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The '''lost city of night''' is an ancient city that was inhabited by the [[NightWing]] tribe during the era of ''[[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]''. It is located south of the [[Kingdom of Sand]], on a peninsula known as the '''Talon Peninsula'''. | The '''lost city of night''', also known as the '''Night Kingdom''', is an ancient city that was inhabited by the [[NightWing]] tribe during the era of ''[[Darkstalker (Legends)|Darkstalker]]''. It is located south of the [[Kingdom of Sand]], on a peninsula known as the '''Talon Peninsula'''. | ||
The city was abandoned soon after [[Darkstalker]] publicly murdered [[Arctic]], and was therefore quickly forgotten. For thousands of years, the majority of its landscape slowly sank into the ocean. It did not appear on any known [[Pyrrhia]]n maps, and was only rediscovered when Darkstalker reinhabited it during the events of ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''. It was then re-abandoned, and is currently uninhabited. | The city was abandoned soon after [[Darkstalker]] publicly murdered [[Arctic]], and was therefore quickly forgotten. For thousands of years, the majority of its landscape slowly sank into the ocean. It did not appear on any known [[Pyrrhia]]n maps, and was only rediscovered when Darkstalker reinhabited it during the events of ''[[Darkness of Dragons]]''. It was then re-abandoned, and is currently uninhabited. | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
The kingdom's terrain consists of a vast landscape caverns and ravines, glowing with firelight and echoing with the flutter of wings.{{Ref|L1|13}} There are secret canyons and caves carved into the rock all across the terrain, some of them stretching towards the distant sea.{{Ref|L1|14}} | The kingdom's terrain consists of a vast landscape caverns and ravines, glowing with firelight and echoing with the flutter of wings.{{Ref|L1|13}} There are secret canyons and caves carved into the rock all across the terrain, some of them stretching towards the distant sea.{{Ref|L1|14}} | ||
Caves delve deep into the mountains, and the coast is lined with rocky black-sand beaches{{Cite}} and littered with tide pools and half-flooded caves.{{Ref|L1|113-114}} There are also dragon-made lakes and dragon-planted forests.{{Ref|L1|182}} | The bottom of the cliffs contained rivers and spaces for the lesser NightWing homes. The richer or more influential NightWing structures were built higher and are more skylit, closer to the stars. The terrain is quite rocky, with canyons and outcroppings.{{Ref|L1|73}} Caves delve deep into the mountains, and the coast is lined with rocky black-sand beaches{{Cite}} and littered with tide pools and half-flooded caves.{{Ref|L1|113-114}} There are also dragon-made lakes and dragon-planted forests.{{Ref|L1|182}} | ||
On the edge of the cliffs, there is empty space where the land dropped sharply below them, veering down into a long rocky beach.{{Ref|L1|48}} It contains an enormous cave{{Ref|L1|113}} whose interior is a world of emerald green and vaulted ceilings. Phosphorescent moss and algae clings to the rocks and walls and stalactites, giving the cave an eerie glow that was matched by chandeliers of glowworms up above. Water dripped softly, and a rivulet ran through the cave, connecting some tide pools and circumventing others. The cave became warmer and quieter the father back it went, and there is a tilted ledge of rock above one tide pool containing starfish and anemones.{{Ref|L1|114}} | |||
== Notable Features == | == Notable Features == | ||
=== [[Borderland Mountain]] === | === [[Borderland Mountain]] === | ||
=== [[Darkstalker's home]] === | === [[Darkstalker's home]] === | ||
[[Darkstalker's home]] was described to have a pale blue door, which led into a sunlit room adorned with white rugs, glittering crystals, and a couch in the middle. One wall was lined with scrolls tucked into little niches. The kitchen was described to be 'impossibly clean' and had tools in it that [[Clearsight]] had never seen and couldn't imagine how to use.{{Ref|L1|137}} There was a fireplace with a painting of the family done by [[Whiteout]] on the mantle, the picture painted in shades of blue and making the family appear more related than in real life.{{Ref|L1|137–138}} | [[Darkstalker's home]] was described to have a pale blue door, which led into a sunlit room adorned with white rugs, glittering crystals, and a couch in the middle. One wall was lined with scrolls tucked into little niches. The kitchen was described to be 'impossibly clean' and had tools in it that [[Clearsight]] had never seen and couldn't imagine how to use.{{Ref|L1|137}} There was a fireplace with a painting of the family done by [[Whiteout]] on the mantle, the picture painted in shades of blue and making the family appear more related than in real life.{{Ref|L1|137–138}} | ||
As for the rest of the NightWings, their houses were like Darkstalker's. They were built on the sides of mountains or in canyons or large ravines, being placed higher and closer to the stars, if you have a higher rank. | As for the rest of the NightWings, their houses were like Darkstalker's. They were built on the sides of mountains or in canyons or large ravines, being placed higher and closer to the stars, if you have a higher rank. | ||
The entrance is built with an archway that leads into a small, cramped living room. It contains a fireplace,{{Ref|L1|47}} a table with four places,{{Ref|L1|50}} There are several back rooms{{Ref|L1|47}} and a talon-washing station{{Ref|L1|51}} that can be accessed through a hallway.{{Ref|L1|50}} On Hope's side of her and Arctic's bedroom, there are blankets in a corner.{{Ref|L1|51}} | |||
=== Clearsight's home === | |||
Clearsight's bedroom contained several scrolls and inkwells, and was quite messy the morning before she attended school.{{Ref|L1|71}} The home includes several rooms, at least one bookshelf, and a front entrance.{{Ref|L1|73}} The structure is built more than halfway down the cliffs of the city.{{Ref|L1|73}} The front entrance is bordered by a ledge,{{Ref|L1|110}} and there is a fireplace within the house.{{Ref|L1|111}} | |||
=== [[Great Diamond]] === | === [[Great Diamond]] === | ||
The NightWing school, the NightWing palace, a large museum, and a massive library make up the four corners of the Great Diamond. | |||
The [[Great Diamond]] is what the NightWings called the shape formed by the tribe's most important buildings. The palace and school were placed to the north, not far from each other, and the museum and library finished the shape toward the south. The palace was noted to be the largest of the four buildings. These four buildings formed a diamond-shaped plaza, hence its name. There was a temporary stage set up in the middle of the plaza for concerts.{{Ref|L1|328}} | The [[Great Diamond]] is what the NightWings called the shape formed by the tribe's most important buildings. The palace and school were placed to the north, not far from each other, and the museum and library finished the shape toward the south. The palace was noted to be the largest of the four buildings. These four buildings formed a diamond-shaped plaza, hence its name. There was a temporary stage set up in the middle of the plaza for concerts.{{Ref|L1|328}} | ||
=== Library === | === Library === | ||
Clearsight was noted to have a study room of her own within the library, inhabited with a | Clearsight was noted to have a study room of her own within the library, inhabited with a blue ink puddle,{{Ref|L1|40}} five tables, and partially blank scrolls.{{Ref|L1|38}} It had a doorway.{{Ref|L1|39}} | ||
=== [[NightWing school]] === | === [[NightWing school]] === | ||
The school was designed to look very similar to the NightWing palace, with lots of gray and black marble terraces, hanging gardens, and long glittering waterfalls. It has three entrances, and the quietest and least crowded was located on a side facing away from the NightWing palace. Its floors were made of marble tiles.{{Ref|L1|48}} | |||
It contained a library, as well as a vast hexagonal courtyard that was lined with classrooms on all six sides. The courtyard was described as an obstacle course for flying practice, full of trees, twisting vines, loops, mazes, and tricks. The courtyard contains vines with heart-shaped leaves,{{Ref|L1|134}} pine trees, outdoor tables, and puddles.{{Ref|L1|104}} | |||
The | There is a long waterfall that leads to a pavilion on an upper level to the main office, occupied by Professor Truthfinder. The office contains a desk and piles of paper.{{Ref|L1|75}} | ||
Past the main office, there was a bustling{{Ref|L1|79}} corridor leading to a window that looked inward, towards the courtyard and the other levels of the school. It was surrounded by five towers.{{Ref|L1|78}} Four of these were regular dragon towers, with multiple levels open to the air and with pavilions on top. There are several levels of gardens where dragons gathered to socialize before the beginning of school.{{Ref|L1|79}} | |||
Arboretum | |||
The arboretum was a damp, leafy{{Ref|L1|74}} space where the last rays of sunshine poured through the skylights, with plants lining the room. A colonnade led from the arboretum past the library into a school courtyard.{{Ref|L1|75}} | |||
Tower of Knowledge | |||
The Tower of Knowledge hosted an early class, so it was typically covered in partial sunlight. Its classroom was circular, with curved walls, containing no windows or doors. The walls were impenetrable black marble, sparkling with flecks of silver and copper, and hung with mirrors that caught the fading light. The room had no roof and was completely open to the sky, with only a tip of a mountain within sight.{{Ref|L1|78}} It was the most centered of the four NightWing towers, and at first glance, it did not seem to have an interior, as it was hung all about with ivy and vines that cascaded down through levels of gardens. The top of it was so shrouded in greenery that it was difficult to tell whether there was a room inside.{{Ref|L1|79}} Its floors are made of cold marble{{Ref|L1|81}} and there is a large slate board adorning one wall, with chalk to write on it.{{Ref|L1|84}} | |||
Room 3A | |||
Room 3A was a beautiful classroom, airy and full of light, with plants and small water features everywhere. There was a large glass cage within the classroom, containing two female scavengers and piles of grass.{{Ref|L1|97}} There was a puzzle spread across one long table in a corner of the room,{{Ref|L1|102}} with a schedule of the day pinned to one wall.{{Ref|L1|103}} | |||
=== [[North Beach]] === | === [[North Beach]] === | ||
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The throne room is usually used for Queen Vigilance's parties. It is also the site of fights for enchanted armbands and appears many times in the futures seen by Clearsight and Darkstalker. | The throne room is usually used for Queen Vigilance's parties. It is also the site of fights for enchanted armbands and appears many times in the futures seen by Clearsight and Darkstalker. | ||
There was mentioned to be a royal treasure room somewhere within the palace.{{Ref|L1|108}} The top spire of the palace had a prison set up for special prisoners.{{Ref|L1|136}} | |||
=== Miscellaneous === | === Miscellaneous === | ||
There is a lunar hatching peak somewhere in the | There is a lunar hatching peak somewhere in the city.{{Ref|L1|38}} | ||
A structure neighboring Darkstalker's home was mentioned to have vines around the doorway.{{Ref|L1|46}} | A structure neighboring Darkstalker's home was mentioned to have vines around the doorway.{{Ref|L1|46}} | ||
Revision as of 19:37, 16 June 2021
Template:Infobox Location The lost city of night, also known as the Night Kingdom, is an ancient city that was inhabited by the NightWing tribe during the era of Darkstalker. It is located south of the Kingdom of Sand, on a peninsula known as the Talon Peninsula.
The city was abandoned soon after Darkstalker publicly murdered Arctic, and was therefore quickly forgotten. For thousands of years, the majority of its landscape slowly sank into the ocean. It did not appear on any known Pyrrhian maps, and was only rediscovered when Darkstalker reinhabited it during the events of Darkness of Dragons. It was then re-abandoned, and is currently uninhabited.
Description
The kingdom's terrain consists of a vast landscape caverns and ravines, glowing with firelight and echoing with the flutter of wings.[1] There are secret canyons and caves carved into the rock all across the terrain, some of them stretching towards the distant sea.[2]
The bottom of the cliffs contained rivers and spaces for the lesser NightWing homes. The richer or more influential NightWing structures were built higher and are more skylit, closer to the stars. The terrain is quite rocky, with canyons and outcroppings.[3] Caves delve deep into the mountains, and the coast is lined with rocky black-sand beaches[citation needed] and littered with tide pools and half-flooded caves.[4] There are also dragon-made lakes and dragon-planted forests.[5]
On the edge of the cliffs, there is empty space where the land dropped sharply below them, veering down into a long rocky beach.[6] It contains an enormous cave[7] whose interior is a world of emerald green and vaulted ceilings. Phosphorescent moss and algae clings to the rocks and walls and stalactites, giving the cave an eerie glow that was matched by chandeliers of glowworms up above. Water dripped softly, and a rivulet ran through the cave, connecting some tide pools and circumventing others. The cave became warmer and quieter the father back it went, and there is a tilted ledge of rock above one tide pool containing starfish and anemones.[8]
Notable Features
Darkstalker's home was described to have a pale blue door, which led into a sunlit room adorned with white rugs, glittering crystals, and a couch in the middle. One wall was lined with scrolls tucked into little niches. The kitchen was described to be 'impossibly clean' and had tools in it that Clearsight had never seen and couldn't imagine how to use.[9] There was a fireplace with a painting of the family done by Whiteout on the mantle, the picture painted in shades of blue and making the family appear more related than in real life.[10]
As for the rest of the NightWings, their houses were like Darkstalker's. They were built on the sides of mountains or in canyons or large ravines, being placed higher and closer to the stars, if you have a higher rank.
The entrance is built with an archway that leads into a small, cramped living room. It contains a fireplace,[11] a table with four places,[12] There are several back rooms[11] and a talon-washing station[13] that can be accessed through a hallway.[12] On Hope's side of her and Arctic's bedroom, there are blankets in a corner.[13]
Clearsight's home
Clearsight's bedroom contained several scrolls and inkwells, and was quite messy the morning before she attended school.[14] The home includes several rooms, at least one bookshelf, and a front entrance.[3] The structure is built more than halfway down the cliffs of the city.[3] The front entrance is bordered by a ledge,[15] and there is a fireplace within the house.[16]
The NightWing school, the NightWing palace, a large museum, and a massive library make up the four corners of the Great Diamond.
The Great Diamond is what the NightWings called the shape formed by the tribe's most important buildings. The palace and school were placed to the north, not far from each other, and the museum and library finished the shape toward the south. The palace was noted to be the largest of the four buildings. These four buildings formed a diamond-shaped plaza, hence its name. There was a temporary stage set up in the middle of the plaza for concerts.[17]
Library
Clearsight was noted to have a study room of her own within the library, inhabited with a blue ink puddle,[18] five tables, and partially blank scrolls.[19] It had a doorway.[20]
The school was designed to look very similar to the NightWing palace, with lots of gray and black marble terraces, hanging gardens, and long glittering waterfalls. It has three entrances, and the quietest and least crowded was located on a side facing away from the NightWing palace. Its floors were made of marble tiles.[6]
It contained a library, as well as a vast hexagonal courtyard that was lined with classrooms on all six sides. The courtyard was described as an obstacle course for flying practice, full of trees, twisting vines, loops, mazes, and tricks. The courtyard contains vines with heart-shaped leaves,[21] pine trees, outdoor tables, and puddles.[22]
There is a long waterfall that leads to a pavilion on an upper level to the main office, occupied by Professor Truthfinder. The office contains a desk and piles of paper.[23]
Past the main office, there was a bustling[24] corridor leading to a window that looked inward, towards the courtyard and the other levels of the school. It was surrounded by five towers.[25] Four of these were regular dragon towers, with multiple levels open to the air and with pavilions on top. There are several levels of gardens where dragons gathered to socialize before the beginning of school.[24]
Arboretum
The arboretum was a damp, leafy[26] space where the last rays of sunshine poured through the skylights, with plants lining the room. A colonnade led from the arboretum past the library into a school courtyard.[23]
Tower of Knowledge
The Tower of Knowledge hosted an early class, so it was typically covered in partial sunlight. Its classroom was circular, with curved walls, containing no windows or doors. The walls were impenetrable black marble, sparkling with flecks of silver and copper, and hung with mirrors that caught the fading light. The room had no roof and was completely open to the sky, with only a tip of a mountain within sight.[25] It was the most centered of the four NightWing towers, and at first glance, it did not seem to have an interior, as it was hung all about with ivy and vines that cascaded down through levels of gardens. The top of it was so shrouded in greenery that it was difficult to tell whether there was a room inside.[24] Its floors are made of cold marble[27] and there is a large slate board adorning one wall, with chalk to write on it.[28]
Room 3A
Room 3A was a beautiful classroom, airy and full of light, with plants and small water features everywhere. There was a large glass cage within the classroom, containing two female scavengers and piles of grass.[29] There was a puzzle spread across one long table in a corner of the room,[30] with a schedule of the day pinned to one wall.[31]
North Beach is an expanse of beach at the north end of the Night Kingdom peninsula, rocky and pebbled, unlike the southern shores' smooth sandy beaches. It faced a bay with the Kingdom of Sand on the far side, just out of dragon eyesight but close enough that most NightWings avoided it. There are giant boulders strewn on the beach. It has also been noted that dragons have practiced swimming there.[32]
Vigilance's palace was the center palace for the NightWing tribe and was once inhabited by Queen Vigilance. The palace includes royal suites (one of which Fathom and his bodyguards had stayed in), a throne room, a royal tower,[33] and more. The palace was briefly ruled by Darkstalker when he became king of the NightWings and brought most of his tribe back to the lost city. However, he was soon defeated, and the tribe returned to the Rainforest Kingdom. It is part of the Great Diamond, made up of the palace, a school, a library, and a museum.
The throne room is usually used for Queen Vigilance's parties. It is also the site of fights for enchanted armbands and appears many times in the futures seen by Clearsight and Darkstalker.
There was mentioned to be a royal treasure room somewhere within the palace.[34] The top spire of the palace had a prison set up for special prisoners.[35]
Miscellaneous
There is a lunar hatching peak somewhere in the city.[19]
A structure neighboring Darkstalker's home was mentioned to have vines around the doorway.[36]
Flora/Fauna
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History
The Jade Mountain Prophecy
The lost city of night was mentioned when Moon delivered the Jade Mountain Prophecy. This prophecy contained the lines:
"Jade Mountain will fall beneath thunder and ice
Unless the lost city of night can be found"
This Kingdom was mentioned again in the Jade Mountain Prophecy when Moonwatcher said:
"Jade Mountain will fall beneath thunder and ice,
Unless the lost city of night can be found."
It is even mentioned a couple of times through the book, including when the Jade Winglet visited the Night Kingdom's ruins mistakenly believing it was the lost city of night.
While Darkstalker was leading the NightWings to the lost city of night, he flies ahead when the other NightWings were sleeping. Turtle stealthily and silently follows him.
When Darkstalker reached the Kingdom, he flew into the NightWings' old school. While under his invisibility spell, Turtle places a marble he had found in front of Darkstalker, and he thought that Clearsight was still alive and trying to tell him something.
The lost city of night was the setting of part of this book. In the city, they rescued Turtle from Darkstalker and learned that the NightWings were about to start a war against the IceWings. The dragonets then hurried back to Jade Mountain.
Legends
The lost city of night was the primary setting in Darkstalker and was home to the two NightWing protagonists, Darkstalker and Clearsight. At the end of the book, the NightWing tribe fled the kingdom under Clearsight’s warning about Darkstalker.
Trivia
- The Night Kingdom shrank due to Darkstalker's magic.[event 1]
- Foeslayer stated that the Night Kingdom was protected by an "unbeatable" air defense team.[44]
Gallery
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The lost city of night on the cover of Darkness of Dragons, by Joy Ang -
The Night Kingdom on the map of Pyrrhia, by Mike Schley -
The lost city of night on the map of Pyrrhia, by Mike Schley -
The lost city of night on the colored map of Pyrrhia, by Mike Schley -
The Night Kingdom on the colored map of Pyrrhia, by Mike Schley
References
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 13
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 14
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Darkstalker, page 73
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 113-114
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 182
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Darkstalker, page 48
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 113
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Darkstalker, page 114
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 137
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 137–138
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Darkstalker, page 47
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Darkstalker, page 50
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Darkstalker, page 51
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Darkstalker, page 71
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 110
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 111
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 328
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 40
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Darkstalker, page 38
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 39
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 134
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 104
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Darkstalker, page 75
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Darkstalker, page 79
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Darkstalker, page 78
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 74
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 81
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 84
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 97
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 102
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 103
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 197
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Darkstalker, page 181
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 108
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 136
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 46
- ↑ Talons of Power, page 203
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 235
- ↑ Talons of Power, page 207
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Talons of Power, page 206
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 192
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 251
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 233
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 178
