronLineart
• By Peril
  By Peril
• By Bone
  By Bone
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  Mangrove by Antlantic
• Missing Her by Meadowfoxx
  Missing Her by Meadowfoxx
• Mangrove by Ta-ak
  Mangrove by Ta-ak
• Mangrove headshot by Iron-Zing
  Mangrove headshot by Iron-Zing
• Mangrove by Icewing10
  Mangrove by Icewing10
• Mangrove from All Hail The Queen by JuliaGlodfox
  Mangrove from All Hail The Queen by JuliaGlodfox
• My Orchid by AzureOnTheInside
  My Orchid by AzureOnTheInside
• Mangrove (this DUDE) by Chamops
  Mangrove (this DUDE) by Chamops
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  Mangrove neglecting sun-time
• Mangrove the RainWing by VioletclawstheSeaWingIceWing
  Mangrove the RainWing by VioletclawstheSeaWingIceWing

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References

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