#draconis memoria

[mad-raptorzzz]

[ID: Several sketches of a white drake from the Draconis Memoria series. Top left is a head shot of a large white dragon with twisting horns and many spikes along its back smiling smuggly at the viewer. It has pale yellow teeth with slightly pink gums and bags under its glowing yellow eyes. Next to the head shot is a hand with sharp claws. The next image is a white drake flying in a mighty downstroke and spewing glowing red flames from its jaws. Top right is an image of the white drake's glowing yellow eye with red around the slit pupil. The white drake stands on all fours hunched over at the bottom of the page, with a long, thin tail tipped with a sharp arrow. And the final image is another, smaller, headshot of the white drake with its mouth just barely open. /End]

Finally going to finish these! This is the white drake from Draconis Memoria. So technically, during the book, there's only one big one. Which I drew on the left. There are a bunch of smaller ones and they are all right menaces. The white drake was made by combining all types of dragons (except black drakes) and some human DNA. Which created an absolute monster. These drakes can corrupt humans and control other drakes, except blacks. I feel like they are all types of off white with weird pale pinks and purples around their gums. Their eyes always glow with the power they hold over their followers. Drinking their blood can allow you to see the future...but also may drive you mad.

The white drakes were a fun villain.

[housewarningparty]

Struggling with Empire of the Wolf bc the plot is soooo interesting and the world is so interesting and the magic and faction conflicts and deities are SO interesting but the characters are :/

Spoilers below

Like, so much of Tyranny of Faith has felt like it's just Helena wanting to fuck that old man but the old man in question is like. NOT particularly charismatic, I don't think there's good chemistry between them and FRANKLY I'm more concerned about the big metaphysical god-moth following them around on the astral plain and drinking Vonvalt's life force. And also about the mad priest doing crazy magic and consorting with demons and raising an army to the south. And also the prince who got kidnapped. Like all of those things are SO compelling why can't we focus on that instead of Helena being jealous of some random other woman ALSO WHYYYYYYY are we 1.5 books in and she literally only talks to men im sick of all the men at least make them more interesting good lord

Spoiled bc Covenant of Steel last year really set the bar for me in terms of characters in fantasy and The Will of the Many/Tyranny of Faith in such quick succession just feel so blunt and flat in comparison. The answer to this is probably just to read more Anthony Ryan but I'm low-key like. Trying to save Draconis Memoria for when I need a slam dunk

Anyway I was trying to blast through Tyranny so I could be ready to dive right into the last book when it comes out next month but I might put it on ice for a minute. I gotta read something by a woman, I think, or else I'm gonna explode

[ultradraconis]

ULTRA DRACONIS (6 Ore) - 2023

Al contrario dello scorso anno, quest'anno ci ho messo un po' ad elaborare quello che è stata la seconda edizione dell'ultima corsa dell'anno:"Ultra Draconis - (6 ore)".

"Anno" l'ho già scritto?

Seppure questa volta non sono riuscito ad oragnizzare UD come avrei voluto (a causa di un arrogante influenza che mi ha messo KO) non posso che ritenermi felice e soddisfatto per come sono andate le cose. Complice il ritardo e l'organizzazione approssimativa quest'anno i "seioristi" dichiarati (correre è contagioso e sono certo che prima o poi qualcuno inizierà a correre convinto di fare solamente un paio d'ore e si ritroverà al terminare delle sei ore di UD felice e grato per quello che è stato) non erano molti, solamente 4.

Nonostante tutto abbiamo avuto due grandi novità (la prima ce la terremo anche per gli anni a venire e la seconda … chi lo sà, lo scopriremo solo correndo):

1 - Il "semplicissimo taccuino nero" sul quale chiunque poteva (e se il 31 Dicembre causa pioggia non ci fosse riuscito può ancora farlo, ed io ne sarei molto molto felice) condividere un po' di se e della sua esperienza.

2 - Per la prima volta UD si è corsa sia sopra l'equatore a Roma, dove lo scorso anno è nata e di sicuro continuerà a crescere, che sotto l'equatore a Buenos Aires esportata dal socio di ultrascorribande Andrea, distanti in termini di spazio/tempo ma vicini come succede sempre quando si macinano km su km in giro per il globo terracqueo.

Anche se i "seioristi", come dicevo erano solo 4 (dei quali solamente due hanno terminato la sei ore) sono stati molti gli "amici" che hanno deciso di venire e condividere con noi qualche km. Chi mi conosce sa bene che la mia memoria è fallace ma cosi su due piedi direi che dal fantamsagorico ristoro auto-organizzato di UD siano passate almeno 26 persone e che dalle 7 alle 13 nessun corridore è mai rimasto da solo.

Sono state sei ore di festa nelle quali abbiamo salutato il 2023 facendo quello che ci piace, ovvero correre con gli amici condividendo quello che viene: la sveglia presto, l'ultima alba dell'anno, crostate e biscotti, le nuvole minacciose, la campagna, gli orsetti gommosi, lo sterrato, uno spiraglio di sole, qualche birra, la pioggia e la gioia di essere insieme.

E come gridava qualcuno, dopo un fragoroso tuoso che preannunciava l'ultimo temporale dell'anno:"va tutto bene e andrà tutto benissimo…" l'importante è continuare a correre.

Con UD ci si vede il prossimo 31 Dicembre, per quanto riguarda noi "ci vediamo lungo la strada".

Grazie a tutti!

P.

[thedopesamurai]

The Empire of Ashes

Federico Musetti, 2020

for Anthony Ryan’s book of the same name, 3rd in the Draconis Memoria trilogy

[thisisleica]

Books of 2020

Reads and rereads

WoT 1-6 Dresden Files 1-7, PC Peter Grant 1-8, Warbreaker, Stormlight Archiv 1-4, Mistborn era 1 and 2, Locked Tomb 2 and Draconis Memoria book 1

Also the first Artemis Fowl book tho as audiobook

[thereadingtrashqueen]

#24in48 #HourSix HOUR 6: Marvelous Opening Lines . First of all, if this ends up being a spoiler, imma blame the @24in48 hosts 😅 . The first line of the final installment in the #draconismemoria trilogy!

[books-of-winter]

started the new Anthony Ryan this weekend ♡

[mad-raptorzzz]

[ID: Multiple sketches of green dragon-like creatures called drakes from the book series Draconis Memoria by Anthony Ryan. They look oddly gecko-like with bulging yellow eyes on the tops of their heads. Instead of wings, they have a large spike erupting from each shoulder. On the left, there is a fullbody and headshot of a forest dwelling green drake. It is bright green with darker green stripes along its body. It's legs are squat, like a lizard. The drake has a long thin tail ending in a sharp arrow-head like spike. It has many spikes around its face. There is a red colored throat poach on it's neck. It has unique pupils that are thin slits with two hatch marks in its bright yellow eyes. The middle of the image has a fullbody and headshot of a prairie drake, which is a duller yellow-green. This drake is taller and has more of an upright posture. It's whole body gradually gets darker in color, with the multi-spiked tail being light colored again. There is some very subtle striping around its legs. The feet of this drake look more like a dogs paws with blunt claws. It's pupils are cat-like slits in golden yellow eyes. The right side of the image has a river dragon. This one is a dark teal with a light teal underbelly. It has horizontal striping and some light speckles on its body. There are many whiskers coming from its mouth, nose, and chin. It has small fins around its face and on its legs. The feet are large and webbed. Instead of a spike, its tail is more paddle-shaped. It has very large round pupils in its bright yellow-green eyes. The headshot of the river drake has its mouth open showing very sharp yellow-ish teeth and breathing a small yellow flame. The background is a muddy green. /.End]

Like I said I finished the Draconis Memoria series and I wanted to try my hands at illustrating the dragons, or drakes as they call them in the books, featured in the series. There are 5 main types.

The first if the green drake. Drinking the blood of green drakes can be done by anyone, even non-blood-blessed. It helps heal wounds and take pain away. If you are blood-blessed, it gives you superhuman strength, speed, and senses for a short time. Greens are the smallest overall drake and instead of wings they have two large shoulder spikes. The can breathe fire and have large spikes at the end of their tails. While not venomous, their bites are full of nasty bacteria. Greens are pack hunters and travel in large family groups. There are three subclasses of greens: forest, prairie, and river.

Forest greens are the smallest and the most adept at climbing. Their small size allows them to prosper in the very dense rainforest/jungle of the interior. They are also the best at changing their colors. Headcannon time now. Generally, their base color is a vibrant green with some striping. I think forest greens look the most like geckos/lizards. They have a lot of spikes and spines that actually help break up their shape and allows them to blend in more with their environment. Ambush predators, they prefer to silently creep up on prety then drop from above. The sticky pads on their wide splayed toes help them stick to surfaces. They have a throat flap like anoles that they can puff up to intimidate other dragons.

Prairie greens are the next largest of the greens. They have a more upright appearance as they live and hunt on the plains of the interior, thus need to be able to gallop quickly after prey. This gives them more of an upright appearance. Now headcannon stuff. They have a more dull-green-yellow color to blend in with the more brown yellow prairie grasses. They aren't great at changing their colors, but they are more chase-based predators anyway. Their packs operate like hyena packs: coordinated attacks and overwhelm the prey with numbers. They have fewer spikes for a more streamlined appearance. Their feet are more mammalian with almost dog/cheetah like toes better suited for running than climbing.

Last are the river greens, the largest and most aggressive of the bunch. They live in the fresh water rivers, swamps, and marshes of the interior. They can be very difficult to see in the murky waters, only to burst up without warning and drag their prey down to the depths. For headcannon things, they are also pretty good at color changing, but can't quite do it to the extent of forest greens. For example, they are restricted to green-blue colors mostly. They typically are a dark teal green with rippling patterns and a lighter belly. These greens have many whiskers and barbles to feel around in murky water. They have some pseudo-fins as well, with even their shoulder spikes having a membrane. The feet of river greens are big, floppy, webbed and paddle-like. Their tail is also flattened and the spike is more of a paddle, though still sharp. Fire from river greens is the weakest of any drake.

There weren't any notable green drakes in the books like the other dragons, so these are just some random guys. Next up will be the red drakes!

[dzelonis]

Mēneša grāmata #94 - Novembris 2022

Mēneša grāmata #94 – Novembris 2022

Anthony Ryan – The Legion of Flame (The Draconis Memoria #2) Manu viedokli un iespaidus varat izlasīt šeit

[crazywitchkitty]

This is easily the best fantasy / dragon book i’ve read in years!!

It blew my mind. A highly entertaining and engaging mix of high dragon fantasy and steampunk. Absolutely faboulos!

[evangelineartemiasamos]

When you start a new book of a series you remember as diverse, but once you’re reading it, you realize the author doesn’t do shit about describing their characters as diverse, because all the “diversity” in the book was only your own headcanons.

[just0nemorepage]

The Waking Fire || Anthony Ryan || The Draconis Memoria #1 || 592 pages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 3 Genres: Fantasy / Dragons / Steampunk

Synopsis: Throughout the vast lands controlled by the Ironship Syndicate, nothing is more prized than the blood of drakes. Harvested from the veins of captive or hunted Reds, Green, Blues and Blacks, it can be distilled into elixirs that give fearsome powers to the rare men and women who have the ability harness them—known as the blood-blessed.

But not many know the truth: that the lines of drakes are weakening. If they fail, war with the neighboring Corvantine Empire will follow swiftly. The Syndicate's last hope resides in whispers of the existence of another breed of drake, far more powerful than the rest, and the few who have been chosen by fate to seek it.

Claydon Torcreek is a petty thief and an unregistered blood-blessed, who finds himself pressed into service by the protectorate and sent to wild, uncharted territories in search of a creature he believes is little more than legend. Lizanne Lethridge is a formidable spy and assassin, facing gravest danger on an espionage mission deep into the heart of enemy territory. And Corrick Hilemore is the second lieutenant of an ironship, whose pursuit of ruthless brigands leads him to a far greater threat at the edge of the world.

As lives and empires clash and intertwine, as the unknown and the known collide, all three must fight to turn the tide of a coming war, or drown in its wake.

Publication Date: July 2016. / Average Rating: 4.06. / Number of Ratings: 10,850~.

[thisisntthegeorgeyourelookingfor]

The Draconis Memoria by Anthony Ryan

I really enjoyed this series. They switched narrators between the first and second book. Which usually bothers me but the first one wasn't that great, not bad mind you just sort of meh. So it didn't bother me. I actually like the second one better. Which was a little surprising.

The series ending seemed a bit rushed and left open for possible sequels or spin offs if the author was inclined to write them. Overall fairly solid.

[kernelscorner]

(via The Draconis Memoria: 'The Legion Of Flame' By Anthony Ryan Gets A Beautiful Official US Cover)