Rainbloom Regent | Secretary Bird Royal Botanist Character

The story of Rainbloom Regent

A fictional story inspired by the artwork.

The botanist supports the dome from below, keeping the pink orchid level while walking between marble columns. Black crest feathers sweep away from a white head, and orange markings around the eye pick up the warmer colors of the courtyard. Gold leaves and flowers embroidered on the green coat echo the roses growing around the colonnade.

The orchid normally lives in a shaded room on the far side of the gardens. The botanist brings it through the courtyard once a year to show the palace gardeners which buds opened first. This year a new shoot has grown toward the glass. It is the first sign that the plant might have enough strength to flower outside its usual season.

The dome, with its bright rim and rounded handle, gives the portrait a small, clear point of focus. Behind it, a fountain and distant arches show the scale of the garden. Dark trousers and long feathers keep the lower half of the figure simple beside the richly worked coat. The orchid remains distinct against the sunlit columns.

A palace story could begin when an apprentice recognizes the orchid from an old garden sketch. The botanist would have to trace which plants were moved when the original greenhouse came down and decide where to look for its oldest surviving bed.

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