#wof flame

[killzilla]

when i first met the false dragonets, i actually really loved them bc they're all just sad kids yk? anyway, i loved Flame when i first met him and my heart was WRENCHED when he hugged Avalanche.

then when i saw his design in the graphic novel i fell inlove ALL over again.

i know there's really not much about him and he's more or less an asshole, but i am 100% a Flame enjoyer. that bein said, i also REALLY love the Gold winglet and no ONE FREAKING TALKS ABOUT THEM ENOUGH !!

#my art #wings of fire #wof #wof flame #gold winglet #king of loving background characters #skywing nation rise #he's my silly gay son

[flawseer]

Jade Mountain Academy students

#6 - Skywing chapter

I like Skywings a lot actually. I think they were underutilized in the story. And then there is Flame. Poor, lovable Flame. One day I would like to write a more in-depth think piece on him, his character, and his role in the story. But not today, so here are some Skywings:

Carnelian

Tribe - Skywing

Winglet - Jade

Color - Tomato red

Relatives - none on site

Clawmate(s) - Moonwatcher (Nightwing), Kinkajou (Rainwing)

Favorite subject - Exercise

Least fav. subject - Science

Physical characteristics - tan horns, bendy; banded markings running down upper neck; light to medium scarring across face, neck, and limbs; medium to large stature, well-defined musculature

Other characteristics - selectively uncooperative, refuses to do assignments that annoy her (monitor for now); abrasive, three reported threats of violence against students (monitored, suggest expanding physical extracurricular options to burn off excess energy); appears to respond well to praise

Flame

Tribe - Skywing

Winglet - Gold

Color - Crimson red

Relatives - none on site

Clawmate(s) - Bigtail (Nightwing), Pike (Seawing)

Favorite subject - did not disclose

Least fav. subject - "All of them"

Physical characteristics - double-bent horns; black dorsal plates and accents; large, jagged scar running across left side of the face, intersecting the eye; blind in left eye; medium size with thin, wiry frame

Other characteristics - very uncooperative, refuses to do assignments and has poor attendance record (monitored, suggest counseling, consider withdrawing from student body if behavior does not improve); emotionally volatile, does not like eye contact, will react with hostility if stared at or if facial scar is mentioned (suggest counseling); shows signs of post traumatic stress and severe self image issues (suggest counseling); has turned down counseling offer (give space for now, ask again later)

Thrush

Tribe - Skywing

Winglet - Silver

Color - Apricot yellow

Relatives - Peregrine (cousin)

Clawmate(s) - Changbai (Icewing), Boto (Rainwing)

Favorite subject - History

Least fav. subject - Anatomy

Physical characteristics - straight horns; row of dark scales running down ventral side of neck; beak-like mouth; smallish stature, small-boned

Other characteristics - decent work ethic; very energetic, difficulty to sit still; eager to prove personal competence; frequently interrupts people while they're speaking (suggest guidance and monitoring)

Peregrine

Tribe - Skywing

Winglet - Copper

Color - Brick red

Relatives - Thrush (cousin)

Clawmate(s) - Pronghorn (Sandwing)

Favorite subject - Anatomy

Least fav. subject - Art

Physical characteristics - dark-colored stripe patterns running down the side of the neck; long limbs; medium to large stature with slender features; deaf in left ear

Other characteristics - practically-inclined; morbid sense of humor; tends to play with food before eating; owns a collection of small, sharpened animal bones (has been instructed not to bring them to class); expressed interest in a class/seminar about medicinal herbs

Garnet

Tribe - Skywing

Winglet - Quartz

Color - Amaranth red

Relatives - none on site

Clawmate(s) - Siamang (Rainwing), Arid (Sandwing)

Favorite subject - History

Least fav. subject - Cultural Exchange

Physical characteristics - sharply bent horns curving inward; ridge of thorn-like spines running from nose down to tip of tail; light scarring across ventral side; large frame with well-defined musclulature

Other characteristics - morose; does not like loud noises or crowds; prefers to eat alone; longest fire-breathing distance; notable age-gap to rest of winglet (no issues so far, but continue to monitor social integration)

Peril

Tribe - Skywing

Winglet - not assigned

Color - Tiger orange

Relatives - none on site

Clawmate(s) - none

Favorite subject - class attendance suspended

Least fav. subject - class attendance suspended

Physical characteristics - afflicted with firescales, body emits dangerous levels of heat at all times; scales show faint fiery glow like embers; bright yellow vein-like pattern spread through wing membranes; bright blue eyes; tall stature, very thin

Other characteristics - CAUTION! Do not come in physical contact with her, severe burn hazard; instruct student body to keep minimum distance; be mindful of surfaces she was in prolonged contact with, as they could carry residual heat; keep away from flammable areas; we don't know what to do with her yet, for now just give her a place to sleep and eat

#wings of fire #dragon #wof #digital art #wof art #flawseer art #wof skywing #wof carnelian #wof flame #wof thrush #wof peregrine #wof garnet #wof peril #jade mountain academy

[resident-wof-expert]

Thinking about the false dragonets rn.

Fatespeaker, told that she and four other dragonets were destined to stop the war. Fatespeaker, wanting so badly for the five of them to be friends, trying desperately to bond with these dragons who want her dead.

Flame, always trying to appear as hot-headed as possible around everyone, just as a SkyWing should be. Flame, sobbing into his mother's shoulder after what he went through, not caring about how he looks in front of these dragons he hates.

Squid, having dreams of grandeur, wanting treasure and fame once he is told about his "destiny". Squid, a child, abandoned in enemy territory, wanting nothing more than to go home.

Viper. The most ruthless of the five. The only one to die. In those few seconds after Starflight shoved her off of Fatespeaker, her fate was sealed. An entirely new and horrifying idea of destiny. In those short moments, she was going to die and there wasn't anything anyone could have done about it. And she was going to suffer before she was dead.

All just to sell the illusion of a prophecy that wasn't even real.

Ochre is just kinda there, but my point still stands.

#wof #wings of fire #wof spoilers #wings of fire spoilers #wof fatespeaker #wof flame #wof squid #wof viper #wof ochre #false dod

[flamebringer0]

About Nightwing Powers

Wow it turns out you can attach titles to posts, awesome. I will now make another post.

It always drove me kind of crazy how Nightwing powers are presented in canon. I think it drives a lot of people crazy because I've seen more than one person's headcanon adjustments to them. So here is my contribution to that genre.

Some Nightwings have perceptual abilities that other dragons -- other Nightwings and members of other tribes -- lack. One is the ability to read minds, the other is the ability to see the future.

All Nightwings develop both future sight and mind reading in the egg. The mind of a fetus can't integrate any of this information, and most will lose both abilities long before learning to understand what they mean. The dragonet's third eye closes, so to speak, within hours after hatching, and will stay that way for the rest of their life. For unclear reasons, the loss of these abilities is prevented by exposure to the light of a full moon immediately after hatching.

Nightwings always hatch at night, at least if the eggs are exposed to the sky. Those who hatch under a full moon retain the ability either to read minds or see the future, whereas those who hatch under two or three full moons retain both. The presence of these abilities also causes the development of silver scales on the face. A mind reader has a silver scale at the outer corner of each eye, whereas a prophet has a silver scale in the center of the forehead.

[Image ID: Two simplistic line drawings of a dragon's head. These drawings are identical with each other aside from the placement of specific scales, which are highlighted in white. The left drawing is labeled "mind reading" and shows two crescent-shaped scales at the corners of the dragon's eyes. The right drawing is labeled "prophecy" and shows an eye-shaped scale in the center of the dragon's forehead. /.End ID]

The appearance of the silver scales correlates with the strength of the ability. A larger, rounder scale indicates greater power.

[Image ID: Five simplistic line drawings of a dragon's head. These drawings are identical with each other, and with the drawings in the previous image, except in the placement of specific scales. The first drawing is labeled "Starflight" and has no highlighted scales. The second is labeled "Fatespeaker" and has two crescent shaped scales near the eyes. These scales are very thin, much thinner than those of the drawing that was labeled "mind reading". The third is labeled "Clearsight" and has a single scale in the center of the forehead. This scale is large and perfectly round. The fourth is labeled "Moonwatcher" and has three scales: two at the corners of the eyes, and one in the center of the forehead. These scales are shaped identically to those of the "mind reading" and "prophecy" drawings from the previous image. The last drawing is labeled "Darkstalker" and has three scales: two at the corners of the eyes, and one in the center of the forehead. All of these scales are large and perfectly round. /.End ID]

A dragon hatched under three full moons inevitably has the most powerful prophecy and mind reading. Other than that, it's unclear what exactly makes the abilities of one Nightwing stronger than those of another.

Raw power isn't the whole story, though. Clearsight is the greatest prophet of all time, but she isn't the most powerful prophet of all time (or even the most powerful in her immediate friend group). It just turns out that a dragon who diligently works on her abilities will have a certain advantage over one who believes he is already the most powerful and has an inevitable destiny.

It may not be immediately obvious what it would mean for someone to be "more" or "less" powerful at mind reading or prophecy, but there are two relevant metrics: clarity, and control. I think the names are self-explanatory, but just in case, here's a metaphor. If you imagine Nightwing powers as a flashlight shining into a dark room, clarity is the brightness of the bulb, and control is how easily one can direct the beam. These metrics are not really independent: weakly empowered Nightwings will be weak in both aspects, and strongly empowered Nightwings will be strong in both aspects. For those in the middle, who make up the majority, clarity is more developed than control.

The strongest prophets can direct their vision down many different paths, examining the futures that cascade out of intricate chains of decisions, possibly centuries into the future. The weakest prophets have occasional, muddled impressions that a certain decision in their immediate future might lead to something good or bad. In between are the average prophets, who have clear visions, but little ability to control when they occur or what they are about.

Similarly, the strongest mind readers can root around in another dragon's mind and examine any fact, belief or memory they're interested in, whereas the weakest may have a vague impression of the most immediate, intense feelings of whomever they're around. Average mind readers can clearly read the surface thoughts of other dragons, but can't probe arbitrary mental structures without somehow activating them -- by inducing the target to actively reminisce about a memory or some such thing.

In the old days, back when Nightwings understood where their powers came from, it was quite common for ambitious parents to try to time the conception of their eggs so that they would hatch under the full moon(s). For a single full moon, this is almost pointless: the quickest of the three moons cycles through its phases in just a few weeks, and the variation in the incubation period for a Nightwing egg is great enough that it can't be reliably timed to any specific moon phase. For two and three moon nights, this practice is more meaningful, but only in the very general sense that someone who doesn't conceive an egg roughly a year before the brightest night definitely won't have any thrice-moonborn dragonets, whereas someone who does, might.

Some seers would also offer advice about how to do this. For the most part, this advice was snake oil; only the most powerful seers could decide to have a vision about a particular egg's future. Even among the few who could, it would be extremely difficult to see and articulate all the subtle factors that lead an egg to hatch after a longer or shorter incubation, and most of them would be far outside the ability of the parents to really control anyway.

More unscrupulous parents would occasionally try to break an egg open under the full moons, regardless of whether the dragonet was ready to hatch on their own. This practice has never been successful, as hatching in this way disrupts the delicate developmental process needed for the dragonet to retain their power. It is also quite dangerous, and many of the dragonets who were subject to this simply died.

Foeslayer and Arctic didn't do any of this, incidentally. They just got lucky. Or they got unlucky. Depending on which of them you ask.

Speaking of Foeslayer and Arctic's kids, Whiteout has both Nightwing powers. It's not because she hatched one day after the brightest night, though. Hatching a day after a full moon doesn't grant any power. It's actually a manifestation of synesthesia. Synesthesia causes sensory modalities that are unrelated in most people to correlate in a specific way. Whiteout, like all Nightwings who hatched under no full moons, lost direct access to her abilities shortly after hatching. However, she's still able to use them indirectly via synesthetic influence on her other senses. This is why she describes Clearsight as "azure on the inside": to her, Clearsight's thought patterns are azure in a fairly literal sense.

Another Nightwing whose power manifests in an unusual way is Flame. I mean, Flame isn't actually a Nightwing, but he has a semi-recent Nightwing ancestor. That's why he has a forked tongue, unlike other Skywings, and why he has darker scales than any other Skywing. And he hatched under a full moon, so he can read minds. But since his Nightwing ancestry is slight, his power is extremely weak. It's so weak that he has never become consciously aware of it, and most of the time, it doesn't really affect anything. But if someone thinks really hard about him, he senses it. This is why he's the only dragon Moon has ever met who can tell when someone's looking into his mind. It's a very weak form of the same two-way communication she uses to talk to Darkstalker.

In the year 5000, Nightwings have largely lost access to their powers, since they no longer allow their eggs to hatch under the moonlight. Contrary to what Moon thinks, this isn't because they're afraid of hatching another Darkstalker. After all, if it were specifically desired to avoid hatching eggs under the full moons, we would expect to see some kind of active prohibition, or at least some sort of legend about the terrible consequences of doing so. What actually happened is that the Nightwings' new home prevented them from hatching eggs in moonlight, and after a few generations with no mind readers and no prophets, the dragons started to believe their own abilities were legendary or allegorical.

Despite the Nightwings' present powerlessness, belief in their abilities persists. The Nightwings encourage these rumors, and also train their dragonets to imitate the power they lack. This training mostly consists of cold reading and theatrics, not unlike the techniques human con artists use to simulate psychic powers. However, they also leverage the one sensory ability that Nightwings still have over all* other dragons: an extremely strong sense of smell. Most dragons are aware that Nightwings smell better than members of other tribes, but they don't grasp that they may leak private information through subtle odors that only Nightwings can perceive. By examining the smell of another dragon's body, modern Nightwing "seers" and "mind readers" deduce information in a way that is easily mistaken for magic by the uninitiated.

Darkstalker is highly scandalised by this practice when he wakes up, not least because he has an Icewing-tier nose and can't do it.

Now that Nightwings are living in the rainforest, it's likely that their extrasensory abilities will start to become more common again. Unfortunately, their only connection to the ancient techniques for controlling those abilities turned out to be evil and was sent to gay baby jail. It will likely fall on Moonwatcher to begin the process of re-developing these practices and teaching them to a new generation of Nightwing dragonets.

*Actually, Seawings can smell nearly as well. But only underwater.

#ok i think that's all the thoughts i had about that #turned out to be more than i expected honestly #wings of fire #wof #wof headcanon #headcanon #wof nightwing #nightwing #wof clearsight #clearsight #wof darkstalker #darkstalker #wof whiteout #whiteout #wof moonwatcher #moonwatcher #wof flame #flame

[inkblots-and-rainbows]

oooo ooo…. Flame and Umber?

d,rangons...

#do these two ever interact in the books? #never heard of it #art #drawing #wof #wof art #wings of fire #wof umber #flame wof #wof flame #umber wof #my art

[beeziewe033]

Me then: NO I CANT SHIP NON CANON SHIPS IN WOF!! ITS ILLEGAL AND HURTS!!! I REFUSE TO!!!!!!!!!! THEY CANT ALL BE GAY ITS NOT-

Me now: wait a sec mom, im writing a Qibli x Winter fanfic, maybe i should sprinkle some Peril x Sunny here and there.... Umber is a gay aroace in my head soooo, Umber is in a queer platonic relationship with Turtle, fuck it, Moon is now engaged to Kinkajou, Flame is gay in denail..........OH OH, Tamarin and Anemone but make it Toxic Yuri, Starflight and Fatespeaker are making out in the hallways... Uhhhhhhhhhhh, Deathbringer is a dick he dosent deserve Glory so he's in rejection denial and Glory is a transfem aroace, We need a bit more straightness or people will call me heterophobic

#wof #wof ships #wof ship #wings of fire #Qibli x winter #kinkajou x moon #qinter #kinkamoon #moonjou #perunny #peril x sunny #anemone x tamarin #fatespeaker x starflight #wof flame #wof winter #wof qibli #wof turtle #wof anemone #wof kinkajou #wof moonwatcher #wof Umber #wof sunny #wof peril #wof starflight #wof fatespeaker #wof tamarin #wof deathbringer #wof glory

[clearsighting]

FLAME

Flame has ruby-red scales, red wings, and orange eyes. He has a scar running from one corner of his mouth sideways and up, straight through the opposite eye, caused by Viper's tail barb. His face seems to be fixed in a state of permanent rage.

description source from the wings of fire wiki

#wings of fire #wof skywing #wof flame #flame wof #artists on tumblr #my art #clip studio paint #dragonets of destiny #no id

[scrollwyrm]

I drew the False DoD!

Details under the cut (from left to right.) also minor spoilers for the first arc.

Viper: I really loved drawing her- her colour pallet and expression were so fun to do. I wish we got to see more of her character, I feel like she had some wasted potential. Squid: I LOVE his design. I think it might be my favourite out of the five. I like the jewellery I added to him. He’s canonically obsessed with treasure, so I think Nautilus would eventually just give in and get him some. Also I made his pupils rectangular because I headcanon that MudWings and SeaWings under a lot of stress would have those. Just a nod to how he isn’t as shallow as he seems. Fatespeaker: I made her eyes all white to show that she has ‘foresight’. She doesn’t really. I’ll give you the option to choose whether I put that there for symbolism, or if you think she learned to roll her eyes up in her head to convince people her visions were real. Ochre: I tried to make him look bigger but it just wasn’t happening. In the end his design was pretty bland, just your average MudWing dragonet, if much grumpier. Sorry, guys. Flame: I made him pink, which I think suits him a lot. He was the first one I drew, so I like him a lot. This is before the incident with Viper, so he doesn’t have his telltale scar.

#Wings of fire #false dragonets #Wof #Wof viper #wof squid #wof art #wof headcanon #wings of fire art #digital art #art #wof design #wof fanart #Wof flame #wof fatespeaker #wof nightwing #wof sandwing #wof seawing #wof skywing #wof mudwing #my art #wof spoilers

[tuitsutherland]

Flame turns emo in arc 5

#wings of fire #wof #wof flame

[namesareweird579]

Evil false dragonets of destiny

#wings of fire #wof #Flame #Squid #Viper #Ochre #Fatespeaker #Flame wof #Squid wof #Viper wof #Ochre wof #Fatespeaker wof #wof Flame #wof Squid #wof Viper #wof Ochre #wof Fatespeaker #false dragonets of destiny #death threat tw #death threats #death threat cw

[mangymuttz]

dragon ptsd goes crazy

#flame wof #wof flame #flame wings of fire #wings of fire flame #wings of fire #wings of fire fanart #wof fanart #wof #skywing #skywing fanart #skywing wof

[flawseer]

"Cocoa"

I drew this picture of Flame back in June. He's one of my favorite side characters from the series and holds a special place in my heart.

Maybe one day I'll be able to go into a bit more detail with regards to the way I feel about him and his role in the story.

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Image Description:

Digital artwork of Flame the Skywing from the Wings of Fire series, shown from the chest up. He is a slender, crimson red dragon with dark gray dorsal plates and pale pink ventral scales. He is looking ahead with a sad, forlorn expression while holding a crude, steaming mug of liquid in his talons. A jagged scar runs across the front-facing side of his face and through his eye.

#wings of fire #wof #wof flame #dragon #skywing #wof skywing #flawseer art

[resident-wof-expert]

#wof #wof memes #wings of fire #wings of fire memes #wof ochre #wof flame #evil wof

[d34d-f1sh-1n-r4t-tr4p]

I want to know more about them

#wof #wings of fire #wof ochre #wof squid #wof flame #wof viper #wof fatespeaker #false dod

[shiftywing]

wow ok

#wof #wings of fire #ochre #flame #ochre wof #wof ochre #flame wof #wof flame #wof memes #wings of fire memes

[ninoxwof]

Flame the Skywing

(Based on Cardinals)

[Image ID: A digital drawing of a feathered bird like skywing dragon with his back turned. His name is Flame from Wings of Fire. He is red with a pink beak and pink talons. He has black markings on his face akin to a cardinal's where it's mask-like and extends till his forehead. His black tail tip is feathery and puffy giving it a fire like appearance. He has a scar that extends through his left eye and down to part of his beak. He has his back turned, turning his head back with an angry expression. /End ID]

#wings of fire #wof arc 1 #wof arc 2 #wof #wof flame #skywing #the false dragonets #the hidden kingdom #the dark secret #the brightest night #moon rising #talons of power #darkness of dragons #jade mountain academy #gold winglet