Sanguines are dragons affected by a vampiric curse known as Bevitore di Sangue. There are two different base kinds, Luna and Eclisse. While both variations exhibit the brilliant red wings and markings, Luna Sanguines have pale scales and skin, while Eclisse have dark scales and skin.
Any breed may contract Bevitore di Sangue, as well as any element, though Plague, Earth, and Light dragons tend to be most prone. it should also be noted that ancients who contract the curse are generally more feral than modern dragons.
Basic traits that both variations of Sanguine dragons have are as follows. They have a second set of hollow retractable fangs, regardless of what kind of dragon they are. smaller breeds like fae might only have the two canine fangs on top, while larger breeds such as imperials and Ridgebacks have a whole second row of retractable fangs on the top and bottom (kinda like sharks, but the front row retracts back into the gums above the normal teeth)
Colors and Genes:
Colors
Luna Prim: white-grey
Eclisse Prim: smoke-obsidian
Sec: vermillion-maroon/red/strawberry/carmine
Tert: vermillion-maroon/red/strawberry/carmine
Colors
Luna Prim: white-grey
Eclisse Prim: smoke-obsidian
Sec: vermillion-maroon/red/strawberry/carmine
Tert: vermillion-maroon/red/strawberry/carmine
Modern Prim: leopard/metallic/swirl/basic/iridescent wasp/jaguar/vipera/tide Sec: hypnotic/alloy/striation/current/ trail/bee/flair/sarcophagus/myrid Tert: glimmer/runes/capsule/veined/flair/lace Aberrations Prim: wasp/jaguar/swirl/basic Sec: weaver/striation/sarcophagus/ bee/hypnotic Tert: veined/capsule/glimmer Banescales Prim: metalic/jaguar/marble/basic Sec: trail/tear/mottle/alloy Tert: skeletal/fans/wraith/capsule/lace Aether prim: basic/metallic/jaguar/spool sec: basic/alloy/blaze/flair/myrid tert:stinger/contour/lace Auraboa prim: basic/varnish/jaguar/vipera sec: basic/hypnotic/weaver/flair/myrid tert:batty/capsule/sailfin/topcoat |
Gaolers Prim: phantom/jaguar/basic Sec: trail/spirit/flair/bee/striation Tert: shardflank/fans/veined/capsule/glimmer /runes/contour Veilspun prim: bright/sphinxmoth/basic/wasp/ arc/leopard sec: bee/hawkmoth/loop tert: runes/mop/capsule Undertide prim: basic/wasp/tide/swirl sec: basic/bee/sarcophagus/trail/current tert:veined/plating/runes/sailfin Sandsurge prim: basic/wasp/jaguar/wrought/swirl sec: basic/bee/trail tert:runes/darts/fishbone |
Neomenia Gene variations only affect the tertiary, and are as follows:
Modern
tert: crackle/thylacine/smirch/flecks/firebreather
Gaoler
tert: weathered/thylacine/carnivore
Banescales
Tert: squiggle/crackle/carnivore
Veilspuns
tert: crackle/flecks/carnivore
Aberration
tert: mucous/flecks/kumo/thylacine/carnivore
Undertide
tert: flecks/crackle/carnivore
Aether
tert: smirch/carnivore
Modern
tert: crackle/thylacine/smirch/flecks/firebreather
Gaoler
tert: weathered/thylacine/carnivore
Banescales
Tert: squiggle/crackle/carnivore
Veilspuns
tert: crackle/flecks/carnivore
Aberration
tert: mucous/flecks/kumo/thylacine/carnivore
Undertide
tert: flecks/crackle/carnivore
Aether
tert: smirch/carnivore
Variations
Luna Sanguines
The pale coloration of Luna Sanguines is from the many generations this branch of the subspecies has lived underground and in caves. Like many cave creatures, color was no longer a necessity, and only the red of their wings and markings remained as a sign of their curse. Another predominant features of Luna Sanguines are poor eyesight, as they've evolved their other senses, such as hearing and smell instead to adapt to finding prey underground. They are also much more sensitive to light than their Eclisse counterparts
Eclisse Sanguines
Eclisse Sanguines are generally nocturnal and tend to be a bit cat-like in nature. Their darker coloration allows them to remain hidden during the night when they hunt. Eclisse spend much of the daytime asleep, and most of them quite enjoy lounging in the sun.
Vials
Vials are the offspring of a sanguine and a normal dragon who do not possess the traits to be a full sanguine, but they do have the potential to pass on the curse to their own offspring. Simply put, they're carriers. Not all children of these kinds of pairings will be Vial.
To be a Vial, a dragon must have one registered sanguine in their ancestry, and have the correct color range of a sanguine, though they may have any combination of genes so long as it's not a full sanguine combo. If any of these Vials have children of their own with the correct color/gene combo, that child would be a full-blooded sanguine.
Neomenia Sanguines
"Neomenia Sanguines" or "New Moon Sanguines" are those with Bevitore di Sangue who've fallen into a permanent blood-craze. A blood-craze is when a sanguine loses all sense of reason & rationale and acts solely on hunger and instinct, attacking any creature it can find and draining it dry of blood. They cannot speak or otherwise communicate, and are terribly ferocious. Most of the time, this is simply a phase that lasts only until the sanguine in question has eaten its fill, but this isn't always the case.
Luna Sanguines
The pale coloration of Luna Sanguines is from the many generations this branch of the subspecies has lived underground and in caves. Like many cave creatures, color was no longer a necessity, and only the red of their wings and markings remained as a sign of their curse. Another predominant features of Luna Sanguines are poor eyesight, as they've evolved their other senses, such as hearing and smell instead to adapt to finding prey underground. They are also much more sensitive to light than their Eclisse counterparts
Eclisse Sanguines
Eclisse Sanguines are generally nocturnal and tend to be a bit cat-like in nature. Their darker coloration allows them to remain hidden during the night when they hunt. Eclisse spend much of the daytime asleep, and most of them quite enjoy lounging in the sun.
Vials
Vials are the offspring of a sanguine and a normal dragon who do not possess the traits to be a full sanguine, but they do have the potential to pass on the curse to their own offspring. Simply put, they're carriers. Not all children of these kinds of pairings will be Vial.
To be a Vial, a dragon must have one registered sanguine in their ancestry, and have the correct color range of a sanguine, though they may have any combination of genes so long as it's not a full sanguine combo. If any of these Vials have children of their own with the correct color/gene combo, that child would be a full-blooded sanguine.
Neomenia Sanguines
"Neomenia Sanguines" or "New Moon Sanguines" are those with Bevitore di Sangue who've fallen into a permanent blood-craze. A blood-craze is when a sanguine loses all sense of reason & rationale and acts solely on hunger and instinct, attacking any creature it can find and draining it dry of blood. They cannot speak or otherwise communicate, and are terribly ferocious. Most of the time, this is simply a phase that lasts only until the sanguine in question has eaten its fill, but this isn't always the case.