'Mangrove' is an adult male RainWing who was introduced in The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden
Kingdom. He and his partner Orchid currently reside in the Rainforest
Kingdom, where they work as fruit gatherers. He is one of Queen Glory's
most trusted dragons.

## Description

When not displaying a particular emotion, Mangrove's scales usually
appear to be a shade of dark purple.

## Personality

Unlike the average RainWing, Mangrove is shown to be rather alert,
irritable, and perceptive — he is attentive enough to notice the
disappearance of members of his tribe whilst the other RainWings did
not. He was as cheerful as the other RainWings before Orchid
disappeared. It was stated that he was grumpier than most other
RainWings, mainly because he never had as much suntime after Orchid
disappeared, as he spent most of his time worrying about her. He is
impatient when it comes to finding his loved ones, as he ran away by
himself into the NightWing tunnels|tunnel to the Kingdom of Sand, to try
and find Orchid. Glory stated that he was not the type of dragon to give
up easily.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Hidden Kingdom

After Orchid went missing, Mangrove was heartbroken and quite
determined to find her. He stood in line at Queen Magnificent's pavilion
every day, waiting for his turn to tell the queen about the
disappearances, though she always ignored him, suggesting that she was
taking a long nap. Because of this, he often missed large portions of
his suntime and was grouchier than usual, similar to Glory.
[File:Mush-5.png|thumb|Mangrove](File:Mush-5.png%7Cthumb%7CMangrove)
appealing to Queen Magnificent He reluctantly allowed Glory as an
audience with his discussion with Magnificent, where he expressed his
problem yet again. When it became apparent to everyone that Queen
Magnificent did not intend to do anything about it, he volunteered to
help Glory in looking for the "rainforest monster" after she suggested
Bromeliad and Mangrove should have their audience with the queen
together. The search lead to the discovery of a tunnel made by
Stonemover that leads to the borders of the Kingdom of Sand and the
hidden NightWing island|NightWing Kingdom. Thinking Orchid might be in
the latter, Mangrove took off into the tunnel while the Dragonets of
destiny|dragonets were not looking.

Glory and Jambu then disguised themselves as IceWings and found him
hiding in Blaze's fortress near the IceWing palace, camouflaged against
the sand in Blaze's room. The siblings managed to rescue him, but not
before running into Deathbringer. As Blaze arrived, Glory sent Jambu and
Mangrove back to the safety of the rainforest.
[File:Mush-6.png|thumb|left|200px|Mangrove](File:Mush-6.png%7Cthumb%7Cleft%7C200px%7CMangrove)
fruit-hunting for Glory's challenge

During the competition in which Glory tried to become queen, Glory
picked Mangrove as part of her team. He participated in the fruit
gathering contest and collected seventeen different fruits (including
one that appeared to be newly discovered), beating Queen Dazzling, who
originally had nineteen (through cheating by preparing beforehand), but
ate three of them on the way back.

left The Dark Secret
Starflight and Glory led an attack on the NightWings through the
tunnel. They rescued Splendor, Orchid, the rest of the missing
RainWings, and Deathbringer. Mangrove and Orchid reunited by locking
tails, glowing pink with happiness. Mangrove introduced Orchid to Glory,
who was immensely grateful to their new queen.

Orchid mentioned that she felt a rumbling in the earth, and Mangrove
replied that it was like "all the happiness in us is trying to burst
out." After that, he went off with Orchid back to the Rainforest
Kingdom.

left The Brightest Night

Mangrove and Jambu disguised themselves as IceWings to send a
message to Blaze, asking her to attend the meeting at SandWing
stronghold|Burn's stronghold. He and Jambu later told Glory that Blaze
was not coming, and Mangrove stated that it was because they knew that
Burn and Blister could both easily kill Blaze.

When Queen Glory visited Burn's stronghold to finally end the War of
SandWing Succession|war, Mangrove and Grandeur were left in charge of
the Rainforest Kingdom and the RainWings.

## Relationships

### Glory

Mangrove suggested that Glory should be the one to search for the
missing dragons as she seemed to have useful questions. Upon becoming a
worthy queen, Mangrove has a higher opinion of her and named her as the
reason they were able to save the missing RainWings. The two are also on
good terms and are trusting of each other, given the fact Glory chose
him (alongside Grandeur) to run the kingdom when she was at the peace
summit.

### Orchid

Orchid is Mangrove's partner, and he is very loving of her. After her
disappearance, he neglected suntime to search and worry for her.
Mangrove often requested the queens to send a search party for her,
often to no avail. He described Orchid as "perfection in every scale".
He dove into great lengths in order to save her, even stubbornly flying
to the freezing north into Princess Blaze's fortress despite Glory's
efforts to stop him. Mangrove was willing to use his venom for Orchid's
sake. Their reunion was followed by happiness. They returned to the
rainforest together soon after.

## Quotes

Complaining about something! […] I'll say! Something we
should all be complaining about! My Orchid isn't the only one who's
missing, you know!
about his complaint to Magnificent The Hidden Kingdom
58

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My partner. […] Orchid. She's been missing for three weeks.
I've asked the queen every day since then to send out a search party.

to Glory, about why he is seeing Magnificent
The Hidden Kingdom
59

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There could be totally different explanations. […] I'm sure
something terrible happened to Orchid.
to Glory and Bromeliad

The Hidden Kingdom
61

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Not as far as I know. I noticed she was gone only when her turn
came back around and she wasn't there. But I can guess when she went
missing because her sloth found someone else to live with right around
then.
about Splendor The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The
Hidden Kingdom
70

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All right. You're right. I guess I've been neglecting my sun
time since Orchid went missing, […] I used to be as cheerful as
everyone else, but I'm worried about her. […] Trust me, Orchid was
perfection in every scale. No one could possibly want to hurt her.

to Glory The Hidden Kingdom

72

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I think that's me. […] Like all the happiness inside us is
trying to burst out.
to Orchid, about the tremors
The Dark Secret
248