For most of her life, Bagheera had been a nomad, travelling throughout Sornieth and never staying in one place for more than a few days. Of course, she learned a lot during her travels; and that includes the stories of dragons having one hundred hatchlings and never settling down with any one mate. She immediately knew this was it: her chance to make a name for herself, to truly leave her mark on this world, a legacy she could be proud of.
Now, her days of being a nomadic traveller have come to an end, and she has headed back to the region her story began in. The clan she had been born to was very small, and all of the dragons in it have either left or died, so she now resides in the same lair where she was born.
And this, my friends, is her story; one of ambition, pride, and glory.
Hello! I've decided to take on the one hundred hatchling challenge, and some help with it would be greatly appreciated. For anybody who gives a dragon for this, you will get your pick of one of the hatchlings when they're born, two if the nest ends up having four or five eggs. If you want to be put on a pinglist for whenever hatchlings are born to pick from them, just let me know! Though, they will be first come first served. (I'm subscribed, so no need to ping me!)
Current status: Nesting (four eggs)
For those of you who don't yet know the rules of this challenge, here they are:
1. This challenge begins with the selection of your matriarch. To pick one, she must fulfill two requirements. The first, obviously, is that she has to be biologically female. The second is that she must have never been bred before now. That's it; anything else goes! She can be from your clan already, from the Auction House, have any breed / color / gene combination, be immediately RTB or not -- the sky is the limit. The one thing I recommend without a doubt is that she'd be a dragon you'd permanently keep, because you're going to have her in your hands for quite some time.
If you find that you're tiring of your matriarch's look, feel free to scatterscroll her, breed change her, or alter her genes as much as you'd like. The only thing you cannot do is replace her with any other dragoness after the challenge begins.
2. Select the first mate for your matriarch. You may retrieve him over the Auction House, borrow a stud, or pick a permanent resident of your clan -- literally the only requirement for him is that he's biologically male and thus can produce offspring with her.
Note how this step says "first" mate. This is because your matriarch cannot breed with the same dragon twice across the duration of this challenge.
3. Breed them once they're both RTB and you have sufficient space! Make a note of how many children they've had and keep it. Maintaining count is key. I'd also recommend making a note of who the mate was, so that you never accidentally "double-dip."
4. When the hatchlings are born, you cannot just immediately exalt them or sell them over the Auction House. On the contrary, you must ensure every hatchling gets a long-term home. This could be anything from becoming someone else's permanent dragon to being bred at least once in someone else's lair. Either way, they need to be kept by someone for a while before being exalted or exalt-trained, if ever. If you want, you may keep any hatchlings you get as long-term residents of your own clan.
If you end up selling someone a hatchling and they change their mind and either resell or exalt it, then you are not held accountable for it; after all, the matter at that point would have been out of your hands. However, it might be wise to not sell that person another hatchling for the duration of the challenge.
5. Repeat the process from finding a new mate to sending the hatchlings off to find long-term homes until all 100+ hatchlings have found a place they belong!