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== History ==
== History ==


==== Pre-Scorching ''∞-0''====
==== Pre-Scorching ''∞-0 B.S.''====
Not much is known about this time
Not much is known about this time


==== Post-Scorching ''1-499'' ====
==== Post-Scorching ''1-499 A.S.'' ====
Marked by 3 major milestones, this era consisted of the crowning of the first-ever dragon queen. rumoured to of been from the ____ proto-tribe as a result of feeling the need to join forces to revenge a stolen egg thus kicking off the scorching.  
Marked by 3 major milestones, this era consisted of the crowning of the first-ever dragon queen. rumored to of been from a proto-tribe as a result of feeling the need to join forces to revenge a stolen egg thus kicking off the scorching. The scorching was an ancient event in which the dragons rose up in an attempt to commit genocide on the once dominant life form, the scavengers. The dragons ultimately won this fight. Within the next 500 years, war broke out between the dragons. They slowly separated into tribes from the original three proto-tribes, claiming different territory for themselves.
The scorching was an ancient event in which the dragons rose up in an attempt to commit genocide on the once dominant life forum, the scavengers. the dragons ultimately won this fight.
within the next 500 years, war broke out between the dragons. they slowly separated into tribes from the original 3 proto-tribes claiming different territory for themself


==== The Ancient Era ''500-1199'' ====
==== The Ancient Era ''500-1,199 A.S.'' ====
The exact date is unknown however it is commonly believed around the year 500 the NightWing tribe completely separated from the Proto-Tribes and picked their own Queen.
It is commonly believed around the year 500 A.S., the NightWing tribe completely separated from the proto-tribes and picked their own Queen.


By the year 1000, the NightWings had started to develop basic technology such as basic medicine followed by a written Language in 1010.
By the year 1000, the NightWings had started to develop basic technology such as basic medicine followed by a written language in 1,010 A.S.


==== The Dark Renaissance ''1200-2971''====
==== The Dark Renaissance ''1,200-2,971 A.S.''====
In 1200 NightWings developed more Advanced Medicine kicking off The Dark Renaissance.
In 1,200 A.S., NightWings developed more advanced medicine, kicking off The Dark Renaissance. Around 1,700 A.S., Queen Dawnbreak was crowned. She is the earliest queen to have written recordings of details such as her name. Dawnbreak was credited with pioneering and utilizing (at the time) groundbreaking strategy on the battlefield where other tribes focused heavily on brute force and numbers. The War of Long Talon was a minor war between the NightWings and the SandWings over territory around the talon peninsula starting in 1,715 and ending in 1,719 with Juexin's Charge.
Around 1700, Queen Dawnbreak was crowned. They are the earliest queen to have written recordings of details such as their name. Dawnbreak was  
credited with being pioneer and utilize (at the time) groundbreaking strategy on the battlefield where other tribes focused heavily on brute force and numbers.
The War of Long Talon was a minor war between the NightWings and the SandWings over territory around the talon peninsula starting in 1715 and ending in 1719 with Juexin's Charge.
Juexin, Queen Dawnbreak's secret lover and one of her top commanders, foresaw that there was no outcome in the final battle where she would survive. rather than telling Dawnbreak, Juexin went out and commenced her final stand anyway. intending to go out on her own terms, Juexin ordered a near-suicidal charge straight into enemy lines. the charge was successful, with the heavily outnumbered NightWings defying all odds and managing to tear into the enemy forces, sending them running.
Juexin however was mortally wounded during the charge. Dawnbreak would visit her dying lover in the infirmary, during which her final words to her queen and lover was a gentle smirk followed by: "You're welcome." before passing. Juexin's Charge would mark the end of the war with both sides running out of steam resulting in a draw.
In 2138, Juexin City began construction, a trading city named after this stubborn yet brave commander sits at the mouth of the river just south of Jade Mountain.


==== The Rise of Darkstalker ''2972-3012 ====
Juexin, Queen Dawnbreak's secret lover and one of her top commanders, foresaw that there was no outcome in the final battle where she would survive. Rather than telling Dawnbreak, Juexin went out and commenced her final stand anyway. Intending to go out on her own terms, Juexin ordered a near-suicidal charge straight into enemy lines. The charge was successful for the heavily outnumbered NightWings, defying all odds and managing to tear into the enemy forces, sending them running. Juexin, however, was mortally wounded during the charge. Dawnbreak would visit her dying lover in the infirmary, during which her final words to her queen and lover were, "You're welcome." Juexin's Charge would mark the end of the war with both sides running out of steam resulting in a draw. In 2,138, Juexin City began construction, a trading city named after this stubborn yet brave commander sits at the mouth of the river just south of Jade Mountain.
The Rise of Darkstalker, this era was mainly focused on Darkstalker and his rise to power. Starting with Queen Vigilance being crowned in 2972.
The war
In 3006 after the NightWings used Foeslayer as bait to steal Prince Arctic of the IceWings to introduce an animus bloodline into their tribe. The great war of Ice and Night began.
3007, the year Darkstalker hatched. the world would soon know his power.
3012 after his rise to power Darkstalker was placed under a spell keeping him asleep for the next 2000 years, though not before his last display of power causing so much feer the entire tribe went into hiding finding a secret island just to avoid the chance they might see him again.


==== The Age of Shadows ''3013-4997''====
==== The Rise of Darkstalker ''2,972-3,012 A.S.''====
This era was mainly focused on Darkstalker and his rise to power, starting with Queen Vigilance being crowned in 2,972 A.S. In 3,006, the NightWings used Foeslayer as bait to steal Prince Arctic of the IceWings to introduce an animus bloodline into their tribe. The great war of Ice and Night began. In 3,007, Darkstalker hatched. In 3,012, after his rise to power, Darkstalker was placed under a spell, keeping him asleep for the next 2,000 years, though not before his last display of power causing so much fear that the entire tribe went into hiding, finding a secret island just to avoid the chance they might see him again.


It was predicted that around the time of 3060, Clearsight finished writing her famous book, known as The Book of Clearsight.
==== The Age of Shadows ''3,013-4,997 A.S.''====
In 3488 Nightfall, An animus of an unknown tribe roamed across Pyrrhia. Rather than using traditional animus magic, they had two offshoots of animus magic that they called "Transmutation" and "Seals". Transmutation allowed Nightfall to change an object into another object of identical mass and material whereas Seals were paper talismans that allowed objects to carry out the commands written on them, similar to animus magic. Nightfall ventured across Pyrrhia using their powers to help other dragons across the continent, never seen without at least two small animals under their Seal's magic by their side who they would release back into the wild as soon as they didn't need their help anymore. Their cloaked silhouette left much up to debate on their appearance, gender, and tribe with the general consensus being a female NightWing gave their name and what was to come. After a few decades of helping Pyrrhia, Nightfall eventually vanished without a trace
In 3545, what is now known as the Sanguine Skies Incident, Nightfall returns, but something was different. Rather than helping the continent of Pyrrhia as a whole, many dragons reported hearing them mutter something about somebody named "Blackberry". Several reports of missing dragons were also filed around the time of their return, with the only thing linking the missing dragons to Nightfall being residue left behind by their transmutation magic. The cases ramped up each day for seven days until the eighth day when Nightfall was observed to be killing a dragon in broad daylight. By now, Nightfall had become a serious threat that needed to be ended. A group of dragons from several tribes banded together to deal the finishing blow to Nightfall before they could cause any more damage. After a long and fierce battle that saw the end of many brave souls, Nightfall's energy was finally spent and they fell to the combined forces. Some dragons at the scene reported seeing Nightfall's body almost melting into the ground to be soaked up by the earth, never to be seen again, this time seemingly for good.


==== The NightWing Exodus ''4998-5999'' ====
It is commonly regarded that around 3,060 A.S., Clearsight finished writing her famous book known as The Book of Clearsight.
Queen BattleWinner was crowned the queen in 4998 followed by the island volcano erupting in 5000, as a result in 5001 Queen Battlewinner created the prophecy to end the war of Sandwing Succession, with the secret motive being for the war to act as a distraction for the NightWings to obtain new territory on Pyrrhia. In 5002 after Queen Battlewinner take an IceWing blast to the throat limiting their ability to speak outside of just wispers, Princess Greatness acts as Battlewinners messenger delivering all orders to the tribe. rumours started to spread that Battlewinner was dead, but these were later proven false. 5003, Deathbringer, an assassin was sent on a mission to kill General Tempest of the Seawings but in such a way it was believed to be an act of the Mudwings. this ultimately led to the Mudwings deciding to break their alliance with the SeaWings and Blister to join the SkyWings and Burn. In 5011 the island volcano erupts once more causing all the NightWings to flee from this island. Queen Battlewinner was killed in the eruption. Queen Glory of the RainWings offered the NightWins to live in the rainforest on the condition they bowled to her rule as their queen. The NightWings accepted thus Crowning Queen Glory of the RainWings and NightWings, The first dual tribe ruler since the time of Proto-Dragons In the same year, Darkstalker wakes up once more. managing to escape his prison under Agate Mountain. The following year 5012, Darkstalker attempts to take back the NightWings tribe as a self-proclaimed King, thus also becoming the first male dragon to ever rule. Leading the majority of the tribe back to the lost city of Night located on the Tallon Peninsula. Darkstalker later rekindles the 2000-year-old war between NightWings and IceWings by using animus magic to start a deadly plague in the Ice Kingdom, killing Queen Glacier in the process. Under the rule of the new IceWing queen, Queen Snowfall a military operation is started targeting Darkstalker, the IceWing and NightWing armies clash overhead at Jade Mountain in a showdown of thunder and ice. An animus spell is enabled for 60 seconds letting all dragons on the battlefield hear each other's thoughts to understand and empathise with the enemy before teleporting the soldiers back to their home leaving just Darkstalker and his mother, foeslayer. Forslayer tricks Darkstalker into eating an enchanted strawberry ending his rain of terror once and for all. all the NightWings returned to the rainforest under Queen Glory for the next 8 years, till in 5020 a group of 27 NightWings led by Fiecreteeth left to return to their true home, the lost city of Night. they created a new settlement called Renewal. By 5030, enough NightWings had returned to Renewal for it to be worth crowning their own queen once more. enter, Queen Fiecreteeth of the NightWings. By 5035 almost all NightWings had rejoined their tribe in Renewal leaving the rainforest behind.
5100, a Blood Red Moon is Recorded. Some old Nightwing scrolls tell stories of Nightwings with enhanced abilities born under a "Blood Moon". This type of moon is referred to by many names by the different tribes. The Nightwings were cautious of the moons on this night and moved any eggs due to hatch inside to avoid this enhanced Nightwings in fear of making another Darkstalker. The tales would spread throughout the kingdom and Nightiwngs born under the "Blood Moon" were considered bad omens and dangerous.
In 5200 Construction began on a new NightWing Palace building on the ruins of the Lost City of Night. 5275, A Blue Moon is Recorded Little is known of the "Blue Moon" the scrolls mentioning them are very old and torn. The language seems basic and lots is lost in translation, though there is some kind of warning. Nightwings that were exposed to the light of the "Blue Moon" seemed to have felt stronger and their senses heightened. More research must be done.


==== Starlight Commerce Revolution ''6000-7499'' ====
In 3,488, Nightfall, an animus of an unknown tribe roamed across Pyrrhia. Rather than using traditional animus magic, they had two offshoots of animus magic that they called "Transmutation" and "Seals". Transmutation allowed Nightfall to change an object into another object of identical mass and material whereas Seals were paper talismans that allowed objects to carry out the commands written on them, similar to animus magic. Nightfall ventured across Pyrrhia using their powers to help other dragons across the continent, never seen without at least two small animals, under the Seal's magic, by their side which Nightfall would release back into the wild when their help was no longer needed. Nightfall's cloaked silhouette left much up to debate on their appearance, gender, and tribe, with the general consensus being a female NightWing. After a few decades of helping Pyrrhia, Nightfall eventually vanished without a trace.


In 6000 The Laws of Succession were changed to permit any noble to attempt to climb Royalty ranks, thus allowing them to challenge the ruler. This law also finally officially allowed the rule of a male dragon.
In 3,545 A.S., what is now known as the Sanguine Skies Incident, Nightfall returned. Rather than helping the continent of Pyrrhia as a whole, many dragons reported hearing them mentioning the name "Blackberry". Several reports of missing dragons were also filed around the time of their return, with the only thing linking the missing dragons to Nightfall being residue left behind by their transmutation magic. The cases increased each day for seven days until the eighth day when Nightfall was observed to be killing a dragon in broad daylight. By now, Nightfall had become a serious threat. A group of dragons from several tribes banded together to deal the finishing blow to Nightfall before they could cause any more damage. After a long and fierce battle that saw the end of many brave souls, Nightfall's energy was finally spent and they fell to the combined forces. Some dragons at the scene reported seeing Nightfall's body almost melting into the ground to be soaked up by the earth, never to be seen again, this time seemingly for good.
By 6050 Nightwings had opened borders to other tribes so they could were officially allowed to pass through Nightwing territory and waterways for trade or relief efforts with proper documentation.
Just 10 years later in 6060 NightWing Hybrids were officially recognised as part of the tribe and allowed all the same rights as pure NightWings.
6080 AS Nightwing and Hivewing Relations, After years of negotiation between Nightwings and Hivewings, at last in 6080 The NightWings shared research some of their research as part of a deal to let NightWing Scholars study The Book of Clearsight.
6120, a Blood Moons was recorded. All eggs were taken inside the kingdom to avoid the tales told from the old scripts. The sky went blood red and a couple of Nightwings reported that they felt more aggression during their exposure to the moonlight and had hateful thoughts.
In 6128 a NightWing/Hivewing dragon claiming to be the son of one of the scholars sent to study "The Book of Clearsight" arrived. He had piercing red eyes and was fairly large when compared to others, especially for his age. He was both able to read minds and had future sight which very few dragons had at this time, along with being blood moon born able to project his thoughts into the minds of all other dragons. He began to study his abilities and built systems for more efficient trading. The dragon's name was Rapture(The First).
By 6130 Rapture had started the Merchant's Guild which brought all trading markets together under a single roof, in this way, only one merchant license was needed for cross-tribe trading of Nightwing goods, as well as introducing the idea of credit and interest. The guild also was an official extension of the crown meaning merchants were now allowed to carry specialized items now.
By the time of 6135, this new trading format had spread throughout most of the tribes.
The Nightwings built a massive trading area known as Dawnburst Trading Outpost in response to the growing popularity of their established systems in 6140.
The current ruler of the time in 6150 started to perform some controversial actions. They began to sell large amounts of the Kingdom for political alliances and fortune. This action left many citizens uncomfortable and began unrest within the kingdom, as little NightWing land would now exist. Some individuals began to make plans to take action into their own hands to 'save' their kingdom.
Formed a few years earlier, yet not very active till 6160, The Crimson Night A private Military organization founded by Rapture has begun to gain a larger and larger amount of members and has begun challenging the city guards and royal guard.
6190, The Red River. The Crimson Nights launched an attack on the city guard centres in the Nightwing Capital, the battle ensued with the remaining city guard retreating into the palace walls grouping up with the highest-ranked royal guards. Many of the Crimson Nights were lost in the subjugation of the city guard. Rapture believed he had the upper hand in the conflict he continued on and broke through the Palace gate, the royal guards and the crimson nights would clash. A dragon Rapture did not see in his future walked out from the palace, she had silverish scales with a frosty blue gleam it was an icewing, he suddenly got a flash of visions, his army would fall he would die here all because of her. Rapture stared her down as she glanced his way lifting her talons up suddenly a flash of lightning struck down on the centre of the battlefield, Dragons from both sides vanished in an instant. Rapture knew this must have been the animus magic he had heard of. Smoke filled the air, and Rapture was at a loss at what he witnessed, he got himself up and managed to use his mindreading to confuse the icewing, he managed to blind her senses, and she froze. Rapture could not see a future where he would win this fight he said the word for his remaining dragons to retreat. Rapture was the last to leave but he kept his hold on her until they were out of the capital. Many referred to this event as "The Red River" as once the Crimson Nights fled it would rain in the capital and the blood in the streets created red rivers from the palace down to the docks.
A Memorial was Built for Red River in 6193. This memorial was made to honour all the guards and citizens lost in the fight against the Crimson Nights; All of Rapture's descendants are shunned and forced to live in the shadows.  
In 6195 a new Law was Passed prohibiting Nightwing's eggs from being hatched under the moonlight of Blood Moons and Blue Moons, due to events of "The Red River". Any dragonets that are born under these circumstances will be turned over to the royal family of the time to discuss further action, the parents of the dragonet may be imprisoned for endangerment of the kingdom.


==== The Age of Astral Discoveries ''7500-7719'' ====
==== The NightWing Exodus ''4,998-5,999 A.S.'' ====
Queen Battlewinner was crowned as queen in 4,998 A.S. Foreseeing the NightWing volcano's eruption, in 5,001, Queen Battlewinner created the prophecy to end the war of SandWing Succession with the motive to overtake the rain-forest. In 5,002, Queen Battlewinner took an IceWing blast to the throat, limiting her ability to speak. Princess Greatness acted as Battlewinner's messenger, delivering all orders to the tribe. Rumors started to spread that Battlewinner was dead, but these were later proven false. In 5,003, Deathbringer, an assassin, was sent on a mission to kill General Tempest of the SeaWings, but such that it was to be believed to be an act of the MudWings. This ultimately led to the MudWings breaking their alliance with the SeaWings. In 5,011, the island volcano erupted, causing all the NightWings to flee from the island. Queen Battlewinner was killed in the eruption. Queen Glory of the RainWings allowed the NightWings to live in the rain forest on the condition they bowled to her rule as their queen. The NightWings accepted thus, crowning Queen Glory of the RainWings and NightWings, the first dual tribe ruler since the time of proto-dragons.


In the same era, Darkstalker woke from the spell binding him, managing to escape his prison under Agate Mountain. Darkstalker attempted to take back the NightWings tribe as a self-proclaimed king, thus also becoming the first male dragon to ever rule, leading the majority of the tribe back to the Lost City of Night located on the Talon Peninsula. Darkstalker rekindled the 2,000-year-old war between NightWings and IceWings by using animus magic to start a deadly plague in the Ice Kingdom, killing Queen Glacier in the process. Under the rule of a new IceWing queen, Queen Snowfall, a military operation started, targeting Darkstalker. The IceWing and NightWing armies battled at Jade Mountain in a showdown of thunder and ice. An animus spell from an unknown source allowed all dragons on the battlefield to hear each other's thoughts before teleporting the soldiers back to their home, leaving just Darkstalker and his mother, Foeslayer. Foeslayer tricked Darkstalker into eating an enchanted strawberry ending his rain of terror once and for all.


In 7500 King [[Hank]] is Crowned followed by King [[Shale]] in 7520, then Queen [[Claire]] in 7600.
All the NightWings returned to the rain forest under Queen Glory for the next eight years, until in 5,020, when a group of 27 NightWings led by Fiecreteeth left to return to their true home, the Lost City of Night. They created a new settlement called Renewal. By 5,030, enough NightWings had returned to Renewal for it to be worth crowning their own queen once more, Queen Fiecreteeth of the NightWings. By 5,035 almost all NightWings had rejoined their tribe in Renewal, leaving the rain forest behind. In 5,100, a Blood Red Moon is recorded. In 5,200, construction began on a new NightWing Palace, building on the ruins of the Lost City of Night.
The Titan Pact VS. Hurricanes began in 7616 with the NightWings joining the Titan Pact side under the rule of Queen Claire.
With the Hurricanes absolutely losing the first fight of the war, Queen
Claire pulled the NightWings out of the war due to seeing it as an unfair fight for the opposition
7620 Yueguang becomes the ruler taking up the title of Overlord
Yueguang found and used an ancient artifact called the Gem of Nightfall in 7621 for many of their experiments. the gem appears to be an infinite yet extremely unstable source of energy, allowing NightWings to make many generations' leaps ahead in technology. while not confirmed, many rumours began to spread about Yueguang's experiments, with some believing that they were even experimenting on live dragons within their hidden lab. none of these rumours have been confirmed.
Also, a handful of dragons, some of them having animus powers, around this time were reported as missing but were never found. the reality was that Yueguang had lured them into their lab to experiment on them
Overlord Yueguang created a temporary alliance with the Icewings ruler, King Polar and the Mudwings in 7622.
The following year, 7623, another Multi Tribe Alliance is Made. This Alliance included the Mudwings, Skywings, Nightwings, and Seawings.
In 7624 the Gem of Nightfall was lost. The Imperial NightWing Vessel (I.N.V.) Baishe and her fleet are lost at sea with the Gem of Nightfall, along with Yueguang, never to be seen again.
Queen Spiritguider is Crowned in 7625.
3 years later in 7627, Drifter's Valley was created. Under the orders of Spiritguider, a Night/Sea hybrid animus named "Drifter" sets out to find the wreck of the I.N.V. Baishe. upon locating the wreck, they create a zone in the ocean known today as "Drifter's Valley." howling winds and unyielding storms batter the area and dragons and ships who stray too far are shot down and killed by massive obsidian spears. shortly after the creation of the valley, Drifter ends their own life, keeping the location a secret.
In 7650 King Starseeker was Crowned followed by King Fox in 7668.
Tensions rise with the mudwings in 7687. war was discussed, but never reached


==== The Monarch's Renaissance ''7720-8007'' ====
==== Starlight Commerce Revolution ''6,000-7,499 A.S.'' ====


In 7720 Prince Scrollwritter was crowned as ruler though not for long as the following year, in 7721 Prince Scrollwritters changed the NightWings to a democracy.
In 6,000 A.S., the Laws of Succession were changed to permit any noble to attempt to climb royalty ranks, thus allowing them to challenge the ruler. This law also finally officially allowed the rule of a male dragon. By 6,050, NightWings had opened borders to other tribes and were officially allowed to pass through NightWing territory and waterways for trade or relief efforts with proper documentation. Just 10 years later in 6,060, NightWing hybrids were officially recognized as part of the tribe and allowed all the same rights as pure NightWings.
A new city called 'Ebon City' started construction by Renewal in 7730.
Followed by Clearsight City iteration 1 beginning construction in 7750.
Queen Silverscale is Crowned in 7800.
In 7804 Queen Silverscale changed the tribe back to a monarchy, thus undoing what Scrollwritter had done.
The Royal Land Challenge took place in 7904, it was a war. The main impact of this was a temporary alliance between Icewings, Skywings, and Nightwings to take out the RainWing ruler of the time, Shimmer.
In 8004. The Brightest Blood Moons is Recorded. After more research it has been determined that Nightiwngs born under the Blood Moons have a tendency to be more aggressive and have stronger emotions; their powers often tend to be stronger than other Nightwings. Very few Nightwings have been born under these moons but from the few that have been, they are considered to be a danger to the tribe and should be monitored. Eggs should be brought inside during these nights to avoid the birth of these types of dragons, it is said one once almost took control of the kingdom and even managed to fight an animus using his enhanced abilities.
In 8007 a dragon named Stygian leads an uprising. Stygian gathers support from the citizens and attacks the crown, after a battle ensues, He manages to gather up the remaining survivors and leads them away from the kingdom. (His reason for attacking the crown was due to his wife Eclipse being taken to the Icewings for a political marriage)
By 8007, Stygian had found the Eventide archipelago. The survivors of the rebellion (around 200 dragons) settle on the Eventide Archipelago and crown Stygian as their lord and leader


==== The Frostburn War ''8008-8023'' ====
After years of negotiation between Nightwings and HiveWings, at last in 6,080, the NightWings some of their research as part of a deal to let NightWing scholars study the ''Book of Clearsight''.


Overlord Providence takes the thrown, in 8008
In 6,120, a Blood Moons was recorded. All eggs were taken inside the kingdom to avoid the tales told from the old scripts. The sky went blood red and some Nightwings reported that they felt more aggression during their exposure to the moonlight and had hateful thoughts.
Then, in 8010, Overlord Providence decided to sever their alliance with all tribes aside from the RainWings and SeaWings.
In 8020 Overlord Providence allies with the Sandwings
8021, Rapture the Third becomes lord of Eventide after Stygian's unfortunate death.
An Alliance with Skywings was formed, likely due to Overlord Providence
potentially having a crush on Firelord Vulture of the SkyWings.
Tensions started to rise with the IceWings after Ruler Happy of the IceWings started accusing Overlord Providence of having an IceWing hitlist. war was declared, but in the end, they talked it out instead of fighting.
8022, The NightWings send a ship to survey the location of the Heart of Ice and Fire, a supposedly enchanted object lying between IceWing and SkyWing territory.
Overlord providence is later offered to join the Firebound alliance. as Firelord Vulture holds a dinner meeting with some of the royalty, trying to convince the rulers to let him have the Heart of Ice and Fire. King Bog of The MudWings, Overlord Providence of The Night Empire, and Queen Agave of The SandWings side with Vulture while the SeaWing ruler Queen Moss sided with Noctua and the RainWing Queen, Queen Legacy remained undecided.
Following this A SkyWing ship named the SNS Paper Lantern was attacked by an IceWing, leading Vulture to declare the IceWings enemies of The Sky Nation, and, the Night Empire being allied with them followed suit.
A ball is held at SkyWing town Oakenwatch for the Firebound Alliance. Some spies try to infiltrate to learn information, but Vulture calls them out. An IceWing diamond-tipped spear is then thrown at Firelord Vulture by an unknown assailant, nicking his ear. A note on the spear leads him to believe that an Animus put a spell on it. Firelord Vulture later admitted to Overlord Providence while alone that he faked the attack to draw more support for their alliance.
A new animus item called the 'royalty stones' appeared in front of all members of the royalty board allowing them to instantly communicate regardless of distance.
Prince Rapture of The NightWings and Lord of Eventide invite the Frozen Lotus Alliance rulers and their heirs to discuss letting refugees go to Eventide. The rulers and heirs denied his request.
Nightwing Royalty was invited to part take in the full moon festival hosted by Queen Agave; While Queen Agave and Heir Rapture were dancing a large crystal burst from the ground injuring them both.
Providence then went Missing. reports suggest that shortly before the war kicked off Providence was lost at sea, never to be seen again
Following this, King Rapture was crowned amidst the Frostburn War.
In the Frostburn War's final act, Rapture knocked out Firelord Vulture and had King Bog call off the remaining troops, thus ending the conflict.
After the war ended, in 8023 king Rapture quickly left the Firebound due to the war being over and not seeing any reason to remain a part of it. plus, not supporting what the Firelord Vulture had done.
A war between the MudWings and RainWings breaks out over territory, this was to be known as the 'Mud-Rain Border Skirmish' Well not directly involved, King Rapture did send his army to the border as a show of force to avoid any further attacks.
Refugee efforts were latter sent under King Raptures command, Prince Silentseer and others went to the rainforest with a small group of NightWings to gather up injured RainWings and bring them back to safety.
King Rapture and Firelord Vulture call a meeting hosted by Mamba, a RainWing mercenary and partner to King Rapture. This was to discuss the threat of Prince Night/Yueguang and how the kingdoms should proceed.
Under King Rapture's command, he orders the brightest minds in the NightWing Kingdom to begin overlooking old scrolls on Blood Moons and research him as he was a child of the Blood Moon. Early research showed that despite being born under three blood moons he seemed to lack the ability of future sight but had a very strong form of mind reading being able to hear the thoughts of dragons much further than ever believed as well as finding skyfire needed to be used in larger amounts to fully block out his mind reading capabilities. The researchers could not fully rule out the possibility of Rapture being able to use future sight as seers often spoke of their visions coming to them at different ages or times.
Eclipse Academy is Built as a new school for Seers.
Rapture then holds a Coronation Ceremony. A celebration event that officially crowned King Rapture and announced the completion of Eclipse Academy. The event took place at Eclipse Academy and had been delayed due to the Frostburn war


==== The Celestial Conundrum ''8024-8124''====
In 6,128, a NightWing/Hivewing dragon claiming to be the son of one of the scholars sent to study the ''Book of Clearsight'' arrived from Pantala. He began to study his abilities and built systems for more efficient trading. The dragon's name was Rapture. By 6,130, Rapture had started the Merchant's Guild which brought all trading markets together under a single roof. In this way, only one merchant license was needed for cross-tribe trading of NightWing goods, as well as introducing the idea of credit and interest. The guild also was an official extension of the crown meaning merchants were now allowed to carry specialized items now. By the time of 6,135, this new trading format had spread throughout most of the other kingdoms. The NightWings built a massive trading area known as Dawnburst Trading Outpost in response to the growing popularity of their established systems in 6,140.


Due to the city's old nature and lack of planning when first built, in 8025 Clearsight City was put under construction to create 'iteration 2' of the city.
The ruler of the time in 6,150 started to perform some controversial actions. They began to sell large amounts of the Kingdom for political alliances and fortune. This action left many citizens uncomfortable and began unrest within the kingdom, as little NightWing land would now exist. Some individuals began to make plans to take action into their own hands to 'save' their kingdom. Formed a few years earlier, yet not very active until 6,160, The Crimson Night, a private military organization founded by Rapture, had begun to gain a larger amount of members and had begun challenging the city guards and royal guard. In 6,190, the Crimson Nights launched an attack on the city guard centers in the NightWing Capital. The battle ensued with the remaining city guard retreating into the palace walls, grouping with the highest-ranked royal guards. Many of the Crimson Nights were lost in the subjugation of the city guard. Rapture believed he had the upper hand in the conflict he continued on and broke through the palace gate. The royal guards and the Crimson Nights would battle. An unknown dragon emerged from the palace and lifted her talons up, causing a flash of lightning to strike down on the center of the battlefield. Dragons from both sides vanished in an instant. In the chaos, Rapture called for retreat. Many referred to this event as "The Red River" as once the Crimson Nights fled, it would rain in the capital and the blood in the streets created red rivers from the palace down to the docks. A memorial was built for the Red River in 6,193. This memorial was made to honor all the guards and citizens lost in the fight against the Crimson Nights. All of Rapture's descendants were shunned and banished from the Night Kingdom. In 6,195 a new law was passed prohibiting NightWing's eggs from being hatched under the moonlight of blood moons and blue moons, due to events of the Red River. Any dragonets that are born under these circumstances are turned over to the royal family to discuss further action, and the parents of the dragonet may be imprisoned for endangerment of the kingdom.
8026 would be known as the year of the 'Birth of Modern Psychology'. Esteemed scholar Judgment releases his research of using mind-reading abilities to grasp a better understanding of behaviour and reactions. Through his and his assistants’ experiments, Judgment studied the perception of participants from across Pyrrhian tribes. In a later experiment, he tries to observe behavioural responses among Nightwing subjects, each born during different phases of the moons. Historians today acknowledge Judgment’s contribution to the foundations of modern psychology in Pyrrhia.
 
Prince SilentSeer begins a project to research artificial moonlight in 8027 to try to find a way to mimic its properties without needing moonlight. Over the coming years, this was slightly successful as he found a way to not need direct moonlight and increase the chances of gaining powers/making powers stronger.
==== The Age of Astral Discoveries ''7,500-7,719 A.S.'' ====
In 8040 Scientist Judgment Disappears. Hired as a mind-reading specialist, Judgment joins the Skyfire case study led by Cardinal the Skywing, located at the southern edge of the Ice Kingdom. However, since the study began, Judgment never made another public appearance. Nightwing journalists and other scholars questioned his sudden disappearance from the scientific field. His final whereabouts remain a mystery.
 
In 8042 King Rapture vanished leaving no trace other than the crown, an enchanted necklace, and a note left on an empty thrown.
In 7,500, King [[Hank]] is crowned followed by King [[Shale]] in 7,520, then Queen [[Claire]] in 7,600. The [[Titan Pact VS. Hurricane War]] began in 7,616 with the NightWings joining the Titan Pact side under the rule of Queen Claire. With the Hurricane losing the first fight of the war, Queen Claire pulled the NightWings out of the war due to seeing it as an unfair fight for the opposition.
Eventide's Main island sinks, and those who could escape fled to 'Midtide' and 'Tide Edge'
 
Celestial Celestial Silentseer took up the throne following Rapture's disappearance.
In 7,620 Yueguang became the ruler, taking up the title of Overlord Yueguang. Yueguang found and used an ancient artifact called the Gem of Nightfall in 7,621 for many of their experiments. The gem was reported to be an infinite, yet extremely unstable source of energy, allowing NightWings to make many generations' leaps ahead in technology. While not confirmed, many rumors began to spread about Yueguang's experiments, with some believing that they were even experimenting on live dragons within their hidden lab. None of these rumors have been confirmed. A handful of dragons, some of them having animus powers, around this time were reported as missing but were never found. The reality was that Yueguang had lured them into their lab to experiment on them, which was not discovered until after Yueguang's reign.
Celestial Silentseer then quickly issues a search party for Rapture
 
8051, after 9 years of searching with no signs of the Rapture or Eventide, the search came to a close.
Overlord Yueguang created a temporary alliance with the IceWings' ruler, King Polar and the MudWings in 7,622. The following year, in 7,623, another multi-tribe alliance was created. This Alliance included the MudWings, SkyWings, NightWings, and SeaWings. In 7,624 the Gem of Nightfall was lost. The Imperial NightWing Vessel (I.N.V.) Baishe and her fleet were lost at sea with the Gem of Nightfall, along with Yueguang, never to be seen again.
Celestial Silentseer continues the research that Rapture started on the "Blood Moons" as well as expanded his gaze to the fabled "Blue Moon" in 8059. Not much information was found in the scrolls of old but a mention of a Very Bright and Large Blue Moon was spotted in the sky within the early days of the Nightwing Kingdom. It is theorized that this could be a type of Super Moon which has not been seen in generations, It can also be assumed that Blood Moons may have this type of variant.
 
Clearsight City iteration 2 was finished in 8065, it now has a greater focus on nightlife and education. offering cheap places to stay for students, due to the close nature of Eclipse Academy
Queen Spiritguider was crowned in 7,625. Three years later in 7,627, under the orders of Spiritguider, a NightWing/SeaWing hybrid animus named Drifter set out to find the wreck of the I.N.V. Baishe. Upon locating the wreck, they created a zone in the ocean known as Drifter's Valley. Howling winds and unyielding storms batter the area and dragons and ships who stray too far are shot down and killed by massive obsidian spears. Shortly after the creation of the valley, Drifter ended their own life, keeping the location a secret.
Celestial Silentseer goes missing without a trace in 8082.
 
Following this, Overlords Night/Yeuguang became the new ruler.
In 7,650 [[Starseeker|King Starseeker]] was crowned followed by King Fox in 7,668. Tensions rose with the MudWings in 7,687. War was threatened, but never reached.
In 8090, Athienruem Library is Burned Down The burning of the library happens unexpectedly after the death of its owner, Royal Librarian Horrorteller. Said to be lost in the fire are public records of most important Nightwing events other than generally known history, as well as important documents and reports from the past centuries. Many records are kept from the public now and are not recorded outside of the noble circle.
 
8100. coinciding with the strange disappearance of Overlord Night/Yueguang, a trio of dragons that look like Yueguang seem to have emerged in their place. these three don't seem to speak the same language as the rest of the dragons or each other, but they operate with the uncanny coordination of a single unit rather than three individuals. could there be somebody behind their actions? the Thrown did not pick a new ruler?
==== The Monarch's Renaissance ''7,720-8,007 A.S.'' ====
In 8123, The NightWings have now forged an alliance with the SeaWings.
 
Prince Silentseer shows up once more claiming to of seen visions in which Rapture was still alive. Proof of these claims was never found outside of a destroyed NightWing outpost to the north of the Ice Kingdom.
In 7,720 A.S., Prince Scrollwriter was crowned as ruler, though not for long as the following year, in 7,721, Prince Scrollwriter changed the NightWing government into a democracy. A new city called Ebon City began construction near Renewal in 7,730, followed by Clearsight City beginning construction in 7,750.
The NightWings later forged an alliance with the SandWings.
 
An IceWing by the name of Penguin went on a rampage attempting to kill all hybrid dragons regardless of tribe, which also allowed other dragons to start pointlessly killing under the cover of "it must have been Penguin".
Queen Silverscale was crowned in 7,800. In 7,804 Queen Silverscale changed the government back to a monarchy, thus undoing what Scrollwriter had done.
 
The Royal Land Challenge took place in 7,904. The main impact of this was a temporary alliance between IceWings, SkyWings, and NightWings to assassinate the RainWing ruler of the time, Shimmer.
 
In 8,007 a dragon named Stygian lead an uprising against the NightWing government. Stygian gathered support from the citizens and attacked the crown. After the battle, he managed to gather the remaining survivors and lead them away from the kingdom. (His reason for attacking the crown was due to his wife Eclipse being taken to the IceWings for a political marriage.) By 8,007, Stygian had found the Eventide archipelago. The survivors of the rebellion (around 200 dragons) settle on the Eventide Archipelago and crown Stygian as their lord and leader.
 
==== The Frostburn War ''8,008-8,023 A.S.'' ====
 
[[Providence|Overlord Providence]] took the thrown in 8,008. Then, in 8,010, Overlord Providence decided to sever their alliance with all tribes aside from the RainWings and SeaWings. In 8,020 Overlord Providence allied with the SandWings. In 8,021, [[Humble|Rapture the Third]] became lord of Eventide after Stygian's unfortunate death. An Alliance with SkyWings was formed, likely due to Overlord Providence attraction for [[Vulture|Fire Lord Vulture]] of the SkyWings.
 
Tensions began to rise with the IceWings after Ruler Happy of the IceWings started accusing Overlord Providence of having an IceWing hit list. War was declared, but in the end, the conflict was resolved without battle.
 
In 8,022, the NightWings sent a ship to survey the location of the Heart of Ice and Fire, a supposedly enchanted object lying between IceWing and SkyWing territory. Overlord providence was later offered to join the Firebound Alliance.
 
During the ensuing [[Frostburn War]], Prince Rapture of The NightWings and Lord of Eventide invited the Frozen Lotus Alliance rulers and their heirs to discuss letting refugees go to Eventide. The rulers and heirs denied his request.
 
During the midst of the war, Providence went missing. Reports concluded that Providence was lost at sea. Following this, King Rapture was crowned amidst the Frostburn War. In the Frostburn War's final battle, Rapture knocked out Firelord Vulture and had King Bog call off the remaining troops, thus ending the conflict.
 
After the war ended in 8,023, King Rapture quickly left the Firebound Alliance due to the war being over and not seeing any reason to remain a part of it. After the [[Frostburn War#Battle at Rainforest's Edge|Battle at Rainforest's Edge]], refugee efforts were sent under King Rapture's command. Prince Silentseer and others went to the rain forest with a small group of NightWings to gather up injured RainWings and bring them back to safety.
 
King Rapture and Firelord Vulture called a meeting hosted by Mamba, a RainWing mercenary and partner to King Rapture, to discuss the threat of Prince Night and how the kingdoms should proceed. Under King Rapture's command, he ordered the brightest minds in the NightWing Kingdom to begin overlooking old scrolls on Blood Moons and research him as he was a child of the Blood Moon. Early research showed that despite being born under three blood moons, he seemed to lack the ability of future sight but had a very strong form of mind reading, being able to hear the thoughts of dragons much further than ever believed as well as finding skyfire needed to be used in larger amounts to fully block out his mind reading capabilities. The researchers could not fully rule out the possibility of Rapture being able to use future sight, as seers often spoke of their visions coming to them at different ages or times.
 
Eclipse Academy was Built as a new school for Seers. Rapture then held a Coronation Ceremony, a celebration event that officially crowned King Rapture and announced the completion of Eclipse Academy. The event took place at Eclipse Academy and had been delayed due to the Frostburn War.
 
==== The Celestial Conundrum ''8,024-8,124 A.S.''====
 
Due to the city's old nature and lack of planning when first built, in 8,025, Clearsight City was put under construction to reconstruct much of the city.
 
8,026 would be known as the year of the Birth of Modern Psychology. Esteemed scholar Judgment released his research of using mind-reading abilities to grasp a better understanding of behavior and reactions. Through Judgment's and his assistants’ experiments, Judgment studied the perception of participants from across Pyrrhian tribes. In a later experiment, he tried to observe behavioral responses among NightWing subjects, each born during different phases of the moons. Historians today acknowledge Judgment’s contribution to the foundations of modern psychology in Pyrrhia.
 
[[Silentseer|Prince Silentseer]] began a project to research artificial moonlight in 8,027 to try to find a way to mimic its properties without needing moonlight. Over the coming years, this was slightly successful as he found a way to not need direct moonlight and increase the chances of gaining powers/making powers stronger.
 
In 8,040, scientist Judgment disappeared. Hired as a mind-reading specialist, Judgment joined the skyfire case study led by Cardinal the SkyWing, located at the southern edge of the Ice Kingdom. However, since the study began, Judgment never made another public appearance. NightWing journalists and other scholars questioned his sudden disappearance from the scientific field. His final whereabouts remain a mystery.
 
In 8,042, King Rapture vanished, leaving no trace other than the crown, an enchanted necklace, and a note left on an empty thrown. Eventide's main island sank, and those who could escape fled to Midtide and Tide Edge. Celestial Silentseer took up the throne following Rapture's disappearance. Celestial Silentseer then quickly issued a search party for Rapture. In 8,051, after 9 years of searching with no signs of the Rapture or Eventide, the search came to a close.
 
Celestial Silentseer continued the research that Rapture started on the Blood Moons as well as expanded his gaze to the fabled Blue Moon in 8,059. Not much information was found in the scrolls of old, but a mention of a very bright and large blue moon was noticed in the sky during the early days of the NightWing Kingdom. It is theorized that this could be a type of super moon which has not been seen in generations. It can also be assumed that blood moons may have this type of variant.
 
Clearsight City's reconstruction was finished in 8,065. It now has a greater focus on nightlife and education.
 
Celestial Silentseer went missing without a trace in 8,082. Following this, Overlords Night/Yeuguang became the new ruler.
 
In 8,090, Athienruem Library was burned down. The burning of the library happened unexpectedly after the death of its owner, Royal Librarian Horrorteller. Said to be lost in the fire are public records of most important NightWing events other than generally known history, as well as important documents and reports from the past centuries. Many records are kept from the public now and are not recorded outside of the noble circle.
 
In 8,100, coinciding with the strange disappearance of Overlord Night/Yueguang, a trio of dragons that look like Yueguang had emerged in their place. They did not seem to speak the same language as the rest of the dragons or each other, but they operate with the uncanny coordination of a single unit rather than three individuals. The NightWings operated without a ruler until 8,123, when Prince Silentseer appeared once more, claiming to of seen visions in which Rapture was still alive. Proof of these claims was never found outside of a destroyed NightWing outpost to the north of the Ice Kingdom. The NightWings later forged an alliance with the SandWings.


== Economy ==
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Revision as of 19:05, 13 July 2024

Introduction

Key Characters

Animus Dragons

Name Hybrid Owner Status
TalentMaker No mangodarainwing Alive
Lanternfly SkyWing dragonfyre_arts Alive
Nettle SeaWing dragonfyre_arts Alive
Nightshade LeafWing kinnmin Alive

Past Rulers

  • Queen Dawnbreak (NPC)
  • Queen Vigilance (Canon Character)
  • Queen Battlewiner (Canon Character)
  • Princess Greatness (Canon Character)
  • Queen Glory (Canon Character)
  • Queen Fiecreteeth (Canon Character)
  • King Hank/Reaper (Unknown) [Banned]
  • King Shale (Videogamez1000) [Unknown]
  • Queen Claire (ClaireHeart) [Stepped Down]
  • Overlord Yueguang (Nightshifter_) [Disqualified]
  • Overlord Spiritguider (NPC)
  • King Starseeker (Starinquirer) [Stepped Down]
  • King Fox (FoxTheEnderian) [Stepped Down]
  • Prince Scrollwriter (Anthonanon) [Too young to be ruler]
  • Queen Silverscale (NPC)
  • Overlord Providence (Fatechaser119) [Banned]
  • Celestial Humble (HumbleHeart) [Inactive]
  • Celestial Silentseer (XEnder_WolfX) [Map Reset]
  • Overlord Night/Yueguang (Nightshifter_) [Banned]
  • Celestial Silentseer (XEnder_WolfX) [Current]

Historical Figures

Name Role Notable Years Status
Juexin General/Comander 1719 Deceased
Nightfall Alchemist, Magician 3488, 3545, 8124 Deceased
Rapture the First Leader of the Crimson Nights 6128-6190 Alive
Yueguang Scientist 7620-7624, 8022-8023, 8082-8124 Deceased
Stygian Rebel, Lord of EventTide 8007 Deceased
Judgment Scholar, Psychologist 8026, 8040 Deceased

Governance and Leadership

Geography

Culture and Society

Military and Defense

Diplomacy and Relations

Tribe Relations

Tribe Hearts Status
SeaWings 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 Allied
MudWings 🤎 🤎 🤎 🖤 🖤
SkyWings ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 🖤
SandWings 💛 💛 💛 💛 🖤 Allied
LeafWings 💚 💚 💚 🖤 🖤
IceWings 🩵 🩵 🩵 🩵 🩵 Allied
NightWings 💜 💜 💜 💜 💜 That's us
RainWings 🤍 🤍 🤍 🖤 🖤
HiveWings 🧡 🧡 🧡 🖤 🖤
SilkWings 🩷 🩷 🩷 🖤 🖤

History

Pre-Scorching ∞-0 B.S.

Not much is known about this time

Post-Scorching 1-499 A.S.

Marked by 3 major milestones, this era consisted of the crowning of the first-ever dragon queen. rumored to of been from a proto-tribe as a result of feeling the need to join forces to revenge a stolen egg thus kicking off the scorching. The scorching was an ancient event in which the dragons rose up in an attempt to commit genocide on the once dominant life form, the scavengers. The dragons ultimately won this fight. Within the next 500 years, war broke out between the dragons. They slowly separated into tribes from the original three proto-tribes, claiming different territory for themselves.

The Ancient Era 500-1,199 A.S.

It is commonly believed around the year 500 A.S., the NightWing tribe completely separated from the proto-tribes and picked their own Queen.

By the year 1000, the NightWings had started to develop basic technology such as basic medicine followed by a written language in 1,010 A.S.

The Dark Renaissance 1,200-2,971 A.S.

In 1,200 A.S., NightWings developed more advanced medicine, kicking off The Dark Renaissance. Around 1,700 A.S., Queen Dawnbreak was crowned. She is the earliest queen to have written recordings of details such as her name. Dawnbreak was credited with pioneering and utilizing (at the time) groundbreaking strategy on the battlefield where other tribes focused heavily on brute force and numbers. The War of Long Talon was a minor war between the NightWings and the SandWings over territory around the talon peninsula starting in 1,715 and ending in 1,719 with Juexin's Charge.

Juexin, Queen Dawnbreak's secret lover and one of her top commanders, foresaw that there was no outcome in the final battle where she would survive. Rather than telling Dawnbreak, Juexin went out and commenced her final stand anyway. Intending to go out on her own terms, Juexin ordered a near-suicidal charge straight into enemy lines. The charge was successful for the heavily outnumbered NightWings, defying all odds and managing to tear into the enemy forces, sending them running. Juexin, however, was mortally wounded during the charge. Dawnbreak would visit her dying lover in the infirmary, during which her final words to her queen and lover were, "You're welcome." Juexin's Charge would mark the end of the war with both sides running out of steam resulting in a draw. In 2,138, Juexin City began construction, a trading city named after this stubborn yet brave commander sits at the mouth of the river just south of Jade Mountain.

The Rise of Darkstalker 2,972-3,012 A.S.

This era was mainly focused on Darkstalker and his rise to power, starting with Queen Vigilance being crowned in 2,972 A.S. In 3,006, the NightWings used Foeslayer as bait to steal Prince Arctic of the IceWings to introduce an animus bloodline into their tribe. The great war of Ice and Night began. In 3,007, Darkstalker hatched. In 3,012, after his rise to power, Darkstalker was placed under a spell, keeping him asleep for the next 2,000 years, though not before his last display of power causing so much fear that the entire tribe went into hiding, finding a secret island just to avoid the chance they might see him again.

The Age of Shadows 3,013-4,997 A.S.

It is commonly regarded that around 3,060 A.S., Clearsight finished writing her famous book known as The Book of Clearsight.

In 3,488, Nightfall, an animus of an unknown tribe roamed across Pyrrhia. Rather than using traditional animus magic, they had two offshoots of animus magic that they called "Transmutation" and "Seals". Transmutation allowed Nightfall to change an object into another object of identical mass and material whereas Seals were paper talismans that allowed objects to carry out the commands written on them, similar to animus magic. Nightfall ventured across Pyrrhia using their powers to help other dragons across the continent, never seen without at least two small animals, under the Seal's magic, by their side which Nightfall would release back into the wild when their help was no longer needed. Nightfall's cloaked silhouette left much up to debate on their appearance, gender, and tribe, with the general consensus being a female NightWing. After a few decades of helping Pyrrhia, Nightfall eventually vanished without a trace.

In 3,545 A.S., what is now known as the Sanguine Skies Incident, Nightfall returned. Rather than helping the continent of Pyrrhia as a whole, many dragons reported hearing them mentioning the name "Blackberry". Several reports of missing dragons were also filed around the time of their return, with the only thing linking the missing dragons to Nightfall being residue left behind by their transmutation magic. The cases increased each day for seven days until the eighth day when Nightfall was observed to be killing a dragon in broad daylight. By now, Nightfall had become a serious threat. A group of dragons from several tribes banded together to deal the finishing blow to Nightfall before they could cause any more damage. After a long and fierce battle that saw the end of many brave souls, Nightfall's energy was finally spent and they fell to the combined forces. Some dragons at the scene reported seeing Nightfall's body almost melting into the ground to be soaked up by the earth, never to be seen again, this time seemingly for good.

The NightWing Exodus 4,998-5,999 A.S.

Queen Battlewinner was crowned as queen in 4,998 A.S. Foreseeing the NightWing volcano's eruption, in 5,001, Queen Battlewinner created the prophecy to end the war of SandWing Succession with the motive to overtake the rain-forest. In 5,002, Queen Battlewinner took an IceWing blast to the throat, limiting her ability to speak. Princess Greatness acted as Battlewinner's messenger, delivering all orders to the tribe. Rumors started to spread that Battlewinner was dead, but these were later proven false. In 5,003, Deathbringer, an assassin, was sent on a mission to kill General Tempest of the SeaWings, but such that it was to be believed to be an act of the MudWings. This ultimately led to the MudWings breaking their alliance with the SeaWings. In 5,011, the island volcano erupted, causing all the NightWings to flee from the island. Queen Battlewinner was killed in the eruption. Queen Glory of the RainWings allowed the NightWings to live in the rain forest on the condition they bowled to her rule as their queen. The NightWings accepted thus, crowning Queen Glory of the RainWings and NightWings, the first dual tribe ruler since the time of proto-dragons.

In the same era, Darkstalker woke from the spell binding him, managing to escape his prison under Agate Mountain. Darkstalker attempted to take back the NightWings tribe as a self-proclaimed king, thus also becoming the first male dragon to ever rule, leading the majority of the tribe back to the Lost City of Night located on the Talon Peninsula. Darkstalker rekindled the 2,000-year-old war between NightWings and IceWings by using animus magic to start a deadly plague in the Ice Kingdom, killing Queen Glacier in the process. Under the rule of a new IceWing queen, Queen Snowfall, a military operation started, targeting Darkstalker. The IceWing and NightWing armies battled at Jade Mountain in a showdown of thunder and ice. An animus spell from an unknown source allowed all dragons on the battlefield to hear each other's thoughts before teleporting the soldiers back to their home, leaving just Darkstalker and his mother, Foeslayer. Foeslayer tricked Darkstalker into eating an enchanted strawberry ending his rain of terror once and for all.

All the NightWings returned to the rain forest under Queen Glory for the next eight years, until in 5,020, when a group of 27 NightWings led by Fiecreteeth left to return to their true home, the Lost City of Night. They created a new settlement called Renewal. By 5,030, enough NightWings had returned to Renewal for it to be worth crowning their own queen once more, Queen Fiecreteeth of the NightWings. By 5,035 almost all NightWings had rejoined their tribe in Renewal, leaving the rain forest behind. In 5,100, a Blood Red Moon is recorded. In 5,200, construction began on a new NightWing Palace, building on the ruins of the Lost City of Night.

Starlight Commerce Revolution 6,000-7,499 A.S.

In 6,000 A.S., the Laws of Succession were changed to permit any noble to attempt to climb royalty ranks, thus allowing them to challenge the ruler. This law also finally officially allowed the rule of a male dragon. By 6,050, NightWings had opened borders to other tribes and were officially allowed to pass through NightWing territory and waterways for trade or relief efforts with proper documentation. Just 10 years later in 6,060, NightWing hybrids were officially recognized as part of the tribe and allowed all the same rights as pure NightWings.

After years of negotiation between Nightwings and HiveWings, at last in 6,080, the NightWings some of their research as part of a deal to let NightWing scholars study the Book of Clearsight.

In 6,120, a Blood Moons was recorded. All eggs were taken inside the kingdom to avoid the tales told from the old scripts. The sky went blood red and some Nightwings reported that they felt more aggression during their exposure to the moonlight and had hateful thoughts.

In 6,128, a NightWing/Hivewing dragon claiming to be the son of one of the scholars sent to study the Book of Clearsight arrived from Pantala. He began to study his abilities and built systems for more efficient trading. The dragon's name was Rapture. By 6,130, Rapture had started the Merchant's Guild which brought all trading markets together under a single roof. In this way, only one merchant license was needed for cross-tribe trading of NightWing goods, as well as introducing the idea of credit and interest. The guild also was an official extension of the crown meaning merchants were now allowed to carry specialized items now. By the time of 6,135, this new trading format had spread throughout most of the other kingdoms. The NightWings built a massive trading area known as Dawnburst Trading Outpost in response to the growing popularity of their established systems in 6,140.

The ruler of the time in 6,150 started to perform some controversial actions. They began to sell large amounts of the Kingdom for political alliances and fortune. This action left many citizens uncomfortable and began unrest within the kingdom, as little NightWing land would now exist. Some individuals began to make plans to take action into their own hands to 'save' their kingdom. Formed a few years earlier, yet not very active until 6,160, The Crimson Night, a private military organization founded by Rapture, had begun to gain a larger amount of members and had begun challenging the city guards and royal guard. In 6,190, the Crimson Nights launched an attack on the city guard centers in the NightWing Capital. The battle ensued with the remaining city guard retreating into the palace walls, grouping with the highest-ranked royal guards. Many of the Crimson Nights were lost in the subjugation of the city guard. Rapture believed he had the upper hand in the conflict he continued on and broke through the palace gate. The royal guards and the Crimson Nights would battle. An unknown dragon emerged from the palace and lifted her talons up, causing a flash of lightning to strike down on the center of the battlefield. Dragons from both sides vanished in an instant. In the chaos, Rapture called for retreat. Many referred to this event as "The Red River" as once the Crimson Nights fled, it would rain in the capital and the blood in the streets created red rivers from the palace down to the docks. A memorial was built for the Red River in 6,193. This memorial was made to honor all the guards and citizens lost in the fight against the Crimson Nights. All of Rapture's descendants were shunned and banished from the Night Kingdom. In 6,195 a new law was passed prohibiting NightWing's eggs from being hatched under the moonlight of blood moons and blue moons, due to events of the Red River. Any dragonets that are born under these circumstances are turned over to the royal family to discuss further action, and the parents of the dragonet may be imprisoned for endangerment of the kingdom.

The Age of Astral Discoveries 7,500-7,719 A.S.

In 7,500, King Hank is crowned followed by King Shale in 7,520, then Queen Claire in 7,600. The Titan Pact VS. Hurricane War began in 7,616 with the NightWings joining the Titan Pact side under the rule of Queen Claire. With the Hurricane losing the first fight of the war, Queen Claire pulled the NightWings out of the war due to seeing it as an unfair fight for the opposition.

In 7,620 Yueguang became the ruler, taking up the title of Overlord Yueguang. Yueguang found and used an ancient artifact called the Gem of Nightfall in 7,621 for many of their experiments. The gem was reported to be an infinite, yet extremely unstable source of energy, allowing NightWings to make many generations' leaps ahead in technology. While not confirmed, many rumors began to spread about Yueguang's experiments, with some believing that they were even experimenting on live dragons within their hidden lab. None of these rumors have been confirmed. A handful of dragons, some of them having animus powers, around this time were reported as missing but were never found. The reality was that Yueguang had lured them into their lab to experiment on them, which was not discovered until after Yueguang's reign.

Overlord Yueguang created a temporary alliance with the IceWings' ruler, King Polar and the MudWings in 7,622. The following year, in 7,623, another multi-tribe alliance was created. This Alliance included the MudWings, SkyWings, NightWings, and SeaWings. In 7,624 the Gem of Nightfall was lost. The Imperial NightWing Vessel (I.N.V.) Baishe and her fleet were lost at sea with the Gem of Nightfall, along with Yueguang, never to be seen again.

Queen Spiritguider was crowned in 7,625. Three years later in 7,627, under the orders of Spiritguider, a NightWing/SeaWing hybrid animus named Drifter set out to find the wreck of the I.N.V. Baishe. Upon locating the wreck, they created a zone in the ocean known as Drifter's Valley. Howling winds and unyielding storms batter the area and dragons and ships who stray too far are shot down and killed by massive obsidian spears. Shortly after the creation of the valley, Drifter ended their own life, keeping the location a secret.

In 7,650 King Starseeker was crowned followed by King Fox in 7,668. Tensions rose with the MudWings in 7,687. War was threatened, but never reached.

The Monarch's Renaissance 7,720-8,007 A.S.

In 7,720 A.S., Prince Scrollwriter was crowned as ruler, though not for long as the following year, in 7,721, Prince Scrollwriter changed the NightWing government into a democracy. A new city called Ebon City began construction near Renewal in 7,730, followed by Clearsight City beginning construction in 7,750.

Queen Silverscale was crowned in 7,800. In 7,804 Queen Silverscale changed the government back to a monarchy, thus undoing what Scrollwriter had done.

The Royal Land Challenge took place in 7,904. The main impact of this was a temporary alliance between IceWings, SkyWings, and NightWings to assassinate the RainWing ruler of the time, Shimmer.

In 8,007 a dragon named Stygian lead an uprising against the NightWing government. Stygian gathered support from the citizens and attacked the crown. After the battle, he managed to gather the remaining survivors and lead them away from the kingdom. (His reason for attacking the crown was due to his wife Eclipse being taken to the IceWings for a political marriage.) By 8,007, Stygian had found the Eventide archipelago. The survivors of the rebellion (around 200 dragons) settle on the Eventide Archipelago and crown Stygian as their lord and leader.

The Frostburn War 8,008-8,023 A.S.

Overlord Providence took the thrown in 8,008. Then, in 8,010, Overlord Providence decided to sever their alliance with all tribes aside from the RainWings and SeaWings. In 8,020 Overlord Providence allied with the SandWings. In 8,021, Rapture the Third became lord of Eventide after Stygian's unfortunate death. An Alliance with SkyWings was formed, likely due to Overlord Providence attraction for Fire Lord Vulture of the SkyWings.

Tensions began to rise with the IceWings after Ruler Happy of the IceWings started accusing Overlord Providence of having an IceWing hit list. War was declared, but in the end, the conflict was resolved without battle.

In 8,022, the NightWings sent a ship to survey the location of the Heart of Ice and Fire, a supposedly enchanted object lying between IceWing and SkyWing territory. Overlord providence was later offered to join the Firebound Alliance.

During the ensuing Frostburn War, Prince Rapture of The NightWings and Lord of Eventide invited the Frozen Lotus Alliance rulers and their heirs to discuss letting refugees go to Eventide. The rulers and heirs denied his request.

During the midst of the war, Providence went missing. Reports concluded that Providence was lost at sea. Following this, King Rapture was crowned amidst the Frostburn War. In the Frostburn War's final battle, Rapture knocked out Firelord Vulture and had King Bog call off the remaining troops, thus ending the conflict.

After the war ended in 8,023, King Rapture quickly left the Firebound Alliance due to the war being over and not seeing any reason to remain a part of it. After the Battle at Rainforest's Edge, refugee efforts were sent under King Rapture's command. Prince Silentseer and others went to the rain forest with a small group of NightWings to gather up injured RainWings and bring them back to safety.

King Rapture and Firelord Vulture called a meeting hosted by Mamba, a RainWing mercenary and partner to King Rapture, to discuss the threat of Prince Night and how the kingdoms should proceed. Under King Rapture's command, he ordered the brightest minds in the NightWing Kingdom to begin overlooking old scrolls on Blood Moons and research him as he was a child of the Blood Moon. Early research showed that despite being born under three blood moons, he seemed to lack the ability of future sight but had a very strong form of mind reading, being able to hear the thoughts of dragons much further than ever believed as well as finding skyfire needed to be used in larger amounts to fully block out his mind reading capabilities. The researchers could not fully rule out the possibility of Rapture being able to use future sight, as seers often spoke of their visions coming to them at different ages or times.

Eclipse Academy was Built as a new school for Seers. Rapture then held a Coronation Ceremony, a celebration event that officially crowned King Rapture and announced the completion of Eclipse Academy. The event took place at Eclipse Academy and had been delayed due to the Frostburn War.

The Celestial Conundrum 8,024-8,124 A.S.

Due to the city's old nature and lack of planning when first built, in 8,025, Clearsight City was put under construction to reconstruct much of the city.

8,026 would be known as the year of the Birth of Modern Psychology. Esteemed scholar Judgment released his research of using mind-reading abilities to grasp a better understanding of behavior and reactions. Through Judgment's and his assistants’ experiments, Judgment studied the perception of participants from across Pyrrhian tribes. In a later experiment, he tried to observe behavioral responses among NightWing subjects, each born during different phases of the moons. Historians today acknowledge Judgment’s contribution to the foundations of modern psychology in Pyrrhia.

Prince Silentseer began a project to research artificial moonlight in 8,027 to try to find a way to mimic its properties without needing moonlight. Over the coming years, this was slightly successful as he found a way to not need direct moonlight and increase the chances of gaining powers/making powers stronger.

In 8,040, scientist Judgment disappeared. Hired as a mind-reading specialist, Judgment joined the skyfire case study led by Cardinal the SkyWing, located at the southern edge of the Ice Kingdom. However, since the study began, Judgment never made another public appearance. NightWing journalists and other scholars questioned his sudden disappearance from the scientific field. His final whereabouts remain a mystery.

In 8,042, King Rapture vanished, leaving no trace other than the crown, an enchanted necklace, and a note left on an empty thrown. Eventide's main island sank, and those who could escape fled to Midtide and Tide Edge. Celestial Silentseer took up the throne following Rapture's disappearance. Celestial Silentseer then quickly issued a search party for Rapture. In 8,051, after 9 years of searching with no signs of the Rapture or Eventide, the search came to a close.

Celestial Silentseer continued the research that Rapture started on the Blood Moons as well as expanded his gaze to the fabled Blue Moon in 8,059. Not much information was found in the scrolls of old, but a mention of a very bright and large blue moon was noticed in the sky during the early days of the NightWing Kingdom. It is theorized that this could be a type of super moon which has not been seen in generations. It can also be assumed that blood moons may have this type of variant.

Clearsight City's reconstruction was finished in 8,065. It now has a greater focus on nightlife and education.

Celestial Silentseer went missing without a trace in 8,082. Following this, Overlords Night/Yeuguang became the new ruler.

In 8,090, Athienruem Library was burned down. The burning of the library happened unexpectedly after the death of its owner, Royal Librarian Horrorteller. Said to be lost in the fire are public records of most important NightWing events other than generally known history, as well as important documents and reports from the past centuries. Many records are kept from the public now and are not recorded outside of the noble circle.

In 8,100, coinciding with the strange disappearance of Overlord Night/Yueguang, a trio of dragons that look like Yueguang had emerged in their place. They did not seem to speak the same language as the rest of the dragons or each other, but they operate with the uncanny coordination of a single unit rather than three individuals. The NightWings operated without a ruler until 8,123, when Prince Silentseer appeared once more, claiming to of seen visions in which Rapture was still alive. Proof of these claims was never found outside of a destroyed NightWing outpost to the north of the Ice Kingdom. The NightWings later forged an alliance with the SandWings.

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Trivia

  • The Night Kingdom is the tribe with the largest member count despite in lore being one of the smaller tribes.

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