Dragon Share

[center][emoji=gem size=2][size=7][font=Cursive]The Cave[/size] [emoji=gem size=2] [size=3]Dragons pulled from deep within the earth [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/rssip7p2a67i6ll/earthtop.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/c57Ig8R.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] Thousands of years ago there were dragons who fled underground, and soon became forged with the very heart of the earth, turning into beautiful gemstones. There they lived, cut off from the surface world, happy living in the dark and the cold away from the evil brought by the greed of the dragons living above them. But some who were born there were not happy with their lives stuck in the ground, doomed to live their lives in those cramped tunnels. Whether by hard work, luck, or simple curiosity sometimes these dragons made their way to the surface. What awaited them on the surface varied from dragon to dragon, but those who didn't choose to return began their new lives on the surface, along with all the challenges that accompanied them. Some were sold as gemstones, others were celebrated as Gods of the underworld, thought to bring wealth and fortune. Some were chased back underground and others were treated simply as normal dragons. However, one thing was for sure. Those who left wished never to return. [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/jib5m0amd6p9cqq/earthbottom.png[/img]

[center][size=6][font=Cursive]Dragons who are from the cave[/size] [font=Cursive]All dragons have their own lore [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wdlvsy68qu1vyik/earthfull.png[/img] [/center] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=75833387][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/758334/75833387.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Quartz [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=76321124][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/763212/76321124.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Sapphire [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=75465271][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/754653/75465271.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Garnet [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=75031822][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/750319/75031822.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Topaz [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=76459369][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/764594/76459369.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Emerald [/center] [/columns][columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=76585797][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/765858/76585797.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Fluorite [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=75760323][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/757604/75760323.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Amethyst [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=75399690][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/753997/75399690.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Aventurine [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=76459378][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/764594/76459378.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Diamond [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=73742750][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/737428/73742750.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Lapis [/center][/columns] [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=76387779][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/763878/76387779.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Zircon [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=75675875][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/756759/75675875.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Citrine [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=75172807][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/751729/75172807.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Pyrite [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=74601182][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/746012/74601182.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Aquamarine [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=76533112][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/765332/76533112.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Iolite [/center] [/columns][columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=77030464][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/770305/77030464.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Moonstone [/center] [nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=77028781][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/770288/77028781.png[/img][/url] [center][size=2][font=ariel] Ruby [/center] [/columns]

[center][size=7][size=4]Dragon Introduction[/size][/size] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=7][b]Quartz[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/75833387][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/758334/75833387_350.png[/img][/url][/center] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/36026.png[/img] [center][i]Fear made her leave Love made her stay[/i][/center] [nextcol] Quartz was found by a caver who got a bit ahead of himself exploring a new cave system. Dashing ahead of his group, twisting and turning through the tunnels until he found himself in a huge cavern. The only light coming from his faint headlamp passed down from his father, he swept his gaze from left to right, marveling at the natural structure he had found. Then in the corner, something shiny caught his eye. Fixing his gaze on it and making his way closer, he could see the pink crystal, covered in dust and buried in the rock. A grin spread across his face. A gem like this would sure make his mom proud! He started trying to dig away around it, chipping away at the rock. He could hear the rest of his team calling out to him as they caught up. He lifted his head up to call to them, to let them know he was ok. But then heard something. A small creaking sound. [/columns] Turning back towards the crystal, he saw something there that wasn't there before. A white eye staring at him. Jumping back in fear with a startled yelp, his headlamp clattered off his head and went out. All around him he heard loud scratches and cracking, as if the earth itself was coming apart. Shouting out in fear to his team he drew his wings around himself and sat huddled there in the pitch black as he felt dust and rock rain down around him. When his team made it to cavern, once again shining light, all the saw was the young caver sitting - still terrified - by a huge hole in the rock. [center]---[/center] After that rude awakening Quartz had shot out of the cavern and, once seeing more of those strange dragons she had never seen before, rushed past them in a flash. Through the twisting tunnels, further than she had ever been before. She didn't realize it at the time, but she was following the path that the group of cavers had come down in. It was about to be the first time Quartz discovered the surface. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img][/center] [center][size=7][b] Sapphire [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76321124][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/763212/76321124_350.png[/img][/url][/center] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/25414.png[/img] [center][i]Anger drove her to the surface[/i][/center] [nextcol]Sapphire sat wide awake, surrounded by the darkness she had always known. They had come back again tonight. Echoing throughout the tunnels and caves she could hear the screeching, the scratching, the screaming of the creatures that haunted the underground. Buried in the rock she knew they couldn't hurt her, but she still hated every second. She hated living her life in fear. Hopelessness welled up inside her. It felt as if she was going to live like this until she died. Lamenting on this fact her despair led way to sadness. Tears welled up in her eyes as she felt the rock press in around her. She had always found the rocks comforting, meaning safety and home. But at that moment it felt as if they were suffocating her. [/columns] But then suddenly all she felt was anger. Anger at the rocks for trapping her, anger at her family for dooming her to this life, and anger at herself for never doing anything about it. With a shout she kicked the rock and felt it shake all around her. A momentary spasm of fear passed across her chest - what if it attracted the monsters? But as white hot anger poured into her once again she realized - she didn't care. Suddenly feral, as if she really were being buried alive, she started clawing and thrashing her way out of the rock. It was hard work to move this much this fast but she felt an unstoppable urge to get away from everything. This could surely be heard for miles around. Finally making her way into a cave system she knew she started dashing towards the direction she had been told to never go - up. Not even stopping to listen out for threats she shot off, desperate to escape. Twisting her long body through various tunnels and holes she didn't stop, not once, not even when the howling and screeching grew louder and louder. She just ran. It was night when Sapphire reached the surface, but even the faint moonlight was blinding. Although she didn't have much time to admire the outside world before she collapsed in a heap, feeling the most exhausted she head ever in her life. Closing her eyes she strained her ears and steadied her breathing. And for once she could hear it - [i]Silence[/i]. With a satisfied smile, Sapphire slept without fear for the first time in her life. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img][/center] [center][size=7][b] Garnet [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/75465271][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/754653/75465271_350.png[/img][/url][/center] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/33619.png[/img] [center][i]A battle involving 3[/i][/center] [nextcol] The two huge imperials crashed into the ground, writhing, scratching, clawing, biting, fighting with all their power and might. It was brutal. The shrieks could be heard in the surrounding villages, casting an uneasy mod across the night. A huge tail slammed into the ground, sending dirt and rocks flying and leaving a huge gash in the earth. Long claws pierced through flesh as the two rose up into the air once again, only to crash down and shake the land for miles around. The land that was once a meadow that lay in the shadow of a huge mountain was unrecognizable as the haven of flowers it had been the day before. It looked like a god has dragged his hand through the ground stirring up all that was there. [/columns] The fight raged on, shouts and screams echoing throughout the land. Red blood stained the mud and uprooted flowers. And as the sun rose and the battle drew to a close, the winner proudly taking flight and soaring away, almost nothing of beauty was left. The ground had been turned upside down. But through the mud and the dust lay a rock different from the others. It sparkled red in the morning sun. Garnet slowly unfurled her wings and dug herself out of the ground. It looked like it was finally over. She tilted her head from side to side, trying to figure out where she was. All she knew is there was a bright light coming from, somewhere. Then she noticed the breeze on her face. For a moment she was frozen in panic, felling so exposed and alone. But as the sun warmed up her crystal scales she relaxed. She could hear the sounds of birds singing, returning home after the chaos of the night before. Maybe she would like it here.

[center] [size=7][b] Topaz [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/75031822][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/750319/75031822_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/19267.png[/img] [center][i]Chased the light.[/i][/center] [nextcol] Topaz saw the light once as a child, after getting lost in the caves. Somehow sunlight had been reflected down, so far down, and she saw it reflected off a pool. It hurt her eyes at first, having lived in darkness all her life, but after they adjusted to the faint shimmering she was transfixed. The patterns dancing off the walls, the way it shone off her crystal scales. She loved every second. It was hours before her parents found her, but she was still by that pool, watching the light. When she asked what it was, her father cast her a stern look and told her it was something she would hopefully never see again. At that time she didn't understand, but growing up she realized how afraid her family seemed to be of the light. But that time is had seem so calm, so happy. [/columns] So one day she decided to search for that pool again. It took months, but eventually she did. Her heart leapt when she saw it, like an old friend. Laughing as she did as a child she swirled the surface of the water and danced in the patterns the light made as it was reflected. Then she started her ascent. It was a long and difficult journey, but she never gave up. Not even for one second. Every time she turned a corner and found the light brighter, the air warmer, her heart leapt with joy. Topaz now lives her life above the surface, basking in the sun. She sometimes wonders if she could go back and convince others the sun isn't bad, but... she didn't really want to go back to the cold, dark place of the underground. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=7][b] Emerald [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76459369][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/764594/76459369_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/611.png[/img] [center][i]When the earth was torn in two[/i][/center] [nextcol]There was a great earthquake that ripped the ground right open. It was then she saw light for the first time. The ground rumbled and creaked. Buildings shook and dragons cowered as the earth below them moved. It wasn't uncommon for there to be earthquakes in this part of the land, but one of this scale hadn't been seen for centuries. A great gash was torn open, exposing rocks and caves that had been buried deep in the ground long ago. Light shone down, illuminating things that had never once seen sunlight. It was this light the Emerald saw. Dragons who came to see the spectacle of the ground torn open, stared down into the abyss below. They saw something sparking and green start to move. In a flash Emerald ripped herself free of the ground that had bound her for so long. She shot straight up, and with a gasp all the dragons surrounding the fissure watched as she darted off into the distance. [/columns] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=7][b] Flourite [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76585797][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/765858/76585797_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/6604.png[/img] [center][i]Washed out by a flood[/i][/center] [nextcol] Weeks and weeks of rain. The rivers burst their banks and flooded the low lands for miles around. A lot of it ran off into the crevices and caves, but even they had their limit. But when the water receded and cleaned out the caves, there was something shimmering in the mud. Flourite was hanging on near the entrance of a cave, unsure of what was happening. He wasn't very old and the sound of the rushing water had been deafening. Although he was glad it had stopped, he had been washed up to a place he had never been before. But the smell of fresh air and sounds of nature seemed to call to him. He stepped outside. [/columns]

[center] [size=7][b] Amethyst [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/75760323][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/757604/75760323_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/28766.png[/img] [center][i]Drawn out by music[/i][/center] [nextcol]Amethyst had followed the sounds of dragons until he found the surface. It started with some drilling. The vibrations echoed deep into the earth below. Amethyst, hearing this, knew that there was more to life than these cold tunnels she knew. There had to be something making those sounds. However she did not know how to find them. He spent a lot of his time exploring, yearning to once again hear the sounds of the other side. And bit by bit, he did. Various sounds made my dragons and other creatures led the way to the surface. And finally, once he was so close to the surface he could taste the fresh air, the strange tinkling sounds called out to him. It was some sort of festival, with dragons playing rhythmic music and singing along. Amethysts heart raced, desperately searching for a way to get closer to the sound. And when he finally did manage to find the source of the drums and voices, he marveled at the dragons as if they were creatures from another world. Well, to him, they were. [/columns] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=7][b] Aventurine [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/75399690][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/753997/75399690_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/16489.png[/img] [center][i]Reached by surface life[/i][/center] [nextcol] The roots from a great tree 100s of years old, stretching down into the earth. A small sprout that grew into a great tree. It saw thousands of seasons, ages come and go. It was so large that some people called the tree itself a god of nature. And under the surface its roots grew and spread out, stretched far, far down. Over years the roots pushed apart the heavy rock, creating huge cracks. It was these crack that Aventurine followed to the surface. The cave systems she knew only led deeper underground. But this one led up. Many creatures owe that tree their life, but Aventurine visits that tree every day to thank it for leading her to light. [/columns] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=7][b] Diamond [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76459378][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/764594/76459378_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/25355.png[/img] [center][i]Stolen.[/i][/center] [nextcol]Diamond was found as a hatching, pulled out by greedy claws and sold to the highest bidder. She could barely remember her time living in the caves, in the dark with her family, where it felt safe. She pent her days passing from collector to collector, hiding in dark boxes, being paraded around, put on display for others to marvel at. Her value and allure only grew as she did. Then one day, when sitting in a museum room at night, surrounded by random trinkets and ruins that had also been found while caving, a strange dragon silently slipped in. He carefully went around, placing various things into his pockets. Then he arrived before Diamond. Realizing she was a living dragon and not just a gemstone, he was taken aback for a second. Seeing her chest rise and fall with each breath, a living diamond, he - like others - was taken for a moment. [/columns] Meeting her eyes, he cocked his head to the side. You're no going to tell your owner a thief is breaking in? She just stared at him with the expressionless face she always wore. The thief's face suddenly grew solemn, as if he was felling all the pain she had buried deep inside herself. It was at that moment he decided he was going to steal her, too.

[center] [size=7][b] Lapis [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/73742750][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/737428/73742750_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/10226.png[/img] [center][i]Found herself on the ocean floor.[/i][/center] [nextcol]It was dark here. Very dark. Even on the brightest of summer days, only a few pale rays would be able to reach down though tons and tons of dark water that lay above her. Under the ocean there were many caves, ever changing and shifting due to the movements of the water above it. Lapis loved exploring these caves, loved peeking out and feeling the vast ocean around her. And one day as she raised her head of out the pitch black tunnel, seeing the luminous patterns of some of the fish that lived here, she could see the pale rays of lgiht shining down. Curious, she swam closer, unsure of what could cause this sort of light. But then at that moment a great current came and swept her out of her tunnel. In a panic she tried to swim back, but the water was too fast. [/columns] A few hours later, lying on the ocean floor, in a place she had never been before, she looked up and saw those strange rays of light again. And this time she thought she might follow them. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=7][b] Zircon [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76387779][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/763878/76387779_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/34239.png[/img] [center][i]Called from another world[/i][/center] [nextcol]Zircon looked up at the sky, reminiscing about his time spent underground. He didn't usually speak about it, and if people insisted he just said it was a 'dark, cold place.' But that wasn't fully true. Luminescent algae lit up some caves, and when he looked up at the night sky he remembered spending his time in one of those caves, playing with his friends, drawing on the walls. Some places grew very warm - you had to steer clear of those, for that meant there was magma nearby. But if you got to just the right distance, it was nice and warm - much more cosy than any fireplace he had found above ground. But he would never go back there. There was far to much to be done up here. [/columns] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=7][b] Citrine [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/75675875][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/756759/75675875_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/42759.png[/img] [center][i]Thrown out during a volcanic eruption[/i][/center] [nextcol]Citrine was thrown into this world during the eruption of a volcano that was long overdue. A violent boom echoed across the land as the mountain exploded, spewing out rocks and red hot lava. Her whole world was turned upside down. The heat she was used to slowly cooled as the rock around her solidified. But this time, instead of making her way back under the earth, she decided to head out into this new world she had discovered. Although the land was broken and scorched by the recent tragedy, the dragons there were nice. They didn't realize she had come from the eruption that had destroyed their lives. To this day Citrine can endure any kind of heat without getting burned or feeling pain. [/columns]

[center] [size=7][b] Pyrite [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/75172807][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/751729/75172807_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/919.png[/img] [center][i]What is given is returned[/i][/center] [nextcol]Pyrite, also known by it's colloquial name "Fool's Gold" A dragon got lost in the caves, fell down a deep hole. Pyrite found him, and helped him back to safety. For years everyone told that dragon that it had been a dream. But eventually later that dragon came back, and showed Pyrite the surface world.[/columns] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=7][b] Aquamarine [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/74601182][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/746012/74601182_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/1968.png[/img] [center][i]Clawed her way out[/i][/center] [nextcol]Aquamarine's claws poked out of the ground, covered in mud and dirt. With great effort the rest of the arm followed. Slowly she pulled the rest of her body out, it was as if the ground itself was giving birth. Nearby a curious hatchling had been watching this strange spectacle unfolding before him. When the gemstone dragon had fully emerged he called out to her. Aquamarine flinched at the strange voice. It was so bright out here she could barely open her eyes to see. But the voice was warm, and welcoming. And although she was covered in mud, the young dragon could see the beauty shining through. [/columns] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=7][b] Iolite [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76533112][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/765332/76533112_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/15275.png[/img] [center][i]Love leads us to strange places[/i][/center] [nextcol]Iolite had been wondering the tunnel for a long time after he lost his partner. He went far, far away from where he had ever been before. It was during this long journey he found the surface. Still completely zoned out, he took a few steps into the fresh air before stopping. He cast a nervous look around the open night, still and silent. Then he looked up. The sky full of stars that seemed to sprawl out to infinity. Staring at the stars, he thought he could see his partner shining with them. [/columns]

[center] [size=7][b] Moonstone [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/77030464][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/770305/77030464_350.png[/img][/url] [columns] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/623.png[/img] [center][i]One special musician[/i][/center] [nextcol]Moonstone had always liked playing music. Although there were no instruments under the ground where he grew up, he loved banging on the walls and singing at the top of his lungs. It was these sounds that drew some explorers towards him one day. And it was thanks to these explorers who showed Moonstone the way to the surface, that now he can sing his music for many dragons all over the land. [/columns] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/uau4yamn96qep5a/earthmid.png[/img] [size=7][b] Ruby [/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/77028781][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/770288/77028781_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/354.png[/img] [center][i]Forged in the heart of a volcano[/i][/center] [nextcol] Ruby's family had lived under volcanoes for centuries, their hearts and bodies slowly being forged into the red hot crystal that Ruby inherited from her parents. Of course, eruptions were known to happen. They had been taught since they were young to avoid the lava pools and tunnels when the elders predicted a volcano was going to erupt soon. But Ruby didn't heed these warnings, and on that day she got taken away from her family forever. [/columns]