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@Imbricaria
It's no problem - I never said nobody could post, you're just the first one who had anything to say :)

Edit to say: I'm getting caught up from a serious backlog of missed generation posts here :P

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2W3Seen.png[/IMG] [b]Wind Legacy: Generation 9[/b] So remember when I said I was using the rarer breed of mate because I didn't want to lose my skydancer genes? [b]It didn't work.[/b] Oakley and Oswin gave me two eggs, and [b]both hatchlings were Nocturnes![/b] Bar / Daub / Basic Nocturnes, in fact. >.< The RNG I've been using to pick heirs decided to agree with Flight Rising's hatchling RNG this time, and the first-hatched is also the heir. Welcome Ryleigh, caribbean / spring / maize and just...not iri, not showing the tertiary, and [i]not a skydancer[/i]. Whyyyyy? [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=16776999] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/167770/16776999_350.png[/img] [/url] I'm going to have to breed her mother with the rejected mate from last generation now, just to see how much better/worse it could have been. In any case, her brother is beautiful in denim / banana / rose, though the yellow-range wings are even further off from the desired emerald. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=16777000] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/167771/16777000.png[/img] [/url] Finding a mate was an ordeal, and I ended up only partially satisfied, but in the end I went with this fellow: [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=15532485] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/155325/15532485_350.png[/img] [/url]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2W3Seen.png[/IMG] [b]Wind Legacy: Special [/b] Back when I was looking for a mate for Wind generation 8, I found a nocturne that wasn't quite as good in colors but presumably was a safer breed, and then I found a better colored ridgeback but I didn't want all ridgebacks. You can see above what came of that (two nocturnes, hah). After the official generation had changed, I bred the gen 8 heir again, this time with the ridgeback, just to see what I'd get. I got one ridgebacks and two skydancers, all with basic terts. I really feel kind of ambivalent about it; I had a two-thirds chance of getting something at least nominally closer to what I wanted than the actual heiress. Here are the dragons: Parents: Oakley (the official Gen 8 heir): [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=15822755] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/158228/15822755.png[/img][/url] and Phaeton: [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=15704603][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/157047/15704603.png[/img][/url] Offspring, in order of hatching (all females): [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=17537127] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/175372/17537127.png[/img] [/url] Magenta Tertiary [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=17537128] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/175372/17537128.png[/img] [/url] Magenta Tertiary [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=17537129] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/175372/17537129.png[/img] [/url] Pink Tertiary I've had worse-looking fodder dragons, anyway. ;)

@NetShy

Could you please enlighten me on what the Legacy Challenge is? It sounds really interesting.

@Crookedjaw
The Legacy Challenge is a breeding challenge where you start with a gen 1 basic dragon (usually by hatching an egg) and try to breed the most awesome and/or high scoring dragon you can in 10 generations. The official rules are here: Legacy Challenge Thread There is also a "Royal" variant, seen here: Royal Legacy Challenge Thread.

I'm playing just a little differently from someone who is simply going for highest score, in that I have a specific goal for each challenge bloodline. Technically, getting nocs in the wind bloodline is an upgrade (rarer is worth more points).

@devilry
My legacy hatchlings are usually for sale on the Royal Matchmaking Thread, which was set up for Royal Legacy Challenge participants, but you know how it is; anyone selling a dragon is delighted for anyone who will buy to do so ;) The "special" clutch above isn't qualified for Royal legacy though, so they're only shown here and on the AH. If you want one, I'm willing to negotiate price (PM me in that case).

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2W3Seen.png[/IMG] [b]Wind Legacy: Generation 10[/b] So the way the numbers work out, you'd think this generation would be the final hatchlings, but actually it's the final parents - one way to think of it is that the first-gen dragons I started with were actually the "zero" generation of the legacy. That means I have one more mate to find in each line, and one more hatchling to pin my hopes on...and I am so glad, because this generation's heir still doesn't have a tertiary gene. He's does have a rose tertiary, though, so I can't complain really. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=17749804] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/177499/17749804_350.png[/img] [/url] Besides, he did come out better than his sibling, so I get to be glad that the RNG gave me the better heir. (The little lady has a maize tertiary.) [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=17749805] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/177499/17749805.png[/img][/url] The new mate had to wait on lair space, but fortunately Slade was purchased on the AH opening space for his newphew's mate. The lucky lady came with the name "Levi." [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=16667198] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/166672/16667198_350.png[/img] [/url]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/M5nEetr.png[/IMG] [b]Lightning Legacy: Generation 10[/b] The way the numbers work out, you'd think this generation would be the final hatchlings, but actually it's the final parents - one way to think of it is that the first-gen dragons I started with were actually the "zero" generation of the legacy. That means I have one more mate to find in each line, and one more hatchling to pin my hopes on...and I am SO GLAD, because this generation's heir is HIDEOUS. Seriously, I think the "violet" template was designed for plague dragons, and violet [i]ripple[/i] just has way too much of that sick orangey tone in it. (Strong opinions about violet? Well, now that you mention it...) [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=17793014] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/177931/17793014_350.png[/img] [/url] Adding insult to injury, the [i]second[/i] hatchling is much, much closer to what I was hoping to get out of this breeding. Well, color-wise; we're still living with treasure-gened guardians. Even the third looks nicer than the heir though. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=17793015] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/177931/17793015.png[/img][/url] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=17793016] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/177931/17793016.png[/img][/url] The final mate had to wait on lair space, which was fortunately provided by the sale of the rose-winged spare! She's located next to a similar-colored male in her new lair, so I have hopes there will be a new branch of the family to see there one of these days. Edit: she had three hatchlings before she was exalted; as of this edit, two are still active! :) The lucky male is this fellow: [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=17985402] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/179855/17985402_350.png[/img] [/url] Near-perfect colors (well the tertiary goes the wrong way, but at least it stays in the blue ranges), and I won't cry if the heir happens to pick up crystal ;) I do hope the smoke will dominate but either way, this was by far the best male to be found.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/oP4ulHa.png[/img] [b]Nature Legacy: Generation 1[/b] With both Wind and Lightning on their final generations, my Nature founder's year-long wait is almost over. In fact, I'm hoping to hatch the first nest of this legacy on the founder's own hatching day. [s]Unfortunately, I still haven't got a name for her[/s] Her name is Lily: [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=7781847] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/77819/7781847_350.png[/img] [/url] Her newly acquired mate is perfect for her; he is a gen 2 nature dragon, the first hatchling of his parents, and he came with a tree-themed name, Onodrim. He's not quite as old as she is, but at five months he's not a new hatchling either. His breed wouldn't technically be an upgrade but he's got treasure genes I wouldn't mind seeing for most of the legacy: [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=12980489] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/129805/12980489_350.png[/img] [/url]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2W3Seen.png[/IMG] [b]Wind Legacy: Final Generation![/b] Well here he is, ladies and gentlemen: the final heir of my Wind Legacy! Meet Bavol: [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=18489244] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/184893/18489244_350.png[/img] [/url] His name is an old English name meaning "wind." I've started re-gening him already; what I can say, I couldn't waste dom-week bonuses! Here's how I came out on my goals: [b]Bloodline goal: Denim iri / Emerald stripes / Rose circuit Skydancer Actual result: Denim bar / Emerald daub / Ice basic Skydancer[/b] [i]Modified Genes: Denim bar / Emerald Peregrine / Ice Circuit Skydancer[/i] Not bad, really. Here is what the heir looked like before I gave him peregrine and circuit: [quote=As Hatched][center] Actual result: Denim bar / Emerald daub / Ice basic Skydancer [img]http://flightrising.com/image_generators/dragonpic2.php?body=26&wing=33&style=13&gender=0&ages=1&prig=6&secg=7&tert=3&elem=3&tertgene=0&spec=prev.png[/img] [/center][/quote] He comes with two sisters - the one that would have been the heir if wind was going by hatching order got a tertiary. Well played, RNG. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=18489243] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/184893/18489243.png[/img] [/url][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=18489245] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/184893/18489245.png[/img] [/url] I'll be totalling up my score in a few days, when I've finished training/exalting the last of the spares, consorts, and intermediate heirs. I think that's currently seven dragons to get out the door, including the two spare hatchlings from this generation, and I'll want to give them a chance to sell, so it'll be a little while yet on final score.