Rafiel

This is Rafiel. He does not have the feathers of a Coatl or Skydancer to preen and display. He does not have the luscious mane of an Imperial or Pearlcatcher to toss back in the breeze. But he doesn't need those things, because do you know what he does have?

DOUBLE.

MANGENTA.


That's right. The pristine white of his primary colour is the perfect compliment to his spectacular mangenta wings, and the perfect canvas for the incredibly masculine splashes of mangenta that dapple this magnificent specimen. In fact, his Crackle tertiary gives the impression that his very skin splits open, revealing the true manly form within, unable to be held by such paltry restraints as flesh and scales. His Arcane heritage adds to his overall manliness, our native colouration painting his eyes with the manliest of pinks. He is also able to handle the throngs of swooning, heaving ladyfolk quite efficiently, thanks to his short breeding cooldown. In fact, he is ready to go right now, but I fear his masculine prowess would destroy all my dainty lady dragons. They would pine away, not eating or drinking, staring blankly through other suitors, consumed with longing for the magical touch of Rafiel.

Needless to say, Rafiel is the main recruiter for the Man-Cave of Most Manly Mans. Hiding most of his colour beneath heavy apparel so as not to cause mass swooning, this dragon travels across the land and sea in search of those almost as manly as he is. He carries with him an official document from Manly McBro himself, identifying this masculine Mirror as a recruiter for the Man-cave.



(Big thanks to FR user Team Blood, #122764, for drawing this gorgeous gijinka of my meme!)

"Speaking of manly magenta, excuse me while I swoon over Rafiel. Such perfect colors, such perfect apparel. Since he's got apparel covering the majority of his white primary, it's almost like you get two primaries for one, a black one and a white one, and the white one looks starkly stunning where it peeks out from behind his armor, AS THOUGH HIS BONES ARE TOO MANLY TO BE CONTAINED BY HIS MERE FLESH VESSEL. The layering effect you get on his wings with the touch of white primary, the flat magenta crackle over his shiny magenta shimmer, and the black wing feathers is really well coordinated. Since mirror wings are kind of center stage, you want to show them off, and you've done that really well with Rafiel. The touches of purple in his shadowscale armor complement the magenta really well, and the dark armor matches his black wing feathers as well. And of course, as a finishing touch, his most manly purple tail bow providing a nice little touch of accent color."