Dragon Share

[center]*joining the Plautumween party* Kudos to all the gorgeous opening post dragons! They clearly match the plautumnween theme in an outstanding and unique way. All of them already had stars from me, except of Vindemiatrix, who has been booped now :) [size=2]I went to your lair and gave some other dragons new stars: honorable mentions go to Virentis, Thorne, Vedia, Perseus, Veasna, Zetaros, and Vicente for being exceptionally stunning![/size] [b]Reaper[/b] is [i]by far[/i] my most favourite dragon of yours this week. I absolutely adore their demonic and regal appearance, the "blood moon" vibes, and the dark aura surrounding them, emphasized by the battlefield scenery. I imagine them being a mystic and devilish creature appearing whenever there are lost souls around. I'd also like to mention how magnificent the design is: it looks as if a shadow is falling on them, because of the red parts slowly turning into a darker grey colour, which could also symbolize ashes or a crow's feathers. [b]Astaroth[/b] has always been one of my most favourite dragons of yours. I have a weakness for demonic male pose Spirals, and the obscure and dangerous aura you created just captures me instantly, every time I look at them. All details are perfectly chosen and seem to have a deep and important meaning: the goat eyes, the miasma crystal, the malign presence, and the trickster accent. Everything flows together in an excellent way, and I always admire how chivalrous and fancy they look despite their obviously tricky and ominous personality - I'd fall for their tricks for sure, even if I was cautious! *laughs* [b]Autumn[/b] is such a wonderful and warming autumnal dragon! She gave me phoenix associations immediately, and I love the bright and fiery details shimmering on her dark body. [b]Vindemiatrix[/b] is just as beautiful, and definitely your most unique and surprising dragon this round. The effects of the skin catched my sight instantly, and it matches the theme of "unexpected but pleasant changes to come" just perfectly: it looks like miraculous, magical, and warm colours are breaking through from below the blue. The berry and harvest wine aesthetics are wonderful, too, and everything together truly generates a feeling of bliss, prosperty, and wealth - at least, I was filled by a lot of joy just by looking at Vindemiatrixer! _______________________________ Here are my entries! :D [b]:: Thymum ::[/b] "Please let me forget that I have forgotten my past." Thymum is definitely one of the most precious lore dragons I created this year, so I have to share and mention him first. He's an eccentric druid and herbalist coming from an otherwordly/foreign and enchanted forest; he has lost his memory and doesn't know why he left from there. He's extremely smart, curious, and charming, but has a strange and mysterious behavior, and - being shy and elusive - a hard time to adapt himself to his new clan and surroundings. He has basically no contact with other dragons, except for a few eternally youthful hatchlings, because he sees them as adorable, animal-like pets and friends rather than real dragons. He loves talking to animals, plants, and to his sister [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/74616697]Thymbra[/url], who he loves and treasures dearly. He gets extremely insecure whenever there are no animals or living beings around, and if his sister is too far away (which she never is). He constantly tries to forget even that he has forgotten about his past, because the knowledge that he lost his memory makes him feel afraid, miserable, and baleful. [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/66090611][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/660907/66090611_350.png[/img][/url] [b]:: Zedekiah ::[/b] A mighty herbalist, druid, and exorcist obsessed by a curse of ongoing decay which is nevertheless slow and paradoxical enough to grant him immortality and eternal survival. He hates his skull face which is part of the curse, and covers it with flowers, as well as all the other cursed parts of his body. He has accepted his fate for a long time, though, and finds it cynical that his true element is Light, and wishes he could be a full Plague member to adapt to his new life form. [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/30712062][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/307121/30712062_350.png[/img][/url] [b]:: Numen ::[/b] Numen is a lively, quirky and tiny bit crazy shaman. He is focusing on (shady) shamanic spells and healing arts. While he is always trying his best to be good and helpful, he sometimes gets too excited and carried away by his plague origin - rather than healing his clients, he might actually infect them with a tricky desease, which naturally does more harm than good. He comes with a certain clumsiness and manages to make a cute and innocent face even at times his spells end up causing chaos everywhere around him; it is indeed hard to get mad at someone who constantly goes all the ''I swear it is not me searching for trouble, it is the trouble searching me!''-way. Yet Numen seems to possess a mysterious and mighty power, which he just isn't able to control yet and which by far exceeds his current abilities. Sometimes he is allowed to join secret rituals and ceremonies to unlock his true strenght, an undertaking which unfortunately was not successful so far. [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/7721323][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/77214/7721323_350.png[/img][/url] [b]:: Amdusias ::[/b] Amdusias is one of my newest dragons and therefore has no lore yet. I wanted to share him for the aesthetics, though, because I think he fits the plague theme quite well (he also has a lot of mushrooms beneath his wings, but unfortunately his accent is almost fully covered), and I'm still addicted to the outfit I carefully created for him, spending hours in the dressing room. Definitely one of this year's designs I'm most proud of! [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76064662][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/760647/76064662_350.png[/img][/url] [b]:: Dystopia ::[/b] "Dark twisted fantasy turned to reality." Mainly an aesthetical and symbolic dragon as well: I tried going for a plague-like dark fantasy creature, an allegory of - as her name says - dystopia. She's a powerful morbidus and jinx with demonic and nihilistic tendencies. [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/24376697][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/243767/24376697_350.png[/img][/url] _______________________________ Last but not least a small "goodie" I couldn't resist to share: [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/66994703][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/669948/66994703p.png[/img][/url] [size=2]Jinx is one of my most precious permababies, and has quite a tragic background story. Even though she always wanted the good, she always seemed to bring bad things, misfortune, and disaster wherever she went; simply because her surroundings were bad enough to swallow all of her good intentions. She was marked as crazy and as a bad omen, until she found shelter in the Hidden Sanctum, were she lives in the cave with other ancients who try to take care of her and bring back the warmth in her heart. "I didn't lose my mind, they've stolen it from me", she now uses to say, slowly trying to recover her spirit.[/size] I'm leaving likes and comments to all the other wonderful entries during the next week, as I'm a bit busy and stressed this weekend ♥[/center]

WOO WE MADE IT TO 100 PAGES!!!!
@saronai -- thank you for the compliment during the closing thoughts of Arcane! At first I thought you were talking about her secondary Constellation and I was about to reconsider changing it to Sarcophagus lol
Astaroth is amazing, they deserve all the boops to the snoot. I'm probably biased because they're a male pose Spiral but regardless. All of your other chosen ones are gorgeous, especially Autumn. I'm excited to see where direction the Egg is heading in, please ping me when it happens!
@wildewinged -- Sivath definitely fits the ballroom aesthetic of this year's RoR well, at least in my book. She wears her accent SUPER well. Also I feel bad for Duvhirat, Elonat, and Ghost
@mxlplyx -- thank you for the compliment on Aeternus and helping me decide to keep the skin! In other words, I love Baconheart she's such a chaos gremlin lol
@cvthedral -- Wow, I never would expect Hunter and Sunset to agree on anything, but Pumpkin makes it work, in a fiery way!
@fossildust -- Melasune gives me HUGE werewolf vibes, mostly on the wings, which look like a full moon against a cloudy night sky. I also really like Amba. Azimov's 50th star!
@sinjin -- HOLY WHAT?! Fantasy wears that accent SO WELL!
@lovelock -- I love all 5 of them, but especially Kimiko. I think Ozymandias is one of the only male pose Ridgebacks I've starred.
@huntingalpha -- again, I starred all five of yours, but I love dragons with grayscale colors to death for no reason, hence why Nabonidus is my favorite of yours.
@potatoad -- again, grayscale dragons are precious, but MY FAVORITE GENE (python) TOO?! Man y'all are killin me with how pretty these dragons are
Hopefully will be able to give compliments to pages 99 and further tomorrow!

@CosmicHurricane

Thank you!!

continued compliments -- so many pretties to compliment...
@achaius -- Miocene and Owl both have GORGEOUS skins, wow. I also love Owl in general. He reminds me a bit of that owl beast? from A:TLA but, like, chill
@draconequis -- congrats on scattering your progen into Leaf-Leaf-Tarnish, that's a great XXY combo!! and congrats to her for getting rid of the Shade infection, I hear that's no easy task-- OH MY (tide)LORD ALIBRIJE IS SO MATCHY?!?! one of the best accent usages I've ever seen, plus The Spiral Bias, he deserves all the stars -- I was his 30th star :D
@foggydownpour -- Malken's 20th like! Basirah gives off the same full moon aesthetic that I get from fossildust's Melasune. I wouldn't expect Crackle to work on Hallows but it kinda does??
@goolover -- ...ok all 5 of yours are PERFECT LIKE WHAT, but how do yall find the perfect skins for your dergs, it's like they were made for them. Talking about Hestia in particular.
@mypilot -- I generally don't like stitched and patchwork because the accent colors are weird, but Eos makes it work.
@birbdude -- omg Glorp is so cute but I am going to appreciate her fondly from a distance because of her lore. WATCHDOG was hatched on my birthday which is always poggers
@thegolddragon -- first of all, HUGE CONGRATS for kicking off page 100!! second off how dare you have 5 perfect dragons, who am I supposed to give extra praise to?! (/pos) *INHALE* VenaeCavae is very Plague-y but I like them, completely fair that an Aberration would break your no-ancient clause because they're Aberrations; Finvarra is one of if not the best Autumn Court dragon I've seen, he looks like a deer and he's so cool; Foxglove is autumn-y, Halloween-y, and fiery at the same time, which of course is amazing since Fire often has the prettiest dragons (along with Nature); Haunt is another one of those dark-neon Halloween Spirals that I just love! *EXHALE* your dragons are perfect.
@kayjay -- TWO (2) PERFECT LAIRS IN A ROW?! Why must yall make my eyes happy so... (I feel so bad for Khifk, I hope one day he will be happy; Blythe looks terrifying, again UMAs can work so well sometimes; Oni just looks straight up awesome; idk how to praise Merdalia but I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. Probably the Female Obelisk Bias tbh lol + the cool skull and the apparel working so well)
@secretselkie -- Nadalia and Khayali make Coral and Thistle respectively look like good colors. And for that, I applaud you. Bravo.
@skydust -- Punkin is another one of the select few uses of Stitched that I like. Gold Stitched is pretty matchy. Nidhogg and Contagion both look excellent as well.
AND FINALLY, @luunai -- OOOOH Thymum might be an even better autumn/forest-y dragon than Finvarra.
So. Much. Eye candy. My eyes have been BLESSED.
(P.S. cvthedral and fossildust, you're welcome <3)

@luunai Well fair, they are in canon very charming
(thank you!!)

@Luunai

Thank you! You always put so much thought and care into your compliments! Your entries are especially amazing this time, Thymum looks gorgeous in those muted greens and reddish browns. All of your dragons and their stories are so unique and immersive

Aaah, finally done with multiple scavengerhunts and Wind goes into a Push! I think I knew that was coming... Better get to this, or I never will! I love the possibilities of this hybrid theme... though I think I'll be going with less Plague, to keep it safe! (Plague Primal eyes have really grown on me, to the point I even have a [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/56726926]Permababy[/url] so done up.) I am really impressed with the spookiness of Astaroth, from their colors alone, though with a Fuchsia secondary it seems so unlikely! The apparel layering is inspired. And the Goat eyes definitely help, too! I can safely say he is my favorite. Reaper took me a minute to see was in a full skin - yes you said it, but I look first, then read! - with the colors so close underneath, and it suits him. So many of my favored apparel pieces on him! And all to good effect. Autumn really personifies the whole "blazing leaves" look. And Vindemiatrix presents one of my favorite color combos, orange and purple - though the surprise is that the latter is really the result of laying Raspberry over Sapphire - yowza! Love the extra shine. As for Number Five: I'd love to see what springs forth when it happens! Ping, please! I offer you these five for consideration now: [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/80988016][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/809881/80988016_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Snekclaroth is pretty new, and my most Plague themed of the bunch, mainly from that Mane, which makes the eyes creepy. I look at him and think "Haunted Carousel" even though I'm choosing just the one piece from that set. [center] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/63986890][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/639869/63986890_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Zanlakeeth is a more straightforward autumn noodle, completely wholesome. Promise. [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/35146107][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/351462/35146107_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Paprikath is a spicy bean with a more vibrant autumn look. She makes delicious warming dishes she loves to share ... though sometimes might go a little overboard with the heat! [center] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/60359304][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/603594/60359304_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Piemanth is another foodie, and his presence here is partly because nothing says autumn like pies, especially of the pumpkin persuasion, but also because there is a trick to his treats! It's not deliberate, but a reflection of his heritage. [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/78185833][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/781859/78185833_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Finally, [s]Terrabeth[/s] Sauinth, a lovely orange-with-purple surprise rescued from oblivion. Just a bit witchy looking, but she's actually [s][i]sweet[/i]heart[/s] dear.

The shadow egg has hatched! [center][item=Unhatched Shadow Egg][/center] The details below have been added to the theme post and ping requests were filled there. I am LOVING all the dragons thus far and the compliments too <3 I'm hoping to start responding this week, haven't visited anyone for stars yet. I want to go through all at once and savor each beauty one at a time <3 [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/81764730][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/scry?sdid=2918291&skin=47513&apparel=&xt=dressing.png[/img][/url] [size=5][color=381375][i][b]D e l i r i a[/b][/i][/color][/size] [size=2](they/them)[/size][/center] [b]Title: The Liminal Between Fractured Dreams & Reality[/b] While Deliria doesn't have much lore yet, I'm leaning toward something to do with their hatch date, liminal spaces and the sidhe, but also inspired by their parents' names. Zazzlezazz is the indescribable who rules over dreams in the queer horror podcast Hello From the Hallowoods, Fracture was wonderfully leant to me for the exact colours I needed in a shadow nest <3 Basically, with those two combined, Deliria's theme is going to also involve the concept of fractured dreamscapes, tangled and twining between lucidity and the delirious wonderland of dreamscapes and the strange. Made a little trick-or-treat thing for them too since they're still a baby: [center][img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/deliria-halloween.png[/img][/center] This dragon was entirely made for my [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/skin/3060234#post_3060234]"Midnight Wisteria" accent[/url]. I wanted to do a Halloween appropriate recolour of my Wisteria accent, and played with predict morphology, then went on the hunt for parents.