Finally finishing all these guys we鈥檝e got charts and headcanons! (Long post)
(Height)
(Wingspan)
(Body length & basic shapes I used) (it might be odd but ignore any detail on the back, the shapes are for general body shape)
Headcanons:
Seawings:
- Colors range from red and purple to yellow
- Aquatic is based off areas of bioluminescence rather than singular scales (because no one wants to draw all of those)
- Although they average small compared to the other tribes, gigantism is more common
- Wing bioluminescence gene is always present but for some doesn't show, thus aquatic doesn't utilize the wings
Rainwings:
- Can change the texture of their scales alongside color
- Weakest bite due to their fangs, probably why they're vegetarian
- Mimic interesting behaviors
- Have forked tongues
Mudwings:
- Colors range from olive green to purple-ish red
- Very resilient
- Able to breathe fire regardless of body temperature, the heat of the flame depends on body temp
- Their horns constantly grow and sometimes have to be cut due to dangerous growing patterns
- Love gnawing on things, tough foods like jerky is popular
- The horn covers of fallen siblings are harvested and turned into instruments to remember them by
Leafwings:
- Colors range from gold to teal (and pink to olive green during cold seasons)
- Can appear to have false eyes
- Bug-like just like the other Pantalan residents (because they're just some weird outlier like what is going on here)
- Leafspeak doesn't actually allow them to hear voices from plants but rather increase the sensitivity of their antennae which pick up on the changes in plants
- In colder seasons, regions that have deciduous trees influence leafwings in that their scales change into warm tones similar to fallen leaves for camouflage but this also negatively impacts one's leafspeak ability; this doesn't apply to evergreen leafwings however
Hivewings:
- Colors range from hot pink to olive green
- Can appear to have false eyes
- Have elbowed antennae just like their "cousins", Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants)
- Tend to disregard personal space/get close out of habit, being close means better temp regulation and better communication
- All hivewings have stingers, wrist stingers, and a venomous bite but it largely depends on preference of which they choose and like muscles, they can be exercised to become deadly weapons
- They're not capable of "emitting a horrible stench"
Icewings:
- Colors range from white to pale indigo
- Melanism is still very rare but more likely in icewings
- Can be iridescent in any color, especially visible in lighter scaled individuals
- The scales on their face is very fine and is flushed with blood which darkens the area and allows them to see in the snow by absorbing light, otherwise the glare from the sun reflecting off would be a hinderance
- Their wings are thin and thus have visible veins most of the time
- Idk how to describe their scales other than its kinda like basalt formations
- From the side they appear large but are actually thin and flexible
- They can freeze to death if they've gone without cold for a long time and then reintroduced too quickly
- In hybridization, they have dominant genes, partially because the animus gene
- The extra mane of horns can appear randomly on the body in singular spikes, they also make a clink sound when they collide as if they're made of ice, making a pretty scary rattle when disturbed
Nightwings:
- Colors range from orange to purple
- Albinism is still very rare but more likely in nightwings
- Dwarfism is more common
- Teardrop scales are always present, highlighted when the dragon has powers regardless of type
- Pitbull ready to bite kids
- They CAN hang upside down as the books suggest but not for long
- By taking dust baths, they dull their scales to reflect less light and blend in better in the dark
- Have white fire but cant breathe for long due to how hot it is (this is mainly to add onto the mysterious factor of em and I always liked the idea)
- Due to eye sensitivity, they hate sudden bright lights and will close their eyes as they breathe fire
Silkwings:
- Can have black or dark accents but never as a whole body color unless they've hybridized
- Wing shapes vary widely
- Can appear to have false eyes
- Flamesilk is rarer than one might think
- Very flexible and have strong tails used as a sort of 5th limb in climbing
- Albino or melanistic dragons still keep their iridescence
- Silk is emitted through a spinneret on the chin rather than the wrists
- Prefer to travel in pairs (instinct)
Sandwings:
- Colors range from red to olive green
- Dark patters often mimic a snake's
- Horse-like in complexion
- Alongside their snake-like appearance, they have pit organs
- Tend to move like birds
- Poor eyesight but good hearing
- Their horns angle upwards sort of like a bull
Skywings:
- Colors range from red to yellow (and green because skywings are meant to be your typical fire breathing dragon which is most often depicted to be red but can also be green)
- Tend to move like birds
- Weaker than they appear
- Green skywings are incapable of being or having flamescales
- Their horns constantly grow and have to be filed down
- A flamescale cant melt rock or metal by touch alone, only via fire is it possible
- It's not that they don't want flamescales that they kill them, it's more of a mercy killing because of how lonely their life can be
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Cicada of the Hivewings
Daughter of the queen, Cicada is less of a princess and more of a weapon. Cicada's mother, Queen Arachne, wanted to ensure HiveWing dominance and strength, and learning about other tribes having animus dragons, she wanted to start an animus lineage, but not in a conventional way.
Finding several animus-touched objects, Arachne found a way to dissolve the objects and break them down to just their animus power, injecting it into a Hivewing egg. From that egg hatched Cicada, the Hivewing's first animus.
The bindings on Cicada's limbs are to restrict her unstable animus powers and are enchanted to physically protect her body from harm. Cicada is loyal to her mother, but a small part of her craves independence.
Queen Arachne of the Hivewings
Cicada's mother and the Hivewing queen, master of the Artificial Animus project, as she calls it.
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Silkwing + Hivewing headcanon designs! The characters are Cecropia (silkwing, he/him) & Paper (hivewing, they/them)
No idea what I鈥檓 gonna use these guys for but I definitely want to make headcanon designs for all of the tribes. I鈥檒l probably do Leafwings next so I can knock out all the Pantalan tribes & move on to the Pyrrhian ones :3
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Wings of Fire- Tribe a Day: Hivewing
A small thing for myself to draw each dragon tribe in my style with my take on how I would draw them, this is not a challenge but if you would like to try it go ahead!
This is a design that was an adopt fail, they're an albino Hivewing!
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First actually good birthday in those last years. I even drew Cricket in honour of it huh
ID: A digital picture of yellow-brown spotted dragon from Wings of fire book series - hivewing named Cricket. She smiles and sticks her tongue out in an amusing and cheerful expression. She peeks out of the yellow bouquet so only her talons, head and neck are visible. The background is a photo. End ID.
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