Flight Rising Discussion

[center][size=2][b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/fd2/2894723#post_2894723][u]IF HUB[/u][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2920991]Scavenger Hunt![/url][emoji=plague rune][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2920246/1#post_2920246]Exploring the Wasteland![/url][emoji=plague rune][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2761422#post_2761422]Necromancer's Magic 8 Ball![/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2920210/1#post_2920210]Hunger Games![/url][sub](signups closed)[/sub][emoji=plague rune][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2920866/1#post_2920866]Mirror Games![/url][sub](signups closed)[/sub] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/2896728/1]Pladge![/url][emoji=plague rune][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/2920888/1#post_2920888]Rot Bombs![/url][/size][img]https://i.imgur.com/akhbkSg.png[/img] [size=2][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/1#post_44980605]credit & thanks[/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863#post_44980606]meet the mascots[/url] || [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863#post_44980607]our story so far[/url][/size] [b][color=maroon][size=7]Conquest Push: Oct 18-24 Festival Week: Oct 25-31[/b] [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/766464029497491516/ror_divider.png[/img] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2920991][b][color=Maroon]Scavenger Hunt![/b][/url] Help us locate more extremophiles by participating in our [b]Scavenger Hunt[/b], created and hosted by @Phenri! Hit the coliseum and earn some sweet badges just by grinding and recording what you find. [nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2920991][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/739240691506610368/766580956857237515/Plague.png[/img][/url][/columns] [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/767141674169925672/ror_small_divider.png[/img][/center] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2920210/1#post_2920210][img]https://i.ibb.co/02W0V0P/Dragon-Logo-Badge2.png[/img][/url][nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2920210/1#post_2920210][b][color=maroon]Plague Hunger Games[/b][/url] [size=2](signups closed)[/size] Part of adapting is also surviving, and our fierce competitors are trying to do just that! [b]While competitors signups are closed[/b], you can still sign up to be a spectator - or just make bets on who you think is going to survive this year's [b]HUNGER GAMES.[/b] Created and hosted by @3idolon![/columns] [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/767141674169925672/ror_small_divider.png[/img][/center] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2920866/1#post_2920866][b][color=maroon]Plague Mirror Games[/b][/url] Less EXTREME but no less intense, Pest is hosting a [b]mirrors only[/b] version of [i]The Hunger Games![/i]. While this version doesn't have the option of betting, it does require that the competitors be [b]mirror dragons[/b] - or wearing a [gamedb item=29635]! This version is hosted by me - @holoquest - but it still based on the code that @/3idolon provided![nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2920866/1#post_2920866][img]https://i.imgur.com/eFp2z5C.png[/img][/url][/columns] [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/767141674169925672/ror_small_divider.png[/img][/center] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2920246/1#post_2920246][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/map/icons/plague_0.png[/img][/url][nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2920246/1#post_2920246][b][color=maroon]Exploring the Scarred Wasteland[/b][/url] Want to join in the search for EXTREMOPHILE LIFE FORMS? Head over to [i]Explore the Scarred Wastelands[/i], where you can search an interactive map for the chance to discover some neat prizes, as well as find some cool creatures![/columns] [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/767141674169925672/ror_small_divider.png[/img][/center] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2761422#post_2761422][b][color=maroon]Necromancer's Magic 8 Ball[/b][/url] A handful of the Plaguemother's most honored [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2412017#post_2412017]Necromancers[/url] are offering some of their divination services to curious dragons. Not to be confused with Necromancers of [i]other[/i] Flights, the Plaguebringer's Necromancers are skilled in the art of [i]necrosis[/i], and perform divination by charting the progression of the diseases inflicted (or cured) by their touch. They also cast bones and read cards! Choose wisely![nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2761422#post_2761422][img]https://i.ibb.co/mzpDrw4/Color-Hand-15.png[/img][/url][/columns] [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/767141674169925672/ror_small_divider.png[/img][/center] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/2896728/1][img]https://i.imgur.com/vMtGdN0.png[/img][/url][nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/2896728/1][b][color=maroon]Pladge[/b][/url] Our awesome artists over at Pladge are running an EXTREME event for the entire month of October! Grab some DNA and see if you can also discover some interesting and EXTREME mutations of your very own![/columns] [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/767141674169925672/ror_small_divider.png[/img][/center] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/2920888/1#post_2920888][b][color=Maroon]Rot Bombs[/b][/url] Have a friend who needs help getting in the spirit of things? Maybe that friend is you! Just ask your friendly local Plaguelings and we'll be sure to douse them in rot, complete with the personalized message of your choosing (or no message at all, if you want it to be anonymous).[nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/2920888/1#post_2920888][img]https://i.imgur.com/htU6IJP.png[/img][/url][/columns] [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/767141674169925672/ror_small_divider.png[/img][/center] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/2921213][img]https://i.imgur.com/MT74AVW.png[/img][/url][nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/2921213][b][color=maroon]Dip in the Wyrmwound[/b][/url] Ever want to build your own mirror? Now you can! A game from previous years, [b]Dip in the Wyrmwound[/b] gives you the opportunity to construct a special mutant of your very own! Hosted by @RandomShmoe! [b]This event doesn't begin until Riot of Rot![/b][/columns] [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/766464029497491516/ror_divider.png[/img][/center][/center][/center] [b][size=4][color=maroon]W[/b]ant to advertise our hub? Here's a funky code for that! Stick 'it in your signature, on your profile - wherever you want! [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/1#post_2920863][img]https://i.imgur.com/odabtGQ.png[/img][/url] [b]HUB[/b] [code][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/1#post_2920863][img]https://i.imgur.com/odabtGQ.png[/img][/url][/code] [columns][nextcol][center][b][color=maroon]R I O T OF [color=transparent]xxxxxx[/color] R O T [emoji=plague rune] [nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/1#post_2920863][img]https://i.imgur.com/odabtGQ.png[/img][/url][/columns] [b]with text[/b] (final size: approx 130x100) [code][nextcol][center][b][color=maroon]R I O T OF [color=transparent]xxxxxx[/color] R O T [emoji=plague rune] [nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/1#post_2920863][img]https://i.imgur.com/odabtGQ.png[/img][/url][/columns][/code]

[center][b][color=maroon][size=7]Credit & Thanks[/b] [img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/766464029497491516/ror_divider.png[/img] [/center] [b][color=maroon]Artists:[/b] @Kydoimos [size=2](banners, real extremophile fast facts)[/size] @DropDeadDrawing [size=2](dividers)[/size], @Phenri [size=2](sketches & badge design)[/size], @DepressoDad [size=2](inks & colors)[/size] [b][color=maroon]Lore:[/b] @holoquest [size=2](yes, even on the extremophile fast facts posts x3)[/size] Festivals like this wouldn't be possible without the Flight Rising community being the way it is, so thank [i]you[/i] for being here! [center][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune]

[center][b][color=maroon][size=7]Meet the Mascots[/b] [img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/766464029497491516/ror_divider.png[/img][/center] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/59631847][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/596319/59631847.png[/img][/url][nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/62759587][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/627596/62759587.png[/img][/url][nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/62955223][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/629553/62955223.png[/img][/url][nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/60760876][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/607609/60760876.png[/img][/url][nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/58650886][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/586509/58650886.png[/img][/url][/columns] [b][color=maroon][size=4]I[/b]n the Wastelands, there's a pack of mirrors who are insatiably curious and relentless in their quest to serve the Plaguebringer. As a collective, they enjoy making SOUP - the Wyrmwound is, after all, the best stock... [i]click on each mirror to be directed to their bios, where you can learn some fun facts about each of them in turn![/i]

[center][b][color=maroon][size=7]Our Story So Far....[/b] [img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/766464029497491516/ror_divider.png[/img] [size=2]If you want pinged when new lore is posted, let me know on the thread! no need to ping, i am subscribed.[/size] [/center] [center][b][color=maroon][size=7]Prologue[/center] [b][color=maroon][size=4]T[/b]he Plague Pack - a motley assortment of 5 mirrors, all enthusiastic assistants of the Plaguebringer - are far, far from home, though all of them are eager to begin their QUEST. [b][color=maroon][size=4]W[/b]hat is that quest, you ask? Well, you see, they have been charged with assisting some of the Plaguebringer's best scientists with their experiments, which is no small task! The Wastelands are full of innovative researchers and the Wyrmwound is quite the source of creative mutations without anyone having to do anything. This QUEST, however, is to find something new: Examples of EXTREME adaptations in places unaffected by the Wastelands natural influences, where the only driving force of adaptation is the most important rule of Plague Flight: [font=courier]SURVIVAL.[/font] [b][color=maroon][size=4]W[/b]hich puts the pack on a quest to find EXTREMOPHILES - creatures that have adapted to the most EXTREME of living conditions. You can find life anywhere, it's said - and these mirrors are going to put that to the test! They're going to search every corner of Sornieth, from the deepest depths of the Sea of a Thousand Currents to the highest peaks of the Crystalspine Reaches. At least one of their crew - Pest, a small mirror with reddish coloring - seems to march with confidence, though that might just be because it lacks the ability to be afraid. It remains in the front of their pack, marching with a steadfast pace through the Tangled Wood, never looking back; trusting with its whole heart that its pack will forever be behind it. [b][color=maroon][size=4]S[/b]o far, that remains true. The quintet of mirrors continues on, weaving their way along the shore of the Starwood Strand, on their way to their first stop: The Tsunami Flats, where (it is rumored) there are magicians a-plenty who can enchant their little troupe with the ability to survive at the crushing depths of the ocean floor. [b][color=maroon][size=4]W[/b]hat will they find, in the deepest parts of the vast sea? Where else will they go? [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/1#post_45002227]Day 1[/url] [emoji=plague rune] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/2#post_45016741]Day 2[/url] [emoji=plague rune] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/2#post_45029190]Day 3[/url] [emoji=plague rune] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/2#post_45037876]Day 4[/url] [emoji=plague rune] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/2#post_45050355]Day 5[/url] [emoji=plague rune] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/2#post_45058420]Day 6[/url] [img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/767141674169925672/ror_small_divider.png[/img][/center] [center][b][color=maroon][size=7]Part 2[/center] [b][color=maroon][size=4]O[/b]ver the past week, our explorers have been from the deepest depths of the Southern seas to the tallest spires of the Crystalspine Reaches. They've witnessed creatures in both the lowest places and the highest, from [b]gulper eels[/b] to [b]Rüppell's griffon vultures[/b]. They even made a pit stop at the Observatory and learned a thing or two about [b]tardigrades![/b] How far will they go on their quest to find EXTREME examples of intense adaptation for the Plaguebringer? [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/3#post_45075586]Day 7[/url] [emoji=plague rune] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/3#post_45099917]Day 8[/url] [emoji=plague rune] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/3#post_45099919]Day 9[/url] [emoji=plague rune] Day 10 [emoji=plague rune] Day 11 [emoji=plague rune] Day 12 [emoji=plague rune] Day 13 [img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/767141674169925672/ror_small_divider.png[/img][/center] [center][color=maroon][b]Conta's Photo Collection[/b][/color] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/1#post_45002227][img]https://i.imgur.com/r1gwud9.png[/img][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/2#post_45016741][img]https://i.imgur.com/wdyiNLi.png[/img][/url][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/2#post_45037876][img]https://i.imgur.com/hm8JOZM.png[/img][/url][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/2#post_45050355][img]https://i.imgur.com/08eixnt.png[/img][/url][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/2#post_45058420][img]https://i.imgur.com/kjSnV0U.png[/img][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/3#post_45075586][img]https://i.imgur.com/WgpUvmb.png[/img][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/3#post_45099917][img]https://i.imgur.com/anKq2GZ.png[/img][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/3#post_45099919][img]https://i.imgur.com/p1Oa8ye.png[/img][/url] [/center] [quote=Caution: Low-key Trypophobia inducing picture][quote][quote][quote][quote][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2920863/2#post_45029190][img]https://i.imgur.com/6blHswQ.png[/img][/url][/center][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote] [center][b][color=maroon]Lore Pinglist[/b] @Finlandia @Swampman @MossWood @TinyGayTiefling @unidra @TheDeathseer [/center] [emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune][emoji=rainbow star 2][emoji=plague rune]

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Ping for lore, thank you.

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I love this theme! I am a giant bio nerd, so this kind of stuff is super interesting to me.

@dragonflare92 So are a lot of our team, aahaha. Each Lore post this push is gonna include some real facts about real extremophile creatures that exist in our physical world! I've learned a lot just writing the posts ^^

I've been jazzed about this theme since it was first pitched. It's a lot of fun!

[center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/767141674169925672/ror_small_divider.png[/img][/center] ------ The water that churned around the mirrors was dark, save for the small light that Pest held clamped in its teeth as it marched forward, claws crunching across the silt of the ocean floor. The other four members of its pack marched behind it in pairs. "It's quiet," Patho commented, his voice carried to the others on currents of magic that had been woven around the troupe when they'd stood on the edge of the Sea instead of at the bottom of it. "Well, yeah," replied the mosaic-patterned mirror beside him. "We're kind of several thousand leagues under the sea." "At the [i]bottom of the ocean![/i]" Ever enthusiastic, Muta's voice seemed to echo even when it was just bubbles. "Conta says it's the [i]best[/i] place to start looking for extreme fillies." "Extremophiles," corrected Conta, beside xyr. "And I didn't say it was the best place. Just the one where we'd make the biggest [i]splash.[/i]" They raised their brows at the rest of their pack, who stared back at them with flat expressions - all save for Pest, who collapsed, giggling hysterically. "All right," Gino said, reaching to pick up the light that Pest had dropped. "So what are we looking for, exactly?" "Anything that looks strange," Conta answered. "You know. Like something you wouldn't see on the surface." Beside them, Muta gasped, pointing past the pack. "Like that?" The 'that' xey were pointing at was a long, sinuous eel with an unusually wide mouth, the tip of its tail glowing as it drifted through the water. "Yes," Conta said, excitement in their voice. "That looks like a [b]gulper eel[/b]!" [center][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT_EMKl2A3Y][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/332208677891080202/767620836688658442/unknown.png[/img][/url][/center] "Tho they seem to live all over the world, they are extremely rare to see" continued Conta. "Even water pals know very little about them. Their jaws are actually folded over themselves twice, so when it opens it can take huge amounts of water to pose a bluff, capture loads of little shrimps or maybe hunt fish way bigger than them... tho they have such little teeth that not many are sure if they even eat large fish. They surely can swim fast like a snake, and the inside of their mouths has a special dark coloration that actually absorbs any light, making it invisible even to bioluminiscent prey. Meanwhile their tail is very long, but no one is sure for what, why and how they use its bioluminiscence." "[i]Wow.[/i]" Muta's eyes were round with awe. "So that counts?" "Yes," said Conta, adjusting their camera. "With its ability to ambush, chase and bluff all the way down here? It definitely counts." [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/r1gwud9.png[/img][/center] ------ [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670539554507456522/767141674169925672/ror_small_divider.png[/img] [quote=Lore pinglist] @Finlandia [/quote] [emoji=plague rune size=1][emoji=rainbow star 2 size=1][emoji=plague rune size=1][emoji=rainbow star 2 size=1][emoji=plague rune size=1][emoji=rainbow star 2 size=1][emoji=plague rune size=1][emoji=rainbow star 2 size=1][emoji=plague rune size=1][emoji=rainbow star 2 size=1][emoji=plague rune size=1][emoji=rainbow star 2 size=1][emoji=plague rune size=1][emoji=rainbow star 2 size=1][emoji=plague rune size=1][emoji=rainbow star 2 size=1][emoji=plague rune size=1][/center]