#air dragon
A big ol’ commission set for my friend Feather! I got to do some designwork and worldbuilding for the dragons in their dragon setting/story, Heart of Penumbra.
The world of HoP lost its magic long before the start of the story for reasons not well understood by modern day denizens. Dragons (and all other fantasy critters, but the main guys are dragons) have since shrunken and taken on more naturalistic appearances, losing touch with the magical abilities they once had. Things like logic defying flight and elemental breath weapons have been lost to time, except of course when our heroes stumble into the plot.
There’s heaps more but I’ll leave the bulk any loreposting for Feather to do whenever the project is ready to share. For now, here’s some little tidbits:
- Facial hair is gender neutral on fire dragons and always seen as rugged and handsome even if it’s a lady dragon.
- There are deep sea water dragon populations that non-water dragons never see due to difficulties existing on land.
- A non-negligible percentage of earth dragons are born eyeless so their native script is dragon braille.
- Air dragons are the only ones who can still fly and they have a corvidlike affinity for anything that sparkles or jingles.
(PS: if you’re trying to discern the underlying logic behind the rare and common colorations, there’s not a set “this marking is always rare” “this color is always rare” standard for most of them. A lot of them (not all) have a real animal basis and it’s usually based more on that than individual features ie peacock air dragons are rare.)
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