A NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia
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.
In Darkstalker, the guide showed the same information only updated to the time of the start of the book and also showed the animuses of each tribe.
Description:
Thick, armored brown scales, sometimes with amber and gold undersides;
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 (in main series)
Queen Crane (in Darkstalker)
Known Animus Dragons:
None
Students at Jade Mountain:
Marsh, Newt, Sepia, Sora, Umber
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:
Queen Thorn (in main series books 5-onward)
Queen Scorpion (in Darkstalker)
Known Animus Dragons:
Students at Jade Mountain:
Arid, Onyx, Ostrich, Pronghorn, Qibli
Description:
Red-gold or orange scales; enormous wings
Abilities:
Powerful fighters and fliers; can breathe fire
Queen:
Queen Ruby (in main series books 2-onward)
Queen Carmine (in Darkstalker)
Known Animus Dragons:
None
Students at Jade Mountain:
Carnelian, Flame, Garnet, Peregrine, Thrush
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:
Queen Coral (in main series since pre-series)
Queen Lagoon (in Darkstalker)
Known Animus Dragons:
Students at Jade Mountain:
Anemone, Barracuda, Pike, Snail, Turtle
Description:
Scales constantly shift colors, usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails.
Abilities:
Can camouflage their scales to blend into their surroundings; shoot a deadly venom from their fangs
Queen:
Queen Glory (in main series since books 3-onward)
Queen Anaconda (in Darkstalker)
Known Animus Dragons:
None
Students at Jade Mountain:
Boto, Coconut, Kinkajou, Siamang, Tamarin
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 (in main series since pre-series)
Queen Diamond (in Darkstalker)
Known Animus Dragons:
Queen Diamond and Prince Arctic
Students at Jade Mountain:
Alba, Changbai, Ermine, Icicle, Winter
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, once known for reading minds and foretelling the future but no longer, bacteria in their mouths to kill prey with a fatal bite.
Queen:
Queen Glory (in main series since books 4-onward)
Queen Vigilance (in Darkstalker)
Known Animus Dragons:
None
Students at Jade Mountain:
Bigtail, Fearless, Mightyclaws, Mindreader, Moonwatcher
- 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).
- Whiteout's condition is also different from her tribe, the NightWings; she has black scales with hints of sapphire blue and bluish-white wings due to being an IceWing-NightWing hybrid.
- 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, 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.
