#Mudwing

[thepoisonjackal]

Things have been a lot so ive been sketching ideas for tribe redesigns. I call this my "fuck it we ball" designs, less regard for canon than my normal dragons. Very inspired by the Dragonology book for these ones. We'll see where it goes.

[verrixstudios]

I’m not obsessed you are…

Also yes ask your questions or make your own ideas PLEASE I wanna see this combo

[scrabbleg]

as promised, MORE GAIA!!! got the full design from the wonderful GoowahGoon on instagram and i literally cannot stop thinking about her at any given point so HERE IS SOME LORE:

Working as a negotiator and diplomat for the Mud Kingdom on behalf of Queen Evermore, Gaia is skilled with her words and talented with persuasion -- however, like everyone, she is not infallible. Normally, this would not bother her, but when an important meeting with the SkyWing queen goes wrong, caused by a slip of the tongue, she finds herself lamenting over her failure.

It is after this, during a long walk in the woods, that she encounters a strange dragon -- a merchant, friendly and understanding, who offers a place to rest and a listening ear. In her stress, Gaia can't help but confess her situation, describing to the stranger just what happened -- strangely, the merchant does not seem surprised in the slightest by her words. Instead of consolation, he offers her a solution -- an amulet, enchanted by an animus of the distant past, that will grant her the ability to speak without flaw or mistake, and to persuade and twist minds as easily as one could shape clay. In spite of Gaia's skepticism, the merchant urges her to take it, if only for the beauty and unnerving similarities it shared with the jewelry she already owns.

She accepts his offer and just as quickly as he appeared, the merchant vanishes, the only trace that he had been there to begin with being the amulet in Gaia's clutches. After trial and error, she quickly discovers that the merchant had been truthful in his tale about the amulet -- it does exactly as he had said. Dragons believe her almost immediately when she speaks, even when she lies, which she avoids as much as she can -- situations that usually would have taken effort to control are now smoothed over with nothing but a few calming words. Her job becomes infinitely easier, and quickly she becomes known and renowned for her success, especially during times of war.

It takes several years for the true cost -- curse -- of her new charmspeak capabilities to become known to her. It starts with the tips of her claws and tail, primarily where she already has vitiligo; the scales and keratin, over time, begin to turn to gold, replacing organic material with solid metal. A strange side effect, Gaia finds no problems with the development -- the success she has achieved with the amulet's aid is worth too much for her to lose it over something so simple. Over time, however, the symptoms grow more severe -- gold replaces her scales, claws, and eventually bones, though not the muscle and tissue. It leads to arthritis and pain in her joints, making everyday tasks much more painful -- even still, she refuses to give up using the amulet.

and here's without background and shading because I LVOE HER DESIGN SHES STUNNING

[goosehadfood]

Adopts CLOSED :(

Yipppe Yippe Yippe more Wof adopts!!! You guys know the drill by now but if you don���t you can search my blog under the tag #adopts and read through the rules of the old blogs :>

Adopt 1: mudwing

Additional info: none :)

Adoption status: taken

Adopt 2: ice/hive hybrid

Additional info: none

Adoption status: taken

Adopt 3: ice/rain

Additional info: one side can change color whilst the other cannot

Adoption status: taken

And that’s all of em! There was originally supposed to be more except finals happened… but luckily they’re wrapping up this week and the only ones I have tomorrow is illustration and German. Illustration will be easy but I actually have zero clue what’s happening in my German class I honestly think imma fail…

but whateva enough about me oc drawings should resume by this weekend!

[jackallanternfantasy]

Someone on a discord server I'm on mentioned that they headcanon mudwings having a throat sac. So i pinched the idea & made a silly comic out of it.

[bloomyspring]

Irl dragons would be terrifying 😔

20 min sketch (click for better quality)

[concernedlogic]

It’s been a while since I’ve done this, but…

Wings of Fire Headcannons

Phyrria Edition

Mudwings

While Mudwing families aren’t nuclear, they are the most culturally protective of their dragonets. The center of most Mudwing will ages are “nurseries” large spans of protected land where eggs are lain. (Basically, Cattail was the outlier)

Mudwings produce some of the most skilled trades-dragons on the entire continent. Their education is less school-like, and more like apprenticeships. Each dragonet in a sib group is encouraged to pursue their interests and what they are good at by apprenticing with an adult in their village.

Mudwings have the richest food culture on Phyrria, because of their naturally larger, bulkier bodies, mudwings typically cook their food into filling dishes, such as stews, rice pots, and other such dishes.

Seawings

Seawing apearences adapt to their environment over time. The more sun that a seawing is exposed to, the lighter their scales. For most seawings, this tends to lead to fairly saturated scales. Extremes can be seen in completely surface dwelling seawings, who tend to have slightly bleached out scales along their spine and snout, and deep seawings that are almost black.

Queen Coral’s decree that all her texts being taught in schools has put a strain on seawing education. The first program to be cut was geography outside the sea kingdom and history, so much of the sea kingdom, especially around the capital, know little history beyond the Sandwing Succession War

Icewings

Icewing breath is supernatural in nature. It was the first animus gift

The blood of icewings is blue because of the “gift of superiority”

Common-born icewings are rarely allowed to leave the ice kingdom because they would be “poor representatives of the tribe”

Replicas of the Gift of Order in tradition can be found dotted around the Ice kingdom in lower class villages.

Skywings

Skywing royalty have historically been the most accessible to the common dragon.

The Skywing Stadium was originally built as a theatre, but fell into disuse because of the militaristic culture created by Scarlet and her mother.

Fire scales is passed down like Animus magic. Unlike animus magic, the entire Skywing tribe holds the recessive gene. A dragon that could have been a flamescales but did not have a twin in the egg are known as smokescales and are considered bad luck. Smokescales radiate heat from their scales after breathing fire, repeatedly burning their scales and darkening them.

Young Skywings who develop feathers are stigmatized but not outright executed. If they are not plucked in their youth, feathered Skywings are typically faster than their peers.

Rainwings

The colors that a Rainwing chooses to represent themselves is called a dragon’s “Common Color.” Not all Rainwings choose to do this. (Ex: Glory’s green and orange)

The Rainwing tribe gained their reputation as a useless, lazy tribe because they were among the first tribe to form after the scorching, and because they acted as assassins and mercenaries for the other forming tribes, they tried kept their malicious activities under wraps. After the ceasing of their business and the implementation of sun-time each new queen began to lean further into the stereotypes.

Sandwings

Sandwings have the most celebrations of any tribe.

Sandwing culture is hostile towards royalty, as most settlements are quite self sufficient.

Because of the spread out nature of the sand kingdom, news travels very slowly, if at all. As such, there have been quite a few animus dragons whose communities have kept them a secret.

I would love to see anyone else’s headcannons!

[deersoncupcakes]

Man I Love Battlewinner. She should’ve been moorhen tho ,,, mudwings are

Fire resistant ( 🩸 🥚)

canonically fighting/raiding the icewings (crane died in one, sora has nightmares from it)

allied with burn and WAY more likely to have their queen charge into battle than the nightwings

bordered with the Rainwings (i think? Could be wrong though. takeover plot ™️ initiated)

[lucithen-art]

Dragon dive!

Wings of fire fanart and a study.

Clay, or a Mudwing, diving in a swamp!

[dove-tears]

the dragonets

[skymonsama]

Somes heads of the dragonnets of the destiny. I test somethings, maybe for make it stickers.

[artie-dartie]

In the SkyWing arena

[verrixstudios]

Last Tribe A Day run cycle was today so I decided to combine them all to show the differences!

ID under the cut

[ID: Seven sketchy animated run cycles, all of the original dragon tribes from Wings of Fire. They alternate sides as they go down, starting with the top one on the left and the second on the right, and so on. The background is a blank white. Each dragon has shaded limbs to help see the differences while in movement. The right wing is the darkest shade, followed by the left wing (closest to the screen), the the right legs are the lightest shaded. Descriptions are in order from top to bottom:

Mudwing: Drawn in a dark red. The thickest dragon by far, opening is mouth in a smile as its front legs hit the ground. Its large wings have four toes as if they were a third set of talons, which is used as another set of legs while running. The wings lift off after the back legs. The entire body bobs with its weight while it runs, lunging with its back legs. One of its back legs disappears while it runs (oopsies) and its large tail flicks with the run.

Skywing: Drawn in a darker red. Much skinnier dragon with longer limbs and larger wings. Its large wings remain slight open above its border, slightly bobbing as it moves. The body itself doesn’t move up and down, instead just twisting with movement of its limbs. Its tail is a little stiff, again just moving up and down. As it runs, one foot touches and leaves the ground at a time.

Icewing: Drawn in a dark blue. Its body and shape is ridgid, its head swooping up and down like it lunges with every time its front talons land. Again, its wings are used as a third pair of legs, however they are mostly used after the other limbs are mid-air. Its talons are visibly sharper, as well as its wings. Sharp spines on the back of its neck and end of its tail are visible as well, which bobs with the movement.

Seawing: Drawn in a dark blue. A thicker, long dragon with short but thick limbs and webbed frills along its spine and sternum. It’s thick tail continues the up and down curve it’s body makes with every move, flicking the end of the frills as it does. Its wings are semi open above its body, bobbing with the running movement and tilting up and down as its spine curves.

Sandwing: Drawn in a warm brown. Long limbs but thicker than skywing. All four feet lift of the air when they’re closest during the run, each foot hitting the ground one at a time. It’s barbed scorpion-like tail bobs up and down at the end. Its wings are folded and stuff near its shoulders, tilted diagonally. A solid frill lines its spine, biggest at the back of its neck and above the back legs.

Nightwing: Drawn in a dark purple grey, and by far the stiffest run cycle. Thick body with short but thinner legs than mudwings or seawings. Spikes line the spine all along its body, longest at the back of the neck and back of the body. Its wings are held stiffly and slightly folded over its body. Other than the legs and tail, most of the nightwing barely moves as it runs, and its legs hit the ground in pairs, front legs then back legs. They don’t even cross between each other at the closest part in the run. Its mouth opens and closes as it runs, not in any particular expression, I was just bored.

Rainwing: Drawn in a muted dark green. By far the bounciest run. It has a thin body and a head I accidentally drew a little big. It’s three-toed wings are used as a third pair of legs, used most right before it’s front legs hit the ground. Its front legs hit the ground at different time, however the back legs hit and leave together. Its tail is by far the longest, curled at the end and slightly unraveling as it flicks up and down. Beneath the curved horns is a frill with two connections that slight opens and closes with the movement. It’s grin also opens and closes with the movement.

END ID]

[b1asho]

PUT SOME CLOTHES ON

I was going to do the one big image I had of the, but it was blurry so here’s a bunch of smaller ones

Here’s the big one btw:

[biting-rose]

Mudwings! ✦ generally inspired by water buffalo and crocodiles

for some headcannons - their horns can curl whichever way, but not up, as that would reveal them when they are hiding below the bog surface / mosses and small determined plant life grows on them bc they are ambush hunters who love relaxing, plus it helps them camouflauge!

layout generally inspired by @/Chaotic-minds-think-alike <3

[dead-end-draws]

WOF tribe Merchant/Trading booth concepts:

Hey folks! This one was the recent winner of this WOF poll, so here’s my concept art that headcannons trading in Pyrrhia.

Read below cut for close-ups of the individual booths + the thought process / headcannons behind the design choices: 👇

Skywings: The Sky Kingdom’s mountain ranges provide plenty of pasture for raising sheep. As such, Skywing shepherds benefit from traveling to sell their wool, dyes, fabric, and woven tapestries. Many of these merchant tables also include herbs grown exclusively in the mountains, or ibex drinking horns that can be strapped on a dragon’s shoulder & carried in flight.

Along with goods, Skywing merchants may offer sewing services to fix tears, burn marks, or other fabric damage. They are sought out for their quality clothing, and most fabric across Pyrria originated from a Skywing’s talons.

Mudwings: Mudwings’ abundant food & cooking skills are envied almost anywhere in Pyrrhia. Their swamps have fertile soil, responsible for hosting diverse crops which can be purchased as produce at merchant stalls. For those lucky enough to find a traveling Mudwing merchant, the promise of a delicious dish can be whipped up and served at the stall in no time. Along with produce goods, Mudwings sell weaved baskets, spices, and cooking ware.

Sandwings: Sandwing booths offer luxuries of the desert: It’s most common to find accessories such as gold carved jewelry or musical instruments such as drums, lyres, & mandolins for sale. Though, even more sought out across Pyrrhia is Sandwing tattoos/piercings, which are done within the merchant areas. Ink etchings on papyrus paper are stationed outside their tents to showcase designs. All which can be selected, and poked into the skin with a tapping stick and plant dye ink by a trained talon.

Seawings: SeaWings sell a variety of ocean related goods; taking a share in the fish market with Icewings. Outside of food, there are den decorations like driftwood carvings, accessories such as seashell & pearl jewelry, and rope nets weaved by expert Seawing sailors. Some Seawings even sell fishing equipment, canoes, or offer sailor knot tying instructions to curious dragon buyers.

Nightwings: During the war, it was near impossible to find a Nightwing merchant. Most refused to participate in merchant territory, mostly as a way to keep up with their tribe’s mysterious nature.

Though in the more shady, unground parts of the market you can buy from a huge selection of obsidian weaponry, the sharpest in Pyrrhia. No one knew initially how Nightwings smithed so many weapons, or why, until their secret volcano kingdom and the intention to invade the rainforest was discovered. Then forging armor & weapons became clear. Along with a vast armory, for the right price, some Nightwing merchants offer Prophecies & Nightwing Literature (not always guaranteed to always be reliable) and assassin services as well (very reliable).

Rainwings: Though Rainwings haven’t been part of Pyrrhia trading for years, they have a vast hold on dragon medicine. An apothecary of herbs, salves, and remedies are all offered for various ailments due to the rainforest’s abundant resources. Along with medicinal goods, many Rainwings are fruit vendors, promising to any hesitant meat-eating dragons that such an array of flavors isn’t to be missed. Though, their fruit selling pitches often fall flat to most other predominantly meat-eating tribes.

Icewings: Icewings have everything a dragon could need to brace the cold, with a selection of goods only found in the most frigid regions of Pyrrhia. Furs, bone jewelry, and fresh fish (thanks to frost breath) are served on ice. Though Icewings themselves don’t require fur to withstand the cold, it’s considered fashionable and common in upper ranks to wear fur as a status symbol. Since metal is hard to smith without fire & in cold temperatures, fur and bone are more accessible to Icewings for clothing statements.