#httyd scorchmaws

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Deathgripper anon here again

Now tell me about the scorchmaws. I needa know

Ahhghhh Scorchmaws my beloveds (and hello Deathgripper anon)

Be prepared for an essay under the read more-

Scorchmaws live in matriarchal packs, which are called flares, and the oldest female takes the reign over all others within the flare. The oldest female is reffered to as The Mother most commonly, but she doesn't have to be the biological mother to all the Scorchmaws in the flare. These flares can vary in numbers but most stay around 6-10 Scorchmaws.

They can vary in size but the grow to between Monstrous Nightmare and Stormcutter sizes normally. They have large, powerful wings that are specially adapted for climbing/walking, so you will often find their nests high up. Despite not walking on their front arms, they do still have them, though they're much smaller and moreso made for last effort attacks.

Scorchmaw saliva is incredibly flammable, and they produce a significant amount of it. It basically equates to literal liquid fire. (Hence the name Scorchmaw) They can also shoot huge plumes of fire, but don't do so often as their shot limit is extremely low (2-4 shots) and it takes a significant amount of time to rechange. Up to a week, in fact.

Because of their constant proximity for heat/fire, they are almost completely fire-proof both inside and out. With the exception of their deeper internal organs of course.

Scorchmaws are big dragons, huge even, and because of this they need an immense amount of food. Dragons. That's right, Scorchmaw's main diet consist almost entirely of dragons. Their specialized talons, flammable saliva and above average tracking skill makes it quite easy to hunt down and eat dragons. And they're not picky. As long as it moves, it's food. They do also eat deer, boar, bird, and rodents if they can catch them. On occasion they will eat berries, herbs, and grain, but they will only ever eat those when desperate.

And that concludes my info dump about Scorchmaws :D I am currently working on some sheets for them but idk how long those are gonna take-

Any questions about the Scorchmaws are more than welcome!!

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Can you tell me about, Ronan (I believe I spelled that right) as you said while talking about Chervil (also believe I spelled that right) you would end up talking about them at some point

Deathgripper anon has arrived again

Ah, welcome back deathgripper anon! And yes, both of those are spelled correctly don't worry :D

Ronan is- well I guess technically he is a dragon rider, similar to how Chervil and Krogan are with their dragons (I should clarify, in my headcanons both of them love their dragons very much and treat them very well, but aren't sided with the dragon riders) His full name is Ronan Maelson and he is between 32-34 (haven't really decided yet) and is quite tall. (6'7" to be exact) (He's a big boy)

He's first introduced to the riders in an altered Maces and Talons part 2, but he is introduced to the readers way before that, not how I think you'll expect. His relationship with other characters definitely varies depending on place in the timeline, but for his first appearance in Maces and Talons part 2 he feels like this about these characters; Viggo, no particular hatred or anger towards him, except when Viggo threatened to kill him- Ryker, resents him for not stopping something that I won't get into yet because spoilers for the fic. Dagur, hates him with every fiber of his being, again for plot reasons I won't get into yet. Heather, only met her once at this point so he doesn't really mind her. The riders, again, only ever met Hiccup at this point so not really anything in particular.

Ronan rides a pack of Scorchmaws, which are a fandragon of mine, but I'll probably talk about them some other time.

Ronan is much more capable than the riders at surviving in the wild (he did so with no human contact for 15-18 years-) but is most likely not nearly as good with a sword and shield. Despite this, he's quite proficient with a bow and arrow, and uses them to hunt.

But yeah, Ronan is planned to have at least 2 fics currently in the works (help me i have so many unfinished fics-)

My boy, he's so awesome I love him so much :3