Lost city of night
Template:Infobox Location The lost city of night 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]
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.[3] There are also dragon-made lakes and dragon-planted forests.[4] In Darkstalker, it seems like the peninsula is shaped like claws, but the peninsula is now is far smaller and lacks these claw-like shapes. The geographical appearance has changed much since the period of Darkstalker to after the War of SandWing Succession, with most of the peninsula having collapsed into the sea at an unknown time. As the elements have made the "talon" smaller, the Night Kingdom is now the smallest in Pyrrhia. Surrounding the border is the mountain range which is known as Darkstalker's Teeth by the IceWings, which is where Darkstalker's IceWing repelling curse was placed.
Notable Features
Library
Clearsight was noted to have a study room of her own within the library, inhabited with a blank ink puddle,[5] five tables, and partially blank scrolls.[6] It had a doorway.[7]
Miscellaneous
There is a lunar hatching peak somewhere in the kingdom.[6]
A structure neighboring Darkstalker's home was mentioned to have vines around the doorway.[8]
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.[20]
- Foeslayer stated that the Night Kingdom was protected by an "unbeatable" air defense team.[21]
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
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 113-114
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 182
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 40
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Darkstalker, page 38
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 39
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 46
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Darkstalker, page 114
- ↑ Talons of Power, page 203
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 235
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Darkstalker, page 71
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 50
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Darkstalker, page 181
- ↑ Talons of Power, page 207
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Talons of Power, page 206
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 192
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 251
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 233
- ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/biohazardia/journal/Wings-of-Fire-News-at-Boskone-2020-831252663
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 178
