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[[File:NightWing.png|thumb|An Image of a NightWing From A NightWing Guide to The Dragons of Pyrrhia]] | [[File:NightWing.png|thumb|An Image of a NightWing From A NightWing Guide to The Dragons of Pyrrhia]] | ||
'''NightWings''' are one of the seven tribes living | '''NightWings''' are one of the seven tribes living in [[Pyrrhia]]. Prior to the events of ''Darkstalker'', they lived in the southwest on the "talon" of Pyrrhia, but fled to a volcanic island off the coast of the Sky Kingdom during and after the events of the book.{{Citation needed}} After the volcanic island erupted at the end of [[The Dark Secret]], they were forced to flee to the [[The Rainforest Kingdom|Rainforest]], after which their current queen became [[Glory|Queen Glory]].<ref name="dragonguide">''A Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia'', books 5-10</ref> Most NightWings dislike her because she is a [[RainWings|RainWing]]. In ''A Guide to the Dragon World'', some NightWings founded [[Renewal]]. It is located on the Talon Peninsula where NightWings used to reside before moving to the volcano. | ||
== Appearance == | == Appearance == | ||
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They typically have straight horns, though they can also sometimes be twisted.<ref>''[[The Dark Secret]]'', chapter 2, paragraph 44</ref> Their tongues are forked and black.<ref>''[[The Brightest Night]]'', chapter 4, paragraph 11</ref> Small spikes run down their head to their tail. Their underbelly usually is a light gray or purple depending on their main body coloring. | They typically have straight horns, though they can also sometimes be twisted.<ref>''[[The Dark Secret]]'', chapter 2, paragraph 44</ref> Their tongues are forked and black.<ref>''[[The Brightest Night]]'', chapter 4, paragraph 11</ref> Small spikes run down their head to their tail. Their underbelly usually is a light gray or purple depending on their main body coloring. | ||
NightWings born with the power to read minds have a silver teardrop beside their eyes | NightWings born with the power to read minds have a silver teardrop beside their eyes.<ref>''[[Darkstalker]]'', chapter 15, paragraph 152</ref> This might also be a trait of empaths, like [[Fatespeaker]], as she had these scales as well. Their eye color can be silver, black, dark blue, dark green, or purple. | ||
== Abilities == | == Abilities == | ||
NightWings can breathe fire and, because of their dark scales and stars on their wings, can hide in the night sky and in shadows.<ref name="dragonguide"/> When a NightWing egg hatches below the light of one full moon, the dragonet gets either mind reading or the ability to see the future.<ref name=":0">[[A Guide To The Dragon World|''A Guide To The Dragon World'']], page 91</ref> Dragonets hatched below two full moons get both powers,<ref name=":0" /> and those born below all the full moons have their powers enhanced.<ref>[[A Guide To The Dragon World|''A Guide To The Dragon World'']], page 92</ref> Most NightWing eggs are black, but ones that hatch under full moons turn silver<ref>{{Cite book|book=Darkstalker|chapter=2|paragraph=16|quote= | NightWings can breathe fire and, because of their dark scales and stars on their wings, can hide in the night sky and in shadows.<ref name="dragonguide"/> When a NightWing egg hatches below the light of one full moon, the dragonet gets either mind reading or the ability to see the future.<ref name=":0">[[A Guide To The Dragon World|''A Guide To The Dragon World'']], page 91</ref> Dragonets hatched below two full moons get both powers,<ref name=":0" /> and those born below all the full moons have their powers enhanced.<ref>[[A Guide To The Dragon World|''A Guide To The Dragon World'']], page 92</ref> Most NightWing eggs are black, but ones that hatch under full moons turn silver<ref>{{Cite book|book=Darkstalker|chapter=2|paragraph=16|quote="No," she said. "Most NightWing eggs are black, but the ones that hatch under full moons turn silver like this. I don't know why that one's still black. They should hatch at the same time."}}</ref>. NightWings have the potential to have [[animus magic]], branching from the royal [[IceWings|IceWing]] bloodline;{{Citation needed}} however, their last known animus is [[Stonemover]]. | ||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
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When NightWings are born, they are named by their mother. This is shown when [[Foeslayer]] is arguing with [[Arctic]] over what to name [[Darkstalker]].<ref>[[Darkstalker (book)|''Darkstalker'']], page 15</ref> | When NightWings are born, they are named by their mother. This is shown when [[Foeslayer]] is arguing with [[Arctic]] over what to name [[Darkstalker]].<ref>[[Darkstalker (book)|''Darkstalker'']], page 15</ref> | ||
NightWings, in Darkstalker's time, slept during the daylight hours, and woke when the moon was out.{{ | NightWings, in Darkstalker's time, slept during the daylight hours, and woke when the moon was out.<ref>{{Cite book|book=Darkstalker|chapter=13|paragraph=5|quote=She wondered if he had trouble sleeping this far away from his own kingdom, and on a schedule where everyone stayed awake all night and slept all day.}}</ref> After the events of ''Darkstalker'', they changed their sleep schedule to a diurnal one, matching the rest of the Pyrrhian tribes.{{Citation needed}} | ||
NightWings used to have grand palaces in Darkstalker's time.{{Citation needed| | NightWings used to have grand palaces in Darkstalker's time.{{Citation needed}} The Night Kingdom was built into great ravines and caverns, and social status was often determined by where one's home was in these canyons.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|book=Darkstalker|chapter=7|paragraph=19|quote=Outside, the night was just starting to spill into the ravines, reaching its long dark claws down to the rivers and less desirable homes at the bottoms of the cliffs.}}</ref> NightWings of a greater status would live higher up to be closer to the moon, as it "fuels their power."<ref>{{Cite book|book=Darkstalker|chapter=7|paragraph=20|quote=One day, if she could use her power to do something valuable for the queen — a vision that helped defeat the IceWings in the war, for instance — her family would be able to move to somewhere higher and more skylit, closer to the stars.}}</ref> It is undetermined whether this is true. Lower class citizens lived towards the bottom, which was not as desirable.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
NightWings during this time were great philosophers, architects, and artists.{{ | NightWings during this time were great philosophers, architects, and artists.<ref>{{Cite book|book=Talons of Power|chapter=6|paragraph=43}}</ref> They had extensive libraries, great halls of knowledge, and thousands of scrolls. The first NightWing librarians were honored. The NightWings were also social, and it was commented multiple times in the books how their society ran on other visiting tribes. | ||
NightWings had the grandest schools in all of Pyrrhia, with beautiful courtyards | NightWings had the grandest schools in all of Pyrrhia, with beautiful courtyards and gracefully designed pillars.<ref>{{Cite book|book=Darkstalker|chapter=7|paragraph=22|quote=The school was to the north, not far from the palace, each of them forming one side of the Great Diamond with the museum and the library on the other two sides. The palace was the biggest of the four buildings and wrapped around Borderland Mountain, but the school was designed to look very similar: lots of black and gray marble terraces, hanging gardens, and long glittering waterfalls. And at this hour, as night fell for the nocturnal tribe, both the school and the palace were mobbed by hundreds of beating black wings.}}</ref> | ||
NightWings also had grand festivals. To celebrate [[Vigilance|Queen Vigilance]]'s 40th year ruling the NightWings, she had a Glass Jubilee, where she hired the best musicians, held feasts, and held the titular glass sculpture contest.{{Citation needed | NightWings also had grand festivals. To celebrate [[Vigilance|Queen Vigilance]]'s 40th year ruling the NightWings, she had a Glass Jubilee, where she hired the best musicians, held feasts, and held the titular glass sculpture contest.{{Citation needed}} The festivals usually had games, and other forms of amusement for the guests. They were very popular, and almost the whole tribe would join in on the celebration. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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NightWings are one of the seven tribes living in Pyrrhia. Prior to the events of Darkstalker, they lived in the southwest on the "talon" of Pyrrhia, but fled to a volcanic island off the coast of the Sky Kingdom during and after the events of the book.[citation needed] After the volcanic island erupted at the end of The Dark Secret, they were forced to flee to the Rainforest, after which their current queen became Queen Glory.[1] Most NightWings dislike her because she is a RainWing. In A Guide to the Dragon World, some NightWings founded Renewal. It is located on the Talon Peninsula where NightWings used to reside before moving to the volcano.
Appearance[edit | edit source]
NightWings typically have purplish-black scales,[1] but may sometimes have shades of dark blues, greens,[2] and dark grays. They have silver scales scattered under their wings,[1] which helps them hide in the night sky. It is theorized by Mastermind that these patterns are genetic.[3] To camouflage themselves further, NightWings have strands of star scales running along their neck, and tail.
They typically have straight horns, though they can also sometimes be twisted.[4] Their tongues are forked and black.[5] Small spikes run down their head to their tail. Their underbelly usually is a light gray or purple depending on their main body coloring.
NightWings born with the power to read minds have a silver teardrop beside their eyes.[6] This might also be a trait of empaths, like Fatespeaker, as she had these scales as well. Their eye color can be silver, black, dark blue, dark green, or purple.
Abilities[edit | edit source]
NightWings can breathe fire and, because of their dark scales and stars on their wings, can hide in the night sky and in shadows.[1] When a NightWing egg hatches below the light of one full moon, the dragonet gets either mind reading or the ability to see the future.[7] Dragonets hatched below two full moons get both powers,[7] and those born below all the full moons have their powers enhanced.[8] Most NightWing eggs are black, but ones that hatch under full moons turn silver[9]. NightWings have the potential to have animus magic, branching from the royal IceWing bloodline;[citation needed] however, their last known animus is Stonemover.
Culture[edit | edit source]
Legends: Darkstalker[edit | edit source]
When NightWings are born, they are named by their mother. This is shown when Foeslayer is arguing with Arctic over what to name Darkstalker.[10]
NightWings, in Darkstalker's time, slept during the daylight hours, and woke when the moon was out.[11] After the events of Darkstalker, they changed their sleep schedule to a diurnal one, matching the rest of the Pyrrhian tribes.[citation needed]
NightWings used to have grand palaces in Darkstalker's time.[citation needed] The Night Kingdom was built into great ravines and caverns, and social status was often determined by where one's home was in these canyons.[12] NightWings of a greater status would live higher up to be closer to the moon, as it "fuels their power."[13] It is undetermined whether this is true. Lower class citizens lived towards the bottom, which was not as desirable.[12]
NightWings during this time were great philosophers, architects, and artists.[14] They had extensive libraries, great halls of knowledge, and thousands of scrolls. The first NightWing librarians were honored. The NightWings were also social, and it was commented multiple times in the books how their society ran on other visiting tribes.
NightWings had the grandest schools in all of Pyrrhia, with beautiful courtyards and gracefully designed pillars.[15]
NightWings also had grand festivals. To celebrate Queen Vigilance's 40th year ruling the NightWings, she had a Glass Jubilee, where she hired the best musicians, held feasts, and held the titular glass sculpture contest.[citation needed] The festivals usually had games, and other forms of amusement for the guests. They were very popular, and almost the whole tribe would join in on the celebration.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia, books 5-10
- ↑ Winter Turning, chapter 6, paragraph 101
- ↑ The Dark Secret, chapter 5, paragraph 13
- ↑ The Dark Secret, chapter 2, paragraph 44
- ↑ The Brightest Night, chapter 4, paragraph 11
- ↑ Darkstalker, chapter 15, paragraph 152
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Guide To The Dragon World, page 91
- ↑ A Guide To The Dragon World, page 92
- ↑ Darkstalker, chapter 2, paragraph 16. ""No," she said. "Most NightWing eggs are black, but the ones that hatch under full moons turn silver like this. I don't know why that one's still black. They should hatch at the same time.""
- ↑ Darkstalker, page 15
- ↑ Darkstalker, chapter 13, paragraph 5. "She wondered if he had trouble sleeping this far away from his own kingdom, and on a schedule where everyone stayed awake all night and slept all day."
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Darkstalker, chapter 7, paragraph 19. "Outside, the night was just starting to spill into the ravines, reaching its long dark claws down to the rivers and less desirable homes at the bottoms of the cliffs."
- ↑ Darkstalker, chapter 7, paragraph 20. "One day, if she could use her power to do something valuable for the queen — a vision that helped defeat the IceWings in the war, for instance — her family would be able to move to somewhere higher and more skylit, closer to the stars."
- ↑ Talons of Power, chapter 6, paragraph 43.
- ↑ Darkstalker, chapter 7, paragraph 22. "The school was to the north, not far from the palace, each of them forming one side of the Great Diamond with the museum and the library on the other two sides. The palace was the biggest of the four buildings and wrapped around Borderland Mountain, but the school was designed to look very similar: lots of black and gray marble terraces, hanging gardens, and long glittering waterfalls. And at this hour, as night fell for the nocturnal tribe, both the school and the palace were mobbed by hundreds of beating black wings."