#kazilik

[saihora]

WIP - decided to colour the sketch, currently working on her markings c:

#dragon #dragons #fantasy #fantasy illustration #his majesty's dragon #my art #iskierka #character design #temeraire #kazilik

[nighttimepatrons]

finally sharing this drawing from last december. Iskierka hanging out in Granby's bathroom.

She's so cool it's intimidating which is exactly what she wants

#my art #temeraire #iskierka #anthro!iskierka #she is a delinquent and she is a bad influence on granby and and I love her so much #dragons #anthro #furry #clean furry #dragon #kazilik #sketch #art #sketchbook #temeraire au #temeraire books #temeraire series

[travellingdragon]

#i got no other explanation for this but that i apparently love drawing iskierka burning stuff #temeraire #tem: dragon breed #tem: kazilik #iskierka #my art #my tem art

[wildtornado-o]

Most normal Temeraire fanart for a normal day

#laurence is a yellow reaper & granby is a kazilik #birds-chirps #my art

[dragonspined]

I’m finally getting back into temeraire holy shit

#; here dragons will be (ooc.) #i never finished it i didn't even finished the 3rd book smh #i need more dragons in my life obviously #dev would be some sort of feral nepalese lightweight firebreathing breed #or an albino kazilik if i stuck to canon breeds

[lordbrezel]

Iskierka taking prizes

I spent the last 3 days drawing Iskierka 24 times to make an animation of her attacking a French ship. Most ships immediately surrendered when seeing a Kazilik approach, but “most” means there are exception. Turns out those exceptions have fiery consequences.

#temeraire #Temeraire Series #temeraire books #iskierka #iskierka my beloved #naomi novik #Fanart #animation #art #digital art

[jewishdragon]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again but Novik’s making the dragons in Temeraire fucking gigantic was big brained. I love HTTYD and stuff but those dragons are so puny. Like big horses. That’s fine.

Temeraire dragons range from big horse to the size of frigates. They are enormous. They can reach horrifying sizes.

Temeraire, the MAIN CHARACTER, is one of the big dragons which makes for some amazing moments bc he’s so BIG. He’s a curious shit of a dragon who would be getting into everything if his size wasn’t an insurmountable barrier. But it also means he’s a powerful force and bc the books are age of sail he’s often treated like a ship. A ship that talks polítics and philosophy with his crew!!!

You can so easily forget how LORGE the dragons are because in Temeraire they are just people, but when you think about it, the scale is overwhelming and incredible. These huge people care so much and care to be a part of society like humans and are not naturally violent (well. Kaziliks aside…).

I love it so much.

[isostatic-uplift]

Do I remember right that a Kazilik/Celestial cross wasn’t expected to be viable?

…is Ning the sturddlefish of dragons??

#temeraire #temeraire series

[waffle-sorter]

In the Temeraire books, certain breeds of dragon (such as the British Longwing) can spit acid (or "acid"; I don't know that I trust early-19th-century aviators to care whether it's a base). We're told that this is a result of breeding programs that enhanced earlier varieties' venomous bites.

This, of course, raises certain questions in my mind. What went into the Kaziliks and the Flamme-De-Gloires to give rise to fire-breathers? For that matter, why would some varieties of dragon be venomous and others not to begin with? And, of course:

How does that even work? Even assuming the venom was already notably corrosive, how do you breed for an entirely different delivery method?

#temeraire #how does it all work #this is of course not getting into the ethics of 'breeding' sapients

[daisychainsandbowties]

I've been thinking of a Warrior Nun Temeraire AU too!

It would fit easily because we could just give them all Longwings! But! At the same time! I also want them to have different dragons so maybe it's set maybe a few decades or more after the events of the Temeraire series and make it so that women are allowed to bond with other types of dragons too. And the other option is they are all part of a crew of one dragon captained by Shannon. In any case, Mother Superion is Admiral Superion.

And obvs Ava would bond with a hatchling ala Laurence-Temeraire. A very important hatchling that was meant for Lilith. And maybe the hatchling could have been laid by Shannon's dragon?

Now, that's the happier premise. The unhappier premise is Shannon died and her dragon, called Halo, is left so heartbroken and didn't want to bond with anybody else until Ava comes along.

My thoughts on Ava is that she starts working for the OCS as supposedly just part of the ground-based crew. She would really love to fly on a dragon but she can't because she can't walk! She's on a wheelchair. But then the very important dragon chooses her and will not agree to anyone else. And, once the rest have reconciled themselves to the fact that Ava will be the new dragon's captain, they (Jillian) construct mobility aids to make it easier for Ava to ride her dragon.

Oh, Bea would be one of the youngest dragon captains. She will def have a Longwing, I think (WDYT?). She rose through the ranks quickly because she's Bea, and maybe she got the dragon shortly before Ava came into the picture. Although OMG, what if she gets one of the Chinese dragons? Doesn't even have to be a Celestial. Maybe an Imperial?

Maybe they don't even have to be part of a British force as well, they could be like... international agents keeping peace around the world... if this AU is set after Laurence's time. So that way, they could be bonded to different dragons from all over the world. Okay, I am excited about this idea. Shannon could have an American dragon! Mary can be her lieutenant or whatever. Bea has an Imperial, or maybe even one of Temeraire's "kids" (which means she's from Britain with a Chinese-descent dragon) and Temeraire was like, I only want my kid to go to this one, I like her, she reminds me of Laurence (ya know, all rule-following and stiff and all that.)

Anyway, I will stop because I'm getting incoherent.

Interested to hear your ideas! 😁

YES! so thrilled that someone else in the fandom knows these books

i really like the idea of all the girls having different dragons & being in one formation, because having more than two longwings working in close proximity wouldn’t work. either setting it after the events of temeraire or hand-waving the sexism thing due to intense need for dragon riders (or making a weird nun splinter-corps? could there be demon dragons!!!??)

i was thinking that ava would get some kind of firebreather. probably a Kazilik let’s be honest. Iskierka energy would suit ava so well. & i think shannon had one too called Halo for sure!! & they were lost recently - picture mary washing up with shannon’s body cradled in her arms - but left an egg behind, on the cusp of hatching. 

naturally lilith is next-in-line. comes from a long line of dragon-handlers, worked on shannon’s crew but was injured the night that her dragon went down over the channel. my thought is that after ava’s dragon rejects lilith she has a whole semi-granby thing with ava but they foil an attack on one of the hatcheries and she rescues a longwing egg, though it’s damaged, and she almost dies doing it. the dragon hatches & immediately latches onto lilith. just!! lil should have the biggest wings.

bea YES definitely has an imperial (or celestial) and she is extremely young for a dragon-handler, sent as part of a diplomatic exchange (ostensibly, but really her parents don’t want her after she almost destroys their reputation). she’s got this streak of recklessness, but she has a gorgeous silver and black dragon (names are going to be so interesting to come up with!) who is also still very young. probably max a year. there’s little cosmetic difference between celestials and imperials but i really think bea deserves a celestial because she should get to shout stuff to pieces. (omg with the idea of her dragon being tem’s baby. & tem like… that’s a good kid right there i can tell. ofc being mad when bea is sent away but also… go see the world. adore that concept.)

cam either rides a midweight or a courier dragon (or just a tactical lightweight like maybe the spanish Felcha-del-Fuego?) but also her having a little Levi and being actually adorable with him & looking slick as fuck in her high-altitude leathers. would also be cool. think of her flying dispatches out to the blockade where the formation is stationed & idk maybe her & lilith being…. ahem.

onto ava! yes, for sure she’s in a wheelchair, but with carbiners and the dragon harness she’s perfectly capable of being on a dragon-crew. she has mobility in her upper body, & has always loved dragons. because flying and freedom. i think her dream is to get a courier dragon or just to be on a crew fighting, & her parents were both dragon-handlers who died & left her behind, so the corps kind of adopt her. but when shan’s dragon goes down, she goes to watch Halo’s offspring hatch, to see lilith claim her birthright, but the dragon doesn’t want lil & goes to ava instead. 

i really like the idea that they’re international agents. demon dragons have kind of taken over my brain, b/c why not bring in a bit of the wn lore? mary is shan’s lieutenant, but becomes ava’s when she imprints with the baby Kazilik. bea is initially sceptical, & lilith is MAD, & basically nobody thinks that ava will be able to be a dragon-handler, but the Kazilik is so valuable they can’t afford to just… let it go feral, so they have to let ava try. so yes! with the way the harness is set up it’s supposed to be navigable, and rigging up something that benefits ava specifically is doable. 

the potency of a longwing, a celestial, and TWO fire-breathers, plus like the urge to give mary a regal copper, so they have one mega heavyweight in there. & bea being cold and afraid to get close to this literal firebrand of a girl gradually thawing. their dragons hanging out. bea and ava discussing formations and coming up (re: tem) with new way of doing things, clever strategies, espeically since maybe demon dragons are trickier/really big/really dangerous. getting closer and closer like in switzerland but some incredibly dangerous coalition of demons dragons showing up & ava wanting to spare bea and spare her own dragon and the drama! (don’t think of the vibe with ava and bea being kind of like the laurence/granby initial vibe. bea disapproving because ava rides recklessly and with abandon and these dragons are people to her & the brits are Not Great about it but then she sees how much ava cares and has her little ‘oh’ moment)

okay wow thank you for immediately jumping onto this (dragon?) with me. i am bouncing up & down with excitement!!

#ily so much for humouring me on this #i am going fully insane about it #pls tell me what u think etc etc. #dragon au #omg bea and ava r gonna be so cute and gay and have DRAGONS wowowow #warrior nun

[dusky-doe]

Finally redid my Kazilik design! Wow, what a color combo! On an older design of mine, I switched the order of the red and purple, and I really liked how that looked, so I kept that. Really like how this turned out!

#his majesty's dragon #dragon #dragons #fantasy creature #fantasy animals #fantasy art #animals #animal art #digital art #my art #dusky's art #kazilik #temeraire

[nighttimepatrons]

So in regard to the cross I'm working on issue I'm running into is that Kulingile is a big big big big large boi, but my Kaziliks are basically elongated middle weights, so would a cross just be a,,,, normal heavy weight? As much as I'd love for to be a looooong Kulingile I just don't see that happening.

^^^ said cross in question 😡😡

I think they can do big bursts of fire but can't do any sort of extended flame. They are basically the fireball spell hahah.

#my art #temeraire #yes i know I've shared this image before but not in its own post #dragons #crossbreed #Kulingile #Kazilik #sketch #temeraire books #temeraire series

[travellingdragon]

At least Iskierka is having a blast?

#uhhhh don't get in her way? #temeraire #tem: kazilik #my art #my tem art #posting that lil comic made me realise that i'd totally forgotten to post some earlier art #tem: dragon breed

[wildtornado-o]

Ok so like. AU stuff.. ^ including these doodles because it feels weird talking abt it with no context LOL (the first one is superrrrr old)

The basic gist of it is that I swapped the dragons and their captains, so Laurence is Temeraire's yellow reaper, Granby is Iskierka's Kazilik, Little is Immortalis' Regal Copper/Yellow Reaper mix, Catherine is Lily's Longwing & so on and so forth.

To keep the China Drama TM I have made the celestials and imperials into the Royals, and made Mianning & Co into Celestials, so Tem is part of the royal family but he disappeared and Laurence found him and took care of him therefore making him an aviator. So the Chinese Crown sees Laurence as an unfit dragon for Temeraire to have due to how common he is.

Iskierka starts off as Tem's first Lt, but she hasn't been an aviator her whole life like Granby was, and is instead a newer aviator while he is the one who's been there his whole life, they have a hater arc with each other similar to Granby and Laurence but once she gets Granby (still from the exchange between istanbul and england) they're close and have a mutual respect for one another, a kind of??? Hater-y friendship where they tease each other n stuff but you can tell they're besties. Granby still loses his arm but he's. A dragon so it's a bit different (I have plans for how that happens lol). Ning still exists but she's Tem and Iskierka's human child :) Iskierka is exactly one inch taller than Temeraire and he Hates it.

Tharkay in this is an Osprey but he can talk idk LOL besties w Granby and Laurence dragons <3

Immortalis in this is a senior captain who's been in the service for ages, Little is a younger dragon, Immortalis adores him more than anything in the whole world. He has scars all over his body and prominent ones on his face to represnt his markings as a dragon. He's really close with Iskierka!! She sees him as a cool older figure and he's the only captain who can really tolerate her for a while.

Little and Granby dragons are still bfs <3<3

#i still don't know what to call this au #birds-chirps #au stuff #sorry if this is incoherent #or bad. I'm just a little guy

[promilie]

I listened to the wonderful Temeraire series of audiobooks by @naominovik on Audible last year and had to illustrate my internal image of Best Dragon Iskierka for a friend.

#temeraire #naomi novik #Iskierka #Kazilik #promilieart

[temeraire-stuff]

Spoilers for Black Powder War Chapters 4-5

Hello Everyone,

My life has been busy and I’m sorry to say I hadn’t made much progress in the Black Powder War until today. I’ve finished both chapters 4 and 5 and the end of part 1. As I have made enough progress let me just share a few of my feelings and opinions on the book as it stands now.

Spoilers Start Here:

   OMG THE FERAL DRAGONS!!!!!!!! When they showed up, I was like we have wild dragons to deal with and I was like will there be a fight until they flew off. I felt like Temeraire slightly disappointed but as I read on, I understood why they left.

The poor eagle!!!!! I liked it, for all that it did very little in the plot. I’ve met one with a similar discription in real life. She was very intelligent as all of her species I was told and the handler was nice. So, I’m bias to liking the bird and sad to see it gone.

My prediction for Lien was partially right but apparently, they are going through Turkey which is something I didn’t see. But she is going to France and her companion is definitely the French Ambassador. I predict we will see her more later in the book or in the next one being put to use by Napoleon for something.

I’ve kind of fallen for the feral dragon tribe. Arkady is an interesting leader since he relies on his intelligence and not his outright power to lead. Then his lieutenants Molnar and Wringe, they keep the others in line and seem to get along well. Gherni is a little troublemaker. Hertze is an interesting in regards to his camouflage. And I fell in love with the dragon with a broken wing and how sad he was to be left behind. I just love him.

I love their culture and their story so far, which if subtext can be believed one of the male leaders, Arkady or Molnar, will mate with the female lieutenant, Wringe, and have an egg. But I might be over reading into their little story. But it would make sense especially after the emphasis put on the battling dragons wanting a mate and the fight between a mated pair involving their egg.

On that note I’m not sure of how I feel for this situation they left our crew in. They made a liar out of Laurence which seems to be becoming a trend. Presented them as thieves before the people they wish to get dragon eggs from. And their luck is bad as their Ambassador is dead and can’t vouch for them. Then everything seems to be working out as Mustafa waves away the miss behavior of the feral dragons much to Captain Ertegun’s upset.

The Kazilik dragons sound so pretty and dangerous and I know we hear about one before but I can’t help thinking that they are warm and sound like two of my favorite things boiling water for tea and the purr of a cat. I’m just saying I wouldn’t mind having a Kazilik dragon.

Also, for all that travel and trouble that they have gotten into they are only told that they can’t take the eggs. Like really, why did they travel so far then! And I don’t think that they are going to go back to England without at least an egg!

I’m certain they get a least one Kazilik dragon because they are on the cover of the book and there is this whole journey set up for it and I refuse to believe they won’t get one. Though it is possible they won’t and will get their eggs from elsewhere, maybe the feral dragons based on my predicted egg from the leaders. Though, I’m not sure yet if we will ever even see the feral dragons and again and this might be just wishful thinking as I really love the injured one that was left behind.

Oh, well, I guess we will have to wait and see.

#temeraire #will laurence #william laurence #his majesty's dragon #Black Powder War #spoilers #arkady #molnar #wringe #kazilik #feral dragons