Dragons.... cool (#285286)

hi I just wanted to make a blog to post my pretty dragons. follows and interacts from goatmama

[shoredeeppresage]

I think my fave bit of lore from the olden days was Pearlcatchers having different pearl shapes depending on their personalities and if they were born PCs

and then imagine if we extended this to freshwater pearls too-

[royal-t8]

Interesting tidbit! I imagine that depending on where they were born in Sornieth, the color of the pearl would change too. Due to diet differences, nacre production, water mineral content, environment, and genetics like the molluscs of our real world counterparts. Pearls aren't uniformly white or ivory colored either.

(These two images are just a small fraction of the colors that those funky little molluscs can produce. And that's to say nothing of artificial support pearls/nacre for those PCs who don't have the gland to produce the nacre/don't produce enough nacre to catalogue their memories.)

SO a PC native to the Sea of a Thousand Currents would have a wide variety of brighter colors (because holy crap do pearl producing ocean bivalves have some interesting colors), whereas those born in more diluted fresh waters like in the Tangled Wood or Viridian Labyrinth would have more muted/pastel or white/ivory colors. Or they could just be a mix of both, because a bivalve from an ocean can still produce pastels (Pinctada fucata) and freshwater molluscs can produce more variations of color (Hyriopsis cumingii).

I'm not a marine biologist or pearl manufacturer. I just find aquatic life fascinating. (Also I kinda had a small hyperfixation on this for about a week straight a couple years ago due to my family eating oysters. Additionally I spent like 5 hours just now doing some more reading on it all. lmao)

[ser-i-vant]

i just have a weird thing for nasty mean scientists, apparently

[daily-fandragon]

Day 471

The Imposter from Among Us by Philanthropy

[ardent-scrutator]

i need everyone to also look at their mate

[flightrising-schmagons]

it’s october, perfect time to draw some valentines! probably some ooc going on here but oh well

(i am incapable of drawing tidelord, i am so sorry)

[ringleaderising]

gened up the glass frogs today, and they rewarded me handsomely for my efforts!

These Fucking Thangs coming soon!

[shramp-heaven-now]

Flight Rising Crew, why did you pick your current flight?

Aesthetic (colors, art, motifs, etc)

Eye color

Lore reasons

Vibes

At Random

Based on TV show, movie, book etc

Friends were there

Other (Please Explain)

Voting ended onJun 28, 2025

Genuinely curious how people choose.

I started in Nature because I love plants and animals but moved to wind after a year or so because liked the colors/aesthetic better.

Ps. Sorry if I missed any obvious options too. It was hard to figure out the wording for some options.

[dilsdragons]

i hope we get a break from ancients thats at LEAST long enough to get their short stories up. i cant come up with any lore for my ancients because i dont know what the context for their reappearance is and its frustrating me.

[oddfamiliar]

..what's thomas?

Oh boy, I get to chaotically stumble in trying to explain PNG dragon game meme history, bear with me.

So back in 2021, Flight Rising had a site event called Dustcarve Dig which eventually led to the reveal of a new modern dragon breed, the Obelisk (modern dragon releases are bigger events than ancient dragon releases which drop every 6 months or so but we don't have time for that ‐). In the meantime, a joke started that we would instead find humans, which led to this historic post/image

One mockup of a stock model in a suit led to an icon

Anyways, the joke popped off and eventually led to the main site forums, and before the irony could turn into actual sincere desire for humans to be added to the site, the mods had to make it clear

(I think this is also where the common use of Thomas Real started)

Lore-wise and site-wise, humans will never exist in Sornieth, with the closest things we'll get are the beastclans that have human characteristics (centaurs, maren, harpies, etc).

But we still live in hope

So it's become tradition at this point to say that every anniversary or site event, they'll finally drop Thomas and make him canon

Pretty sure I mucked up some info, so other FR users feel free to correct me or mention stuff I forgot

Anyways, Thomas 💖

[dunhoof]

i dont think we collectively talk about pearlcatcher architectural vandalism enough

[dunhoof]

oh, yknow, that thing pearlcatchers do where they sneak up to their enemies in the middle of the night and Build A House On Top Of Their House, In A Clashing Architectural Style. those fuckin neoclassical creeps over there who insulted your mustache whiskers? hit em with the bauhaus

[tinygryphon-58570]

It's June so I am once again voicing my desire for the anniversary thing to be a farming/cooking mechanic so I can feed my dragons something more complex than just wild grass and raw grubs

[floodedbypearls]

:) I love looking at my Wonder of U dragon.

Look at him too. This is a threat.

https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/101921246

[harpyartisan]

I know the joke is FR is the spreadsheet site, but I'll be entirely honest I do not use spreadsheets in anyway. I operate solely on whims and vibes, and if you put a perfectly thought out articulate spreadsheet in front of me, I will scream

[heckling-hydrena]

while we're on the topic of obelisks I think it's very cool how their statue forms can be all sorts of different materials based on the dragon's element/personality it's so fun like oooh does your oc turn to obsidian do they turn to sandstone there are so many possibilities so much cool symbolism to ponder..... however if I was an obelisk who turns to like limestone or something and I met a guy whose statue form was Solid Fucking Diamond? I would be sooo mad. I'd be pissed I'd be plotting that motherfucker's demise every second of every day

[heckling-hydrena]

while we're on the topic of obelisks I think it's very cool how their statue forms can be all sorts of different materials based on the dragon's element/personality it's so fun like oooh does your oc turn to obsidian do they turn to sandstone there are so many possibilities so much cool symbolism to ponder..... however if I was an obelisk who turns to like limestone or something and I met a guy whose statue form was Solid Fucking Diamond? I would be sooo mad. I'd be pissed I'd be plotting that motherfucker's demise every second of every day

[kasunshine]

Rodric, oldest dragon I got really needed his art updated. Bottom piece is like 7 years older lol.

[flightrising]

We heard you like Eclipse soooo…the Eclipse tertiary gene is now available for Modern and select Ancients!

[creatuesfromthedeep]

Tips for introducing more conflict into your Flight Rising lore (that aren't just "get a generic villain character")

Your dragons should be wrong sometimes. It doesn't have to be all the time, but they should misunderstand things, lie (intentionally or unintentionally), lash out when they're stressed, or just flatout dislike someone for no reason. Everybody will make bad decisions, and it's an easy way to introduce conflict without needing a specific antagonist character.

The world should be dangerous in some way. Think about your clan, and think about where your dragons would reasonably encounter some kind of danger. Is there a lot of crime in your clan? Is there a portion of your clan's territory that has a lot of hostile fauna? Is your clan currently clashing with another clan? Who knows, maybe the biggest danger is getting humiliated at the PTA bake sale, but try to think deeply on this. Once you know what places are dangerous, you can start thinking of how your clan deals with that danger.

A 100% approval rating government doesn't exist. The larger your clan, the more likely that there's dragons who disagree in some way, shape, or form with how the clan's being run. Maybe you've got an Anarcho-Capitalist Lightning clan with a small sect of Eco-Socialists that dislike the current rulers. Maybe you've got a tight-knit family unit but there's a dragon who doesn't agree with how chores are being divvied up. Maybe you've got a monarchy but, oops, you've got one dragon who REALLY disagrees with the concept of a monarchy!

Quick conflict is easy, prolonged plot is interesting. A conflict that can be resolved in 2 hours has a lot less narrative weight (typically) compared to a plot that takes 2 weeks to resolve. Err on the side of letting things fester and intensify if you want the juiciest conflict.

Your dragons should have wants just like anyone else, and those wants should conflict. A highly ambitious dragon joining a clan with well-established authorities is going to feel stifled by their inability to rise through the ranks. What happens when multiple dragons are courting the same dragon? What happens when multiple dragons want the same den location? Two dragons with deeply opposed desires can be the cornerstone of a lot of great lore.

Sometimes bad things happen for no reason. Natural disasters, plagues, sudden global conflicts (ex: Luminax), all of these things can be introduced quickly to churn up some conflict. Be careful to rely too heavily on this though, as it can erode away at your dragons narrative agency and make things feel grimdark (unless that's what you're going for)

Sometimes dragons are just jerks. People in real life are occasionally just mean, and there's no reason to say that your dragons can't just be a bit mean too. Schoolyard bullies, prissy Karens, workplace lunch-thieves, people who cut in line, etc. Don't be afraid to make some of your dragons just a bit mean, or annoying, or frustrating! In fact, I'd argue most dragons should have at least one trait that could potentially drive another dragon up the wall.