Jan 1
Eroica am Rhein All of the Prussian breeds in one spot: Eroica (in the middle) with two other heavyweights, a Berghexe and a Mauerfuchs flying through the fog over the Rhine, with the building site of the Cologne Cathedral in the background.
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Eroica am Rhein All of the Prussian breeds in one spot: Eroica (in the middle) with two other heavyweights, a Berghexe and a Mauerfuchs flying through the fog over the Rhine, with the building site of the Cologne Cathedral in the background.
Mauerfuchs
Origin: Prussia Weight class: courier (b.3,ch.14,p.264), possibly sometimes approaching light-weight*
Appearance: unknown Real world inspiration: the butterfly Lasiommata megera, commonly called brown or wall brown, in German Mauerfuchs (literally “wall fox”)
Other: described as high-flying (b.3,ch.14,p.264), can sustain 20 knots [37 km/h, 23 mph] (b.9,ch.17,p.292) which makes them fast dragons (b.9, ch.17, p.302)
Known dragons: none named
* “many of them only out of courier-class by a generous assessment—half a dozen of the Scots, two Prussian Mauerfuchs and then seven Grey Coppers and five Xenicas” (b.9,ch.17,p.300)
(photos by Didier Descouens on wikipedia)
another Mauerfuchs
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.
Sunset formation, as I called the file. A Yellow Reaper, Mauerfuchs, and a black Regal Copper, the sizes are a bit off though.
edit: just remember why I didn't post it when I drew it ^^' and that is because I saw this wonderful art by @/laurelhach and wanted to play around with my brushes to see if I could draw something like that, only with the formation of a Temeraire RPG I was part of at the time. So if you enjoy this then please check out laurelhach's, it's honestly better and I love both drawings in the post!
A Mauerfuchs just having a look
This might be the very first art I've ever drawn for Temeraire and it'll turn 10 this August o.o The design has developed a bit since then; I've drawn a Mauerfuchs again in 2017 and 2018.
Another Mauerfuchs, but this one I'll probably never finish.