Nettle

Template:SpoilerTPJ Template:Charbox Nettle is a female LeafWing who appears in The Poison Jungle. She is the sister of Mandrake and the daughter of Wolfsbane.

Appearance 

She is mentioned to have green scales, like every other LeafWing. However, not much is said about her appearance.

Biography

The Poison Jungle

She is first seen with her father, Wolfsbane, watching her brother, Mandrake, attempt to kill a panther via plant manipulation. When the panther is killed, she is the first to guess Sundew's involvement. When Sundew's friends appear she is visibly angry and threatens to have them executed. Later, she is assigned to a mission with Sundew, Cricket, Bumblebee, Willow and Mandrake to go to the eye of jungle, the place where all of the Breath of Evil is quarantined. On the journey she starts a lot of arguments with Sundew and insists on being in the lead, which eventually leads to her falling off a cliff into a pitcher plant. Even after being rescued, Nettle remains uncooperative and arrogant about her own abilities, making fun of Sundew when she is caught in an actual sundew plant. When Hawthorn describes the secret behind Wasp's rise to power, she is furious and calls him and Queen Sequoia cowards. She helps Hawthorn carry the Breath of Evil antidote back to the SapWing village, then carries it alongside Cricket and Sundew to the front lines. She overhears Cricket and Sundew talking about Willow and comments that, although she doesn't understand how Sundew could ever fall for a SapWing, she's glad that Sundew won't be her sister-in-law. Nettle is ecstatic to be on the front lines and presumably inhaled smoke from the Breath of Evil.

Relationships

Mandrake

Mandrake is Nettle's younger brother. Often, she bosses him around, and gets aggravated with him easily.

Sundew

Nettle and Sundew dislike each other. Nettle says in The Poison Jungle "You get away with everything because you're Commander Belladonna's daughter and you're soooo special", implying her dislike of Sundew stems from the way everyone respects Sundew because of Sundew's mother and her powers, not because she earned it. Nettle also takes every opportunity to tell Sundew that she can do whatever Sundew is doing better. She doesn't understand how Sundew could fall for a SapWing but is glad they won't be sisters-in-law.

Cricket

Nettle hates Cricket for being a HiveWing, though by the end of the The Poison Jungle, her hateful remarks have slowed slightly. She refers to Cricket as an "ex-HiveWing" while talking to Hawthorn.

Quotes

• "Why? I could do it so much faster without any magical powers. And if we need the magic, we have Sundew." -To Wolfsbane about Mandrake's plant-manipulating powers.
• "Then we're all going to die." -To Wolfsbane about if Mandrake had to use his powers when Sundew wasn't around.
• "Uh-uh. No way. Sundew! Sundew, you can't fool me. I know you're here somewhere!" -In disbelief after seeing a thorn bush grow to strangle a panther.
• "Sounded like proof that I'm right. Come on out, Sundew!" -After hearing Bumblebee complain in hiding.
• "Who is that? Someone who doesn't know our jungle? Did you bring STRANGERS into our trees?" -To Sundew after seeing Blue, Cricket, Swordtail, and Bumblebee come out of hiding.
• "That doesn't make it all right! HiveWings in here?! What is wrong with you? Queen Wasp will be right behind them!" -To Sundew after seeing Blue, Cricket, Swordtail, and Bumblebee come out of hiding.
• "You get away with everything because you're Belladonna's daughter and you're soooo special [...] But you've gone too far this time, Sundew! No one will stand for this."
• "Fine. But I know what she'll say. We'll be back to execute your new pets!" -To Sundew about telling Belladonna about Blue, Cricket, Swordtail, and Bumblebee.
• "I think I should be in charge." -To Sundew.
• "But I'm the oldest, [...] So I have the most experience in the jungle and I have been training for a mission like this my whole life and I am a natural leader." -To Sundew.
• "You didn't even ask them! They might vote for me!" -To Sundew.
• "MANDRAKE, [...] TELL HER I SHOULD BE THE LEADER." -To Mandrake about Sundew.
• "I'm familiar with this area, too, [...] I've been scouting in SapWing territory since before Mandrake was born. I know every kind of tree around here."
• "ExCUSE me, [...] WHY are we taking a HATCHLING with us? A nasty HIVEWING hatchling, no less? Oh, is it because we're hoping something will eat her? A snack for the dragon traps, what a good idea."- Asking why Bumblebee is traveling with them through the Poison Jungle.
• "Mandrake! [...] Are you going to let her talk like that? If you don't stand up to her now, she's going to walk all over you when you're married!" -To Mandrake about Sundew.
• "Oh, REALLY, [...] Leave the jungle once and suddenly you're a HiveWing-loving traitor to the tribe. I should have seen this coming. I always--"
• "Get me out of here!"
• "GET ME OUT! GET ME OUT OF THIS THING!"
• "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? [...] ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?"
• "As if there's anywhere to go! [...] It's cramped and dark and things are stabbing me and this goo on my tail REALLY HURTS and..."
• "That took you long enough!"
• "I cannot BELIEVE this!"
• "As if YOU care! [...] Do NOT talk to me right now! I don't want anybody talking to me!"
• "I'll feed YOU and your stupid little STRIPED MONSTER to the bladderworts!"
• "I'm glad you're so fascinated, [...] Perhaps we could switch places, and your tribe could try growing up in a habitat where everything is trying to kill you."
• "Do you know anything?" 
• "So you could keep an eye on Sundew, of course."
• "No, I'LL fly across first! [...] I'm not scared, if that's what you think!"
• "That's right."
• "Isn't this amazing? [...] The great and wonderful Sundew trapped by an actual sundew?"
• "Attracts them? [...] Why would you want to do that?"
• "Blech, [...] I'm going to be sick."
• "I nearly got eaten, too, [...] and I didn't require a nap afterward."
• "That's fine, [...] I've killed hundreds of snakes. No problem.
• "You are all ridiculous, [...] Snakes are not scary."
• "Could you keep the racket down back there?"
• "I should wring its neck."
• "Stupid question. We obviously don't know, [...] Never seen snakes act like this."
• "Maybe he doesn't, [...] Maybe he's dead."
• "Why bother asking her? [...] I have a great idea. Let's kill them!"
• "I didn't need saving! [...] I was about to kill it myself!"
• "Same here."
• "Peace! Not even close, [...] This one's a bit of an ex-HiveWing, at least according to the morons who believe her.

Family tree

Wolfsbane

Unknown

Nettle

Mandrake

Trivia

• She is likely named after the stinging nettle plant, which contains chemicals in small hairs on its leaves that cause a stinging sensation when touched.
• Her name may be irony due to her snappy behavior that would make another dragon feel "stung" by her words.

Gallery

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  Leafwing
• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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  Nettle by fish
• A real stinging nettle plant
  A real stinging nettle plant
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  LeafWing sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
• Nettle fanart, by Chalcid
  Nettle fanart, by Chalcid