Jambu

"You bet, no problem, Your Majesty, except uh … so, counting. Um. Don't get me wrong, I'm really good at it. Up to, like … twenty? That's a pretty big number, right? There probably aren't more NightWings here than that."

— Jambu to Glory about counting, The Brightest Night

Jambu
Age	10 years (hatched in 5,002 AS)
Gender	Male
Tribe	RainWings
Status
Status	Alive (as of The Flames of Hope)
Affiliations
Current	Tree gliding instructor, Prince of the RainWings
Relatives
Half-Sister	Glory
Partner	Pineapple
Niece	Firefly (in a possible timeline)
Ancestors	Grandeur, Jacaranda, Anaconda (possibly)
Book Appearances
Appeared in	The Hidden Kingdom, The Dark Secret, The Brightest Night
Appeared in	Winter Turning
Other	The Flames of Hope (vision)
Appeared in	The Hidden Kingdom, The Dark Secret, Winter Turning
Mentioned in	The Brightest Night
Featured in	A Guide to the Dragon World

Jambu is an adult male RainWing prince who was introduced in The Hidden Kingdom. He currently works as a tree gliding instructor for the dragonets within the Rainforest Kingdom and is the half-brother of Queen Glory. He currently resides within the RainWing village and is in a relationship with Pineapple.

Description

Jambu generally keeps his scales a vibrant raspberry-pink color.

Personality

Jambu is adventurous, respectful, pitying, positive, and sympathetic. Upon first meeting him, Glory considered him to be stupid and the dizziest, most useless dragon she had ever met. He seemed as if he did not care at all about her abduction, shrugging at the thought of bothering to count the RainWing village's eggs. He is lazy and is horrified by the idea of using his venom on other dragons.

Biography

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Hidden Kingdom

Jambu, along with Liana and a few other RainWings, caught the dragonets of destiny when they first entered the Rainforest Kingdom. They knocked out Clay, Sunny, and Tsunami with sleeping darts. Jambu and Glory comparing venom He brought them back to the RainWing village and spent time with Glory, educating her about the RainWing culture. During this time, they compared their venom and discovered that they were relatives, likely half-siblings. He revealed to Glory that the RainWings have no fixed parents system and every dragonet was raised collectively by the village. Jambu being sabotaged After Mangrove ran away from the Rainforest Kingdom through one of the NightWing tunnels in hopes of finding Orchid, his partner, Jambu accompanied Glory and the other dragonets on their search to find him, bringing them to the borders of the Ice Kingdom and Blaze's fortress. Glory and Jambu disguised themselves as IceWings to gain entrance, and once inside, they spotted Mangrove camouflaged in a corner. The two managed to convince Blaze to come outside to meet the dragonets. Later, when Glory challenged the RainWing queens for the throne, Jambu competed in the treetop race against Exquisite. He lost after some of Exquisite's sloths tossed vines in his way, nearly choking him. However, Glory won the overall challenge due to Grandeur's forfeit against Kinkajou, when she found that she and Glory were related.

The Dark Secret
Jambu became one of Glory's most trustworthy RainWings after her coronation. He participated in Glory's mission to rescue the imprisoned RainWings in the Night Kingdom and was one of the first dragons to go through the portal. Starflight described him as either "brave" or not knowing what he was getting himself into." He was also described as being one of the best shots with a blowgun.

The Brightest Night

When Fierceteeth, Strongwings, and Preyhunter used the Obsidian Mirror to spy on Glory, she was shown instructing Jambu and Grandeur to count all the NightWings in the rainforest. Jambu was uneasy over this and was revealed only to be able to count to twenty. Later, Glory sent Jambu and Mangrove back to the Ice Kingdom to convince Blaze to attend the peace summit in Burn's stronghold. However, the mission failed because Queen Glacier refused to let Blaze leave the kingdom, unwilling to risk all the land she had promised her tribe.

---

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Winter Turning
He was seen, smarting off to his half-sister, Queen Glory, while he was watching over the unconscious Icicle. He and the healers told Glory the story of the RainWing that could not change his scale color; this RainWing was later revealed to be Chameleon.

---

The Lost Continent Prophecy

The Flames of Hope

Jambu was seen in Pineapple's memory. In that vision, Jambu was shown sleeping with his partner, Pineapple. Glory suddenly appeared to wake Jambu up as suntime has ended already. Jambu commented that he was tired from watching Peacemaker and his friends play. Glory asked for Jambu to come with her to Sanctuary as dragons from Pantala have arrived there, but he refused. Pineapple offered to go in his place, which Jambu happily agreed to as he went back to sleep in his hammock. At the end of The Flames of Hope, Luna mentioned that Jambu and Pineapple promised to visit Pantala soon.

---

Field Guides

A Guide to the Dragon World
Jambu contributed to a segment on RainWing shifting scales in the RainWing chapter in the guide.

Relationships

Glory

Glory did not know she had a half-brother until she met him in the Rainforest Kingdom and did the venom test. At first, Glory was unimpressed, seeing him as ridiculous and silly like all the other RainWings. However, Jambu helped her get Blaze to meet the dragonets and nearly beat Exquisite in the tree-gliding competition, one of the five contests that decided who would become the queen of the RainWings. He was only stopped by a vine, possibly used by a collection of Exquisite's sloths, that wrapped around his neck, nearly strangling him. He appears to be one of her most trusted dragons now, even if he is incompetent. He also makes sure Glory takes her daily sun time, noting that it makes her less grumpy and more recharged. Glory can count on him, and he was her first choice as the RainWing representative for a queen's gathering.

Peacemaker

Jambu often looks over Peacemaker and his friends, but he is quite exhausted by Peacemaker's energy.

Pineapple

Pineapple is Jambu's partner. Pineapple appears rested and happy while they are together, and Jambu calls their time together "Pineappletime." Pineapple laughed with him and reassured Jambu that he would always be there for him, and they joke with one another quite often. He grins at Jambu and is physically affectionate towards him. He was quick to assure Jambu that he does lots of helpful things, and was willing to take Jambu's place on the stealth team so that he could rest. They love one another and often spend lots of time together cuddling, eating chocolate, and making up songs about pandas.

Family tree

More

Jacaranda

Several Generations

Grandeur

Several Dragons

Quickstrike

Unknown

Jambu

Glory

Deathbringer

Firefly

    = Possible timeline

Quotes

"That means we're related! […] You're my little sister!"

― to Glory, after they found out they're related

---

"That's how we know. […] If your venom made [the leaf] melt faster, then we'd know we're not related, so we could have eggs together. But when your venom cancels out the other dragon's, you come from the same family. Can you believe we're brother and sister? Well, OK, we're probably only half brother and sister. But still, it's pretty cool."

― to Glory

---

"This is better than sun time! I feel like I've been rolled in sunlight and stuffed with bananas. I bet the rest of the tribe would love to come through that tunnel and have their sun time here on the sand."

― about the Kingdom of Sand

---

"I don't know what that is. […] But I'm really freaking cold, aren't you?"

― to Glory, when she asks for personal space

---

"You bet, no problem, Your Majesty, except uh… so, counting. Um. Don't get me wrong, I'm really good at it. Up to, like… twenty? That's a pretty big number, right? There probably aren't more NightWings here than that."

― to Glory, after being asked to count the Nightwings

---

"He was awful. […] Sometimes I would wake up from my suntime nap and he'd just be standing there staring at me. And he couldn't camouflage himself, and you could never tell what he was feeling by looking at his scales. […] That's our cautionary tale of what happens when you don't sleep, […] Ahem. Your Majesty."

― to Winter, his companions, and Glory, about Chameleon

Trivia

• Jambu is known to be one of the best shooters with the dart guns that the RainWings use.
• Jambu can only count up to twenty.
• Jambu does not know what a scroll is.
• Jambu believes that he is excellent at tree gliding.

Gallery

Reference by SpaceshipEarth

Jambu from The Hidden Kingdom (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes

Jambu from Venom Victory, a game on Scholastic HomeBase

Art by Mike Holmes, from the Wings of Fire Graphic Novels