Jabberwocky
First appears in Book 5: Not Till We Are Lost, chapter 23 (Chapter Twenty-Three: Huey)
Appearances
What you know
Book 5: Not Till We Are Lost
- Ch 29Jabberwocky has under 0.9 G gravity, a thick atmosphere and intense volcanic activity, with toxic, scalding lakes.
- Ch 40Jabberwocky's land is mostly on two continents Mario named Atlantis, where the dragons live, and Lemuria.
- Ch 44Jabberwocky has heavy volcanic activity, which Bridget thinks drove many life-forms to take to the air.
- Ch 50Records show three earlier famine cycles, each worse, with foul air and starvation killing over half the dragons.
Connections
- related toMariodiscovered and named the planet
- containsDragons
- includesAtlantis
- includesLemuria
- containsThe Hunter
Key moments
- Book 5 · Ch 29First dranny test flight
Howard and Bridget transfer into their new dragon mannies on Jabberwocky, test-fly them over volcanic lakes, and enjoy a mating flight.
- Book 5 · Ch 29Chased by dragons
Four dragons with spears chase Howard and Bridget, who outpace them. Bridget resolves to raise the possible patrols with Gandalf.
- Book 5 · Ch 42Alexander sympathizers thrown overboard
At the Hunter's village, a group promoting peaceful union with Alexander is tossed off the floater; a local tells Howard and Bridget of rumoured floater burnings.
- Book 5 · Ch 42Bridget inspects a floater tendril
Bridget climbs down a floater tendril after it drinks from a lake and finds something that troubles her.
- Book 5 · Ch 50Alexander reveals the famine cycle
Alexander explains his family's millennia of records show recurring, worsening famines, justifying his plan to move dragons to Lemuria.
- Book 5 · Ch 50Bridget and Howard join Alexander's planning
Bridget offers maps and route advice for crossing to Lemuria and proposes net fishing from floaters, effectively joining Alexander's leadership.
- Book 5 · Ch 53The flotilla sets out north
With eruptions confirming Alexander's warnings, floaters join his flotilla and head north early while Howard's crew builds a fishing winch.
- Book 5 · Ch 53Floaters refuse salt water
Turning out to sea, the floaters recoil from salt water and head back to shore; Alexander plans to heat them, fill them at a lake and cut their tendrils.
- Book 5 · Ch 55A floater burns in the storm
In a fierce storm, fire breaks out on a floater; Howard, Bridget and soldiers cut it loose and it falls burning into the sea, with dozens of dragons lost.
- Book 5 · Ch 55Secret fish restocking and food crisis
Mario's drones secretly restock floater reservoirs until it is noticed, nearly causing civil war; with food short, Howard proposes flying the dragons ahead.
- Book 5 · Ch 57The dragon exodus begins
With rafts and signal fires in place, Alexander launches the staggered mass flight of dragons toward Lemuria.
- Book 5 · Ch 57Howard's dranny is assassinated
A dragon spears Howard's dranny in flight; Mario's drone recovers and repairs the body while Howard and Bridget suspect Alexander.
- Book 5 · Ch 59Howard returns from the dead
Howard lands in front of the escort who killed him, identifies Gerrard as the killer, promises a later reckoning and has them help prepare camp for the first wave of migrants.
- Book 5 · Ch 59Alexander grounds Bridget
Alexander surrounds Bridget, tells her Howard is dead, and has her primaries cut so she can't leave until she agrees to join his records team.
- Book 5 · Ch 59Howard rescues Bridget
Howard flies a cargo drone to the flotilla, confronts Alexander, drops the drone on his soldiers, and escapes with Bridget aboard it.