Nettle

Nettle is an adult female LeafWing who was introduced in The Poison Jungle. She is the daughter of Wolfsbane and the sister of Mandrake, and is most likely under the control of the othermind.

Appearance 

Nettle has green scales.

Personality

Nettle is often arrogant, bossy, and rude, often believing her opinion to be the best. Like most of the other PoisonWings, she hates the HiveWings for almost wiping out the LeafWings. She seems to think very highly of herself and believes that she is a natural leader.

Biography

The Lost Continent Prophecy

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, calling into the trees for her to come out. 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 the 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 the other dragon 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 Sequoia cowards. She helps Hawthorn carry the 'heart of salvation' "antidote" back to the SapWing village, and then to the front lines. She overhears Cricket and Sundew talking about Willow and comments that, although she does not 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, which most likely got her under the othermind's control when Blue burned all of the breath of evil roots.

Relationships

Mandrake

Mandrake is Nettle's younger brother. She often bosses him around, and gets annoyed with him easily. She seems to think that he doesn't deserve his leafspeak, and that she could to better if she had it instead.

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 that her dislike of Sundew stems from her belief that others respect Sundew because of her mother's political power and her leafspeak, not because she earned it. Nettle takes every opportunity to tell Sundew that she can do whatever Sundew is doing better than her. She does not understand how Sundew could fall for a SapWing, but is glad that they will not be sisters-in-law. She seems to suspect her and Willow's relationship before it becomes obvious to others, and has tried to get Mandrake more involved with Sundew.

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 "kind of an ex-HiveWing" while talking to Hawthorn.

Wolfsbane

Nettle teams up with her father to pick on Mandrake, and were first seen together. She often talks over him, loudly suggesting ideas, possibly trying to please him, which he almost always turns down. They seem to have a slightly better relationship than Sundew does to her parents, showing that not all PoisonWing parents are completely hostile to their children, although that seems to be the theme.

Family Tree

Wolfsbane

Unknown

Nettle

Mandrake

Quotes

"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

---

"But I'm the oldest, [...] So I have the most experienced in the jungle and I have been training for a mission like this my whole life and I am a natural leader."

― to Sundew

---

"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

---

"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―"

― to Sundew

---

"I didn't need saving! [...] I was about to kill it myself!"

― about being saved from the viper

---

"I understand that someone's been lying to us! And keeping things from us! [...] I may not understand what those exact things are, but I know that I'm angry about it!"

― to Hawthorn

---

"I figured it out, too, [...] I don't understand falling for a SapWing at all or when that could have possibly happened, but I also don't care, and as far as I'm concerned, not having you for a sister-in-law would be a stellar development."

― to Sundew, about Willow

Gallery

• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing