NightWing tunnels
The NightWing Tunnels, also referred to as portals in the series, were created by the NightWing animus Stonemover, and were used by the NightWings to make traveling to and from their island and to other locations easier. There are currently two known portals, both with one side in the Rainforest Kingdom. One leads to the NightWings' destroyed island, and the other leads to the Kingdom of Sand. There may be more, but they have not been specified.
The portals seem to give dragons a tingling feeling in their scales when they are near, described as an "awkward wrongness" and that the portals gave off the "I should not be here" feeling, possibly a result of animus magic. They are also said to be strangely pitch black on the inside.
History
The tunnels were created approximately two years before the Dragonets of Destiny (Clay, Tsunami, Glory, Starflight, and Sunny) hatched. Stonemover is revealed to be the creator. Shortly after the Dragonets of Destiny were introduced to the RainWing village, they discovered a strange tunnel inside a boulder, curtained with moss and leading to a location just miles away from Burn's Stronghold.
When the NightWings captured Glory and fourteen other RainWings, they were taken through another portal in a tree that leads to the NightWing Island. She eventually escaped the NightWings with the help of Clay and Deathbringer via the Rainforest-NightWing Island tunnel. Later, she led her army through this portal to the Night Kingdom. Both portals are presently still intact.
After Stonemover made them, however, he flew away to Jade Mountain to live the rest of his days as a hermit without using any of his powers and turned the loss of soul into a loss of scales, resulting in about half of his body becoming cold, unmovable stone.
Trivia
- The tunnels give off a weird sensation like they are not supposed to be there, and this sensation of "wrongness" grows stronger as you step farther into the tunnels, as described by the dragonets. This was most likely another part of the enchantment so that no other dragons would want to look into it.
- Their purpose was to let NightWings make it quickly to the mainland, specifically the rainforest, and hunt. The volcanic island they live on has very little prey and the rainforest is an alternate source. This is also shown when the dragonets find a decaying sloth outside of the forest, which is how NightWings usually hunt. Although it was probably not created intentionly for this purpose, the NightWings also planned to take the Rainforest Kingdom by force due to the horrid conditions on their island using this tunnel.
