my WoF fantribe because why not
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Tribe name- Slitherwing
Physical description-
Long and slim, similar to Chinese dragons rather than the European dragons most tribes resemble. Slitherwings have three pairs of wings, one on their shoulders, one on their hind legs, and one near the end of their tail. Slitherwings have a wide range of possible colors and scale patterns. Their head is long like a rainwings'.
Lifestyle-
Slitherwings live in cliffsides, often ones that overlook oceans. Born and mostly raised in said cliffsides, hatchlings' eyes are sensitive to sunlight. Slitherwings are highly artistic dragons, often creating music, drawings or other forms of art. Slitherwing are often named after snakes or reptiles, along with earth/ground related terms (such as Copperhead, Micha, Mantle, Erosion)
Abilities-
All Slitheriwngs:
extreme tempature resistance
Might vision
Sensetivity to vibrations
Slight emissions of heat or coolness (like how icewings are cold)
Some:
Prisms- the title for Slitherwings with special, highly reflective and iridescent scales that allows them to temporarily. Prisms have a unique understanding of light and color, often becoming praised artists.
Echos- the title for Slitherwings with a second set of vocal cords that allow them to mimic the sound of anything/anyone they've personally heard. Echos are skilled with sound and often become musicians.
Screeches- the title for Slitherwings with a second set of vocal cords that allow them to emmit a high-pitched screech that targets the amygdala of others. Screeches often serve as royal guards.
All three of these special abilities are monitored by the Queen. To make a Slitherwing have such abilities, they must be placed in two specific caverns in the slitherwing kingdom until hatching.
One cavern (named the sun cave) is filled with reflective gemstones. An egg placed under them and exposed to refracted sunlight becomes a Prism.
The other cavern (called the resonance chamber) is quite large and creates many echos, like from the wind. A Slitherwing egg exposed to the constant whistles of the wind will become an Echo or Screech (eggs closer to the edge of the cliff/closer to the wind become Screeches).
A single Slitherwing cannot have multiple special abilities.
Royalty-
Queen Cenchira and King Volcanic rule over Slitherwings. Their have four dragonets (from oldest to youngest), Metamorph, Igneous, Sediment, and Primitive. Sediment and Primitive are twins. Primitive is the only princess.
Queen Cenchira is named after the scientific name for the Rainbow boa. She resembles said boa, her scales are mostly a soft brown iridescent and give off a rainbow-like reflection. King Volcanic is named after his volcano-like appearence, he is large, mostly dark ash-brown with crack-like markings across his body in the color of magma-yellow-red-orange.
Metamorph resembles his father the most, though his crack-like patterns are wider than Volcanics and an iridescent. Igneous has deep grey-brown scales with thin swirls of deep, shiny blues and greens. Sediment's scales are multiple layer-like patterns of earthy tones (greys and browns), speckled with tiny dots of rainbow iridescent. Primitive looks the most like her mother, with similar soft brown scales, though she has splotches of non-iridescent spots on her scales.
Queen Cenchira is a partial Prism (there was a storm that lasted a month during Cenchria's time in the sun cave, so her egg wasn't exposed to the full amount of sunlight). Volcanic is a Screech. Metamorph is a Screech. Igneous is a (full) Prism. Primitive and Sediment share the echo ability (primitive can hear/remember the sounds, while Sediment can replicate them).
Other Slitherwings I made-
Calliophis
Named after the Malaysian blue coral snake, his scales are a dark blue, light blue, deep orange and pale yellow in a horizontally layered pattern. His frill is plale orange
Prasnia
Named after the asian vine snake, Prasnia is multiple hues of greens and teals that blend together, her scales are dotted with tiny and pale, near-white specks.
Reference images:
Super grainy size difference between regular dragon and legless slitherwing (I didn't want to add legs)
If anyone made it this far congratulations now you know more about a random person online's wings of fire fantribe than you ever needed to know (this took so long to type out)
Also @idontwant2bhereijustwant2lookart because they said they wanted to see this
