Lore Post: Icewing Biology
So, me being your local Icewing obsessed nerd, I’m gonna make a lore post about it!
ICEWINGS - draconis glaciesunguis (iceclaw dragon)
Dragonets of this species are covered in a thick coat of fur when they hatch, with only their feet and faces exposed. This is a delicate time, they need to be kept from the harsh cold. After the first few weeks the dragonet will venture out supervised. Finally learning to fly in tiny bursts around 5 months of age, and then fully being able to take off when reaching 7 months to a year. They will keep their fuzzy coat until around age 3. Age 3 is a year where they suddenly get much bigger. They fully shed their original baby fur and will start growing in a pattern that they will keep the rest of their lives. Their fur insulates them and protects their sensitive areas. They also have blubber, only a few inches thick which also keeps them warm. Some Icewings have more fur than others, this doesn’t make too much difference except in the rare cases when an Icewing is left with none. This makes living harder, not impossible, but harsher. Luckily dragonkind does make warm garments to wear!
One famous example of a furless Icewing was the ancient Queen Diamond, she was a rare case of not just losing all her fur after dragonethood, but being born with none. Many hatchlings would die in that case but since she was royalty everything was done to keep her alive. And live she did. She wore lots extravagant outfits to keep warm.
When they are babies their horns are very short much like other dragonets in different tribes. Around age 4-5 horns and spikes start to grow out more. But some Icewings take a while to grow theirs, not properly growing in until age 7-8
Lynx herself looked very “immature” since hers took a while to properly grow in (This is my own explanation for why Snowfall was acting that she was much more mature than Lynx when at most they’re only a few months apart in age, other than Snowfall was much more self-centered in the beginning)
Long horns are prized and praised in the kingdom, they hold pride in it. Icewing horns are also unique in the fact that Icewings shed them once every couple of years, they take at most a month to grow back, and they look rather silly to others when they freshly shed. As a dragon grows older the longer their horns are and the less they fall off. Their long spikes also shed. Horns and spikes are collected used in medicine, art projects, sometimes given to dragonets to teethe on, and more. Some Icewings get carvings on their horns and get new ones every time they grow new ones.
That’s all folks!! Hope you enjoy! i might update later with more info as I think of it
