Belladonna

Template:QuoteBox Template:Charbox Commander Belladonna is an adult female LeafWing who was first introduced in The Lost Continent. She is the commander of the PoisonWings and currently resides in the Poison Jungle. She is currently infected by The Othermind.

Appearance

Belladonna has light green scales with patches of brown, sharp green eyes, and strange pale burn scars scattered across her talons and up her forearms. She is much taller than Sundew and has an air of authority about her, and she wears several small pouches woven from long grass or fashioned from leaves.

Personality

Belladona is confident, bossy and aggressive. Although she is a mother, she isn’t very parenting, possibly because the only reason she had Sundew was to have more LeafSpeaking dragons in the tribe. Belladonna is surprisingly understanding, as shown when Blue didn’t want to use his flame silk to burn down any more Hives, she gave ‘an almost pitying face’.[54] She is proud and impatient and will act upon many things, even when Queen Sequoia forbids her to.  Belladonna is a very fearsome dragon, often choosing more deadly beetles and insects to put in her leaf-pouches. 

Biography

The Lost Continent

While planning out how to invade Wasp Hive, Blue and his team get captured by three LeafWings: Sundew, Hemlock, and Belladonna. Belladonna forces Blue to tell her who they are, and what they are doing here. After Blue confesses, Belladonna introduces herself and her family to him. When Blue tells them that he and Swordtail are fugitives, although Cricket is somewhat innocent, Belladonna becomes intrigued and begins to trace out a plan. Blue also tells them that they were there to rescue Luna, his stolen flamesilk sister, which makes all three LeafWings come up with a plan. Belladonna tells Blue that they know where The Flamesilk Factory is, and will rescue Luna if Blue and Cricket will help them steal the Book of Clearsight. Cricket refuses, and Belladonna rushes over and seizes her jaw, growling at her that she has no right to refuse after everything her tribe has done to the LeafWings. Then Belladonna, Hemlock, and Sundew pretend to rush off into the foliage, leaving Blue, Cricket, and Swordtail to decide whether or not to take their offer, although secretly the LeafWings hide in the nearby trees and eavesdrop on their conversation. Eventually, the decision is made, and Blue, Cricket, and Sundew head off to steal the Book.

Later, Sundew mentions that her parents are still mad at her for revealing the secret LeafWing tunnels, although it was already decided that the LeafWings couldn't use them.

The Hive Queen

Belladonna and Hemlock are frequently mentioned to be working with their LeafWing tribe on a secret LeafWing attack plan, which turns out to be The Burning of Bloodworm Hive.

The Poison Jungle

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Quotes

• "Good. [...] Did they break the web on the door?" -To Hemlock
• "Useful of them." -To Hemlock about some guards rebuilding the web on the door to the greenhouse
• "Who are you, [...] and what are you doing here? [...] Two SilkWings with a HiveWing. Do you work for her?" -To Blue.
• "Don't be so literal, Hemlock." -To Hemlock
• "You. Tell me your names." -To Blue, Cricket, and Swordtail
• "Trying to keep secrets won't do any good at this point, [...] I only see two ways for this to end: with you all helping us, or dead. In the former case, it'll be much easier if we know your names. Or we could skip to the latter case right now." -To Blue
• "Sundew, [...] Save that for later. Corpses lying around will notify the queen we're here, which would make our mission harder. Remember?" -To Sundew about killing Blue, Cricket, and Swordtail
• "The queen wants you dead? Why?" -To Blue
• "A helpful HiveWing? [...] That does sound like a useful dragon to know." -To Cricket
• "If you are trying to hide from Queen Wasp, [...] what are you doing in her greenhouse?" -To Blue
• "Aha, [...] It seems, [...] that we can be of use to one another after all." -To Blue
• "You see, [...] we know where the flamesilks are." -To Blue
• "We can take you to their prison, [...] We can even help you sneak in to rescue your sister. You just have to do one thing for us first." -To Blue
• "You don't have to, [...] We're not here to attack the Hive or fight any dragons, no matter what your queen's propaganda says about us. We're here for one little thing, and since we've been having quite a lot of trouble figuring out how to accomplish our goal, I think you've come along just in the nick of time. A desperate SilkWing and a helpful HiveWing are just what we need." -To Blue
• "If you want our help finding your sister, [...] all you have to do... is steal the Book of Clearsight for us." -To Blue

Family Tree

Linden

Unknown

Belladonna

Hemlock

Sundew

 Trivia

• A belladonna is a type of poisonous plant that is commonly known as deadly nightshade. Its leaves and berries are extremely toxic to any living thing that ingests them.
• Belladonna was the first named LeafWing to ever physically appear in the series.
• The burn scars on her forearms might be flamesilk burn scars, even though no other time is mentioned in which Belladonna managed to acquire a bit of flamesilk. It might also be a corrosion burn from a poisonous jungle plant. 

Gallery

• 
  A typical LeafWing, by Joy Ang
• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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  LeafWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
• A real belladonna plant
  A real belladonna plant
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  Belladonna

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References

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