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I'm toying with the idea of putting all my bios and lore stuff in here. Please tell me if this is not the right spot for this. Please don't post anything in here. If you want to contact me please pm me. Note) I'm ALWAYS looking for help writing bios and I'm willing to pay within reason-if you charge 100,000 t chances are I can't afford you even if your writing is worth every last t. Most of my dragons need help so if someone strikes your fancy, feel free to offer. Note) A lot of my Wind culture lore comes from [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/fl3/30895/1]LunaXanta's FR Forum[/url] and I try to give credit to the person who posted the idea on the forum. If anything is mis-credited please let me know. Note) Just trying the template below to see if I like it. I can use it as long as I keep the credits. [columns][img]http://33.media.tumblr.com/9f54cfbe7757cdb897033a806da9a4aa/tumblr_inline_nlmzw4PbYE1qdxu5r.gif[/img] [center][img]http://33.media.tumblr.com/1b6fcdfc9175c33a12ac076335229fc9/tumblr_inline_mzxp57rFbf1st17vy.gif[/img][/center] [nextcol][center][color=#739611][size=7][font=gabriola][b]MAKANI HAVEN[/b][/font][/size][/color] —– [color=#455A0A][font=monotype corsiva][b][size=5]“QUOTE YOUR DRAGON HERE.”[/size][/b][/font][/color][/center] [center][img]http://40.media.tumblr.com/fec9ce80031458f36185e17f7b0ea7fd/tumblr_o2q52tLdAX1v0pdpqo1_500.png[/img] Think aloha spirit and that is Makani Haven. The entrances to lairs blend with outdoors. Dragon's come and go for various reasons-business and visiting. It's open to helping out dragons who are looking for permanent homes or just a temporary place to stay. Makani Haven is located by the ocean at the top of the cliffs right beside the Ashfall Wastes so dragons who like the warmer climates like coatls can feel right at home. The lair is located at the edge of a woods but there is also some beach at the base of the cliff where they can all gather together. Makani is Hawai'ian for wind per http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/hawaiiannames.htm and http://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/education/cultural_hawaiian_names_wind.html The Neighbors: Mithrandir and his clan are beast clan sympathetic and get along with most of the groups in their area. However, there are some clans that are Shade controlled and those cause trouble. Makani Haven dragons do their best to get rid of this sort of trouble often banding together with they beast clan friends. [http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/fl3/1745933/2]So... about the Beastclans... [color=SeaGreen][b]Market Day)[/b][/color] On the 3rd Monday of each month the beast clans and anyone who has something to sell get together for market day. It is an open air market (think the Original International Market Place-Honolulu) where you never know what you will find and there is always something interesting. It draws dragons from other clans as well who want to see what's for sale. It's always something of a festival and how big a festival it becomes just depends on the dragons who attend. There's always time for impromptu races and art shows. And someone is almost always trying out some new game trying to earn some extra t. Sometimes the sky dancers and sky surfers may even choose to perform and there might even be fireworks at night during the summer. There's also a Trade Fair section where dragons looking for a new lair who needs their skills can go and wait to see who comes looking. Dragons from other lairs will also participate in this and that is how some dragons come to be part of Makani Haven. [/font] [item=intact parchment][item=delightful wooden unicorn][item=unhatched wind egg][item=nocturne puppet][item=forgotten poet’s tools][/center][nextcol] [img]http://33.media.tumblr.com/9f54cfbe7757cdb897033a806da9a4aa/tumblr_inline_nlmzw4PbYE1qdxu5r.gif[/img] [center][img]http://33.media.tumblr.com/1b6fcdfc9175c33a12ac076335229fc9/tumblr_inline_mzxp57rFbf1st17vy.gif[/img] [/center][/columns] [center][size=2]Wind Chimes by @Chee /#47514[/size] | [size=2]Flight Scarves by @justjasper /#35690[/size] | [size=2]Horizontal Wind Divider by @Pacalis /#199399[/size] [size=2]template by AesopsFabled[/size][/center] [center][color=SeaGreen][size=10][b][u]MAKANI HAVEN[/u][/b][/size][/color][/center] [quote=Yourou's Definitions] Hatchlings: Puff/Puffs "Our neighbors' clutch just hatched this morning. What precious little puffs." Group of Wind Dragons: Breath "Look to the skies and you can see a breath of the Windsinger's brood." Elite Warriors: Windwalkers "The Windsinger's brood is the friendliest of all dragons, but that doesn't make them less cautious or dense. Having so many ties to all the other flights an elite sect of warriors has been chosen by the Windsinger out of the dragons who exalt themselves to his eternal servitude. These elite warriors are known as the Windwalkers. They are master tacticians, strategists, skilled in combat and they help protect the Windswept Plateau." "Rumor has it that the Windwalkers are such masterful warriors that they don't have to look intimidating and covered in armor to be a reminder to others who are visiting the Windswept Plateau that, yes they are welcome here, but they better be on their best behavior." 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[center][color=#739611][size=7][font=gabriola][b]ORIGINS[/b][/font][/size][/color] [center] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1718795][img]http://66.media.tumblr.com/1273e17c3b4b92e21a69783aacad2b09/tumblr_inline_nvcxja2YRu1r7qfkn_500.png[/img][/url] [i]Note) I don't think this is working out anymore. My original idea was that AiKahiko introduced Polynesian culture to my lair but I think it's becoming too entrenched for that.[/i] For some reason, after who knows how long living by himself, Mithrandir find's he's a magnet for dragons looking for a new lair (whether they know it before hand or not). First was the sky-dancer troupe then Glynwen's party was the next big group. Not everyone who comes will stay forever. It's a safe place for those who have no home yet. It's also getting pretty busy because it's growing collection of artisans and masters who attract customers. It seems to be a stopping point for dragons just traveling through as well.

[center][color=SeaGreen][b][u]HOME[/u][/b][/color][/center] [quote=LunaXanta and Paintminion] There may be lots of comings and goings but home is where everyone returns. It's very dragon oriented with couches to lounge on a lots of floor pillows to lay on while doing things. There is a wind garden with a generation tree. The wind garden has lots of wind style decorations such as ribbons, banners, wind animated sculptures, etc. The Generation Tree contains the lair's chimes that represent every dragon in the lair. Lots of color. [/quote] [color=SeaGreen][b]WIND GARDEN[/b][/color] [quote=paintminion] The idea of community inspiration 'gardens' made of pinwheels, bamboo flutes, kites, and beautiful crafts arranged along paths like a beautiful Asian-style garden.” -LunaXanta “Anyone remember Twister movie with Helen Hunt? her Aunt crafted cool spinners with metal that sing, chime, and spin beautifully. I picture that too. [/quote] [color=SeaGreen][b]Generation Tree/Chandelier of Chimes)[/b][/color] My clan will have a large tree in the center of their wind garden known as the Generation Tree. It's from this tree's branches that the Chandelier will hang. [quote=LunaXanta] Every clan owns a chandelier of Chimes. Each chime represents a dragon, and the way they are placed around each other shows genealogy. Children's chimes hang from their parents'. Mated pairs are attached by a string with a scale from each of them in between. The chime for a deceased dragon is silenced by putting cloth around it, and when that dragon is missed, the cloth can be removed for a short time by someone who wants to hear their chime again for a while. It is clan dependent as to how chimes are marked. [/quote] For my lair: Chimes wrapped in a couple of bands of black cloth so they are silent are for those who have died “The chimes of the exalted should have our element symbol and a picture of Windsinger painted on them” -LunaXanta (Someone else suggested moving them to a different tree-not sure my lair does this yet.) MISCELLANEOUS Treasure “We must travel light, and as such, we tend to have hoarding problems, wanting souvenirs from everywhere we go, but being unable to carry them all.” -LunaXanta “Feathers and maps! Compasses. Lots of feathery decorations on everything.” -LunaXanta Misc. Lore Questions Answered) http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/fl3/1791273/8#post_18803913 [center][/center][b][/b]

[center][sup][size=4]Meet[/size][/sup] [font=cambria][size=7][b][color=purple]MITHRANDIR[/b][/color][/size] [center][font=georgia][size=5][color=purple][i]Elder || Sage || Arbiter[/i][/color][/font][/size] [size=3][color=purple]Wise || Mischievous || Cheerful[/color][/size][/font][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=1555481] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/15555/1555481.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol]As an arbiter for the lair, who better to tell you about the general personality here? [/columns] ----- [center][color=SeaGreen][b][u]PERSONALITY[/u][/b][/color][/center] [quote=LunaXanta] We are carried on the winds, and earthly borders mean little to us. Others can draw all the chalk lines they want on the ground, we can fly right over them because only we can draw in the sky. The air covers all, and thus we could argue that half of every territory belongs to us. We know when to be silent and unnoticed, when to offer a sweet, caressing breeze, when to rouse into a taunting, mischievous wind gust, and when to unleash the scouring power of our speed and fury in tornadoes of destruction. We are friendly, witty, humorous, some talkative and some more silent. Some flatteringly respectful and others jokingly insulting. We have a wide range of personalities, but we all love our freedom, our creative abilities, socialization, travel, excitement, flight, and interesting relationships. [/quote] [quote] Breeds Within Wind Guardians tend to be people-oriented, because they'd have to give up wandering to guard a location and items aren't usually important enough to be guarded forever. This doesn't mean they can't choose a location or item as their charge, but it would have to be really important. (Maybe a hill that houses the chime trees for the dead) -RoeDusk Wind Guardians are usual in that they very rarely guard an area instead choosing another dragon, a mobile location (such as the airships favored by the Lightning Flight of the Shifting Expanse), or even a concept (there was one such Guardian who traveled across the land recording the music of other flights). In some cases - though unusually few compared to their kin - they will imprint upon the plains where they were born, and they choose to remain and defend the hatching grounds. -absoluteblue Fae tend not to form as isolated clans as wind dragons, and instead of building huge nests, they travel between tiny ones that were built by other fae dragons for use by themselves and others. Rainbow flocks of fae dragons fly all over the region, as individuals gather to travel, and break off as they reach their destination. A happy side effect of this is that it's nearly impossible for a fae nest to get big enough to collapse. -RoeDusk Tundra dragons' tendency to loose their long term memory if it isn't reinforced is less annoying to wind clan dragons, because many dragons, of many species, travel so much, meeting so many people and seeing so many places, that they have a similar problem. Tundras in a wind clan also have an audience to share their memories with as stories, so they can reinforce them easily just by chatting with a stranger. -RoeDusk Mirror Dragons tend to be carvers and crafters rather than storytellers and are as common on the ground as fae are in the air. They have worse wanderlust as wind dragons than any other element, and packs will move on to new hunting grounds for a change of scenery before depleting the game in the current one. -RoeDusk The borrowing tendencies of Ridgebacks is more tolerated in wind clans than some others because while it's annoying that they didn't ask firs, the items they take tend not to be overly important to the dragons they borrowed them from. If an item was important to the dragon though, wind dragons are perfectly willing to chase the Ridgeback across the realm/world to get it back. And the Ridgeback is usually perfectly happy to oblige. -RoeDusk Balloons specifically are often used for more utilitarian things, like holding platforms and structures aloft. Furthermore, exalted dragons who are not strong fliers are often sent off with such balloons to ensure their safety. Craft more in line with airships are exclusively for travel. Clans from the lower reaches use them to access the airborne parts of Wind and lodging the case of extended stays. Guests may be escorted into Wind territory in these as well since the skies can be challenging, especially for a fatigued traveler. -Encarmine [/quote] ------ [center][color=SeaGreen][b][u]Mithrandir's Notebook[/u][/b][/color][/center] [quote] He has also opened up our clan as a foster lair for [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/1710761/1]Second Chance[/url] Another spot to get dragons is here http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/1576425 -- no-exalt 2016 01 16) He's going to allow 1 dragon from here (http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drw/1611355#post_16956873) to join. It should be fun to see what I get. :) He loves doing mischievously random good works. So, here's an occasional fun thing to do: http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/1197540/113#post_16774331Try providing the following code so they can give themselves an achievement badge for it. :) [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1621962][img]http://i.imgur.com/7j2TRGk.png[/img] A spot to buy & sell old dragons http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/1426428 [/quote] ------- [center]Please leave this credit statement here. Bio template Shadeyrain's Template 1 by Shadeyrain from http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1721826 No credit required Modifying okay

[center][sup][size=4]Meet[/size][/sup] [font=cambria][size=7][b][color=blue]*SARIA[/b][/color][/size] [center][font=georgia][size=5][color=blue][i]Chastalain[/i][/color][/font][/size] [size=3][color=blue]? | ? | ?[/color][/size][/font] [/center] ----- [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=20103158] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/201032/20103158.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol]Hello, I'm the one who really keeps everyone organized around here. Please let me explain the jobs to you and introduce you to who does them. [/columns] ----- [center][color=SeaGreen][b][u]RANKING[/u][/b][/color][/center] [quote=LunaXanta and Akikira] Rank doesn't mean a lot but below is a list: Windsinger Elders (“They've had a life-time to learn stories and master their crafts, and they are teachers. They may not travel as much, but are welcomed by all wind clans and readily given a place to stay with any clan that can afford to house and feed and cater to them.” -Luna Xanta) Masters/Teachers Adults Puffs (“They must respect and obey their parents, and they go through a flight-oriented trail to pass into adulthood [see the areas on the map for wind territory. It actually mentions the trail there.]” -LunaXanta) [/quote] [center][color=SeaGreen][b][u]JOBS[/u][/b][/color][/center] [quote] “We may dabble in other crafts and make the best kites in the realm, but when it comes to telling tales, and making music and art, we blow the competition away. We alone are the painters, and grand artisans. We are traveling bards, crafters, and musicians, colorful performers and dancers! We are those who tell history in the form of an emotion snatching epic, rather than a bland school power point. We are rhetoricians and novelists and artists.” -LunaXanta Bards/Wandering Storytellers “We tell history in dramatized, emotional, personal ways, in the form of a novel, with one viewpoint, so while we are accepting, we tell stories much more aggressively and perhaps biasedly, rather than being cosmopolitan and covering all viewpoints, we tell it how we like to hear it, however it makes the best story. Whether its totally true or fair or not is something I think we are less worried about, because to us all life is just more grand stories.” -LunaXanta Below is what I decided to do with Reference Guide to Dragon Titles/Classes plus the Wind Culture forum Sage (An elder the other lair dragons respect and consider wise, and ask advice of. Lyre will probably become an Elder.) Teachers (“Elders can be teachers of some sort. We could also have a thing where "Puffs" will visit other neighbor's elders to hear tales or be taught things, while the parents could plan together to teach hatchlings how to fly or hunt or craft. Kind of like homeschooling, but with many teachers and much more fun :3 Cause if you think about it, if a hatchling is struggling with... Flying, lets just say, then he or she could stay in that same "Class" for however long until they feel they get it or if their parents come to get them.” -Wolfenlied) Protection) Ranger (expert in scouting out territory and hunting. Out rank scouts) Scout (good at woods-craft and hunting) Food) Hunter Forager (Good edible plant skills and maybe some hunting skill) Aquaculturalist (cultivates aquatic plants and animals), Wizard/Sorceress-Magic is their primary job Astronomer (can only be a hobby as far as I can tell but I still want one!) Governing) Emissary (dragon sent out on diplomatic or agent tasks for the various specialists in the lair) Arbiter Aide Chastelain [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=20103158] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/201032/20103158.png[/img] [/url] Craftsdragons) Artificer (“when windies happen to lose their ability to fly, since we are all inclined to crafting and such, what if a special trade some dragons had was crafting special flying contraptions that could be attached by ribbon or something to enable flight again?” -LillyLocke) Jeweler Swordsmith (would this even be used for dragons? I like the idea for Glaze though except he's been tied into a different job already :( ) Woodcarver Tinkerer Stylist Weaver Trader Merchant Performers) Sky-Dancer (“Ribbons, as well as bright, flowy clothes and musical things like chimes and whistles, should be part of dancing costumes. (The best dancing costumes should be handed down through generations and very valuable.) “) -LunaXanta Cloud Painter Ribbon Dancer (“Talented fliers would have large cloth ribbons tied to their tails and perform an aerial ribbon dance.” -Bluradic “It seems to me that since we wind dragons would love singing and making music, we would also love dancing. We would dance in the air much more often than on the ground, being very skilled fliers. And since we would have streamers and the like, what if we had some kinds of special dances, to be performed with ribbons or streamers in the air? The dancers would be very respected, because dancing with the ribbons would be fairly difficult, especially when you would be dancing with other dragons who also have ribbons. Skilled dancers would perform during festivals and celebrations. There could also be some kind of festival where the dancers have hatchlings or younger adults try and dance with the ribbons, and if they did well, the dancers would teach them how to do it.” -TwilitRaven) Bard (oral poet, recites epics) Balladeer Travelers) Adventurer Courier Explorer Wanderer Service) Lair Helmer Nest Tender (Want a better term but oh well. Babysits puffs and tends nests and nesting grounds) [/quote] ------ [center][color=SeaGreen][b][u]Saria's Notebook[/u][/b][/color][/center] [quote] An Elder is a dragon 1 year or older that the other dragons in the lair respect and ask advice of. They're often an expert in something. Lyre will probably become an Elder. Sage-Wise dragon Protection) Ranger (expert in scouting out territory and hunting. Out rank scouts), Scout (good at woods-craft and hunting) Food) Forager (hunts for whatever is edible away from the lair. Good edible plant skills and maybe some hunting skill), Aquaculturalist (cultivates aquatic plants and animals), Wizard/Sorceress-Magic is their primary job Astronomer (can only be a hobby as far as I can tell but I still want one!) Governing) Emissary (dragon sent out on diplomatic or agent tasks for the various specialists in the lair), Arbiter, Aide Craftsdragons) Artificer, Jeweler, Swordsmith (would this even be used for dragons? I like the idea for Glaze though), Woodcarver, Tinkerer, Stylist, Weaver Performers) Sky-Dancer, Cloud Painter, Ribbon Dancer, Bard (oral poet, recites epics), Balladeer Travelers) Adventurer, Courier, Explorer, Wanderer Trader, Merchant Service) Nest Tender (Want a better term but oh well. Babysits puffs and tends nests and nesting grounds) The above is what I decided to do with [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1372481/1]Reference Guide to Dragon Titles/Classes[/url] http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1504097 [/quote] ------- [center]Please leave this credit statement here. Bio template Shadeyrain's Template 1 by Shadeyrain from http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1721826 No credit required Modifying okay

[center][sup][size=4]Meet[/size][/sup] [font=cambria][size=7][b]YIN[/b][/size] [center][font=georgia][size=5][i]Elder || Doyenne Ranger || Teacher[/i][/font][/size] [size=3]Practical || Agile || Strict[/size][/font] [/center] ----- [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=4519108] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/45192/4519108.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol]I'm in charge of the lair's rangers and training all the puffs in fighting. I used to be in charge of security as well but that's DaiShan's territory. If you want to know about that please go visit him. Frustrated with the coli? Go here for a quick cheer up: http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/fl3/1898094/1 [/columns] ----- [center][color=SeaGreen][b][u]TRAINING[/u][/b][/color][/center] [quote] What to put here . . . [/quote] -------- [center]Please leave this credit statement here. Bio template Shadeyrain's Template 1 by Shadeyrain from http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1721826 No credit required Modifying okay

[center][sup][size=4]Meet[/size][/sup] [font=cambria][size=7][color=Indigo][b]ODILE[/b][/color][/size] [center][font=georgia][size=5][color=Indigo][i]The Sorcerous[/i][/color][/font][/size] [size=3][color=Indigo]? | ? | ?[/color][/size][/font] [/center] ----- [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=19696981] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/196970/19696981.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol]As head sorceress (aka the Only sorceress) I'm in charge of traditional ceremonies and either I or Mithrandir generally do blessings. So, let me tell you about our ceremonies because I'm certainly not telling you trade secrets about magic! [/columns] ----- [center][color=SeaGreen][b][u]CEREMONIES/RITUALS[/u][/b][/color][/center] [quote] Changes were made in response to a lore thread question. See here: http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/fl3/1767434/12 “We show respect by burning incense, and flying around with bowls that leak colored fog, to paint the sky on important occasions.” -LunaXanta “Incense burnt for each direction on special occasions, thanking the windsinger.” -Akikira “Dragons flying through the clouds with vibrant colors trailing behind their fluttering tails.” -Tae “Kites, streamers, and floating lanterns released in the high winds, or tied to a home both signal and celebrate moments.” -paintminion “Dragons would fly overhead and throw down large amounts of colorful streamers and confetti. Talented fliers would have large cloth ribbons tied to their tails and perform an aerial ribbon dance. Clans would make gigantic kites especially for that event that represented them or showed off their talent. I would guess that the celebrations get loud and wild. Other elemental clans would be confused or annoyed at the cacophony the Wind clan created. Of course every celebration would be finished of with fireworks!” -Bluradic The following are a mix of the Wind Culture Forum and my ideas crossed with a random holiday generator. [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/fl3/1639487][img]http://i.imgur.com/pJjhSRg.png[/img][/url] Mistral Jamboree “Our annual holiday is a massive celebration full of art and music, and physical sports and shows like sky-dancing and acrobatics. The holiday will last a long time and is a time of plenty, partying, excitement, joy, and friendliness.” -LunaXanta “The start of the festival gets a conch horn blown (this is a really BIG conch shell btw, and is very loud) to signify the first day of the festival. Dancers tie silk ribbons around their tails, necks, arms, legs, and anything else that the want to cover in ribbon, and twirl in sophisticated and elegant patterns. Drafts and families make Kites to fill the sky with. Other various festival events happen, like activities and races and competitions. And when the Festival week ends, on the last night when the chilly wind slithers through the crowds and wanderers who returned home, they close it off with FIREWORKS!” -Wolfenlied “During the month of March is the Mistral Jamboree; the elemental holiday for the Wind flight. Wind dragons invite their neighbors to come together to have kite racing tournaments, music recitals, and large outdoor art walks where artists of all the flights and many clans can come together to buy, sell, and trade their craftsmanship and artwork!” -Yourou Name? This late autumn holiday honors the ancestors. It is marked with a special prayer, fasting, dancing, and a candle ceremony. Name? This holiday celebrates the winter solstice. It is marked with feasting, dressing in costume, singing, and spooky story telling around a bonfire. This is a lair wide holiday that lasts a day. The Exalted Winds Ceremony (want a better name :P ) This early summer holiday honors the exalted. It is marked with fasting, quiet reflection, releasing exalted dragons' chimes so they can play again. This was holiday was Leena's suggestion when 2 of her youngsters left and ended up exalted. Mithrandir backed her up instantly. At the time he had only 2 offspring left that he knew of. It lasts a day and ends with a special sky-dance with cloud painting. It's a lair wide holiday. Name? There ought to be a special something for sending dragons off who want to be exalted. Other celebrations may spontaneously occur for whatever reason. When a dragon dies – See Generation Tree and end of Puff Blessing Ceremony. Dealing with Puffs Puff Blessing Ceremony Anytime there is a hatching it is marked by a blessing ceremony. The puff is named and a kite with their name and hatch date is carried high by the parents to be released into the winds. It's a short ceremony and only those who wish to attend do. It's held under the Generation Tree. The puff's wind chime is also hung from its parents' string at this time. “At a Birth, a pretty streamer is tied to a kite and flown above the home to show thanks to Windsinger for the new life and signal all others that there is a new birth. Reverse it to black when there is a death.” -paintminion Hatchling Stories Can be found here: http://flightrising.com/main.php?board=fl3&id=149219&p=mb “I was thinking that since naturally every Wind parent knows and understands the need to keep a special watch on their especially curious little ones but also the need to satisfy their adventurous nature, there would be a sort of widespread project that Wind clans all participated in that helped their younger members get out and about while still keeping them safely in the Plateau. Maybe the puffs could sometimes send out little messages/letters tied to balloons that introduced themselves, where they live and what they like to do, that sorta stuff, and the balloons would land/be picked up by other clans or dragons on the Plateau. The responses could vary. If the clan had puffs of their own, they could give it to the children to read and reply, and maybe even arrange dates where the kids could visit each other's homes and explore, get to know each other, all that jazz (with parental supervision of course). If they didn't have hatchlings, a dragon could attach the message to a different balloon and send it back out or write a little response letter introducing themselves and describing some of the places they've been and the things they've done.” -Sybbi “Or maybe (since I imagine Windies would have extensive social networks with one another, even if they were just acquaintances) if a dragon who found the letter knew or was friends with someone from that clan, they could be spurred to make a personal visit themselves. Ya know, catch up with their friend they maybe haven't seen for a while as well as take the opportunity to tell their stories to a rapt little dragon?” -Sybbi “At the end of the year/harvest, a special balloon kite is made, burning colored smoke, and is released in the winds higher up, the dragons blowing it higher and flying around it until it falls to the ground. It is both game and endurance for a young flyer to Follow the Winds like that.” -paintminion “Keeping the balloon-kite aloft would be a fun way for the young dragons to show off how well they've come to learn the winds, I think.” -Zizi “Parent Wind dragons will attach a small set of wind chimes and a compass to a necklace for their budding explorer hatchlings to let them wander around and discover areas close to home, practice how to find their way, and the wind chimes allow the parents to easily find their young if they wander too far from home.” -Yourou Reedcleft Ascent This is a puff's coming of age event where if they pass they're considered adults and can travel on their own. They have to fly up the Reedcleft Ascent, “a series of reed-covered cliffs through which the strongest of the region's air currents pass. Each pillar is higher than the one before it, creating the illusion of a fractured slope. These stairs are separated by open air, and rushing rapids can be seen far, far below." -Frosted/Meg -LunaXanta, Frosted, Meg Courtship “Young adults, both male and female, should definitely partake in dances as a means of courtship, but perhaps that alone should not be how they ultimately choose a mate. If so, those who couldn't dance would never get a mate, and aerial dances would take incredible skill.” -LunaXanta “Fizz and Froth paint murals on the walls of their lair, and every dragon in their clan is encouraged to add to the murals to create a unique piece of artwork. It doesn't matter their skill level or how much or how little they add, it's the symbolism of it that counts.” -Inkwell “Mating rituals can vary. Someone can find their love from crafting something for their love interest, or if something they craft catches a female's eye they can potentially become mates. Some younger and more talented female dragons can dance in the air and whoa a potential partner, occasionally the male will become her dance partner because they dance together, their ribbons swirling around each other. Potential mates can paint together, or maybe even go on a treasure hunt to distant lands. Singing would be a good idea too, or playing an instrument. Music is an art after all” -Wolfenlied SKY DANCERS Streamers as the things people play with when they are kids. A long piece of shiny material attached to a stick. -FallenLeaves Games For any age-everyone contributes a piece to a story. -LunaXanta [/quote] -------- [center]Please leave this credit statement here. Bio template Shadeyrain's Template 1 by Shadeyrain from http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1721826 No credit required Modifying okay

[center][sup][size=4]Meet[/size][/sup] [font=cambria][size=7][color=#0489B1][b]XODIN[/b][/color][/size] [center][font=georgia][size=5][color=#0489B1][i]Alchemist[/i][/color][/font][/size] [/center] ----- [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=20382468] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/203825/20382468.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol]I'm the lair's alchemist and since I'm not as secretive as that annoying Odile let me tell you a bit about my trade. [/columns] ----- [center][color=SeaGreen][b][u]ALCHEMY[/u][/b][/color][/center] [quote] How to memorize what makes what: http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/1464776 Baldwin materials exchange: http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ibaz/1461661/1 Baldwin's visual guide: http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1461458/1 [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1461458/1][img]https://40.media.tumblr.com/780c4b734a14e02051fc8dff9cc49bc3/tumblr_nxakgmotTS1sewok3o3_250.png[/img][/url] [/quote] -------- [center]Please leave this credit statement here. Bio template Shadeyrain's Template 1 by Shadeyrain from http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1721826 No credit required Modifying okay

[center][sup][size=4]Meet[/size][/sup] [font=cambria][size=7][color=#0489B1][b]HE'E NALU[/b][/color][/size] [center][font=georgia][size=5][color=#0489B1][i]Sky Surfer[/i][/color][/font][/size] [/center] ----- [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=23312750] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/233128/23312750.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol]Since I'm the best surfer in the lair I get to tell you about the different games dragons enjoy playing here. [/columns] ----- [center][color=SeaGreen][b][u]SPORTS AND COMPETITIONS[/u][/b][/color][/center] [quote=TwilitRaven] Skyracing These would be large tournaments that happen a few times a year and have many competitors from all over the Windswept Plateau. There would be prizes for the winning dragons and plenty of smaller rewards for other competitors. Kites would be set up all around the skies and the course would run all around the Windswept Plateau, with the most difficult part of these tournaments being a section that runs through the Twisting Crescendo (which would be a safe distance from the eye of the storm). Dragons with medical skills would be placed at regular intervals along the course in case of injuries, and rescue dragons would be there to help if a racer suddenly dropping out of the sky or for some reason fell. There would be more medical/rescue dragons stationed at the Twisting Crescendo than any other part of the course, as it is the most dangerous and difficult part of the race. There would also be various checkpoints where racers could stop for a rest momentarily and get some water/snacks. Most of the time, the races will start somewhere on the Zephyr Steppes and end at the Cloudsong, and the rest of the course changes yearly, sometimes more often than that. [/quote] [quote=FallenLeaves] Agility Maybe if there are festivals there could also be sky agility courses and races? Since I think Wind dragons would be the best flyers. [/quote] -------- [center]Please leave this credit statement here. Bio template Shadeyrain's Template 1 by Shadeyrain from http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1721826 No credit required Modifying okay

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