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three-crows-in-hiking-boots · 4 months ago

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WoF Worldbuilding: Court Positions

The Courts of Pyrrhan and Pantalan royals are made up of many moving parts. A Monarch can't rule on their own!

The court hierarchy is as follows:

Monarch/Queen: Monarch is used for most "queens" who don't identify as female, though Queen is the default. Referred to as "Your Grace/Your Majesty/Queen or Monarch [Name]" King/Queen Consort: Referred to as "Your Grace/Queen or King Consort or Consort [Name]" Royal Family: The monarch's offspring (biological or otherwise) who may or may not hold other positions within the court. Referred to as "Prince/Princess [name]" Royal Advisors: The exact positions depend on the exact kingdom. Referred to as "Advisor [Name]" Generals/Commanders: High-ranking military/guards are often parts of a council held by the Monarch. Referred to as "General [Name]" Lords/Ladies: The family of the Monarch and their Consort, may hold other titles as well. May be aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, etc. Referred to as "Lord/Lady [Name]" Ambassador(s): Referred to as "Ambassador [Name]" Guards: Referred to as just their name Royal Staff: "Servants" as scavengers would call them, though any and all positions within the Courts are valued. Include the cooks, smiths, favored craftsmen/artisans, assistants, etc

Not all courts are built the same, however. For example, the IceWing and NightWing courts follow this structure, while RainWings follow a looser structure.

Below the cut: The ranks for each court

SandWings

Monarch/Queen

King/Queen Consort

Royal Family

Generals/Commanders

Guards

Royal Staff: -> Steward- manages the fortress and directs the other staff -> Monarch's Personal Aid- Assists the monarch in their daily duties -> Head Cook/Cooks- Prepares meals for the fortress residents -> Dragonet Tender- watches over the royal dragonets as well as any dragonets belonging to any other court members

*Being a more harsh community (especially after the War of SandWing Succession), most Monarchs don't hold an advisory council like other tribes, instead tending to rule with a spy/informant network as well as their own knowledge of the territory

MudWings

Monarch/Queen

King/Queen Consort

Royal Family- Unlike other tribes, Advisors, Generals, Guards, and the Steward are chosen from the Monarch's Troop, and are also considered part of the Royal Family. If the Monarch decides to rule with a Consort, the Consort's Troop may be merged with the Monarch's (though to what degree is dependent on the Troop's cohesiveness). If the Troop isn't large enough or is no longer together, other dragons may be put into place

Royal Staff -> Head Cook/Cooks- Prepares meals for the fortress residents -> Dragonet Tender- watches over the royal dragonets as well as any dragonets belonging to any other court members

SkyWings

Monarch/Queen

King/Queen Consort

Royal Family

Royal Advisors -> Treasury -> Education -> Spies & Defense -> Laws & Courts -> Diplomacy

Generals/Commanders

Lords/Ladies

Ambassador(s)

Guards

Royal Staff -> Steward- manages the fortress and directs the other staff -> Monarch's Personal Aid- Assists the monarch in their daily duties -> Head Cook/Cooks- Prepares meals for the fortress residents -> Dragonet Tender- watches over the royal dragonets as well as any dragonets belonging to any other court members

SeaWings

Monarch/Queen

King/Queen Consort

Royal Family

Royal Advisors -> Aquaculture -> Communication -> Defense -> Dragonet Care -> Hunting -> Magic & Publishing -> Dragon Health -> Justice -> Secrets & Spies -> Treasury -> War

Generals/Commanders

Lords/Ladies

Ambassador(s)

Guards

IceWings

Monarch/Queen

King/Queen Consort

Royal Family

Royal Advisors -> Treasury -> Education -> Spies & Defense -> Laws & Courts -> Diplomacy -> Research/Sciences -> Abilities & Magics

Generals/Commanders

Lords/Ladies

Ambassador(s)

Guards

RainWings

Monarch/Queen

King/Queen Consort

Royal Family

Royal Advisors -> Education -> Defense -> Laws -> Diplomacy -> NightWing Connections

Generals/Commanders

Lords/Ladies

Ambassador(s)

Guards

NightWings

Monarch/Queen

King/Queen Consort

Royal Family

Royal Advisors -> Spies & Defense -> Treasury -> Magic & Abilities -> Education -> Laws & Courts -> Diplomacy -> Research/Sciences

Generals/Commanders

Lords/Ladies

Ambassador(s)

Guards

LeafWings

Monarch/Queen

King/Queen Consort

Royal Family

Royal Advisors -> Treasury -> Education -> Defense -> Laws & Courts -> Diplomacy -> Research/Sciences

Generals/Commanders

Lords/Ladies

Ambassador(s)

Guards

HiveWings

Monarch/Queen

King/Queen Consort

Royal Family

Royal Advisors -> Treasury -> Education -> Spies & Defense -> Laws & Courts -> Diplomacy -> Research/Sciences -> Powers & Abilities

Generals/Commanders

Lords/Ladies

Ambassador(s)

Guards

SilkWings

Monarch/Queen

King/Queen Consort

Royal Family

Royal Advisors -> Treasury -> Education -> Laws & Courts -> Diplomacy -> Education -> Abilities -> Arts & Commerce

Generals/Commanders

Lords/Ladies

Ambassador(s)

Guards

BeetleWings

Monarch/Queen

King/Queen Consort

Royal Family

Royal Advisors -> Treasury -> Education -> Spies & Defense -> Laws & Courts -> Diplomacy -> Research/Sciences -> Powers & Abilities

Generals/Commanders

Lords/Ladies

Ambassador(s)

Guards

#sotw au #wof #wof au #wings of fire headcanons #wings of fire #wingsoffire #wings of fire headcanon #wings of fire worldbuilding #wof worldbuilding #wof royalty #wings of fire royalty #wings of fire society

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elliott-the-creature · 3 months ago

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finally finished the designs for all the queens of my fan series!!! I love all of their designs, and I’m so glad I can flesh this world out more :)

some more info on each queen below (and tumblr may have destroyed the quality, so click on the image if you want a better look)⬇️

Queen Rafflesia is the second oldest queen in Xevenay (my fan continent), and is the current leader of the MudWings. She is described as a very fair and well rounded queen, and is fiercely loyal and dedicated to running her tribe. She may not be as young and spry as when she was younger, but she’ll do anything to make sure her tribe is safe, happy, and strong. Rafflesia and her sib group are currently working on repairing the damage done to her tribe’s territory after the Hive Takeover (a war that resulted in most of her tribe abandoning their land when they were attacked by HiveWings). The next queen in line is going to be Rose Mallow (her granddaughter).

Queen Lapis is the current queen of the SeaWings, and has stepped into her role quite smoothly. After the death of Queen Tuna due to old age, Lapis was deemed fit for queenhood, and is a complete natural. She is the twin of Princess/General Lazuli, and is the complete opposite of her fierce, ambitious sister. Lapis is fair, calm-minded, rational, and a very intelligent dragon. Many SeaWings are relieved that she was chosen as the next queen rather than Lazuli, as although Lazuli is an amazing general and a fierce warrior, she wouldn’t be quite fit for queenhood—unlike Lapis. There has been no current heir picked, as Lapis is a fairly new Queen and is still young and healthy.

Queen Tangerine is the current queen of the RainWings, and is pretty different from the previous two discussed. She is short-tempered, easily annoyed, and likes things to stay consistent. Dragonets are probably her least favourite thing in the world, but luckily her heirs have been raised by her husband and wife—who are way better at taking care of dragonets than her. She is proudly polyamorous, and loves all her partners dearly. Despite all of her flaws, she has been a pretty popular queen throughout her ruling; at least by pure RainWings—hybrids aren’t too fond of her due to her distaste of them. The next queen in line is going to be Kiyomi (her daughter).

Queen Dusk is the current queen of the SandWings, and is an often overlooked queen. It’s not that she’s boring or weak or anything like that, it’s just that she hasn’t done anything too significant during her ruling. She did offer sanctuary to many SandWings who were affected by the Hive Takeover (as the HiveWings did encroach on Sand Kingdom territory, but didn’t end up taking much land due to harsh conditions), and sent out many military units to help defend her borders and other neighbouring kingdoms (such as the Mud Kingdom and Sky Kingdom). Other than her contributions to the most recent conflicts, she hasn’t done much, and is a pretty solitary queen who enjoys music and writing. The next queen in line is going to be Ringtail (her cousin (in my universe, cousins are able to become queens)).

Queen Dreamcatcher is the oldest queen on the continent, and is the current queen of the NightWings. In her long life, she has been through many hardships and battles, but despite all that, she is a very kind and generous queen. She almost single-clawedly repaired her tribe after a rough ruling from her grandmother, and due to this, she is quite popular with not only the NightWing tribe, but the other neighbouring tribes too. Maybe it’s the age getting to her, or maybe she’s always been like this, but Dreamcatcher has always been the most lax of all the queens on rules and regulations. Nowadays, her ruling is split between her, her husband, and her granddaughter (and future ruler) Hopefulsight.

Queen Topaz is the current queen of the SkyWings, although she wishes she wasn’t. Before her ruling, her sister, Queen Redtail, ruled the SkyWings amazingly, and was popular with all the tribes. But after being killed in a battle during the Hive Takeover, Topaz was forced to step in as the next queen quite unexpectedly. Due to this, Topaz is a very bitter and angry dragon, and often takes out her frustrations on her servants and royal councillors. The only dragon Topaz seems to tolerate is Queen Lapis—in fact, they were formerly very close friends and clawmates at Jewel Mountain Academy before they both had to step into their royal roles more. There is no current heir picked, as Topaz refuses to appoint one.

Queen Floe is the current leader of the IceWings, and is a queen you should definitely not mess with. She is wicked smart, and thanks to her extensive knowledge and large council, makes her a formidable opponent and a very intimidating dragon. However, she isn’t a terrible dictator or something like that. She’s surprisingly fair and respectful, and takes the time to work out any intertribal conflicts with grace and precision. Outside of her tribe though, she can be quite prickly and hard to get to know, and isn’t afraid to stand up for what she wants. The next queen in line is going to be Larna (her niece).

Queen Sunflower is the newest appointed queen in Xevenay, and her road to queendom has been quite a rough one. She was the one to kill the previous queen of the HiveWings—her mother, Queen Cadmium—after she went on a crazy power trip and started the Hive Takeover. She was almost killed by Cadmium, and was left with a scarred face, a mangled ear, and a broken horn. Since then, the HiveWings have been slowly rebuilding their tribe and paying their respects to the other tribes that had been damaged during the war—and all of this burden lays on poor Sunflower. She is very different than the average HiveWing, as she is much more considerate and kind, but that is a welcome change after the tyrant that was Cadmium. She has appointed Princess Ladybug as an heir in case things go wrong, but it is very unlikely that anyone will challenge Queen Sunflower.

Queen Azure is the current queen of the SilkWings, and is the definition of SilkWing stereotypes. She’s an often overlooked queen due to her softness and dislike of conflict, but to her, that’s perfectly fine. She’s a very agreeable queen, and is always willing to lend a claw to other tribes if they need help or resources. As a result, she’s been taken advantage of by quite a few other queens, and her council is often frustrated by her inability to set firm boundaries. She also has a fondness for humans, and makes sure Moorlands (the human town in SilkWing territory) is doing well and isn’t being targeted by other human-hating dragons. The next queen in line is going to be Claudina (her cousin).

Queen Acorn is the current queen of the LeafWings, and has had a rough time with her rule. During her early years as queen, she had to work with the NightWings quite extensively in order to prevent a full-blown war (it��s a very long story involving animus abuse and dragons possessing others lol), and even implemented a rule stating that animus dragons cannot be used like tools by their queens, and that abuse against animi is forbidden. Nowadays, Acorn is a secluded queen, preferring to keep LeafWing business to themselves and overall being a polite but distant figure of authority. The next queen in line is going to be Briar.

Queen Raven is the current queen of the RoostWings, and is one of my personal favourites. She’s gone through a lot during her short life as queen, but she’s handled it very well. From setting up the new Roostwing territory after fleeing their old home, to dealing with 11 other tribes that the RoostWings have never interacted with or even knew of their existence until recently, she’s been through it. However, she’s remarkably resilient and good-hearted, and just wants what’s best for her tribe and family. There are no current heirs old enough to be considered for the throne, but she’s planning on having eggs soon, and has a niece of her own who seems promising.

Last but certainly not least, Queen Emerald. She’s the current queen of the CaveWings, and has only recently become a somewhat unpopular queen. Before the CaveWing Emergence, she was respected and well liked by all CaveWings due to her desire to keep the CaveWing communities healthy and safe, and her plans to expand their underground home into more sustainable territory. However, after the CaveWings were rediscovered and emerged to live alongside “the surface dwellers”, Emerald’s old ways started to make change and adaptation harder, and a number of dragons believed that a new queen that wanted the CaveWings to mingle with the other tribes and was more willing to work with other tribes would be more desirable. Emerald hasn’t caught onto these rumours yet, but luckily she has an heir—Princess Tsavorite—that would replace her if anything… unfortunate… were to happen.

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some-pers0n · 7 months ago

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Memoir of an Albatross

Chapter 3 - Selling One's Soul

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(Art by Loquatic)

Chapter Description: Years after that traumatic day, Albatross finds himself preoccupied with his thoughts in the library. Life, while not certainly great, could be a lot worse. Princess Lagoon seems to believe otherwise.

Animus magic: a concept that seems far too mystical and powerful to be a reality, and yet here we are, living among dragons with endless potential. Spellcasters. Gods with grand, sacred blood in their veins. Reality bends to their will. At a mere thought, a mere enchantment, they can do anything.

And that terrified Albatross. He was afraid. He knew what it– what he was capable of.

Nothing had been the same since the incident on the beach. A few minutes after Albatross had saved Sapphire, royal guards swooped down to investigate. They saw the blood-stained water and found the dragonets there. Had he hesitated, Sapphire would've bled out entirely before they arrived.

Even if she survived, she was gone. For four years, he only had one sister. She was sent off to a cave far off in the corner of the Sea Kingdom. Hidden. A shameful secret forever locked away.

Sapphire since the incident was rendered "useless" in the eyes of her parents. She couldn't write anymore. She couldn't fight or defend herself as she needed assistance to hold spears. Since it happened, she had been isolating herself and lashing out more. Queen Gannet insisted that it was her going mad. That Albatross harming her in such a violent and drastic way had destroyed her mind.

He remembered watching Sapphire when she had an outburst. Her eyes held a look he knew all too well. She was lucid. Sane. She was afraid. Scared. Full of spite and anger at her circumstances. She was trying to cope.

But, she was a liability to the kingdom in their mother's eyes. And now she's gone.

The story that their parents have been telling the masses is that Sapphire had an incident with a shark. They knew the truth. But, they couldn't tell the public. That would have tainted their reputation. Imagine what the dragons, SeaWings and other tribes alike, would have thought. The SeaWings have found their animus, but it was discovered through mutilating another. It would have tainted their perfect reputation, the image that their mother, Queen Gannet, had built.

Because of Albatross, he had ruined Sapphire's life. She would've become queen. She would've lived a nice, happy life. All because he overreacted. She probably didn't mean it when she said all those things. She was playing around. Trying to scare him. She didn't mean it. It's...it's all his fault.

He had since then buried himself in research into animus magic. It was the one thing he could do. These days, he found himself in the complicated hallways of the Deep Palace library, sifting through scroll after scroll. The guards gave him strange looks. Most weren't aware of the truth either. They had only known the fabricated lie that Queen Gannet told everyone. He couldn't care less. He needed to learn more about this curse of his.

Frustratingly enough, the scrolls said little about it other than surface-level observations and myths. Magic powers that could be passed on through generations. The only tribes who currently have their magic are the SandWings and IceWings, as the SkyWings had genocided their own animi many moons ago. Rightfully fearful of what they could do.

The magic seemed limitless. Animi could transmute rocks into precious gemstones, manipulate the minds of others, and hypothetically cataclysmic destruction. For as much as the IceWings love to flaunt their glorious wall built from little more than the imagination and will of an animus, there were just as many tales of mad animus dragons. Ones who caused an upheaval in the Sky Kingdom. Ones who've brought chaos.

And here was little Albatross, who was still too scared to look at his talons for fear that the blood of Sapphire was still stained on them.

He refused to use his magic since that day. Constantly he was trying to regulate and control his thoughts. Even thinking about casing a spell would do it. He was anxious that one day he would have one stray thought, get caught up in his own emotions when all of a sudden boom! The whole palace- the whole world explodes. Would it be possible? Probably given that there doesn't seem to be any rules or restraints for this magic.

The only drawbacks of animus magic were two things: a myth about the magic draining the soul of the user, corrupting them and twisting them into some evil, horrid version of themselves, and another tale of animi losing physical parts of themselves. Some sort of physical impairment. They're rare and only happen to the ones who use their magic the most, however.

Albatross already decided that he would never use his magic again for the rest of his life. There was no amount of convincing somebody could put him through to make him. Absolutely nothing.

Then, from behind him, he heard the sound of shifting water.

Maybe he was just more jumpy since the incident, but he could've sworn his hearing had gotten better. Even if it was a dead silent room, he could almost always make out some sort of white noise. The movement of fish around him. The heavy pressure of the water. Even his own heartbeat and breathing.

He heard that noise loud and clear; so much so that he knew exactly who it was.

Albatross. The bright glow of Lagoon's bioluminescent scales lit up in the corner of his eye. Being underwater, their vocal cords can't exactly work. Brilliantly enough, they had a solution for this. Using their scales, they could light up certain parts of their body, communicating in a language dubbed "aquatic".

Albatross was never particularly gifted with it– his scales never quite lit up as well as the average SeaWing– but it worked in a pinch. Hopefully whatever Lagoon wanted to say was quick. Some half-hearted jest tossed his way before swimming back with her tail between her legs.

He turned to face her, still clutching his scroll. Do you need something? He flashed his neck and tail scales.

Was I interrupting you? Her response was explicitly passive-aggressive.

No, I-

It doesn't matter anyway. She waved her talons, dismissing him. We have a bigger problem.

...we do?

Yes! Of course, you kelp-brained- She paused, collecting herself. Sorry. I'm rather emotional.

Aren't you always?

Don't joke right now, this is serious! It's about Sapphire. Her scales dimmed at that last part.

His eyes widened. What do you mean?

You can't tell me you agree with what happened to her, right?

He looked down at his claws. A feeling of guilt washed over him. No, I don't.

Obviously, yeah. It's the right way to feel about it.

And you just wanted to make sure I was feeling the 'right way' about it? he asked.

Lagoon hesitated. Her eyes looked past him. Of course not! Don't be ridiculous. I'm only having a conversation with you. Why would you think of me like that?

I wasn't! Just... Albatross rubbed his eyes. Get to the point. Please.

Sapphire doesn't deserve this. Lagoon began to pace back and forth. How heartless could our parents be?! Sapphire isn't mad. You and I both know this. She was only hurt by you cutting off all of her claws. She was scared because of it. Because of it, now she's on some distant island. She glanced back at Albatross. You know exactly what this is.

Albatross blinked.

Tyranny! Lagoon answered for him. This is exactly the sort of thing that we learned about in ruling lessons. Learning from the horrible monarchs of the past and how their mistakes eventually led to their downfall. Being too reckless with orders, exploiting their own citizens for personal benefit, making random and rash decisions that end up harming the tribe in the end, you know all that stuff.

No, I don't. I'm a prince. I don't take these lessons.

Well, perhaps you should. Even if you'll never be king, you're still royalty. Perhaps when I'm queen I'll implement it as a new rule.

He scoffed. Yeah, in a couple decades that is.

Lagoon cracked a cocky smirk like she had been waiting for him to say it. Well, what if we didn't have to wait that long?

What? Wait. Wait... No, nononono, you aren't thinking it, are you? You are. You definitely are.

Lagoon nodded. C'mon, brother! All I have to do is challenge her to the throne, win, and then we can get her back.

You're only six years old! Not even an adult yet!

Uh-huh, and?

You're suggesting that you kill our mother, Lagoon.

Never in a million years had Albatross thought he would see a dragon challenge the throne, much less Lagoon. And yet, he wasn't terribly surprised to see her suggest it.

Lagoon detested Queen Gannet the moment she hatched from the egg. Hushed whispers that only grew more intense and angry as the years went on. Critical of every tiny choice she made, insisting that, had she been in the same position, she would've gone for the other, "better" option.

Albatross found it to be petty garbled nonsense when he was younger. He saw it as little more than Lagoon being haughty and believing herself to be more intelligent and proper than their mother. Her ego blinded her. Their mother was only a dragon after all. Prone to the same mistakes as anybody else. He felt pity when she was forced with a tough decision while Lagoon snorted and went on about how she obviously should have done something else.

These days though? He was upset at Queen Gannet. Not angry per se– he hated the idea of feeling such a strong, malicious emotion with his capabilities– but rather solemn disapproval. Denial and distraught that she could do such a thing to Sapphire. She was scared! She was dealing with trauma from that awful day.

He knew she wasn't right to rule the moment she abandoned Sapphire. Exiled her to isolation. And for what? Appearances? Shame? Fear that every dragon on Pyrrhia would look down on her for allowing her own deformed son to mutilate the heir to her throne? Whatever it may be, he couldn't forgive her.

But he couldn't imagine Lagoon being any better. He didn't need to consult a NightWing prophet to see that.

Hellloooooo? Lagoon flashed her scales exceedingly bright. Am I boring you or what?

Albatross shook his head. Sorry, I was thinking about things.

Like what, exactly? She snorted.

That this is a terrible idea.

What?! Lagoon's scales were harsh. They agitated Albatross's eyes. What do you mean?

You're...six! You're young! How could you even suggest that?

Look. Lagoon took a deep breath. What is the alternative?

He paused. We...wait another three decades? Maybe four? Five?

Exactly! That's the issue! Our mother needs to be taken out.

Why? Why does she need to?

Lagoon narrowed her eyes. Her scales brightened. Don't kid yourself here, brother. You KNOW what she's done. She's terrible! Awful! By the tides, she's the worst queen this kingdom has seen. Her relations with the SkyWings and MudWings are atrocious. Don't even get me started on the RainWings. If she is in power for another year, given how things are, we'll be at war.

That's ridiculous, Lagoon.

Is it? She snapped. Is it really? Look. It's simply awful. I need your help. I know I'm weak, but I know I will be a better ruler than our mother. She's erratic and impulsive. Me? I'm calm. Collected. She noticed Albatross's scales begin to light up. And don't you dare accuse me of not being that! You know I've changed since we were dragonets.

He stayed silent.

Not to also mention that very incident itself... Moons above, if the public knew about what our mother had done to our sister, our very own Princess Sapphire, she'd been dragged out into the streets and gutted. She's monstrous. For that reason alone, she should be dead.

I don't know...

Albatross. You of all dragons should know what it feels. You were the one who did this to her.

He visibly flinched. Any mention of that event always sent a shock through his system. Even if the moment had long since passed, those memories were fresh in his mind. He couldn't get those screams and all that blood out of his head.

So, what will you do? Lagoon asked. Are you just going to stand there and let our tyrannical mother continue her oppressive rule, or will you help me? The choice is pretty simple to me. Either be useless while your sister rots away because of what you've done to her, or at least try to make up for it by killing her. Once I'm queen, I'll do everything in my power to bring her back. I promise.

He looked up into her eyes. You promise?

She grinned. Of course.

He exhaled. Fine. What do you need?

Lagoon's barely contained excitement showed through her scales and swishing tail. Okay, okay. I just need you to enchant...this! She pulled off a pearl bracelet. Enchant this to make it so that I will win any battle I face against with no real harm done to my body. She placed it into Albatross's talons.

He looked at the string of pearls. They glistened in the low lighting. I'm not so sure about this... A pit formed in his stomach. It had been so long since he last used it. He had vowed never to again.

Oh come on! One little spell won't hurt! After this, no more magic, okay?

Albatross clenched his talons into a fist. He repeated the exact spell that Lagoon had told him. She would win any battle with little damage done to her.

The tips of his claws tingled as he made the spell. The bracelet carried a new energy to it, one that he felt uncomfortable to be near. Animus enchantments tended to have that effect, wherein anything that had a spell on it held an ominous and strange aura of wrongness. This time, it was faint.

He pawed it off to Lagoon. There. Take it. It's done.

How do I know you've done it?

I have. Just go. I don't want to see what happens. Just...tell your guards to spread the message of her death once it happens. He turned back to the scrolls. I'd rather not see for myself what happens.

Lagoon dipped her head. You have my word. Thank you, Albatross. She smiled as she swam off.

Albatross watched as she disappeared back into the palace. He felt positively terrible. His scales felt slimy and uncomfortable to be in. How could he do something like that? Once before, he had used his magic to almost kill Sapphire. Now? He's using it to kill his very own mother. How could he do that?

...well, there was the slight, tiny chance that he would be redeemed. That, maybe, this was the last time he would ever use it. That, soon enough, things would return to some sort of normalcy. He would be treated like a normal dragon, animus magic or not. That was what he had hoped for the future. It must be what happens.

#sp-writing #wof #wings of fire #albatross wof #wings of fire fanfic #wof fanfic

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whumpster-fire · 5 months ago

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Wings of Fire thoughts continued: Talons Of Power Edition

I've heard that Arc 3 has Animus magic get totally shut down for everyone and I can kind of see why? I think giving it basically no limits on its functionality other than "If you use it too much you might go crazy but we're not sure" and who gets their cheesy counteraction spell on another animus off first was probably a mistake, as was the "Actually you can totally just directly put a spell on another dragon" thing. I think the general idea of a magic system where everything has to work off an object is a good idea, but I'd like to see things like Darkstalker needing to social-engineer his way into getting other dragons to accept items that have Trojan Spells and doing obnoxious things like enchanting items to be invisible while worn so everyone has a headache trying to figure out how he's doing it. Make him a threat because his prophecy makes him really good at anticipating the countermeasures to his magic, not just "I have a blanket Charm spell up at all times."

I'm also not a huge fan of the "Turtle made Anemone an Animus" thing. I think it's more impactful if he can never know the truth. Also cool: if Turtle was sure it was his fault she was an Animus for a while because "What are the odds that after centuries of zero Seawing animus dragons, suddenly TWO dragons turn out to have the power?" and then after everyone found out Orca was also an Animus it was like, if there were two there's no reason why there couldn't be three.

...Anemone is certainly a case study in why encouraging 2-year-old dragonets to use magic is a bad idea. Poor kid's going through it. I think her having a Villain Arc out of pure intoxication-of-power plus thinking it's inevitable and deciding to kill her whole family is one of the less interesting things that could've been done with the premise, though. I would have rather seen her cause serious damage with a well-intentioned spell because she worded it wrong or didn't think through what it would do, or Darkstalker fed her phrasing that would make her spell do something horrible, and then Turtle was forced to out himself as an Animus to stop her / tell her how to deactivate a spell, and Anemone lost it at him and him specifically, because she realized that her entire life her older brother could have prevented so much of what she went through, or done something about so many of her unborn sisters being murdered, but chose not to.

Horrible fucked up thought: imagine if Darkstalker tricked Anemone into casting his Icewing Genocide Plague spell for him because he foresaw that if he cast it himself it would be countered pretty quickly. Like what if he gave her instructions for a spell to make "All those who are sworn enemies of the Nightwing Tribe" sick as a "practical joke" and a "test of her powers," and worded it in a way that she didn't have the medical knowledge to know the symptoms he described could be fatal or made her word the spell to replicate some disease she hadn't heard of? And this eventually still fails because Darkstalker forgot Anemone existed so he couldn't anticipate a future where she turned it off. He did detect her casting the counterspell but he knew that some random Sandwing showed up for about a second when he cast the "Summon every animus dragon" spell so he was like "well I caught the missing rogue Animus (Turtle), I bet I scared that random sandwing so much she put up a protection spell, which is a problem for later."

#wings of fire

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raquesislionheart · 3 months ago

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old wof au loredump redo ?!

ok so it's been a while since I have done PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING related to wings of fire so I want to do a lore redo of one of my old universes, Moon of Venus, so without further ado.....

lore dump incoming!!111!! (very entertaining, I hope)

Allegiances in the MudWing-SkyWing war:

Pyrrhia:

MudWings:

Alliance: themselves

Queen: Queen Paludine

SandWings:

Alliance: SkyWings

Queen: Queen Ankh

SkyWings:

Alliance: themselves

Queen: Queen Burgundy

SeaWings:

Alliance: MudWings

Queen: Queen Lyonsia

RainWings:

Alliance: Unaffiliated

Queen: Queen Vibrant

IceWings:

Alliance: MudWings

Queen: Queen Brumal

NightWings:

Alliance: SkyWings

Queen: Queen Darkrider

Pantala:

SilkWings:

Alliance: Unaffiliated

Queen: was Queen Swallowtail before the HiveWing-SilkWing war, now ruled by the HiveWing queen Vespula

HiveWings:

Alliance: Unaffiliated

Queen: Queen Vespula

Rulers of the Hives: Queen Vespula (Vespula Hive), Lady Damselfly (Damselfly Hive), Lady Caddisfly (Caddisfly Hive), Lady Honeycomb (Honeycomb Hive), Lady Milkweed (Milkweed Hive), Lady Horntail (Horntail Hive), Lady Midge (Midge Hive), Lady Leafhopper (Leafhopper Hive), Lady June (June Hive).

LeafWings:

Alliance: Unaffiliated

Queen: last known queen was Queen Maple, though tribe split up during the HiveWing-SilkWing war. The leader of the PoisonWings is General Larkspur and the leader of the SapWings is General Deciduous.

Main characters include:

(gonna probably redo some of these characters more and make more in-depths posts on them)

Adrasteia - female SkyWing soldier with a dead husband and lots of trauma (tm). Mother of Ares and Hera, widow of Halcyon. Questioning loyalty to Queen Burgundy. I think she had an insanity arc or something and died at the end in my original plans, that sounds cool I might go with that again.

Ares - young male SkyWing, Adrasteia's son, protective brother to Hera. Reminds Adrasteia a lot of his father. Falls in love with Jet. Protective of his sister and wants to bring justice and end the war, but is concerned for his mother's mental health.

Frigid - male IceWing soldier in the First Circle, secretly Queen Brumal's lover. After Queen Brumal's death, he is forced to continue his role while also trying to keep his children with Brumal a secret, thinking it could cause him to be demoted in the Circles. He wants Ghiaccio to become king so he can continue to keep his secret.

Hyacinth and Snakeroot - duo LeafWing (PoisonWing) couple, Hyacinth is female and Snakeroot is male. Their love isn't exactly forbidden, they were happy that their marriage was arranged, but they flee to Pyrrhia and get caught in the war just trying to live peacefully without any SapWing and PoisonWing tension. Their children are Ash and Sycamore. Hyacinth's sister Arnica is furious with her sister for leaving and she and her husband Foxglove become major antagonists.

Ghiaccio - male IceWing, Brumal's cousin who hated the royal life and fled. Due to Frigid and Brumal's relationship being secret, Frigid wants to find Ghiaccio to take the throne so his secret is not exposed. However, Ghiaccio fled and lived in the abandoned Night Kingdom, where he finds a shiny amulet that gives him visions, and flees to Pantala to escape Pyrrhian drama, where he meets Julia and Pollen. Eventually travels back to Pyrrhia with the two to help end the war after he discovers more knowledge.

Julia - a female SilkWing living in Honeycomb Hive. Besties with Pollen, a HiveWing. Helps Ghiaccio with his Pyrrhian trauma (tm) and gets him settled into Pantalan life. Goes on a journey with Ghiaccio and Pollen back to Pyrrhia to help end the war with the shiny necklace that causes trauma (tm).

Earthquake - male MudWing soldier who just wants to be a dad to his kids, but his mate took the kids. Determined to find more about the cause of the war and to get more involved in his kids' life. Becomes best buds with Treefrog, who unbeknownst to him is actually the RainWing prince Radiance in disguise.

Radiance - male RainWing prince, is disappointed in his mother's choice to not affiliate herself with the war, escapes the Rainforest Kingdom and disguises himself as a MudWing named Treefrog to be able to fight in the war, becoming best buds with Earthquake.

I think there are a few more I am missing, shrug shrug

thank u for coming to my tedtalk, expect some more lore dumps about the characters and stuff later

#wings of fire #wof #lore dump #character lore #oc lore #wof lore dump #wings of fire lore dump #very long warning #aaah

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tacoma-narrows · 4 months ago

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Tac's OC Ref Masterposts 4: Tertiary OCs

See my other ref posts here: Sonas, Primaries, Secondaries

I wanted to have a series of posts where people can find all of my characters in one place! Since I have too many to fit them all into one post, I decided to split them up based on how much I use them/how developed they are, the same way they're split up on my Toyhouse.

I wanted to have their refs here so people can find them relatively easily and not have to go digging through their Toyhouse galleries to find them lol. If anyone ever wants to draw them, you are very much encouraged to do so!! Same goes for asks about my characters! Those are always welcome as well!!

These will have some general information about each of my characters, but if you want to see more about them in depth, each character's Toyhouse page will also be linked! If/when I update any particular characters' ref in the future, that will be updated here as well ^^

Will also include each character's theme song because I like showing those off too :3

See my tertiary OCs here below the cut!

TERTIARY OCS

These characters are the ones I tend to use the most infrequently. They generally don't have a huge amount of developed character or information, but there is still some there. A few have interactions with my other Wings of Fire OCs (again, much like my secondaries, these are all WoF based characters) but not all of them do. I do still value them to some degree, hence why I keep them around, but they generally just sorta do their own thing haha

Cenote [Toyhouse Link]

PackWing (WoF Fantribe)

Name is pronounced Seh-noh-Tay)

Lives in the forest and has a lot of knowledge about herbs and plants and stuff

Spends so much time in the woods that the smell tends to follow him wherever he goes

Markings and stuff can be simplified if needed lol

Theme Song: Dear Fellow Traveler by Sea Wolf

Chernobyl [Toyhouse Link]

NightWing/SandWing hybrid

Used to be the king of a fantribe I had made called FissionWings, which is why he has his floaty crown

Orange stripe along his flank is highly radioactive

The spots on his wings flicker with little sparks of radiation

Generally cold and stoic, usually keeps to himself

Theme Song: Livin' On The Edge by Aerosmith

South [Toyhouse Link]

Melanistic IceWing

Named to contrast all of the IceWing OCs named North lmao

Youngest/smallest of all my dragon OCs

Very innocent and happy since he's still pretty young

Love to play with his friends

Theme Song: Daylight by Matt & Kim

StrangeEvidence [Toyhouse Link]

NightWing with weak future seeing powers

Based on the terrible Science Channel show of the same name [I have no shame]

Tries to interpret his visions but goes like, way overboard and sounds ridiculous in the process

When they turn out to be something totally mundane, he's just like "alright, so that's what that's about. Hm, neat" and walks away

Theme Song: It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M.

Sunrise [Toyhouse Link]

SkyWing

Also fairly young, but older than South (like what would be tween age in humans)

Kind of a ditz and lacks any kind of inhibition, which sometimes gets her into trouble

Adoptive younger sister to Magma, who often helps her out of the trouble she gets herself into

Theme Song: We Like To Party! by The Vengaboys

Tōhoku [Toyhouse Link]

SeaWing/SandWing hybrid

Lives by the beach

Loves to cook and owns a snack shack by the ocean

Very chill, would probably host a surfing contest

Theme Song: Ocean Man by Ween

#TacTalks #TacDraws #ref posts #long post #wings of fire #wof #wings of fire oc #wof oc #dragon #wof art #dragon art #dragon oc #oc: Cenote #oc: Chernobyl #oc: South #oc: Sunrise #oc: StrangeEvidence #oc: Tohoku

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seawing-vibes · 7 months ago

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26 + 13 + 16 for wof asks! also hi its qibilette hehe

26. Hopes for a new legends book?

RANDOM BACKGROUND SOLIDER POV DURING THE WAR GRAUUHHH!!!!!! I am desperate for some content of a dragon Not involved with any royal family. I need it so bad. Do I think it's gonna happen? Not at all. Do I have hope? yeah :) I specifically would really love to see a book split 3 perspectives of a Sandwing in Blaze's army, a Sandwing in Burn's army, and a Sandwing in Blister's army with a prolog from Six-Claws and an epilog from modern Blaze. I can hope for this outcome.

13. One thing you'd take from an arc/ book?

CHAMELEON'S WHOLE CHARACTER FUCK THAT GUY SORRY CHAMELEON FANS!!! I think it'd be far more fascinating to develop an actual story behind Darkstalkers Scroll than This Random Dude Finds It. Like I'd love to have met a character whos a collector of animus objects, a character whos story mirrors that of Darkstalkers or any of the og trio. I dunno why it irks me so much I just can't stand Chameleon's character he frustrates me and creates so many weird ""plot holes"" (why would Scarlet just like??? use him for weird shit instead of literally anything else?? why was he going along with it? WHY IS HE PERILS DAD???) I just don't like him & think that that plot could've been far more impactful if approached differently. Here's an old ramble I had on this topic, not the biggest fan of it anymore but it's still fun! 16. Any backstory headcanons?

My main two favorites are my backstory headcanons for Queen Scarlet & Commander Shark! I ramble about my Queen Scarlet thoughts in this old post! I truly hate how that old post is worded & might post a better idea dump on that concept if folks are interested, but I think her being "false royalty" is very fun in concept. Lady Macbeth themes. For Shark, I generally have a backstory headcanon regarding him being the bastard child of the king at the time! He technically is not royal (as the royal line is passed down from queen to dragonet) and was refused the title of "Prince" as a dragonet. The queen pushed him into guard work as a kid to keep him out of the public eye. He & Coral grew up incredibly close & Coral was an incredibly protective older sister to Shark. He disliked the violence of guardsmen training as he was forced into it as a dragonet, but still had a great fascination with battle strategy & a neutral fascination with weaponry, resulting in him studying defense. Coral killed her mother as an act of defiance, and one of her first actions as queen was to officially award Shark the title of prince. From then on its just like, he grew up close with Coral, was close friends with Tempest from army training, introduced Coral & Gill (who is Tempest's brother in my headcanon), and all that. Eventually growing apart from coral, but that strays away from the background topic. Either way! Fun Shark thoughts!

#ask #THANK YOU FOR THIS ONE THIS WAS A REALLY FUN SET OF QUESTIONS #I enjoy thinking about like. headcanons and hopes for other books #but guh digging up my old posts for this was like a punch to the gut #why the hell did I censor the word 'abusive' what </3 #Queen Scarlet #headcanon #Shark #Commander Shark #chameleon

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who-is-this-weirdo · 2 years ago

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Royal Sandwing Family (Part 1)

General Details:

The pattern Blister have in canon are kind of like the Symbols the Seawing royal family has on their wings, there's just least chances that it show up, but it's always a recessive gene

In this part we're seeing Oasis, her sisters and her Husband

Oasis

She/Her, Heterosexual

She used to be a good queen, her problem was that she didn't wanted to let go of the crown, she only had dragonnets because she had to, she was good to her subjects but not to her family, always dry, always thinking that everyone was here to get her, she never tried to get help, this lead to the war of succession, forever segmenting her legacy as "That dragoness who dragged hundreds into her grave"

She liked to listen to music and loves art in general, she had a royal orchestra and a royal painter

Oryx

She/Her, Lesbian

Oryx was quite similar to Blaze, she actually adored her nieces and nephew, she never wanted to be queen and was sad that her being viable for the throne tainted her relationship with Oasis, she tried many times to prove herself but it only made Oasis more paranoid, she was killed after a failed assassination attempt on Oasis, she was the first to jump in and tried to find out who had tried to poison her sister, that sadly made Oasis think that she was the one who did it, she was executed for treason

She loved to make jewellery

Onyx

She/Her, Aroace

For Onyx, family was everything, she always looked out for her sister's kids, she was a stereotypical cool aunt, but she had her flaws, and one of them is that she may think about the next thing she will say, but it wasn't gonna stop her saying what she thought, and confronting Oasis about her paranoia, telling her that if she treated her daugter better maybe she wouldn't have to be fearful of them and that she would have to loose her crown someday anyway, her last mistake

She loved to organise things

Char

He/Him, Bisexual

He started of as a happy dragon, headover heels for Princess Oasis, then she became queen, then they had dragonnets, then Oryx "betrayed" her, then Onyx "disappeared", he slowly turned into a jaded, cold dragon, Oasis' death was the last nail in his coffin, he stayed with Burn and watched as the family he builded with Oasis crumbled under its faulty foundations

He loved to fly, more then the regular dragon, he was the one to teach their dragonnets to fly

Next up will be Burn, Blister, Blaze, Scald, Singe and Smolder

#wof #wings of fire #my art #sandwing wof #oasis wof #char wof #wof rewrite #wof au

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espionn · 11 months ago

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Hii! I'm here to tell you about Mamba, one of my many many many Wings of Fire OCs!

Mamba is a female SandWing, her scales are dark brown and her underside is light tan. Her eyes are especially dark and her tongue is black. An unusual coloration for a dragon meant to live in the desert, but not unheard of.

She's best friends and roommates with a female SandWing named Hyena, who she's known since childhood. They've been together through a lot.

Her personality is rather hard to read, and she feels numb a lot of the time. She also has problems with empathy. She doesn't tend to share her emotions, and she has a mysterious and intimidating air. Part of this comes from her response to abusive parents, especially her father, who is now in jail. She hasn't exactly faced the past in a healthy way, at least not yet, and instead pushes it way deep down.

She loves Hyena, though. When baby Mamba needed to escape her home for the night, Hyena and her friendly, caring father were there for her, a second, better home. Hyena didn't turn out an angel either, despite her more stable childhood. But she and Mamba are still best friends.

When Hyena's kleptomania is triggered and she steals half a shelf of snacks, Mamba is there to either pay for it on her behalf or, if she doesn't have any treasure, gaslight the shopkeeper into believing they were never stolen from at all. When Hyena is about to jump into an impulse decision, Mamba is there to pull her back. In return, Hyena gives Mamba lots of affection(within reason while respecting her personal boundaries) and supports her and generally treats her like a sister. They're besties I love them :)

Also they both have a well adjusted, wholesome, good advice giving cafe owner friend named Bilby, and Hyena has a NightWing bf named Shadowfall :3

i love them!! i actually really like hyena from your description. i love a good friendship, and they both seem like really fun characters. shadowfall's a sick name btw, i'd love to hear more about him.

this might be a weird question idk? but ive been getting back into drawing dragons and i like how you described mamba's design. would you like it if i drew her and/or hyena? obviously if not that's totally fine but i figured i'd ask lol. if that's something you'd like, feel free to add on with what hyena looks like.

super glad to hear about them regardless though! if you have any other like tribe headcanon stuff i'd love to hear that too. i plan on posting full sheets and descriptions for each tribe sometime soon, life just gets busy so it's taking longer than i meant it to. love these fun little dragons

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simplegeneral · 35 minutes ago

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I always wondered what would be Blister's rule should she have won the succession war, and although given all context about her, I guess the best we could extrapolate is a bigger version of what she was already doing, seeding mistrust among her subordinates, manipulating the masses and assassinating potential troublemakers every once in a while.

So far so good, but too typical dictatorship stuff for my tastes, so I decided to try to imagine a simple idea for an original Blister leadership in wof, mixing a bit of my AU ideas I have used and reused from time to time about her, so there comes the Savage State.

Blister is an occultist character, believer of powers greater than herself, but at the same time obsessed with her own divinity. She rather leads a cult of followers with obscure practices through the succession war, founded by one principle, the natural savagery of dragonkind and the liberation of its best potentials. She for long observed and 'studied' her own sister Burn, a 'specimen' she considered most fascinating, the muscular physical, the best of dragonkind, yet her brain somehow hadn't shrunk, at least not totally, she would be the ideal slave in Blister's world, she would only pity she hadn't hatched before Burn.

Blister also had some other experiences with dragons that through the years solidified her beliefs, like queen Coral.

The savage state consists of the queen, Blister, and her slave caste, everyone else. To begin such state, the first order of the day, the complete annihilation of writings, historical records and scrolls, petty things the commoner doesn't need to use, at least not yet.

The second order, the annihilation of education. Schools, orphanages and wingeries would be destroyed, an uneducated youth, a savage adulthood, goals to be pursued by the Blister regime, for she doesn't need thinkers, but brute muscles. Blister predicted in two generations time, dragons would revert most of their society into primitivity, the perfect state.

As far as things go, Blister is just repeating some steps of my AU Wasp, which honestly would make Blister blush with her evil.

Once her destruction of history, education and free thought was completed, Blister would rule without fear, for no one would have the free thought or will to challenge her at all, she would revert dragon society to the earliest years of post-Scorching, where legendary queens led dragons with status of goddesses, a thing Blister is particularly fond of becoming.

Her great experiment however, wouldn't be limited to the SandWings, but spread over all of Pyrrhia, queendom by queendom. Her favorite target were the MudWings, a tribe already considered lesser brutes by the others, which would become her main source of slave force and soldiers,

The next were the SeaWings, in her stay there, Blister learned quite a lot about propaganda, for no one ran a better propaganda machine than Coral, one of the first mass adapters of mass literature and media for the common folk. Of course, a mass of uneducated slaves was useless for her long-term projects, so the SeaWings were to become her more skilled slave force.

A place would be found for each of the tribes, which would come together to form her greater empire, Blistralia XD, or Aridia, as a better term, an ancient and often known name of the Arid Queendom, the first SandWing state in history, led by the queen of same name, Arid.

So it was it, mixing Blister's cunning, manipulation and superiority complex, to shape a true dystopia. Next time I gonna write about canon Burn's improved rule and Blaze's.

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mimicry741 · 2 years ago

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Oh boy oh boy it’s time to go a lil feral as a treat

Longish post because I am obsessed

SO we have!

Seaglass! The first baby! She’s a Rain/Seawing hybrid who was raised completely unaware of the fact that she was a hybrid since other than the glow-scales she passed as a full Rainwing and nobody was concerned enough when she started glowing to ask around if anyone had any relations with Seawings. She thought Rainwings just Did That Sometimes lmao

She’s got the wanderlust, and she’s always either exploring somewhere or daydreaming about exploring somewhere. She’s optimistic and bright, and loves making friends of all sorts.

Seaglass has all sorts of variations to her glow-scales that I on god have written down and categorized that vary depending on her emotions like yes a bright red angry Rainwing is one thing but have you considered how extra spicy it would be if they also faintly glowed like they were boiling? That’s a weird visual to describe with words but like ?? Do you get me? Like if boiling emitted light you know what I mean.

Then we have Gila

and Viper

Sandwing siblings. Gila is older by a few years, and is fiercely protective of her ‘little’ brother. Viper is bigger and bulkier than her but is a real squish of a man, absolute geode of a creature, big golden retriever energy.

In my headcanon world each type of dragon belongs to their own kingdom split into smaller tribes. (So instead of for example it being as simple as ‘this is Gila of the Sandwing tribe’ it’d be more like ‘Gila of the Sandwing kingdom, member of the Cactus Tribe’ or whatever the tribe is called) Each kingdom is led by a High Queen, but the High Queens generally let the minor queens of each tribe manage themselves except in wartimes or other Times Of Importance.

(If a minor queen wanted to try her luck at becoming High Queen then she’d first have to defeat all the existing potential heirs to the High Throne before being able to challenge the High Queen herself)

All that to be able to say that Gila and Viper are noble born to a minor Sandwing queen, Gila being the only daughter in a long line of sons and therefore princessed and fawned over from birth and Viper being yet another worthless son who got lost in her shadow.

Gila hated how Viper was treated and pushed aside, hated how every move she made was analyzed and corrected by her mother, hated how all her older brothers would roll their eyes and scoff and ignore her just because she was treated like she was better than them. She would read Viper stories of brave dragons exploring and spelunking and going on adventures and she would promise him that one day the two of them would escape and be free to live however they wanted to.

Viper was more content in his role, he never minded being left out of events or left behind by his [much] older brothers. He had Gila, and as long as he could be with his sister then everything would be ok.

So when Gila snuck into his room in the middle of the night and told him that she wanted to run away from her inheritance, he followed her without question. He knew she wouldn’t have done it if he hadn’t, and she never told him that she knew he wouldn’t ever have done it for himself.

I’m not sure how they cross paths with Seaglass yet, but I know at some point Gila is tearing her scales out trying to smack some stranger danger into Viper while he’s wholeheartedly trusting in this weird little Ranwing they just met.

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL WE HAVE

Daybreak and

Fateshifter!

Fateshifter is the obligatory grumpy old man dad character. He was away from home as a part of the Nightwing army when his tribe was attacked by a rival tribe of Seawings, and his wife and young son died in the fight. When he heard the news he quit being a soldier and returned home to mourn, and even tens of years later he kept to himself and was pretty much just drifting.

When he was summoned by his old commander, he warily went to go see what he could possibly be needed for and was given a Nightwing egg that swirled with strange colors and told to destroy it, as it matched one from a prophecy that heralded the shattering of the night.

Being the dragon he is, Fateshifter took the egg with the intent of just abandoning it somewhere instead of smashing it so it would still have a chance to survive, but then pretty much immediately got attached.

It hatched while he was still trying to decide what to do with it, and out spilled Daybreak and now he has a daughter.

Daybreak is a Night/Rain hybrid, and she can sort of kind of see the future. She was born riiiiight as the moons slipped under the horizon, and that does some funky stuff to your Nightwing powers apparently on top of the fact that she’s only half Nightwing to begin with. She mostly looks like a smaller slimmer Nightwing except she’s very Rainwing in the face and also y’know the bright pink scales that change colors. The undersides of her wings look like a sunrise and I love that color gradient I’m not going to lie she’s only half-Rain so I could get away with that.

She is baby, best friends with Seaglass, they have group nap time curled in a heap in the sun.

Fateshifter is very protective dad over her, especially when he has to introduce her to other Nightwings. He’s pretty much always afraid that someone will have heard about the prophecy egg going missing and having people connect those dots back to her.

He’s also begrudgingly unofficially adopted these kids that his daughter is friends with, and he’ll grump and groan about how he never asked for this but they all know that he loves them very much and the times that they fall asleep draped all over him are his favorite times because finally finally he isn’t alone anymore he has a family again.

This post is your calling to reblog this post or reply and ramble about your wings of fire ocs I would love to hear more about them!! I don’t see enough wof oc posts and I’d love to see some more <33

#my ocs #WoF ocs #my art #I also have a Skywing that I haven't finished yet #He'll be a spicy boy #I am obsessed with this series #rainwing seawing hybrid #nightwing rainwing hybrid #sandwing oc #nightwing oc #my bbs

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wuzhere75 · 2 years ago

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I love WoF AUs that go “what if different eggs got taken for the dragonet prophecy” and we get a different set of dragonets for an alternate version of the 1st arc.

So yeah I decided to make my own (I’ve gone through a couple of different iterations, but this is the most current.

The quirk here is that I basically thought “wait what if the dragonets where everything Morrowseer had wanted”. Like they just ended up with with a perfectly normal set of a Mud, Sand, Sea, Night, and Skywing. No replacement-that-is-of-a-different-tribe-because-one-of-the-guardians-fucked-something-up. No obvious hybrids. They get left alone for another year, and emerge from the cave to the chaos of the events of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd arcs all at once.

(Also another quirk is that they are all related in some way to a canon character; Asha and Hviter are also still alive)

Bigshadow (She/They)

-She’s the big soft himbo-type character. Due to severe nearsightedness, they’ve always had difficulty reading/writing. The guardians just assume she’s dumb, but she really loves learning and art.

-I can’t remember if it’s canon that Secretkeeper and Morrowseer had tried to had dragonets before Moonwatcher and that they had “lost” them, but I decided for this AU, an attempt had produced a viable egg and Morrowseer decided “what would be a better dragonet to lead the dragonets of destiny than my own”, stealing the egg and flying through the night to the cave.

-Due to this, Bigshadow was partially exposed to the moonlight of the Brightest Night, giving her somewhat unreliable psychic powers. Most of the time she misinterprets them as being very weird dreams/intrusive thoughts.

-Shortly after Morrowseer did his year-prior check in, they start to feel a strange presence in their dreams and swear they hear someone calling to them from outside the cave when things are quiet (*cough* *cough* Darkstalker).

Mangrove (He/They) (yes I know there is already a canon character named Mangrove; it’s a sick name)

-Gumpy quiet sad man who’s in to medicine and nature

-In this universe, Gill gets a “funny feeling” during the Brightest Night and decides to take what would be Tsunami’s egg so he can “be with his new daughter during her hatching”. Webs, then, takes one of the male eggs instead when he breaks into the hatching room.

-The AU Sandwing minder; Jackal (more on her later), was a little too rough on him when was younger during fight practice (maybe I should have featured a scar somewhere in his design?). Due to this, he abhors violence.

Mole (She/Her)

-The softly spoken nerd who gets picked on for not being the big strong meatbag Mudwing the guardians had wanted. She has a secretly love for war history and is probably really good at strategically fighting (in a real world AU she would be an American Civil War or WWII nerd).

-Asha couldn’t get Cattail to give up Clay’s egg, so Crocodile (remember that lady?) gives Asha “her” blood red egg (she actually stole it from her sister, Toad) at the last minute.

-I originally had her as being from a non-blood red egg Crocodile just painting red but the Sandwing minder probably just would have incinerated her.

Coyote (Any Pronouns) (I’m not sure about the name; I wanted something related to new world deserts but not named after a cactus and I don’t feel like Gila or Mesa fit).

-Apathetic bastard who hates everyone except her adoptive siblings (basically as far as you could get from Sunny without being an outright evil asshole).

-In this AU, Dune never left the Outclaws (the dragonet that would have been Sunny is raised among them). Due to this, a different Sandwing minder was chosen from the TOP; Jackal.

-Jackal was…umm…very devout to the prophecy and willing to “weed out anything that wasn’t promised in the prophecy” (she probably would have killed both Glory and Sunny immediately, Starflight not having psychic powers probably would have set her off as well).

-Jackal stole the egg of her brother, Corsac, a general in Blaze’s army. Corsac and his wife, Bison, caught her in the middle of the act, but she got away (they would later have a son, Pronghorn, like the one from JMA).

Shrike (They/Them)

-The artsy goth kid who loves supernatural stuff (they go wild every time Hviter or Webs starts talking about amunism).

-Kestrel in this AU either doesn’t have Peril/Sky in the first place or chooses to fuck off into the mountains with her kids (perhaps with the help of Soar/Chameleon?). Maroon (name also pending), a different Skywing, is instead chosen. Due to Maroon being less “high profile” than Kestrel, he is chosen to steal the Skywing egg, being more familiar with what hatcheries are more or less highly guarded than others (unlike, say, Hviter).

-This version of the dragonets have made a giant cave mural with the help of Asha and the Maroon. Shrike is the primary contributor to this mural even though the other dragonets have “grown out of it”. Mostly, they paint Bigshadow’s “dreams”.

-They are intrigued by Bigshadow’s dreams and is the only one who thinks they are more than just dreams.

-They make jewelry out of bones from the prey animals the guardians bring them (originally I was going to include a necklace with some skulls and stuff, but that shit’s hard to draw).

-I had no smooth way of tying to fit this in but he is either the half-sibling or cousin (I haven’t decided) to the Skywing False Dragonet, Flame.

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helsingvaniaart · 3 years ago

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Jade Winglet designs!!!

Moon - She is softer and rounder in her youth. Healthier scales, generally better well being (not mentally obviously). But I did want to give her a piece of Morrowseer so I have her black eyes, especially since its a very underrated eye color in NightWing designs.

Kinkajou - She deserves to be here because she had such a big impact in the workings of arc despite not having her own book. She's such a little gremlin so I can foresee her always bareing a toothy grin. Also about her scales....yellow, pink and blue...surely this isn't hinting at something about her. Surely not her sexuality.

Winter - My beloved porcupine boy. IceWings raised royal all have a more prickly appearance to them with their scales seeminly painted. But given his experiences and new life outside the Ice Queendom. He's grown quite brighter in color - making him far from his families's appearances - and now armed with a more solemn smile.

Peril - I know tui said that there wasn't any RainWing in her blood....but i ignored that on purpose. Like rainwings, Peril has their bright gecko eyes and scales encasing her eyes. She is definitely the brightest dragon of all time with her colors always shifting under the sunlight and her horns and spines looking like lava rocks.

Turtle - He's supposed to be the size of Moon and Kinkajou, just He's just surrounded by behemoths. Like his oldest sister, Turtle is the shortest in the gang on account of his stubby SeaWing legs. He has the royal nose and has the famlly body to show it off with him being notebly curvey and rounded. His facial stripes are supposed to mimic turtle scutes.

Qibli - Don't let his charming demeanor fool you. He's terrified and speaking gibberish. A head canon of mine is that tribes like RainWings and SandWings have black blood, explaining why his scar is as dark as it is. Also SandWings have frills that can be moved, the reason they have this is to cool themselves down. But upperclass SandWings clip them off as to show their privilege of not needing them.

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some-pers0n · 2 years ago

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Icicle Is Mentally Unstable

Fandom: WoF

Characters: Winter, Icicle, Kinkajou, Moon, Qibli

CW: self-harm scars, mentions of previous self-harm, general mental instability

Summary: Winter and the gang find Icicle. The issue is how she's not really doing so well.

A/N: Finally decided to write something. Sure wasn't TF2-related, but hey, I ain't complaining. I like me my angst. Here's another one of my beloved oneshots where I just take a canon scene and rewrite it. Enjoy.

Whenever Winter thought of his sister, he'd normally think of a dragon better than him in virtually every regard. More skilled, sharper claws and fangs, colder frostbreath, prettier scales, everything. She was more motivated and intelligent than he could ever be.

This dragon before him? He would've never thought this would be the same dragon as his perfect sister.

Icicle stared at him, her eyes bloodshot. Deep blue veins were visible, cracked against her black eyes like broken glass. Her white scales were stained with not only ash and dirt but blood—blue blood. On her talons and wings, this rich blood was etched into her, tainting her body. Her stance was aggressive and agitated, but not in a traditional IceWing sense. Gone was the regal and noble stance he knew her for. Her claws dug into the ground, her tail swishing around erratically. She was animalistic and feral.

She let out a small breath. "H—how did you find me?" Her voice was dry and hoarse, the words stumbling out of her mouth with no sense of formality.

"We traced you all the way back to here," Qibli answered. "It was fairly simple, actually—"

"Shut your trap up, sand snorter." She lashed out at him. Her attention turned back to Winter. "Why did you— why are you here? Do you want to come back and gloat about how much better you are than me? You want to show off your stupid friends and how good your life is?" She let out a small, strained laugh. "You don't care about him. You don't care about anybody! You just...don't care..." She faltered, letting her wings relax a bit.

Winter stepped back, unsettled by his sister's behaviour. "What are you saying?"

"I'm saying Hailstorm's DEAD for moon's sake!" She snapped, instantly switching on a fly. "You— I— no, no, no, no, no... She killed him and she's... She wants me to know it. I know it. Any time I get close to falling asleep, she's there. She's like an animal. She's sitting there, waiting for me to—"

"Moons above..." Winter whispered.

"What? What is there something wrong with me, Winter?" Icicle forced a smile, walking towards him. "I can't see why you would be afraid of me. I can't see why you'd be—what's the word again—disturbed by me being...like this!" She gestured to her entire body, opening up her wings. There were blisters and scars all along the sides of her body. Burn marks and boils warped her pure white scales.

"Goodness gracious," Kinkajou exclaimed. "What's...wrong with you? What happened to you?"

"Scarlet happened to me, that's what!" Her breathing was heavy, yet choppy. "She ruined me, you know that? She ruined everything! She's always there with that little...thing of hers. She knows where I am." She nervously scratched at her face.

Winter blinked. He couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Even if she was rude and clearly hated him, she was his sister. He flexed his claws anxiously. "I'm sorry, Icicle," he mustered out, not knowing what else to say.

She chuckled, humoured by his response. "Sorry? You're sorry?! After all you've done? It's your fault that Hailstorm is captured by her. It's your fault this is happening to us. If you weren't a coward and just—"

"Hey, you're in no place to talk about him like that," Qibli spoke up. "He was two years old. What could he have done?"

"Anything! He could've not just run away and let the most prized IceWing—our brother get captured! You don't know what it's like. You SandWings aren't like that. None of you know what it's like. Not even you, apparently." She pointed at Winter.

"She's a complete wreck," Moon said, terror laced in her words. "I haven't seen a mind so...jumbled like hers."

Icicle slowly turned towards Moon. "No, no, no... Don't tell me you're one of those mind readers, aren't you?" she whimpered. "No, no, NO! Get out! Get out of my head, please, please, please!" Her voice cracked. "I don't want anybody else in there, please... It's so loud and Scarlet won't leave me alone. Please, just get out..." She cradled her head, shaking it. Her sobs cut into Winter like daggers. Hearing her show any sort of emotion, any sort of vulnerability like this, it was distressing.

"I'm...sorry I can't help it." Moon apologized. "I really am."

"Make her go away..." she whispered. "I don't want anybody else in my mind..."

"She's delirious. She apparently hasn't slept in days. It's...oh my moons." Moonwatcher held her head. "It hurts to just even be near her," she winced.

"Days?" Kinkajou echoed. "How could she not sleep for days? Don't you need that to—I don't know—live?"

"Any time she tries to catch me, I have to sit by the lava until I don't feel tired anymore." Icicle tapped on her wings, the scars still visible. "I can't let her get me. She'll tell me that I've failed and that...he's going to die. He's going to die and it's all my fault for not listening to her."

"Do you even know where he is?"

"If I knew that, I would've gone there and got him out myself. Why do you think I'm hiding here? For fun?" She snapped, but still remained huddled within her wings. "There's no way to fix it. Not unless I do something she really wants."Winter's ears perked up. "Like what?"

"Kill the RainWing queen," she said. "She hates her. She ruined her life. If I just...kill her, then she'll release Hailstorm. Everything will be okay."

Before Winter could object, Kinkajou started talking. "What?! No! You can't kill Queen Glory!"

"And what are you going to do about it?! You don't understand what it's been like. I have to kill her to make everything okay again."

Winter watched as Kinkajou's scales shifted from white and green to black with streaks of red. Her frill puffed up as she let out a hiss. "You can't kill her!"

"Kinkajou, wait—" Moon began, but Kinkajou was already through with her choice. She lunged at Icicle, fangs outstretched and aiming for the neck. In an instant however, Icicle battered her away with her wings.

"You can't stop me!" she yelled. "I don't care what you think! I don't care what happens!" She pounced onto the tiny RainWing, claws up and ready to swipe at her throat. It would be a blow that would certainly kill her.

Time seemed to stop as Winter couldn't move. Every muscle in his body screamed at him to move, to yell, to try and do anything to stop her. Yet, he was frozen. He could only watch in horror, waiting for the gore and bloodshed to follow.

At least, until a fast-moving object flew right in front of him. It hit Icicle square on the neck, penetrating her scales. She recoiled in shock, and tore it out, looking at it.

In her talons was a blow dart.

"Wh—what is this?" she stammered. "What is—why is there—"

Like magic, Glory and nine other RainWings appeared, their scales shifting to reveal themselves. They were hiding right beside them this whole time.

"Icicle of the IceWings," the RainWing queen announced. "You are under arrest. You've murdered, attempted to murder, and have just assaulted one of my own RainWings."

"NO!" she screeched. She clawed at her neck, falling to the ground. She rolled in pain. "What have you done to me?! You—everything is getting dark—no!"

"That was a tranquilizer dart," Glory explained. "Seeing how you are behaving, I'm certain you need it. You will wake up once more in a couple hours."

Icicle's eyes welled up. "You can't do this to me! I need to stay awake! I can't sleep! She'll find me and— I CAN'T!" she shrieked. She flailed around wildly before her eyes landed back on Winter. "Please, Winter, tell them to stop! Make them!" She dragged herself towards him.

Winter flinched away. "I can't—"

"Tell them that I need to stay awake PLEASE!" She grabbed onto his front left arm, holding onto it for dear life. "I don't want to go to sleep. She'll tell me that I've failed and kill him. He's going to die..."

Soon enough, her grip loosened on him. "Please, Winter. I don't want Hailstorm to die..." she muttered. Finally, she stopped speaking, her body going limp. The tears on her face dripped onto the ground.

Winter stood there in silence, terrified. He shook her off and stepped away from her body. His chest heaved as he stared at her. The only thing he could think of at that moment was how he was the blame for this. He did this. He was the one who killed Hailstorm. He was the one who forced Icicle to kill and eventually get arrested. He's to blame for it all.

Just like every other time, he's the useless one who only seems to make things worse.

#somepersonswriting #icicle wof #winter wof #wings of fire #wof #wof fanfic #SP-writing

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