Miner

Illbloods - A Subspecies

- any modern breed
- any flight

The Illbloods are afflicted with a blood curse and/or bloodborne disease that can be contagious if another dragon ingests the Illblood's blood in any way. This affliction is cyclical in intensity, with peaks and troughs, but overall inflicts a severe hunger, heightened aggression, increased physical prowess, quickened healing, hypervigilance, and general feral demeanor.

Some Illbloods have successfully contained their affliction and are no longer contagious (though they are still affected themselves by the ravages of the curse). These are the Resistant. If an Illblood is a member of a normal dragon clan, they are almost always a Resistant.

Others have simply embraced the wanton abandon and physical superiority that the disease brings. These are the Indulgent, and they are dangerously contagious, able to pass the affliction through saliva if they bite another dragon.

This affliction can pass through to a dragon's hatchlings, though inheritance isn't certain unless both parents are affected. A normal Illblood poses no danger to nearby dragons unless their own blood is spilled, but superstition and legitimate fear keep most Illbloods wandering alone or in small groups of similarly outcast dragons.

Beastbloods

Standard:

- most often plague or fire
- greyscale colors
- browns, yellow-browns, red-browns
- tertiary must be a shade of red (Crimson ideal)
- most animal-named genes (falcon/peregrine, giraffe/hex, leopard/clouded, jaguar/rosette, tiger/stripes, savannah/safari)
- tert is veined



Resistant:

- same color range
- bar/daub, python/morph
- tert is veined or scales/spines



Indulgent:
- same color range
- tapir/striation, lionfish/noxtide
- tert is veined or thylacine/okapi or smirch/crackle



Venombloods

Standard:

- most often nature or shadow
- vibrant jewel-tones with a strong bias towards greens
- tertiary must be a shade of green (bright green preferred, Radioactive ideal)
- petals/butterfly and skink/spinner
- tert is veined



Resistant:

- vibrant jewel-tones
- earthy greens and browns
- ripple/current and laced/edged
- tert is veined or keel/gembond



Indulgent:

- very loud colors only
- poison/toxin and mosaic/breakup
- tert can be veined or fireflies/glowtail



Shadebloods

Standard:

- most often light or ice
- very dark muted tones (Gloom through Shadow)
- tertiary must be very dark (Obsidian ideal)
- fade/blend, swirl/marbled
- tert is veined



Resistant

- same color range
- iri/shim or crystal/facet
- tert is veined or opal



Indulgent

- same color range
- slime/sludge or jupiter/saturn
- tert is veined or crackle/smirch/smoke