IceWings

A typical IceWing by Joy Ang

IceWings have silver, white, or light-blue scales, like the color of ice. These dragons are ruled by Queen Glacier, and they have names that often involve ice and the cold or animals who live in cold areas, like the names Glory made up for Jambu and herself (Glory as Storm, Jambu as Penguin). IceWings reside in the northwestern peninsula of Pyrrhia, or the "head of the dragon", known as the Ice Kingdom. They allied with Blaze and most of the SandWings in the Great War when Blaze saw that her sisters had allied. Blaze offered them some of the SandWing's land if Blaze won the war.

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IceWings and NightWings have resented each other for years, going all the way back to a war they fought against each other before the Scorching(This is assuming of how Queen Battlewinner got frostbreath inside her throat). This is displayed when Starflight was rescued from the Sky Kingdom arena by Morrowseer and a battalion of NightWings, who slaughtered all the IceWing prisoners before leaving. The NightWings did not include an IceWing egg in the prophecy, also showing their hatred for IceWings.

They, along with the NightWings, are searching for scavenger dens, but unlike the NightWings, it is known why. Queen Glacier ordered them to, due to the fact she believes that one day, they will find the SandWings' treasure, and more specifically, the Eye of Onyx.

Description

IceWings range from white to silver to pale or ice blue. Their colouring has been described as " silver like the moon" or "pale blue like ice" They have a ruff of extra horns, like icicles, behind their heads, and tails that narrow to a whip-thin end, and have smaller icicle-like spikes on the end. IceWings have blue eyes, forked blue tongues,blue blood, and ridged claws to grip the ice while traveling by talon or to claw opponents in battle.

Abilities

IceWings can withstand both subzero temperatures and extremely bright light reflected off snow and ice. Their serrated, ridged claws are especially good at gripping ice and tearing into their enemies' flesh. Being clawed by an IceWing is equal to being clawed by regular talons seven times. Instead of breathing fire, IceWings exhale a freezing frostbreath, which is just as deadly, if not more. This vapor can quickly induce frostbite and kill a dragon by fusing together their internal organs. Clay described it as a cloud of silver, glittering smoke when he battled against Fjord in the SkyWing Arena. An IceWing can be stopped from using this defense for a short amount of time by hot metal, fire, or other warm and hot materials. This is mentioned in the prologue of The Dragonet Prophecy, where Burn first had her guards wrap Hvitur's snout in hot iron chains, and then had them removed, planning to kill Hvitur before his scales cooled down and enabled him to breathe his frostbreath.

If a dragon gets frostbreath inside their throats, a way for them to survive it is for the victim to stay in lava. Queen Battlewinner of the NightWings survived an attack where an IceWing shot its frostbreath down her throat, but due to her internal fire reservoir she could survive for a short time; however, the fire could not hold it off forever and she was confined to a pool of lava, which kept her temperature in balance. When she attempted to attack Starflight and Glory in The Dark Secret, the ice tipped the scales in its favor and, despite Mastermind's and Greatness's best efforts to save the queen, she froze to death within seconds.

Their cold breath can be so intense that the ice can spread and fuse organs together. The ice can also discolor eyes, teeth, and scales.

Trivia

They seem to be minimalists, describing Blaze's fortress decorations as 'garish and gaudy', possibly due to the fact that their homeland has very little to offer.
IceWings were rarely featured in the books, thus little has been revealed about their behavior.
It is revealed that Winter, a male IceWing, will be the protagonist of Book 7.
SkyWings and IceWings are the only tribes with wing membrane that appears not to connect to their underbelly, though the cover of Winter Turning shows Winter's wings connected to his underbelly.
Their breath has been referred to a "freezing-death breath" and "frostbreath".
An IceWing's frostbreath is presumed to be deadly when shot into the mouth (it may also be deadly when shot in different areas, but no more has been revealed). To prevent freezing to death, the victim will need to submerge themselves in lava (or possibly any extremely hot substance). Exiting the substance will result in the ice finishing it's work, freezing the victim from inside out.
When near hot substances, IceWings can't use their breath.
In Moon Rising, it is noted that IceWIngs have blue blood, but in the first book it was described as blue-red.