bunny emoji and lion emoji !! (sorry i couldnt find a way to send the pics :p)
thanks for the ask :D!
🐰Share a dragon who'd get a speeding ticket
that's gotta be Cuu who, despite lacking eyes, certainly loves to zoom around and run laps around the Altar when they are on the road. He can do some sick swerves and skids but has caused a lot of crashes as well, but it's ok! he is a good lad and didn't mean to slam into those crates, officer!
🦁Share two dragons who are menaces to society, and their babysitter dragon
Only two? Actually this is a perfect chance to ramble a bit about these guys
First, the menaces:
Olim and Rival Both come from the same clan with Olim coming from the wealthier and noble side with huge expectations placed upon himself that barely allowed him to figure himself out and what he truly wanted to do with his life. Rival on the other hand, was raised to serve Olim's family every whim which is something he came to accept with reluctance, always wishing to do something more exciting with his life as well. Despite having similar struggles neither met each other until later on in their lives.
During one of his family's travels for negotiations, their convoy got ambushed by a rival clan. Olim survived and took the chance to get away from his boring life. He met Arida:
who became his caretaker or "loyal partner", a title she wishes he could stop using because it makes it seem like they are a thing which, no thanks.
Olim always loved those extravagant tales of adventures and thiefs making their way and stealing riches in daring heists and flamboyant attires, so with his new found freedom and Arida's reluctant support (and metaphorical leash on him so he didn't do something stupid) they both became wayward bandits. He would make all these theatric set ups and give these cheesy monologues for their reason to rob the poor fellow that crossed their paths with Arida standing by in case a true confrontation came to be and take Olim's ass out of a beating.
Rival on the other hand, suffered the downfall of their homeclan along with his family. Not wanting to serve the next leader that stepped up after their previous one's dissapearance/death, he and his folks ran away, eventually separating and him ending alone to fend for himself.
Both parts met by chance and Rival, who still held grudges towards Olim's family, wished nothing more than to take his frustrations on him but it was a worthless endeavor; the spiral couldn't care less about that from what he could tell and he didn't even know the guy in the first place. Still, he would be deep into the ground before he admitted into that desire to have some friendship with Olim despite everything. He could however, play along with the other's delusions and get some fun out of that. So he became a sort of "rival" to him, always behind his tracks to put an end to his schemes. Something Olim took in stride, welcoming the mirror into their weird LARP thing they had going on, all despite Arida's warnings and reservations towards the mirror.
And so these folks spend their days having this whole act of cat, mice and girl with shoe in hand in case they screw up with their shenanigans.
who are the dragons for the "Love is some kind of punishment" post? and why did you choose them for that autogenerate pic? /eyes emoji
EEEEEHEHEHE SO XANTHIA AND CAMIR! this is going to be so long
For Xanthia, she was previously Pentes' wife! The two were married in order to unite Pentes' kingdom with a country that would merge with his own, and she had been the firstborn daughter of this country's previous leader. Because Pentes himself is an immortal, and he LOVES himself some consistency, Xanthia was granted a shared immortality upon this marriage in order for her to be his wife for eternity. Which wasn't exactly something she had wanted at the time, but over the first couple of decades of their marriage she grew to genuinely love him as at the time Pentes was good to his people, and in turn good with her.
But. Pentes isn't a good man. He is the physical embodiment of mud, the Lord Alluvium specifically, and was given his sentience by pure exposure to King Norve, who was very pissed when he was digging underneath the Scarred Wasteland. He inherited this anger and the want for power that King Norve had wanted at the time. So, after their multi-decade-long honeymoon phase, Pentes began to try and gain more and more power by taking over the land around him. Much of this land is actually where the Quarantine Zones are in the Scarred Wasteland now, and if he could overpower someone, he would do it without hesitation; so the peak of his rule expanded for this entire area and then some. Xanthia didn't like this.
The Thing about Xanthia is that she's very straightforward and blunt about her opinions. She thought this drastic expansion was unnecessary and greedy, and would only hurt their people in the long run, which was NOT something Pentes wanted to hear. For most of these expansions, because she loved him so much, she kept her mouth shut and did what she could behind his back, but it wasn't much because (motions to the mud part) he quite literally had eyes everywhere there was dirt.
She would become more defiant though the more it started to affect their kingdom negatively. Pentes was solely concerned about gaining power, for what he never knew, but he knew he needed it and wanted it. He was becoming more and more aggressive, more arrogant, and while to the outsiders perspective his kingdom might have been thriving through this, the reality was that it was tearing apart the inner councils and that the kingdom was very near collapse. So Xanthia decided she had QUITE enough of it and finally, publicly, denounced what Pentes was doing.
Pentes to the public eye took the speech she made gracefully. He acknowledged what she had qualms with, and announced that he would make a formal speech in return, and address any problems his people might have as well. but well actually he was pissed as hell.
The Thing Is Though. he couldn't just kill her. she honest to god wanted to rest, so it wouldn't scare her to threaten to take her immortality. On top of that, it would ruin the image that his kingdom was Fine Actually for the Queen to suddenly die in some way, so soon after she made a speech against him. So he keeps her alive. but he doesn't keep his people alive, and that is what hits her the hardest. Before they married she was in schooling to become a doctor, and was notorious for helping those around her no matter their status/relevance.
The title of Bell is one held within King Norve's Council. The Bell is a warning signal, to take on the dress of the Bell is to announce that there imminent danger that is unavoidable, and no one will escape the incoming tragedy alive, and typically this dress is given by King Norve himself and the title holder will act as a messenger. Each Bell title holder usually has its own moniker, and Pentes' title would come to be the Blood-Ridden Bell. Six months after his response to Xanthia's claims and soothing his kingdom, he very suddenly has an "outburst of magic" after donning the Crown of Pins* that leads to a very violent slaughter of a GOOD portion of the inner kingdoms people. His end goal was to devastate Xanthia so horribly that she fell into a deep depression, and become something malleable for him to manipulate-- because she has power of her own! While she's wasn't a god like him, she was becoming one through exposure to him, and she could've very easily be turned into a living weapon just like King Norve himself.
But she doesn't devastate like he intended her to. After "coming back to his senses" and "realizing what he had done", Xanthia is already making moves to leave this kingdom. Of course she's in pain about what had just happened, but she knows Pentes after well over 200 years of being married to him, and knows that he is just Too Powerful to have an uncontrolled outburst like that. His power is well cultivated and precise, but he didn't account for the fact that Xanthia knew him so intimately as she did-- because while she loved him, he didn't love her fully. She was a prop for his kingdom, and he believed her to be just as knowledgeable about his power as his people. But she is insanely smart! And Again! Loved Him Deeply! so she would pay attention to these things!
So he scrambles. He's apologetic to his peoples and seems to be deeply ashamed of what he's done and immediately goes to repair what's been lost to the best of his abilities, even putting in significantly more work to rehabilitate everyone in the kingdom and bring back people to the inner kingdom. But Xanthia is missing. and people notice this quickly. But he never gives a proper statement as to what happened to her, because truthfully, for a very long time he genuinely didn't know-- only that she was definitely still alive.
This ofc pisses him the fuck off even after King Norves gives him the little Bell promotion in titling him the Blood-Ridden Bell, because while he has technically gained power, he could've had a LOT more power if he had kept Xanthia and turned her into the weapon he wanted her to become. But alas.
So, Xanthia is exiled from Pentes' rule, and in turn is exiled from the Vermin Court, which pins a very large target on her back if she is to be rediscovered by the wrong dragons of this court.
Right now, Xanthia is actually taking shelter under Anura's eye in the Clan of Phrauge, and has been since the Clan was first originated. Not many within the clan actually know who Xanthia is at length, just that she's an immortal doctor and was said to have known Anura when he was the Clans leader. Pentes, as of the present storyline, is actually aware of this and visits Xanthia VERYYYYY very downlow.
It's usually to taunt her. She is still sickeningly in love with who Pentes was before he become who he is now. She always seems to be in a state of mourning of this version of him, and it doesn't seem like she'll stop mourning him anytime soon, especially when he visits her. Some days he'll come to her and basically lovebomb her into confusion, other days he'll be cruel and accusatory, threatening to expose her to those who want her dead for abandoning him, etc etc etc. It's really bad. Anura unfortunately isn't in high of enough rank for his actions to sway Pentes any, and because he is still affiliated with the Vermin Court he can't completely keep Pentes out of his clans boundaries-- especially not without exposing the fact he is still alive to his own clan.
So. Xanthia is just very tired. She'll always love who Pentes was, and he will always dangle this over her head.
*- Crown of Pins: This was a crown made by some of the first organized Religions around the Plaguebringer, specifically when she was still known as Jhortanas to the common people. It was worn by religious leaders while performing rituals in order to communicate with her, and became a weapon of destruction after being imbued with ancient plague magic. King Norve stole this crown after running off on his own, and gave it to Pentes to form his physical body. Pentes only brings out this crown when he intends to do mass destruction, ie, the Blood-Ridden Bell Murder.
Now. 1. imagine if i had this in a bio. 2. Camir's situation is. significantly less convoluted. HELP.
Camir Moreno is the second husband of "Arianwyn" Craftwood aka Crafty, but the two divorced somewhat recently and on less than neutral terms. It's rumored that the two had children and that well he didn't get custody, but given that the Craftwoods are so vigilant about keeping their family members anonymous within reason, no one actually knows if there's actually any kids. But
Camir grew up with Crafty in the burrow market. For as long as he can remember he's been in love with her. He fell for her REALLY hard and continued to love her throughout a shit ton of Burrow Market Tragedies:tm: and even the War of Flies which VERY much fucked up things for them. but hes also a narcissist and has a shit ton of his own problems and while the love he has is genuine, he never actually got along with her that well?!?!?
They had conflicting interests for the Burrow as they both climbed in leadership. They had conflicting customers, ethics, literally everything, and it came to a point where he very legitimately questioned Why he loved her, but came down to like 'heh i just like women who stand their ground' which like. sure whatever.
he was very difficult to deal with in marriage, and the only reason why they even married was for political gain. The Morenos and Craftwoods on the surface are very influential families in the Gabbro (old city in phrauge) and having these families come together would only bring each other customers. The second this shit was proposed Camir agreed. But it took craftwood a LOOT of hefty talking into because she had actually, previously, been married to fucking Patriarch Feir (guy who made Bawkrya the Patriarch with no warning) which is A BIG DEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!! and that marriage obviously led to divorce as well, and she just didnt want to waste her time with more political marriages (and also she was preoccupied banging women and sopping wet men (neither of which is camir))
but she would relent. and immediately regret.
They made the marriage work just long enough for her to get some important contracts that she wanted out of the marriage, but she very quickly handed him the divorce papers the second she knew she could safely break off the marriage w/o severing what she built Off of the marriage. and Camir found this really insulting. Because again, he really liked her! he's had a fascination with her since he was like fifteen! but he absolutely didn't have the words to express this, and didn't feel like it was necessary to do such because oh you're my wife now.
But, he perceives anything she does that he doesn't like as something to spite him and is generally very petty about the divorce, and Quite Literally has beaten the FUCK out of someone for bringing it up in a manner he didn't like. On the surface, he holds an amicable relationship with her, but its something he Has to do as they're both burrow masters.
anyways he was just in love with the idea of her that he made in his head that is absolutely nothing like what Crafty's actually like as a person, and she is very well aware of this. The marriage isnt the first time he's brought up his feelings for her. Hes just one of those guys that cant take no for an answer
to Craftwoods delight though, Xidorn aka her sopping wet man her little rabid ring dog her sweet cinnamon apple, ends up getting a hit on Camir and kills his ass after provoking him during a VERYYY large fighting tournament in the death rings. They both coordinate his assassination even getting vasyl in on it, and uhhh i havent planned anything beyond this but camir gets whats coming for him.
whatre u guys going to fill the wymwound with? it should be lava mainly probably right? or maybe somehow mixed with swamp water for the green stuff? maybe? what update are you guys using 1.14 for the bamboo forests for the windswept plateau? im sorry, im just Obsessed with curiousity
We’re holding off on showing our Wyrmwound quite yet, but here’s a teaser of the pestilent soup to be found within!
We’re building on 1.13.2 now, but we hope that we’ll be able to jump to 1.14 for release!
ur lore is so COOL i love it..... are there any more fun facts about it >:3c
HWHFWFWWHH WAHH TYSM........... ;;__;; sorry it took me this long to get 2 this yesterday was. A Day. im working on a semi-proper post of Lore Thoughtz now so im not sure how much i wanna say since im elaborating more anyway. hm
ok 1 fun thing is that while most dragon’s shifted/gjinka/humanoid/whatever form are Pretty Set (like they can’t change their whole face/body shape or w/e at will or anything like that, their form is based on their actual dragon self ofc, and they cant just decide to look like entirely different ppl every time they shift) dragons w/ particularly strong magic abilities can change some small features & cosmetic things--ie hair, nails, etc, and some can even change things like how certain gene patterns (esp. tertiary genes) are presented in their shifted form!!!
vinheim for example changes his nails a lot just for like, The Looks yknow, Its Free At-Will Manicure Babey, but he can also change the way his filigree looks. the “mask” thing on him as actually part of/melded into his face (as well as some of what appears to be silver jewelry on his torso, arms, legs, tho he does still wear plenty of actual jewelry haha) so they’re p much always on the same areas/overall shape but he can change up the patterns & how intricate they look. which is partially “cool fun and very in character thing to do and a way of presenting the filigree gene i like a lot” and also partly “i’m lazy and can’t draw that shit consistently”
another example is arcell’s cute runes-colored/glowing freckles are an aesthetic choice he made for himself. like he does that on purpose. he can control that much of his form and he decides to do glowy horns and freckles. however if u ask him he will lie and say he didn’t decide that and it’s just the form he stuck with. do not believe him.
whats the biggest trade points of Clan Phrauge? and are they open to lets say other traveling dragons looking for goods or services?
VERY MUCH SO! The Bluelake Lane, owned presently by Alvery Labrie, is the primary way to get goods into Phrauge, and is conveniently closer to the Burrow Market than one would think hehe!!
The Bluelake Lan runs from Dragonhome, cuts through the Tangled Wood, then comes back around into the Scarred Wasteland in this little area, and runs right through the Gabbro and into the city Anura which is presently Phrauges capital, then out of the clan itself.
Alvery specifically owns the part of this lane that is within The Gabbro (city in dragonhome bounds but belongs to phrauge) and vets goods coming in from dragonhome and the tangled wood before they go in. Or he turns his eyes away when goods go towards the burrow market, which sits really low in the cliff face on Plagues wall in that giant ravine between plague and earth
Alvery has quite a bit of connections when it comes to this trade route, and more often than not can be found at Phrauges trading points! Which are: The Burrow Market, The Gabbro, and Old Phrauge. But in order to know what the burrow market even is, you'd have to be in some severely shady territory, so generally most Normal Individuals would point you to Gabbro or Old Phrauge when it comes to trading.
All three sections are absolutely rife with business coming in and out of these cities. Phrauge is quite literally built on this trade as the clan sits on the meeting point of three flights!
The Burrow Market is especially crowded with a vicious market taking up three layers in a big ass cave underneath the scarred wasteland, and the main market that attracts dragons down there is actually the Silver Market. You can make just about ANY deal down here, but dont expect immediate success, and DO NAWWWT go into this market without some kind of guide because you'll either get scammed to literal death or piss off the wrong person just by breathing in their direction. Lots of clans buy fighters out of the burrow, take part in the egg trade, or criminals/exiles/etc. hide out here to avoid getting murked. Yippee!
The Gabbro is just about as old as Old Phrauge, but the trading in the market here is a bit more well known than Old Phrauges post. It's a lot less complicated (and more safe) to perform normal trades, getting regular work, etc etc here and is where most travelers would actually go when it comes to Phrauges whole trade points. This is where you would most frequently see Alvery when hes not doing his rich man things
As for Old Phrauge, the market here is a lot smaller than the Gabbros! Old Phrauge is just. Old! And while Bawkrya is making moves to update this part of the clan the best he can without pissing off the elders (same with the temples/older parts of the gabbro), most would really only go here for antique type things, historical interest reasonings, or to get services that only really the elders can provide anymore (namely in relation to Phrauges tilework, or overall how they used to build their homes). It's still a decently good place to go for trade though, but it Is harder to get any success if you're not already pretty well established.
Fortinbras is Another important figure when it comes to these trade routes/operations, especially as the head of Clan Relations! hes usually SUUUPER busy but being able to talk to this guy will get u hooked up to literally Whatever you need at all. like anything. you get his stamp and you're literally golden in Old Phrauge and the Gabbro (not so much the burrow though).
Clan Phrauge also deals exports/imports thru the Acridi Harbor which sits on the plague/water border! Business can be found here, but the harbor is just as dangerous as the burrow, if not more dangerous because of how absolutely filled to the brim with ghosts it is, but again if you have someone who knows their way around, or an invitation in particular, you should be able to get through and look around the market/city with ease. Bawkrya also particular has deals going on with Matvei of the Crimson Beauty and Jisa of the Sapphira, two ghost pirates that the citizens of Phrauge just really.......... dont like................. but i dont remember why. LMFAO
theresprobably like more but its midnight for me and i cant think right now <- worked all day. but trade is a very important aspect of the clan especially when it comes to import/export with other clans! So if any1 is ever interested in setting up goods to be traded amongst clans. (holds my hand out to you) lets set up trade routes together
