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[carn3lian-claws]

summary of the characters of a WoF story I'm writing called North Star ..

Valiance: Main protag, mom was pure NightWing and Dad was a NightWing-IceWing hybrid. Raised by his half-sister Sharpeyes after his parents were executed. She somehow managed to convince the authorities that Lance was full NightWing and had the same father as her. Now her goal is to gaslight herself and Lance into believing he's actually full NightWing so they never have to even think about his disgusting IceWing heritage again. Lance is worried, untrusting, loyal, and desperate to prove himself worthy of his tribe's love. He's an outcast since everyone suspects he's part IceWing. He hates his IceWing blood.

Sharpeyes: Major side character. Well-meaning but very harmful. She's a good manipulator. She passed down a lot of Lance's traits to him, like being paranoid, distrustful, and believing if he just puts himself under enough pressure all his flaws will be forced out. They come from a very trusted family on Sharp's father's side, often sent out to the continent. Sharpeyes takes Lance out as often as possible to keep him away from everyone else.

Prince Caribou: main protag. He was the only dragonet that Queen Pandora had before her beloved husband, King Arge, was assisinated and she was too heartbroken to remarry. Caribou hopes to become the next ruler and isn't 100% moral with his methods of proving himself a worthy heir. He's a very sweet and sentimental dragon. Awkward with other dragonets his age since he's not used to being around them. Has been slowly given more and more power as his mother slips further into her grief. Very booksmart, like most first-circle IceWings.

Adenium: main protag. SandWing that definitely has HiveWing heritage, she just doesn't know it. She has acidic venom in her claws and claims her tall barb can melt out your entire chest cavity in seconds. Grew up with a large group of traveling merchants before joining a group of traveling gladiators. Mean-spirited, threatening, tough, self-conscious. She doesn't know how to handle genuine emotion so she either gets mad about it or turns the interaction satire. Only really feels good about herself when fighting.

Pyralis: main protag. A SkyWing with weak mind control abilities. Mostly she just uses it to instantly put dragons to sleep because actually controlling them is extremely difficult and overwhelming if they aren't completely willing. She's flamboyant, chatty, confident, hard-working, ambitious, selfish, and mean. Hates authority and being told what to do. Afraid of having her mind read and scared of any accessories she didn't make herself.

Opal: Main villain. Yes, the canon Opal. The part of her controlling the Gift of Vision ring went insane so she wants to use the visions to force the next IceWing queen to basically let her live and rule through them. I'm changing a few things about canon to give her more power.

I'm thinking about adding a fifth protag, someone cheerful and nice to balance out how bleak everyone else is. I guess that could be Caribou, but he's too quiet I think

But yeah is anyone interested in my little lads..

[carnyreborn]

Heyo guys!

Posted a commission work for Overwatch! Some Mako/Kiriko/Kiriko's mom! Check it here:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/51338884

Hope you like it!

Oh yeah please share and reblog, if you liked the story. Helps a ton!

[carn3lian-claws]

Luna my favorite dragonet of destiny anyways look at my Wings of Silk AU

also if you'll notice I gave her the star I give all my dod designs

"Our "wings of sky" isn't exactly accurate. She's not a SkyWing, that's for sure. To be frank, no one has any idea what she is. The guardians say she's unlike anything anyone's ever seen. Kestrel told us someone found her egg on the beach shortly before we lost our SkyWing and the Talons took it as a sign. Everyone says she's not in the prophecy, but I think she's more worthy of it than any of us." <- me roleplaying as clay for a crappy lore drop

"Her wrists started glowing shortly after we reached the Kingdom of the Sea. I hope she's alright. Tsunami thinks Scarlet did something to her."

[carn3lian-claws]

New WoF au I thought of: wings of fire anarchy au (suggest better names pls?)

It's been sixteen years since the War of SandWing succession officially ended with Queen Onyx on the throne and two since Queen Quartz overthrew her, but the tribe is still split up. Some SandWings never left Burn or Blister's army, and some fled from other rulers and re/joined them. Some SandWings who were loyal to Onyx follow Vulture and the Talons of Power as the next best thing. A few follow Queen Quartz, the official ruler, but everyone knows the IceWings are the ones really in charge and Quartz is a ditzy dragonet even worse than her late mother, Blaze, on account of her impulsiveness. At least a third of the tribe follows none of them, either living in solitude or in smaller groups like the Outclaws. The SandWing tribe has officially dissolved and the title is only based on species.

The SkyWings have been locked in a civil war for three years, ever since Queen Scarlet's sister Tangerine returned and killed Queen Ruby. It started off with only two sides, Ruby's daughter Bonfire, and Tangerine, but after Bonfire was killed her two twin sisters, Carmine and Combustion, couldn't agree on how to lead and ended up splitting the war into three sides: Tangerine allied with the NightWings and RainWings, Combustion allied with Burn's SandWings, and all three with as many SandWing and SeaWing factions as they could get.

Queen Coral died from the Indigo Plague four years ago, leaving her three daughters, twenty-nine granddaughters, three nieces, and various other dragons who managed to gain followings during the chaos, to fight for the throne. The tribe has dissolved into at least 25 major factions, including Shark and his daughters, a group that believes Tsunami is still out there somewhere since her body was never found and fights to hold the throne until she returns, and many others. Many factions have formed uneasy truces in order to ally with one of the SkyWing heirs and wipe out a good portion of the competition before resuming their fight.

The NightWings are ruled by Queen Greatness and fight on Princess Tangerine's side in exchange for her helping them take over the rainforest and defending them from Blister if she decides to attack. (Mostly it's RainWings being forced to fight since the NightWings are so low on numbers). The RainWings live as second-class citizens under the NightWings, usually in even worse conditions than SilkWings under HiveWings. Since they're in better condition now, and especially since their powers reemerged, the NightWings have been making an effort to have as many dragonets as possible so their numbers have already doubled. The more dragonets you have and the more powerful they are, the higher your rank and the more resources you're allowed to have. Families with no dragonets are barely given enough to survive.

The IceWings are struggling under Queen Snowfall's paranoid reign, but they're safe from other tribes because she isolates them. The Indigo Plague that killed Queen Glacier still surges back on occasion, and those that have it are killed on sight to slow the spread. No one dares speak against Queen Snowfall, she knows everything that happens in her kingdom. Everything.

The MudWings are actually relatively fine until I think of something to throw at them.

Blue never ran from the HiveWings in this AU, and Wasp was never dethroned. She now rules over all three tribes, with LeafWings at the very bottom of the heiarchy, and since the Second Tree Wars she's only gotten crueler.

[carn3lian-claws]

Species I have for the story I'm writing rn:

Some kind of anthropomorphic archnid cat creatures. (Hexa-something? I'm just gonna call them hexas for now. Maybe that's an okay name? What do you think?) They have four arms, often have extra eyes, and have at least one pair of flightless wings on their lower back. Their wings are considered shameful and always covered by a wrapping around the torso if they aren't wearing a shirt. Can have stingers pretty much anywhere with a lot of variation in venom, basically hivewing rules. Small horns are common. Pastel or grayscale fur, eyes that are symmetrical and even in number, no visible stingers unless they're the claws, and completely hidden wings leaving a smooth silhouette are considered the most beautiful traits. Poorly hidden wings have become a fashion trend among rebellious youth, and wings are becoming slightly more acceptable. An up-and-coming celebrity with three eyes (an extra under their right eye) is also helping to make assymetrical eyes less hated. Stereotyped as impolite, untrustworthy, violent rulebreakers.

Manticores: inspired by the concepts of manticores and chimeras, and then I just did whatever I wanted. Their faces are somewhere between panthera and goat. They usually have large horns and fluffy necks. Fur can be any color but usually more natural shades. I'm debating on giving them flightless wings as well, but I don't think they hide theirs. Usually pretty big and bulky. They have hooves on their hind legs. Their tails look like eyeless snakes. They have two mouths, one on their face for breathing and communication and one on their tail for eating and fighting. Their tails are a kind of subconscious deal that moves when they aren't paying attention and can kind of do it's own thing by default, even notice things the main brain doesn't. They can breathe fire. I think their culture is pretty heavily gendered, a lot of manticores will outright refuse to let someone do something if they aren't the right gender. Wavy, thin horns, smaller, clumsier firebreath, and colorful patterns are considered feminine, the opposite is considered masculine. Solid-color manticores with no marking are considered "uglier". Tall manticores with unique patterns, "well-trained" tails, and that check off all their gender's "boxes" are considered most attractive. Botany is a massive part of their culture. They're stereotyped as passive, artistic cowards with an unreasonable love for nature.

Little archaeopteryx dog guys I haven't named yet: Somewhere between archaeopteryxes, lizards, and anthropomorphic dogs. I don't really have much for them species-wise, but I know they can drop their tails like lizards. They also have two hearts, one in their tail and one in their chest, and they can survive with just one for a good while. Can regenerate pretty much any body part except the brain, like axolotls. Don't have any powers like venom or fire breath, but they have massive teeth and claws and are built for paw-to-paw combat. Might give them underwater breath because I'm thinking about making amphibious whale critters but I might fuse those with the archaeopteryx dogs. They're not as sexist as the manticores, but they kind of just tried to be such gentlemen it looped back into treating women like they aren't as strong and intelligent as the men. They're at the top of society and take most government roles. Usually look down upon other species.

also idk if this is anything but I want everything I make for this world to have a more limited color palette like Steven universe and hilda