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 explaining the case with RainWing queens to Glory in The Hidden Kingdom.
Template:Infobox Character Grandeur is an elderly, female RainWing and was one of the six RainWings that took turns ruling the tribe. She is the only one out the six that have descended from the original line of RainWing queens, and one of three known. She is, in some way, related to Queen Glory and Prince Jambu, as well as her three unnamed daughters that Grandeur deemed "useless" for ruling, who also descended from royalty. Grandeur was one of the six queens that took turns ruling the Rainforest Kingdom, during the events of The Hidden Kingdom. Glory describes Grandeur as the only RainWing queen who acted royal, as she seemed regal and emitted a queenly aura. Kinkajou told Glory that Grandeur only held audience with her subjects once a week for an hour. She is very old, but her age has not been revealed.
Biography
During the contest to determine the queen, Grandeur participated in the venom accuracy test. She was the only RainWing queen who did not attempt to cheat during her event besides Fruit Bat, for she was sure she would win, and she was truthful.
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, but Queen Grandeur's venom accidentally hit the young dragonet's wing. Glory quickly did a venom test on a leaf with the queen to see if she could save Kinkajou, and used her venom to counteract Queen Grandeur's. After realizing that Glory was descended 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, saying "We don't do families".
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 one of them would be worthy - which they were not.
Grandeur is one of the few RainWings that actually acted like the other dragon tribes (not giggly and foolish) under stress. She is close to Glory (who trusts her with much responsibility) and a big help in activities of importance such as battle planning. Grandeur and Liana are usually working together in Glory's command.
Grandeur helped free the RainWings with a spear during the attack on the NightWings.
Grandeur helped Glory organize the NightWings when they fled to the rainforest. She and Mangrove were later left in charge of the rainforest while Glory attended the peace summit at Burn's Stronghold.
Appearance
During the Royal RainWing Challenge, Grandeur was a pale lavender. Her ruff was an indignant pale orange and her scales glittered like tiny dewdrops. Her eyes looked half-asleep, and she wore a sour expression. Glory mentions that she was the only one of the queens that gave off a queenly aura.
Quotes
"I know she'll be a better queen than you." -To Magnificent
"Behold! Your new queen! Queen Glory of the RainWings!"
"I forfeit. Kinkajou wins."
"It's my throne anyway. I have merely tolerated all of you on it because I thought experience might transform you into worthy 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!"
"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."
"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."
Trivia
- Prior to The Hidden Kingdom, it was stated to have been a long time since Grandeur had dragonets.
- Grandeur is the oldest of the queens.
- She is old enough to remember when RainWings actually had to use their camouflage. This probably means other tribes used to attack the RainWings for land.
- Grandeur is shown in the books to have a color preference to light purple or silver.
- Grandeur means to have a high rank of importance.
Gallery
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A typical RainWing (colored), by Joy Ang -
A typical RainWing (lineart), by Joy Ang -
A typical RainWing from the German publication, by Max Meinzold -
Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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Art by Hrrdragons99
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"I know she will be a better queen than you." Drawing in color
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Grandeur by Heron
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Grandeur -
Overview of grandeur -
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Grandeur by xTheDragonRebornx
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Ex-Queen Granduer by Leafpool102 -
RainWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing -
by xTheDragonRebornx and how she imagines Grandeur
