#queen glory

I wanted to give glory somewhat muted purple colors because of her time under the mountain, and also because I don't like that she's usually drawn with the same colors as the original cover in most of her depictions.

I hope to go over it in a series of tribe-headcanon posts, but I think that Rainwings would all hatch greenish and have an individual theme to their colors/patterns that develops as they grow and use certain colors/patterns more than others, but that would still be malleable to the Rainwings' mood and surroundings in the moment

I might change this up and add some more green hues because I plan to redraw it with a background and stuff sometime. I thought a flower crown might be nice, something that Tamarin or Kinkajou made for her.

Uhh, canon critical ramble

As a side note, I really don't like that she ended up queen, and I especially didn't like that she ended up being related to royalty. It felt like it cheapened the moral. It's weird that an inexperienced outsider with no understanding of the tribe's culture or the everyday life of most dragons took control of not just one, but two tribes.

Despite the way their culture is weirdly demeaned in the books (as lazy and apathetic) they're kinda the happiest and most functional tribe. Their society obviously works on the basis of community cooperation and it feels cheap that their leadership is depicted as apathetic by the books. It looks like a thrown in plot-convenient reason for glory to take over and replace their unique system with the same monarchy that every other tribe in canon has, when that obviously isn't making the other tribes happier or more functional.

gloryyy

Queen Glory

the circumstances that lead to Glory becoming a Dragonet of Destiny are a little different in my AU

The short of it: it was part of a conspiracy for Magnificent to steal the Rainforest Throne

The Long of It:

When the NightWings were bargaining for eggs for their prophecy, they got all but 1 that they needed.

Clay, from Asha who deeply believed in the prophecy

Sunny, after catching Stonemover and Thorn attempting to run away together and using her to keep Stonemover in line

Starflight, who was readily handed over by his parents who wished to see their class standing raised

and Tsunami, through bargaining with the Sea Queen and King during a time of desperation for them

Problem. All attempts to trade, bargain, plead, or even kidnap a SkyWing egg for the prophecy proved fruitless. Scarlet refused to trade or bargain for it, having a vested interest to keep the war going. And there were no viable SkyWing eggs that they could bargain for in the Talons of Peace.

So the Brightest Night comes, and the four they have hatch. But they need a fifth. And in their desperation, a few members of the NightWing Court concoct the idea: hey, RainWings can change color can't they? What if we tried substituting with a RainWing egg?

While Morrowseer was very displeased by this, they didn't have much of a choice at that point so he greenlit a few NightWings to bargain for a RainWing egg.

When the NightWings came to the Rainforest Kingdom, Queen Grandeur was unavailable, having been ill and bedridden for at least a week or more at that point. In her stead was Acting Queen and Royal Advisor, Magnificent. And Magnificent was oddly keen to pawn off a newly hatched RainWing, Glory, to them. A minor noble's child, she had claimed. The NightWings thought it odd but chalked it up to good fortune for them and left without any further questions.

What they didn't know was that Glory was in fact Princess Glory, daughter to Grandeur's son Prince Honor. Up until Glory, Grandeur had no surviving daughters or nieces, and was heirless. Her health was failing her, and many believed she may die soon. To which Grandeur declared that if she died with no heir, the throne would go to Magnificent, who was the closest (albeit still distantly) related to the royal family.

Glory actually hatched earlier than she should have. She was not predicted to hatch on the Brightest Night, and such came out small and sickly. There was much fear and concern over the health of the newborn princess, so soon after her father saw her hatch, she was whisked away to the medical canopy.

It was around this time, while still sick and under extreme care, that Magnificent pawned her off to the NightWings. The morning after they came, she tearfully announced the supposed passing of the young princess to a distraught Prince Honor and Queen Grandeur. Grandeur's health, already not the best, noticeably worsened at this news.

yay