A Scavenger's Guide To The Geography Of Pyrrhia

So, now you know a bunch about the dragons themselves, but what about the continents they live in?

Here are (almost) all the known places and locations on Pyrrhia that I could find!



Pyrrhia: Pyrrhia, also known as the Distant Kingdoms by the dragons of Pantala, is the sole setting of the Wings of Fire series during the first ten books, as well as the main setting of the Legends and Winglets books. Pyrrhia is a large continent with highly varied geographical regions, listed as the Ice Kingdom, the Kingdom of Sand, the Sky Kingdom, the Mud Kingdom, the Rainforest Kingdom, the Kingdom of the Sea, and the Night Kingdom. Most humans who inhabit Pyrrhia live in human settlements. NightWings have calculated that Pyrrhia covers a third of the world.

(colored map of Pyrrhia by Mike Schley)

Kingdoms (I know they should be called queendoms but hey, I didn't write the books)

Sand Kingdom: The Kingdom of Sand is the home and territory of the SandWings, the desert-dwelling 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 talon-like peninsula on the southeast of Pyrrhia, and the bordering parts of the ocean. The Kingdom of Sand is a hot, vast, endless, and empty expand of sandy desert, surrounded by open sky and rolling dunes as far as the eye could 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 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.

The SandWing Queen's Stronghold: 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.

Mud Kingdom: The Mud Kingdom is the home and territory of the MudWings. It forms the back of Pyrrhia which is right under the Sky Kingdom's wing and next to the Rainforest Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Sea. A delta and a ravine/fissure was also mentioned. The Mud Kingdom is a vast marshy swampland with clusters of mud structures made by MudWings. It is described as dreary, swampy, and bog-riddled. The kingdom is mostly various forms of wetland, with rivers, including the Diamond Spray River, which feeds into the Diamond Spray Delta in the north. Diamond Spray Delta is where the lowest born MudWings are born. The kingdom also contains areas of grassland with a few trees here and there, with some of the grasslands hypothetically being used for agriculture. All over the kingdom, there are MudWings hiding or sleeping in the mud. Where the Mud Kingdom meets the Kingdom of the Sea, the forest and ocean are separated by a strip of sandy beach. Where it meets the Rainforest Kingdom, there is an area of swampy, foggy forest that gradually transitions into the rainforest.

Sea Kingdom: The Kingdom of the Sea is the home of the SeaWings. It is mostly made up of small islands forming a group of islands called the Bay of a Thousand Scales. It holds two palaces; the Deep Palace and the Summer Palace, and once had the Island Palace around 2,000 years ago. The Kingdom of the Sea is mainly aquamarine or blue-green expanses of ocean, with speckled-sand beaches, white beaches, tall sea cliffs and caverns, underwater boulders, coral reefs, kelp forests, underwater caves, sandy bottoms, peninsulas, and deep trenches. Rocky, sandy, or tropical wooded islands are spread out throughout the kingdom. The climate is warm, tropical, and rainy, and smells like wild, salty sea air. Some of the beaches are lined with dark foliage, and mountains are visible in the distance. On the border with the Sky Kingdom, there are sea cliffs, and the water is presumably colder in that area. The border with the Mud Kingdom is a sandy beach separating the sea from an area of forest. It contains several jungles above water, and near the Deep Palace, there are lines of canyons and trenches.

The Bay of a Thousand Scales: It's a spiral of islands that make up the "tail" of the dragon-shaped continent of Pyrrhia, and could be considered to be an archipelago. It is said to have hundreds of islands, making it easy to hide the Summer Palace among them. It is the only landmass in the Kingdom of the Sea. The bay is also home to the Summer Palace. In addition, it is home to the Deep Palace and the location of the Island Palace.

Summer Palace: The Summer Palace was created by a SeaWing prince around 3011 AS. More recently, the Summer Palace was reconfigured for the SandWings to visit more easily. A canopy hides the Summer Palace, so no other dragon tribe has been able to locate it.

Deep Palace: The Deep Palace is home to the Royal Hatchery and is the Royal SeaWing Family's main headquarters. The palace is built underwater out of coral and stone, in the middle of a canyon. The SeaWings prefer the Deep Palace because it is deep underwater and impossible to reach, stay in, or be attacked by the other dragon tribes.

SkyWing Kingdom: Sky Kingdom: The Sky Kingdom is a kingdom in Pyrrhia and home of the SkyWings. It is located on the "wing" and part of the "torso" of the dragon-shaped continent of Pyrrhia, and it stretches across the entire northeast and center, reaching to the outskirts of the Mud Kingdom, the Kingdom of Sand, the Rainforest Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Sea. and valleys. The mountains are often shrouded in mist. The Sky Kingdom is mostly consisted of mountains, with temperate forests and some meadows in the lower areas. There are several lakes and rivers, and the areas to the north are snowy and home to boreal forests. Numerous caves run beneath the kingdom. The Sky Kingdom is located in central and northern Pyrrhia and it contains the Claws of the Clouds Mountains, the SkyWing palace to the far north, and Jade Mountain. The Winding Tail River separates the Sky Kingdom from the Mud Kingdom. The area around the river is covered by rocky sloping hills leading to the river plain. The landscape there is flatter and contains groves of trees and scraggly clumps of wishful forest. Southwest of the SkyWing palace, there is a valley that is dotted with clumps of small white flowers. There are mountains and rivers, as well as lakes, in the valley. On one side of the lake, there is a wreckage from a rough structure. Long branches stripped of their leaves are scattered across the ground, and vines still tied in knots lay in crushed piles. The whole mess is covered in ripped up flower petals of roses, violets, and daffodils. There is a forest bordering the lake, as well as dirt, shrubs, and streams. The grass waves peacefully, the quiet trees are full of fruit, and it seems as though no dragon talons have ever disturbed it. There is a large, mountainous eye-shaped rock formation overlooking the valley, as well as mountain crags and folded, crooked peaks. There is a stretch of rocky slope leading up to a peak, where several flat ledges and outcroppings overlook the valley. There are several boulders and shrubs. A short flight from the SkyWing palace, there is a gap between two mountain peaks that leads into a quiet, mossy valley dotted with sheep. The meadow also contains patches of ivy, trees,small yellow flowers, and at least one boulder. Far south of the SkyWing palace, there is a part of the mountains that are jagged with canyons and steep ravines. At the bottom of one ravine, there is cave deep enough to crawl into and light a fire without anyone being able to see. The interior of the cave contains ledges. Numerous scavenger dens have been reported in the Sky Kingdom.

Claws of the Clouds Mountains: The Claws of the Clouds Mountains are a mountain range stretching across Pyrrhia from the north coast to the south coast. It serves as the main territory of the Sky Kingdom as it supports the SkyWing palace and most of the SkyWing tribe. The Claws of the Clouds Mountains lurk like the long, long spine of a giant sleeping dragon, black except where the craggy peaks are studded with light. They cut into the air and were described to look like jagged teeth.

The Winding Tail River: The Winding Tail River is a river located within the southern half of the Sky Kingdom. The Winding Tail River is a silver river that begins high in the Claws of the Clouds Mountains and runs along the eastern edge of the mountain range, past Jade Mountain, and into the sea. Near a bend in the river and west of the MudWing Queen's Lake, there is a scavenger den that is believed to be the largest in Pyrrhia. The river is surrounded by pebbled sand, mountains, and forests. There are tiny, golden, silver fish in the river, as well as prey that is rumored as much easier to catch than the humans.

IceWing Kingdom: The Ice Kingdom is the territory of the IceWings, and consists of the "head," or northern peninsula, of Pyrrhia. It borders the northern ocean, the Kingdom of Sand, and a portion of the Sky Kingdom. The Ice Kingdom is well known for its sub-zero temperatures and freezing winds. It is beautiful, cool, snowy, and crystalline. There are islands with caves surrounding the IceWing palace, as well as dark green oceans studded with drifting pieces of ice or glaciers. Distant splashes of whales and seals carry across the cool, quiet ice, and the smallest changes can be detected in the frozen world. IceWings have described the Ice Kingdom to be the safest and most purely beautiful place in Pyrrhia, a landscape dotted with snowy, sheer cliffs and pure blue lakes. It is rare to find complete darkness, even at night; the gift of light is spread throughout the kingdom, and there are moon globes everywhere. There is a lot of open space, and the three moons glitter on everything: the snow, the palace, the frozen lakes, and the glaciers. Supposedly,  in the Ice Kingdom are very carefully built. It is clear where the wealth and power are, who has it, and who can influence it. The Ice Kingdom's land is mostly snowy, icy, cold tundra, with multiple glaciers adding to the overall shape of the kingdom. It is cold enough that almost everywhere is covered with snow. It has been said that Ice Kingdom would be horrible to conquer. The map of Pyrrhia shows that there are areas of mountain and boreal forest in the Ice Kingdom, which are also snow-covered. Icebergs, ice sheets, and ice floes litter the sea around the kingdom. The Queen's palace is located in the far north, on the peninsula. Inside the palace, there is the moon globe tree — also known as the gift of light — created by the animus Frostbite.

IceWing Villages: All known villages in the Ice Kingdom are named as descriptive toponyms, all being long, hyphenated names to describe themselves. Known villages include Among-the-Evergreens, Hamlet-That-Worships-the-Whales-Who-Sing-at-Night, Where-the-Terns-Fly, and Where-the-Whales-Leap-at-Dawn.

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

Rainforest Kingdom: The Rainforest Kingdom is a vast jungle that covers most of the southeastern part of Pyrrhia. It is occupied by the RainWings. The Rainforest Kingdom is wild and noisy; it is a wild assault of greenery and leaves, consisting of many colorful birds, tall, whispering trees, exuberant flowers, tangles of vines, and a thick canopy of green leaves overhead. The sounds of howling, buzzing, and a waterfall can be heard in some areas. There are many strange smells, as well as heat that is damp and sticky. There are giant spiderwebs everywhere, and at least one river with oozing black mud, reeds, and a huge boulder along its banks. A damp layer of leaves and bracken covers the forest floor, where it is cool and muddy. Quicksand exists in some areas of the rainforest, and the canopies are sunlit emerald-green and whirring with the whispers of tiny wings. During the daytime, warm bursts of sunlight nudges through the leafy canopies. At nighttime, the rainforest is filled with a cacophony of noises from birds, frogs, insects, and rustling. The air smells like jasmine, mangoes, moss, river rocks, the color green, mammals, bananas, and birds. The air is warm and buzzing, and the sunlight through the leaves is gentle and peaceful.

Banyan Tree: The Rainforest Kingdom includes a particularly large banyan tree, located a short flight away from the royal pavilion. It is an enormous, fat tree with bulging branches and knobby roots sticking out from the undergrowth. Its roots, some as fat around as a dragon, extend far, all the way to a wall of bushes where the forest floor begins sloping up.

Due to spoilers, I will not be revealing the location of the NightWings.


Settlements

Scorpion Den: The Scorpion Den, also known as the Terrifying Viper Pit of Dragons by humans, is a city in the Kingdom of Sand. On the map of Pyrrhia, it is marked with an image of a scorpion. The den is home to mainly SandWings, who were trying to avoid the bloodbath of the War of SandWing Succession, and Outclaws, an organization of SandWings that ran the city. It is a place full of dragon criminals who wished to hide from the Great War. It is also populated by several hybrids. It has a mischievous and wild culture, as the competition to prey on new visitors is always fierce, and many residents often try to pick fights with one another. The Scorpion Den is a sprawling, walled city with winding alleyways and run-down stone buildings. The dusty streets are filled with rickety stalls and tents, most of which sell different types of merchandise. Almost every other stall sells water or brightsting cactus, the only known antidote to SandWing venom. The streets are dusty, crowded, and tight. There is an oasis in the center of the town guarded by the Outclaws, in which young dragonets up to eight years can visit every morning for free meals. It is mainly inhabited by SandWings; however, dragons have spotted a couple of SkyWings and an IceWing, whom they note must have been miserable in the heat. It contains several taverns, fortune-teller tents, lamp stores, streets, courtyards, and buckets of sand hanging from every wall as an easy means of putting out potential fires. It included hundreds of narrow alleyways that sometimes lead to dead ends. It has been described to feel dark, crowded, and trapped. The town has several entrances composed of gates, which lead into a street lined with stalls, most of which are closed until morning. Morning scents drift from those that are open, roasting beetles and coffee mixing with the many, many much less pleasant smells in the air. Some dragons marked their territory, and dragonets boldly imitated them. The cobblestone streets are lined with gutters, and dragons are often lying within them.

Possibility: Possibility is a large town on the Great Five-Tail River. It originally consisted of a SandWing settlement on the west side and a SkyWing village on the east, but the two sides slowly merged together over the War of SandWing Succession to form Possibility. Hundreds of dragons from all seven Pyrrhian tribes occupy the town, and many SkyWing soldiers patrol the streets. Possibility consists of a wild flat and sandy landscape dotted with palm trees to the south, muddier banks farther north, and thicker greenery near the town and the delta. Canyons, hills, and mountains surround the town. Early in the morning, merchants can be seen unrolling carpets or setting out steaming trays of food on the wide white stone bridge that crosses over the Great-Five-Tail River. The smell of baking bread and cooking meat may waft through the streets, and the sounds of hammers, the clattering of mugs, and voices calling out to one another can be heard. Dragons of Possibility are often active, even when the sun is barely up, and it is considered a safe place that is full of dragons. The outskirts of Possibility sweep up on either side of the riverbank. It is filled with smaller dwellings of dragons who have recently moved to the city, including a family of SeaWings on the bank and a family of MudWings farther downstream. Their home contains a garden containing a crooked furrow and carrots. More islands begin to dot the river as it widens and the current slows, sometimes trailing into wandering streams or muddling about in clumps of tall reeds. A bridge crosses over the water that is packed end-to-end with merchants. The next bridge glows with bright colors and shakes with thumping talons and dragons dance along it and music vibrates the water. Beaten silver circles hang from the railings and under the bridge like giant coins. Past the Full-Moon Festival bridge, Possibility seems to have older, bigger, sturdier buildings set around open cobblestoned plazas. The palm trees look more deliberately placed, casting strategic patches of shade, and bright yellow trumpet flowers swarm along dark green vines that seem to be tangled everywhere. The plaza is cluttered with wares spread on carpets and flowers growing out of window boxes. Possibility's structures are spread in a haphazard, lazy way, some with gardens planted around them, some pressed up against a crowded row of other buildings. Many of the buildings are wooden and very close together. There are lots of buildings, more than one market square, bridges over the river, dragons washing things in the water, and fruit trees in pots in the courtyards. One large building has pictures of tumbling, acrobatic dragons painted on one side. Some are magnificent towers, but others are barely more than mud huts. The town has walls painted with scale patterns, cascading fountains, and several bejeweled statues of stone dragons, but there was also a bloated crocodile carcass and a blackish red puddle that resembled blood in the streets at one point. In one alley, someone had also scrawled 'desert-munchers go home!', and a MudWing sat on a corner with one leg wrapped in bandages and his wings drooping. A hollow coconut half shell sat next to him, into which someone had dropped a couple of pitiful fried grasshoppers. There is another part of Possibility that had older, bigger, and sturdier buildings set around open cobblestoned plazas. The palm trees are more deliberately-placed, casting strategic patches of shade. Bright yellow trumpet-flowers swarmed along dark green vines that seemed to be tangled everywhere. A big sandstone arch towered in the west, set high enough so that one can almost see the whole Kingdom of Sand. There is a small oasis on the western side of the river, where buildings began to shift into farmland. An alley opens a path out of the city, though it was full of abandoned houses with black-and-yellow flags fluttering out in the front. There are fig trees that give way to a street at the far end of a garden that is crowded with dragons and rolling carts. Possibility also has a clinic.

Landforms

Agate Mountain: Agate Mountain was the tallest mountain in Pyrrhia before it collapsed. It was located within the Claws of the Clouds range. Agate Mountain was located to the far east of the lost city of night. It was the tallest mountain in the Claws of the Clouds range, and contained a small cave. It rested near Jade Mountain above several valleys, and was surrounded by small yellow wildflowers growing out of the dirt. A cave ends in a small chamber, with solid granite on all sides. The entrance was filled with boulders, and the mountain was destroyed by an avalanche soon afterwards. Before its collapse, it was the tallest mountain in Pyrrhia. It contains several outcroppings along the walls. On the western side of the mountain is consisted of a grassy slope. It also has giant rocks, narrow ravines, and boulders, with one ravine supporting a tree growing out of it at an angle.

The Diamond Spray Delta: The Diamond Spray Delta is a delta located at the end of the Diamond Spray River, on the east coast of Pyrrhia and the border of the Sky Kingdom and the Mud Kingdom. the Diamond Spray Delta is where the lowest-born MudWings live. The delta has lots of mud puddles and sleephouses for the MudWing troops. The Delta splits up the Diamond Spray River and lets it out into the sea near the Kingdom of the Sea. The territory is part of the Mud Kingdom and it is overall similar to the Mud Kingdom in terms of climate. One part of the Diamond Spray Delta has a forest that crowded up to the ocean, leaving only a strip of pebbled beach populated by seagulls and seals. In terms of geography, it is northwest of the Mud Kingdom, southeast of the Sky Kingdom, and southwest of the Kingdom of the Sea. The Delta itself is the border between the Mud Kingdom and the Sky Kingdom. The Delta also has a current as it empties into the ocean. At the coast of the Delta, the water flows in between large island rocks most likely split from the continent by the water eroding them. The river pushes the water south-east to form the Delta.

The Diamond Spray River: The Diamond Spray River originates in the part of the Sky Kingdom near the Queen's palace, and flows down the east coast of Pyrrhia, forming the Diamond Spray Delta. The Diamond Spray River is the second-longest river in Pyrrhia, being shorter than the Great Five-Tail River. It was described to glitter like molten silver in the moonlight.

The Great Five-Tail River: The Great Five-Tail River, sometimes referred to as the Great River, is a vast, murky, vein-like river stretching from the desert to an unnamed delta. According to the history scrolls, the area is the most disputed piece of territory in all of Pyrrhia, as the SandWings and the SkyWings have fought over the land around the river for centuries. Over the course of the War of SandWing Succession, small towns on either side merged together to form the single town of Possibility.

Jade Mountain: Jade Mountain is a mountain marked at the bottom of the Map of Pyrrhia. It is located somewhere in the south, near the border of the desert. Jade Mountain is the tallest mountain in the Claws of the Clouds mountain range. It has twin peaks which are fang-shaped. From different approaches, the mountain looks like a snake rising out of the ground to attack the clouds. The mountain also has multiple underground lakes. There is a cave near the peak of Jade Mountain used by the SkyWings as a traditional place to mourn for the dead. It consists of a tall arched roof, towering slender pillars of pale gray rock, windows, and skylights that opens to air. There is a boulder by the cave entrance, and curved walls.




Please let me know if I've missed anything!

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