#tem: anglewing

[travellingdragon]

A Guide to Identifying Dragons at a Distance - British Breeds

[resgestaevitaquedraconum]

Anglewing

Origin: Britain Weight class: middle-weight (b.5,ch.5,p.77), larger than Reapers (b.1,ch.12,p.304), “only slightly more than middling in size” (b.2,ch.2,p.27), but can reach heavy-weight (like Fidelitas) (b.9,ch.13,p.226)

Appearance: 

golden (b.1,ch.12,p.304), golden-yellow (b.5,ch.5,p.79)

compared to Yellow Reapers: darker shade of yellow, no white stripes, distinctly different head shapes, Anglewings have extra ribs to their wings (b.9,ch.17,p.293)

Real world inspiration: some species of the butterfly tribe Nymphalini are called anglewings

Egg: golden-brown, faintly pearlescent sides and spotted with flecks of brighter yellow” (b.1,ch.5,p.120)

Other:

Anglewings can manoeuvre in tight circles (b.1,ch.6,p.137),  are agile (b.5,ch.15,p.290), the rotating movement of their wings when manoeuvring is a bit similar to Temeraire’s when he is hovering (b.1,ch.12,p.304)

some are vain about their flying abilities and like to show off (b.5,ch.5,p.77)

Fidelitas can sustain 16 knots [ca 30 km/h, 18.5 mph] (b.9,ch.17,p.292)

there are less Anglewings than Yellow Reapers and Anglewings are less clannish than the Reapers (b.5,ch.2,p.28)

Known dragons: 

Fidelitas (m.) – Poole

Obversaria (f.) † – Lenton

Orchestia (f.) – Fenter

Palliatia (f.)

Velocitas (m.)

[travellingdragon]

had to put @revolutionarygold's Aurora in front of auroras

[travellingdragon]

Scribble Saturday! aka post whatever sketch you feel like, in my case some Anglewing sketches

tagging @buffaluff, @nighttimepatrons, @stackarsskelett, @lordbrezel, @cannibalhellhound, @hippolotamus and anybody who wants to join!

[travellingdragon]

Looking through old art I also found my first Temeraire fanart! And apparently the very first wasn't the Mauerfuchs like I thought, but a sketch of a Celestial! This was a really fun trip down memory lane back to when I stained a lot of paper with tea; these are not the first dragons I ever drew but they have definitely evolved since then.

[travellingdragon]

Sketch of an Anglewing and an original dragon breed called Rheingüldling. The Rheingüldlinge are golden middleweights with green markings, mostly lurking around the Rhine valley, distracting and frightening the shipmen.