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