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[[File:Ice Kingdom Map.png|thumb|400px|The Ice Kingdom on the map of [[Pyrrhia]]]] '''The Ice Kingdom''', the homeland of the [[IceWings]], is currently ruled by [[Queen Snowfall]] after the sudden death of Queen Glacier caused by the IceWing plague. It makes up the "head," or northern peninsula, of [[Pyrrhia]]. The kingdom is composed primarily of mountains and glaciers while the surrounding ocean is speckled with ice floes. It is characterized by extremely cold climate and freezing winds that often reach sub-zero temperatures. The [[File:Glacier_palace.jpg|thumb]]weather is complementary to the IceWing tribe's abilities and traits and how they are the only tribe who can survive the harsh environment (unless a visiting dragon has been given the [[Animus-Touched Objects#IceWing Animus Gifts|Gift of Diplomacy]]), so they thrive in its hostile conditions without trouble. It borders the northern ocean and the [[Kingdom of Sand]], and some of the [[Sky Kingdom]].
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The '''Ice Kingdom''' is the territory of the [[IceWings]], and consists of the "head," or northern peninsula, of [[Pyrrhia]]. It borders the northern ocean, the western ocean, the [[Kingdom of Sand]], and a portion of the [[Sky Kingdom]]. It is currently ruled by [[Queen Snowfall]].
 
== Description ==
The Ice Kingdom is well known for its sub-zero temperatures and freezing winds.{{Ref|WT|236}} It is beautiful, cool, snowy, and crystalline.{{Ref|TDG|131}} There are islands with caves surrounding the [[IceWing palace]],{{Ref|WT|4}} as well as dark green oceans studded with drifting pieces of ice or glaciers.{{Ref|WT|202}} Distant splashes of whales and seals carry across the cool, quiet ice, and the smallest changes can be detected in the frozen world.{{Ref|WT|30}} [[Winter]] described the Ice Kingdom to be the safest and most purely beautiful place in Pyrrhia,{{Ref|WT|92}} a landscape dotted with snowy,{{Ref|TDG|81}} sheer cliffs and pure blue lakes.{{Ref|WT|238}} It is rare to find complete darkness, even at night; the [[IceWing gifts|gift of light]] is spread throughout the kingdom, and there are moon globes everywhere. There is a lot of open space, and the three moons glitter on everything: the snow, the palace, the frozen lakes, and the glaciers.{{Ref|WT|116}} According to Winter, cities in the Ice Kingdom are very carefully built. It is clear where the wealth and power are, who has it, and who can influence it.{{Ref|WT|207}}
 
The Ice Kingdom's land is mostly snowy, icy, cold tundra, with multiple glaciers adding to the overall shape of the kingdom. It is cold enough that almost everywhere is covered with snow.{{Ref|W4q|156}} [[Darkstalker (L1)|Darkstalker]] said that for tribes besides IceWings, the Ice Kingdom would be horrible to conquer.{{Ref|DoD|347}} The map of Pyrrhia shows that there are areas of mountain and boreal forest in the Ice Kingdom, which are also snow-covered. Icebergs, ice sheets, and ice floes litter the sea around the kingdom.
 
Queen Snowfall's palace is located in the far north, on the peninsula. Inside the palace, there is the moon globe tree — also known as the gift of light — created by the [[animus]] [[Frostbite]].{{Ref|L1p}}
 
It was mentioned in the book ''[[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]'' that there were three other palaces in the Ice Kingdom.{{Ref|L1p}}
 
The land in between the Kingdom of Sand and the Ice Kingdom is barren wasteland.{{Ref|EP|19}}


==Description==
== Notable features ==
The Ice Kingdom's land is mostly snowy, cold tundra, with multiple glaciers adding to the overall shape of the kingdom. It is cold enough that almost everywhere is covered in snow. The map of [[Pyrrhia]] shows that there are areas of mountain and boreal forest in the Ice Kingdom, which are also snow-covered. Icebergs, ice sheets, and ice floes litter the sea around the kingdom.
=== [[Great Ice Cliff]] ===
The '''Great Ice Cliff''' was an animus touched wall that bordered part of the Ice Kingdom. The cliff shot icicle spears at any dragon who was not an IceWing if they attempt to fly over the wall into the Ice Kingdom. It was an animus gift from an unnamed IceWing animus and was named the gift of defense.{{Ref|WT|236}} The only way for a dragon from another tribe to fly over without getting killed is to put on one of three animus-touched bracelets that prevent the [[Great Ice Cliff]]'s effects.{{Ref|L1p}} It was destroyed by Queen Snowfall using the gift of strength in ''[[The Dangerous Gift]]''.{{Ref|TDG|259}}   


The southern land border of the Ice Kingdom is defended by the Great Ice Cliff, which is an animus-touched barrier that skewers any other tribe invaders with icicle spears. The only way visitors may pass through is with one of three animus-touched bracelets that allow a member of another tribe to pass the wall, as part of the Gift of Diplomacy. [[Queen Glacier's Palace|Queen Snowfall’s Palace]] is located in the far north, on the peninsula. It is said to be made entirely of enchanted ice, an animus gift, except the dome of the Welcoming Center, which is made of normal ice. The palace is described to be consistent with such a low temperature that no dragon other than an IceWing would be able to survive. Inside the palace, there is a [[Moon Globe Tree]] created by the animus [[Frostbite]], which is known as the "Gift of Light".
=== Diamond Caves ===
The '''Diamond Caves''' are a system of ice caverns within the Ice Kingdom where the [[Diamond Trial]] takes place. They were named after the trial's creator, [[Queen Diamond]]. It is also known as the gift of vengeance. These caves are also where [[Foeslayer]] was trapped until Winter set her free in ''[[Winter Turning (book)|Winter Turning]]''. Winter mentions that Queen Diamond used her animus power more than once to create the Diamond Caves, and then to imprison Foeslayer.


It was mentioned in Legends: Darkstalker, that there were three other palaces in the Ice Kingdom.
They are a series of caves and caverns made mostly of ice, filled with stalactites and stalagmites like any other cavern, located at the north-westernmost peninsula on Pyrrhia.{{Ref|WT|268}} Near Foeslayer's cave, there is an uncountable amount of frozen IceWing dragonets, who all died during the Diamond Trial. An underground river runs near the entrance to the cave, into a dark chasm.{{Ref|WT|272-273}} Inside the cave it was said to have lots of frozen dragons in different poses, most of them looking like they were in a battle. Winter thinks that they are the losing challengers of the Diamond Trial.


Formerly, [[Blaze's Fortress]] was near the edge of the Ice Kingdom, for the reason that tribes other than IceWings cannot survive in arctic climates.
=== Disputed Tundra ===
The far side of the Ice Kingdom's tundra is disputed territory between the Ice Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sand.{{Ref|TDG|83}}


If [[Princess Blaze|Princess&nbsp;Blaze]] had won the war, the Ice Kingdom would have been expanded to include the rocky land bordering the [[Kingdom of Sand]]. It is very little there, but [[Deathbringer]] pointed out that there may be valuable treasure buried beneath the rocks that Blaze might not have known about.
=== IceWing villages ===
All known villages in the Ice Kingdom are named as descriptive toponyms, all being long, hyphenated names to describe themselves.


[[The Diamond Caves]] are located at the northernmost point of the [[Ice Kingdom]] (the 'mouth' of Pyrrhia). This is where the [[Diamond Trial]] takes place when a first circle dragonet competes against the seventh circle dragonet. The Diamond Caves have many frozen bodies of dragons who have had to face off against [[Foeslayer]] in the Diamond Trial.
A list of known IceWing villages can be seen [[:Category:IceWing villages|here]].


It was mentioned in ''[[The Hidden Kingdom]]'' that IceWings had taverns, but no further evidence of this has been found.
=== Southermost IceWing palace ===
The '''southermost IceWing palace''' is one of four palaces in the Ice Kingdom. It resides near the ocean and the kingdom's border with the Kingdom of Sand. The palace is home to IceWing nobles, including [[Snowflake]] and her [[unnamed characters#IceWings|parents]] during the time of ''Darkstalker''. The palace's halls are smaller and more cramped than the halls of the main IceWing palace, lined with mis-matched ice carvings, including a polar bear, a wolf, screaming scavengers, and an owl. [[Arctic]] described it as lacking consistency and with no sense of artistic vision, everything feeling too close to him. The palace's walls and floor are ice, and the ground is littered by ice shards. The palace has several flight ledges where dragons can fly in and out, one having a view of the gift of diplomacy's dome, which is between the palace and the ocean.{{Ref|L1p}}


==Wildlife==
== Flora/Fauna ==
*Ermines
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*Hawks 
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*Penguins 
'''Animals'''
*Polar bears
* Birds
*Rabbits 
** Hawks{{Ref|L1|51}}
*Pinnipeds 
** Penguins{{Ref|THK|11}}
**Seals 
** Snowy owls{{Ref|WT|1}}
** Elephant seals
* Deer
**Walruses 
** Caribou{{Ref|WT|239}}{{Ref|TDG|145}}/Reindeer{{Ref|EP|19}}
*Sea birds
* Fish{{Ref|W4q|157}}
*Lynxes
* Foxes{{Ref|WT|30}}
* Wolves
* Arctic hares{{Ref|TDG|57}}
* Sardines
* Polar bears{{Ref|WT|4}}{{Ref|TDG|131}}
*Whales
* Pinnipeds
**Narwhals
** Seals{{Ref|WT|265}}
** Belugas
** Elephant seals{{Ref|DoD|39}}
* Reindeer, also known as caribou
** Walruses{{Ref|WT|101}}{{Ref|TDG|131}}
* Whales{{Ref|WT|30}}
** Belugas{{Ref|TDG|36}}
** Narwhals{{Ref|TDG|30}}


== [[Queen Snowfall's Palace]] ==
'''Plants'''
Queen Snowfall's palace is the palace for the IceWing tribe. IceWings with first and second circle rankings live inside it. It is described to be the most beautiful palace in all of Pyrrhia by [[Winter]] (although he could be biased, as he is an IceWing). The palace is located on the very top of the kingdom, close to Pyrrhia's ocean so that dragons who survived the Great Ice Cliff would most likely'' ''freeze to death before reaching the palace. Its fortifications were enchanted by twin animus Icewings to never crack, never melt, and never be harmed by the outside attack.
* Evergreens{{Ref|WT|271}}
** Pine trees{{Ref|WT|271}}
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== [[Great Ice Cliff]] ==
== History ==
'''The Great Ice Cliff''' is an [[Animus Dragons|animus]] touched wall that borders the Ice Kingdom and shoots large icicle spears at any dragon who is not an IceWing or an IceWing hybrid if they attempt to fly over the wall into the [https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/Ice_Kingdom Ice Kingdom]. It was an animus gift from an unnamed IceWing animus and was named the Gift of Defense. It was mentioned by Winter in ''Winter Turning'' when he and Hailstorm flew over it. The only way for a dragon that's from another tribe to fly over without getting killed is to put on one of three animus-touched bracelets that prevent the Great Ice Cliff's effects. These bracelets were called the Gift of Diplomacy. The reason the IceWings only have three bracelets might be because it would prevent large groups of dragons from other tribes from entering the Ice Kingdom.
=== The Dragonet Prophecy ===
==== ''[[The Hidden Kingdom (book)|The Hidden Kingdom]]'' ====
[[Glory]] and [[Jambu]] traveled to the border of the Ice Kingdom disguised as IceWings to find [[Blaze]]. They tested her to see if she was worthy of being the next SandWing queen. [[Deathbringer]], a [[NightWing]] assassin, was hiding near Blaze's fortress on a mission to kill the dragonets. He attempted to kill Blaze instead but failed.
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=== The Jade Mountain Prophecy ===
==== ''[[Winter Turning (book)|Winter Turning]]'' ====
The beginning of the book took place in the kingdom during Winter's flashback, which follows his dragonethood memories and struggles.


In ''Darkstalker'', Prince Arctic took Whiteout towards the IceWing territory to offer her talons in marriage in exchange for her life. The Cliff will also let IceWing hybrids pass over it safely as well since Typhoon says that being half IceWing is IceWing enough.
Later on in the story, Winter returned to the Ice Kingdom with [[Hailstorm]] after rescuing him, which resulted in Winter moving up to the First Circle. Because Hailstorm was at the bottom of the ranking, the two dragons underwent the Diamond Trial and face Foeslayer. After the trial, Hailstorm did not want to kill Winter, to which the two agree and parted ways. Now alone, Winter freed Foeslayer from her imprisonment in the cave and she returned to the former Night Kingdom.


In the epilogue of The Poison Jungle, Queen Snowfall asked Jerboa II to extend the Great Ice Cliff to protect them from the LeafWings and SilkWings, but Jerboa was unable to complete her request due to animus magic currently being broken.
==== ''[[Escaping Peril (book)|Escaping Peril]]'' ====
[[Peril]] had flashbacks to the night she and [[Scarlet]] had fled from [[Burn]]'s [[SandWing stronghold#Weirdling tower|weirdling tower]], where they temporarily settled in the wasteland in between the Kingdom of Sand and the Ice Kingdom.


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==== ''[[Talons of Power (book)|Talons of Power]]'' ====
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In the epilogue, Hailstorm was seen in front of the ranking wall when a messenger told him the news of [[Queen Glacier]]'s death.
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* One of Blaze's soldiers decided to explore the Ice Kingdom, but as soon as she flew over the Great Ice Cliff, she was impaled by an ice spear, resulting in her death. Her snow-blanketed body was found alongside the Cliff. The blankets were frozen to her, making her look like a SeaWing at first glance.
* The whereabouts of the Gift of Diplomacy is unknown since it was stolen by NightWing visitors when Arctic ran away with Foeslayer.
* Snowfall called the Great Ice Cliff useless; likely because even if it didn't exist, any tribes entering the Ice Kingdom would be killed by its freezing temperatures.
|}


[[File:Wings-of-Fire-7-full-cover-final-art.jpg|thumb|231x231px|The Ice Kingdom, as shown in ''Winter Turning''|link=https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/File:Wings-of-Fire-7-full-cover-final-art.jpg]]
==== ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]'' ====
Anemone mentioned the Ice Kingdom's main palace in her spell to stop the [[Battle of Jade Mountain]].
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=== The Lost Continent Prophecy ===
==== ''[[The Poison Jungle (book)|The Poison Jungle]]'' ====
In the epilogue, Snowfall and [[Jerboa III]] meet in the Ice Kingdom, and Snowfall insists that she comes earlier next time. Then she says that the Great Ice Cliff only protects the kingdom from dragons invading from the south, and that anyone can come from the east or west borders. Jerboa III says that it will be too cold for any other dragons to come from those borders, but Snowfall says that hundreds of mysterious dragons were approaching from the west border and demanded that Jerboa III expand the Great Ice Cliff. However, Jerboa III says that Glacier never abused her animus powers and that she would not do it, plus animus magic was broken. When Snowfall asked her to prove it, she enchanted a frozen twig to make anything it touched turn green. When she offered it to Snowfall, she rejected it. When Jerboa III touched the stick herself, all of her scales stayed the same color. Snowfall then said that Jerboa III was absolutely useless without her animus powers.


==History==
==== ''[[The Dangerous Gift]]'' ====
In ''The Hidden Kingdom'', [[Queen Glory|Glory]] and [[Prince Jambu|Jambu]] traveled to the Ice Kingdom to find Blaze disguised as two IceWings. They tested her to see if she was worthy of the next ruler of the SandWings. Deathbringer was hiding near the border, possibly indicating that he lived in the Ice Kingdom while waiting for Blaze and the [[The Dragonets of Destiny|dragonets]]. There he attempted to kill her with sharp metal disks from the Night Kingdom.
Snowfall and her scout were talking about the mysterious approaching dragons on one of the tallest spires in Snowfall's palace. Snowfall later went down to the gift of order and rearranged some of the names. Snowfall visited the forbidden treasury and took the gift of stealth, the gift of vision, and the gift of strength to use when she went to meet the mysterious new dragons. The next day, Snowfall, Lynx, and the IceWing army, which was hidden by the gift of stealth, flew to where the new dragons have arrived, whilst discussing IceWing village names.


In Queen Snowfall's Palace, the courtyard grows a tree made of ice. This is called the [[Moon Globe Tree]]. Growing on the tree are moon globes, which are sources of light and can be picked by passing dragons. This tree was made by an animus dragon named Frostbite, who is mentioned in [[Winter Turning]].
Snowfall spoke with the refugees from [[Pantala]] and decides to escort them out of her kingdom to Jerboa's cove in the Kingdom of Sand.


There is also a group of narwhal horns enchanted by Queen Diamond (the gift of healing) in the case of an IceWing hurting another IceWing or themselves with frostbreath. It is mentioned that Queen Diamond might have regretted making this her gift to the IceWings because it is only really used for younger dragonets who were playing around.
Snowfall and Lynx return to the Ice Kingdom for a day before Lynx goes to Pantala with the other ten representatives. Utilizing the gift of strength, Snowfall started to destroy the Great Ice Cliff before returning to her palace. [[Tundra]] and [[Permafrost]] attempted to place [[Mink]] as Queen Regent so they could control her and rule the kingdom. Snowfall discovered that while Mink was Queen, she had worn the crown, which turned out to be cursed to make the wearer paranoid and have an immense hatred of NightWings like Queen Diamond. Snowfall used the gift of strength to destroy the IceWings' Circle Rankings, realizing how pointless it is.


There is also a trio of animus touched pools (the gift of sustenance) that produces a seal to swim by every time an IceWing reaches in. However, only the lowest-ranked dragons use it as dragons in the higher circles consider it a weakness to eat food that so easily came to you.
After this incident, Snowfall goes to bed and has her final dream incited from the gift of vision. She dreams she is her mother, Queen Glacier, and meets the spirit of the animus who created the gift of visions, [[Opal]]. Opal takes back the vision, as Snowfall had learned her lesson.
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=== Legends ===
==== ''[[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]'' ====
Several NightWings came to the Ice Kingdom to forge an alliance with the IceWings against the [[SkyWings]], during which Hope fell in love with Arctic.


And finally, among the mentioned animus touched objects, there is also a wall that acts as a shield for the IceWings and it is called "The Great Ice Cliff." If any dragon that was not an IceWing tried to cross or fly over it, they would immediately be impaled by an ice spear and killed. According to book ten, [[Darkness of Dragons|''Darkness of Dragons'']]'','' hybrids will count as full IceWings when crossing over the wall.
Darkstalker also caught a hawk for Arctic later on in the story to remind him of the Ice Kingdom.
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=== Winglets ===
==== ''[[Deserter]]'' ====
[[Six-Claws]] was searching for Princess Blaze who, he said, fled up north towards the IceWing kingdom.


==Gallery==
==== ''[[Runaway]]'' ====
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''Runaway'' was featured in the Ice Kingdom. Arctic and Hope's runaway started the [[NightWing-IceWing War]].
Ice_Kingdom_Map.png|The Ice Kingdom on the map of [[Pyrrhia]]
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Ice Kingdom Zoomed.png|The Ice Kingdom up close. Map by [[Mike Schley]]. Zooming done by [[User:Bloodfrost_of_the_IceWings|Bloodfrost of the IceWings]].
=== Field Guides ===
Wings-of-Fire-7-full-cover-final-art.jpg|Winter and the Ice Kingdom on the cover of ''[[Winter Turning]]''
==== ''[[A Guide to the Dragon World]]'' ====
Winglets04.png|The Ice Kingdom on the cover of ''[[Runaway]]''
The IceWing chapter of the guide featured several pieces of writing that took place in or mentioned the Ice Kingdom, including Snowfall's letter to [[Starflight]], Mink's Jade Mountain Academy application, Glacier's coronation feast menu, and [[Caribou (bard)|Caribou]]'s ''[[literature#Named scrolls|In the Village-of-the-Plentiful-Seals]]''.
IceTransparent.png|An IceWing, the tribe living in the Ice Kingdom
 
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== Gallery ==
TundraTemplate.png|Princess Tundra by Platypus the SeaWing
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Crevasse.png|Colored example of an IceWing
Wings of Fire 7 Full.jpg|[[Winter]] and the Ice Kingdom on the cover of ''[[Winter Turning (book)|Winter Turning]]'', by [[Joy Ang]]
Wings of Fire 14 Full Edited.jpg|[[Lynx]], [[Snowfall]], and the Ice Kingdom on the cover of ''The Dangerous Gift'', by Joy Ang
Winglets 4 US.jpg|The Ice Kingdom on the cover of ''[[Runaway]]'', by Joy Ang
Ice Kingdom from A Guide to the Dragon World Joy Ang.png|The Ice Kingdom from ''[[A Guide to the Dragon World]]'', by Joy Ang
Ice Kingdom GN.jpg|The Ice Kingdom from ''[[Winter Turning (graphic novel)]]'', by [[Mike Holmes]]
IceKingdomCloseUp.JPG|The Ice Kingdom on the map of [[Pyrrhia]], by [[Mike Schley]]
IceKingdomCloseUpColored.JPG|The Ice Kingdom on the colored map of Pyrrhia, by Mike Schley
IceKingdomL1.JPG|The Ice Kingdom on the map in ''[[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]'', by Mike Schley
IceKingdomCloseUpDragonslayer.JPG|The Ice Kingdom on the map in ''[[Dragonslayer]]'', by Mike Schley
Ice Kingdom map.jpg|Map of the Ice Kingdom from ''A Guide to the Dragon World'', by Mike Schley
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<gallery widths="80" heights="80" caption="Art by [[Jake Parker]], from the ''[[Darkstalker (graphic novel)]]''">
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The Ice Kingdom is the territory of the IceWings, and consists of the "head," or northern peninsula, of Pyrrhia. It borders the northern ocean, the western ocean, the Kingdom of Sand, and a portion of the Sky Kingdom. It is currently ruled by Queen Snowfall.

Description

The Ice Kingdom is well known for its sub-zero temperatures and freezing winds.[1] It is beautiful, cool, snowy, and crystalline.[2] There are islands with caves surrounding the IceWing palace,[3] as well as dark green oceans studded with drifting pieces of ice or glaciers.[4] Distant splashes of whales and seals carry across the cool, quiet ice, and the smallest changes can be detected in the frozen world.[5] Winter described the Ice Kingdom to be the safest and most purely beautiful place in Pyrrhia,[6] a landscape dotted with snowy,[7] sheer cliffs and pure blue lakes.[8] It is rare to find complete darkness, even at night; the gift of light is spread throughout the kingdom, and there are moon globes everywhere. There is a lot of open space, and the three moons glitter on everything: the snow, the palace, the frozen lakes, and the glaciers.[9] According to Winter, cities in the Ice Kingdom are very carefully built. It is clear where the wealth and power are, who has it, and who can influence it.[10]

The Ice Kingdom's land is mostly snowy, icy, cold tundra, with multiple glaciers adding to the overall shape of the kingdom. It is cold enough that almost everywhere is covered with snow.[11] Darkstalker said that for tribes besides IceWings, the Ice Kingdom would be horrible to conquer.[12] The map of Pyrrhia shows that there are areas of mountain and boreal forest in the Ice Kingdom, which are also snow-covered. Icebergs, ice sheets, and ice floes litter the sea around the kingdom.

Queen Snowfall's palace is located in the far north, on the peninsula. Inside the palace, there is the moon globe tree — also known as the gift of light — created by the animus Frostbite.[13]

It was mentioned in the book Darkstalker that there were three other palaces in the Ice Kingdom.[13]

The land in between the Kingdom of Sand and the Ice Kingdom is barren wasteland.[14]

Notable features

Great Ice Cliff

The Great Ice Cliff was an animus touched wall that bordered part of the Ice Kingdom. The cliff shot icicle spears at any dragon who was not an IceWing if they attempt to fly over the wall into the Ice Kingdom. It was an animus gift from an unnamed IceWing animus and was named the gift of defense.[1] The only way for a dragon from another tribe to fly over without getting killed is to put on one of three animus-touched bracelets that prevent the Great Ice Cliff's effects.[13] It was destroyed by Queen Snowfall using the gift of strength in The Dangerous Gift.[15]

Diamond Caves

The Diamond Caves are a system of ice caverns within the Ice Kingdom where the Diamond Trial takes place. They were named after the trial's creator, Queen Diamond. It is also known as the gift of vengeance. These caves are also where Foeslayer was trapped until Winter set her free in Winter Turning. Winter mentions that Queen Diamond used her animus power more than once to create the Diamond Caves, and then to imprison Foeslayer.

They are a series of caves and caverns made mostly of ice, filled with stalactites and stalagmites like any other cavern, located at the north-westernmost peninsula on Pyrrhia.[16] Near Foeslayer's cave, there is an uncountable amount of frozen IceWing dragonets, who all died during the Diamond Trial. An underground river runs near the entrance to the cave, into a dark chasm.[17] Inside the cave it was said to have lots of frozen dragons in different poses, most of them looking like they were in a battle. Winter thinks that they are the losing challengers of the Diamond Trial.

Disputed Tundra

The far side of the Ice Kingdom's tundra is disputed territory between the Ice Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sand.[18]

IceWing villages

All known villages in the Ice Kingdom are named as descriptive toponyms, all being long, hyphenated names to describe themselves.

A list of known IceWing villages can be seen here.

Southermost IceWing palace

The southermost IceWing palace is one of four palaces in the Ice Kingdom. It resides near the ocean and the kingdom's border with the Kingdom of Sand. The palace is home to IceWing nobles, including Snowflake and her parents during the time of Darkstalker. The palace's halls are smaller and more cramped than the halls of the main IceWing palace, lined with mis-matched ice carvings, including a polar bear, a wolf, screaming scavengers, and an owl. Arctic described it as lacking consistency and with no sense of artistic vision, everything feeling too close to him. The palace's walls and floor are ice, and the ground is littered by ice shards. The palace has several flight ledges where dragons can fly in and out, one having a view of the gift of diplomacy's dome, which is between the palace and the ocean.[13]

Flora/Fauna

Wildlife

Animals

Plants

History

The Dragonet Prophecy

The Hidden Kingdom

Glory and Jambu traveled to the border of the Ice Kingdom disguised as IceWings to find Blaze. They tested her to see if she was worthy of being the next SandWing queen. Deathbringer, a NightWing assassin, was hiding near Blaze's fortress on a mission to kill the dragonets. He attempted to kill Blaze instead but failed.

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Winter Turning

The beginning of the book took place in the kingdom during Winter's flashback, which follows his dragonethood memories and struggles.

Later on in the story, Winter returned to the Ice Kingdom with Hailstorm after rescuing him, which resulted in Winter moving up to the First Circle. Because Hailstorm was at the bottom of the ranking, the two dragons underwent the Diamond Trial and face Foeslayer. After the trial, Hailstorm did not want to kill Winter, to which the two agree and parted ways. Now alone, Winter freed Foeslayer from her imprisonment in the cave and she returned to the former Night Kingdom.

Escaping Peril

Peril had flashbacks to the night she and Scarlet had fled from Burn's weirdling tower, where they temporarily settled in the wasteland in between the Kingdom of Sand and the Ice Kingdom.

Talons of Power

In the epilogue, Hailstorm was seen in front of the ranking wall when a messenger told him the news of Queen Glacier's death.

Darkness of Dragons

Anemone mentioned the Ice Kingdom's main palace in her spell to stop the Battle of Jade Mountain.

The Lost Continent Prophecy

The Poison Jungle

In the epilogue, Snowfall and Jerboa III meet in the Ice Kingdom, and Snowfall insists that she comes earlier next time. Then she says that the Great Ice Cliff only protects the kingdom from dragons invading from the south, and that anyone can come from the east or west borders. Jerboa III says that it will be too cold for any other dragons to come from those borders, but Snowfall says that hundreds of mysterious dragons were approaching from the west border and demanded that Jerboa III expand the Great Ice Cliff. However, Jerboa III says that Glacier never abused her animus powers and that she would not do it, plus animus magic was broken. When Snowfall asked her to prove it, she enchanted a frozen twig to make anything it touched turn green. When she offered it to Snowfall, she rejected it. When Jerboa III touched the stick herself, all of her scales stayed the same color. Snowfall then said that Jerboa III was absolutely useless without her animus powers.

The Dangerous Gift

Snowfall and her scout were talking about the mysterious approaching dragons on one of the tallest spires in Snowfall's palace. Snowfall later went down to the gift of order and rearranged some of the names. Snowfall visited the forbidden treasury and took the gift of stealth, the gift of vision, and the gift of strength to use when she went to meet the mysterious new dragons. The next day, Snowfall, Lynx, and the IceWing army, which was hidden by the gift of stealth, flew to where the new dragons have arrived, whilst discussing IceWing village names.

Snowfall spoke with the refugees from Pantala and decides to escort them out of her kingdom to Jerboa's cove in the Kingdom of Sand.

Snowfall and Lynx return to the Ice Kingdom for a day before Lynx goes to Pantala with the other ten representatives. Utilizing the gift of strength, Snowfall started to destroy the Great Ice Cliff before returning to her palace. Tundra and Permafrost attempted to place Mink as Queen Regent so they could control her and rule the kingdom. Snowfall discovered that while Mink was Queen, she had worn the crown, which turned out to be cursed to make the wearer paranoid and have an immense hatred of NightWings like Queen Diamond. Snowfall used the gift of strength to destroy the IceWings' Circle Rankings, realizing how pointless it is.

After this incident, Snowfall goes to bed and has her final dream incited from the gift of vision. She dreams she is her mother, Queen Glacier, and meets the spirit of the animus who created the gift of visions, Opal. Opal takes back the vision, as Snowfall had learned her lesson.

Legends

Darkstalker

Several NightWings came to the Ice Kingdom to forge an alliance with the IceWings against the SkyWings, during which Hope fell in love with Arctic.

Darkstalker also caught a hawk for Arctic later on in the story to remind him of the Ice Kingdom.

Winglets

Deserter

Six-Claws was searching for Princess Blaze who, he said, fled up north towards the IceWing kingdom.

Runaway

Runaway was featured in the Ice Kingdom. Arctic and Hope's runaway started the NightWing-IceWing War.

Field Guides

A Guide to the Dragon World

The IceWing chapter of the guide featured several pieces of writing that took place in or mentioned the Ice Kingdom, including Snowfall's letter to Starflight, Mink's Jade Mountain Academy application, Glacier's coronation feast menu, and Caribou's In the Village-of-the-Plentiful-Seals.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Winter Turning, page 236
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Dangerous Gift, page 131
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Winter Turning, page 4
  4. ↑ Winter Turning, page 202
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Winter Turning, page 30
  6. ↑ Winter Turning, page 92
  7. ↑ The Dangerous Gift, page 81
  8. ↑ Winter Turning, page 238
  9. ↑ Winter Turning, page 116
  10. ↑ Winter Turning, page 207
  11. ↑ The Winglets Quartet: Runaway, page 156
  12. ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 347
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Darkstalker, prologue
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Escaping Peril, page 19
  15. ↑ The Dangerous Gift, page 259
  16. ↑ Winter Turning, page 268
  17. ↑ Winter Turning, page 272-273
  18. ↑ The Dangerous Gift, page 83
  19. ↑ Darkstalker, page 51
  20. ↑ The Hidden Kingdom, page 11
  21. ↑ Winter Turning, page 1
  22. ↑ Winter Turning, page 239
  23. ↑ The Dangerous Gift, page 145
  24. ↑ The Winglets Quartet: Runaway, page 157
  25. ↑ The Dangerous Gift, page 57
  26. ↑ Winter Turning, page 265
  27. ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 39
  28. ↑ Winter Turning, page 101
  29. ↑ The Dangerous Gift, page 36
  30. ↑ The Dangerous Gift, page 30
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Winter Turning, page 271


IceWings
Queens

Present: Glacier • Snowfall
Historical: Diamond

Royalty
(Present)

Crystal • Hailstorm • Icicle • Mink • Narwhal • Permafrost • Tundra • Winter

Royalty
(Historical)

Arctic • Caribou • Frostbite • Opal • Penguin • Snowfox

Jade Mountain

Alba • Changbai • Ermine • Icicle • Winter

Other Dragons

Cirrus • Caribou • Caribou • Caribou • Caribou • Caribou • Caribou • Fjord • Hvitur • Igloo • Ivory • Lynx • Snowflake • Snowstorm • Snowstorm • Snowstorm • Polar Bear

Hybrids

Darkstalker • Whiteout • Eclipse • Fierceclaws • Shadowhunter • Typhoon

Kingdom

Notable Features: Great Ice Cliff • Moon Globe Tree • IceWing palace • Diamond Caves
Villages: Among-the-Evergreens • Hamlet-That-Worships-the-Whales-Who-Sing-at-Night • Village-of-the-Plentiful-Seals • We-Remember-and-Venerate-Caribou • Where-No-Dragon-Goes-Hungry • Where-the-Terns-Fly • Where-the-Whales-Leap-at-Dawn


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