#Storm dragon

[spiritofdragonfire]

Absolutely love this beautiful artwork of my DracARys dragon 🌩Thunderbolt⚡️

This commission character sheet was made by IG artist @vishap.art

Thank you so much for bringing my HOTD dragon to life! He looks beyond amazing!

[rufinator]

Brewing Storm 🌩️

Rough painting of my dragon Rufy! Really need to do more work of my ocs

[mrnotsosilent]

SMASH!

[zuxver]

Heights of some of my ocs!

[erateeth]

🐉💜⚡️Purple Hearted Storm Dragon⚡️💜🐉

✏️ Art & design  Ⓒ Glitter Teeth/ EraTeeth

[operationugawts]

Roll call!

[black-aengel-07]

I have never drawn a creature made out of raging storm clouds... now I can boast that I have.

The Storm Dragon

[leonrdg]

Hul'driar, the stormbringer.

The Dragon Lord that reign over the storms.

[chaosbloot]

More dragons! I drew more things on paper. I did the 2 big ones along with the lil water dragon, and earth dragon (big bull horns) completely in pen, I did do the last on in pencil to start tho.

[some-random-wolf-with-internet]

Storm dragon

[cyndalyssa]

"Hey, Squonge! Let's play a game now!"

This was 3 1/2 months in the making (delays and distractions galore!)

Another game of coming up with a series of things that a character is doing...or in this case, has done, since this is about Montork's past kicking butt as a young magician--though the subject does drift to somebody that he used to know.

I'm surprised the Storm Dragon turned out decent. I'm not used to drawing dragons. But, anyway, I think of it and its sibling as the Trollan demigods of the sky and sea, spawned by the Star Tree and having a link to the wider universe. They can cause storms with their howling. To meet one of these beasts is an honor.

Not that anybody cares, but the memory thief is a reference to an MLP fic I wrote some years ago. Just thought it'd be fun to put that idea in as one of Montork's adventures.

And let's wrap this up with one more thing:

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[spiritofdragonfire]

"Sōvēs Thunderbolt!"

This lovely commission of chibi Thunderbolt and his rider, Maelora Bloodmane (aka me as a Targaryen), was made by IG artist @chappysuey

I absolutely love this commission of me and my dragon together! If you look closer at my armor, you can see that it is a black version of Princess Rhaenys Targaryen's dragonrider armor! Thank you so much for this detailed and adorable artwork!

[wheretwofacesmeet]

[mwezina]

The Devil & FE3H

Contrary to how the card looks, The Devil is not actually about the devil sitting upon a stool in the back of the card, but about the two figures in front of it. A foil to The Lovers card, The Devil symbolises forced restraint and perceived powerlessness -- in other words, a lack of choice. 

The chains upon the two people’s heads are fitted loosely around their necks, showing that it’s a trick. The Devil tricks them into thinking they are stuck, but they can easily slip the chains from over their heads and escape. The problem is that both of them have succumbed to their basest instincts, shown by the horns upon their heads, and have fallen to addictions of pleasure and power, as symbolised by the tails of fruit and fire respectively. 

The crest associated with this card is the Crest of Maurice. The name itself likely belongs to the last Byzantine Emperor. His reign was troubled by constant warfare, most likely because that was the only thing he was good at. By keeping his people focused on wars, which he excelled at, they would ignore his other shortcomings. 

During battles, he was fierce and brilliant. He united a fractured Byzantine Empire. However, during peacetime, he was a poor ruler and his reign struggled financially. He made policies that did not keep the people’s needs in mind, leading to his citizens and military rebelling against him. 

The dragon associated with this crest is the Storm Dragon. This name could be alluding to the god of thunder, lightning, and storms. The problem with storms is that they are often necessary to bring rain. However, in their wake they can leave chaos and destruction. So storms can be balanced out in terms of the good and bad they bring to the world. 

In my mind, the Storm Dragon would be a cloudlike being that flies through the sky. Maybe its most prominent features would be its large black wings that darken the sky when an oncoming storm is near. 

Instead of connecting all these things to a bearer of the crest, I actually think Edelgard von Hresvelg is a better fit. Edelgard frequently alludes to herself as being trapped by Agarthan forces, being forced to do things she would never do. However, she actually has all the power to strike back against them. She is simply too focused on the power they bring her to do so. On the other hand, Edelgard is like the devil herself, tempting or manipulating others to her side with the promise of power (as she does for Ferdinand) or the promise of her love (as she does for Byleth). 

Maurice is also a good fit for the type of reign that Edelgard has on Adrestia. She brought harmony to Adrestia by taking the power of the nobles. And if she succeeds in her war of conquest, she will be seen as bringing Fòdlan back together in the history books. However, Edelgard gives little thought to the state of the world in peacetime. She does not consider the common citizen, starving them and using them in Agarthan experiments. She does not consider how a meritocracy could ever be fair, leaving Ferdinand to point out that free education must be necessary, otherwise the meritocracy would be nothing but a joke. Not only that, but her new weapon bears the Crest of Maurice, giving an indication that the writers may have meant for her to be connected to these ideas. 

Finally, the Storm Dragon seems to suggest Edelgard’s violent rule. While some may consider her conquest necessary or inevitable, it is destructive and the echoes of chaos will be felt for many generations. 

Personally, I think the writers did a fantastic job linking Edelgard to The Devil card, even more so than a reversed The High Priestess card. But what do you think? Could Marianne have filled these tough breeches as well as Edelgard?

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[zuxver]

Here's some OC art! She is called Lixue. (Also, my new banner)

Plus, my new logo(idk what you would call it.) For my in the making Webcomic. About this dragon above me and another one.

[familiar-bonds]

Working on a design for a storm or lightning dragon familiar. still a wip.

Pretty happy with it so far, i'm not sure on the colors yet. might give them a 'clear skies' and 'raging storm' look for different weather or something.