evil biology and world building

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[evildenako]

Maps and tagging info!!!

I did change the layout a bit, added some things too, but its mostly the same as any map of the archipelago you'd find on the wiki

The hidden world is now a very large torus shaped cave under the archipelago (+ random rushed sketches)

Tagging info!!!!!

Each redesing post will be tagged like this -> Dragon name, dragon type, show of origin (or movie), redesign or headcanon, and then my random thoughts

Dragon types:

#dragon -> four legs

#wyvern -> two legs, wings used as front legs

#chiken -> two legs, wings not used as legs, more akin to birds

#drake -> only legs, no wings

#wyrm -> no legs, both with and without wings

#raptor -> four legs, but only use the back ones to walk, front ones are more like arms, wings

#fish -> any dragon that is mostly or fully aquatic, not dependant on anatomy

Request queue

Nightlights

Songwing (from the map)

[evildenako]

denako I just wanna check in on you. are you alive.

Yes! I'm fine. Though, the hiatus might be a lot longer than expected. The fic ( im on the hiatus because of) ended up being waaayyy longer than i sxpected, so im currently writing chapter 7 of 10.

Give me like a month more and im going to start working on the dragons again!!!

[evildenako]

Hey guys, I'm going on a hiatus for a while. Nothing crazy, only like a month and a half.

School is beating my ass and i finally got into writing after like a 6 month long writers block. I really want to finish the fic im writing first before i return to my long-term projects

If you're interested in the fic its called Eywa Be My Witness. Yes, its an Avatar fic. It's for the game tho. (And its insanely self indulgent, but what is a fic without a little self indulgence)

Link here

[evildenako]

requesting that after you do the nightlights that you redesign the semi-canonical songwing.

not the Rescue Riders one, but this one

it appeared on hiccup's map in httyd 2.

Fun fact i guess

I am actually going to redesign both, cuz they're both on the wheel, I would just have to spin it. But since you asked I'm going to skip a spin again :3

[evildenako]

Aside from the nightlights, will you do other hybrids?

Yes, I'm even planning on designing some original ones :3

[evildenako]

Night Fury

Lifespan: 90  – 100 years

Diet: Any dragon its own size, sometimes even larger ones. Will settle on fish or yak if there is a lack of prey

Fire type: Plasma charges

Closest relative: Light Fury, Sandwraith

Predators: They do not have predators, but some bigger species will try instigating fights if they catch a Night Fury of guard. Though, most of the time this will result in the Night Fury flying off unless they get incapacitated. 

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Night Furies are nocturnal predators. Their black scales camouflage them perfectly in the dark of the night. Their coloring does have a multitude of problems, the biggest one being that if they are incapable of catching anything during the night, they’ll go hungry until the next night as the majority of dragon species aren’t dumb enough to not notice a large black mass approaching them.

They fully rely on their plasma blast while hunting. It’s strong enough to explode a Death Queen, but it only works if it’s used correctly. Blindly firing at prey won’t usually do anything. But a perfectly placed blast to the back of the neck will down just about any dragon. 

Their body structure is the same as the Light Fury, but they lack their diurnal counterparts' large lung capacity and their third eyelid is not as pronounced, only covering about a third of their eye.

And much like Light Furies, they are not very social with others of their species. They also mate for life and only breed two or three times in their whole life. Though, females will usually only lay one egg, very rarely two. Training a hatchling to hunt for itself takes longer than for Light Furies.

Males and females look almost the same, females being a bit larger.

Their coloration isn’t very varied, always seeming fully black and only revealing their true colors in the sun. Majority Night Furies will be blue in coloring but some might be purple or green. They have very pronounced patterning (also only visible in the sun), which seems to take over their whole body as they age. Titanwing Night Furies having a majority of their body covered with the spots.

Other ways to tell a Titanwing is by their dorsal fin splitting into two rows and their back legs growing the same spines they have on their front legs. They also grow more fins on their head. Also they get more aggressive and territorial, sometimes fighting their own offspring if they dare enter their Titanwing parents territory.

[evildenako]

what is going on with the baby light fury's eyes???

They are like kittens, not being able to open their eyes for a while, and even after they open them it takes a while for them to get used to seeing. Also they have a third eyelid. So, thats the red part on its right eye.

My idea with that drawing was to show how clumsy and derpy they are as babies, but I do think I couldve executed it a bit better. It just kinda looks like it has one weird infected eye if you dont know its supposed to be an eyelid :3

[evildenako]

you should do the Night Fury next.

That's actually what i was going to do :3

Plus I'll do the Night Lights afterward

[evildenako]

when you redesign the main set of TNR dragons, will you reuse your original set of redesigns or no?

Im assuming you mean the ones on my main blog, and no. They're old and kinda rushed. I will reuse parts of them but not the full designs :3

[evildenako]

Light Fury

Lifespan: 90  – 100 years

Diet: Any medium sized tidal dragon, fish if there is a lack of regular prey

Fire type: Plasma charges

Closest relative: Night Fury, Swiftwing, Fastfin 

Predators: They do not have predators exactly, but they might be overwhelmed by large groups and not be able to survive the fight

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Light Furies are the perfect diurnal predators. Their white scales allow them to camouflage in the sun filled sky, or reflect the colors of gray rain clouds. They are fast and they hardly ever miss. They have evolved to have large capacity lungs, aerodynamic body and a third eyelid for undersea hunting. Their plasma blasts are a great weapon under the sea, being one of the few fire types that work under water.

Their diet fully consists of tidal dragons and they are able to take down prey larger than them. Though, they often choose to go after smaller individuals unless they have offspring and have to feed them. At that point they might go for dragons as big as them. 

Light Furies are not social animals. They mate for life and breed only once in their whole life. A pair of mates won’t even live in the same nest. They might live in the same territory but will hardly ever interact, not even sharing prey. Once again, they will only live together if they have offspring.

The female will usually lay 1-3 eggs. After hatching, the hatchlings won’t be able to see, their eyes sealed shut for the next 2-3 weeks. Their motor skills won't be fully developed for 3 months. And they take around 3 years to grow to adulthood, during which they will live with their parents. Once they become adults they leave the nest and live a life of solitude until finding a mate of their own.

Hatchlings are without any markings on their body and they only become visible as they age. Therefore the best way to tell if you've stumbled upon a Titan of the species is to look at how pigmented their markings are. Outside of that, there aren't many ways to tell a titan from a regular adult.

There aren’t many differences between males and females. The most surefire way to tell is by the size of their head fins. If the fins are about the same length as the dragon's head it’s a female, if the fins are longer it's a male. Males are also smaller, more aggressive and have an additional nub at the top of the fin on their legs.

Secondary coloration of the Light Fury is based on temperatures in which the egg hatched and the water in which its egg was placed (Light Furies make their nests in shallow pools of water). They will be more sky blue colored if placed in warm sweetwater, deepsea blue is placed in cold freshwater, turquoise is placed in warm saltwater, and greenish dark blue if placed into cold saltwater.

[evildenako]

If you want, I have some ideas for certain dragons.

Copyclaw, instead of just being a lame Dramillion ripoff, should copy body abilities like Nadder spikes or Monstrous Nightmare fire jacket instead of breath attacks.

Mimicore was a good concept of teaching kids about those who are mute, but the execution wasn't great, so I think it should change colors to make different patterns that other dragons understand visually, similar to certain butterflies having colorful "DO NOT EAT ME" patterns.

Sea Gronckle and Golden Dragon could be renamed. I personally use Whaleperior or Cetacrude for the former and Glitterwing or Shimmerwing for the latter.

These are just ideas, take them or leave them.

Thank you for the ideas!

I'm definitely planning on renaming a lot of the Nine Realms and Rescue Riders dragons. I’ll see about the copyclaws when I pull them from the wheel, but I agree that their execution in the show is kinda meh. And I do like your idea of them mimicking colors rather than blasts.

[evildenako]

horrible idea: The octofin's teeth are like a cephalopod beak, and thus more like. sheets attached to their jaws.

Not a bad idea at all.

Bummer that I didn't think about it like that. I made the upper half of its body be more crocodilian since the original design was like that. So, it's teeth are like regular croc teeth.

BUT if i ever snap and start remaking old designs, i will probably canonize this cuz it sounds really cool

[evildenako]

ah, I see you use Helheim for nine realms instead of Nidavellir. Interesting. Personally I go the Nidavellir route, but to each their own. I do appreciate that you at least mapped them all out!

To be completely honest with you, I don't know a whole lot about Norse Mythology outside of a single book i read a few years ago and what i remember from playing AC:Valhalla. So most of what I remember is actually about the gods rather than the realms.

There definitely was a better way to do the realms. But if i might excuse myself. I was doing that map and renaming the realms after working on the island map for at least 12 hours and i was simply tiireeeedddddddd.

So yeah, thank you for your ask, I'll look into this Nidavellir and I might rename the realms again if i end up reworking them :3

[evildenako]

Seriously love your artstyle, you definitely rival ellulemmu for HTTYD redesigns! Are there any that you're particularly excited to do?

Thank you!!

There isn't really a specific species that i really want to do but i am excited to do Furies as a whole. I have a lot of plans when it comes to regional subspecies (as in wooly howl being actually a subspecies living in the tundra, hence the fur/feathers to keep them warm)

And i also have a lot of ideas when it comes to the hybrid species from Titan Uprising and School of Dragons. Gonna change a lot about those.

Don't want to reveal too much yet tho :3

[evildenako]

Octofin

Lifespan: 80 – 90 years (female), 10 – 15 years (male)

Diet: Large fish, smaller sea dragons like Tide Gliders, but not opposed to attacking Scauldrons if the situation allows for a quick kill.

Fire type: Unknown as they stay far away from any danger as soon as they can sense it coming. Though, if attacked they will release a cloud of ink and either escape or strike lethally. Their jaws snapping down fast and hard enough to snap the neck of almost any dragon that might be attacking.

Closest relative: Shockjaw, Sliquifier

Predators: Females are not considered prey. Males get hunted down by other large sea dragons, great whites, bull sharks and sometimes even females if they stay in their territory too long when it’s not breeding season.

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Octofins were called Inkspews originally, named after the ink they produced which was harvested by people and used for writing and illuminating manuscripts and books. The females, being too large, were left alone, while males were hunted for their meat and ink sacs. Their population did not suffer greatly because of this as they reproduce quite often and have large clusters of eggs, also one ink sac lasts for years.

In modern times, Tom renames them to Octofins because of the eight prehensile tendrils at the end of their tail which resemble octopus tentacles.

Octofin females are exponentially larger than the males. But even so, the males are larger than a majority of sea life, largest ones reaching 2,5 meters.

Females are solitary, preferring large open seas with not much around. Males live in groups of maximum five individuals, staying around reefs and shallower water. Though they live in packs they do not hunt together. Each male going after their own prey.

Females have deeply saturated colors on their bodies, usually being a mix of blue, green and some yellows. Males are desaturated, their bodies almost white with only their “dorsal fins” being more colorful.

Males physically cannot become Titanwings. Females do, but their bodies do not change in many significant ways. Only their head tendrils/fins becoming split and longer, and their “tails” becoming bigger. The main difference is the Titanwings unwillingness to breed, attacking any male in the vicinity.

Females are only fertile for a month each 3 years. The male dies post mating either from energy exertion or because the female eats him. After a year and a half gestation period the female lays a clutch of about 20-30 male eggs and 1-2 female eggs. Not all of these eggs survive though and usually only 5-10 of the males end up surviving to the Broadwing stage.

[evildenako]

love how Done the baby skrill looks.

it is an infant, but with the aura of a 50yr old woman who has Seen Things and is just Done.

yeah lol, i can definitely see that :3

[evildenako]

Triple Stryke

Lifespan: 50 – 60 years 

Diet: They mainly hunt dragons of their own size, but will go after smaller species, yak, sheep or even fish if regular prey is scarce.

Fire type: Continuous streams of flames

Closest relative: Speed Stinger. Their species split from the same ancestor that possessed a venomous stinger, which both species inherited.

Predators: Large flocks of Deathgrippers. Not many other dragons are willing to get into fights with them even if it’s a flock against an individual.

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Triple Strykes, much like every Strike class species (excluding Deathgrippers) are almost fully solitary. Only forming pairs during breeding season. Triple Strykes are mates for life and will not find other mates if their first one dies.

There aren’t almost any differences between males and females. They are the same size and their coloring doesn’t depend on sex. The only surefire way to tell which sex a dragon is, is by seeing how it reacts to what they assume is a threat. Females will immediately become aggressive and defensive. Males will approach with curiosity. This is mainly because females are the ones taking care of hatchlings while males go off to live alone until the next breeding season comes around.

This is also why most tamed Triple Strykes are male. The only tamed females being those that were abandoned or stolen from their mothers.

Triple Strykes will usually be colored more earthly colors such as brown, dark green, muted blue tones and oranges. Some are still very brightly colored because their lineage of strong, long surviving predecessors allowed them to fly around fearlessly, their color reflecting their lacking need to hide in their surroundings.

A general rule that Triple Stryke coloration follows is that their primary color will always be darker than its secondary color. And that the middle tail of the three will always be the dragon's primary color.

Hatchlings are born with their scales lacking pigment, which develops as they age. So, a hatchling might look beige, but as it ages it will turn brown, Titanwings being the most saturated.

Outside of their coloring, Titanwings also have an additional pair of “horns” and their spines are bigger, and now also growing on their “arms”.

Triple Strykes are very sleek, therefore very fast. They are considered almost as deadly as Night Furies, twice as painful to get attacked by. They kill slowly unlike other Strike class dragons, paralyzing their prey and toying with it until they get bored or too hungry.

The paralyzing venom in their tail being the only thing allowing them to take down prey their own size without putting them in danger.