The 'Rainforest Kingdom' is a vast jungle that covers most of the
southeastern part of Pyrrhia. It is occupied by the RainWings and most
of the NightWings, and is currently ruled by Queen Glory.

## Description

The Rainforest Kingdom is wild and noisy; it is a wild assault of
greenery and leaves, consisting of many colorful birds, tall, whispering
trees, exuberant flowers, tangles of vines, and a thick canopy of green
leaves overhead. The sounds of howling, buzzing, and a waterfall can be
heard in some areas. There are many strange smells, as well as heat that
is damp and sticky. There are giant spiderwebs everywhere, and at least
one river with oozing black mud, reeds, and a huge boulder along its
banks. A damp layer of leaves and bracken covers the forest floor, where
it is cool and muddy. Quicksand exists in some areas of the rainforest,
and the canopies are sunlit emerald-green and whirring with the whispers
of tiny wings.The ground is made up of dirt, tree debris, and tangled
roots.

During the daytime, warm bursts of sunlight nudges through the leafy
canopies. At nighttime, the rainforest is filled with a cacophony of
noises from birds, frogs, insects, burps, gurgles, and rustling. The air
smells like jasmine, mangoes, moss, river rocks, the color green,
mammals, bananas, and birds. The air is warm and buzzing, and the
sunlight through the leaves is gentle and peaceful. The trees are often
wet from rainfall.

## Notable features

### Banyan Tree

The Rainforest Kingdom includes a particularly large banyan tree,
located a short flight away from the RainWing royal pavilion|royal
pavilion. It is an enormous, fat tree with bulging branches and knobby
roots sticking out from the undergrowth. Its roots, some as fat around
as a Dragons|dragon, extend far, all the way to a wall of bushes where
the forest floor begins sloping up.

## Flora/Fauna

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Wildlife
'Animals'

  - Anteaters
  - Arachnids
      - Furry spiders
      - Wandering spiders
  - Birds
      - Long-legged lavender-colored birds
      - Tropical birds
          - Large-beaked red birds
          - Lorikeets
          - Parrots
              - Parakeets
          - Quetzals
          - Toucans
          - Unnamed birds with red, yellow, blue, and green feathers
  - Boars
  - Fish
  - Frogs
      - Bug-eyed sky-blue hallucinogenic frogs
      - Fat spiny frogs
      - Fat blue frogs
      - Hallucinogenic orange toads
      - Small blue frogs with darker blue speckles
      - Tree frogs
  - Giant centipedes
  - Great Apes
      - Orangutans
  - Insects
      - Ants
      - Beetles
          - Greenish-brown beetles with many legs
          - Rhinoceros beetles
          - Shimmery green beetles
      - Bumblebees
      - Butterflies
          - Small yellow butterflies
          - Glass-winged butterflies as large as a dragon's talons
          - Purple and gold butterflies
      - Centipedes
      - Crickets
      - Dragonflies
      - Fireflies
      - Flies
      - Glow-in-the-dark moths
      - Green-striped caterpillars
      - Mosquitoes
      - Walking twig-like insects
  - Jaguar
  - Lizards
  - Mollusks
      - Snails
  - Monkeys
      - Funny-faced little monkeys with long tails
      - Russet monkeys
      - Screamer monkeys
      - Small orange monkeys with black faces
      - Tamarin monkeys
  - Humans
  - Sloths
  - Small blue salamanders
  - Small pigs
  - Snakes
      - Green anacondas
      - Lanceheads
  - Tapirs
  - Toads

'Plants'

  - Bushes
  - Ferns
      - Bracken
      - Toxic ferns
  - Flowers
      - Delicate white-orange-pink orchids
      - Fuchsia flowers
      - Giant bright orange-and-gold flowers
      - Lacy scarlet flowers
      - Moon-colored flowers
      - Orchids
          - Pale night orchids
          - Talon-sized orange orchids
      - Purple and blue morning glories
      - Red flowers as big as a dragonet's talons
      - Silvery yellow flowers
      - Soft white flowers
      - Spiraling tendrils of delicate white-blue flowers
      - Sundrops
      - Tiny lavender flowers that look like claws
      - White flowers with petals like dragonfly wings
  - Fruit
      - Bananas
      - Cantaloupes
      - Chewy, rubbery red spheres that take an hour to swallow and days
        to pick from one's teeth
      - Clawmentine
      - Cloudberries
      - Dragonberry
      - Dragonfruit
      - Figs
      - Fire pears
      - Guavas
      - Kiwi
      - Kumbu
      - Lime-green star-shaped fruit that smelled like pineapple and
        basil
      - Mangoes
      - Melons
      - Nuts
      - Papayas
      - Purple spotted fruit
      - Raspberries
      - Small orange fruit
      - Star fruits
      - Tangelos
  - Giant tomatoes
  - Large seed pods
  - Leaves
      - Floppy oval leaves
      - Medicinal leaves
  - Moss
  - Purple berries
  - Reeds
  - Trees
      - Banyan trees
      - Baobab trees
      - Giant palm trees
  - Vines
      - Vines covered in purple blossoms

## History

### The Dragonet Prophecy

#### The Hidden Kingdom

The Rainforest Kingdom was the main setting of the book, where the
dragonets of destiny sought safety after escaping the prison in the
Summer Palace.

#### The Dark Secret

After Starflight, Fatespeaker, and Flame's attempt to escape the
NightWing island, Starflight and the others were brought safely inside
the Rainforest Kingdom. The NightWings was soon evacuated into when the
volcano finally exploded, an event which led to the NightWing Exodus
near the end of the book.

#### The Brightest Night

The Rainforest Kingdom served as the main place where the dragonets of
destiny met to discuss important subjects on how to end the war and home
to the NightWings. It was also the place where Sunny was kidnapped by
Fierceteeth, Strongwings, and Preyhunter.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

#### Moon Rising

In the prologue, Secretkeeper visited the Rainforest Kingdom and
witnessed Moonwatcher hatching. The kingdom was mentioned throughout the
book.

#### Winter Turning

The Rainforest Kingdom was the main setting of the book, where Winter,
Qibli, Moon, and Kinkajou searched for answers on Hailstorm and
Scarlet's whereabouts. They planned to protect Queen Glory from a
possible assassin, Icicle.

#### Talons of Power

Turtle followed Darkstalker to the kingdom and also visited Kinkajou,
who was recovering at the time. After awhile, Darkstalker took most of
the NightWings to the lost city of night.

#### Darkness of Dragons

In the epilogue, Moon visited the NightWing village to visit
Secretkeeper, Hope, and Peacemaker.

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### Winglets

#### Prisoners

Fierceteeth shared how, after sneaking through the NightWing
tunnels|Rainforest tunnel with Strongwings, she was ecstatic about the
idea of escaping the island by moving to the rainforest. When they
returned to the NightWing island, the two were barred from returning to
the rainforest by Morrowseer; they would be allowed to go back once it
was taken over by the NightWings. She then explained to Saguaro how the
NightWings could have ensured Burn as the queen of the SandWings if the
SandWings had helped her replace Glory as the queen of the Rainforest
Kingdom.

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### Field Guides

#### A Guide to the Dragon World

The Rainforest Kingdom was mentioned several times in the RainWing
chapter of the guide. It served as the setting of Kinkajou's short story
about Silver and was described in literature#Named scrolls|Dangers of
the Rainforest. It was also mentioned by Handsome in his description of
the Dragon royalty#RainWing Royal Challenge|RainWing royal challenge,
and by Python in her letter to Jacaranda.

In the IceWing chapter, the Rainforest Kingdom was briefly mentioned to
be the source of melons used to flavor shaved ice.

## Trivia

  - The Rainforest Kingdom is one of the safest places in Pyrrhia.
  - Throughout history, many of the other tribes besides the RainWings
    desired to have the rainforest. Specifically, the SkyWings and
    MudWings would have skirmishes with the RainWings over territory.