The 'Kingdom of Sand' is the home and territory of the SandWings, the
desert-dwelling Dragons|dragon tribe. It occupies the southwestern
portion of the continent, stretching from the Claws of the Clouds
Mountains of the Sky Kingdom, to the edge of the Ice Kingdom, the
previous Lost city of night|NightWing Kingdom, and the bordering parts
of the ocean. The Kingdom of Sand is currently ruled by Queen Thorn.

## Description

The Kingdom of Sand is a hot, vast, endless, and empty expanse of sandy
desert, surrounded by open sky and rolling dunes as far as the eye can
see in every direction. It is large, wide, and flat, and is dotted with
many oasis towns and small oasis ponds. It is covered in warm sand, and
is dotted with several small desert pools and oases that have been
described as tiny springs. The sand has been described to ripple like a
pale ocean, and it is large and empty.

The Kingdom of Sand is full of Plants#Medicinal plants|brightsting
cactus, the only known antidote to SandWing venom, and has many of it
sold by almost every merchant in the Scorpion Den. There are several
cities and oasis towns spread throughout the kingdom. <File:Brightsting>
Cactus TBN.jpeg|112x112px|thumb|A brightsting cactus, as seen on the cover of The Brightest Night

Near Possibility, there is a sandstone arch that is located high on a
butte to the west of the town. It loops out of the ground and back into
in a shape like a RainWing tail, and the ground below it is consisted of
hard rock.

The land in between the Kingdom of Sand and the Ice Kingdom is barren
wasteland.

## Notable features

### Disputed Tundra

The far side of the Ice Kingdom's tundra is disputed territory between
the Ice Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sand.

### Jerboa III's hut

Jerboa III's hut is located on the northwest coast of the Kingdom of
Sand. It is the home of Jerboa III, daughter of the original Jerboa.

### SandWing stronghold

Queen Thorn's SandWing stronghold|stronghold is used as a palace for the
SandWings. SandWing royalty lives in the stronghold. It is designed to
be less vulnerable to attack more than beauty and appearance. The
stronghold used to look more menacing, with enemy heads on spikes and
Burn's weirdling tower, but these features were removed in Thorn's
reign.

### Scorpion Den

The Scorpion Den is a famous city in the Kingdom of Sand. It is
inhabited by lowlife SandWings and SandWing hybrids. The Scorpion Den is
known to be full of assassins, thieves, con artists, and more, making it
a dangerous place to live.

### Prickle's hut

Prickle's hut is a hut where Prickle lived before the SandWing soldiers
caught her and she got imprisoned in the SandWing stronghold.

## Flora/Fauna

center
Wildlife
'Animals'

  - Antelopes
      - Springboks
  - Ants
  - Beetles
  - Birds
      - Buzzards
      - Large white birds
      - Seagulls
  - Camels
  - Cats
      - Sand Cats
  - Crabs
  - Crocodiles
  - Desert foxes
  - Desert rats
  - Fish
  - Flies
  - Goats
  - Grasshoppers
  - Hippopotami
  - Lizards
      - Frilled Lizards[1]
  - Mice
      - Desert mice
      - Spiny mice
  - Mollusks
  - Rabbits
      - Jackrabbits
  - Reindeer
  - Scavengers
  - Scorpions
  - Snakes
      - Dragonbite vipers
  - Snails

'Plants'

  - Agaves
  - Bananas
  - Cacti
      - Brightsting cacti
      - Prickly pear cacti[2]
      - Saguaros[3]
  - Carrots
  - Cinnamon
  - Coconuts
  - Dates
  - Ferns
  - Firewood
  - Flowers
  - Fruit trees
      - Trumpet flowers
  - Joshua trees[4]
  - Lemons
  - Olives
  - Oranges
  - Palm trees
  - Pears
  - Reeds
  - Shrubs
  - Spiky grass
  - Tangerines
  - Vines
  - Yams

## History

### The Dragonet Prophecy

#### The Hidden Kingdom

Glory found an animus-touched NightWing tunnels|tunnel in the Rainforest
Kingdom that leads to the Kingdom of Sand. She described the desert as
"always hot and clear with no rainy days." The tunnel was hidden by sand
right outside of Burn's stronghold, and the wind blew sand to cover it
up every single day, which was why Burn had not discovered the tunnel
entrance. The NightWings had wanted the tunnel there so that when
Blister became queen, she could help them seize the rainforest.

#### The Brightest Night

The Kingdom of Sand was where Sunny met Thorn and her Outclaws in the
Scorpion Den, Smolder in Burn's stronghold, and where the next SandWing
queen was chosen.

-----

### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

#### Escaping Peril

Peril flashbacked to the night she and Scarlet had fled from Burn's
weirdling tower, where they temporarily settled in the wasteland in
between the Kingdom of Sand and the Ice Kingdom. Later on in the story,
Peril wandered around the border of the Kingdom of Sand while trying to
find her meeting place.

#### Talons of Power

Darkstalker took his fellow NightWings past the Kingdom of Sand to the
lost city of night.

#### Darkness of Dragons

When Qibli and Winter went to go and rescue Ostrich, they
flew to both the Scorpion Den and Thorn's stronghold.

-----

### The Lost Continent Prophecy

#### The Poison Jungle

In the epilogue, Snowfall met Jerboa III at the edge of the Kingdom of
Sand, close to the border into IceWing territory.

#### The Dangerous Gift

Snowfall and the other Pantalans flew across the Kingdom of Sand to get
to Sanctuary. The vision about Jerboa I and Jerboa III was mainly set in
the Kingdom of Sand.

-----

### Legends

#### Darkstalker

Scorpion allowed the NightWings and IceWings to battle there, in return
for large piles of treasure from both tribes. Later on in the story,
Darkstalker followed Arctic into the desert along with Clearsight and
Fathom in order to stop him from turning in Whiteout to Queen Diamond.

#### Dragonslayer

Wren followed Sandstorm's army to the Kingdom of Sand in order to rescue
Sky. Later, Ivy, Leaf, and Stone travelled to the Kingdom of Sand in
attempt to bring Rose back to Valor.

-----

### Winglets

#### Prisoners

Fierceteeth was imprisoned in the SandWing stronghold.

#### Deserter

Six-Claws grew up in the Kingdom of Sand. Oasis's death occurred
sometime after, causing the three SandWing heirs to compete for the
throne and begin the War of SandWing Succession. Blister also stole the
majority of the SandWing treasure when Oasis was away.

-----

### Field Guides

#### A Guide to the Dragon World

The Kingdom of Sand was featured several times in the SandWing chapter
of the guide. It was mentioned in the SandWing treasure poster and
served as the main setting of Smolder's literature#Named
scrolls|Strange Time for a New Pet.

## Trivia

  - If Blaze had won the war, the Kingdom would be smaller, as the
    IceWings would now own the disputed northern land; Blaze promised
    them that piece of land if they won the war.