Lore Rising

Lore Rising is a blog dedicated to providing writing prompts to inspire Flight Rising users to create lore about their lair and its members.

[madrigalism-fr]

Imagine a Guardian whose charge is a bonfire and keeping it lit at all costs. Day in and day out they add more fuel to the fire, endlessly obsessing over it having enough wood and tinder to continue burning. On rainy days they remain out by the fire, shielding it with their wing to allow not even a single drop to hit the flames. Even if there’s a terrible thunderstorm, their clanmates still see them out there, shivering and curled around the fire to keep it safe and dry.

Even better, imagine they’re not even a fire dragon. Maybe they’re a water dragon, or an earth dragon, unable to just use magic to fuel the fire if need be. Maybe they would have a fiery familiar to help, at least? Either way, it’d be an awfully difficult task to guard a fire for the rest of one’s life.

[hungrytundras]

They set up on the hillside. Somewhere safe and secluded. Away from those who could hurt their charge. Those who would extinguish the delicate flame. A small tent for sleeping. Wilderness on all sides for hunting and foraging. And the fire.

Years pass.

The Fire Guardian is a landmark on the long road between settlements. They sit a ways back from the path alone, huddled around their charge. The pillar of smoke means half way to the next town.

The road is scarcely traveled, but still it isn’t long before the scant passers by begin to pity the poor thing. They leave gifts by the roadside, food, blankets, well wishes. Small things.

Years pass.

A great storm rocks the mountains. All around the locals begin to worry as rain pounds their homes for the pillar of smoke out in the hills. Returning there once the weather has cleared reveals a grizzled dragon, as worn by the elements as anyone would be after so long, huddled around a last glowing ember and so soaked through with rain that their tears are difficult to see.

The next day, a group arrives with gifts. Food, blankets, clothing, lumber, stone, clay, canvas. It takes days for the small circle of stones to become a hearth, and months for the walls and chimney to rise, but the next great storm falls upon a sturdy roof of tile and thatch, and smoke pours from a brick stack strong as ever when the skies clear. The guardian remains sturdy in their gratitude, but smiles to themself as they’re let be in a home that is more than a tent with a fire that is more than simple heat.

Years pass.

The inn is rather quaint in many ways. It marks the road halfway to the next town, and makes a well needed stop on a long journey for many. There are only a few rooms and the stock of its tavern is… humble, but a fire roars in its great hearth with such warmth that one would think it had been lit by flamecaller herself.

[geodebright-fr]

This story literally made me cry it’s so simple but beautiful thank you

[gimmethemprimals]

So. Is there any headcanon that you have for your lore that you just…. forget isn’t canon? I’m curious, let me know.

And any canon lore that you forget is…. canon

[dragonoffr]

Ask me things!

Basics

Dragonhome - What’s the meaning behind your username?

Sea of a Thousand Currents - Why did you join Flight Rising?

The Ashfall Waste - What’s your favorite part of the site?

The Windswept Plateau - Have you gotten friends of yours to join FR?

The Southern Icefield - What’s your favorite flight?

The Tangled Wood - What’s your favorite FR deity?

The Scarred Wasteland - When did you join Flight Rising?

The Sunbeam Ruins - What’s your favorite lair aesthetic (doesn’t have to be your own)?

The Shifting Expanse - Do you exalt a lot of dragons or do you keep them?

The Viridian Labyrinth - Do you have a favorite familiar?

Starfall Isles - Favorite piece of trivia you learned on the site?

Lore

Earthshaker - What role(s) do your progens play in your lore (if they do at all)?

Tidelord - Does the element of your dragons’ eyes matter to you in lore?

Flamecaller - How do you determine jobs for the dragons in your clan?

Windsinger - Does your clan interact with other users’ clans and does that impact lore?

Icewarden - Does FR’s official site lore play into your own?

Shadowbinder - Do you have any lore about how your dragons view exalting? If so what is it?

Plaguebringer - Do you keep lore if a dragon already has it or do you change it to fit your clan?

Lightweaver - What’s the story behind your clan?

Stormcatcher - What catches your eye in other people’s lore?

Gladekeeper - Do your dragons’ names follow any themes/patterns and if so does that play into their lore?

Arcanist - Do you like writing lore or reading it more?

The Beastclans - Is there an antagonist in your lore? If so, who?

Breeds

Fae - Who’s your random progen?

Mirror - Who’s the progen you made?

Guardian - What’s your favorite starter breed?

Tundra - What’s your favorite breed?

Pearlcatcher - Is there a breed you like the pose of one gender over the other?

Ridgeback - What’s one breed you could never go without having in your lair?

Snapper - Is there a breed you like the hatchlings better than the adults, and if so what breed?

Spiral - Do you make breeding pairs for a specific outcome?

Skydancer - Do you like to make mates match?

Bogsneak - How often do you impulse buy dragons?

Imperial - What’s one breed you just don’t like for whatever reason?

Nocturne - Do you collect gen 1s?

Coatl - Which dragon breed has your favorite lore, regardless of how much you like/dislike how they look?

Wildclaw - Do breeding cooldowns frustrate you?

Flights

Light - What flight did you choose and why?

Earth - Do you have flight ambassadors? Why or why not?

Shadow - If you could change flights for a single day and go back to your own after, what would you switch to and why?

Plague - What region of Sorneith is your favorite?

Water - Do you want your dragons’ eyes to match their colors, and if so does that impact what dragons you keep/breed?

Ice - What’s your favorite flight aesthetic (if you have one)?

Fire - What are your thoughts on dom pushes?

Arcane - What’s your favorite thing about your flight?

Nature - Do you like finding newbies in your flight?

Wind - If you were to summarize each flight into three words, what words would you use for which flight?

Lightning - What’s your favorite familiar from your flight?

Customization

Primary - What are your favorite gene combinations on dragons (primary, secondary, and tertiary)? Share your faves!

Secondary - What’s your proudest gene project, if you have one?

Tertiary - If you have a dragon with poorly mixing colors, what is your preferred tertiary gene to try and compensate?

Apparel - Do you prefer to dress your dragons for their roles or what you think looks best on them?

Accent - Have you ever seen an accent/skinscent/skin that you wished existed for another breed or gender?

Skinscent - What is your favorite skin, accent, or skinscent?

Skin - What’s your least favorite skin, accent, or skinscent?

Original color wheel - List your top five favorite colors and why.

Color wheel expansion - What’s your favorite gene and color combination (i.e. orca glimmer)? Share a dragon with that combo!

Scrying Workshop - What is your dream dragon?

Trading and Socializing

Forums - What’s your favorite forum game and why?

Coliseum - Do you like to do coliseum?

Fairgrounds - What’s your favorite Fairgrounds game?

Auction House - We’ve all done it, what one thing did you not notice a misclick while selling that still haunts you to this day?

Marketplace - Are you saving up for any big purchases right now?

Crossroads - Do you ever check in on dragons you’ve sold to see how they’re doing?

Dominance - Have you ever bought fodder, only to get attached and keep it?

Trading Post - Have you made friends through or because of FR?

Festivals and Events

Crystalline Gala - Do you like to participate in the holidays?

Trickmurk Circus - Do you hoard elemental currency after the events are over or do you sell it off?

Mistral Jamboree - If you have elemental reps, do you dress them in their element’s holiday apparel?

Wavecrest Saturnalia - What’s your favorite elemental familiar?

Greenskeeper Gathering - Have you ever gotten an elemental egg?

Brightshine Jubilee - What was the first elemental holiday you ever participated in?

Thundercrack Carnivale - Are there events that you participate in on FR outside of the official festivals and events (secret Santa, trick or treat, etc)?

Flameforger’s Festival - What do you do to prepare for an event?

Starfall Celebration - What’s your favorite elemental holiday?

Riot of Rot - Do you have any retired items or familiars that you want to come back for a holiday?

Rockbreaker’s Ceremony - Does your flight do anything to prepare for events, if so what and do you participate in that?

Week of Welcome - What do you think of the change in registration windows?

Night of the Nocturne - What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever gotten in an event?

[kingcrxwn]

non-dragon lore asks

As someone who plays this game weird and has only angels with absolutely no dragons to speak of, it can be hard to find ask memes that I can even answer.  If you’re in the same boat, this is for you!  And even if you’re not, hey!  It’s still an ask meme. Hopefully these are helpful for worldbuilding and character development whether you have twenty eldritch weirdos, or just one alien being in a clan of dragons.

Take the “they” in this however you want— feel free to specify which entity you mean, or leave it general.

What kind of entity are they?  Cosmic horror, angelic, demonic, general horror, old god, or something else? 

Are they from Sornieth?  If they’re not from Sornieth, what brought them here?

How powerful are they?  What form do their abilities take?

Do they have any weaknesses, whether physical, spiritual, or magical?

How do they differ from a dragon, magically, mentally, and/or physically?

Are they mortal?  If not, how does their immortality work?

Do they have a true form?  If so, do they bother to hide their appearance or just let the dragons around them deal?

How do they relate to the elements and gods?

Does their presence in Sornieth cause disturbances?

What do they think of the disturbances caused during BotE?  Were they involved?  Has it affected them in any way?

Are there any rules that govern their existence?  If so, what are they and how do they work?

How do they relate to dragons?  What do they think of dragonkind?

What’s their general attitude towards dragonkind’s holidays (Warrior’s Way, NotN, elemental festivals)?

Do they have a certain location that’s important to them?  Perhaps an item?  Or maybe even a dragon?

What would they do if a hatchling waddled up and handed them a chewed on plushie?

[radiant-flutterbun]

FR Lore Event Survey

Hello Flight Rising lore community!

Do you want to participate in a community run, interactive lore event? If so, I would like to host such an event!

I have a few ideas as to what this event could look like, but I would like to know what others want to see!

Here is a survey if you’re interested in such an event!

Boosts are greatly appreciated!

[gimmethemprimals]

"Which of your dragons are LGBT-"

trick question, all of them

[coffee-fr]

Fr lore game time bc I'm curious

What time period is your lair closest to being in, does it have utilities (electricity, water, sewer, gas, ect), and what is the most advanced piece of technology available in it that has a real world equivalent?

My lair is an Inn/Cabin rental service set in fantasy 1980s, we have electricity, plumbing, forced-air heating/cooling & a radio tower, & the most advanced thing we own is Personal computers (like MS DOS & Apple II depending) and we also have shitty trucks and ATVs bc nobody in the clan can fly or has substantial magic.

[xxdemonicheartxx]

Thinking about greenhouses and dragons that might live in them and what they might cultivate in the glass mansions.

How they are overgrown because of the ley lines in the land.

Abandoned lairs beastclans are renovating and bringing back to life.

Monolairs of fae growing bee friendly plants to support a hearty crop of insects for themselves or tundras and skydancers growing food for themselves.

Massive output of out of season fruits to be exported across the realms year round.

Lush flowers purchased for weddings and apparel items and dyes.

Just. Hrgh. Greenhouses :hearteyes:

[xxdemonicheartxx]

How dragons keep clothes on with wings

Holes!

Buttons! Practical!

Snaps! Convenient!

Laces or ribbons up the back for dresses and gowns

Open back shirts! Comfy!

Magnet strips sewn in for more streamlined clothes or dress shirts. Pinchy if too small, chafes if too loose, often used in diving gear since they don’t rust

Weighted edges to prevent riding up or billowing during flight (more exclusive to robes and dresses)

Topless????

Zippers? Careful you might get pinched!

Hook and clasp for easy on and off, some are decorative to look like a fish and hook or a set of claws!

[clan-univorn]

Do you think pearlcatchers put items into their pearls? Like an item they got or scales of another dragon? It’d make the Pearl imperfect, but it’s the memory that counts right?

Or even having something as the core item (if they got it young enough or if they were somehow able to remake a Pearl)

I think I’ve seen videos where they placed a plastic star or shape in a clam and it made a star looking pearl. Also you can carve pearls. So pearlcatchers carving out bad memories or ones they want to forget. Replace that spot with a new memory

Here are some natural pearl shapes

[bellasdragons]

Not sure if this is a rhetorical just-for-thought type question or if you want an answer, but canonically yes, some scrolled Pearls do this! (and some just don't bother with pearls) Hatched Pearlcatchers have perfect spheres with the cores made from their eaten-then-regurgitated eggshells. c:

From the Q&As:

Question #1

Question #9 (not detailed, but could squick people out as a heads up)

Obviously no need to adhere to any of this (and probably more fun not to!) but wanted to share bc I remembered seeing it and thought it might be of interest. (also hope the links work trying to add them from mobile)

[dire-vulture]

Places that canonically exist on Sornieth, apparently

The Caribbean (color) Brussels (Brussels Sprouts) Bengal (Bengal Chimera) Java (Java sparrow) Labrador (Labradorite) The Everglades (Everglade Lasher) Maine (Mainecoon) Scotland (Scottish Fold) France (French Bulldog) Yorkshire, though dragons do not know where it is (Yorkshire Terrier) Hell (Hellbender)

[autopilot-rising]

Writing Prompts

This is more for me so I don’t lose it, as something to do before bedtime. I prob wont complete it, but anyone is free to use it. It is based off the Aug 2020 Writers Month list, with most of them changed since I either A: didn’t know what they meant or B: just didn’t sound fun or keep my attention.

Feel free to use this for writing about your dragons, your own stories, and honestly whatever you want. Knock yourself out. If a listing does not sound fun, I added some alternatives on the bottom you can pick from. Enjoy!

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Rules: Simply write as much as you can in one day for a particular prompt. You do not have to finish the prompt.

1.  Villain/Hero Swap

2.  Quarantine/Isolation

3.  Magic

4.  Demons/Angels

5.  Soulmates/Companions/Best Friends

6.  Ocean of Water/Ocean of Stars

7.  Hurt/Comfort

8.  Prince/Princess

9.  Illness

10. There was only one bed!

11. The End of the world

12. “Can I keep it?”

13. Humble Beginnings

14. Metamorphosis/Transformation

15. Werewolves/Vampires

16. First Contact

17. Yearning/Wishing/Hoping

18. Myths & Legends

19. PoW/Prisoner(s) of War

20. Loss

21. Family

22. Sacrifice

23. After Death

24. Machine

25. Dragons/Magical Creature of Choice

26. Cryogenicly Frozen/Unfrozen

27. Cursed

28. Homemade/Handmade

29. High school/College/Boarding School AU

30. Comedic Relief/“What did you DO?!?!”

31. Happily Ever After

Bonus/Alternate Substitutions

- Enchanted Forest

- Survival/Roughing It/Camping

- Illusions/Ideal Self Vs Current Self

- Put into a ‘zoo’ by aliens

- Shipwrecked/Crash Landed/Stranded

- Wolf/Lion/Cat/Animal AU

- Down on your Luck/It cant get any worse!

- Revenge

- Fight Scene

- Left Behind/Abandoned

- Gods/Goddesses/Deities

- Computer Simulations/Virtual World/The Internet

- Duplicates/Alternate Versions

- Greatest Fear

- A Heart to Heart

[writing-prompt-s]

Reincarnation is definitely real, and everyone is born with a message in their mind from their past life.

[writing-prompt-s]

A pirate captain is captured and taken prisoner by an enemy ship. Just when things take a turn for the worst, that’s when it shows up.

[writing-prompt-s]

Two months into your new, anonymous pen pal relationship, you begin to realize your pen pal is actually William Shakespeare.

[writing-prompt-s]

You have God-like powers to change the world. You just can't be bothered.

[nynehells]

concept: bogsneak fins grow constantly as they tend to get ripped and torn from roughness and creeping through brambles and through tight spaces so its become kind of a fun thing in rare bogsneak social groups to manicure their fins with various clippings or trimmings or embellishments that are like their equivalent of a haircut

except with these

and maybe even these

but also especially these