Dragon guides/AGttDW
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A Guide to the Dragon World is a guide to the dragon tribes of Pyrrhia and Pantala that serves as the in-world replacement for A NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia. It consists of the basic information from the previous guide, but also has more sections, such as diet and habitat.
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By Joy Ang
Scales
- Brown, sometimes with amber and gold underscales
Eyes
- Brown, amber, or hazel
Unusual Characteristics
- Large flat heads with nostrils on top of the snout; thick armored scales
Abilities
- Can breathe fire (if warm enough); hold their breath for up to an hour; blend into large mud puddles; usually very strong
Habitat
Diet
- Crocodiles, water birds, hippos, water buffalo, cows, elephants, really anything they can get their claws on
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By Joy Ang
Scales
- Blue or green or aquamarine scales, sometimes shades of gray
Eyes
- Green or blue
Unusual Charactertistics
- Webs between claws; gills on their necks; glow-in-the-dark stripes on their tails/snouts/underbellies
Abilities
- Can breathe underwater; see in the dark; create huge waves with one splash of their powerful tails; excellent swimmers
Habitat
- The shallow seas and the archipelago around the Bay of a Thousand Scales
Diet
- Fish, whales, octopuses, clams, sea birds
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By Joy Ang
Scales
- Constantly shifting colors; usually bright, like birds-of-paradise
Eyes
- Primarily shades of green, yellow, brown, or blue, but they appear to change based on the shifting scales around them
Unusual Charactertistics
- Prehensile tails; scales that change color based on their emotions or intentionally for decoration or camouflage
Abilities
- Can camouflage their scales to blend into their surroundings; shoot a deadly venom from their fangs
Habitat
- The southern rainforest, east of the mountains
Diet
- Fruit and other rainforest plants
Queen
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By Joy Ang
Scales
- Purplish-black
Eyes
- Black or dark blue, dark green, or purple
Unusual Charactertistics
- Scattered silver scales on the underside of their wings, like a night sky full of stars; forked black tongues
Abilities
- Can breathe fire; disappear into dark shadows; a limited few can read minds or foretell the future
Habitat
- Previously a volcanic island north of the Pyrrhian continent; currently most of the tribe live in the rainforest, with a few off trying to settle in the ruins of the Ancient NightWing city
Diet
- Previously carrion; now their diet is adjusting to the available wildlife of the rainforest (with a significant amount of pressure being applied by their vegetarian cohabitants!)
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By Joy Ang
Scales
- Pale gold or white scales the color of desert sand
Eyes
- Black
Unusual Charactertistics
- Poisonous barbed tails; forked black tongues
Abilities
- Can survive a long time without water; poison enemies with the tip of their tail like scorpions; bury themselves for camouflage in the desert sand; breathe fire
Habitat
- The vast scorched desert west of the mountains
Diet
- Lizards, cactus, desert rodents, occasionally camels, but they prefer to eat light
Queen
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By Joy Ang
Scales
- Silvery scales like the moon or pale blue like ice
Eyes
- Icy blue or dark blue
Unusual Charactertistics
- Ridged claws to grip the ice; forked blue tongues; tails narrow to a whip-thin end
Abilities
- Can withstand subzero temperatures and bright lights; exhale a deadly freezing breath
Habitat
- The icy arctic of the upper northwest peninsula, in snow caves and ice palaces
Diet
- Polar bears, fish, seals, walruses
Queen
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By Joy Ang
Scales
- Red/gold or orange
Eyes
- Orange, amber, or yellow
Unusual Charactertistics
- Enormous wings
Abilities
- Powerful fighters and fliers; can breathe fire
Habitat
- High in the Claws of the Clouds Mountains, in caves and spires and palaces carved out of rock
Diet
- Mountain goats, cougars, squirrels, rabbits, birds of prey
Queen
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By Joy Ang
Scales
- Any color under the sun except black
Eyes
- Any color
Unusual Charactertistics
- SilkWing dragonets are born wingless, but go through a metamorphosis at age six, when they spin a cocoon and emerge after five days with silk-spinning abilities and four huge wings that look much like butterfly wings; all SilkWings also have antennae
Abilities
- Can spin silk from glands on their wrists to create webs or other woven articles; can detect vibrations with their antennae to assess threats; some are born with "flamesilk," an ability to spin threads of fire
Habitat
- SilkWings are naturally tree dwellers who once lived in the vast forests of Pantala, but since the Tree Wars they have inhabited the webs that connect the Hives
Diet
- Vegetarians, these dragons prefer plant-based foods
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By Joy Ang
Scales
- Red, yellow, and/or orange, always at least a few black scales
Eyes
- Black, brown, red, orange, amber, yellow, or green
Unusual Charactertistics
- Four wings that resemble dragonfly wings
Abilities
- Vary from dragon to dragon; examples include deadly stingers that can extend from their wrists to stab their enemies; venom in their teeth or claws; or a paralyzing toxin that can immobilize their prey; others can spray a boiling acid from a stinger on their tails
Habitat
- Historically forest dwellers with a preference for caves and cliffs; since the Tree Wars they have been living in the nine Hives dotted around the continent of Pantala
Diet
- The wild animals of the savanna, vegetables grown in the greenhouses, and confections made of sugar and honey
Queen
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By Joy Ang
Scales
- Green and/or brown, sometimes with hints of gold, pink, or red
Eyes
- Green or brown
Unusual Charactertistics
- Two wings shaped like leaves
Abilities
- Can absorb energy from sunlight and are accomplished gardeners; some have unusual control over plants, a power known as leafspeak
Habitat
- This tribe thrives anywhere there are trees, but since the Tree Wars they have inhabited the Poison Jungle
Diet
- Panthers, frogs, insects, wild pigs, capybaras, and anything else they can catch or gather in the jungle
