A NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia

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A NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia are present at the beginning of every Wings of Fire book and is a scroll available to any dragon in Pyrrhia. Its drawings are illustrated by Joy Ang.

Before being updated by Starflight, the guide incorrectly stated that Dazzling was the current queen of the RainWings; that the tribe had no natural weapons, that all of the NightWings have telepathy and precognition, and gave no mention about the animus magic in the royal family of the SeaWings, most likely because the NightWings either did not possess the knowledge or did not want to share it. In Moon Rising, the guide is edited by Starflight, adding details such as the RainWing's venom and the NightWing's lack of their supposed powers.

This description is updated according to the plot of the series, and therefore is slightly different from the actual guide.

MudWings

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A typical MudWing by Joy Ang

Description:

Thick, armored brown scales, sometimes with amber and gold undersides;

An Average MudWing (German Books)

large, flat heads with nostrils on the top of the snout

Abilities:

Can breathe fire (if warm enough); hold their breath for up to an hour; blend into mud puddles; usually very strong

Queen:

Queen Moorhen

Alliances:

Currently allied with Burn and the SkyWings in the great war.

SandWings

A typical SandWing by Joy Ang

Description:

Pale yellow or white scales the color of desert sand; poisonous barbed tail; forked black tongues

Abilities:

Can survive a long time without water; poison enemies with tips of tails like scorpions; bury themselves for camouflage in the desert sand, breathe fire.

Queen:

Since the death of Queen Oasis, the tribe had been split between three rivals for the throne: Princess sisters Burn, Blister, and Blaze. After the war ended, Thorn was

An Average SandWing (German Books)

announced the SandWing queen.

Alliances:

Burn fights alongside the SkyWings (although Ruby has refused to aid) and the MudWings; Blister is allied with the SeaWings and the secret favoring of the NightWings, although both alliances have been broken; and Blaze has the support of most SandWings as well as an alliance with the IceWings.

SkyWings

A typical SkyWing by Joy Ang

Description:

Red-gold or orange scales; enormous wings

Abilities:

Powerful fighters and fliers; can breathe fire

Queen:

Queen Scarlet (although her daughter, Ruby, claimed the throne after she was captured by Burn).

An Average SkyWing (German Books)

Alliances:

Currently allied with Burn and the MudWings in the great war (although Queen Ruby has not aided them).

SeaWings

A typical SeaWing by Joy Ang

Description:

Blue or green or aquamarine scales; webs between their claws; gills on their necks; glow-in-the-dark stripes on their tails/snouts/underbellies.

Abilities:

Can breathe underwater, see in the dark, create huge waves with one splash of their powerful tails; excellent swimmers (animus status runs in the royal family).

Queen:

An Average SeaWing (German Books)

Queen Coral

Alliances:

Currently allied with Blister in the great war (but the alliance was broken).

RainWings

A typical RainWing by Joy Ang

Description:

Scales constantly shift colors, usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails.

Abilities:

Can camouflage their scales to blend into their surroundings; use their tails for tree-gliding and climbing; no known natural weapons (as their venom is a secret).

Queens:

Queen Dazzling (the RainWings used to share the throne, but Queen Glory has claimed it).

Alliances:

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Not involved in the great war

IceWings

A typical IceWing by Joy Ang

Description:

Silvery scales like the moon or pale blue like ice; ridged claws to grip the ice; forked blue tongues; tails narrow to a whip-thin end.

Abilities:

Can withstand sub-zero temperature and bright light, exhale a deadly freezing breath.

Queen:

Queen Glacier

Alliances:

Currently allied with Blaze and most of the SandWings in the great war

An Average IceWing (German Books)

NightWings

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A typical NightWing by Joy Ang

Description:

Purplish-black scales and scattered silver scales on the underside of their wings, like a night sky full of stars; forked black tongues.

Abilities:

Can breathe fire; disappear into dark shadows; read minds; foretell the future (although no NightWing has had these powers until Moonwatcher), bacteria in their mouths to kill prey with a fatal bite.

Queen:

They currently reside in the rainforest under Queen Glory.

Alliances:

Too mysterious and powerful to be part of the war (the NightWings have a secret alliance with Blister, but it has been broken).

An Average NightWing (German Books)

Special Dragons

• Sunny's condition is different from the rest of the SandWings; she has scales of a tawny, vibrantly warm gold, gray-green moss-colored eyes, and a harmless tail, (due to her being a hybrid: half NightWing on her father's side).
• MudWings hatched from blood red eggs are resistant to extreme heat. (Ex. Clay)
• "Fire-born" SkyWings would have burning hot scales, while their twin would be without fire as a result. (Ex. Peril)
• Animus dragons have power over physical objects; although they might exist in other tribes, only the SeaWings, SandWings,NightWings, and Icewings have been confirmed to include animus dragons. (Examples: Anemone, Orca, Turtle, Fathom, Prince Albatross, Stonemover, Queen Diamond, Darkstalker , Prince Arctic)

All credit to Tui T. Sutherland and Joy Ang for descriptions and art of the dragon tribes.