IceWing palace
Template:Infobox Location The IceWing palace is located on the far northern edge of the Ice Kingdom. The palace is occupied by the IceWing queen and aristocratic IceWings who are ranked in the Third circle or above.
Description
Also known as the gift of splendor, the IceWing was designed, built, and enchanted centuries ago by a pair of animus twins, with magic that ensured its wall of ice would never melt, crack, or be harmed by an outside attack. It soars miles into the air, with towers and balconies and spires that pierce the clouds. It contains a great number of rooms on many various levels.[1]
It is composed of a thousand different glittering blue shades,[2] with its interior walls being cool and smooth.[2] The lights of the palace shimmer blue-green-silver, like captured starlight. The dark ocean surrounding it serves as a mirror, sending the same lights dancing in blurred mimicry around the palace's base. A galaxy of smaller lights spirals out in five curved arms from the palace, illuminating lower aristocrats' homes, the training schools that are open all night, and the shimmering ice sculpture gardens.[3]
There is a grand entrance to the palace: a set of crystal-studded gates about halfway up the central keep.[3] They are carved in the shapes of giant dragon wings, matching the small ice sculptures of dragons, wings, and talons that top all of the columns and finials. It is possible to fly over the palace walls into the interior courtyards, but that is considered gauche and career suicide. According to IceWing protocol, visitors wait at the gates to be admitted.[1]
There is a vast entrance hall that leads to three arched openings leading to the central courtyard. The gift of elegance provides pale blue stars that seem to drift through the palace's otherwise bare, translucent walls. Up close, small, phosphorescent glass snowflakes are seen encased in the ice, glowing silvery blue as they fell, mimicking the weather outside.[4]
The pristine[5] central courtyard is covered in snow, a vast space dominated by the two most important gifts in IceWing history: the gifts of light and order.[6] The Tree of Light's frost-kissed twigs, leaves, and branches are identical to that of a normal tree.[6] It has eternal life, and its moon globes grow year-round, with a new bud growing on the tree immediately after a moon globe has been taken.[7] Under the Tree of Light, there is a long path to the wall of Circle rankings.[7] There are many windows in the palace that overlook the courtyard.[8]
There is a palace library containing a few old scrolls about the Diamond Trial.[5]
Winter's room was described to have one window overlooking the central courtyard, with a shelf of ice serving as a bed and two warm, white polar bear rugs on the floor.[9] Narwhal was also mentioned to have personal chambers somewhere in the palace.[10]
Winter mentioned that the palace has a flight training tower.[11]
History
The Jade Mountain Prophecy
After Hailstorm and Winter return to the Ice Kingdom, they are admitted at the palace gates. Once let through, they obtain one moon globe each from the Tree of Light. In the central courtyard, they are assessed by Narwhal. Winter then went to sleep in his room and then attends a rankings ceremony the next morning, in which Hailstorm and Winter are given their new rankings.
The Lost Continent Prophecy
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Gallery
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The IceWing palace from the cover of Winter Turning, by Joy Ang -
The IceWing Palace from the map of Pyrrhia, by Mike Schley
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The IceWing Palace from the era of Darkstalker, by Mike Schley
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Winter Turning, page 240
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Winter Turning, page 30
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Winter Turning, page 239
- ↑ Winter Turning, page 242
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Winter Turning, page 266
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Winter Turning, page 244
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Winter Turning, page 245
- ↑ Winter Turning, page 253
- ↑ Winter Turning, page 250
- ↑ Winter Turning, page 249
- ↑ Winter Turning, page 92
