'Greatness' is an adult female NightWing princess who was introduced in The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark
Secret. She formerly resided on the NightWing island as Queen
Battlewinner's daughter and primary source of communication. She
currently resides in the NightWing village, after relinquishing the
NightWing throne to Queen Glory.

## Description

Greatness has black eyes and a scar rippling down her chest. Her wings
droop in an odd way as if they are weighted down with rocks, and she
wears a cluster of diamonds around her neck. Another chain of smaller
teardrop diamonds is wound around her horns. According to Deathbringer,
she always sounds a little nervous, as if she is not sure anyone
believes anything she says.

## Personality

Greatness, despite being the only daughter of Battlewinner, is not
interested in becoming queen. She often argues for who she really is and
believes she is not as capable of being a good queen as Queen Glory.
When Starflight first saw her, he was certain she was not the queen, as
she sat down with her wings slumped in a tired manner and did not emit a
queenly aura. Battlewinner described her as weak and unambitious.

However, Greatness was able to admit what her mother was doing was
wrong. That could point to courage, even if it is not for the right
thing. Greatness seems to be defiant, as she expresses her feelings
without caring about other dragons' complaints. She also showed
humbleness and a logical sense of caring for her tribe, as she believed
that the NightWings would have to bow down to Glory, a RainWing queen
she believed would be a better queen than she would ever be, in order to
escape their island. She showed sadness and empathy when Deathbringer
failed to complete his mission and was sentenced to death, and she
spared his life, showing that she could be sympathetic. Deathbringer
stated that she was hesitant on attacking the RainWings right away,
while Secretkeeper considered Greatness to be smarter than most
NightWings, showing how Greatness prefers to think over plans first
instead of heading straight for violence. She constantly sounds slightly
nervous, as though she is not sure anyone will believe anything she
says.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Dark Secret
Greatness spoke for her mother, Queen Battlewinner, who was unable to
leave her cauldron of lava due to having an internal freezing issue
caused by an IceWing's frostbreath (which was not known by the Talons of
Peace#Dragonets of destiny|dragonets at the time). During the RainWing
attack on the NightWings, after Glory threatened her, Greatness showed
them to her mother. When they told her their idea about making the
NightWings subjects to Queen Glory, she said that it sounded decent and
did not make an objection about wanting the Dragon royalty|throne for
herself, much to a freezing Queen Battlewinner's chagrin. Starflight
stated that Greatness did not appear to be a very good queen, and was
not acting regally as a queen should. This was shown when the volcano in
the Night Kingdom erupted; Greatness was the second dragon to escape
through the NightWing tunnels|tunnel to the Rainforest
Kingdom|rainforest, not seeming to care about the rest of her tribe. She
said that she was glad she would never have to be queen and is revealed
to be very fond of Deathbringer when she spared his life even when his
identity as a traitor was revealed.

left The Brightest Night

Fierceteeth, Preyhunter, and Strongwings debated whether or
not Greatness should have been the NightWing queen. They seemed to think
of her as very selfish, saving her own scales rather than the Obsidian
Mirror.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising
In
the prologue, Secretkeeper was able to get into the rainforest by lying
that she wanted to bring some food for Greatness to give to the queen.

When she entered the rainforest and found her egg turned silver,
Secretkeeper wonders if it was a trick by Mastermind or Greatness.
Secretkeeper appeared to consider the princess much smarter than most
NightWings.

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### Winglets

left
Prisoners
Greatness was mentioned
when Strongwings explained to Fierceteeth on how he only became a lab
assistant to Mastermind because his mother was friends with Greatness.

left
Assassin
Greatness, Morrowseer, and
Quickstrike are briefly shown having a discussion about Deathbringer and
whether or not he should be permitted to leave the island to kill the
SeaWing commander, Tempest|Commander Tempest. She did not have a say in
this conversation, as she was only speaking for her mother.

## Relationships

### Battlewinner

Greatness had a certain degree of love for her mother despite not living
up to her expectations, even to the point of being concerned when
Battlewinner left her lava cauldron. She was not fit for a queen, much
to her mother's dismay, but she does not have anything against
Battlewinner's opinions. Still, she openly admits that her mother's
actions were wrong.

### Deathbringer

Greatness seems to care about him and was upset to find out that he
failed his mission. She also chose to spare his life. He is mentioned by
Vengeance to be "her pet assassin."

### Glory

Greatness seems to respect Glory as she is shown to bow down to the
RainWing, and stated that she believed Glory would be a better queen
than she would ever be.

## Quotes

The queen has a proposal. […] The dragonet must prove himself
to be as good as you claim, Quickstrike. If he can kill either Vengeance
or Slaughter tonight, in stealth, before the sun rises, then he can go
with you. If not, then you must choose one or both of them instead.

Assassin

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And it's your fault they found out about us. […] You're the
one who brought her here, even though Deathbringer warned us the
dragonets were in the forest, and that we should stay away until they
were gone.

The Dark Secret

20

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Vengeance! […] The queen has spoken. […] Vengeance. You
endangered the whole tribe. You disobeyed orders. You brought a viper to
us disguised as a simple garden snake.

The Dark Secret
22

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Oh, you're the two little prophecy dragonets. Morrowseer was
looking for you in quite a towering rage earlier. Listen, like I told
him, the prophecy is important, but it's even more important that we win
this battle tonight. So the whole tribe is going, no exceptions.
Everyone else is in the great hall-- if you follow this tunnel down and
take the fourth left, you'll be halfway there and someone can guide you.

to Fatespeaker and Starflight
The Dark Secret
254

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Please listen. You're dooming us to a horrible end. […] The
volcano is not only a future threat — it's killing us now. There's
almost no prey left. We're all starving. Fewer dragonets are born each
year. And we're barely NightWings anymore. Don't you see? The tribe is
dying. We need a new home.
to Glory
The Dark Secret
258

## Trivia

  - Greatness does not trust animus-touched objects.