#Plateau the Sandwing

[nemesisthetoy]

New piece today, this time showing Blizzard and her adoptive Sandwing father, Plateau, on their way home to treat Blizzard's "wound".

I tried my hand at shading with this one, I need more practice as it turns out (no surprise there).

(And before you ask, yes, this is technically a digitized sketch of Blizzard's solo piece)

[rikkosus]

The evolution of one of my older characters

She’s around eight years old I believe. Started out as a Wof OC but now she’s a character in my original graphic novel.

Images range from 2016-2024

[wuzhere75]

Here’s a tribal size comparison. It’s a measure of shoulder height with the dragons being around 20-25, my head canon for when a dragon’s growth starts to “plateau” out. Also a scavenger I stole of Google Images

From tallest shoulder height to shortest

Seawing

-Large because there isn’t really a size limit on things that live in the water

-Size here isn’t completely accurate; pelagic subspecies can be massive; while inshore and fresh/brackish water subspecies are smaller

Mudwing

-Combination of crocodile and hippo

-I don’t have much else to say; they big

Leafwing

-Most people tend to make them medium to small; I said “fuck it, there big like tree”. Can’t get eaten by carnivorous plants if your bigger than them.

-The two or however many Pantalan tribes diverged from each other a lot more recently than most of the Pyreriah (however the fuck you spell that); therefore Bug and Leafwings have a lot more biological similarities than the other continents tribes.

-I originally was going to give the Pantalan tribes mandibles but that ended up being to hard to draw

-If the second pair of front legs looks a little weird it’s because I slapped them on last minute because I forgor.

Icewing

-Big because from what I understand megafauna tends to get especially large in arctic climates

-Have varying amounts of fur; here is picture one with an average amount of fur

Skywing

-Smack in the middle

-Pictured here with their wings because they walk on them and use them to climb while they are on the ground. Due to this, there front legs have grown pathetic and wimpy over time.

-Have a big fucked up cassowary claw on their back legs that they use to fight (a lot of Skywing fighting that isn’t breathing fire is kicking the shit out of each other)

-Having some sort of chicken comb/pterosaur or hornbill crest is pretty common; sometimes that manifests as a nose horn, sometimes, like here, it doesn’t

Rainwing

-Most people make them the smallest; I agree with that but I wanted to do something different

-Longest overall tail

Sandwing

-Small because there isn’t a lot of food out in the desert

-It’s considered polite to hold your stinger over your head like a scorpion in Sandwing culture as a way of saying “here it is; I’m not going to try to sneakily sting your with it”

Nightwing

-Pictured here is a post-volcano Nightwing; “old kingdom” Nightwings (not pictured here) are between Sky and Rainwings in terms of size.

-Got smaller due to recourses being limited on the island and form the sake of navigating tunnels

-On the same part of the family tree as Skywings; have the same big toe claw that helped them scramble around on the volcano.

Bugwing (aka Beetle/Hive/Silkwings as one tribe)

-The term “Hivewing” and “Silkwing” where terms that originated after the Tree Wars as a way of organizing several subspecies of “Bugwing”. It’s more of a cultural organizer than anything, with the only physical trait that typically unifies them being “Hivewings” going through metamorphosis at 6 month to 2 years and “Silkwings” going through metamorphosis at age 6-8 years (the entire “black scales” thing is bullshit).

-Pictured here is a generic Bugwing with both common “Hive” and “Silk” features; some have fur, some have longer tails with stingers

[dannythedanman]

Sibs!

Fandom: Wings of Fire

Word count: 2,139

Characters: Burn (mentioned), Ex-Queen Scarlet (mentioned), Clay, Queen Moorhen, Original Female Characters, Original Male Characters

Relationships: Original Female Characters & Original Male Characters, Original Female Character & Clay, Burn/Scarlet (implied)

Summary: After Burn's death, Clay takes Terracotta to the MudWing Kingdom to be reunited with her sibs

CWs: mentions of parent loss, mentions of child loss

A/N: This is the LONGEST fanfic I've ever written!! Kudos to me 👏 Also, please forgive me if Moorhen is written ooc I literally had to scan to wiki to get the slightest hint of her personality

The day of Burn's death was one of...no, not one of, the worst night of young Terracotta's life.

She knew that her "mother" was a war criminal, a monster, a brute, and all other insults in Pyhhria, but she was still her mother.

Though she wasn't sure Burn would agree with that. Despite the fact that Burn took care of her since she was a hatchling, the princess despised the word "mother."

It was probably due to the fact that she would've never been called that word if Terracotta hadn't hatched in her arms.

Despite the fact that many of those objects in the weirdling tower gave her nightmares, that Burn used her as a party trick whenever she had guests, that Scarlet would swipe her claws at her when she asked about her day, that tower, and that SandWing and SkyWing were still home to her, and all she wanted to do was go home.

But she knew that without Burn or Scarlet, nothing would feel like home.

So there she was, being escorted by Clay, the infamous prophecy dragonet that Burn wanted to kill so badly that she ended up adopting Terracotta, to the MudWing Kingdom.

It was fun to talk to another blood-red egg dragon, though. They seemed to have a bond over both being named after mud-made crafting materials and being fireproof.

Clay also explained the MudWings' family dynamics. Though it was strange and a bit heartbreaking that she would never have parents again, she also felt relieved, knowing that she would never have to replace Burn or Scarlet with anybody.

After what felt like years of flying, they eventually made it to the MudWing Kingdom.

It looked nothing like Terracotta had imagined. It would've almost looked like a regular wetland if it weren't for the groups of dragons walking around it.

The two landed on a plateau near the kingdom. Clay must have sensed Terracotta's neverous through her face.

"Hey, it alright. I was nervous my first time, too." He comforted the worried dragonet.

Terracotta gave a weak smile as they both walked into the kingdom together. As they walked, she became curious.

"So...what's your plan?" She asked, half wanting an answer and half wanting to make small talk.

"Oh! I was just going to ask Queen Moorhen about other blood-red eggs that hatched near the brightest night. I've learned from past experiences that normal dragons aren't the best source of information." He explained.

Terracotta nodded her head as the knot in her stomach was tied tighter. She had just entered this village, and now she was going to meet the queen!?

What would she say? What would she do? Would she make a fool of herself for not knowing MudWing culture?

But it was too late to speculate. They were already outside the castle doors.

One of the two gaurds looked at them with suspicion.

"Why are you two here?" He asked

"This dragonet was stolen from her nest," Clay explained, gesturing to Terracotta with his wing, "we were going to ask Queen Moorhen if she recorded any stolen eggs around her time of hatching."

"Fair enough, Clay. I trust you." The gaurd said.

He alerted his coworker, and they both opened the doors to the palace.

Terracotta squinted her eyes as the light shining off the many mirrors hit her eyes. The palce was a beautiful warm brownish-red color that welcomed her without a single word.

She was led by Clay towards the throne room. She darted her eyes constantly, trying to take in every wonder she saw.

She was so enamored by everything that she didn't even notice when her and Clay entered the throne room until they were already face-to-face with Queen Moorhen.

"Ah, Clay, it's always a treat when I see you. Why are you visiting me today?" She asked from atop her throne.

"Well, my friend Terracotta was hatched from a blood-red egg and stolen from her nest by Burn. Now that Burn is dead, we were hoping that we could relocate her sibs." Clay explained.

Though Terracotta felt a pain in her heart at the phrase "Burn is dead," Clay's inviting voice helped to soothe her sadness.

"I should have known Burn would do something like this. Anyways!" The queen reached across to the self behind her and pulled out a rather thick scroll.

"I remember Russet had told me she laid a blood-red egg. I told her to keep it alive for the sake of the prophecy." She started, "two of the eggs in the clutch turned out to be stillborn, and the remaining four were not fireproof. We assumed that meant the blood-red egg was also stillborn, but I guess we were wrong!"

"What's the big scroll for?" Terracotta asked, not realizing how rude that must have sounded.

She clapped her talons to her mouth. Moorhen just gave a small giggle in response.

"This scroll marks the names of all MudWings after their naming ceremony." She opened the scroll and began unwinding it. "If you were hatched near the brightest night, then your naming ceremony should be... here."

She stopped unwinding the scroll and started scanning the written words.

"Your sib group was one of the smallest ones of the year, so it's pretty easy to find it." She said.

Terracotta was almost shaking with anticipation. She started doing the breathing technique Clay had taught her when she started to stress.

Moorhen cleared her throat, "Your siblings' names are Delta, Silt, Fern, and Bulrush."

The queen smiled, "I saw them earlier today. If you want to find them, they're probably down by the lake near the edge of town."

Terracotta began to fidget with her talons in excitement, and a large grin began to stretch its way across her face.

"C'mon, Clay! Let's go!" She yelled, flapping her wings excitedly.

"Thank you for your help, Queen Moorhen!" He did a quick bow before bounding after Terracotta.

-●-

Though Terracotta had been excited at the thought of seeing her sibs, now she felt that nervous knot inside her again as she watched them from a distance.

"You can do this! I promise they'll be nothing but nice to you!" Clay encouraged her.

One of her sibs noticed her, a big dark brown one with a tan-ish underbelly. They waved her over and could've sworn they said, "Come on!"

Clay nudged her with his wing, "Remember the breathing technique I taught you."

Terracotta looked up at his and nodded before slowly walking over to her sibs.

Before she knew it, she was face to face with her brother. The one who waved her over.

"My name is Bulrush. What's yours?" He asked. His voice had this certain peppiness to it that made Terracotta feel a little less anxious.

"I'm Terracotta." She said.

"Oooo! Pretty name! My sibs and I were learning how to catch fish. Do you wanna join?" He asked.

"Uh, sure?" Terracotta said, not knowing how she was gonna ask him if they were related.

Bulrush brought her over to a trio of MudWing dragonets (her other sibs!), crouching over the lake with their jaws slightly open and staring at the water.

"I should probably introduce you to everybody." Bulrush said.

"That little one is Fern, our baby sister!" He pointed to a smaller dragonet with a lighter and warmer brown coat, but the same piercing orange eyes as Terracotta.

"That one is Delta," he pointed to a dragonet with similar colors to Terracotta, but with a dark underbelly and wings. Her large size also told her that she was the bigwings

"And then there's Silt!" He pointed to a kind of small dragonet with a normal brown coat, but tan horns, wings, and underbelly.

"Guys, this is Terracotta! I invited her to fish with us!" Bulrush announced.

"Hi!" Said Fern.

"Oh, hey." Said Delta.

Silt barely acknowledged her.

"Dont be offended by Silt. He has seeing problems." Bulrush explained.

Terracotta looked to her side and noticed a thick pair of glasses laying on the grass. She guessed they were Silt's.

Terracotta barely heard whatever was said next. She was too busy listening to the thought swirling around in her head.

Her sibs were so cool! But would they ever believe her if she told them she was their sister?

"Terracotta? You coming?" Bulrush asked.

Terracotta snapped out of her roughest to see Bulrush hunched over the lake, expecting her to do the same.

"Oh! Uh, yeah!" She stuttered.

She had not heard a single thing about the proper way to fish, so she just tried to mimic what the others were doing.

"So, why did you invite me over?" Terracotta asked Bulrush.

"Oh! I saw that you're the only one of your sibs left, unless that big dragon was your sib, which would still be sad because there were only two of you! Anyways, I... we know the feeling of losing sibs, and I wanted to make you feel better by including you!" Bulrush explained.

Terracotta was going to ask when they had lost sibs, but she quickly remembered how Queen Moorhen had mentioned the two stillborn eggs.

"That big dragon isn't my sib. He's just my friend." She said.

"So there's only one of you left? That's even more sad!" Fern interjected.

"By the way, we're always open to take unsibs if you're interested." Delta said in her calm voice.

"Oh, don't worry! I do have sibs!" Terracotta reassured them.

"Really? Who are they?" Bulrush asked.

This was it. It was time to tell them. Right now.

Terracotta swallowed the lump in her throat and finally spoke, "I-I think that you're my sibs."

There was a long silence after she dropped that bombshell.

"Listen, I just told you we take unsibs. You don't have to lie to us to join our group." Delta stood up, her tone laced with annoyance.

"No, really! Let me explain!" Terracotta pleaded, also standing up.

Delta sighed.

"Let's hear her out." Bulrush said, walking over to his sister and putting his wing around her.

Before she knew it, the whole sib group was huddled around her, waiting to hear her story.

Terracotta sighed, "My egg was stolen from our nest by Burn because I was hatched from a blood-red egg. Now that she's... gone, I went to Queen Moorhen to ask about my heritage. She remembered our nest because of me being from a blood-red egg and was able to match us up by your naming ceremonies date."

A long silence filled the air before Bulrush broke it.

"I... she said you were dead!" He exclaimed, tears brimming at his eyes.

"I know, but she was wrong." Terracotta said.

Before she knew it, his wings were already wrapped around her, and he was sobbing into her back.

Delta looked at her with somber, misty eyes.

"Losing three of our sibs before they were even born was very hard on us all. He's just... very glad that we have you back." She said.

She then embraced Terracotta the same way Bulrush did. Then Fern did, then Silt. One giant hug.

They group stayed like that for a while, basking in each other's happiness before Fern piped up.

"Hey, I know this is a super emotional moment, but what does hatching from a blood red egg mean?" The small dragonet asked.

Terracotta broke away from the hug, "Oh! I can show you! Bulrush, blow some fire at me!"

Bulrush stared at her with a confused look on his face, "...No?"

That confusion made Terracotta confused. When Burn had told her guests to do that, they accepted almost immediately. She had long gotten used to the sting of fire, if that's what they were worried about.

"No? Then I'll just do it myself." She said.

She breathed a large ball of flames at her arm, causing her sibs to erupt into screams. (2k words point!)

"No, no, no! It's fine! See?" She lifted her arm out, and her sibs watched the burn mark across her arm fade. Her sibs stared at her newly healed arm in shock.

"How did you..." Fern trailed off.

"MudWings hatched from blood-red eggs are immune to fire." Terracotta said casually.

"Woah! So cool!" Silt said, excitedly flapping his wings up and down.

"Imagine all the fun stuff we can do with her!" Fern said to Silt.

"So impressive." Delta said to Bulrush.

Bulrush let out a noise of agreement.

Terracotta smiled. She may miss Burn, Scarlet, and all her aunts and uncles, but this new family made her feel warm and happy in a different way.

A way that she would want to feel for the rest of her life.

[axilarycobra]

Wings of Fire Lore I Made Up Because I Can't Stop Myself pt 2

Remember that old post I made of the continents and planets in Wings of Fire which is all just stuff I made up cause I thought it was cool? Well, I ended that post by saying that I need to create a ton of fantribes to inhabit all the continents I created and now I'm back to share those tribes with you guys.

Now, some of these fantribes have names that are most definitely the names of other fantribes due to how popular they are, but everything about these fantribes I either came up with myself or was inspired by characteristics that animals have in the environments where these tribes are based from (I create fantribes around the environment they live in rather than the other way around).

I'll include the environments the tribes all live in plus a short description but I won't go too in detail about each of them since there are so many.

Protaetia's Tribes

ToxicWings: live in a basin/badlands/dry, rocky desert; they're basically just really venomous/poisonous; have lots of large frills over their body that they use to warn other dragons along with bright, neon-like patterns (kind of similar in shape to a lionfish) over their body that light up (also used as a warning) MagicWings: live on a peninsula/forest/close to water; bright pastel colored and can do magic (kind of like animus magic but it's harder to use and has more restrictions; they're kind of like unicorns CloudWings: live in the savanna/mountains; soft, cloud-like scales; they just float around, sleep a lot, and maintain the weather; seen as lazy

Podalonia's Tribes

MindWings: live in an artificial city in a cleared plains area; their minds are all linked like one big network and they can manipulate the minds of other dragons; they took control of their continent and are the highest authority

MetalWings: live in artificial complexes in a forest; have especially hot fire used for melting and molting metal, used by the MindWings and are oppressed in their society

StarWings: live in the artificial complexes created by the MindWings; kind of like NightWings but more powerful; they are the second highest in their society but are still overpowered by the MindWings

ClingWings: some live in the complexes, some live in the badlands; kind of like a combination of SandWings and SilkWings; they're seen as troublemakers and are on the bottom of society but most don't care and just continue to disrespect the MindWings' authority

Phormia & Philornis's Tribes

BarkWings: live in the forest; can manipulate bark and are agile and such; super chill

GroundScales: live in the mountains; super strong and robust; don't have wings

DreamWings: live on the plateau; enter and interact with dragons through their dreams; divided into two factions, those who give dragons good dreams and those who give dragons nightmares, they're constantly at war with each other

SightWings: live in the water around the island and isthmus of the continent; have eyes all over their body and are aquatic; they're scary to other tribes

GlobeWings: also live in the water around the island and isthmus of the continent; covered in glowing globes and are also aquatic; they communicate more with the land tribes because they don't scare away dragons and easily as the SightWings do

SnakeWings: live in the rainforest; based on snakes 🤯; they have large hoods like a cobra and venom (like a RainWing); they're kind of like a RainWing but have green scales primarily and have longer, skinnier bodies

Prenolepis's Tribes

BreezeWings: live in a valley/on hills; I can't find any notes on them right now so I don't remember a lot about them but they're related to wind

MirrorWings: live in or around water; reflect and mirror light; they're an aquatic tribe

DigiWings: live in the prairie; robot-based, a consciousness inside a robotic body; technologically advanced

StoneWings: live in a mesa; have tough, rock-like scales

JungleWings: live in a jungle (no way!); I don't remember much about them right now but they're kind of like a more dangerous and extreme RainWing but with less focus on rain and more focus on the deep jungle

AlienWings: live in caves; they're not really aliens, everyone else just thinks they're weird, have lots of legs

Popa's Tribes

FrostWings: live in a tundra/on glaciers; they are similar to an IceWing but are more ice-based with tougher scales; closely related to the StoneWings for some reason

FeatherWings: live in the mountains; bird-based

QuillWings: live in canyons and the desert; porcupine-based, have venomous quills that they can shoot

FlowerWings: live in the forest; have colorful scale colors and petals all over their body that bloom

CaveWings: live in caves (omg); they are huge in size and don't usually leave their caves

Perdita's Tribes

ScentWings: live near or in the ocean; can give off a powerful scent, usually smell good

BogWings: live in bogs/swamps; kind of like a more extreme and spooky version of a MudWing

GammaWings: live in the rainforest/jungle; have high levels of gamma radiation in their body, radioactive

SteamScales: live in the mountains/fjords/volcanos; expels steam from vents over their body, no wings; darker colors on the outside, glowing red/orange/yellow on the inside

Those are all the tribes, I have a few headshot sketches of what some of them will look like so maybe I'll post those sometime. I don't plan to really write any kind of fanfiction about these tribes, they just exist as world-building stuff but I do like them and want to develop them as tribes rather than as specific characters.

[gamegem92]

Don’t hug us, we’re dragonets (DHMIS x WOF au)

Cast:

Jackrabbit (Doi/Manny/Yellow Guy) Tribe: Sandwing

Raptor (Roy) Tribe: Sandwing

Hessonite (Harry/Red Guy) Tribe: Skywing

Brine (Robin/Duck Guy) Tribe: Seawing

Paradise (Paige/Sketchbook) Tribe: Rainwing

Timeshifter (Tony the Talking Clock) Tribe: Animus Nightwing

Spicebush (Shrignold) Tribe: Silkwing

Celsius (Colin) Tribe: Icewing (possible animus)

Mahogany (Steak Guy/Matt) Tribe: Mudwing/Skywing hybrid

Foxglove (Spinach Can) Tribe: Leafwing

Beaver (Bread Boy) Tribe: Mudwing

Abyss (Larry) Tribe: Seawing/Nightwing hybrid

Plateau (Yellow Guy’s Mom) Tribe: Sandwing

Drought (Yellow Guy’s Brother/OC) Tribe: Animus Sandwing

Story:

It all started with Raptor and Plateau, two Sandwings destined for each other. They had 3 eggs in their own hatchery, 2 male, and 1 female. But, alas, nothing gold can stay. An onslaught of enemy Hivewings attacked them, and the female egg never got a chance to hatch. Fearing what would happen, they each took one of the male eggs and fled. While Plateau was captured and her egg raised by the Hivewings, Raptor was undetected and fled to the only two dragons he knew he could trust anymore: Hessonite, a Skywing who used to be his tribe’s most powerful warrior, and Brine, a Seawing who hatched missing part of his tail. They cared for Raptor’s hatchling, which they named Jackrabbit, and made a promise that they will find Plateau. Meanwhile, the egg Plateau took, now named Drought, is training with the enemy, and he vowed to find his brother so they could rule together.

[wuzhere75]

Sandwing lore breadcrumbs

-In terms of distribution for the war of succession, the Oasis Sandwings went assorted ways, mostly split even between Blister and Blaze with a select few going to Burn. The majority of Blaze’s army was Steppe, mostly gained through coercion by Glacier (the territory that Blaze was willing to gift Glacier if they won the war was the Steppe territory, so they initially where not chummy with the idea of being ruled by an Icewing, but perhaps if they got on her good graces they could get access to some sweet amunis magic). Scarlet and Burn managed to threaten some of the Canyon Sandwings to their side but most just chose to pack up and leave for the remote reaches of the south away from the Skywings.

-I have the most figured out about Canyon Sandwings so far, so I’m mostly going to talk about them.

-Live in small family groups along the sides of canyons or in caves. Maintain small crop farms like Mudwings.

-Sandwings are often wrongly recorded as having extravagantly spiced and complexly prepared meals. This misidentified tradition mostly originates from interactions with royalty and other nobles (this habit collapsed after the Rainwings, the primary source of the assorted spice, cut communication). The Canyon sub-population has the most complex food habits. They often at least in some way cook their food; the little seasoning they often use is most often dried chilies they might throw in a pot of beans (they also probably know how to make some form of primitive tortilla).

-Canyon Sandwings are similar to Mudwings in their death rituals; bodies are burned and scattered into the fields as fertilizer. Sometimes, during particularly fertile years, they will instead take the body up into the high plateaus for the vultures to eat as a way of thanking the desert for a bountiful harvest.

-Canyon Sandwings venerate blue and green tones as sacred colors, as they are the colors of water and a lush landscape. Individuals who display such colors are seen as lucky or “blessed by the desert”.

-Canyon Sandwings tend to not wear any kind of jewelry or value traditional “treasures” like gold or jewels. No point in risking accidental burns or other injury. Even though a lot of mining (mostly silver) occurs in Canyon territory, most think it’s funny that other tribes and sub populations think something so useless to them is so valuable they will pay them to get it out of the ground.

-Possibly gained from distant Rainwing ancestors, many enjoy lounging on sun-heated rocks in the evening before it gets cold