A Guide to the Dragon World

A Guide to the Dragon World is a Wings of Fire guide book illustrated by Joy Ang. It was released on October 3rd, 2023.

Summary

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Dive into the world of Wings of Fire like never before!

The #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to even greater heights with an all-new collection of stories and art from readers' favorite dragon world! Tui T. Sutherland and Wings of Fire cover artist Joy Ang delve deeper into the legends of the ten dragon tribes, creating the ultimate collection for every FanWing. Each chapter of A Guide to the Dragon World explores the history, mythology, and folklore of the beloved series in a truly spectacular and gift-worthy edition!

Hardcover

Ten tribes.
Two continents.
Three moons.
Limitless stories.

The dragons of Pyrrhia and Pantala have joined forces to fight terrible evil and bring peace to their world. Now they're embarking on a new mission: to put together a true, definitive guide to the lives and history of each tribe - as told by the dragons themselves.

With the help of beloved series characters, old myths with be exposed and dark secrets revealed; queens illuminated and princes vindicated; and at long last, every tribe will have a chance to tell their own stories.

This full-color collection includes exclusive maps, letters, interviews, journal entries, legends, and more than forty pieces of brand-new, stunning art throughout. A Guide to the Dragon World is a must-have for every reader, dragon or human, who wants to know absolutely everything about Wings of Fire!

Dedication

For Joy Ang, whose incredible artwork brought all these dragons to life, and for Phil Falco, who has made these books so beautiful from the beginning; I am in awe of both of you.

Plot

Opening Letter

The book opened with a letter by the dragonets of destiny stating their project to gather information from Pyrrhia and Pantala to create a more comprehensive guide to the dragon world, including commentary from Sunny, Fatespeaker, and Glory in the margins.

The Legend of the Scorching

The well-known dragon scroll, The Legend of the Scorching, was featured in the guide. It told the events of the Scorching through the dragon perspective of the story that was told throughout history.

Map of Pyrrhia

There was a detailed map included after The Legend of the Scorching. It showed a wider and more detailed perspective, including human settlements.

Chapter 1: MudWings

Starflight opened the MudWing section with a note about the scrolls in the academy library and Sepia before he presented the academy's copy of Wisemind's The Sluglike Qualities of the MudWings with Sepia's commentary in the margins. He then assigned Sepia the task of writing her own scroll about MudWing siblings which was then published in the guide as A Few of the Many Noble Qualities of MudWings.

A letter from Fatespeaker to Starflight was featured in the guide explaining how she had been sent on a journey to the MudWing palace to gather scrolls about MudWing culture and history.

The most ancient scroll in the MudWing palace library, The Mysterious Egg by Moccasin, was then featured in the guide. It recounted Moccasin's mysterious blood-red egg and how she discovered that dragonets hatched from blood-red eggs have fireproof scales.

A scroll about the MudWing Succession Crisis titled But Who Shall Wear the Crown? by Prince Sawgrass was then featured. The scroll recounted Sawgrass and his sibling's hatching and how they were raised in the MudWing palace as royals. It detailed how the MudWing Succession Crisis happened and how it was resolved.

Chapter 2: SeaWings

Coral opened the SeaWing chapter with a letter to Starflight about her daughters at Jade Mountain Academy and what scrolls she would supply him for the guide.

A scroll by Coral about the War of SandWing Succession was then featured in the guide, titled How the SeaWings Ended the Great War and Saved the World! Coral explained a biased perspective on how the SeaWings affected the war and saved everyone.

Titles and summaries of several of Coral's most popular scrolls were then featured, titled A Brief Summary of Some of the Greatest Scrolls of All Time by the Most World-Renowned SeaWing Author in the History of Pyrrhia, Queen Coral.

After that, a guide to understanding basic Aquatic described the different flashes for several phrases.

Letters between Albatross and Queen Lagoon were then featured, detailing how they came up with the Talons of Power ceremony that would be held.

Turtle wrote a letter to Starflight about spending his hatching day at Jade Mountain Academy and the customs of SeaWings during hatching days. He then provided Starflight with a letter from Fin, one of Turtle's brothers, about their hatching day celebration in the Kingdom of the Sea.

A letter from Anemone to Tamarin about her life and being at Jade Mountain was then featured in the guide as a test for scrolls that blind dragons could read.

Chapter 3: RainWings

Starflight opened the chapter with a letter to Glory about including RainWing information in the guide, to which Glory responded with what she would send him for the guide.

A short story by Kinkajou titled The Stupendous Story of a Snuggly Sloth, a story she wrote for her creative writing class, was then featured in the guide as one of the first scrolls written by a RainWing in centuries. The story was from Silver's point of view, and it "recounted" how she and Glory met.

Glory provided Starflight with a version of Dangers of the Rainforest that she updated herself.

Handsome told Glory about the history of RainWing Royal Challenges and the different competitions that could occur during a challenge.

Jambu told Glory about what some of the different RainWing scale colors meant, which Glory wrote down and sent to Starflight.

Starflight wrote a note about the history and traditions of RainWing storytelling before including a letter by Princess Python to her grandniece, Queen Jacaranda. The letter was found in Possibility and it explained how Jacaranda made changes in the Rainforest Kingdom that would lead to the RainWings becoming pacifists.

Chapter 4: NightWings

A story from Tales of the NightWings was featured in the guide. The story followed Comet, a NightWing who hatched under no full moons, yet still had seer abilities.

Moonwatcher wrote a letter to Starflight about spreading the truth about NightWing powers as most tribes still do not understand it. She then provided Starflight with a scroll she wrote titled The Truth About NightWing Powers which explained how NightWing powers worked.

A scroll titled Studying the Studiers: Interview with a NightWing, transcribed by Deathbringer, was then featured. It recounted an interview that took place between Glory and Mastermind which included information about the achievements of NightWings in the past and how they were trained to feel superior to other tribes.

After being pestered by Fatespeaker, Fierceteeth wrote a scroll about the new Renewal NightWing encampment and the history that was discovered while creating it. Fierceteeth then provided Starflight with a scroll from their library about Queen Vigilance's Glass Jubilee.

Chapter 5: SandWings

The SandWing chapter opened with a wanted poster for several artifacts of SandWing treasure, describing many things that remained missing after the War of SandWing Succession that were being looked for.

Sunny wrote a letter to Starflight about going through Burn's weirdling tower with Smolder and documented what he kept and what she remembered from the collection before Thorn destroyed the tower.

Smolder wrote a letter to Starflight about his observations on Flower the first week he had her before sending his notes to be included in the guide. His observations, titled Strange Time For a New Pet, explained how the days after Oasis's death went in the SandWing stronghold.

Chapter 6: IceWings

Snowfall opened the IceWing chapter with a letter to Starflight about the IceWing version of Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia. She explained some of the documents she sent Starflight to be put in the guide, along with Mink's Jade Mountain Academy application.

Mink's application was then featured and explained the reasons why she wanted to attend Jade Mountain Academy.

Snowfall gifted a piece of the ranking wall to the Jade Mountain Academy museum for the students to study. She then provided information about the IceWing animus gifts in the Ice Kingdom, with some extra notes, titled The animus Gifts of the IceWings.

A scroll about the courses of Queen Glacier's coronation feast, by Igloo, was then featured with notes from Glacier about some of the dishes.

Caribou wrote a scroll about their outer IceWing village titled In the Village-of-the-Plentiful-Seals. The scroll explained how the village was gifted with one of the three gift of subsistence holes from the animus Princess Caribou and how it affected their life in the village.

Chapter 7: SkyWings

The SkyWing section opened with a letter by Vermilion to Starflight about a list Scarlet made of dragons she wanted dead. The list was then featured in the guide.

A letter from Queen Ruby to Starflight was then featured which explained the scrolls Ruby chose to send to Starflight.

A letter from Queen Carmine to Queen Pearl following the Royal SeaWing Massacre was then featured where Carmine explained how the SkyWings deal with animus dragons in the Sky Kingdom.

An explanation of the Clash of Claws tournament was provided, detailing an old tournament that used to take place at the SkyWing palace where SkyWings from all across the kingdom would come to compete.

Cliff's SkyWing Anthem was then featured in the guide with a music sheet along with the lyrics.

A scroll by Tailwind titled This is Why We Don't Marry Psychopaths was then featured, detailing pieces of Queen Firestorm's rule as queen, Scarlet's life as a princess, and how Tailwind's brother, Canyon, married Scarlet, along with his death in the arena.

Map of Pantala

A letter from Cricket to Starflight was featured before the Pantalan tribes, including a map of Pantala.

Chapter 8: SilkWings

The SilkWing chapter opened with a guide by Io on the rules SilkWings had to follow while living under the HiveWings in the Hives. It included the SilkWing curriculum taught in schools and the common professions that SilkWings would get assigned as soon as they went through Metamorphosis.

Luna and Swordtail were depicted flying together.

A letter from Tau to Cricket about an old piece of writing found in Wasp's quarters that was the last piece of writing by Queen Monarch was then featured. The writing by Monarch was shown, describing Monarch's history with Queen Wasp and Queen Sequoia along with her guilt and doubt about giving her tribe to Wasp. The writing seems to be a prayer to Clearsight.

Luna's recipe and instructions for making honey drops were then shown.

Chapter 9: HiveWings

The HiveWing chapter opened with a scroll by Cricket about the HiveWing curriculum that was taught in schools.

An official guide to the Hives was then featured in the guide, providing information about each Hive, including each university.

Willow wrote a letter to Cricket thanking her for the scroll she provided on HiveWing abilities in order to determine if Bumblebee had any of those abilities. However, Willow wrote that Bumblebee did not show any signs of having one. The scroll Cricket wrote about common HiveWing abilities was then featured, detailing several types of natural weapons that HiveWings could hatch with.

The Legend of the Hive was featured in the guide, detailing how the BeetleWings, LeafWings, some RainWings, and some SeaWings conquered Pantala from the mysterious force fighting them.

Several excerpts from the Book of Clearsight were then featured, showing different predictions from different eras.

Chapter 10: LeafWings

The LeafWing chapter opened with a guide to surviving in the Poison Jungle, featuring information from Hazel that was documented by Cricket.

Hazel then featured a letter she wrote about the history and importance of LeafWing literacy before including a list of several LeafWings' favorite books, including Sequoia, Willow, Sundew, Bryony, Mandrake, and Cobra Lily.

Sundew wrote a letter to Starflight explaining that she had found several letters between Queen Sequoia and Linden, Sundew's grandmother, which were published in the guide. The back-and-forth letters detailed the founding of the PoisonWings and the progression of the two factions through leader changes.

Small Ending Note: Humans

At the very end of the book is an important announcement notifying dragons to not eat scavengers and that scavengers are capable of speaking and thinking.

It is then followed by a letter from Wren telling dragons to not eat scavengers as an example and a picture of Smolder and Rose.

Mistakes

• The NightWing Palace is mispelled as Nightwing Palace on the map of Pyrrhia.
• The words she and and are not capitalized at the start of two sentences.
• In the first paragraph, there is a sentence with no period.
• IceWings are described as having "silver scales like the moon" even though there are three moons.
• Much is misspelled as mucah.
• Albatross is referred to as Fathom and Pearl's uncle, rather than their grandfather. Additionally, Lagoon is referred to as Pearl's mother rather than her great-aunt.
• All is misspelled as wall.
• Io referred to the Tree Wars as the Leaf Wars.
• Queen Wasp is listed as the queen of the HiveWings even though Jewel ascended the throne in The Flames of Hope.
• The description for Wasp Hive says "It is also harbors the secret prison of the flamesilks in a cavern underneath the Hive" instead of "It also harbors the secret prison of the flamesilks in a cavern underneath the Hive."
• Smolder described Six-Claws's mother as one of the nicer kitchen staff, but Ostrich was one of Queen Oasis's guards. Quicksand, Six-Claws's dad, worked in the kitchen.

Gallery

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International Releases

• French: Les Royaumes de Feu - Au Coeur Du Monde Des Dragons (October 2024)
• Korean: 불의 날개와 용들의 세계 (April 2025)

References

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