The 'lost city of night', also known as the 'Night Kingdom', is an
ancient city that was inhabited by the NightWing tribe during the era of Darkstalker. It is located south of the Kingdom of
Sand, on a peninsula known as the 'Talon Peninsula'.

The city was abandoned soon after Darkstalker publicly murdered his
father Arctic, and was therefore quickly forgotten. For thousands of
years, the majority of its landscape slowly sank into the ocean. It did
not appear on any known Pyrrhian maps, and was only rediscovered when
Darkstalker reinhabited it during the events of Darkness of Dragons. It
was then re-abandoned for a time, but is currently inhabited by a small
group of NightWings in the encampment known as Renewal.

## Description

The kingdom's terrain consists of a vast landscape caverns and ravines,
glowing with firelight and echoing with the flutter of wings. There are
secret canyons and caves carved into the rock all across the terrain,
some of them stretching towards the distant sea. The kingdom is
surrounded by a series of sharp-edged mountains known to the IceWings as
Darkstalker's Teeth.

The bottom of the cliffs contained rivers and spaces for the lesser
NightWing homes. The richer or more influential NightWing structures
were built higher and are more skylit, closer to the stars. The terrain
is quite rocky, with canyons and outcroppings. Caves delve deep into the
mountains, and the coast is lined with rocky black-sand beaches and
littered with tide pools and half-flooded caves. There are also
Dragons|dragon-made lakes and dragon-planted forests.

In modern Pyrrhia, the peninsula has become considerably smaller,
damaged by earthquakes, avalanches, and tidal waves. Darkstalker began
rebuilding the city with his animus magic before being transformed into
Peacemaker. During its brief inhabitance by the modern NightWing tribe,
firelight dotted the kingdom.

On the edge of the cliffs, there is empty space where the land dropped
sharply below them, veering down into a long rocky beach. It contains an
enormous cave whose interior is a world of emerald green and vaulted
ceilings. Phosphorescent moss and algae clings to the rocks and walls
and stalactites, giving the cave an eerie glow that was matched by
chandeliers of glowworms up above. Water drips softly, and a rivulet
runs through the cave, connecting some tide pools and circumventing
others. The cave becomes warmer and quieter the farther back it goes,
and there is a tilted ledge of rock above one tide pool containing
starfish and anemones. The sound of wind whistling through deep ravines
can be heard throughout the kingdom.

## Notable features

### Borderland Mountain

Borderland Mountain is the mountain within the lower reaches of the
NightWing palace. The area has a forest and a lake.

### Clearsight's home

Clearsight's bedroom contained several scrolls and inkwells, and was
quite messy the morning before she attended school. The home includes
several rooms, at least one bookshelf, and a front entrance. The
structure is built more than halfway down the cliffs of the city. The
front entrance is bordered by a ledge, and there is a fireplace within
the house.

### Darkstalker's home

Darkstalker's home was described to have a pale blue door, which led
into a sunlit room adorned with white rugs, glittering crystals, 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 could not 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.

### Great Diamond

The NightWing school, the NightWing palace, Museum|a large museum, and a
NightWing library|massive library make up the four corners of the Great
Diamond.

The Great Diamond is what the NightWings called the shape formed by the
tribe's most important buildings. The palace and school were placed to
the north, not far from each other, and the museum and library finished
the shape toward 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. There was a temporary stage set up in the middle of the
plaza for concerts.

### Miscellaneous

There is a lunar hatching peak somewhere in the city.

A structure neighboring Darkstalker's home was mentioned to have vines
around the doorway.

### NightWing library

Clearsight was noted to have a study room of her own within the library,
inhabited with a blue ink puddle, five tables, and partially blank
scrolls. It had a doorway.

### NightWing palace

The NightWing palace was the center palace for the NightWing tribe and
was once inhabited by Queen Vigilance. The palace includes royal suites
(one of which Fathom and his bodyguards had stayed in), a throne room, a
royal tower, and more. The palace was briefly ruled by Darkstalker when
he became king of the NightWings and brought most of his tribe back to
the lost city. However, he was soon defeated, and the tribe returned to
the Rainforest Kingdom. It is part of the Great Diamond, made up of the
palace, a school, a library, and a museum.

The throne room is usually used for Queen Vigilance's parties. It is
also the site of fights for enchanted armbands and appears many times in
the futures seen by Clearsight and Darkstalker.

There was mentioned to be a royal treasure room somewhere within the
palace. The top spire of the palace had a prison set up for special
prisoners.

### NightWing school

The NightWing school was designed to look very similar to the NightWing
palace, with lots of gray and black marble terraces, hanging gardens,
and long glittering waterfalls. It has three entrances, and the quietest
and least crowded was located on a side facing away from the NightWing
palace. Its floors were made of marble tiles.

Room 3A, one of the classrooms, was airy and full of light, with plants
and water features everywhere that made it quite beautiful. There was a
large glass cage containing two female scavengers, piles of grass, and a
water dish.

It contained a library, as well as a vast hexagonal courtyard that was
lined with classrooms on all six sides. The courtyard was described as
an obstacle course for flying practice, full of trees, twisting vines,
loops, mazes, and tricks. The courtyard contains vines with heart-shaped
leaves, pine trees, outdoor tables, and puddles.

There is a long waterfall that leads to a pavilion on an upper level to
the main office, occupied by Professor Truthfinder. The office contains
a desk and piles of paper.

Past the main office, there was a bustling corridor leading to a window
that looked inward, towards the courtyard and the other levels of the
school. It was surrounded by five towers. Four of these were regular
dragon towers, with multiple levels open to the air and with pavilions
on top. There are several levels of gardens where dragons gathered to
socialize before the beginning of school. There are also places for
future-seeing NightWings to practice making prophecies.

### North Beach

North Beach is an expanse of beach at the north end of the Night Kingdom
peninsula, rocky and pebbled, unlike the southern shores' smooth sandy
beaches. It faced a bay with the Kingdom of Sand on the far side, just
out of dragon eyesight but close enough that most NightWings avoided it.
There are giant boulders strewn on the beach. It has also been noted
that dragons have practiced swimming there.

### Renewal

Renewal is a settlement located around the ruins of the old NightWing
city. It was founded by Fierceteeth, Strongwings, Bonecruncher, and
twenty-four other NightWings who are attempting to make it more
habitable. It is full of unstable structures and gardens full of
unedible plants. It also is home to an abandoned theatre.

## Flora/Fauna

center
Wildlife
'Animals'

  - Bats
  - Bears
  - Birds
      - Hawks
      - Owls
      - Sparrows
  - Camels
  - Crocodiles
  - Fireflies
  - Fish
      - Koi
      - Long-finned fighting fish
  - Glowworms
  - Goats
  - Monkeys
      - Tamarin monkeys
  - Moths
  - Pink Fairy Armadillos[1]
  - Rabbits
  - Rattlesnakes
  - Humans|Scavengers
  - Squirrels
  - Starfish
  - Thorny Devils[2]
  - Tortoises
  - Vultures
  - Wolves

'Plants'

  - Algae
  - Anemones
  - Bamboo
  - Cattails[3]
  - Cinnamon
  - Ferns[4]
  - Flowers
      - Chrysanthemums
      - Roses
  - Fruit
      - Apples
      - Bananas
      - Kiwi
      - Lemon
      - Pomegranate
      - Strawberries
  - Grass
  - Lettuce
  - Moss
      - Phosphorescent moss
  - Nuts
  - Onions
  - Pinecones
  - Plankton
  - Seeds
  - Sugar cane
  - Tomatoes
  - Trees
      - Evergreens
      - Pear trees
      - Pine trees
  - Truffles
  - Turnips
  - Vines

## History

### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

#### Moon Rising

The lost city of night was mentioned when Moon delivered the The Jade
Mountain Prophecy|Jade Mountain Prophecy. This prophecy contained the
lines:

"Jade Mountain will fall beneath thunder and ice

Unless the lost city of night can be found."

#### Winter Turning

The lost city of night 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 was also mentioned a couple of times through the book, including when
the Jade Winglet visited the NightWing island|Night Kingdom's ruins,
mistakenly believing it was the lost city of night.

#### Talons of Power

While Darkstalker was leading the NightWings to the lost city of night,
he flew ahead when the other NightWings were sleeping. Turtle stealthily
followed him.

When Darkstalker reached the kingdom, he flew into the NightWings' old
school. While under his Animus enchantments#Flora|invisibility spell,
Turtle places a marble he had found in front of Darkstalker, involving
Darkstalker to believe that Clearsight was still alive and trying to
tell him something.

#### Darkness of Dragons

The lost city of night was the setting of part of the book. In the city,
the Jade Winglet rescued Turtle from Darkstalker and learned that the
NightWings were about to start a war against the IceWings. The Jade
Winglet then hurried back to Jade Mountain.

In the book's epilogue, it is mentioned that most of the NightWings who
had moved to the city returned to the rainforest, and that while Queen
Glory was forming a team to study the ruins, it was not a very good
place to live.

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### Legends

#### Darkstalker

The lost city of night was the primary setting in Darkstalker and was
home to the two NightWing protagonists, Darkstalker and Clearsight. At
the end of the book, the NightWing tribe fled the kingdom under
Clearsight's warning about Darkstalker.

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### Field Guides

#### A Guide to the Dragon World

The ancient Night Kingdom was featured several times in the NightWing
chapter of the guide. It served as the setting of Comet's story from
literature#Named scrolls|Tales of the NightWings and was mentioned
briefly by Moonwatcher in her scroll about NightWing powers. The kingdom
was later mentioned by Fierceteeth in Rising from the Ruins to be home
of Renewal, a new settlement within the ruins of the ancient city.
Additionally, the kingdom was mentioned in On Queen Vigilance's Glass
Jubilee.

## Trivia

  - The Night Kingdom shrank due to Darkstalker's magic.
  - Hope|Foeslayer stated that the Night Kingdom was protected by an
    "unbeatable" air defense team.
  - Lower-ranking NightWings lived at the bottom of the Night Kingdom,
    while upper-ranking NightWings lived on the higher parts of the
    kingdom, where it was closer to the stars.