The Lost City of Night was the original Night Kingdom and was one of the main locations for the book Darkstalker (Legends). No-one except Chameleon and Foeslayer knew where it was until Darkstalker emerged from under the mountain when Peril freed him. It is located just south of the Kingdom of Sand, on a peninsula by the sea known as the Talon Peninsula, likely named as such because it makes up the front 'leg' of the dragon-shaped continent of Pyrrhia.
Not much is known about this area of Pyrrhia, except that it is the catch to The Jade Mountain Prophecy, whereas the prophecy states that "Jade Mountain will fall beneath thunder and ice unless the Lost City of Night can be found". The land is rough and craggy and is ideal for hatching moonborn dragonets (unlike the volcanic island they fled to because of Darkstalker). It has a shield dome that covers the entire kingdom, which prevents IceWings from entering and killing them. (This shield was created by Darkstalker and the IceWings later named the mountain range that it fell on Darkstalker's Teeth.) The homes inside the Night Kingdom are organized according to rank. The higher the rank, the higher the residence is on the cliff. When Queen Glory sends dragons to investigate the ruins, she finds that the Old Night Kingdom is not the best place to live.
Geography
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The Old Night Kingdom has a series of canyons, caves, and mountain peaks. In Darkstalker (Legends), it seems like the peninsula is shaped like claws, while in the books set in modern day the peninsula is far smaller and lacks these claw-like capes. The geographical appearance has changed much during the time period of Darkstalker (Legends) to after the War of SandWing Succession, with most of the peninsula having collapsed into the sea. Surrounding the border is the mountain range called Darkstalker's Teeth, which is where Darkstalker's IceWing repelling curse was placed.
Queen Vigilance's Palace Edit
The Lost City of Night
The Great DiamondEdit
The Great Diamond is what the NightWings called the shape formed on the tribe's most important buildings. The palace and school were placed to the north, not far from each other, and the museum and the library finished the shape towards the south. The palace was noted to be the largest of the four buildings. These four buildings formed a diamond-shaped plaza, hence its name, the Great Diamond.
The NightWing School Edit
The NightWing School was where all the NightWing dragonets learned. It was very sophisticated and more magnificent than Jade Mountain Academy. It housed dragonets from ages 2, 3, 4, and more. It was designed to resemble Queen Vigilance's Palace, grey and black marble floors, hanging gardens, etc. The School is located north of the Palace and is part of the Great Diamond.
Darkstalker's HomeEdit
It was described to have a pale blue door, which led into a sunlit room adorned with white rugs and glittering crystals (Clearsight assumed this was to make Arctic feel more at home) and a couch in the middle. One wall was lined with scrolls tucked into little niches. The kitchen was described to be 'impossibly clean' and had tools in it that Clearsight had never seen and couldn't imagine how to use. There was a fireplace with a painting of the family done by Whiteout on the mantle, the picture painted in shades of blue and making the family appear more related than in real life.
Whiteout's room contained many paintings of IceWings and NightWings flying together. Most were done in shades of blue, and Darkstalker describes some to be from Whiteout's "Wishful Thinking" series. There were also many pictures of constellations, the three moons, and starscapes.
Darkstalker's room was down the hall from Whiteout's and his sleeping spot was marked by a pile of neatly folded purple and white blankets. He also had a trunk, where he would keep extra blankets and a few weapons. His desk was bare except for a cloth and three inkwells containing black, royal blue, and emerald green ink. There was a scroll rack next to the desk, and behind it, Darkstalker's Talisman, and an invisible inkwell that was hidden behind a stone in the wall.
As for the rest of the NightWings, their houses were like Darkstalker's. They were built on the sides of mountains, being placed higher, and closer to the stars, if you have a higher rank.
Appearances Edit
Moon Rising Edit
The Lost City of Night was mentioned at the end of Moon Rising when Moon had The Jade Mountain Prophecy and said:
"Jade Mountain will fall beneath thunder and ice
"Unless the Lost City of Night can be found"
Winter Turning Edit
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 ruins of the Night Kingdom mistakenly believing it was the Lost City of Night.
Talons of Power Edit
While Darkstalker was leading the NightWings to the Lost City of Night, he flies ahead when the other NightWings were sleeping. Prince Turtle stealthily and silently follows him.
When Darkstalker reaches the Kingdom, he flies into the NightWings' old school. While under his invisibility spell, Turtle places a marble he had found in front of Darkstalker (which was probably part of the same marble set from Darkstalker (Legends), and he thinks that Clearsight was still alive and trying to tell him something.
Darkness of Dragons Edit
The Lost City of Night is shown as the setting of part of this book. Here they rescue Prince Turtle from Darkstalker and learn that the NightWings were starting a war against the IceWings.
Darkstalker (Legends) Edit
The Lost City of Night is the main setting in Darkstalker (Legends), and is home to the two NightWing protagonists, Darkstalker and Clearsight.
GalleryEdit
| NightWings | |
|---|---|
| Queens |
Present: Queen Glory • King Darkstalker • Queen Battlewinner |
| Royalty | |
| Jade Mountain |
Starflight • Fatespeaker • Moonwatcher • Mightyclaws • Mindreader • Fearless • Bigtail |
| Other Dragons (Present) |
Deadlyclaws • Deathbringer • Eclipse • Farsight • Fierceteeth • Mastermind • Morrowseer • Obsidian • Preyhunter • Quickstrike • Secretkeeper • Shapeshifter • Slaughter • Starflight's Daughter • Stonemover • Strongwings • Vengeance • Wisdom |
| Other Dragons (Historical) |
Allknowing • Clearsight • Discretion • Foeslayer • Foreseer • Jewel-eyes • Listener • Morrowwatcher • Prudence • Quickdeath • Starclaws • Swiftwings • Thoughtful • Truthfinder • Tunesmith • Vision |
| Hybrids |
Darkstalker • Whiteout • Eclipse • Fierceclaws • Shadowhunter • Sunny • Firefly • Commodore • Jewel • Orange • Tortoiseshell |
| Kingdom |
NightWing Island: NightWing Fortress • NightWing Tunnels |
| Society | |
Start a Discussion Discussions about The Lost City of Night
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DarkStalker
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I'm not sure he probably didnt because if he brought other dragons with him they would like him more because of the spell
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Maybe he didn't want to use his powers to get the Nightwings their own kingdom because afterwards the Nightwings might want and ge...
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Rightfully Ours : The End
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Yea, Kudos to Eco! This was pretty amazing, glad it didn't die))
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Oh wow, thanks! I'm so glad it didn't die either! I actually dreamed about it then made it into an rp! XD The rp was better than the dream))
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