#widewing dragons

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Smaugust day 18 - Biology, Predator-Prey Interaction

a young Speckled Widewing is way over its head when it tried to ambush a grown bull Bush-back Spiral. inspired by the fighting dinosaurs fossil showing a Velociraptor in combat with a Protoceratops, the dragons here won't suffer the same fate, although the Widewing isn't likely to walk away with just the broken arm. although Spirals eat a lot of plantlife, they are omnivorous, and will eat meat or even hunt oppurtunistically.

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Smaugust day 15 - Designs, Hatchling Widewing

its not always slay this, kill that. sometimes it is having to return a lost unwilling day old widewing to its nesting site

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portrait of a Northern Widewing dragon. Widewings are one of the largest flighted drakonian beasts, and amongst the most intelligent aside from the sapient species. Widewings who venture too close to settlements have a habit of becoming a very dangerous nuisance.

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Smaugust day 1 - Hatchling

Week old Northern Widewing, stood with parent.

SMAUGUST IS ON. I'm so excited. I might not keep the quality/style consistent but I'll use this as another opportunity to do some lore flexing! I'll try and use the header everytime too, with a link to the prompt list I'm using.

the young's independence varies between species, however there is a trend in huge-bodied species having precocial young, which are able to see, walk, and care for themselves soon after hatching. Northern Widewings migrate closer to the equator for breeding, returning to the same partner year after year, and incubating eggs on a reused patch of burnt grass. the adults linger for two to three weeks and give their hatched clutches of half a dozen their first meal, before migrating back north to leave the young to fend for themselves. at around the size of a horse, Widewing chicks tend to walk bipedally, and climb through niches as they grow. like most dragons, they have a soft feathery down, but Widewings moult this by their 5th year.

it takes about 20 years for Widewings to reach sexual maturity, and resemble a miniature adult in appearance a couple years after moulting their down. their first few years are the toughest, with competition being high, and being frequent prey for other dragons or even widewings.

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Smaugust day 8 - Flying

A Marine Widewing crossing a broad sea, with some seagulls tagging along.

Most large dragons who are flighted rely more on passive flight for long distances - utilising air currents on broad wingspans. Combined with robust legs and a lightweight skeleton, they typically have no trouble taking off, though they use a running start similar to a swan on water. Lung dragons are the only non-winged dragon capable of flight, utilising air elemental magic to slither through the sky like a serpent.

Widewings are aptly named for their exceptionally long and narrow wingspan. These dragons are among the largest flighted species, and are adapted and known for their great seasonal migrations. Their prey of choice are typically other beasts, usually ignoring animals smaller than half their own size, and utilising their massive wings to dive from above and disorient their prey.

Hatchling | Skeleton