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=== [[The Hive Queen|''The Hive Queen'']] ===
=== [[The Hive Queen|''The Hive Queen'']] ===
Sundew first appeared when Cricket heard the sounds of another dragon in the caves where she and Blue, still in metamorphosis, were hiding. Cricket was terrified that the dragon could be another HiveWing, or worse, a mind-controlled one, but her fears were unfounded. Cricket was relieved and asked Sundew what had happened aboveground. Sundew explained she led the HiveWings "all the way to [[Lake Scorpion]]" before losing them and taking the long way back to the caves. She didn't find Luna, but she did find Swordtail, having likely hit a rock and passed out, and dragged his unconscious, seaweed-covered body into the cavern (Possibly the seaweed is how she carried him, as Swordtail is larger than her).
Sundew mentioned she understood his devotion to Luna, since she "has a one true love herself", but ignored Cricket's questions as to who and continued that Swordtail did leave her fighting two HiveWings alone. Sundew eventually snapped at Cricket, irritated by all the questions, so Cricket offered to get some water for Sundew's injury to make peace. She agreed and gave Cricket a kind of absorbing moss. Cricket was intimidated by the LeafWing's "scowly" expression and decided that "it would be safer to back away for a little while." Sundew then had Cricket use a berry from one of her pouches to wake up Swordtail, who she claimed was in no state to still be looking for Luna.
When Cricket and Swordtail were talking about Blue's flamesilk status, Sundew admitted her motives with Blue; to use him and his silk to burn down the Hives. Sundew, Cricket, and Swordtail then had a long argument about whether it was the right thing to do, with Swordtail taking sides with the LeafWing. Sundew called the Book of Clearsight "completely useless" because it couldn't tell them the future, and then told the others that she would rather have Luna with them, but that she'd settle for using Blue to destroy the HiveWings. Sundew believed that all the HiveWings (except Cricket, as she might have been growing fond of her) deserved to be killed for what they did to the LeafWings and their home. Sundew then tried to get more information about [[The Chrysalis]] out of Swordtail, who explained it was an organization of SilkWings who are "fighting (the HiveWings) for (their) freedom.” She agreed to go looking for the Chrysalis after Blue finished his Metamorphosis and try to find a way to defeat Queen Wasp's mind control powers. Eventually, the four reach the decision to find out how to stop Queen Wasp's mind control instead of slaughtering innocent dragons.
Sundew then went to talk with her parents to tell them where she’d been and what to do with the book. She requested more time to create a less violent plan of destroying the HiveWing kingdom than the one in effect (mass slaughter and destruction). After much argument, Belladonna and Hemlock relented, giving Sundew, Blue, Cricket, and Swordtail two days to make a plan.
Cricket suggested going to [[Jewel Hive]] to look for clues, as it was the closest Hive to the group, and the laid-back rules and security would allow them to remain undetected for longer. Once they arrived, Sundew once again disguised herself as a SilkWing (much to her chagrin) using gaudy fabrics. During their stay, the four made the water tower near [[Cadelle]]'s house their seat of operations.
At midnight on their first day, Sundew and the others met with The Chrysalis's Jewel Hive branch (though [[Tau |only]] [[Morpho |three]] [[Cinnabar |members]] were there), much to their surprise. Sundew told them about the LeafWIng plan to destroy the hives, and they jumped on the idea, to Cricket's distress.
Near the end of the book, Sundew met up again with Cricket. She watched [[Bumblebee]] hatch, and discerned what Queen Wasp's poison was made of by the dragonet's eggshell; a plant from the restricted greenhouse she and her parents hid in days earlier. When [[Bloodworm Hive]] was attacked by LeafWing forces, she used the chaos and destruction as a cover, having Blue destroy the greenhouse and thus Wasp's source of mind-control poison.


=== ''[[The Poison Jungle (Book)|The Poison Jungle]]'' ===
=== ''[[The Poison Jungle (Book)|The Poison Jungle]]'' ===

Revision as of 16:04, 12 February 2019

Template:QuoteBox Template:Charbox Sundew is a young female LeafWing and one of the four known living LeafWings, along with her mother Belladonna, her father Hemlock, and Willow. She helped Cricket and Blue steal the Book of Clearsight and is planning to overthrow Queen Wasp herself. At first, she disliked Blue, Luna, and Swordtail (and outright resented Cricket), but has grown closer to them over time. Sundew will be the main protagonist for book thirteen, The Poison Jungle.

Appearance

Sundew has a small[1] and wiry[2] body and a face similar to her mother, Belladonna. She has forest green[2] scales, with small gold scales speckled along the edges of her wings and talons and across her snout, and she wears several small pouches that contain numerous plants and bugs, most of which come straight from the Poison Jungle. The pouches are woven from long grass and fashioned from waterproof leaves[3].

Biography

The Lost Continent

Sundew appeared in the late half of the book, asking for her mother's permission to kill Blue, Cricket and Swordtail, then leave their bodies someplace outside the greenhouse, stating, "That will really scare those worms in the Hive." Her mother (Belladonna) immediately disagreed.

Sundew willingly accompanied Blue and Cricket to the Temple of Clearsight, to help them steal the Book of Clearsight. She used flower dye and wing-shaped leaves to disguise herself as a SilkWing, though the disguise was imperfect. It was still better than Blue's cracking paint, however. Before entering Wasp Hive, she defaced a carving of Queen Wasp, and as described in the book, "raked her claws across the queen's elegant snout." Cricket protested that the vandalism was unnecessary, but all Sundew said was, "Wait till I get to her actual face," implying that Sundew intends to rake off Wasp's face when they meet. In the Temple of Clearsight, she paralyzed several HiveWing guards from a distance with blow-darts similar to Hivewing nerve toxin. Sundew later fought the Librarian while the HiveWing was under Queen Wasp's mind control. Although The Librarian was bigger and stronger, Sundew broke her arm and nearly killed her before Cricket intervened. Sundew then freed the Librarian from mind control using bullet ants to bite the dragon, causing unbearable pain to her, and by extension, Queen Wasp, making her leave.

After the Librarian's room was surrounded by mind-controlled HiveWings, Sundew threw a smoke bomb made of waxy leaves to to distract Wasp and obscure her, Cricket, and Blue's escape with the Book. Instead of helping the wingless Blue fly away (relegating the job to Cricket and the Librarian), she fought against Wasp's drones with her organic weapons to buy them time.

In the ensuing chaos, Blue lost track of Sundew and didn't know if she or Cricket had escaped the Temple with the Book. However, they later made contact with Blue again, and Sundew revealed that she had escaped, and, using a tunnel system made by LeafWings, originally to find a way into the Hive from below, could rescue Blue and Luna, which she did by rapidly growing a plant and using its roots (proving she had the LeafWing ability to control plants) to punch a hole in the wall. She then led them through the tunnel to the sea.

When talking, Sundew said that she would probably go back to the LeafWings, to form a new plan to take down the HiveWings. However, when Luna and Swordtail were discovered by HiveWing soldiers, she leaped into the fight to protect them and ended up fighting alone. This was the last Blue saw of her before entering his Metamorphosis.

The Hive Queen

The Poison Jungle

More flying in soon...

Personality

Sundew was very aggressive and hot-blooded at first, but seemed to calm down as she grew closer to Blue, Swordtail, and Cricket. She appears to be very skilled in combat, as shown when she fought The Librarian in the Temple of Clearsight. She is an expert on using bugs and plants as weapons that can paralyze, cause pain, and knock dragons out, among other things.

She shows fierce animosity towards HiveWings due to what they did to her tribe, as well as SilkWings for submitting to Queen Wasp, calling them "subservient worms". She has said on multiple occasions that she wants all the HiveWings to suffer. However, she shows signs of having a better opinion of the tribe after her experiences with Luna, Swordtail, Cricket, Blue, and members of the Chrysalis. Sundew prefers not to do anything that would embarrass her in front of her tribe or her one true love (a LeafWing).

At the end of The Hive Queen, Sundew is shown displaying much kinder behavior. An example of this is when Blue sets the queen's greenhouse on fire, Sundew orders Swordtail to move the HiveWing guards away from the burning greenhouse so they wouldn't get hurt.

She seems to like dark colors and care about her appearance and what she is wearing, stating that she would rather wear a "midnight black or dark green" cloak when disguised.

Relationships

Cricket

Although Sundew claims to hate all HiveWings, she seems okay with Cricket and has actually expressed friendly affection for her at various times. She has mentioned that Cricket is "different" from the other HiveWings, possibly due to her insatiable curiosity. Cricket's company also seems to relax Sundew, as she seems more friendly and open than she did in The Lost Continent.

Bumblebee

Sundew dislikes Bumblebee, although she can't seem to stop the dragonet from clinging to her and messing with her, likely since she imprinted on Bumblebee due to being present at her hatching. It is possible the dragonet considers her, Blue, and Cricket her "parents".

Blue

Blue, like Cricket, believes that while Sundew may seem fierce on the outside, she really is sweet and kind on the inside. Sundew is constantly surprised by Blue, from his sister being a flamesilk to him standing up to Queen Wasp. She knows that Blue understands everyone (or at least tries to) and tries to hide her feelings from him that she believes are wimpy (for example, guilt and fear) to show that she is tough. Blue is her friend but tends to side with Cricket on many things, for example, like not setting all the Hives on fire.

Swordtail

Sundew considers Swordtail to be quite rash, yet has respect for him as of The Hive Queen. They tend to share the same destructive mindset and are similar in terms of personality. She understands his devotion to Luna, as she also has a lover.

Willow

Sundew mentions her several times, and it is conjectured that she might be a love interest.

Family Tree

LindenUnknown
BelladonnaHemlock
Sundew


Quotes

Trivia

  • Sundew is named after the carnivorous sundew plant.
  • Sundew will be the first LeafWing PoV in the series.
  • Sundew is the only one in her family who is not named after a poisonous plant, but rather a carnivorous one.
  • Sundew is the first character who demonstrated the "unusual control over plants" that some LeafWings were rumored to have.
  • Sundew claims to "not do sparkles" despite the fact that she's covered in gold flecks that Cricket compares to sparkles.
  • In the cover of The Poison Jungle, Sundew is depicted without her numerous pouches.Template:Character Info
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References

  1. ↑ The Lost Continent, page 223
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Lost Continent, page 168
  3. ↑ The Lost Continent, page 170


LeafWings
Queens

Present: Hazel • Sequoia
Historical: Zelkova

Other Dragons
(Present)

Belladonna • Bryony • Byblis • Cobra Lily • Hawthorn • Hemlock • Mandrake • Nettle • Odollam • Pokeweed • Sundew • Willow • Wolfsbane

Other Dragons
(Historical)

Linden • Maple

Kingdom

Eye of the jungle • Hawthorn's home • LeafSilk Kingdom • Poison Jungle • PoisonWing village • SapWing village

Kingdom
(Historical)

Dragon Ridge Academy • Southern forest palace

Society

Book of Clearsight • PoisonWings • SapWings • Tree Wars

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