Introduction

Description: pale gold or white scales the color of desert sand;

                             poisonous barbed tail; forked black tongues

        Abilities: can survive a long time without water, poison enemies with

                       the tips of their tails like scorpions, bury themselves for camouflage in

                       the desert sand, breathe fire

        Queen: Since the death of Queen Oasis, the tribe is split between three

                     rivals for the throne: sisters Burn, Blister, and Blaze.

        Alliances: Burn fights alongside SkyWings and MudWings; Blister is

                      allied with the SeaWings; and Blaze has the support of most SandWings

                      as well as an alliance with the IceWings.

Description: thick, armored brown scales, sometimes with amber and

                                        gold underscales; large, flat heads with nostrils on top of the snout

                    Abilities: can breathe fire (if warm enough), hold their breath for up to

                                   an hour, blend into large mud puddles; usually very strong

                    Queen: Queen Moorhen

                    Alliances: currently allied with Burn and the SkyWings in the great war

Description: blue or green or aquamarine scales; webs between their

                    claws; gills on their necks; glow-in-the-dark stripes on their

                    tails/snouts/underbellies

Abilities: can breathe underwater, see in the dark, create huge waves

               with one splash of their powerful tails; excellent swimmers

Queen: Queen Coral

Alliances: currently allied with Blister in the great war

Description: red-gold or orange scales; enormous wings

Abilities: powerful fighters and fliers, can breathe fire

Queen: Queen Scarlet

Alliances: currently allied with Burn and the MudWings in the great war

Description: silvery scales like the moon or pale blue like ice; ridged

                    claws to grip the ice; forked blue tongues; tailsnarrow to a whip-thin end

Abilities: can withstand subzero temperatures and bright light, exhale a

               deadly freezing breath

Queen: Queen Glacier

Alliances: currently allied with Blaze and most of the SandWings in the

                great war

Description: scales constantly shift colors, usually bright like birds of

                    paradise; prehensile tails

Abilities: can camouflage their scales to blend into their surroundings,

               use their prehensile tails for climbing; no known natural weapons

Queen: Queen Dazzling

Alliances: not involved in the great war

Description: purplish-black scales and scattered silver scales on the

                    underside of their wings, like a night sky full of stars; forked black

                    tongues

Abilities: can breathe fire, disappear into dark shadows, read minds,

               foretell the future

Queen: a closely guarded secret

Alliances: too mysterious and powerful to be part of the war

When the war has lasted twenty years . . .

                                the dragonets will come.

                When the land is soaked in blood and tears . . .

                                the dragonets will come.

Find the SeaWing egg of deepest blue.

                        Wings of night shall come to you.

                        The largest egg in mountain high

                        will give to you the wings of sky.

                For wings of earth, search through the mud

                    for an egg the color of dragon blood.

                And hidden alone from the rival queens,

                    the SandWing egg awaits unseen.

Of three queens who blister and blaze and burn,

                        two shall die and one shall learn

           if she bows to a fate that is stronger and higher,

                she’ll have the power of wings of fire.

                Five eggs to hatch on brightest night,

                    five dragons born to end the fight.

                Darkness will rise to bring the light.

                          The dragonets are coming. . . .

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