#tem: mauerfuchs

[travellingdragon]

another Mauerfuchs

[resgestaevitaquedraconum]

Mauerfuchs

Origin: Prussia Weight class: courier (b.3,ch.14,p.264), possibly sometimes approaching light-weight*

Appearance: unknown Real world inspiration: the butterfly Lasiommata megera, commonly called brown or wall brown, in German Mauerfuchs (literally “wall fox”) Egg: unknown Development: unknown

Other:  described as high-flying (b.3,ch.14,p.264), can sustain 20 knots (b.9,ch.17,p.292) which makes them fast dragons (b.9, ch.17, p.302)

Known dragons: none named

* “many of them only out of courier-class by a generous assessment—half a dozen of the Scots, two Prussian Mauerfuchs and then seven Grey Coppers and five Xenicas” (b.9,ch.17,p.300)

(photos by Didier Descouens on wikipedia)

[travellingdragon]

Sunset formation, as I called the file. A Yellow Reaper, Mauerfuchs, and a black Regal Copper, the sizes are a bit off though.

edit: just remember why I didn't post it when I drew it ^^' and that is because I saw this wonderful art by @/laurelhach and wanted to play around with my brushes to see if I could draw something like that, only with the formation of a Temeraire RPG I was part of at the time. So if you enjoy this then please check out laurelhach's, it's honestly better and I love both drawings in the post!

[travellingdragon]

Looking through old art I also found my first Temeraire fanart! And apparently the very first wasn't the Mauerfuchs like I thought, but a sketch of a Celestial! This was a really fun trip down memory lane back to when I stained a lot of paper with tea; these are not the first dragons I ever drew but they have definitely evolved since then.

[travellingdragon]

A Mauerfuchs just having a look

[resgestaevitaquedraconum]

more Mauerfuchs art

on DeviantArt:

Mauerfuchs by Kalia24

Mauerfuchs by DrummerGirl375

elsewhere:

DragonBreedSizes by Mooir, an overview of many dragon breeds but sadly I am unable to find the source. It is up on the fandom wiki and here on a blog with breed names assigned to the numbers, where the Mauerfuchs is no. 20

(please let me know if I've missed something, so I can either reblog it or add it to this list!)

[travellingdragon]

This might be the very first art I've ever drawn for Temeraire and it'll turn 10 this August o.o The design has developed a bit since then; I've drawn a Mauerfuchs again in 2017 and 2018.

[travellingdragon]

Another Mauerfuchs, but this one I'll probably never finish.

[travellingdragon]

Rhiannon, my Temeraire RPG dragon character, and details of her development

[travellingdragon]

Rhiannon - my original character for a Temeraire RP. She’s a Mauerfuchs; a Prussian dragon from Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series.