Moon Rising (2 page)

Description:
red-gold or orange scales; enormous wings

Abilities:
powerful fighters and fliers, can breathe fire

Queen:
Queen Ruby (although some dragons still support Queen Scarlet, who may be alive and in hiding)

Students at Jade Mountain:
Carnelian, Flame, Garnet, Peregrine, Thrush

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

Students at Jade Mountain:
Anemone, Barracuda, Pike, Snail, Turtle

Description:
silvery scales like the moon or pale blue like ice; ridged claws to grip the ice; forked blue tongues; tails narrow to a whip-thin end

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

Queen:
Queen Glacier

Students at Jade Mountain:
Alba, Changbai, Ermine, Icicle, Winter

Description:
scales constantly shift colors, usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails

Abilities:
can camouflage their scales to blend into their surroundings; shoot a deadly venom from their fangs

Queen:
Queen Glory

Students at Jade Mountain:
Boto, Coconut, Kinkajou, Siamang, Tamarin

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; once known for reading minds and foretelling the future, but no longer.

Queen:
Queen Glory (see recent scrolls on the NightWing Exodus and the RainWing Royal Challenge)

Students at Jade Mountain:
Bigtail, Fearless, Mightyclaws, Mindreader, Moonwatcher

Beware the darkness of dragons,

Beware the stalker of dreams,

Beware the talons of power and fire,

Beware one who is not what she seems.

Something is coming to shake the earth,

Something is coming to scorch the ground.

Jade Mountain will fall beneath thunder and ice

Unless the lost city of night can be found.