[NB: This is the same as fiction/2016-12-17-glory.txt!]

[transcribed 2021-06-02]

At the beginning of the first *Wings of Fire* book, Glory appears to be very
sleepy and rarely talks with her friends (and she always seems a bit cross),
who’ve all lived in the same cave their whole lives. This is most likely because
the five young dragonet friends had all been supposedly meant to hatch on the
same night together, and later in their futures they’d be destined to end a war
that had been going on for many years; however, when one of the destined
dragonets was killed before hatching, a replacement had to be found, and that
replacement was Glory – except Glory wasn’t from the same tribe (species) of
dragons as the dead dragonet she was replacing. That made Glory feel out of
place and worthless, as she makes clear when talking to her friends when her
life is at stake.[1]

In the second part of the story, the dragonets are captured by a dragon queen
and put in a prison for gladiators forced to participate in fights dedicated to
the queen’s entertainment – except Glory, who, being of the tribe of dragons
with scale-colour-shifting abilities, was taken as a (live, though chained up)
decoration in the queen’s room. Glory doesn’t appear to resist this in any way.

Towards the end of the book, after the five dragonets had escaped, something one
of her friends (Clay) said[2] made her feel unwanted. This, added to the fact
that her friends had to risk their own lives to save hers relatively recently,
raised her temper even more than usual.

Overnight, while most of them were sleeping, one of the dragonets, Tsunami, who
had clearly noticed and understood Glory’s anger, brought up a suggestion to
Glory privately. Glory was sure that Clay didn’t want care about her or want her
around. Tsunami suggested that, to (dis)prove this, Glory could turn herself
invisible, to see how the other dragonets would react, since they had already
made Glory seem unwanted. Glory agreed, since she was considering leaving,
anyways. But how her friends, especially Clay, responded to not knowing where
Glory was helped turn her emotions around and she stayed with the rest of her
friends along their future adventures.[3]

[1] Glory’s life is actually at stake because of the fact that she was a
replacement for the dead dragonet, which probably doesn’t help encourage her
much in any way, considering she was already somewhat depressed because of that.
(I mention this later..)

[2] Her friend has said he wondered if a dragon they met in the arena might be
able to come with the dragonets. The dragon was of the same tribe that the
original dead unhatched dragonet was, so Glory interpreted the dragon as a
replacement for her.

[3] See! It’s a story! Exposition, rising action, climax!