The Ring of Sacred Volcanoes (often called "The Ring" for short) was an area in the north-eastern part of the Beyond. It is a chain made of five volcanoes, in which the Ember of Hoole travels around. This is also where the dire wolves of the Sacred Watch live, guarding the ember from graymalkins, owls who wish to use the ember for evil purposes. It was later destroyed by an earthquake in Spirit Wolf, but reappeared in the Bears of the Ice series.