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[color=#61119A][i]A Skydancer Shadow Subspecies[/i][/color]
[columns][img]http://i.imgur.com/RnXfzz8.png[/img][nextcol][center]Sometimes, deep within Wispwillow Grove, you can hear faint laughter drifting through the trees. You look for the source, but it’s elusive, almost otherworldly. Sometimes you can feel someone or many someones watching you, but you look around and you are alone.
It’s when you’re not searching so intently that you finally stumble across a faerie ring made of shimmering pinecones.[/center][nextcol][img]http://i.imgur.com/RnXfzz8.png[/img][/columns]
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[font=Georgia][b][size=6]|| Index ||[/size][/b][/font]
Intro and News
Official Variants
Honorary Variants
Lore
Breeders
Graphics
Registration
Pinglist
Affiliates
[Reserved]
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[font=Georgia][b][size=6]|| Official Breed Standards ||[/size][/b][/font]
Skydancer
[color=#292B38]Midnight Cherub[/color] - [color=#4D2C89]Royal Butterfly[/color] - [color=#61AB89]Jade Tertiary[/color]
[color=#61119A]Shadow Eyes[/color]
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[font=Georgia][b][size=6]|| News ||[/size][/b][/font]
[b]3/26/16:[/b] Graphics for buttons/affiliations posted! Royal pair RTB tomorrow. MAJOR CHANGE: Noble terts have been changed from Gembond to Underbelly, for personal aesthetic and lore reasons!
[b]2/22/16:[/b] Thread opened! Open to breeding pairs for official variants; ping or PM me if you're interested!
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Sometimes, deep within Wispwillow Grove, you can hear faint laughter drifting through the trees. You look for the source, but it’s elusive, almost otherworldly. Sometimes you can feel someone or many someones watching you, but you look around and you are alone.
It’s when you’re not searching so intently that you finally stumble across a faerie ring made of shimmering pinecones.
|| Index ||
Intro and News
Official Variants
Honorary Variants
Lore
Breeders
Graphics
Registration
Pinglist
Affiliates
[Reserved]
|| Official Breed Standards ||
Skydancer
Midnight Cherub - Royal Butterfly - Jade Tertiary
Shadow Eyes
|| News ||
3/26/16: Graphics for buttons/affiliations posted! Royal pair RTB tomorrow. MAJOR CHANGE: Noble terts have been changed from Gembond to Underbelly, for personal aesthetic and lore reasons! 2/22/16: Thread opened! Open to breeding pairs for official variants; ping or PM me if you're interested!
[center][font=Georgia][b][size=5][size=6]|| Honorary Variants ||[/size][/size][/b][/font][/center]
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[right][font=Georgia][b][i][size=4][size=6]Court Guests[/size][/size][/i][/b][/font]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ibUpwKa.png[/img][sup][i][color=#292B38]Midnight Cherub[/color] - [color=#4D2C89]Royal Butterfly[/color] - [color=#61AB89]Jade Tertiary[/color] - [color=#61119A]Shadow eyes[/color][/i][/sup][img]http://i.imgur.com/ibUpwKa.png[/img][/right]
[columns][img]http://i.imgur.com/RnXfzz8.png[/img][nextcol][center]Honorary variants that would normally fit an official variant, but are not Skydancers.
Lore here[/center]
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[right][font=Georgia][b][i][size=4][size=6]Changeling Emissaries[/size][/size][/i][/b][/font]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ibUpwKa.png[/img][sup][i][color=#292B38]Midnight Cherub[/color] - [color=#4D2C89]Royal Butterfly[/color] - [color=#61AB89]Jade Glimmer or Gembond[/color] - All but Shadow eyes[/i][/sup][img]http://i.imgur.com/ibUpwKa.png[/img][/right]
[columns][img]http://i.imgur.com/RnXfzz8.png[/img][nextcol][center]Special Note: MUST have an immediate Royal or Noble parent, and one parent that isn’t a Wispmoon Faerie - other honorary variants are okay. Preferably has an element matching their clan element. Cannot be Shadow. Does not have to be a Skydancer, though Skydancer Changelings are considered higher ranked than other Changelings.
Lore here[/center]
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[right][font=Georgia][b][i][size=4][size=6]Kindred[/size][/size][/i][/b][/font]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ibUpwKa.png[/img][sup][i][color=#292B38]Midnight-range Cherub[/color] - [color=#4D2C89]Royal-range Butterfly[/color] - [color=#61AB89]Jade-range Tertiary[/color] - Any eyes[/i][/sup][img]http://i.imgur.com/ibUpwKa.png[/img][/right]
[columns][img]http://i.imgur.com/RnXfzz8.png[/img][nextcol][center](Near-miss Legacies)
SUBJECT TO MAJOR CHANGES
Special Note: MUST have an Official ancestor, within three generations. Applies only if no other variant applies.
Lore here[/center]
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Honorary variants that would normally fit an official variant, but are not Skydancers.
Lore here
Changeling Emissaries Midnight Cherub - Royal Butterfly - Jade Glimmer or Gembond - All but Shadow eyes
Special Note: MUST have an immediate Royal or Noble parent, and one parent that isn’t a Wispmoon Faerie - other honorary variants are okay. Preferably has an element matching their clan element. Cannot be Shadow. Does not have to be a Skydancer, though Skydancer Changelings are considered higher ranked than other Changelings.
Special Note: MUST have an Official ancestor, within three generations. Applies only if no other variant applies.
Lore here
[center][font=Georgia][b][size=5][size=6]|| Lore ||[/size][/size][/b][/font][/center]
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[right][font=Georgia][b][i][size=4][size=6]Origins[/size][/size][/i][/b][/font][/right]
[center][size=2]Many years ago, an ancient clan lived in Wispwillow Grove.
From this clan, there was a young Skydancer, mischievous and adventurous. A faerie found her playing on the outskirts of her lair and, charming her with flattery and gifts, lured her deeper into the grove. Not watching her step, the Skydancer followed the faerie into a ring of glowshrooms - and thus, into the otherworldly realm of faeries.
As the sun reached its zenith, she asked the faerie to take her home. The faerie gasped, and told her of all the sights they had yet to explore, from where the mushrooms blinked in sync with heartbeats to where shadows sang echoes. And so the Skydancer agreed to stay a little longer.
As the sun made its descent, she asked again. The faerie promised, but then presented her with a feast of berries and honeybees that tasted like moonlight, so the Skydancer agreed to stay a little longer.
As the sun hid its face beyond the horizon, she asked again, this time insisting. After some consideration, the faerie agreed, but warned the young dragon that things may not be as she had left it.
You see, time passes differently in the realm of faeries. What had felt like a day to the Skydancer had been hundreds of years on Sornieth. When she returned to her clan, she found them sick and dying. Many had fallen already, the leaders included, and now that was left of the clan were a handful of dragons struggling to support themselves, too weak to seek help elsewhere, to even address her as she passed by.
The Skydancer fled.
She fled, back to the faerie, begging the being for help. The faerie agreed, but it would not be easy - she would need to bring the faerie three things to save her clan.
The first was an object blessed by the Shadowbinder, and so the Skydancer searched for a tree bearing Shimmering Pinecones. There she waited, three Sornieth days and three Sornieth nights, leaving offerings until finally a single pinecone fell, undamaged even after its fall. She brought it back to the faerie, who took it with an approving smile.
The second was something that represented momentous change. The Skydancer pondered this riddle for three Sornieth days and three Sornieth nights until finally, on the last night, she witnessed a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis. She caught it carefully, her clear jar glinting under the moonlight. She brought it back to the faerie, who took it with a thoughtful smile.
The third - the third would be binding, the faerie warned. "What is your name, young one, and are you willing to give it up?" The Skydancer responded with a resounding yes, then paused, because what had her name been? After all the magical sights and sounds and smells and tastes of the faerie realm, she had forgotten it.
She returned to her clan's lair to search for a hint, but the living dragons could not answer her. She scoured the area, and finally found the clan's memorial stone, many names freshly carved. She ran her claws over them, then moved to the more weathered names. And there, she found it, she was -
The faerie touched her shoulder, and she turned to face it. "Take this," the faerie said, and offered her a staff of fine but twisting wood. Ornate, butterfly-like etchings marked its surface, and a Shimmering Pinecone topped it. "Touch it to each of your clanmates and it will save them. It will change them forever, but it will save them."
She took it carefully, and she felt the faerie's magic wash over her. In an instant, beautiful designs spread across her body, and her belly glowed with her own magic, blooming in response to the transformation. She looked up at the faerie, who offered her a sad smile. "They will not remember their past selves, but you will. The only thing you cannot keep is your name - that is the price of this gift. You will be known as Wispsong, and now their fate lies with you."
The reborn, renamed Skydancer nodded, and with trembling claws she touched the staff to her clanmates, and they too were transformed. As they rose to their feet and stretched their wings, they looked to her and her staff.
She drew herself tall and, hiding her fear for this new beginning, led them deeper into Wispwillow Grove.
And thus the Shimmering Court came to be.[/size][/center]
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[right][font=Georgia][b][i][size=4][size=6]Favored Items[/size][/size][/i][/b][/font][/right]
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[right][font=Georgia][b][i][size=4][size=6]Favored Food[/size][/size][/i][/b][/font][/right]
[item=Wasteland Pauper][item=Perdita Bee][item=Meal Moth][item=Moonlight Strider][item=Glowbug][item=Shale Skitter][item=Runic Pug Moth][item=Frost Whisper][item=WispBug][item=Leaf Insect][item=Vibrant Flutterer][item=Giant Darner][item=Zebra Caterpillar][item=Sparkling Wasp][item=Flurry Flyer][item=Glittering Lacewing][item=Lunar Lacewing][item=Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar][item=Darterbane Leaf Beetle][item=Star Moss][item=Marsh Choker][item=Charged Duneberry][item=Lucky Star][item=Subterranean Clover][item=Seaberry][item=Blackberry][item=Dark Creeper][item=Glow Mushroom][item=Dusk Jadevine][item=Minty Jadevine][item=Blue Honeycomb][item=Wisp Fruit][item=Bluelipped Thresh][item=Winterbelle][item=Engineered Superberry][item=Stellaria Media][item=Dwarf Mushroom][item=Withered Rose][item=Cliffside Milkweed][item=Umbra Parthenium][item=Feverfew][item=Lume Daffodil][item=Starfall Blossom][item=Madame Snapdragon][item=Blue Entoloma][item=Spearmint][item=Bee Orchid][item=Aer Sprite]
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[right][font=Georgia][b][i][size=4][size=6]Favored Companions[/size][/size][/i][/b][/font][/right]
Many years ago, an ancient clan lived in Wispwillow Grove.
From this clan, there was a young Skydancer, mischievous and adventurous. A faerie found her playing on the outskirts of her lair and, charming her with flattery and gifts, lured her deeper into the grove. Not watching her step, the Skydancer followed the faerie into a ring of glowshrooms - and thus, into the otherworldly realm of faeries.
As the sun reached its zenith, she asked the faerie to take her home. The faerie gasped, and told her of all the sights they had yet to explore, from where the mushrooms blinked in sync with heartbeats to where shadows sang echoes. And so the Skydancer agreed to stay a little longer.
As the sun made its descent, she asked again. The faerie promised, but then presented her with a feast of berries and honeybees that tasted like moonlight, so the Skydancer agreed to stay a little longer.
As the sun hid its face beyond the horizon, she asked again, this time insisting. After some consideration, the faerie agreed, but warned the young dragon that things may not be as she had left it.
You see, time passes differently in the realm of faeries. What had felt like a day to the Skydancer had been hundreds of years on Sornieth. When she returned to her clan, she found them sick and dying. Many had fallen already, the leaders included, and now that was left of the clan were a handful of dragons struggling to support themselves, too weak to seek help elsewhere, to even address her as she passed by.
The Skydancer fled.
She fled, back to the faerie, begging the being for help. The faerie agreed, but it would not be easy - she would need to bring the faerie three things to save her clan.
The first was an object blessed by the Shadowbinder, and so the Skydancer searched for a tree bearing Shimmering Pinecones. There she waited, three Sornieth days and three Sornieth nights, leaving offerings until finally a single pinecone fell, undamaged even after its fall. She brought it back to the faerie, who took it with an approving smile.
The second was something that represented momentous change. The Skydancer pondered this riddle for three Sornieth days and three Sornieth nights until finally, on the last night, she witnessed a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis. She caught it carefully, her clear jar glinting under the moonlight. She brought it back to the faerie, who took it with a thoughtful smile.
The third - the third would be binding, the faerie warned. "What is your name, young one, and are you willing to give it up?" The Skydancer responded with a resounding yes, then paused, because what had her name been? After all the magical sights and sounds and smells and tastes of the faerie realm, she had forgotten it.
She returned to her clan's lair to search for a hint, but the living dragons could not answer her. She scoured the area, and finally found the clan's memorial stone, many names freshly carved. She ran her claws over them, then moved to the more weathered names. And there, she found it, she was -
The faerie touched her shoulder, and she turned to face it. "Take this," the faerie said, and offered her a staff of fine but twisting wood. Ornate, butterfly-like etchings marked its surface, and a Shimmering Pinecone topped it. "Touch it to each of your clanmates and it will save them. It will change them forever, but it will save them."
She took it carefully, and she felt the faerie's magic wash over her. In an instant, beautiful designs spread across her body, and her belly glowed with her own magic, blooming in response to the transformation. She looked up at the faerie, who offered her a sad smile. "They will not remember their past selves, but you will. The only thing you cannot keep is your name - that is the price of this gift. You will be known as Wispsong, and now their fate lies with you."
The reborn, renamed Skydancer nodded, and with trembling claws she touched the staff to her clanmates, and they too were transformed. As they rose to their feet and stretched their wings, they looked to her and her staff.
She drew herself tall and, hiding her fear for this new beginning, led them deeper into Wispwillow Grove.
And thus the Shimmering Court came to be.
Favored Items
Favored Food
Wasteland Pauper
Insect
Every year, vast numbers of this butterfly migrate across the plains. It is called the blue harvest.
25
3
Perdita Bee
Insect
Most bees can easily find their way back to their hive. Perdita Bees, on the other hand, are easily lost.
15
2
Meal Moth
Insect
The gritty texture of the Meal Moth can leave a bad taste in the mouths of some dragons.
25
3
Moonlight Strider
Insect
It can dart effortlessly across the surface of a moonlit pond, yet it can't escape a hungry dragon.
45
4
Glowbug
Insect
Some den mothers say eating too many glowbugs will make your butt glow. They're lying.
75
5
Shale Skitter
Insect
Rather than curl into a ball, Shale Skitters completely flatten themselves when threatened.
25
3
Runic Pug Moth
Insect
In a flash of green light this moth expires. The runic symbols emblazoned on its wings mark it as another dragon's familiar! Better hide the evidence...
60
7
Frost Whisper
Insect
These arctic insects leave beautiful crystalline spirals on dragon lairs. They derive their power from the full moon.
41
4
Leaf Insect
Insect
Plant-eating dragons are unpleasantly surprised when they end up with a mouthful of these little guys.
40
4
Vibrant Flutterer
Insect
Known for their incredibly long lives and migration patterns, it is not uncommon to see the same butterfly swarms year-after-year.
38
4
Giant Darner
Insect
Like, really huge. Seriously, rethink your decision to eat this.
100
9
Zebra Caterpillar
Insect
These stingy specimens prefer to only eat the meaty interior of leaves and petals, leaving behind gardens or bushes pockmarked with thousands of tiny holes.
65
7
Sparkling Wasp
Insect
It's so pretty! OW! But it's so pretty! OW!
40
4
Flurry Flyer
Insect
These clumsy insects are completely blind, but use a sophisticated hypersensitivity to vibration and air currents to move as quick, calculated, and almost dangerous swarms. Thankfully they are only seen once every ten or twelve years.
40
4
Glittering Lacewing
Insect
This insect is consumed mainly for its carapace, which has a salty flavor and a satisfying crunch.
62
6
Lunar Lacewing
Insect
Swarms of this interesting little bug can be found flitting between trees and bushes only on nights when the moon is full.
62
6
Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar
Insect
Carnivores and insectivores will want to look twice at this confusing creature.
30
3
Darterbane Leaf Beetle
Insect
This picky species of beetle only comes out once a year to devour leaves just at the moment they are turning for autumn.
31
3
Star Moss
Plant
A dull gray by day, Star Moss sparkles vibrantly at night. Some say it even tastes better then.
25
3
Marsh Choker
Plant
This weed is named for the choking pollen it sheds.
20
2
Charged Duneberry
Plant
This berry glows brightest -and tastes best- just after a storm.
500
15
Lucky Star
Plant
The extremely rare eight leaf Lucky Star is said to bestow good luck for life. Unfortunately, this isn't one.
15
2
Subterranean Clover
Plant
This clover grows only in absolute darkness. It shrivels quickly when exposed to sunlight.
15
2
Seaberry
Plant
Even berries are better down where it's wetter.
25
3
Blackberry
Plant
Though they're not really addictive, some dragons become very dependent on Blackberries.
25
3
Dark Creeper
Plant
The rustling of this ivy, which grows only at night, can be quite unnerving in the dark.
75
5
Glow Mushroom
Plant
Everything looks strange in the light emitted by this mushroom.
20
2
Dusk Jadevine
Plant
This species of Jadevine appeared shriveled during the day, and opens during the evening to absorb moisture.
55
7
Minty Jadevine
Plant
True to its name, this plant's leaves are favored as snacks due to their sweet, cooling taste.
55
7
Blue Honeycomb
Plant
Coral Carpenter honey solidifies extremely quickly when exposed to warm air. Many crafty dragons will pour the honey into molds as a way of quickly and easily making hard candies.
18
2
Wisp Fruit
Plant
This fruit is light, airy, and tasteless.
22
2
Bluelipped Thresh
Plant
This aquatic plant grows on the edges of caves and waterway entrances. It requires the low light and high mineral content such environments provide.
30
3
Winterbelle
Plant
The Winterbelle produces a hardy flower that can withstand being completely frozen. When it is thawed it produces a pleasant scent that attracts drowsy insects and dragons with a sweet tooth.
38
4
Engineered Superberry
Plant
When science and magic collide, the sky is the limit and anything is possible - this strawberry is blue! Blue I say!
70
8
Stellaria Media
Plant
A delicious addition to any salad.
60
6
Dwarf Mushroom
Plant
Eating this mushroom is rumored to make a dragon shrink.
25
3
Withered Rose
Plant
Even in its withered state, the perfume of this rose remains nauseatingly strong. Dragons may use such blooms to cover up all manner of undesirable scents. (Special thanks Greyjoy.)
100
9
Cliffside Milkweed
Plant
This species of flower only grows from the cracks of mesa walls.
46
4
Umbra Parthenium
Plant
A night-blooming plant, Umbra Parthenium is irresistible to herbivorous dragons.
28
3
Feverfew
Plant
A tasty treat that may also prevent headaches.
27
3
Lume Daffodil
Plant
Blooms under moonlight, with a cool, refreshing taste. Often consumed as after-dinner mints. (Special thanks to alcion.)
65
7
Starfall Blossom
Plant
Starfall Blossoms glow softly at night... and sometimes explode for no apparent reason. Botany can be a dangerous hobby where they grow. (Special thanks to Mirrorstone.)
65
7
Madame Snapdragon
Plant
A common myth about this flower is that it sings at midnight and those who consume it are said to be bestowed the gift of a beautiful voice. Most of the time it simply results in terrible indigestion.
40
4
Blue Entoloma
Plant
This cave-dwelling fungus emits sweet-smelling spores that are said to induce sleepiness upon nearby fauna. Often used as a mild sleep aid.
25
3
Spearmint
Plant
Being completely honest, no one really eats this unless Peppermint and Cindermint are unavailable.
63
7
Bee Orchid
Plant
The early bee gets the flower. Unless that flower wants to confuse all the bees and everything around it. Jerk move, flower.
30
3
Aer Sprite
Plant
A gust of aer sprites can sometimes be confused for a swarm of fireflies in the right light.
41
4
Favored Companions
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[size=5]This subspecies is open to breeding pairs for [b]official variants[/b]! Ping or PM me if you're interested C:[/size]
[center]@dualscepters
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@Moosesushi
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All hatchlings from my subspecies pair will automatically be registered, and will come with a Wispmoon Faerie button in their bio! Feel free to switch it out for another size. If you have a breeding pair, you can use these graphics in your hatchery as well.
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All hatchlings from my subspecies pair will automatically be registered, and will come with a Wispmoon Faerie button in their bio! Feel free to switch it out for another size. If you have a breeding pair, you can use these graphics in your hatchery as well.
