'Glory' is an adult female RainWing and the main protagonist of The Hidden Kingdom. Formerly a
dragonet of destiny, she was also partially responsible for the end of
the War of SandWing Succession and the founding of Jade Mountain
Academy.

After the events of the NightWing Exodus, Glory became queen of both the
NightWing and RainWing tribes. She resides in the RainWing village and
is currently in a relationship with Deathbringer.

## Description

Glory has green eyes and brilliant, color-changing scales that are dull
and mousy in comparison to those of other RainWings. She has soft wings,
feathery ears, a long body, tail, neck, and a long, delicate snout. She
is often considered very beautiful and elegant.

Unlike most RainWings, Glory tries to keep her scales from showing
emotions. Therefore, she is usually seen with dark emerald green scales
and flares of orange around her ears and the underside of her wings.
This is because she likes them to match the leaves around her and the
Rainforest Kingdom|rainforest she lives in.

## Personality

Glory is often depicted as teasing, sarcastic, cross, snide,
intelligent, fierce, firm, sniping, and arch. When Moonwatcher suggested
that Glory return to the RainWing village for her safety while they
searched for Icicle, she snorted as though she was sure she could handle
anything. She has a steely ferocity about her, and Deathbringer
described her as reckless. She is thoughtful and fair. Queen Glacier
stated that she was an unusual queen for choosing a path toward peace
and cooperation over clear and simple vengeance. Although she did not
seem to be bothered by the memory of using her venom to attack Scarlet,
she is unwilling to use her venom on dragons who are unable to fight
back. She often refuses to take orders from anyone, and Tsunami once
regarded her to be the least trustworthy and most dangerous out of the
dragonets of destiny. She speaks for herself, and the RainWing color for
happiness does not often appear on her scales.

Upon meeting Winter, she beckoned him to walk beside her as an equal and
greeted him as visiting royalty. According to Qibli, she is well-known
for being a fair and kind queen and took her responsibilities as ruler
of the NightWings seriously, being unwilling to release Icicle to
Winter's custody without confirmation that the IceWing princess would be
punished for her murder of a NightWing guard. It is hard to figure out
what she truly wants, but Moonwatcher stated that she would not want
enchanted obedience or fake love from her NightWing subjects. She used
to believe she could do everything by herself, but that changed after
the RainWing royal challenge.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The Dragonet
Prophecy
After Burn smashed the original Unnamed
characters#SkyWings|SkyWing egg intended for The Dragonet Prophecy and killed its carrier, Hvitur, Webs
stole Glory's egg from the Rainforest Kingdom as a last-minute
replacement, insisting that they had to have five dragonets for the
prophecy. He had gotten in trouble with Kestrel because it was not a
SkyWing egg and they supposedly could never complete The Dragonet
Prophecy with a RainWing.

Six years later, Morrowseer visited their cave to inspect the dragonets.
He was disgusted upon seeing a RainWing included in the prophecy instead
of a SkyWing and later ordered the three Talons of Peace#Guardians of
the Dragonets|guardians to kill Glory before the next morning. Kestrel
was assigned to kill Glory and had Tsunami chained up on the excuse of
the SeaWing being the only one who could stop her. Although Tsunami and
Glory protested, Clay decided to use the river to escape.

Soon after Clay and Tsunami opened the boulder covering the entrance of
the cave their friends were in, Scarlet confronted them, and was led to
their cave by a smoke signal meant to help Clay and Tsunami find their
way back. Webs fled down the river while Dune was killed by Scarlet, and
the others were imprisoned and taken to the Sky Kingdom. There, Clay,
Starflight, and Tsunami were forced to fight in Scarlet's gladiatorial
battles, while Glory was chained and displayed as artwork. Sunny was
kept inside the castle in a cage while they were in the Sky Kingdom,
though Peril mentioned that she was well-cared for.

When Fjord was moments away from killing Clay in the arena, Tsunami
attempted to jump off of her prison tower, unintentionally distracting
everyone while Glory sprayed lethal venom on Fjord's neck and face,
killing him in seconds.

Later, as Clay was fighting Peril in honor of the SkyWing
palace#SkyWing Arena|Champion's Shield, Glory shot her venom at the
right side of Scarlet's face, causing the spectators to flee and giving
Peril ample time to free the dragonets and aid them in escaping the
SkyWing palace|palace.

After rescuing Kestrel and Sunny, Glory suggested that Peril was
possibly their "wings of sky" and the prophecy's true SkyWing, which
Clay eagerly discussed with Peril. Glory felt unwanted and formed a plan
with Tsunami to test Clay's loyalty; later that night, Tsunami woke Clay
and pretended that Glory had run away to the Rainforest Kingdom. Clay
insisted that they abandon their plans to travel to the Mud Kingdom and
meet his family until they found Glory again; Glory then realized that
Clay would never want her to leave, and revealed that she had not run
away.

Once the dragonets reached the outskirts of the Mud Kingdom, Glory,
disguising herself as a MudWing, volunteered to go with Clay while the
others waited near a small waterfall to avoid tribal tension. When Clay
met his mother, Cattail, they found out that she had sold his egg to the
Talons of Peace for at least two cows, and therefore did not care about
him at all. Whilst leaving the Mud Kingdom, Clay was confronted by a
group of five MudWings who turned out to be his siblings. Clay learned
that he should have been the group's bigwings. Reed offered to step down
and let Clay lead, but he refused, as he still needed to stop the war
and take care of his friends. Glory added that Clay could not be their
bigwings since he was the dragonets' bigwings.

Glory was also present when Starflight dropped in during Clay's speech
about finding their lost friend. She then accompanied the others on the
way to the Kingdom of the Sea in hopes of meeting Tsunami's family.

left The Lost Heir

While discussing what to do next, Glory and the others saw a SkyWing air
patrol scouting the area, probably looking for the dragonets themselves.
Glory camouflaged herself on the sand, Starflight and Sunny hid in the
nearby forest, and Tsunami dove into the ocean. After the majority of
the patrol moved on, Tsunami attacked a soldier in midair and knocked
him into the sea. With Clay's help, she pulled him to shore. Glory felt
angrily surprised at Tsunami's irrational behavior, but they eventually
set leaves over the guard's face before flying away.

Once the dragonets arrived at the Summer Palace, Glory and the others
were locked up in one of Coral's caves while Tsunami explored the
palace. The dragonets almost drowned in a flood in the dungeons, but
were freed by Tsunami and Riptide and brought into a comfier cave. The
cave happened to belong to Blister, who found the dragonets, convinced
Coral to release them, and invited them to breakfast.

After angering Blister, the dragonets were locked up in the prison,
which was guarded by electric eels. With the help of Anemone, they broke
free and planned to escape the Summer Palace. However, SkyWing soldiers
began attacking the Summer Palace with Plants#Dragonflame
cactus|dragonflame cacti and flaming logs. As Glory and the others were
fleeing, Crocodile, the MudWing that led the troops to the Summer
Palace, confronted them. To protect the others from the danger, Glory
sprayed venom in Crocodile's eyes, killing her.

After they escaped, the group decided to travel to the Rainforest
Kingdom in an attempt to help Webs and find Glory's family.

left The Hidden Kingdom

Glory was first shown flying through the rain with her
friends. A pair of MudWing soldiers walked by, and the dragonets hid
among the fog. After hiding Sunny, Glory left them momentarily to
investigate. Hearing a scream from the soldiers' location, Glory
discovered that the soldiers had been killed by blows to their throats.
Most of the group was wary about continuing into the rainforest, but
Glory and Sunny eventually convinced them to move on.

On the edge of the rainforest, Glory's friends disappeared right in
front of her eyes. Startled, she looked back up and demanded that the
attackers show themselves and a large group of RainWings materialized in
front of them. One introduced himself as Jambu and his friend as Liana,
and gestured to the treetops, where their missing friends were hanging
in woven leaf nets. Jambu explained that they were rendered unconscious
with blow darts and would wake up soon. He led them to the RainWing
village, where their friends were placed on a leaf platform.

As the others were still unconscious, Jambu and Liana explained the
purpose of sun time to Glory, and Starflight reassured her that he would
watch over her while she slept. When she awoke, she discovered a dozing
Silver|sloth curled between her shoulder and wing; Jambu explained that
sloths were like pets to the RainWings and that this one had apparently
'chosen her'. Glory was at first hesitant to let the sloth stay with
her, but eventually grew fond of her and decided to let her stay. Jambu
then took her to see the three RainWing Hatcheries, where all of the
tribe's eggs were raised and hatched together. He explained that the
RainWing tribe did not have a family system and that RainWing dragonets
were raised by the entire tribe.

Glory asked how any RainWing would know if they were related to someone
else, and Jambu introduced the venom test. In this, two dragons mixed
their venom, and if one diluted the other one the two dragons are
related. Jambu suggested trying the venom test between themselves, and
Jambu's venom canceled out Glory's, which suggested that they were
probably half-brother and sister.

After the others woke, Sunny told them that Webs' scratch had gotten
worse and that he would need to see a healer. Starflight asked Jambu and
Liana for an audience with Dazzling, but Jambu asked if they would
rather see the current queen. Glory then learned, to her shock, that six
RainWings took turns as queen, each reigning for one month at a time.
Jambu led them to the queen's treehouse to see the current ruler,
Magnificent, where they waited in a line with a few other RainWings.
Mangrove, one of the dragons in line, told Glory that his partner,
Orchid, had gone missing three weeks ago and that he was again
requesting a search party for her. Glory, intrigued, asked if she could
watch while Mangrove spoke to the queen, and he agreed. After speaking
with Bromeliad, she learned that the RainWing's student, Kinkajou, had
also gone missing, and she suggested that she combine her audience with
Mangrove's since their issues were so similar.

Sunny showed Magnificent Webs' injury. The queen gave them directions to
the healers' treehouse but seemed uninterested when Glory suggested
gathering information about the missing RainWings. Unwilling to do the
job herself, she appointed Glory as an investigator.

Glory, Clay, and Starflight went to see Mangrove while Sunny and Tsunami
took Webs to the healer's hut. They found and asked Mangrove for details
on Orchid's disappearance.

He agreed to take them to the last place Orchid was seen, which turned
out to be beside a huge fallen tree that was relatively near the
village. As they tracked a sickly-smelling trail, the four arrived at a
small waterfall where a dying sloth lay, the apparent source of the
smell. Looking around, Glory saw what looked like a black hole — or a
doorway — on the side of a boulder.

After showing the entrance to Clay and Starflight, Glory speculated that
it had something to do with the missing RainWings. They agreed that
Starflight would return in the morning with a plan, the strongest vines
they could find, and the rest of their friends. Sending Starflight and
Mangrove back to the village, Clay and Glory settled near a large tree
to watch the pond and the tunnel for the night.

Around midnight, they heard loud stamping, sniffing, and snorting.
Something moved near the pond and proceeded to eat something, then
slithered back into the hole. When the sun rose, all that was left of
the dying sloth were a few scraps of fur and blood-spattered leaves.

Once Clay, Sunny, Tsunami, and Jambu returned with vines, they decided
that Glory and Clay would go into the hole, both with vines tied around
their shoulders and directions to tug on them if something was wrong.
Handing her sloth to Sunny, Glory and Clay stepped into the tunnel. It
led Kingdom of Sand near SandWing stronghold|Burn's stronghold, but once
Glory and Clay returned to tell their friends, Mangrove ran past them
and disappeared into the tunnel. Glory ran after him, but he was barely
visible by the time she got there. It looked like he was heading to the
Ice Kingdom, which meant that that was where they were going next.

After a night of uncomfortable sleep, Glory and Starflight were the
first to wake up. Starflight went back to sleep, and Glory took to the
air and saw a fortress with smoke rising from its chimneys ahead,
presumably belonging to Blaze. She spotted a black dragon, hoping that
it was Mangrove camouflaging himself, but then he breathed out fire.
There was an actual lone NightWing on IceWing territory.

Suspicious, Glory camouflaged herself as an IceWing and flared up her
ruff as an illusion of the IceWings' extra horns. Confronting him, he
explained that he was waiting for "a few someones" and was on a secret
NightWing mission. He asked if she had seen the dragonets of destiny
anywhere, and as Glory was flying away he told her that his name was
Deathbringer.

When Glory returned to their camp and explained her encounter, the other
guessed that Mangrove was hiding in Blaze's fortress. Taking Jambu with
her, Glory scouted the building and realized that they would have to get
in through the main door. She disguised herself as an IceWing named
Storm, and Jambu as another IceWing named Penguin, claiming to be sent
by Queen Glacier. A SandWing offered to take them to see Blaze right
away when they asked for an audience with her, surprising both of them.
They had not expected Blaze to be lounging around her fortress at that
very moment.

Glory told Blaze that the dragonets were here, but that they were not
willing to risk coming inside the fortress. The princess reluctantly
agreed to go outside, throwing a blanket on. While they walked towards
the door, Glory distracted Blaze by asking about one of the tapestries
adorning the stone walls, which gave Jambu time to grab the camouflaged
Mangrove and pull him out the door. Glory and Jambu saw two scavengers
shivering in a freezing cage. After they took them outside, they dropped
the scavengers on the snow beside the fortress before following Blaze
back to their friends.

While Blaze introduced herself to the dragonets, Deathbringer landed
behind her with two throwing stars in his talons. He hit Blaze in the
neck, and also accidentally hit Tsunami in the wing before Glory tackled
him. When she saw an incoming IceWing patrol with Queen Glacier at its
head, she threatened to leave him to their mercy if he did not fly away
immediately. He left, and after they ensured that Blaze was safe, the
dragonets, Mangrove, and Jambu headed for home. After they returned to
the rainforest, Glory and Tsunami decided to spend the night in the same
tree as the night before (Glory thought that Tsunami's night vision
might be useful). As the thing that came from the tunnel began crashing
around their hiding spot again, it was interrupted by someone whistling
the "The Dragonets are Coming" song.

Whatever it was, it retreated into the tunnel, and when the whistler
came into view, Glory was not surprised that it was Deathbringer. Glory
tied him to a tree with vines and sent Tsunami back to the RainWing
village to get Clay so that he could watch the NightWing instead. Once
Clay came and relieved her shift, Glory decided to use herself as bait:
she went alone into the rainforest, eventually arriving at a clearing
that was marked with black, harmless stains. As she bent to sniff one of
the footprints embedded in the mud, she was knocked out by a heavy blow
to the back of her head.

Once Glory regained her senses, she felt herself being dragged down a
long tunnel. So that she could not use her venom and escape, she was
bound and gagged. The tunnel was not the one she had guessed — this one
sloped downward. One of her kidnappers mentioned how Deathbringer had
warned him about the dragonets, but before she could think about this
she was knocked out again, only to awake in a prison stationed next to a
flowing river of lava. There was a young RainWing in her cell, who
introduced herself as Kinkajou. Glory discovered that the NighWings had
been capturing the RainWings and brought them to their secret home, the
NightWing island. Because of her young age, her talons, mouth, and wings
were not bound, unlike the other RainWing captives. Glory communicated
to Kinkajou through talon gestures and discovered that the NightWing
guards took off her gag when it was time to feed her. After her gag was
taken off for her meal, she sprayed venom towards one of the guards. He
jumped out of the way, but not fast enough.

The second guard fled, but the third retaliated when Glory tried to
spray venom at him, pinning Glory to the floor. Kinkajou sprayed venom
between his wings, causing him to release Glory, and then shoved him
into a ravine. Glory realized that she would never get her bonds off
before the second guard raised an alarm, so she ordered the first guard
to carry them across the lava river.

The NightWing only responded with a groan, but Clay and Deathbringer
showed up just in time for their rescue. However, Deathbringer circled
back to join his tribe when they neared the tunnel, as he did not want
to be punished for helping them. After Glory, Clay, and Kinkajou fought
with the NightWing guards stationed at the tunnel, they fled into the
rainforest, where Glory spoke with Queen Magnificent about what she had
seen. When the queen did not seem to care and refused to save them,
Glory challenged Magnificent for the RainWing throne, as she knew that
she could not save the prisoners without an army. Instead of a battle to
the death to become queen, the RainWings had devised a series of
challenges that included things such as camouflage, flower hunting,
venom-shooting contests, tree gliding, and fruit gathering.

By the final venom-shooting contest, Glory and Magnificent's teams were
tied. Kinkajou, competing against Grandeur, was losing by the end of the
tie-breaking match, but a sloth tumbled out of the trees in front of the
target board right after Grandeur had spat her venom. Kinkajou jumped up
and pushed the sloth out of the way, but Grandeur spat her venom and hit
Kinkajou's wing. Frantic, Glory tried her venom to counteract
Grandeur's, and the melting stopped as their venom met. Grandeur forfeit
the contest when she realized that Glory was descended from the original
RainWing royal family, knowing that Glory would be a better queen than
any of the current ones. Glory was officially crowned the queen of the
RainWings, but Clay suddenly appeared with news of Starflight's
disappearance, as well as a guess that he had gone to warn his tribe
about Glory's plan.

left The Dark Secret
In the time that Starflight was trapped on the NightWings' volcano, he
found a dreamvisitor, which he used to contact Glory in a dream to warn
her that the NightWings were planning something. When Starflight, (along
with Fatespeaker and Flame), returned to their friend's overjoyed
welcome, they discussed the plan to infiltrate the NightWings' home and
rescue the captured RainWings. Glory was worried, however, that most of
her tribe would not be able to use their venom on another dragon, even
if it meant life or death. Sunny, though, found a solution by suggesting
that the RainWings use their tranquilizer guns and darts to knock the
NightWing guards out, which avoided violence on both sides.

After the first wave of RainWings knocked the tunnel's guards out, Glory
took Starflight with her to one of the RainWings' cages so that he could
show her how to unlock them. Glory sent other members of her tribe to
rescue any other RainWings that they saw, and to camouflage themselves
as NightWings while they did so. While Glory and Starflight were
searching for the NightWing ruler, Battlewinner, they found her
daughter, Greatness, snooping around the fortress. Glory ordered
Greatness to lead them to her mother, along with the threat of venom if
she refused. The princess led them down a small tunnel that led to
Battlewinner's throne room, which was empty except for a huge black pot
of lava in the center. When Battlewinner emerged, Starflight told her
that she was never going to make it to the rainforest alive and that she
should give the NightWing tribe to Glory so that they would not share
the same fate.

Battlewinner, seething, refused and flung herself at Glory — but it was
no use, as the ice was taking over her body in the absence of the lava.
After the former NightWing queen froze to death, the ground started to
shake and rumble. Glory and Starflight hastily ran to the NightWing
dungeons, where they freed Deathbringer and Splendor with a set of keys
found in a coal niche. As they exited the fortress, Starflight told the
gathered NightWings that accepting Glory's rule was the only way to
live, unless they wanted to fly over the ocean. Tsunami, stationed at
the tunnel, required each NightWing to pledge their allegiance to Glory
before she allowed them to pass.

As the last few remaining NightWings fled into the tunnel, Morrowseer
threatened them, and the volcano exploded. Clay tried to shield
Starflight with his fireproof scales, but he was not fast enough, as the
lava had permanently blinded Starflight's eyes.

left The Brightest Night

When Sunny was kidnapped by three traitorous NightWings
(Preyhunter, Strongwings, and Fierceteeth), Glory was in a panic,
sending out several search parties to find her. When Sunny returned, she
explained her capture and how she had finally met her mother, Thorn.
Glory was angry but relieved, but she was excited most of all by Sunny's
plan for stopping the war. They would find Blister through the Talons of
Peace, Sunny would dreamvisit Moorhen to get a message to Burn, and
Sunny would also dreamvisit Blaze. There was a short discussion about
who should dreamvisit Blaze, and all the dragonets except Tsunami voted
for Sunny.

Glory left Grandeur and Mangrove in charge of the rainforest, while she
and the other dragonets of destiny were at the summit. At the meeting,
Glory brought fifteen RainWings disguised as SkyWings, NightWings, and
MudWings; believing it would cause fewer complications. Glory also
allowed Deathbringer to bring five trustworthy NightWings so that all
tribes could be represented. Glory herself was a SkyWing and pointed out
the irony in replacing the SkyWing in the prophecy, yet appearing to be
one when the prophecy was finally fulfilled. At the meeting, Blister
gave Burn a box with two dragonbite vipers inside. Burn trapped one
under her talons, but the other bit her other foot, killing her, and
raced toward the dragonets. While Sunny and Fatespeaker tried to get
Starflight off the ground, Clay slammed into them to save Starflight;
however, he received a bad wound on his thigh. Glory helped to hold Clay
down while Peril burned out the poison in his leg. She also helped to
dig up SandWing stronghold#Oasis' memorial|Oasis's grave to get the Eye
of Onyx and the other lost SandWing treasure. The Eye of Onyx was
Blister's demise and the start of Thorn's reign, effectively making
Sunny the new heir to the throne and ending the War of SandWing
Succession once and for all.

One month after the war was over, the dragonets, Fatespeaker, and
Deathbringer went to Jade Mountain to discuss who would attend their new
school to help teach the tribes of Pyrrhia to live in peace with each
other. Glory, now the queen of two tribes, had to remain in the
rainforest but she promised her friends she would come visit them.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising
Glory
was mentioned by Moon's mother, Secretkeeper, as being somewhat unfit
for a ruler due to her young and inexperienced age. She was also
mentioned by Kinkajou multiple times when she said she was friends with
a queen.

left Winter Turning

Glory is first mentioned when Winter remembers how Scarlet asked for the
dragonets of destiny's lives in return for Hailstorm's. Winter then
thinks to himself that Glory had been one of the dragons who had
confirmed that the NightWings had no more powers.

Glory formally appeared when Winter was tackled by Deathbringer in the
NightWing village. As she hauled the NightWing assassin off of the young
prince, Winter explained that his sister Icicle was coming to kill Glory
on Scarlet's orders. Glory summoned a meeting at the RainWing royal
pavilion|Royal Pavilion, calling a few scouts to report if they had seen
anything suspicious. One RainWing mentioned a patch of ice near the
Bayan Tree after Moon suggested signs; Glory and Winter prepared to
leave, along with Moon and Qibli. Near the tree, there was an
unnaturally shaped mound of dirt, which contained a bloodied and frozen
NightWing. As Glory realized that Icicle was nearby, she sent the four
dragonets to the RainWing Wingery for their safety.

While the dragonets escaped from the Wingery, Kinkajou left a trail for
Glory to follow. As Kinkajou and Icicle were fighting in the abandoned
Night Kingdom, Glory tranquilized the IceWing with eight other dragons
(seven RainWings and Deathbringer) and took her back to the RainWing
village, announcing her arrest. As Winter was arguing with Qibli when
the SandWing offered to help save Winter's brother, Hailstorm, Glory
told Winter that she felt the same way that he did then: that she could
have done everything by herself and did not need anyone else, but that
he would appreciate his friends' help later on. She reluctantly
permitted the group to leave, strictly ordering Moon and Kinkajou not to
die, calling them "two of my favorite subjects."

left Escaping Peril

When Queen Scarlet shouted vengeance at Ruby and her soldiers at Jade
Mountain Academy's entrance, she also hurled a decapitated head at the
watching dragons. Sunny and Clay recognized it as Glory's. Tsunami was
furious and went to find Queen Scarlet. She later came to the Talons of
Peace for help. However, as Turtle pulled out a curled scrap of paper
from the dragon's ear canal, the head began to shift and grow until it
resembled a female MudWing. Turtle guessed that an Animus magic|animus
dragon had enchanted the paper to make the dragon appear exactly as
Glory, as the paper contained a written enchantment. Later in the book,
it is mentioned that Sunny dream visited Glory and Tsunami.

left Talons of Power
When Darkstalker visited the Rainforest Kingdom, he challenged Glory
for kingship over the NightWing tribe. Instead of the usual
fight-to-the-death challenge, Glory decided to let each NightWing decide
for themselves which dragon they wanted as their ruler. This easy
agreement only added to Turtle's nervousness, as he guessed that
Darkstalker's spells were clouding Glory and Deathbringer's greater
judgment. After a while, Darkstalker began handing out magic powers to
some NightWings, and Turtle went to tell Glory, thinking that she would
want to know. After finding her and telling her, he asked about
Kinkajou, and Glory told him she was in the healer's hut and gave
directions. Later that night, Darkstalker had a vision of five dragons
coming to kill the RainWing queen; after he captured four of them and
sent the fifth away as a messenger to Vulture, he created a giant iron
prison using a branch. Glory appeared uneasy as the building made its
home in her rainforest, but she did not argue with Darkstalker.

left
Darkness of Dragons
Glory was
mentioned by Sunny, as she was dreamvisiting her, and also by Qibli, who
said that some NightWings would hate her forever simply because she was
a RainWing.

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left
The Hive Queen
Glory was indirectly
mentioned by Tsunami in the prologue when Tsunami said she and her
friends had solved plenty of problems without animus magic.

left
The Dangerous Gift
Glory was
mentioned by Snowfall as one of the queens who wanted to build more
relationships between their tribes and hers. She later appeared at the
queen summit and suggested that she send a surplus of poison darts,
which Cricket showed interest in. She then decided to send Moonwatcher
and Pineapple as the NightWing and RainWing representatives to go to
Pantala.

left
The Flames of Hope
When Luna was
describing Freedom's appearance, she noted that the shape of Freedom's
eyes reminded her of Glory.

Glory was in Pineapple's vision. In the vision, she came to wake Jambu
from his sleep and asked for Jambu to come with her to Sanctuary for a
queen's gathering. Jambu refused as he found politics boring. Pineapple
offered to go in his place, which Jambu happily agreed to as he went
back to sleep.

Glory later appeared in Tsunami's vision. In that vision, she was
arguing with Tsunami over which kingdom was the biggest. Starflight
asked for them to not fight over the map as Kestrel would punish them if
they tore the map. Sunny added that Clay may tell her that it was his
fault and punish him instead. Clay responded by saying that it did not
matter how big the kingdoms were, but rather which kingdom had the best
food.

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### Legends

left
Dragonslayer
Glory was the green
dragon seen playing with the other dragonets of destiny in the cave
looked in upon by Wren and Sky. Though unnamed, when Kestrel came into
the cave roaring at them, she slid into a nook in the wall.

Glory was also the reason the mountain dragon's fighting arena got
disrupted, causing the audience to scatter after she shot venom at
Burn's face; hitting Scarlet instead when Burn used her as a shield.

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### Winglets

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Prisoners
In Fierceteeth's messages
to Saguaro, Glory was mentioned several times when Fierceteeth wrote
about how much she wanted to dethrone and kill her. She was also
indirectly mentioned when Fierceteeth talked about how much she wanted
the dragonets dead.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Glory's
commentary was seen in the guide's opening letter.

At the beginning of the RainWing chapter, Starflight and Glory exchanged
letters about the inclusion of RainWing scrolls in the guide. Kinkajou
featured Glory as a character in her story about Silver. Glory provided
Starflight with a version of Dangers of the Rainforest with updates she
wrote herself. Glory was later mentioned by Jambu who said that she
believed RainWing camouflage was "an excellent defensive battle
strategy" during his explanation about RainWing color-changing
abilities.

In the SkyWing chapter, Glory was mentioned on a list of dragons that
Scarlet wanted to kill. Her thoughts on her inclusion in the note were
seen in the margins of the page.

## Relationships

### Clay

Since hatching, Glory has shared a strong bond with Clay. It was
mentioned that he had often given Glory pretty things to cheer her up,
and he was willing to risk his life to save her own in The Dragonet Prophecy. Glory trusts Clay completely and
thinks of him as honest and kind. Clay is also quick to try and resolve
conflicts between Glory and the others, and he is always ready to
forgive Glory whenever she has been unfair. Glory was overjoyed when
Clay came to rescue her from the NightWing Island. Glory would kill to
protect him. Clay was devastated when he believed that Glory was dead.
Glory did not want Clay to risk his life in the river, and instead
suggested that she could camouflage herself instead.

### Deathbringer

When Glory first met Deathbringer, she had been disguised as an IceWing,
trying to probe information out of him. Given her personality,
Deathbringer gave her more information than what was intended about his
mission and then began to flirt with her. Glory is sarcastic with him
and does not like his flirting, but he likes her even more because of it
and helps her escape the NightWing Island when she is imprisoned. The
current status between the two is "Bodyguard to Queen." Glory mentioned
that she viewed Deathbringer's attempted arrest of Winter as annoying
instead of romantic or heroic, but she also spoke to him in a low,
surprisingly affectionate voice that made Winter rethink everything he
had assumed about the queen and her overenthusiastic bodyguard.
Deathbringer once stated that he was half a dragon before he met Glory,
and would be even less if he lost her. Deathbringer likes her for her
personality and how when he suggests something, she shoots him down,
which he finds amusing.

In The Dark Secret, Deathbringer described her as
beautiful, sarcastic, and fascinating. Glory also said she was not
leaving without Deathbringer. When Glory was helping him out of the
prison, Glory retorted at him, but Starflight saw that she and
Deathbringer "exchanged a look that said 'thank you' and a whole lot
more." Adding to that, in The Brightest Night, Deathbringer kept
flirting with her, which Glory dismissed. He even put his wing around
Glory and she let him, which is somewhat unusual given her personality. In Moon Rising, Moon had a vision of Glory and
Deathbringer's possible future having an heir together named Firefly. In Winter Turning, Deathbringer is constantly trying
to protect Glory and muttering to the queen when she says she does not need help. In Escaping Peril, Sunny says "Glory
has magical death spit and Deathbringer and a whole army of RainWings
who would die for her." It is implied that Glory and Deathbringer have
feelings for one another, and their romantic relationship has been made
officially canon by Tui T. Sutherland. It was once stated that Glory
failed to keep her scales from turning pink when Deathbringer laid one
wing over her. Glory sometimes shows annoyance when Deathbringer flirts
with her.

### Grandeur

Grandeur is Glory's advisor as well as a fellow royal, as Glory's venom
counteracted hers. She also aided her and her friends. Since she is
Glory's advisor, she is trusted enough to run the kingdom alongside
Mangrove when Glory left for the Great War's peace summit. Grandeur
believes that Glory deserves to be queen.

### Jambu

Glory did not know that she had a half-brother until she met him in the
Rainforest Kingdom. Glory was unimpressed with him at first and thought
of him just as ridiculous as the other RainWings. However, Jambu helped
her get Blaze to meet the dragonets, and he nearly beat Exquisite in the
tree-gliding competition, one of the five contests that decided who
would become the queen of the RainWings. He was only stopped when
Exquisite's sloths entangled him with a snare made of vines. He appears
to be one of her most trusted dragons now, even if he seems incompetent.
He also makes sure Glory takes her daily sun time, noting that it makes
her less grumpy and more recharged. She considers him a dragon she knows
she could count on, as she asked him to come with her to Sanctuary for a
queen's summit.

### Kestrel

Kestrel and Glory never liked each other. Kestrel did not like RainWings
in general, and would often call Glory a "lazy RainWing", even though
Glory trained and studied harder than the other dragonets of destiny.
She also hated Glory because she was a last-minute substitute for the
broken SkyWing egg. She and Dune would call Glory a mistake and growl at
her a lot. When Morrowseer told the guardians to kill Glory, Kestrel
claimed that she did not care about her.

### Kinkajou

Though she did not initially think much of the dragonet, she had respect
for Kinkajou after learning how Kinkajou had been able to visit the
other RainWings. She aided Glory in escaping and claims that she would
follow her anywhere, even when Glory threatens to take the throne by
force. She chose Tamarin for the RainWing royal challenge partially
because she was friends with Kinkajou. She participated in the venom
targeting part of the RainWing royal challenge on Glory's behalf and was
injured by Grandeur's venom. She is later shown in a dream to see Glory
as a big, beautiful queen, crowned and welcoming Kinkajou with open
wings, while the other dragons stare at her enviously. Kinkajou also was
willing to fight Icicle because she threatened to kill Glory. Kinkajou
sees herself as one of Glory's best friends, and Glory sees Kinkajou as
one of her favorite subjects. Another hint of affection towards Kinkajou
from Glory is when she said she wanted her and Moon to stay away from
the SkyWings' former queen, Scarlet, when Glory said she and Moon were
her favorite subjects. Kinkajou is shown to be very loyal to her queen
and friend.

### Mangrove

Glory seems to have a good relationship with Mangrove, due to her
interest in finding the missing RainWings. He was especially thankful
when Orchid was successfully rescued. Glory also appears to trust him,
as she appointed him (along with Grandeur) to run the kingdom while she
attended the summit.

### Moonwatcher

Glory was first mentioned with Moon when she came to the rainforest to
look for Icicle with Qibli, Winter, and Kinkajou in Winter Turning. They
ended up meeting Glory when Obsidian and Bromeliad took them to the
NightWing village, and then to the Queen's Pavilion. Glory seems to like
her, calling her and Kinkajou her favorite subjects. Glory was very
protective of Moon. Glory trusted Moon enough to pick her to be the
NightWing representative to journey to Pantala to help stop the
othermind.

### Peril

Glory is on neutral terms with Peril. However, Glory sometimes does not
like Peril, especially when Clay suggests that Peril could be the "Wings
of Sky." Peril describes Glory as "far from her favorite fan." Glory
calls Sunny brave for talking to Peril into saving Thorn, which she
admits would have made her nervous. However, Glory is very grateful that
Peril saved Clay's life at the SandWing stronghold when a dragonbite
viper bit him.

### Scarlet

Glory was originally imprisoned by Scarlet and treated as an artwork
throughout most of The Dragonet Prophecy. She often remembers her first
time put under the sun and fed fruit, but always eventually reminded
herself that she was used as if she was an artifact. Glory and Ex-Queen
Scarlet had an extremely negative relationship; this came from the fact
that she melted half of Scarlet's face with her venom, which Scarlet
held deep in her heart and constantly swore vengeance over. Scarlet
hated Glory enough to try to get Icicle to kill her.

### Silver

Silver is Glory's pet sloth and the two seem quite close. Silver
reminded her of Sunny in a way. Initially she did not think much of the
sloth and even suggested that she may eat the sloth. However, she was
willing to stop Tsunami from attempting to kill Silver. She had slowly
taken a liking for Silver, though she did not want to show her affection
for her in front of her friends. Glory grew angry for Silver's sake
after Magnificent scared her to win her round.

### Starflight

Although Glory is often annoyed by Starflight's know-it-all personality
and rambling, she still appears to love him like a brother or friend,
and would kill to protect him. She knew about his crush on Sunny and
thought he should do something about it. She also shows affection to him
on rare occasions. She respects his plans, as she followed his idea of
diplomacy in The Dark Secret, and trusts his intelligence.

### Sunny

In The Hidden Kingdom, Glory decided Sunny was better to touch than
Webs, even though she is not comfortable touching other dragons. This
was a rare case of affection from Glory. Glory was also extremely
worried when Sunny went missing in The Brightest Night and held her
talons in hers when she was found. Sunny helped break up arguments
between Tsunami and Glory by always making it seem like she was on their
side. As with Clay and the others, Glory has a strong connection with
Sunny. She would kill to protect her, and Sunny views Glory as
indestructible and amazing. When she thought Glory might be dead, she
broke down, covering her face with her talons and curling into a ball
with her wings over her head.

### Tamarin

Glory did not know Tamarin that well (other than Kinkajou talking about
her), other than the fact that she was blind. Tamarin seemed confident
in front of Glory when she said that maybe she could not do the flower
challenge, with Kinkajou later stating that Tamarin had the best nose in
the whole kingdom. At first, Glory doubted her abilities, but when
Tamarin won the flower hunt in the RainWing queen challenge, she began
to see that she was a skilled dragonet, despite her blindness. She also
felt compassionate about getting Tamarin a better teacher at Jade
Mountain Academy.

### Tsunami

Glory and Tsunami were often in disagreement and could not hold a
conversation for long without arguing. Glory tolerated Tsunami and was
not bothered by her bossiness at all; she just felt that someone needed
to talk back whenever Tsunami acted like the boss of everyone. However,
she can acknowledge Tsunami's growth of character since they left the
Kingdom of the Sea. Although Glory can become irritated by Tsunami's
prideful nature and they argue quite a bit, she loves her anyway. She
knows that she can always depend on Tsunami to protect and defend her by
fighting, even when fighting might be a bit inappropriate, and can often
share a laugh with her friend. An example of this was in The Brightest
Night where they shared their exasperation over Blaze's shallow nature,
or when they were making fun of NightWings in The Hidden Kingdom.
Although the two disagree on many different things, Glory finds that she
can relate to Tsunami some of the time as well. She admires Tsunami's
courage, but Glory herself is more of a strategic thinker whilst Tsunami
usually behaves rashly and without thought. In The Hidden Kingdom, Glory
was worried about the cut that Deathbringer has caused in Tsunami's
wing. No matter how angry Tsunami becomes at Glory, she would never want
anything bad to happen to her. Glory would kill to protect Tsunami, but
when she came to rescue Clay, Glory commented that she was sure that
Tsunami would not have come. She was later gently teasing towards
Tsunami and reached over to nose her shoulder playfully. In Escaping
Peril when Queen Scarlet held up Glory's severed head, Tsunami let out a
roar that "should have flattened the mountains and ripped holes in the
sky", before chasing after Scarlet.

### Turtle

Glory first met Turtle when he confronted her about Darkstalker and she
seemed to be a little suspicious of the latter but seemed to trust him
for the most part. This horrified Turtle and he accidentally lost
control of his enchanted coral, baffling Glory. She seems to find him a
little odd and weird.

### Webs

Glory has a particular dislike for Webs since he brought her to the
cave, and was ready to allow her to die. After hearing of Webs' wife's
fate, even she felt sorry for him. When they were wandering around the
rainforest, Glory was annoyed about how slow Webs was. She does not
completely hate him, though, she likes him better than Kestrel, and
presumably Dune. Glory was happy with the idea of Webs becoming the
history teacher at Jade Mountain, so he could be removed from the
rainforest.

## Quotes

Because Burn is bigger and scarier and could crush her like a
bug if they actually fought claw to claw, […] And Blister — that's me
— is smarter than both of them put together. She knew she couldn't
kill Burn in a regular duel. It was her idea to involve all the tribes
and turn their SandWing throne battle into a world war. She's probably
waiting for the other two to kill each other.
explaining why
Blaze isn't queen when the SandWings like her
The Dragonet Prophecy
22

-----

I don't. […] She was going to kill me. Remember?

to Sunny about rescuing Kestrel The Dragonet Prophecy (book)|The
Dragonet Prophecy
241

-----

That's what it was! […] When we hatched — the guardians
didn't know anything about MudWings, so they thought you were attacking
us. But you were trying to help. Your instinct told you to get the rest
of us out of our shells. Clay, you know what this means? You weren't
trying to kill us at all.
to Clay
The Dragonet Prophecy
291

-----

What am I going to do? […] Round up some scary RainWings to
sleep on your roof? I thought no one was afraid of my tribe.

to Riptide The Lost Heir
33

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We are NOT CALLING IT MAGICAL DEATH SPIT.
to Sunny,
in the SeaWing prison The Lost Heir

259

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But I didn't love it. […] It was just new and different. A
new, different way to be a prisoner and have my life chosen for me. I'm
more than a lump of treasure. I guess Scarlet found that out the hard
way.
thinking about her imprisonment in the Sky Kingdom The Hidden Kingdom
16

-----

This. [...] I could have slept in the sun like this every day
of my life. Forget the stupid prophecy. This is the destiny I was
supposed to have.
Glory, when she has her first sun time

The Hidden Kingdom
34

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All right, sure. I'm not in the Great Magnificent Wondrous
Dragonet Prophecy. Maybe no one would ever write a prophecy about a
RainWing. Maybe no dragon in Pyrrhia expects any of us to have an
important destiny or do anything worthwhile. But this? Sleeping all day
in a patch of sun? Is that all I'm good for — all any RainWing is good
for? There must be more to us than this. There must be more to me.

thinking The Hidden Kingdom

35

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Except for mine. [...] Which was stolen, and nobody noticed.
That's what you're telling me. You had no idea my egg was missing at
all.
Glory, about her egg
The Hidden Kingdom
41

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Because I wasn't just an egg 'rolling in' and out of your nest.
[...] There was a real live dragon there. A dragonet who had to grow
up for six years with no family, no rainforest, and no sun.

Glory, speaking to Jambu about her egg and her life
The Hidden Kingdom
41

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Yeah. […] It would make more sense if they'd chain you all up
in a cave and starve you and ignore you for a day or two and then throw
you in prison after you save one of their princesses. Oh, no, wait,
that's what your mom did.
to Tsunami, after she complains
about having to wait to see the RainWing queen
The Hidden Kingdom
56

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I don't believe in prophecies. Sorry, I know they're a
NightWing specialty, but seriously? If you can actually see the future,
why be all cryptic and vague about it? Why not give us a prophecy that's
like, 'Oh, by the way, Blaze is going to win the war, so give her the
crown now and don't even bother fighting about it.' Skip all the death
and bloodshed. And leave a bunch of poor dragonets out of it.

to Deathbringer The Hidden Kingdom

117

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I don't think it's enough to just be happy. I think you have to
care about something, too. Like other dragons who need you, for
instance. And you still have to be ready to fight, just in case some
creepy 'less evolved' dragons decide to invade your territory and kidnap
a bunch of you.
to Sunny and Starflight
The Hidden Kingdom
234

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Wow. I'm a queen. Queen Glory of the RainWings. That'll be my
name in the history scrolls — not Glory the mistake, or Glory the lazy
RainWing, or Glory who could never be as good as some nameless SkyWing
who died six years ago. I'm responsible for all these dragons now. We
can rescue the missing RainWings and make sure no more dragonets ever
get lost again. Starflight can help me teach them all how to read and
write. I'll protect them. I'll lead them. I'll make them — us — a tribe
we can be proud of. Glory, the queen who chose her own destiny, saved
her subjects and turned her tribe into the greatest dragons in all of
Pyrrhia.
thinking after winning the royal challenge

The Hidden Kingdom
290

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Listen to me. Your friends are suffering. They're tortured and
trapped in caves in a horrible place that smells of smoke and death.
There's no fruit. There's no sun time. […] This could have happened —
could still happen — to any of you. If you won't go rescue them, who
will? They'll be lost there forever. [...] I know you'd rather sleep
than deal with problems, but these dragons are from your tribe, and they
need you. [...] That's why I'm going to take the throne tomorrow. It's
not because I want the biggest pieces of fruit or the highest sun
platform. I'm doing this for the missing RainWings — and for you, so
that you don't have to spend the rest of your lives looking over your
shoulders and thinking, Our friends are still lost . . . and we could
have saved them.
to Bromeliad and a group of RainWings The Hidden Kingdom
227

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It's normal to be scared. […] I'm scared. You'd have to be
crazy not to be — well, crazy or Tsunami, which is basically the same
thing. You just have to push that aside and do what you have to anyway.

to Starflight The Dark Secret

238

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You know I don't like giving speeches. […] so I'll just say
this. We're going to save our fellow RainWings, and we're going to make
this rainforest safe, and we're going to do it like real RainWings. And
by the three moons, try not to talk or sneeze or fall asleep in the
tunnel on the way there, all right?
to the RainWings, about
invading the NightWing island The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark
Secret
241

-----

Don't call for help. […] I'm not an ordinary RainWing. My
venom is aimed at your eyes right now and I am not afraid to use it.

to Greatness The Dark Secret

254

-----

We're taking our prisoners back. […] You will never set foot
in the rainforest again. You will leave the RainWings alone forever.
We'll destroy the tunnel between our kingdoms, you'll call off the
invasion, and we'll never even sniff another NightWing near our village
for the next twelve generations.
to Queen Battlewinner The Dark Secret
258

-----

Are you serious? […] The whole thing was made up? There's no
destiny, no wings of fire? No reason for us to be trapped in a cave our
whole lives? No amazing mythical SkyWing who's infinitely better than
me? Absolutely no need for any of us at all?
to the dragonets

The Brightest Night
18

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Then why do the IceWings support her? […] Don't they want a
strong queen? No, of course they don't. […] The one kingdom they share
a border with — wouldn't it be great if it happened to be ruled by a
vain, silly dragon who was totally in debt to them and did everything
their queen ordered. Maddening for us, but sensible for them. Queen
Glacier knows what's she's doing. Unless she loses — like if Blaze
happened to die somehow — in which case she'd have to deal with Burn
right on her border, all enraged and looking for vengeance. All right,
yes, I can see why she'd keep her safely locked up. Three moons.

to the dragonets of destiny
The Brightest Night
255

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Good news: Four of your students have gone off to find a dragon
who just tried to kill you, in order to find another dragon who has
tried to kill you about ninety dozen times. Oh excellent, thanks,
Turtle. Now we don't have to worry at all. I mean, we were hoping
somebody would take care of the vengeful and deadly Queen Scarlet for
us. Preferably a bunch of five-year-olds. Very reassuring indeed.

to Kinkajou Winter Turning

52

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Listen. […] I used to think I could do everything by myself,
too. I didn't want help from anyone. But I wouldn't be here now if it
weren't for my friends, and I have a feeling you'll be saying the same
thing a year from now.
to Winter
Winter Turning
128-129

-----

I think that is your superpower. […] Extreme heroic idiocy.
[…] Well, if that means all the NightWings decide to go with
Darkstalker, I suppose my job around here will get a lot easier.

to Deathbringer Talons of Power (book)|Talons of
Power
144

## Trivia

  - Glory initiates a prickly instinctive "shield" around her mind and
    limits her color-changing scales to hide her emotions when
    uncomfortable.
  - Tui had originally planned to make Clay have a crush on Glory, but
    it did not work out.
  - Glory does not like touching other dragons.
  - Glory's head was an available item on Roblox as part of a
    promotional event in 2016. While the item is still viewable and can
    be worn on one's avatar if they own it, it is no longer obtainable.
  - Glory hates the dark.
  - Glory is skilled at memorizing maps.
  - Glory is extremely fond of guavas.
  - As a dragonet, Glory wished she had animus magic so she could
    enchant Dune's dinner to eat him.
  - Glory hates rainy weather.