Dragon bathing headcanons?
Talking lore with @surfingrising has me curious. What does everyone think about dragon bathing practices? This is how I write my lore, but I’d love to hear input/any you can think of, and if there’s any official lore on this?
Coatls: Lick like cats and are very particular about it, especially the feathery parts.
Tundras: Dust baths all the way, rolling about happily and shaking like dogs when they’re done.
Skydancers: Preen like birds, and use water for quick dips like birds do, ruffling their feathers in it.
Ridgebacks: Polish their hard scales and sharpen their spines with a file on special occasions. No water. Ever.
Mirrors: I always pictured them to have a leathery hide? And always being on the go, they take mud baths, slopping about messily and letting it dry and crumble away naturally as they get on with their day.
Fae: Communal preening like a group of small monkeys, much licking, it’s a sign of closeness.
Snappers: Mud baths of course, but will happily wade into a river to wash down.
Spiral: What’s a bath? (constantly winding through tight spaces rubs any grime off anyway.)
Wildclaw: Carefully rubs off dirt with handfuls of leaves, but make sure to leave dried blood on for as long as they can: it’s a sign of a fight won.
Nocturne: Only cleans in private, at night when they wrap themselves up in their wings. Pretty much clean like bats.
Pearlcatcher: Remain immaculate at all times, using water and commonly a variety of lotions, products and concoctions. Water and towels for them, mud or leaves are unthinkable. The most likely breed to use too much perfume.
Guardians: A good swim, especially being tossed about in the waves, where the sand can buff their scales.
Imperial: Careful maintenance, keeping claws at the proper length and mane trimmed and detangled if need be is a must. Scales don’t need much maintenance, they shed often enough to be content with a polish here and there.
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