Flight Types?
Look
Abilities
Light
Physical - All light dragons have a natural regal look and their feathers and scales have a subtle golden sheen which makes them look warm and inviting. They tend to have a lighter body than the most skydancers and tend to glide when they walk.
Jobs- these Skydancers tend to find themselves in leadership or council roles as their very nature is on the side of truth and order. Many light skydancers find themselves with small flocks of followers becase of their innate Charisma.
Innate Abilities- Charismatic appeal , they can talk with a tone that just is naturally trusting and soothing to other skydancer. they have scales that absorb light and allow them to glow at night.
Fire
Physical - These dragons tend to be a bit rough around the edges ,They have strong chiselled features and well defined muscles.
Jobs-Fire skydancers are good at fighting , their hot temper and great emotion/devotion to their clan turns them into berserk style fighters. They become very strong and feel no pain.
Innate Abilities- These dragons never breath through their mouth , instead they breath through their nose. This passes all the air through a filter to remove all the toxins in it. This make fire dragons almost immune to airborne poisons. The toxin that is filtered out is stored and neutralized in a gland and then excreted in an occasional forceful exhale ...this give the appearance of smoke coming out of their nose.
Nature
Physical-These skydancers are very wild they tend to have textured hair and feathers with a moderate build and subtle features. The detail of their markings is however elaborate compared to others , they are darker with a larger contrast . Their feathers tend to be longer which allows them to do much more elaborate displays.
jobs- shoman ,fighter and scout tend to be favored as it keeps them constantly comunication with nature.
Innate Abilities- primal attraction, can read the needs of the forest .
Earth
Physical-These skydancers have more square like features, their bodies are muscular and their skin,scales and feathers tend to have rough ripples on them . These dragons are naturally heavy and poor flyers.
Jobs- Earth dragons are guards their sedimentary nature plus their natural weight make them strong and harder to move. They also tend to make good architects and excavators
Innate Abilities-Earth skydancers can read the vibrations of minerals and use this to scavenge ore to profit from. They can also sense the integrity of stone structures like mountains and caves.
Lightning
Physical- these skydancers are wirey and energetic dragons, they have a extra layer of feather that insulates those around them from static electricity that these dragons naturally release. This disperse the charge before it can hurt the dragon or its allies. this cause their hair to be a bit separated and stand up a bit giving them a prickly / sharp look.
Jobs - well electrical and scientific experimentation are the top professions but long range mages are also a good fit when they specialize in electricity .
Innate Abilities-energy diffusion and absorption .
Plague
Physical-These skydancers always loo underfed and sick even when in tip top shape there ribs show there hair and feathers are thin and or oily. this is due to evolution and is for survival. each muscle fiber is 20 times as strong as other skydancers allowing for them to be at eaquil strength but 20 times lighter. The oil that their body produces kills most illnesses before that even have a chance to set in.
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Innate Abilities- Genetic illness is a perpetual sickness that is a way helps the dragon survive. each family line has a different strain but it keeps the dragons immune system strong and makes fighting or eating them less appealing because the illness could pass on to the creature eating it and may kill them.
Water
Physical- These skydancers have very short tough water proof hair. Their feathers fibers are fused together and form blade like feathers. these keep air by the body and keep the dragon warm while at deep depths. The dragon always has a polished rock sheen like they are wet. they are slim but powerful to eliminate drag when swimming.
Innate Abilities - Water breathing and can give it temporary to other dragons,
Shadow
Physical
Jobs- Thieves ,scouts ,assasins and spies
Innate Abilities- These Dragons can naturally distort their aura to make it harder for other skydancers to read their emotion. Their scales and skin can absorb light instead of reflecting it making any part of them that touches a shadow seem to disappear.
Arcane
Physical -
Innate Abilities-
Wind
Physical -These skydancers are very weightless in appearance. Their feathers are loose and light and tend to bend it the wind. Their features are soft but tend to be longer and thiner than others .
Jobs- Entertainment , hatchling tending, familiar tending
Innate Abilities- Wind Skydancers can combined gasses into a float bladder which allows them to float in one place /hover. They can fill it to any level they want to keep level with what ever they are working on. They dragons inflate the bladder before flying to make them lighter . This makes them more agile and strength attacks tend to be so forceful that the movement of air tends to push the wind dragon out of the way before the attack can damage them. This helps them doge most powerful attacks.
Ice
Physical - These dragons scales and feathers are partually transparent and there colors are actually reflected and refracted by the overlapping scales from the skin. This gives then a subtle glazed look . These dragons also have very defined and sharp features.
jobs- Guard , scribe archivist
Innate Abilities- Reflective camouflage allows them to reflect their background if they stay still. They also have a natural king or antifreeze in their bodies to withstand very cold temperatures. These dragons can also turn off their consensus brain and become an undistracted emotionless monitoring system that reacts to pre determined stimulus.
