'Belladonna'
is an adult female LeafWing who was introduced in The Lost Continent. She was the commander of the PoisonWings and
formerly under the control of the othermind. She is the daughter of
Linden, mother of Sundew, the partner of Hemlock, and currently resides
on Pantala dealing with HiveWings who are still loyal to Wasp. She has
the ability of leafspeak.

## Description

Belladonna has dark green scales of a lighter shade than Sundew's that
are dotted with patches of brown. She has sharp green eyes and strange
pale burn scars splattered across her talons and her forearms. She is
much taller than Sundew and has an air of authority about her. She wears
several small pouches that are woven from long grass or fashioned from
leaves.

## Personality

Belladonna is commanding, fierce, confident, stubborn, and aggressive.
Belladonna is sometimes shown to be surprisingly understanding, but in a
veiled, vague way. She is proud and impatient and will act upon many
things, even when Sequoia forbids her to. She would do almost anything
to get revenge. Belladonna often chooses deadlier beetles and insects to
put in her leaf-pouches. She is sometimes controlling of Sundew, going
so far as taking her friends prisoner, whom she does not even care
about. She also has a tendency to exaggerate, especially when it comes
to grand plans against Queen Wasp.

## Biography

### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left The Lost Continent

While planning out how to invade Wasp Hive, Blue and his
friends got captured by three LeafWings: Sundew, Hemlock, and
Belladonna. Belladonna forced Blue to tell her who they were, and what
they were doing here. After Blue confessed, Belladonna introduced
herself and her family to him. When Blue told them that he and Swordtail
were fugitives, although Cricket was somewhat innocent, Belladonna
became intrigued and began to trace out a plan. Blue also told them that
they were there to rescue Luna, his stolen flamesilk sister, which made
all three LeafWings come up with a plan. Belladonna told Blue that they
knew where the flamesilk factory was and would rescue Luna if Blue and
Cricket would help them steal the Book of Clearsight. Cricket refused,
and Belladonna rushed over and seized her jaw, growling at her that she
had no right to refuse after everything her tribe had done to the
LeafWings. Then Belladonna, Hemlock, and Sundew pretended to rush off
into the foliage, leaving Blue, Cricket, and Swordtail to decide whether
or not to take their offer, although they secretly hid in the nearby
trees and eavesdropped on their conversation. Eventually, the decision
was made, and Blue, Cricket, and Sundew headed off to steal the Book.

Later, Sundew mentioned that her parents were still mad at her for
revealing the secret LeafWing tunnels, even though it was already
decided that the LeafWings could not use them.

left
The Hive Queen
Belladonna and
Hemlock were frequently mentioned to be working with their LeafWing
tribe on a secret LeafWing attack plan, which turned out to be the
Burning of Bloodworm Hive. Sundew took a piece of Blue's flamesilk to
give her parents for the Burning of Bloodworm Hive.

left The Poison Jungle

Belladonna appeared after Sundew arrived at the PoisonWing
village, furious for bringing Cricket and Bumblebee, the "enemies," in.
She then started arguing with Sundew as she explained everything she had
done while she was gone. After Sundew had left the village to secretly
see Willow, she was summoned by Queen Sequoia to fight against Queen
Wasp's forces. Belladonna was furious, arguing with both Sundew and the
Sequoia. She forced Sundew to take Mandrake and Nettle with her to the
Eye of the jungle.

Belladonna, Sequoia, and many PoisonWings, went to the edge of the
jungle for a battle against the HiveWing army, but instead fell under
the othermind's control.

left
The Dangerous Gift
Belladonna was
briefly mentioned by Swordtail when he remembered how the breath of evil
infected the LeafWings. She was mentioned again when Bryony and Hemlock
discussed what was happening as they hid with all the SilkWings from
Bloodworm Hive near the abyss. During Sundew and Cobra Lily's argument,
Sundew snarls that despite how awful dragons like Belladonna and Nettle
were, she still wanted to save them from the othermind.

left
The Flames of Hope
Cottonmouth, who
was possessing a SilkWing at the time, taunted Sundew with the
possibility of seeing Belladonna again. Belladonna was mentioned to have
been in the fight against Moonwatcher, Qibli, Sundew, Lynx, Cricket and Bullfrog. After the othermind was defeated, she was
mentioned to be dealing with the HiveWings who wanted Wasp back.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World

Belladonna was mentioned by Sundew in her letter to Starflight regarding
the letters she found between Linden, Sequoia, and Belladonna.
Belladonna was mentioned multiple times by Linden and Sequoia in their
letters. Later, Belladonna became the writer and receiver of letters to
and from Sequoia following the death of her mother.

## Relationships

### Hemlock

While their relationship was just to create another leafspeak dragonet,
Belladonna seems to be close to Hemlock and trusts him, as he is seen
accompanying Belladonna during their mission to burn down the Hives.

### Sequoia

Belladonna is frustrated at Sequoia's refusal to attack the Hives but
collaborates with her to defend the remaining LeafWings. Sequoia
describes her as 'exhausting and annoying to work with' because of her
rebellious nature. Belladonna similarly does not respect Sequoia as
queen, refusing to bow down to her.

### Sundew

Despite being Sundew's mother, she does not act very maternal, possibly
because the only reason she and Hemlock hatched Sundew was to have more
stronger leafspeak dragons, in the tribe. Nevertheless, she wants her
daughter to make her proud by successfully carrying out plans, and
burning down enemies.

## Quotes

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, when the
LeafWings capture him, Swordtail, and Cricket
The Lost Continent
172

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If you want help finding your sister, all you have to do … is
steal the Book of Clearsight for us.
to Blue, Cricket, and
Swordtail The Lost Continent

176

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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 Lost Continent

173

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No? […] You don't say no to me, HiveWing. You have no right,
after everything your tribe has done to our homes and our dragons.

to Cricket The Lost Continent (book)|The Lost
Continent
179

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All we want is to level the wind currents. […] Do you really
think it's fair that the HiveWings have had this secret knowledge for so
long? That they've abused it to dominate and destroy other tribes? Do
you think that's what your precious Clearsight intended? […] Queen
Wasp has already read the whole thing. […] She probably even has a
copy somewhere, unless she's an idiot. We just want to read it, too.
Then we'll all know the same things; we'll have the same advance
information. The LeafWings won't have anything more than what the
HiveWings have had for generations. Equality. That's what we're looking
for.
to Blue, Cricket, and Swordtail about stealing the Book
of Clearsight The Lost Continent
179-180

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Make us proud. […] Do not fail. Remember this is what you
were hatched to do. Remember how evil they are. Let your rage carry you.

to Sundew, before she leaves with Hemlock
The Lost Continent
190

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You can't imagine we'd let a weapon like yours fall into our
talons and not use it. […] Try to think of what we're doing as
'freeing your tribe' rather than 'killing the other one.' Does that
help?
to Blue, about flamesilk
The Poison Jungle
55

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My daughter could escape and kill you all any time she wanted
to. […] The only reason she hasn't yet is she's trying to infuriate
me.
to Swordtail, Blue, and Cricket
The Poison Jungle
129

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I'm sure she tried. […] Probably doesn't work on a superior
species like LeafWings.
about the breath of evil, and Queen
Wasp controlling LeafWings The Poison Jungle (book)|The Poison
Jungle
148

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Just a moment. […] I'm not letting my daughter stroll off on
a suicide mission with only these two … these two strangers alongside
her. […] I insist they take two of my dragons with them.

about Sundew, Cricket, and Willow going to the Eye of the jungle

The Poison Jungle
153