Lost city of night
Template:Infobox Location The lost city of night, also known as the Night Kingdom, 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] The kingdom is surrounded by a series of sharp-edged mountains known as Darkstalker's Teeth.[3]
The bottom of the cliffs contained rivers and spaces for the lesser NightWing homes. The richer or more influential NightWing structures were built higher and are more skylit, closer to the stars. The terrain is quite rocky, with canyons and outcroppings.[4] Caves delve deep into the mountains, and the coast is lined with rocky black-sand beaches and littered with tide pools and half-flooded caves.[5] There are also dragon-made lakes and dragon-planted forests.[6]
In modern Pyrrhia, the Peninsula has become considerably smaller, damaged by earthquakes, avalanches, and tidal waves.[7] Darkstalker began rebuilding the city with his animus magic before being transformed into Peacemaker.[3] During its brief inhabitance by the modern NightWing tribe, firelight dotted the kingdom.[8]
On the edge of the cliffs, there is empty space where the land dropped sharply below them, veering down into a long rocky beach.[9] It contains an enormous cave[10] whose interior is a world of emerald green and vaulted ceilings. Phosphorescent moss and algae clings to the rocks and walls and stalactites, giving the cave an eerie glow that was matched by chandeliers of glowworms up above. Water dripped softly, and a rivulet ran through the cave, connecting some tide pools and circumventing others. The cave became warmer and quieter the father back it went, and there is a tilted ledge of rock above one tide pool containing starfish and anemones.[11] The sound of wind whistling through deep ravines can be heard throughout the kingdom.[12]
Notable Features
Miscellaneous
There is a lunar hatching peak somewhere in the city.[13]
A structure neighboring Darkstalker's home was mentioned to have vines around the doorway.[14]
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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.[event 1]
- Foeslayer stated that the Night Kingdom was protected by an "unbeatable" air defense team.[42]
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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Darkness of Dragons, page 215
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 73
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 113-114
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 182
- ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 214
- ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 217
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 48
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 113
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Darkstalker, page 114
- ↑ Darkness of Dragons, page 198
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 38
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 46
- ↑ Talons of Power, page 203
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Darkstalker, page 235
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 211
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 50
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 Darkstalker, page 192
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 251
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Darkstalker, page 194
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 274
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Darkstalker, page 71
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 221
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 282
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 167
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 233
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 293
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Darkstalker, page 134
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 Darkstalker, page 137
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 304
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 Darkstalker, page 97
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 100
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Darkstalker, page 277
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Darkstalker, page 104
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 276
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Darkstalker, page 181
- ↑ Talons of Power, page 207
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Talons of Power, page 206
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 275
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 136
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 178
