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#cyrodiil #elder scrolls oblivion #elder scrolls #elder scrolls 4 #chorrol so pretty #but the Imperial City is impressive too

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HiveWing tribe sheet!

i know i dont talk about silkwings a whole lot in this one, but they're next so you'll hear plenty about them. have fun with my hivewing ideas!

Physical Appearance + Traits:

-HiveWings are the smallest and lightest tribe across the continents, with a distinct appearance resembling insects - specifically bees and wasps, but with some characteristics reminiscent of others. Their colors can range across the whole yellow-to-red spectrum, occasionally even crossing into green. They also can have a wide variety of black markings across their faces and bodies.

-HiveWings are said to be descended directly from Clearsight, crossbred between her and the ancient BeetleWings. It is possible that her foreign genes made some effect - some NightWing traits are visible in their faces, for example - but likely the majority of their adaptations, like the black scales, were caused by natural evolution and not by Clearsight. 

-Some HiveWings are born with an extra ability; this can be any out of a list of options. Some have a stinger, which can be located on their wrist or tail, or beside their claws. Their venom can sometimes just be painful, sometimes induce paralysis, and sometimes cause nausea and lightheadedness. Generally, black stripes across the body indicate the presence of stingers. Some also have fangs that can deliver any of the above forms of venom. A few also have other miscellaneous abilities, like an unpleasant and repelling scent.

-HiveWings have long, straight wings that resemble those of dragonflies or bees, with transparent and delicate membranes between them. Their wings are stiff and cannot be folded like other dragons; instead, they rest them horizontally on their backs. To fly, they vibrate them rapidly, creating a buzzing sound and lifting off the ground. They can fly quickly and with great maneuverability, but it takes a lot of energy.

-They have a generally slim and sharp appearance, with many spines across their bodies and a sharply narrowed underside. 

-The amount of black that HiveWings have across their bodies varies greatly, but the more there is the more desirable they’re considered. Nearly all-black HiveWings are seen as being the closest to Clearsight.

-Most HiveWings have black markings around their eyes, which, like SandWings and SkyWings, are used to mitigate the glaring sun across the flat, dry savanas they inhabit.

Life Cycle:

-HiveWings lay by far the largest clutches of eggs of any dragons, sometimes having more than twenty. However, the responsibility of raising dragonets is not on the parents; they are raised communally by each hive’s nursery. There are records of each family tree and what dragonets were hatched from what parents, but they don’t have any innate connection to their offspring, instead preferring loyalties for the entire hive. During Queen Wasp’s rule, close interpersonal bonds that might distract from the duties of the hives were actually discouraged.

-They develop very quickly, with incubation times of barely over 2 months; once hatched, their venom has not yet come in and they are unable to fly, but they can clumsily walk and understand basic gestures from other HiveWings. 

-Right away, they are extremely socially dependent dragons. HiveWings are hatched without the venom or repellents they might eventually obtain, and as generally small and defenseless dragonets that rely on their hive to protect them. This social dependence doesn’t go away, though. They live their entire lives as a unit with the rest of their tribe. They rarely hold grudges against each other, unless they feel that one of their own is in some way a danger to the rest.

-The education system is very structured and well-regulated; all dragonets are taught the basics of literacy and tribe life, and there are multiple branches of career education they can pursue, from arts to sciences to food preparation to construction and manufacturing. 

-HiveWings grow quickly after hatching, and then so slowly as to be unnoticeable once they’re adults. Their lifespans can vary wildly; depending on genetics, sometimes they can live 100 years or even more, and sometimes they die naturally at 50 or less (shorter than any other dragons). 

Society and Culture:

-HiveWings live in hives, massive structures made from wood-pulp like the nests of paper wasps. These are complex and beautifully designed, with each vertical level designating a different part of the hive. They are built and maintained by construction crews made up largely of SilkWings.

-The hives have a strict sense of authority; the queen has the ultimate power over the tribe, and the heads of each hive make the decisions about their hives. There are other dragons with positions of authority: guards, enforcers, teachers, etc. It is in the nature of HiveWings to act according to their position and not cause disruptions.

-There are varying levels of punishments for different misdemeanors, but because of HiveWings’ extremely social nature, the most severe is solitary confinement. It is considered by some an extremely cruel punishment, and it quickly alters and deteriorates the minds and behaviors of the dragons submitted to it. Usually it is utilized in small amounts; a few days, a few weeks, as a warning. (Sometimes teachers will use a mild version, where a misbehaving student will have to spend some time in an empty room.) It has only been a lifelong sentence in a few rare cases.

-The hive operates in a way completely unique to any other tribe: necessities, like food, shelter and education are provided simply by virtue of being a HiveWing. They are not paid for. The only thing that they need to spend money on is luxuries like sweets, decorations and accessories. (This does not usually apply to SilkWings, who need to pay to build their webs and for any level of higher education. Food is provided in theory, but it is usually not sufficient as it is not prepared with a SilkWing diet in mind. They often have to buy food of their own.)

-HiveWing technology, all-around, is the most advanced of any tribe, from their intricate glass and metalwork to their beautiful and efficient construction work. (Much of it would be impossible without flamesilks, and it is likely that they stole some of their technology, and credit for it, from the SilkWings during the tree wars.)

-Beauty standards for HiveWings tend to vary from hive to hive, and they’re often based on the head of the hive. Jewel hive residents, for instance, love jewelry and bright colors and over-the-top accessories, because that’s how Jewel chooses to look. Other hives like certain colors or body shapes. The only constant is that black scales are desirable.

-HiveWings worship Clearsight, their NightWing ancestor, much like a god; they pray to her, they leave letters and offerings for her, and they look to her as their guiding light. They see the times after she arrived as the only part of history worth telling. Though Pantalan dragons speak their own language, separate from Pyrrhian, they see and use Pyrrhian as a holy language, the language of Clearsight.

-They pride themselves on being non-superstitious, but rumors and hyperbole spread so quickly through the hives that they might as well be.

Diet: Omnivorous. HiveWings eat meat and insects, but also a number of plants. A good amount of their diet, alongside SilkWings, consists of sugar, which they can make into a wide variety of things (including honey). It helps give them enough energy to fly long distances.

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I fantasized a little about what one of the first children of the Clearsight and Sunstrike could be like. The dragonets are not related to the canonical ones mentioned in the book, here I was just thinking about the design.

Pantala dragons are quite different from Pyrrhyans, and because of this, it seems to me that the first cubs could turn out to be either deformed or with some mutations, defects. I also took into account that the genes in the wof are mainly from the mother, and my own design of beetlewings. First Dragonet He is devoid of any abilities, he does not have star scales and antennae have not grown, in the future there will be a very thick horn on his forehead, some scales have not grown evenly and fall off from the general group.

The second Dragonet: He has grown a second pair of small wings that prevent him from flying, but he is trying to learn. Small wings don't move well. It also turned out to be a dirty color.

And the third one: He was born under two full moons, but cannot perceive other dragon's thoughts in words, sees only pictures that often confuse him. Mutated horns with growths and too small wings, with large wing elytras, most likely he will not be able to fly. There is a poisonous thorn on the tail.

#very cute babies!!!

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Perhaps a 40k character of your choice and someone not very comfortable in their body? Shamelessly self inserting I guess. Thanks so much! ☺️

[ 𝕸𝖔𝖔𝖉𝖞𝕸𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖞'𝖘 𝕸𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖙 | 𝕬𝖔3 ]

Author’s note: Decided to do Guilliman. You didn’t specify anything (which is fine!) so I kept it vague for you. Enjoy!

Relationship: Guilliman/Fem!Reader(no pronouns are used, but reader compares themself to Fulgrim's wives and also mentions wanting a dress so femcoded one could say)

Warnings: None really

You wonder how Macaggian history can be so, boring. These history tomes Guilliman had given you while interesting, have largely been unbearably dull; Filled with little more than debate and the trials of leadership.

You had far preferred what Russ had once told you about the history of Fenris when you asked, though you’d never dare speak that to your beloved Primarch aloud.

Said primarch returns to your shared room not moments after you think of him, raking a hand through his own short blonde hair.

It’s quite late, the moon is high in the sky and has been for awhile now, and you assume he hasn’t had any rest in multiple days given you’ve seen little of him these past few. He’s been even busier than usual, since visiting Terra. Even if he has his Commanders take over a good portion of his duties while away from Ultramar, his duties on Terra tend to overtake his time and then some.

With nary a hello, Guilliman climbs onto the bed you’ve been reading in and swiftly lays down on it. The bed groans under his weight despite having been made for someone of his size.

He much larger hands reach to grip you by the waist and pull your closer, laying his face on your stomach overtop of the fabric of your nightgown. Your legs go over his left shoulder, as his left arm curls around your bottom, hip, and up your side to hold you close.

“Guilliman?”

He sighs into your belly.

“Give me a moment, if you will. I’m at my limit with these men today.” You assume he means his fellow primarchs. “Let me enjoy you for a bit now that I’m free of them for the time being.”

You want him to be happy, but you can’t help but shift a bit under him, nervous as he speaks so overtly, and touches you with so little hesitation.

“Are you sure you’re comfortable?” You whisper, nervously twirling a piece of his blonde and ever so slightly grey hair around your fingertip.

“Yes. You are perfect,” He says, your eyes widening at the declaration. You're so offset by it your mind wanders and can’t help but mumble:

“I find that hard to believe…”

You feel him suddenly tense, and he lifts his head to look at you.

“You do not believe me?”

He almost seems insulted by it; Like you think he’s a liar. You shake your head as you look away from his furrowed brow. You hadn’t expected him to spear you to the wall so harshly for your self-deprecating comment.

“No I just…” You grunt in frustration at not finding the right words. The Macragge tome he'd given you lays at your side, and you push it away a bit more. “I sometimes just think there are people out there far more, physically suited to stand beside you than me.” He loses some of his insulted demeanor, but his brow stays furrowed as you pick up pace and begin rambling.

“I mean, look at some of Fulgrim’s wives they-“ He cuts you off with his stoic, firm voice.

“You know how Fulgrim is. You know why and how they look the way they do.” He sighs, the wrinkles around his nose and eyes exaggerating for a moment. “Forget all of that.” He points a finger at you.

“And don’t bring him up again, I’ve had quite enough of him and his comments for quite some time.”

You smile a bit, and he softens. He’s glad you find his aggravation amusing somehow. You do wonder what Fulgrim commented about however; Though you know he has a habit of sometimes treading a bit too far into Roboute’s personal life. Into everyone's personal life honestly, though Roboute having you has made him the prime target of Fulgrim's gossip and colloquies.

His hand squeezes you reassuringly, arm continuing to awkwardly cradle you. He raises his other hand to brush his thumb across your cheek for a moment.

“You are perfect to me. You don’t need all of those lavish things.” He adds on. “Unless you want them, of course. I won’t deny you anything I can give.” Your smile gets wider, and he feels your body relax against him.

“I don’t need any of it,” You pause. “But if a dress showed up one day I wouldn’t complain, per se.”

Thankfully Guilliman can tell you’re clearly joking, and rolls his eyes. You speak up again a bit more subtly.

“Or maybe something a bit more, delicate? You could pick it.”

Guilliman takes a moment to catch your meaning before he awkwardly coughs, looks at you gentle but expectant smile.

“I’ll, see what I can do.”

Guilliman swiftly ends the topic by returning his head to lay on your stomach, and rest his eyes for a moment to the feeling of you raking your fingers through his hair.

[lunaris-the-hummingbird]

Queen Calico of the HiveWings!

Born 250 years after the defeat of Queen Wasp, Calico defeated her mother Queen Yellowfly by a gauntlet of board games (I feel HiveWings would play a TON of chess or Queen's Blood).

#wings of fire #wof #hivewing #wof hivewing #dragon art #dragon #wings of fire oc #wof oc

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Adult wasps love sweet sweet nectar, while their larva need MEAT! Happy pollinator week!

#awwwwww #how cute!

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Wings of Fire- Tribe a Day: Silkwing

For Silkwing I decided to redraw Blue! He is a tad different with some features like his nose/mouth being more shaped like a butterfly, I forgot to add in his eyelashes because to me I like to think they of the stylized fairy lashes Also the image I redrew from and the colors I reused for this, this is the original from 2019

#SO AMAZING!!!!!!! #I LOVE YOUR DESIGN!!!

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Made this after reading The Dangerous Gift, still like what I did with Blue's design here I like Blue and was glad to see his PoV in this book, but at what cost... Poor soul, he's just trying his best( 

#super cool!

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Old man of the Mountain, Northwind, taking a nap after serving for almost 100 years.

This is a redraw of an old picture I did like a year or 2 back

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#133

The Shifting Winds Pokemon

"A free spirited pokemon, they embody air itself. They are endangered from poaching, as their fur is soft, warm, and water resistant."

#so cute!!!

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Take the test

You can only do 12 options in a poll so if you tie choose which one you prefer???

#75% barbarian #60% paladin #yeah that pretty much describes me

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Lady scarab dotw 🫶 I love yellows and old lady characters

Got the Stanley parable tonight too so more yellow (from what I've seen at least. Fan art, out of context clips, and the sale have finally pushed me to get the game.)

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By the stars, it's incredible to play Oblivion again. It's a breath of fresh air. Skyrim was getting so damn boring with its serious, gritty atmosphere and desaturated color palette.

It's been at least a year or two since I've played it, and BY THE STARS, I didn't know how badly I needed Oblivion's goofy nature and wacky quests.

I missed you, my beloved. I'm sorry I've been away for so long.

#random thoughts #elder scrolls oblivion

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Perfect morning

Commission for Akulatraxas

#very pretty!

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hypothetical wof evolution chart!! ignoring that darkstalker's book didn't take place only 2000 years after the scorching cause that makes no sesne

(previously known tribes found on the wiki, new ones made by me)

descriptions of new tribes/how the evolved under cut

The Early Era:

The first breeds of dragons. Existed before and during the scorching.

Soarwing:

Status: Extinct

The first ever dragon tribe, is the common ancestor to every modern tribe

Began to die out sometime after the scorching after the tribes began to split up and form

Can range in a wide variety of colors depending on where they live

Body shape most similar to a skywing

Live mostly everywhere

Powers:

Fire breathing

Radiates heat

Earthwing:

Status: Extinct

The second ever dragon tribe

Evolved from Soarwings after they moved into forests and jungles

Went extinct as the tribe began to split away into Insectwings, Leafwings, and Rainwings

Went extinct a little while after the Soarwings did

Can come in any colors that are found in nature

What Lizard/Freedom from The Flames of Hope would be classified as

Powers:

Weak fire breathing

Leafspeak (rare)

Weak poison administered through bite, not deadly

Aquawing:

Status: Extinct

The third formed dragon tribe

Evolved from Soarwings as they began to leave to live near water, mostly the sea

Went extinct as their tribe split into Seawings and Icewings

Went extinct a little before Earthwings, but after Soarwings

Range in colors found in the water, from the blues of the waves to the pinks of coral

Powers:

Ability to hold breath for a long time

Webbed talons

Powerful swimmers

Strong tails

Night vision

The Dividing Era:

The period that followed the Scorching, when the tribes began to split up and organize into proper tribes and cultures.

Insectwing:

Status: Extinct

Evolved from Earthwings who lived in exclusively jungles; happened a little while after the scorching

Went extinct a while later after their tribe mostly became Beetlewings while the rest became Sandwings

Colors can range between yellows, greens, and browns

Began to develop another set of wings, though they are currently useless

Powers:

Deadly poison that can be injected via bite or tail

Leafspeak (extremely rare)

Skywing:

Status: Healthy

Began to split from Soarwings a little after the scorching to live exclusively in mountains

Oldest modern tribe

Colors can range from shades of reds or orange

Powers:

Large and powerful wings

Strong fire

Radiates heat

Leafwing:

Status: Endangered

What remained of the Earthwings who continued to live in the forest while the Insectwings moved to the jungles

Colors range in shades of greens and with hints of colors found in nature

Powers:

Leafspeak (uncommon)

Can absorb energy from sunlight

Icewing:

Status: Healthy

Split from Aquawings to live exclusively in the icy tundra

Range in shades of white with blue-tinted accents

Where the first animus was found

Powers

Freezing ice breath

Serrated claws

Withstanding cold temperatures

Night vision

Sandwing:

Status: Healthy

Result of continuous breeding between Insectwings and Skywings

Moved to the desert because of space; no one else wanted to live there

Lost the second set of wings completely from Insectwings

Colors range in shades of tan and brown

Powers:

Fire

Deadly venom (only in tail)

Can survive in hot environments for long amounts of time

Can survive with little water and food for long amounts of time

Radiates heat

Beetlewing:

Status: Extinct

Evolved from Insectwings who didn’t breed with Earthwings

Formed 2 sets of wings that are fully functional

Can come in any color, usually bright colors

Powers:

Deadly venom that can be administered through tail

Antennae that can sense things around

The Growing Era:

An era where there is a lot more mixing of tribes and the start of a more civilized way of life

Seawings:

Status: Healthy

Formed out of what was left of the Aquawings who didn’t move to the arctic, began to become more and more aquatic

Colors can range in shades of blues, greens, and accents of different colors found in the sea

Powers:

Ability to breathe underwater

Webbed talons

Powerful swimmers

Strong tails

Strong night vision

Bioluminescent scales

Rainwings:

Status: Healthy

Formed from the breeding between Insectwings and Naturewings

Lost the second set of wings from Insectwings

Lived in the rainforest exclusively

Colors can range from anything

Powers:

Color-changing scales

Prehensile tails

Deadly venom in teeth

Nightwings:

Status: Endangered

Formed from Skywings who left to become nocturnal and pursue knowledge and sciences

Mind reading and future sight was a gift from an animus

Toxic bite did not develop until after living on the volcanic island

Colors can range in shades of dark gray and black

Powers:

Fire

Mind Reading and/or future sight (rare)

Night vision

The Modern Era:

The newest dragon tribes that just recently came to be

Mudwings:

Status: Healthy

Formed from continuous breeding between Seawings and Skywings

Often treated as less by the Phyrrian dragons because of how recently the tribe was formed

Colors can range in shades of browns and greens

Powers:

Can hold breath for long periods of time

Can be healed by mud

Can breathe fire if warm enough

Hivewings:

Status: Healthy

Evolved mostly from Beetlewings, only with Clearsight’s small genetics mixed in

Was created because of the impact Clearsight left, every dragon wanted to be like her, so any dragon with black scales was deemed a descendant of Clearsight; every dragon with black scales began breeding more than usual, eventually creating Hivewings

Colors range in shades of yellows and blacks

Kept the four sets of wings from Beetlewings

Powers:

Venom and/or stingers in teeth or tails (uncommon)

Silkwings:

Status: Healthy

Formed of what was left of the Beetlewings that didn’t have black on their scales

Have been seen as inferior to Hivewings for a while since they didn’t have any black scales

Flamesilks were originally a rare mutation that grew as the Hivewings began selectively breeding them

Colors range from any color under the sun except black

Powers:

Antennae

Can produce silk from their wrists

#that's very interesting! #the diagram really helps #insectwings sound cool

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