'Vengeance' was an adult male NightWing who was introduced in The Hidden Kingdom. He formerly served as a
guard for the NightWings until he was killed by being thrown into a lava
pool as punishment for disobeying Queen Battlewinner's orders.

## Description

Vengeance was large and had a horribly deformed snout; a twisting scar
that closed one of his nostrils, multiple melted scales, and oozing
bubbles of deformed skin along his jawline caused by Splendor's venom.
He breathed in a loud, snuffly way and had a hoarse, wet voice.
According to Fierceteeth, he was hideous even before his injury.

## Personality

According to Morrowseer, Vengeance would love to practice killing other
dragons, and Quickstrike stated that he was unintelligent. He was
vengeful, greedy, and disobedient. Vengeance was selfish, pushing away
other guards to escape first.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

#### The Hidden Kingdom

It was mentioned early in the book that RainWings were missing,
including Queen Splendor. When the dragonets of destiny|dragonets were
searching for Orchid, they found a dying sloth with a nasty bite on it.
Later, they heard something out at night that sounded like a monster.
They heard bones crunching, then discovered that the sloth was gone.
Vengeance was the kidnapper of Glory and Queen Splendor. He was
mentioned — though not by name — when Glory was taken to the NightWing
island. When Glory was first inspected, a fellow NightWing stated her
worries, but Vengeance scoffed, saying that all RainWings were rotten
and useless. During his attempt to capture Splendor, she accidentally
sprayed him with her venom, scarring his face and making him show an
intense hatred for all RainWings.

#### The Dark Secret

He interrupted the council meeting where Starflight was being
interrogated about the RainWings' plan. He then claimed that he knew
more about RainWings than anyone else. Greatness accused him of
disobeying orders by kidnapping Glory, even after Deathbringer had
warned them not to. He rebuffed by explaining how Deathbringer allowed
Clay to pass through the tunnel and had Deathbringer arrested. However,
Queen Battlewinner decided that Vengeance must be executed for capturing
Glory, and he was thrown into a lava pool. Vengeance struggled to
escape, but the guards used spears to keep him submerged until he
eventually burned to death. Later, Starflight wondered about Queen
Scarlet and how she could still be alive, as Glory's venom did not hit
her directly in her eyes. He noted that if she was alive, she would
probably look like Vengeance.

#### The Brightest Night

When Fierceteeth, Strongwings, and Preyhunter were watching Queen Glory
and Deathbringer, Preyhunter snarled that Vengeance was right about
Deathbringer being a traitor.

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### Winglets

#### Prisoners

Fierceteeth mentioned him when explaining that no one knew what
RainWings could do, as it was not in any scrolls. Fierceteeth also
mentioned that he was ugly even before he got sprayed in the face with
venom.

#### Assassin

Vengeance was one of the two dragons Deathbringer had to choose from to
kill, in order to get permission to leave the NightWing island. When
Deathbringer tracked him down to assassinate him, he was unable to check
if Vengeance was sleeping in his cave or not due to two other dragons
playing a game in the entranceway. Because of this, Deathbringer decided
to kill Vengeance's cousin, Slaughter, instead. This was likely what
brought Vengeance's hatred of Deathbringer.

## Relationships

### Slaughter

Slaughter was Vengeance's cousin, and was kind only towards him.
Quickstrike believed that Vengeance would hate and try to hurt
Deathbringer for killing Slaughter.

## Quotes

Bosh. All RainWings are the same. Rotten and useless.
before taking Glory's gag off The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The
Hidden Kingdom
190

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It doesn't matter. […] RainWings are no match for us.

about the RainWings The Dark Secret (book)|The Dark
Secret
19

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Yeah, I noticed. […] And yet I know more than any dragon
about RainWings and what they can do. […] And I can tell you this was
a fluke. RainWings are too stupid and cowardly to be dangerous. Most of
you know I got this when I grabbed their queen — well, it turns out,
just one of their queens — stupid tribe — and she had no idea what I was
doing or I'd be dead. She didn't even mean to spray me. They never do.
[…] They have Pyrrhia's most powerful weapon and they're too pathetic
to use it.
about the RainWings
The Dark Secret
19

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Deathbringer. […] Oh, yeah. How is your pet, Greatness? I've
heard a very interesting story about him.
to Greatness, about
Deathbringer The Dark Secret
19

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This dragon. […] This pet assassin of Princess Greatness was
actually conspiring with the enemy. He is the one who brought the
MudWing here and he helped them both to escape.
about
Deathbringer The Dark Secret

20-21

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Yeah, I have witnesses. […] One of the guards she attacked on
the way out saw you helping them. And the guards you distracted from the
tunnel so the MudWing could come through — they can tell us all about
that.
to Deathbringer, after being asked if his accusations
had any proof The Dark Secret
21

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Wait. […] What he did was worse! I just grabbed a RainWing,
same as always! How could I know — she didn't look no different than
the others!
when Princess Greatness declared his death The Dark Secret
22