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Skink and Spinner: Dragons with Skink or Spinner genes have developed stripes of bioluminescence (green along their bodies, though their wings may have different colors entirely) that they use not just to illuminate their way in the dark of their caves, but also to hunt prey inside their cave systems. They can use the stripes and spots on their hides as glowing lures; they particularly enjoy twitching their bright tails along a tunnel as a lure, and then pouncing on any unlucky creature who falls for the ruse.

Apparel:
Some apparel can be used to create an effect of an actual biological addition to your dragon, and a few of those are particularly perfect for Copper Cave Dragons. For instance, all varieties of Deepsea Bulb are perfect for these cave dragons; the Deepsea Bulb, glowing with its own light, dangles above your dragon's face and makes a perfect hunting lure, whether they're fishing or drawing in other small cave-dwelling creatures. (Any animals attracted to the glowing bulb will end up conveniently right in front of your dragon's mouth, like self-serving hors d'oeuvres!)

Roundhorns come in some beautifully coordinating colors, and work great with the subspecies lore; dragons could use these tough horns to batter away at stone while excavating their caves.

Glowing Claw Tips, brewable at Baldwin's, are also a great additional touch for any Copper Cave Dragon, whether you imagine them as a permanent biological addition or a left-over bit of glowing paint for your resident cave artist. The various types of mushroom colony, also available for brewing at Baldwin's, are a great touch for dragons who farm mushrooms, or who simply live in extremely damp cave systems, perhaps as sit-and-wait predators.

Favourite items:
A Copper Cave Dragon's favorite items are a highly personal choice, but as a subspecies they are generally attracted to anything that glows in the dark. Most also live in cave systems with heavy mineral deposits, so they also tend to have an affinity for crystals and gems, and other reflective and refractive items that help amplify their own glow. Some Copper Cave Dragons have even set up elaborate systems of reflection and glowing items, by which they can light entire rooms simply by walking in, as their own glow bounces off of various surfaces they've set up, until the whole place is lit up like daylight. Their excavations often uncover riches beyond imagining in gems and ores, but Copper Cave Dragons tend not to value those items much beyond their sparkle or their value in trade with clans living above ground.

Many cave dragons love to decorate -- both their caves and themselves. They're masters of making their own glow in the dark pigments and dyes using materials like slimes and Cerdae Sparkle, and they love to decorate their lairs with claw-drawn murals, especially ones that glow. Some clans will cover their cave walls in glowing paint to brighten up entire rooms; others will mark their tunnels with glowing stripes like a map to help clan members and visitors find their way through the maze of tunnels in extensive cave systems. They'll also decorate with items like Potted Deepmine Fungi and Dwarf Truffle Spores, which they'll cultivate in little nooks and cracks in their cave walls, or in vast underground greenhouse caves, growing mushrooms and other cave-dwelling plants to snack on.

These are just a few of the items that may be found collected in a Copper Cave Dragon's hoard: