#flights of the faerie dragon

[flightofthefaeriedragon]

After re-reading Eight Little Talons the other day, I feel like Lucanis's "Teia, don't flirt with my...colleague" line comes from a little bit of jealousy and a whole lot of "I know what tends to happen to people you flirt with."

[flightofthefaeriedragon]

I'm willing to bet they weren't banned at all and this was "No Backpack Day" during Spirit Week.

But malicious compliance is cool too. 😄

Ok the guy with the net fucking killed me, I’m sure my neighbors heard me laughing.

[flightofthefaeriedragon]

It's interesting to me to see how many people choose the Calm option in Harding's quest. After the talk with Lucanis (which I *love*!) where he points out that she defaults to people pleasing as a defense mechanism, it felt disrespectful for me to choose anything besides "honor your anger."

[proffbon]

I can be convinced to play any old, mediocre, unfinished, obscure, low-poly, barely rerembered game on the planet if it has free flight mechanics.

This post was sponsored by Divinity II Ego Draconis and Faery - Legends of Avalon.

[ghostzzy]

i havent played fr in a while but i hopped back on for upcoming anniversary stuff and decided to finally hatch my dusthide eggs and .. look at them.. they came out cute <3

[making-your-fave-in-fr]

could you dragonify jinx from arcane? these dragons r so cool lmao i love playing with the little dragon maker

I made Jinx from Arcane in Flight Rising! Also thank you :D

F Coatl (Pastel Water eyes) Cream/Chrysocolla| Periwinkle/Blend | Cream/Underbelly

Faerie Rose Thorn Gloves, Florid Pants, Classy Spats, Glamorous Scarlet Spats, Seaside Kelpie Mane, Black Linen Neck Wrap, Black Linen Chest Wrap

[flightofthefaeriedragon]

I think the wisps have their own reasons to find Neve and her work fascinating, but I have a tinfoil hat feeling they're encouraged to surround her as a distraction. Can't have her noticing any unwelcome magic. That would upset the plot.

[thecreaturecodex]

Draxie

Image © Paizo Publishing, accessed at Archives of Nethys here

[The last of the variant sprite lineages from PF 2e's Bestiary 3, and I think the cutest. A little redundant, with faerie dragons (or fey dragonets, I guess) already existing, but when has redundancy ever gotten in the way of monster designers?]

Draxie CR 3 CG Fey This little humanoid is barely a foot tall, with a scaly hide, a long tail and membranous wings. They have small sharp teeth and horns and frills of skin instead of hair.

Draxies, or dragon sprites, are playful, flighty and keen pranksters. They often engage in escalating prank wars with pixies and fairie dragons, both of whom they get along well with. Draxies can be patient when planning some manner of joke or trick, and may spend months or even years for the payoff for a perfect joke. Draxies claim to have their origins in the powerful faerie dragon Elucredrassa, who upon her death reincarnated into a hundred draxies, who spread throughout the First World and then to the Material Plane. Draxies still honor her with the elucera, a soul-bond a draxie might make with a creature or creatures they are particularly fond of. Entering an elucera with a draxie makes one that draxie’s family as much as any blood relative; draxies take their obligations to elucera-mates more seriously than anything else.

Draxies rarely start fights, but are happy to finish them. A draxie is much more skilled at annoying an enemy into fleeing or parleying then they are with direct violence; their first order of business when attacked is usually to breathe draxie dust on an opponent. Unlike the breath of a faerie dragon, which induces a sort of stoned euphoria, draxie breath can cause this along with several other mind-influencing abilities. Even a draxie doesn’t know what its breath will do at any given moment, and they have great fun adapting to the situation as it elapses. If a draxie wants to do permanent harm, it usually relies on its mind thrust spell-like ability.

Draxies come in a wide variety of colors, and most of them have multicolored fringes running along their heads in place of hair, along their backs and on the tips of their tails. Their nails are usually worn long but are too fragile to be used as claws. Their jaws, however, are remarkably powerful for their size. Draxies are omnivorous with a taste for fruit and insects.

Draxie CR 3 XP 800 CG Tiny fey Init +4; Senses low-light vision, Perception +9

Defense AC 17, touch 16, flat-footed 13 (+2 size, +4 Dex, +1 natural) hp 22 (5d6+5) Fort +4, Ref +8, Will +5 DR 5/cold iron

Offense Speed 15 ft., fly 40 ft. (average) Melee bite +8 (1d8-1) Space 2 ½ ft.; Reach 0 ft. Special Attacks draxie dust Spell-like Abilities CL 3rd, concentration +6 (+10 casting defensively) At will—dancing lights, ghost sound (DC 13), mind thrust I (DC 14), prestidigitation 3/day—disguise self (DC 14) 1/day—glitterdust (DC 15), invisibility

Statistics Str 9, Dex 18, Con 13, Int 16, Wis 13, Cha 16 Base Atk +2; CMB +4; CMD 13 Feats Combat Casting, Great Fortitude, Weapon Finesse Skills Acrobatics +12 (+8 when jumping), Bluff +11, Disguise +11, Diplomacy +11, Fly +16, Knowledge (nature) +11, Perception +9, Perform (comedy) +11, Stealth +20 Languages Common, Sylvan, touch telepathy SQ natural guise

Ecology Environment any forests Organization solitary, pair, flight (3-6) or family (7-24) Treasure standard

Special Abilities Draxie Dust (Su) As a standard action once every 1d4 rounds, a draxie can breathe magical dust in a 15 foot cone. All creatures in the area must succeed a DC 15 Will save or suffer from one of the following random effects (roll 1d4): 1. charmed (as per charm monster) for 1 minute 2. asleep (as per the sleep spell, no HD limit) for 1 minute 3. loses the last 5 minutes of memory 4. sickened, staggered and immune to fear effects for 1 minute This is a mind influencing enchantment effect, and the save DC is Charisma based. A draxie can use this ability once every 1d6 rounds, but a creature cannot be suffering from more than one draxie dust effect at a time. Natural Guise (Ex) When a draxie uses disguise self, it can appear as any Tiny creature with the fey or animal types. Touch Telepathy (Su) A draxie can telepathically communicate with any creature it is in physical contact with, regardless of whether they share a spoken language.

[flightofthefaeriedragon]

I was thinking of subscribing to ad-free Tumblr, but this makes me not want to. I wanted the old Twitter to succeed, but Elon and Twitter Blue have turned it into a complete dumpster fire (as opposed to a useful, functioning site with many dumpster fires to navigate).

I don't understand looking to Twitter Blue as a good example of a subscription model when it's lowered the value of the site for both users and advertisers.

If you want verification, just use their old verification model. Buying phony prestige is fun when it gives us pretty rainbow checks that we *know* have no meaning beyond aesthetics (and funding a site we love to keep it going), but Twitter is pretending it's more than that because it's owner can only get prestige by purchasing it.

The CEO of Tumblr (same username here) is a proud Twitter blue subscriber

[hanafubukki]

Had a weird dream with Malleus being grumpy because the Senate were making a fuss about him wanting to marry me. He was clearly angry but didn't wanted to blow up when I was seeing. I found it cute, him and his grumpy face, so I just laughted to calm him down.

"Yeah, we know they are old fashioned faeries. Don't take what they are saying to heart, like Lilia told us."

And he mumbled with his grumpy voice "But they insulted you" And I patted his head (how the hell did I do that, I don't know- Seems like my dream logic didn't included the height differences 😂)

"And what are going to do ? Kidnapping me and taking me to a cave full of treasure like in the old dragon tale ?"

Well. I joked. But he looked down and took his refleting expression before smirking.

Next thing I remember before waking up was helding with all my strength the back of a black and purple dragon in flight.

Hope Lilia, Sebek and Silver will still be there the wedding though 😂

- 🦋 Anon

Hello 🦋 Anonie🌷🌻🌺

This is an adorable dream and I would love to have one like it. Brain, please, give me something cute like this 🙏💚

I love human x fae stories, and with the addition of pissing off the senate? I love them even more.

Malleus bent down so you could pat him, or even better, he was on your lap. ☺️💞💞

But Ah ah ah 🦋 Anonie, this is Malleus Draconia you are talking about.

Born from Meleanor Draconia, who didn’t let anyone choose her fiancé and rebelled against it. Who literally chose Levan and drove other suitors aways.

Hatched and raised by Lilia Vanrouge, the one who loves and taught Malleus valuable lessons. The one who knows all kinds of tricks and strategies and surprises.

This Malleus Draconia will go high above and beyond to get his way, after all, he put a whole island to sleep didn’t he?

Do you think he wouldn’t do just this? Do his version of a Vegas wedding I believe it’s called?

What was that saying? The villain would let the world burn for his loved ones, and this is exactly that.

(Book 7, literally, Book 7)

[godzilla-reads]

🧌 Giants by David Larkin and Sarah Teale; illustrated by Julek Heller, Carolyn Scrace, and Juan Wijngaard

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Long ago the world was full of extraordinary creatures who have come to be called giants. They have since become extinct or endangered, leaving behind traces of who they once were. But the best source of information we have are myths and legends.

In the same stream as “Faeries” by Brian Froud & Alan Lee, and “Gnomes” by Wil Huygen & Rien Poortvliet, GIANTS collects folklore from around the world, hero stories, arcane legends, and beautiful illustrations. Seriously, the art in this book is amazing and atmospheric.

It was fun to read the lore, the habits and history of giants since they are an aspect of stories I haven’t often looked into. The few giants I’ve met have been the rock giants from The Neverending Story, and the evil giants from the movie The Flight of Dragons, and oh, who could forget the BFG by Roald Dahl. So reading a book filled with stories and lives of giants was fun indeed!

[flightofthefaeriedragon]

EXACTLY!

If a walrus showed up at my door, there would be SO MANY QUESTIONS. Who's cruel enough to drag the poor beast thousands of miles from its habitat to my desert doorstep? And why? And how? And... why???

If a fairy showed up at my door, there would be an answer: huh, I guess they do exist.

I think if a fairy showed up at my house like yeah they are not real but there is narrative precedent for that. a fairy, if it existed, would show up at a house. i just need to suspend one disbelief everything else tracks. it's a big surprise, but a singular one. i would know how to get with the programm pretty quick.

if a walrus knocked at my door there would be many more fucking questions than one. a walrus showing up at my house? knowing that knocking is the required social etiquette? having reasons to know on my door and somehow the ability to do that despite having no arms? said walrus coming to me of all people?? a walrus being real is the least of my concerns at that point why the fuck does it need my help what kind of problem can I solve that a socially aware and apparently findextrous walrus fucking can't

[ranticore]

this is very specific but i'm loving the anatomy of your pern dragons. nothing gets on my tits more than dragon designs where the wings are attached to the forelimb shoulder - where are the flight muscles?! how does the wing attach there's a scapula in the way! there's no room it's all leg!! that and when the patagium stops at the ribs, it's so ugly and implausible.

I'm of two minds about this... I did make the pern designs relatively realistic (even though they don't have to be - in the pern books, they fly by telekinesis!) because I love flight and one of my biggest fascinations about the setting is that it's really a sci-fi story cleverly disguised as a fantasy. So it felt fitting (more on that later since I got another anon about the dragons too haha).

But they're called Dragons in pern because of a resemblance to the creatures of old earth legends. In those legends the dragon is a force of nature, not an animal. And I also really like meeting those legends within their own terms, I did the same for faeries in Inver. I love nonsensical dragons that exist only as a reflection of the storyteller's fear, more symbol than flesh and blood. So I really get behind anatomically impossible dragons as well, spoon wings included ... I don't think it's ugly. I think, under most fantasy or mythological storytelling circumstances, the Impossible Dragon is the most fitting interpretation, usually more fitting than the anatomically plausible dragon

[friskdaferret]

A strange feeling comes over him as he bends down to listen to the silence of the fragile shells containing motionless flights and silent cooing. Each nest is a miniaturized field or woodland, each a dream of infinity.

Codrilles and dragons of the countryside

The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries by Pierre Dubois

[sprunki-hcs]

You know what? Heck you. *Flight Rising-ifies the Sprunkis*

Context: Flight Rising is a browser-based dragon game. I’ll try to briefly explain what each species looks like, but I’d recommend looking them up for actual visuals!

Oren: A Skydancer (Bipedal. Feathered wings. I chose this mostly because of the feather-antenna thingies that they have.)

Raddy: A Mirror. (Four legs. Four eyes. Known for their aggression. How fitting lol.)

Clukr: Ridgeback. (Male Ridgies have extra long noses. Almost like his cymbal stand thing!)

Fun Bot: A Bogsneak (Which is a frilled quadruped dragon that must be made via cauldron, and cannot be naturally found. Almost like a robot, perhaps?)

Vineria: Pearlcatcher! (Quadruped dragons that carry around a large pearl. It is a manifestation of their soul.)

Gray: Obelisk. (They look strikingly similar to lions, and are the most ‘cat-y’ breed I can think of.)

Brud: Snapper. (They’re large, land-bound earth dragons.)

Garnold: A Wildclaw (Literally just velociraptors with wings.)

OWAKCX: Spiral. 100%. (They’re super long noodle dragons that are known for being impulsive and fidgety. They also tie themselves in knots when stressed 😊 👍)

Sky: A Tundra. (Furry dragons that hail from the ice element. No horns. Just a happy lil face :P)

Mr. Sun: An Everlux. (Yes, they’re small and look like grubs with wings, but they’re of the light element, and they’re an ancient breed, so it kinda works.)

Durple: A Guardian. (They look the most like the stereotypical “treasure hoarding” European dragons.)

Mr. Tree: He’d be an Auraboa (which is an ancient, Nature-aligned snake dragon. Because plant :D)

Simon: It was tempting to go with Snapper (which are known for their powerful bites. Wink wink.) But since Oren is a Skydancer, then so is Simon!

Tunner: I know he’s not actually furry, but I feel like he’d be a Coatl. (They’re like feathered snakes with limbs, and are visually inspired by the Quetzalcoatl.)

Fun Computer: Also a Bogsneak :3

Wenda: An Obelisk, just like Gray.

Jevin: A Nocturne for sure. (They’re the dragon equivalent of bats, and look the part. They are of the shadow element, too.)

Pinki: A Fae! (They’re small, faerie-themed arcane dragons with head frills and large wings.)

Black: An Imperial. (They’re the largest breed, and are known to come back from the dead to create horrific hydras, known as Emperors. It just feels right to me.)

🎶.

[flightofthefaeriedragon]

🎵 I'm comin' wait for me!

I see the walls reflecting

the flashing of my feet and

it looks like ... somethin'? 🎵

Your power is out but I guide you down the hallway with my sickass light-up shoes