Claws of the Clouds Mountains
The Claws of the Clouds Mountains are a mountain range stretching across Pyrrhia from the north coast to the south coast. It serves as the main territory of the Sky Kingdom, having the SkyWing palace. Most SkyWings are thought to live in the high mountains.
Notable Features
The Dragonets of Destiny's Cave
The cave that the dragonets of destiny were raised in is located under a mountain within the Claws of the Clouds Mountains. Since SkyWings preferred to live on the mountain peaks, it was very unlikely that any SkyWing would stumble across the tunnel to the cave.[1] The cave is located in a ravine,[2] and there is a boulder blocking the door that can be moved aside using a key around Dune's neck[3] or a sturdy wooden lever hidden underneath the boulder.[4]
It was mentioned that, if it wasn't for Glory's ability to change color, the dragonets would have never known how many colors existed beyond the boulders.[5] Mazes of stalagmites[6] and hanging stalactites are all over the cavern.[7] One particular stalagmite had holes over its bulbous shape, where a dragon can sit on it.[8] The cave is entirely bare rock and stone,[1] with no mud.[9] Torches hung around the walls in the area.[10]
The dragonets have dinner and lunch in the great central cave. Fires flickered around the edges of the dome, and echoing space yawned overhead, dripping with stalactites. The cave dome is big enough for six full-grown dragons to fit across with their wings extended. The hall leads to two small sleeping caves, where the dragonets sleep in.[7] Twisting stone tunnels lead from the central cave to four different places: one to the battle area, one to the guardians' cave, one to the study room, and one to the outside world, where the boulder blocks the exit. Starflight's sleeping cave had scrolls over the floor.[11]
The study cave had a pile of scrolls near the entrance[12] and a small "sky" hole in the roof, barely big enough for a dragon head to fit through.[13] A map of Pyrrhia hung on the wall between the torches.[1] Directly outside of the study cave were lots of bushes and branches, concealing the hole.[14]
There is a small, freezing-cold river that trickled through the cave into the outside world.[15] Inside the caves, the river flowed upstream into the guardians' cave. Downstream, it flowed from the central cavern along the tunnel to the battle cave.[16] The central cave was connected to the study cave, with a small gap in between.[17] Further downstream, the river eventually leads to a pitch-black wall, which is the passageway to the outside world. A gap, complete with sharp outcroppings, connects the dragonets' cave to the passageway.[18] Tight, twisting channels[19] and small openings pf air[20] makes up the passage, eventually ending in a waterfall that opens to the outside world.[21] Bats,[22], glowworms,[23] and a sticky white acid in the rocks[24] can be found in the channels.
As depicted on the map, Jade Mountain, noted to be the tallest mountain in Pyrrhia, is located in the southern portion of the mountain range. Jade Mountain is also home to the Jade Mountain Academy, built by the dragonets of destiny after the conclusion of the War of SandWing Succession. The Dragon of Jade Mountain, Stonemover, also resided there in an upper cave. It has two peaks, that, at the right angle, looked like "a pair of snake fangs lunging out of the earth."
Agate Mountain was the tallest mountain in Clearsight and Darkstalker's time, but an earthquake eventually shifted the peaks so that it was shorter than Jade Mountain. Darkstalker was buried under this mountain as well. It was a rocky black mountain.
History
The Dragonet Prophecy
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The Jade Mountain Prophecy
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Legends
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Dragonet Prophecy, page 15
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 100
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 57
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 106
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 16
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 2
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Dragonet Prophecy, page 12
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 44
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 7
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 9
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 46
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 24
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 59
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 99
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 6
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 60
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 30
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 66
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 67
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 68
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 77
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 79
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 69
- ↑ The Dragonet Prophecy, page 73
