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[winterbellewonder]

Since my lightning icon recolours seemed to be popular, I am working on some more, so here’s plague (under the read more)! You are free to use them in bios, profiles, and blogs but please don’t repost elsewhere. You can find my other flight recolours here! :)

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[archaic-fr]

Plague-y bio images

After some requests I’ve decided to publicly release these little images I’ve been using in lore baby bios. They’re quite useful to pretty up a Plague dragon’s profile. Or just use them as a little placeholder.

Free to use! No credit needed. Just don’t claim them as your own or edit them.

Symbol:

Version 1 (long):

Version 2:

Variation:

[frpersonals]

[spiteweaver]

Blooming Grove banners, get ‘em while they’re hot!

Banners are 500x100! Feel free to use, no credit necessary!

[lepidracoptera]

A more realistic approach to the map of Sornieth

Here we go! I’ve been working on this with @antimoany​ and @errantmoggy​ (and some input from everyone in the FR IRC) for the last week or so. I proudly present to you: Sornieth, with less Escher and more mountains!

Full sizes as well as .psd and .mdp files available here!

Description: An attempt at making a more realistic map of Sornieth. Assuming a planet with similar temperatures as Earth, 1.5x the size. Some regions were moved around to better match their climate, mountains were added/reshaped to better follow the climate, etc.

This map is free for use! The link includes the .mdp and .psd files for a reason. I encourage people to modify them to their liking, add the location of their clan (and allies?) to it, draw train or trade routes on it, anything. I only ask that you link back to either this post or the sta.sh link if you use it.

Some general notes:

The flight regions names are not on the map because of space constrains. I think they should be relatively evident, though.

Some regions have subregions that are also not named. More on this under the cut.

Fire’s landscape is ever-changing. The lakes pictured are permanent lava lakes, but there are also constantly shifting rivers and craters that are not depicted, especially in the Molten Scar.

Cloudsong is not depicted because it is not a stationary landmark.

Similarly, Arcane has a few floating islands which are not depicted.

More design notes under the cut.

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[frivrising]

Okay, now that’s just...

[dragonchee]

guardian charge ideas

-a pleasingly round, very smooth pebble -an endangered species. tHE WHOLE THING -concepts. I could go on and on. I love the idea of guardians protecting concepts and ideas. Also philosophies, techniques, music- anything that can be taught. Guardians have to spread that knowledge to protect it from falling into obscurity. -a very short-lived animal or anything else very very impermanent. Does the guardian take another charge when the animal passes on or is it like “whelp I served my charge time my life is my own now” or do they spend the rest of their life mourning this ephemeral thing. -A star. Very concerning for guardians who do not actually understand astronomy. also like there’s nothing they can do to protect it so they just stare intently at it a lot when its visible.  -PATENT LAWYER GUARDIAN WILL PROTECT ALL PATENTS. On a more serious note though this kinda goes along with concept guardians if they’re protecting artist integrity and going after counterfeiters  -now my narratives don’t really have anything much to do with the sacredness of virginity cause I don’t buy it, but can you just imagine how obnoxious a guardian protecting a specific person’s “”””””””chastity””””””””” would be. like imagine someone comes along like “my life is dedicated to making sure you don’t get any.”

[diveremblem-deactivated20191105]

Cockblocking guardians jfc

[lazydragon-fr]

Flight Rising Dragon Jobs Reference

I came up with a long list of job ideas for dragons

Don’t hesitate to reblog and add your own ideas.

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[unitymanipulatorfr]

75 FR Lore Questions

1. What Flight is your clan?

2. Why did they choose this Flight?

3. Have they been loyal to other Flights before this? Or will they never move?

4. What would be the deciding factor in a move, if the clan had to?

5. Is the clan spiritual and highly loyal to their deity? Are they indifferent?

6. How does the clan view those from different Flights? Are they welcoming to all dragons, or suspcious of newcomers?

7. What does your lair look like? Go into detail.

8. Who founded the clan?

9. Who is your clan leader? Why are they the leader? Have there been any leadership changes?

10. Was the leader chosen? Were they elected? An heir to the throne? Or maybe they achieved something within the clan?

11. Who handles interclan relations? Any diplomats? Peacekeepers?

12. How does your clan view the Beastclans? Who handles Beastclan relations?

13. Does your clan have specific roles for each dragon?

14. Does your clan have any Flight ambassadors? What do they do?

15. Does your clan have a council? An elected group of dragons in power?

16. Are all dragons in the clan expected to contribute in some way? Or are they left to their own devices?

17. Who protects the clan? Who is in charge of battling/guarding?

18. Does your clan trade with any other clanS? Any allies? Enemies?

19. How is exalting handled in your clan? Any ceremonies? Is exalt fodder something that is part of your lore?

20. Who does the gathering in the clan? (digging, scavenging, hunting, etc.)

21. Does your clan have a healer?

22. Who looks after hatchlings? The parents, or a general hatchling-sitter?

23. How does your clan educate younger dragons? Is there a scribe, scholar, or mentor?

24. Do you have any artists within your clan? How do they make a living from their crafts?

25. Does your clan have a cook? Who handles the food?

26. Who is on the Coli team? Who trains future warriors?

27. Any messengers? Scouts? Delivery dragons?

28. How does apparel work in your clan? Are any pieces of apparel status symbols, or indicators of the role the dragon has?

29. How are familiars viewed in the clan? Pets? Companions? Friends?

30. Do you have any familiars that are intelligent enough to directly interact with the dragons?

31. Who cares for the familiars? The familiar's dragon, or a general caretaker?

32. Are extra familiars/non-bonded familiars free to wander around the lair? Or do they not exist in the lore?

33. Does your clan have any Beastclan members living among the ranks?

34. Who hoards what? Do the dragons each have a personal hoard, or is there one big storage area?

35. Does your clan specialize in anything?

36. Does your clan stand for anything? (truth, might, knowledge, etc.)

37. What is the origin of your clan's name?

38. Does your clan have a set of rules or guidelines for the members? What happens if a dragon breaks these rules?

39. How does your clan view Gen One dragons?

40. Does your clan have a territory? Or just the lair?

41. Do any dragons in the lair have a bias or dislike towards certain breeds or a Flight?

42. Which dragons are good friends within your clan? Any enemies? Best couple?

43. Who's the cinnamon roll, and who's the problematic fave?

44. Do you have any dragons that aren't part of the lore? Just for show?

45. Are there any dragons in your clan who dislike hatchlings?

46. How do permababies work in your lore? Do you have any?

47. Who manages the treasure and gem hoards?

48. Has your clan gone through any unfortunate events? Tragedies, even?

49. Are roles assigned to dragons when they are born/come into the clan, or do they choose their role?

50. Who kills the spiders?

51. Who eats all the food?

52. Do you have any tricksters or prank loving dragons? Do they cause mischief?

53, Most intimdating dragon?

54. Most friendly dragon?

55. Dragon most likely to bring back a stick from gathering?

56. Laziest dragon?

57. Funniest dragon?

58. Do you have any sub-clans? What are they called?

59. Does your clan decorate the lair at all? How so?

60. What markers does your clan use to let others know they live in the area? Flags? Banners? Runes?

61. Smartest dragon?

62. The dragon everybody loves?

63. The dragon everybody hates?

64. Do you have a clan rune?

65. Pick a song that best describes your clan.

66. Who gets into arguments the most? Who keeps the peace?

67. How do skins and accents work in your lore?

68. Best dressed?

69. Does your clan have any elders?

70. Does each dragon in your lair have their own space, or is the entire lair shared?

71. How do you handle gene scrolls in your lore?

72. Who loves festivals the most? Who parties the hardest?

73. Pick two dragons and talk about their relationship.

74. Choose one dragon and talk about them.

75. Choose a dragon with a familiar and talk about their relationship.

[shitmanletsbedragons-deactivate]

drunk history but its me explaining flightrising to someone whos never heard of it and i keep mixing up major canon plot themes with popular dramarising topics

[flightdescending]

One of the things I always found annoying was that the Beastclan articles don’t actually list all the members of the clan within them. I wanted to see all of them at once, and so I made this really extensive guide. It includes all items that refer to or expand the lore of the beastclans, all affiliated species, territory maps, and all of the coded message items decoded. I am 100% sure I have left things out, so if you think something should be included in this guide please let me know either via ask or PM on FR.

I would also like help trawling through Aequorin’s Q&A to find answers that are relevant to these topics! I’ll probably add a space for expanded lore like that on each page.

Guide to Beastclans (and other Sapient Beings of Sornieth)

[acornrising]

Actually wait, hold on, I’m going to organize all my theories regarding the eating of dragons, except the medicinal purposes because that’s long and a separate post.

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[headcanonrising]

Kinda random, but; Flight Gods + Laughter!

Earthshaker: Not really one for laughing, but on the INCREDIBLY rare occasion that he does, it sounds more like a tired wheeze than a laugh.

Flamecaller: A dry, harsh-sounding cackle. Most of her humor consists of sharp, snarky jabs.

Windsinger: Has a good sense of humor and LOVES to laugh. Very light and kinda giggly.

Tidelord: Also not one for laughing much, the most you’ll get outta him is an amused hum.

Shadowbinder: MENACING HYENA LAUGH

Icewarden: It’s nearly impossible to make this guy laugh. It’s not that he lacks a sense of humor, he’s just not very expressive. Most of the time, you’re lucky enough just getting a tiny smirk out of him.

Stormcatcher: LOUD, BOOMING THUNDER LAUGH not that you ever hear it because he’s a super-serious stick-in-the-mud most of the time.

Lightweaver: The most adorable, sparkly little giggle you will ever hear.

Gladekeeper: A quiet chuckle that’s also kinda snooty.

Plaguebringer: Loud, wet, and raspy, sounding more like a coughing fit than a laugh.

Arcanist: Has the most sunny and infectious laugh out of all the gods.

[unitymanipulatorfr]

so @dongledragons came up with this sornieth zodiac which is pretty rad so i decided to make some lil icons to put in dragon bios and stuff

explanations of what each sign entails are in the original post im too lazy to type it all out

under the rm

to use: right click, hit ‘copy image address’, insert it with the ‘insert picture’ function on fr

born in a nest of this element:

born in the month of this element:

[blobkins]

Dragons By Weight

Inspired by this post, weight data taken from here.

Looking purely at the weight (in most cases), here is how the dragons of Sorieth stack up against the animals of Earth. I tried to find animals that at least kinda look like their dragon, but eventually, they just got so big. I was surprised at how close in weight Imps are to Ridgebacks

Fae - ~4 ft wing span, 4 lbs - big Hyacinth macaw

Spiral- 11 ft long, 185lbs - Amethystine (scrub) python

Tundra- 635lbs - elk

Pearlcatcher - 1135 lbs - american paint horse

Wildclaw - 1200 lbs - giraffe 

Mirror - 1250lbs - polar bear

Skydancer - 1400 lbs - Ayrshire cattle

Coatl - 1950lbs - saltwater crocodile 

Snapper - 14,000 lbs -  big male African Bush Elephant

Ridgeback - 16,750 lbs - southern bottlenose whale

Imp - 16,875 lbs - northern bottlenose whale

Guardian - 21,250 lbs - Baird’s Beaked Whale

[astarlingdiscovery]

Excepting when a Flight is in dominance, there are 15 gathering turns in a day. If each click is “a hard day of” whatever gathering activity, then we can assume that 1 IRL day equates to 15 days on Sornieth.

My dragon who was hatched on May 29, 2015 is now almost 12 years old.

The 7 months I spent in Plague was 9 years for my clan.

A 5-day incubation period is actually 75 days.

A tundra’s breeding cooldown lasts 7½ months.

Handy tool for calculating time between dates: http://www.timeanddate.com/date/durationresult.html?

[windswinger]

you are a good person friend thank you for this

[hungrytundras]

What yes! The information I never knew I needed!

[hungrytundras]

Sorniethain Languages and Their Dialects.

A bit of Language talk with @mort-fr got me thinking about languages again. One thing lead to another and now we have this. No cut because those are for losers.

God Tongue - The language spoken by the first eight before the advent of dragons. Mortals can understand but cannot speak it.

Lesser God Tongue - Without the first eight in attendance, the third age deities invented this language to speak with each other. Despite the name it is no less powerful than its predecessor although it has been replaced by the more common deity speak in modern times.

Early Draconic - When Windsinger made the first dragons, this dialect of God Tongue arose from the dragon’s inability to replicate their father’s words.

Common Draconic - Ever talkative, even in their earliest days, the wind dragons grew their odd dialect into a full blown language of its own. Their travelers nature spread it far and wide across the continent, snuffing out the fledgling tongues of their neighbors.

Inland and Outland Draconic - The new draconic spread over the continent, morphing and changing as it was introduced to new parties. The ever changing dialect the wind dragons spread over the central regions of Sornieth became known as inland draconic.

Meanwhile the farther reaches, Dragonhome and the Southern Ice field in particular, maintained the first form to which they were introduced, proclaiming that the original configuration was the purest. This archaic sounding dialect became known as outland draconic.

Beastkin Common - At the rise of the unified beastclans, a new language was compiled by scholars from the most common third age tongues and taught first to military personnel and then to civilians so that all could understand each other regardless of their species. The beastkin common push all but eradicated its parent languages within a decade.

Vouren - The language used by water flight seers. When underwater, Vouren sounds almost exactly like Outland Draconic. When heard through air, however, it is an entirely different language.

Sky Speak - A trading language made by Wind Flight merchants in more recent days to keep agreements confidential. Its fast, lyrical cadence requires an inordinate amount of breath to execute properly.

Coatl - Nonsense. Complete gibberish nothing.

Drakish - This cryptic tongue continues to baffle linguists as it shows no relation to draconic in any way. Pockets of speakers exist throughout Sornieth with a slight concentration in the tangled wood and the scarred wasteland. Drakish runes have been found in both the Mirrorlight Promenade and the Forum of the Obscured Crescent, leading some to believe that it predates dragons themselves.