The 'Diamond Empire', among Cottonmouth's empire and the Jaguar Empire,
was one of the three major human settlements prior to the events of the
Scorching.

## Description

The Diamond Empire was located north of Cottonmouth's empire, behind a
mountain range. It included at least one city with a towering stepped
temple, and the temperatures were quite cold.

One of the Diamond Empire's borders contained a pass that went into
Cottonmouth's empire. They also shared a river border with the Jaguar
Empire. Cottonmouth claimed that most of the empire's dragons were
SeaWings|sea dragons with the ability to swim but an inability to
breathe fire.

## Society

The humans within the Diamond Empire wore heavy furs over snow-white
wool wrappings. They spoke a different language from the humans within
Cottonmouth's empire. The Diamond Empire had an army called the Diamond
Army, and it was ruled by an emperor. They were at war with
Cottonmouth's empire and the Jaguar Empire in order to expand their
territory.

## History

### The Flames of Hope

The Diamond Empire was first mentioned by Coyote when he claimed that
dragons lived on the edges of the empire. Coyote then mentioned that the
empire was stuck along a river border with Empress Jaguar. Later,
Cottonmouth claimed that by controlling dragons, he would turn the
Diamond Empire's armies to dust. One of Cottonmouth's citizens mentioned
that there had been rumors of the Diamond Empire attempting to control
dragons as well, to which Cottonmouth argued that the dragons in their
territories swam and could not breathe fire; Cottonmouth believed that
his own empire's dragons would be the most dangerous. Later, in a memory
experienced by Luna, humans within the Diamond Empire were burned by
attacking dragons.