Fabergé, Chick, 1899-1908 (source).
I NEVER KNEW ANY OF THEM HATCHED
Peep peep peep peep
can someone write a children’s book about a magic jeweler who makes fabergé eggs and then takes care of the chicks that hatch because this is adorable
what if that is how dragons started? some really high-powered magic combined with a massively talented craftsperson and they actually created dragons eggs? And like, depending on what kind of gemstone they were carved out of would determine the dragon’s abilities. Diamonds give you ice dragons. Their scales are prized for armor because of how strong and light they are. The only problem is actually killing one to get their scales because of how strong they are. Sapphires would be water dragons with webbed wings, hands and feet for swimming. Sunning themselves on beaches. They breathe steam rather than fire. Emerald would be forest dragons, with eyes the color of fresh fruit and scales that look like leaves.
@navigatorsnorth rock dragons, what do you think?
What do I think? I think you’ve caught me in a storyteller’s mood is what I think.
Optical calcite can be brittle and difficult to properly work with, but the rewards are great. Small, frosted dragons of Iceland spar become the favoured companions of kings. It is said that the double refraction makes it easy for them to detect falsehood.
People laugh at the first artisan to turn a terracotta dragon, but what is clay but just another mineral? Hardy and fireproof, the ceramic dragons curl to life in kilns. They find their way into foundries and kitchens, warm, always warm.
The best surgeons find themselves adopted by lithe obsidian familiars with careful slicing claws knapped sharper than the finest scalpel. Services stay the same, but the rates change. A fee for the surgeon, sparkling trinkets for the familiar’s hoard.
Glossy granite monoliths guard the finest banks, their flanks polished by the brush of passing hands. For luck. For wealth. Entrust your savings to us the banners read. No vaults are safer.
Tiny malachite dragons perch watchfully over the cradles of children. Their mottled gaze provides protection against the evil eye more potent than any ancient amulet wrought by the Greeks.
nav are you kidding me these are magical please feel free to write more dragons whenever you need a creative outlet
Off the back of this, please feel free to send me rock/mineral suggestions for dragons. l already have hematite, sandstone and quartz lined up, as well as a couple of random obscure ones.
guys guys do it nav knows ALL the rocks nav is a professional geologist
