'Grandeur' is an elderly female RainWing who was introduced in The Hidden Kingdom. She served
as queen of the RainWings before reluctantly allowing RainWing
volunteers to rotate months on the Dragon royalty|throne with her. One
of the six RainWing queens who ruled before Glory became queen, she was
the only one who was a descendant of the original RainWing royal family.
She currently resides in the Rainforest Kingdom as one of Glory's most
trusted dragons and advisor.

## Description

Grandeur keeps her scales a pale lavender color, seemingly glittering
with tiny dewdrops, and her ruff a pale orange. She is described as a
stately older dragon with half-asleep eyes and a sour expression. Her
bones creak like ancient forests and the silver cast of her scales make
her look as if she is reflecting moonlight.

## Personality

Unlike the rest of her tribe, Grandeur is cold, sour, stately, regal,
and is one of the last members of the RainWing royal family. According
to Glory, she is the only RainWing who looks, moves, and sounds like a
real queen, and has a royal elegance about her. She is unsatisfied with
how lazy her tribe has gotten and misses the time when camouflage was
needed for survival and royal blood mattered. Back when the RainWings
shared the throne, she only saw petitioners once a week and said no to
pretty much anything during her turn. The throne was originally hers and
she merely tolerated all the other queens on it, thinking it would
eventually turn them into better dragons, though she now believes she
was mistaken. Grandeur's venom skills are impressive and she is willing
to use her venom for the sake of her tribe, unlike most RainWings.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Hidden Kingdom

During the contest to determine the queen, Grandeur
participated in the venom accuracy test. She was one of the only two
RainWing queens who made no known attempt to cheat during her event (the
other being Fruit Bat), as she was sure she would win, and was truthful
in the claim.

Towards the end of the venom targeting, a sloth fell in front of the
target, and Kinkajou dove into the line of venom to push it out of the
way, but got hit by the venom. Glory and Grandeur tested their venom and
found a match to neutralize Kinkajou's injury. This also reveals that
Glory is a member of the disbanded RainWing royal family.

Grandeur forfeited, allowing Kinkajou to win, and Glory to become queen.
She believed in the royal family, which the RainWings had abandoned, as
her daughters were "useless." She told the other queens that Glory would
indeed be a better queen than any of them, saying that she had only
"allowed them to be queen in hopes that the experience may transform
them to be worthy of the throne," which they had not. She happily
presented Glory as their tribe's new queen.

left The Dark Secret
When Starflight dreamvisited Kinkajou, Grandeur was watching her.

She assisted in activities such as battle planning. Grandeur and Liana
worked together in the execution of Glory's rescue plan. She helped to
free the captured RainWings, using a spear during the attack on the
NightWings and helped them back to the rainforest.

left The Brightest Night

Grandeur assisted Glory in organizing the NightWings when
they sought refuge in the rainforest. Later, when Sunny was preparing to
meet her family, she thought about how all her friends have some family,
Glory having Jambu and Grandeur.

She and Mangrove were later left in charge of the rainforest while Glory
attended the peace summit at SandWing stronghold|Burn's stronghold.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Grandeur
was depicted in the RainWing hatchery in a portrait at the beginning of
the RainWing chapter of the guide.

## Relationships

### Glory

Grandeur sees Glory as a worthy queen and generously crowned her.
Grandeur is her personal advisor and aided her. Because she is Glory's
assistant, she is trustworthy enough to run the kingdom alongside
Mangrove when Glory had left for the War of SandWing Succession|Great
War's peace summit.

### Magnificent

Magnificent often annoyed Grandeur and usually is very dismissive
towards her. They show a dislike for each other. Magnificent sometimes
about rudely reminding her of how old she was and annoying her in the
process.

## Quotes

I remember when we actually needed our camouflage, to protect
ourselves from invading dragons. It wasn't a game back then. It was what
we had to do to survive.
when Handsome says one of the
challenges is camouflage The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden
Kingdom
275

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Nobody but me. […] We used to keep track of the royal eggs,
but my daughters were useless, so we merged our eggs with the tribe's,
hoping to find successors who were queens in spirit, if not blood. There
were a few who might have been great if they'd ever tried for the
throne, but the truth is, I've never found a dragonet who both wanted to
be queen and deserved to be. Until now.
to Glory
The Hidden Kingdom
288-289

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It's my throne anyway. […] I have merely tolerated all of you
on it because I thought experience might transform you into worthy
queens.
talking to the RainWing ex-queens.
The Hidden Kingdom
289

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I know she'll be a better queen than you.
to
Magnificent, about Glory being the new queen
The Hidden Kingdom
289

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Behold! Your new queen! Queen Glory of the RainWings!

announcing Glory as queen of the RainWings
The Hidden Kingdom
289

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I could do it. […] Attack another dragon with my venom, I
mean, for the sake of my tribe. But I agree that the others would have
trouble.
when Glory mentioned about possibly having to use
venom on NightWings The Dark Secret
231

## Trivia

  - In the minigame Wings of Fire Island|Speed Wings on Scholastic's
    Home Base, Grandeur is a playable character.
  - During Glory's challenge to become queen of the RainWings, it was
    mentioned that Grandeur used to be an excellent treetop racer, but
    that she was much too old for it now.