Dark Era

==Disclaimer==
THIS AU IS INSPIRED BY STEVEN UNIVERSE AND An Era of Darkness (but don't join) hosted by on the Wings of Fire Wiki.
==Overview==
Currently, these days, dragons are rarely seen about. They often live in big packs, groups or even cities that are in one protected building or underground. Both Pantala and Pyrrhia have merged, and it's believed to be because of Darkstalker, who harshly rules the land and DarkWings in it. Tribes are not rules by their original royal families, except for the IceWing Kingdom and bits of the BeetleWing's home, because little to no DarkWings reside. There are seven major cities, known as Crystal City, Sunlit City, Red Tide, Sanctuary, Jade Mountain, Jungle Hive and Faultline City. Each city has their own quirks and strategies, and each are ran by at least two dragons. 
==History==
==Cities and Kingdom(s)==
===Crystal City===
Crystal City is a large dome made of obsidian and metal. It has a thin sheet of glass, rumored to be animus touched to warn the citizens if it is broken. It is ran by Clearsight and Sunstreak, and it is located near Fathom's settlement. It has thick walls and massive hallways, and the dragons there are mostly SilkWings, BeetleWings and NightWings. Crystal City gets it's name from the crystal veins that seem to illuminate each hall, and more of them are underground. They have absorbed moonlight, and there are huge clusters over the hatcheries (especially NightWing's hatchery) and huge clusters over large gathering rooms or platforms for them to bask. Hybrids are uncommon, because Clearsight has hybrid dragonets herself. A dragon in their lifetime is unlikely to see the sun (or moons) in their lifetime, for safety measures. This city has suffered from a single attack, when it was being built. Clearsight lives in a large crystal area, near the very top of the dome.
===Sunlit City===
This city is a completely underground city. They live at the very northern mountains of the super continent, where it is barely mountainous where they are suddenly bordered by a small thick taiga. They also are the cruelest city, and the only way in is a secret tunnel in the Ruins of the Sky Palace. A glob and mixture of all the tribes live here, but SkyWings are the most common. They use torches, and carve out caves or find random ones in the 'net' (which are it's borders). If the 'net' is full, then they expand the 'net'. Caves often house random dragons in 2-4, but they are the same tribe. Each dragon of the city (specifically females) must hold their egg with them, no matter what. Scrolls and books say it has a similar appearance to Under the Mountain, but those outside the city don't know. Hybrids are forbidden, because Sunray of the SandWings and SkyWings (ironically) doesn't want 'tribes mixing'. They suffered no attacks.
===Faultline City===
Faultline City is where Pyrrhia and Pantala meet. It is on the biggest fault, and there are many earthquakes every week. It is slightly hilly, and it isnt the ideal and comfortable place to live (thats why the dragons live there). It has an evenly diversity of the tribes, and it's houses are like small towers resistant to earthquakes, and it's other buildings are small domes. It is lead by an IceWing with unusual coloring, named Commander Peppermint.
===Red Tide===
It's known that the last of the SeaWing royal family live here. It is mostly underwater for its SeaWing residents, but also has a few watchtowers that MudWings and hybrids populate. It gets an annual red tide, where it gets its name. Some years, when it's warmer, they will get it twice. They even sacrifice a few dragons at a time, with open wounds and such to make the city look intimidating. They use bioluminescent plants found underwater for light sources. It is lead by a descendant of Fathom, Prince Nautilus and his wife, Peridot. 
===Sanctuary===
Defective DarkWings, reformed DarkWings, hybrids, exiles and scavengers alike live. It is a town with rock, grass and dirt pathways, large trees, and short houses made of metal and wood with grass, dirt rocks and sometimes flowers grow on the roof to make them blend in more. Just about half of the total scavenger population live here, and they help Sanctuary fight back against Darkstalker. It is lead by a dragon named Twister, and his two scavenger pets Gem and Jet. It has suffered the most attacks, but has never been taken over. Some say Sanctuary have secret animus, while others think its the scavengers. 
===Jade Mountain===
Most SandWings and RainWings populate here. Dragons live in the southernmost mountains, some underground, some above. But all are well trained. Some even tour or guard Agate Mountain, believing it is sacred and Darkstalker left a trace of animus magic packed within the mountain's walls. It's leader is a RainWing and SandWing hybrid, with two half siblings, one a RainWing, the other the SandWing. The leader wears the Eye of Onyx with rose quartz embedded on their brows and wing digits. Jade Mountain is the most well known city, and Darkstalker's army of DarkWings have attacked it around 5 times. They once had a decent population of other tribes, but it was the only home for SandWings and RainWings, so they stayed.
The real Pacemaker resides here as a co-leader, and he is in charge of education and 'manufacturing'. 
===Jungle Hive===
The Jungle Hive is the lifted up ruins of many of the hives placed in the Eye of the Jungle. All HiveWings and LeafWings live here, and their leader is Queen Pitcher and King Bombus. They have three dragonets, Treehopper, Katydid and Leafcutter. They have no recorded attacks, and the residents are experts at navigating through the pampered ruins of the cluster of hives then suddenly switching to the jungle's dangers. They are known for their strength, honor and fierce attitude, being the 'angry' city. It is not marked on the map. 
===Kingdom of Ice===
It is the only Kingdom that is still 'normal', despite the fact Queen Whiteout has used magic to make a new ice cliff around all the kingdom. She even has the palace on lockdown. Whiteout is still Darkstalker's sister, but she managed to make herself and Thoughtful disguises that would reflect themselves if they were pure blood IceWings. Whiteout still has her name, but Thoughtful's name is King Cryoseism. They have a few dragonets, all are female. Whiteout keeps all DarkWings in her kingdom in a lab, where they try to turn them back, or just kill them to Whiteout's dismay. The Ice Kingdom is highly secured, and animus magic is only passed around within Whiteout's Palace. The Kingdom is dark at night, with tiny moonglobe sprouts every few miles, and there is a flat tundra, but just a little east of the palace and southeast of it, there is icy mountains. There are also forests in the southern area, but they are small and are typically tended to. There are slightly larger and less frosty mountains by the border. Islands with caves surround the palace, and they are known for gemstone mines. It is covered in ice sheets, and ice floes, glaciers and icebergs litter the sea for miles. The IceWing's government is much more strict. 
===Kingdom of the Night===
Anywhere where a DarkWing population is is the Kingdom of the Night - basically almost the entire super continent. However, the main fortress is by what was once the talon peninsula, where Darkstalker's strange palace like fortress resides, and there is a DarkWing HQ in an unknown location. Since most of the super continent is his kingdom, the Kingdom of the Night is very diverse. Darkstalker's palace is described to be a black, reflective building similar to that of Crystal City's dome. One dragon who pretended to be a DarkWing got close enough to say you can always see some type of blue flame flickering through it's tinted windows.
==Dragons==
===DarkWings===
DarkWings are mysterious dragons that first started popping up 500 years before the events of the AU. DarkWings do not have enough characteristics to be considered a tribe, but they are said to be one.
====Appearance===
DarkWings appear like their original or dominant tribe. If a DarkWing was once a SeaWing, they would be short with gills, however they will be longer and muscular, with darker scales, and their horns will twist like Darkstalker's. If a DarkWing was once a LeafWing, and had dragonets with the SeaWing, the offspring would have less features from the parent's tribes. Over time, they would loose most of their resemblance to their tribe(s). 
Newer DarkWings are tall, with long, thin wings, black or nearly black scales, large spikes, empty eyes and a sail on their tail to easier identify one. Their horns are twisted like Darkstalker's, and they can have patterns on their wings like different color gradients, stars, stripes, etc. Sometimes, a DarkWing may have a tiny sail, or light colored scales. Their eyes are black with a narrow slit that's either red, orange or yellow, commonly scarlet. However, higher ranking dragons have purple eyes, or even pink. DarkWings have 1-3 features from their original tribe, whether it be coloring, or tribe exclusive features. DarkWings appear to be the largest 'tribe'. 
====Abilities====
DarkWings possess watered down abilities of their original tribe(s). They also appear to have weak moonborn abilities, no matter what tribe(s) they originated from. They appear to have super strength and speed. They usually blend in with the tribe. They have abilities no other tribe can have, live magic.
The 'tribe' is extremely sensitive to the light and the cold. Conflicting spells from 2 animus has unknown and perhaps lethal side effects. Special DarkWing powers are flawed in a way. Alphas can mind control them, and their soul is extremely fragile, one of the reasons its impossible for a DarkWing to possess animus.
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