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| '''''A Guide to the Dragon World''''' is a ''[[Wings of Fire (book series)|Wings of Fire]]'' guide book illustrated by [[Joy Ang]]. It was released on October 3rd, 2023.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Wings-Fire-Guide-Dragon-World/dp/1338634828</ref>
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| == Summary ==
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| === Amazon ===
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| '''Dive into the world of ''Wings of Fire'' like never before!'''
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| 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 [[Dragons|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!
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| === Hardcover ===
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| ''Ten tribes.''<br/>''Two continents.''<br/>''[[Moons|Three moons]].''<br/>''Limitless stories.''
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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''!
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| == Dedication ==
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| ''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.''
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| == Plot ==
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| === Opening Letter ===
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| 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.
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| === The Legend of the [[Scorching]] ===
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| The well-known dragon [[scroll]], ''[[literature#Named scrolls|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.
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| === Map of Pyrrhia ===
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| There was a detailed map included after ''The Legend of the Scorching''. It showed a wider and more detailed perspective.
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| === Chapter 1: [[MudWings]] ===
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| [[Starflight]] opened the [[MudWing]] section with a note about the scrolls in the [[Jade Mountain Academy|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''.
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| 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.
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| 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 from blood-red eggs have fireproof scales.
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| A scroll about the [[MudWing Succession Crisis]] titled ''But Who Shall Wear the Crown?'' by [[Sawgrass|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.
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| === Chapter 2: [[SeaWings]] ===
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| [[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.
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| 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.
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| 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''.
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| After that, a guide to understanding basic [[Aquatic]] described the different flashes for several phrases.
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| Letters between [[Albatross]] and [[Lagoon (L1)|Queen Lagoon]] were then featured, detailing how they came up with the [[Talons of Power ceremony]] that would be held.
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| [[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]].
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| 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.
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| === Chapter 3: [[RainWings]] ===
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Glory provided Starflight with a version of ''Dangers of the [[Rainforest Kingdom|Rainforest]]'' that she updated herself.
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| [[Handsome]] told Glory about the history of [[dragon royalty|RainWing Royal Challenges]] and the different competitions that could occur during a challenge.
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| [[Jambu]] told Glory about what some of the different RainWing scale colors meant, which Glory wrote down and sent to Starflight.
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| Starflight wrote a note about the history and traditions of RainWing storytelling before including a letter by [[Python|Princess Python]] to her grandniece, [[Jacaranda|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.
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| === Chapter 4: [[NightWings]] ===
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| 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.
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| [[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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| === Chapter 5: [[SandWings]] ===
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| 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.
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| Sunny wrote a letter to Starflight about going through [[Burn]]'s [[SandWing stronghold#Weirdling Tower|Weirdling Tower]] with [[Smolder]] and documented what he kept and what she remembered from the collection before [[Thorn]] destroyed the tower.
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| 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|SandWing Stronghold.]]
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| === Chapter 6: [[IceWings]] ===
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| [[Snowfall]] opened the [[IceWing]] chapter with a letter to Starflight about the IceWing version of ''[[Dragon guides|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.
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| Mink's application was then featured and explained the reasons why she wanted to attend Jade Mountain Academy.
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| Snowfall gifted a piece of the [[IceWing gifts|ranking wall]] to the Jade Mountain Academy museum for the students to study. She then provided information about the [[IceWing gifts|IceWing animus gifts]] in the Ice Kingdom, with some extra notes, titled ''The [[Animus magic|Animus]] Gifts of the IceWings''.
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| 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.
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| [[Caribou (bard)|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 [[Dragon royalty|princess]] [[Caribou (princess)|Caribou]] and how it affected their life in the village.
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| === Chapter 7: [[SkyWings]] ===
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| 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.
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| A letter from [[Queen Ruby]] to Starflight was then featured which explained the scrolls Ruby chose to send to Starflight.
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| A letter from [[Queen Carmine]] to [[Pearl (L1)|Queen Pearl]] following the [[Royal SeaWing Massacre]] was then featured where Carmine explained how the SkyWings deal with animus dragons in the [[Sky Kingdom]].
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| 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.
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| [[Cliff]]'s ''[[songs|SkyWing Anthem]]'' was then featured in the guide with a music sheet along with the lyrics.
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| 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 [[SkyWing palace#SkyWing Arena|arena]].
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| === Map of Pantala ===
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| A letter from [[Cricket]] to Starflight was featured before the Pantalan tribes, including a map of Pantala.
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| === Chapter 8: [[SilkWings]] ===
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| 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]].
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| [[Luna]] and [[Swordtail]] were depicted flying together.
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| 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 [[Monarch (TLC)|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]].
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| Luna's recipe and instructions for making honey drops were then shown.
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| === Chapter 9: [[HiveWings]] ===
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| The HiveWing chapter opened with a scroll by [[Cricket]] about the HiveWing curriculum that was taught in schools.
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| An official guide to the Hives was then featured in the guide, providing information about each Hive, including each university.
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| [[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.
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| 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.
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| Several excerpts from the [[Book of Clearsight]] were then featured, showing different predictions from different eras.
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| === Chapter 10: [[LeafWings]] ===
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| The LeafWing chapter opened with a guide to surviving in the [[Poison Jungle]], featuring information from [[Hazel]] that was documented by Cricket.
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| 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]].
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| 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.
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| === Small Ending Note: [[Humans|Scavengers/Humans]] ===
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| At the very end of the book is a important announcement notifying dragons to not eat scavengers and that scavengers are capable of speaking and thinking.
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| 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.
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| == Mistakes ==
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| * IceWings are described as having "silver scales like the moon"{{Ref|AGttDW|135}} even though there are three moons.{{Ref|AGttDW|88}}
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| * ''Much'' is misspelled as ''mucah''.{{Ref|AGttDW|161}}
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| * 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.{{Ref|AGttDW|161}}
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| * ''All'' is misspelled as ''wall''.{{Ref|AGttDW|165}}
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| * Io referred to the ''Tree Wars'' as the Leaf Wars.{{Ref|AGttDW|185}}
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| * Queen Wasp is listed as the queen of the HiveWings even though [[Jewel (THQ)|Jewel]] ascended the throne in ''[[The Flames of Hope]]''.{{Ref|AGttDW|197}}
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| == Gallery ==
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| Click [[A Guide to the Dragon World/Gallery|here]] to see the cover gallery.
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| == References ==
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