lore- the first of an era
explain the creation of the subspecies/lore about veilspun vs modern
first dragon purchased for this project/subspecies


[ensure this is all in the forum and remove. Not needed here anymore.]

Born year round in warm areas, but mostly visible everywhere during the summer months, Night Sky Fireflies emerge from their hideouts to bask in the warm weather. They have a tendency to nest in tree huts and in very mossy overgrown areas, and have dens amongst the folliage. During the day, the NSF's relax, socialize, and show off their gorgeous plumage.

At sundown they collect fireflies to add to their collection.

These dragons and their fireflies benefit from a symbiotic relationship. The fireflies get a worry-free life in the form of protection from predators, and the dragons get meals delivered right to them: in the form of the fireflies' predators!

Both Nocturnes and Skydancers prey upon insects, but fortunately for the fireflies, they're toxic to most animals, dragons included!
The same can't be said for the frogs, lizards and spiders that like to eat fireflies!

The male or female with the largest firefly hoard amongst NSFs, are usually the healthiest. They profit from their hard work and dedication to their flies, and eat very well.

Keeping their flies healthy is a must for a NSF, and it incorporates into their heavily floral dens, providing their flies a continuous source of nectar.

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Seeing as the babies in this Nightsky Fireflies subspecies make incredible banescales with the new genes, there is now new lore.

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Occasionally, and rather unnaturally, dragons will be born to the Nightsky Fireflies that become rather toxic looking. With striking Aposematism, and bright abyssian colors, these Banescales rise from their previous species they were born as, and take to the night rather much like the fireflies themselves!

While they do not have a swarm of their own, they have their own unique deterrent, in their bright colors, as well as a much less picky pallet! The toxicness of the fireflies no longer bothers these Banescales, and unfortunately once they turn they make a quick meal out of their previous companion fireflies. (Changing breeds takes a lot out of you, you know?)

Banescales of this mutation typically show Chevron, Ragged, Poison, Toxin, Arrow, Tear, Trimmings, Squiggle, Ghost, and Lace, but since they are a mutation of themselves, can show other genes as well. These brightly colored Banes have a tendency to be slightly more docile, their bright colors warding off foes, as well as making it more difficult to hunt at night during certain conditions such as snowy months and full moon nights, which reflect brightly off their scales. They tend to stick closer to nestmates for a symbiotic relationship during these times, much as they'd have done with their fireflies prior to the mutation.

These Banescales hunt best during overcast nights and are often called BriBanes, among the NightSky Fireflies, in reference to their bright colors.


There is another, rarer form of Banescale, occasionally called Nightflies, who share their previous form's deep blue abyss colors, typically sporting Marble, Petals, Jaguar, Savannah, Cherub, Candycane, Butterfly, Edged, Rosette, Mottle, Safari, Sugarplum, Contour, Filigree, Lace, and of course Basic, but as with the Aposematism variant, they too can show other genes.
As their darker coloration blends in with the night, they are very stealthy, but can get much more aggressive due to their ambush tendencies, and tend to be less social and more like their initial habits before the breed mutation.

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So far there are 6 members of the Night Sky Firefly Breeding set!
Noctiluca Lampyris

Tulikarpanen Luciola

Kalamadiriya Ionwen





Naming Conventions: Each baby is named after something relating to a firefly! Many are firefly in another language.
Any Starmap babies may either be of the firefly names, or various constellations (like Mayu and Yutu).
This is not necessary, but traditional among the subspecies. These dragons believe that by naming their pups after their flies, it will strengthen their bond with their flies earlier on. And what are stars, but giant fireflies?

Any dragon purchased from me will follow this convention.





Starting 4/20/19 I've attached an image link to Noctiluca here for the subspecies! If you have a NSF that didn't come with this, and want the image, feel free to take the image address from here, and just Noctiluca's dragon link. Or shoot me a PM and I'll send you the code! I intend to have various imagery in the forum for them as well!

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Why does the image on my dragon, link to this dragon and not the forum?

I didn't have the forum when I first started this, and I kept losing the link to the ones I tried to start. I thought this would be easier as Noctiluca is not going anywhere and he would be a good introduction to the subspecies! Newer members of the subspecies now link to the forum thread.

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Hatchling of the Fyrewhisp Clan



Hatchling Photo