StormCloud

This subspecies lives on parts of the Shifting Expanse closest to the Ashfall Waste. Their ancestors were dark browns, blacks and deep reds that were best suited for a fiery landscape of coal and shale. Of course, this dark colour isn't quite so good for the paler colours of the Lightning Region. Consistent mixing of blood between Fire and migrating Earth Snappers, eventually led to the appearance of the Stormclouds. An initial group of approximately thirty individuals remained after birth, allowing their troupe to journey ahead of them. Now, these Snappers have grown in number, but still walk paths restricted to the Highland Scrub and Carrion Canyon. Because of their choice to stick to this region, they have already eroded paths into the area. Some believe that the Carrion Canyon was made deep by this subspecies, but this is only a myth.

Stormclouds are so called as a result of journeying dragons in the Carrion Canyon looking up to see them stampeding. Running close together with similar colours, sending pebbles rolling down cliff faces, it is no wonder passing eyes see them as dangerous weather.

Stormclouds are capable of completely depleting an area's source of food. However, their entire society is based around give and take, a slight adaptation of the native Ridgeback's behaviour (the adaptation being they actually give back), and most of the individuals are well versed in the biology behind pollination and plant regeneration. They will eat all fruit or succulent plants in their path but make sure to deposit the seeds in their scats back into the land, before moving on. Like a herd of grazers they will circulate their territory, leaving behind both life and death. The oldest members of the Stormclouds serve as navigational experts and are referred to as the Cold Front. They are always positioned at the front of the troupe and are known for their especially striking White Smoke, which appears like cold winds striking against granite.