Part Two: In the Sky Kingdom

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Across
  1. 3. kills Gill in the arena when the crowd doesn't choose mercy for him; refuses to fight her friend Starflight which makes her a crowd-favorite, angering Burn
  2. 4. what Burn uses to keep Sunny locked in, but Peril agrees to help set her free
  3. 6. Peril likes ___ and wants him to stay, so she betrays the dragonets when she first agrees to help them escape.
  4. 9. where dragons are set to fight each other to their death to entertain Queen Scarlet and the crowd
  5. 10. Burn and Scarlet are mad when the prisoners revolt and sing, so the dragonets are sent to Peril's ___ while Peril guards the prisoners.
  6. 13. unusual SkyWing who delivers Clay's food; her untouchable heat makes her Scarlet's unbeatable champion
  7. 15. an event Peril is forbidden to watch but she does, hidden behind Clay
  8. 16. kept trapped behind iron bars in Queen Scarlet's palace; Peril's mother who obeyed Scarlet and killed Peril's defective twin but tried to flee with Peril
  9. 18. the SeaWing who's denied water for encouraging the prisoners' revolt; forced to face Tsunami in the arena
  10. 19. Clay, Tsunami, and Starflight are among prisoners perched atop rocks and connected by a web of thin ___.
  11. 20. burn wounds on Kestrel that prove she tried to save Peril long ago
  12. 22. MudWings like Clay that hatch from ___-___ eggs can walk through fire and heal their burns, a power activated by mud.
  13. 23. Scarlet's son who announces battles in the arena; claims & argues Kestrel is guilty of treason in front of the crowd
  14. 25. the IceWing Clay faces in place of Starflight, though Starflight warns Clay of his freezing-death breath
  15. 26. saved from her captivity with the help of Peril; rolls in mud and rides on Clay's back to the follow the river to the delta in search of Clay's family
  16. 27. poison shot from Glory's fang onto Queen Scarlet's face, creating a uproar in which Burn and her guards escape
Down
  1. 1. Peril's old friend who defends Kestrel in her trial; is killed by Scarlet
  2. 2. Peril was told the Queen killed her mother who tried to destroy her egg for having too much ___.
  3. 5. provided to Peril by Queen Scarlet to eat, though it's really to control her
  4. 6. a tradition Peril calls in the trial to stand for Kestrel in battle to save her
  5. 7. men and women released in the arena by Scarlet to face Tsunami and Starflight; Clay helps one reach a mountain top in his escape
  6. 8. dragons that accompany Burn to the Sky Kingdom to join the feast and attend Scarlet's hatching day
  7. 11. Fjord's ___ disintegrates from mysterious black droplets Clay wrongly suspects come from Queen Scarlet
  8. 12. lands in the arena to take Starflight away and denies allegiance to the Talons of Peace; orders his NightWings to kill the IceWings Scarlet set on the dragonets in the arena
  9. 14. kept by Queen Scarlet and displayed as her tree sculpture art, perhaps faking her laziness
  10. 17. something Clay can't bring himself to do as they fight to escape, which Kestrel warns will make him useless
  11. 21. given to Burn by Scarlet, who collects curious things
  12. 24. the SandWing prisoner Clay watches Peril burn to death in battle