Brodkorb herself: Soldier and herpetologist


REST OF THIS: SOME LORE--BUILDING STUFFS:


Should I name the second set of guys after Ornithologists?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ornithologists
https://americanornithology.org/the-invisible-women/

Brodkorb, Sick, Swainson,

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It's the planet Earth, in an unspecified time period. Greybea Institute exists as a rural natural sciences-oriented research colony in the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, helps young individuals discover their passions and develop skills by providing a space for them to establish themselves or move on to another institution.

Newcomers (equivalent to high-school graduates) are lovingly referred to as "Stem Cell"s. Exalted dragons are dragons who have found a different calling, and moved on to different institutions.

Cambrie is the legal owner of the laboratory, but does minimal admin work, preferring to keep to her own work. Her writings and illustrations are well known outside Greybea, but no one outside the clan has ever heard her actually speak.

Many of the dragons here are introverted and unsocialized nerds, but they're passionate enough to hold the clan together without the need for much control either. Moreso, the clan is split into general departments and interests.

The only "permanent" architecture is portable housing units. Tunnels/burrows are also used as shelter.

Most resident dragons go by surname and/or title. Some exceptions, such as Cambrie, exist, however.



ECOLOGY
Cambrie has extensively recorded the climate and ecosystem of the region.

The old-growth forests nearby are notable for heavy rainfall that classifies them as a temperate rainforest.

The meadow is at a slightly higher elevation than most of the land around it, keeping it safe from flooding, but means it is surrounded by water during serious rainfall.

Unusually few trees grow in the clearing the clan is built in, the ones that do grow are short and shrub-like. Based on samples of the soil within in the meadow, though it is very fertile, it is more sandy and loose compared to the loam that the forest grows from. It may have served as a farmland at some point already.

Near the plane, leaked jet fuel contaminates the ground closely around it, though not much else more. Trees and large plants are unable to grow in the toxic soil, but mosses, fungi, and small annuals can be found around the jet.

Marbled Murrelets nest in the woods surrounding the clan, and fly out to sea to feed. Pacific Wrens and Black Phoebes are frequently heard in the forest. Both American Crows and Common Ravens are found in the area, with more ravens on the coast, and crows to the east, and often at odds when they're near each other. Gray squirrels often chase each other around. Deer mice can sometimes be seen poking their heads out of the burrows

A high-elevation coniferous forest is visible to the north-east.

To the east, higher elevation forests host conifers such On all other sides, a shorter, mostly coniferous forest forms a dense wall around the meadow. Other notable plants include rhododendron, deerfern, yarrow, and Oregon iris. Invasive ivy plants, mostly English ivy, are a nuisance in the forest and clan. Efforts have been made to control it.


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The basics to the world my lore exists within (it does not have to be exactly the same for any ally clans though):

• Everyone is like, 2 meters big and 200 kg at the most (excluding maybe Gretchen and Astarte). No ridiculous sizes.
• The is no magic
• There are no spirits, gods, or supernatural forces, but potentially still religion and spirituality, culturally. The world itself is atheist though.
• There are no humans currently alive, whether they are extinct (how I have it written), or not in existence yet/never existed can change. I just don't like human-oriented fiction.
• But I do have humanoid OCs in the clan. They may be omitted from stories about the clan, or take creature-based forms. In that case: Marlow is her alternate nightjar form, Tyrande is just her silver dragon fursona, Irene is a large and powerful raven, and Opal is a mutant turkey thing.

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Daybreak Decorations Apparel Decorative jewelry depicting bright sunrays. (Brightshine Jubilee 2020 Holiday Item) 0

'canon' fams to each dragon:

• Cambrie: Woodland Turkey, Kingpin
• Wren: Peacevine Aardvark, Closure
• Gearguts: Nature Sprite, Mobydick / Lakelight Weaver, Fibsher
• Algae: Pleco, Cleanup crew!!! / Apatite Fisher, ......
• Flannery: Root Dweller, ...... / Swallowtail Jumper, ......
• Astarte: Cockatrice, Ultimate Archivist
• Gretchen: Ruched Sojourner
• Brodkorb: ?
• Solarpunk: ?
• Harrowhark: ?
• Cthu'lina:
• Phoenix: Firefly Cockatrice
• Spruce: Pet Roc
• Mizu: ?
• Irene: Bloodstone Beetle, Heirloom
• Tyrande: Whisper, Kazimir
• Marlow: Moonglow Nightjar, Herself

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Has had:

Hurricane Herald

Familiar

Elemental acolyte of the Windsinger. (Mistral Jamboree Holiday Item 2016.)

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Morph 12/31/2023