Quests & Challenges

[font=Century][color=#11472d][size=6][b]Day 4: The Tortoiseshell Butterfly[/size][/b] [img]https://i.imgur.com/KSoET2K.jpeg[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/OYlh6iq.png[/img][morphology=4554867] [img]https://i.imgur.com/ERJXDof.png[/img][outfit=2582567] [font=Century][color=#11472d][size=5][b]Fun Fact:[/size][/b][size=4] Some butterflies actually enter a dormant state during the winter. Usually, this happens while they are still caterpilars or chrysalis, but some also "hibernate" as adults. This includes tortoiseshells![/size] ----- [font=Century][color=#11472d][size=5][b]Random Challenge [img]https://i.imgur.com/bb789r7.png[/img][outfit=2582583] [font=Century][color=#11472d][size=4][b]Removed: [gamedb item=17906] [gamedb item=25205] [gamedb item=20583] Added [gamedb item=45198].[/size][/b] -----

[size=2]Today's random breed in the scry shop was a abberation!! My first thought was the giant garden snail. :3c [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=41&bodygene=92&breed=20&element=11&eyetype=15&gender=0&tert=41&tertgene=104&winggene=98&wings=108&auth=561095e1dacdfac214e8230d47ccf7927c4fbad6&dummyext=prev.png[/img] As for an outfit, hmm.. well I don't have to keep my snaily friend in mind, but I think this would be a cool fit for an ancient! (I really wish we could do accessories on ancient at the minimum) [outfit=2582703] [/size]

@NerdMom had the same idea as me (I thought I was being so clever, haha), so I decided to pivot and scry a European Hedgehog dragon :D [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=51&bodygene=215&breed=18&element=4&eyetype=16&gender=1&tert=9&tertgene=49&winggene=79&wings=9&auth=037c7b4f33e19e37d3152d81508195f49f2f9802&dummyext=prev.png[/img] Lots of hedgehogs don't hibernate, but this particular species sometimes does! They also eat cicadas, so I guess I could've done this for yesterday's prompt as well, haha

@JaceSpace thanks for flagging me! The only reason I know about the Resurrection Plant is because I received one and killed it by keeping it too soggy. KILLED the RESURRECTION plant. #Naturefails XD

Great hedgehog!

[b]Wednesday: Dormancy[/b] [url=https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb5dac_883f465dd4c244f4a8c2c587dce4d7e1.jpg/v1/fill/w_496,h_315,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/fb5dac_883f465dd4c244f4a8c2c587dce4d7e1.jpg]Eastern red bats[/url], like most bats, hibernate during the cold winters! [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=108&bodygene=26&breed=11&element=1&eyetype=16&gender=1&tert=105&tertgene=5&winggene=18&wings=157&auth=b4dfa7a10e336d271e8602f4b3ef90a493dc6960&dummyext=prev.png[/img] Nocturne H | Terracotta Laced / Umber Safari / Peach Underbelly | Earth Dark[/center] [rule] [b]Tuesday: Cicada-Eaters[/b] [url=https://www.wfxrtv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2021/05/COPPERHEAD3.jpg?resize=593,395]Copperhead snakes[/url] absolutely [i]adore[/i] cicadas! They get themselves in all kinds of predicaments chasing after cicada snacks in the summer. [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=76&bodygene=239&breed=24&element=1&eyetype=13&gender=0&tert=94&tertgene=242&winggene=256&wings=70&auth=f53f0bb2a0c58b39856761e0ed9b8d8f4544adf5&dummyext=prev.png[/img] Auraboa M | Tan Boa / Oilslick Diamondback / Copper Stained | Earth Bright[/center] [rule] [b]Monday: Cicada Songs[/b] A magical creature, a manifestation of the songs of the Magicicada! [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=37&bodygene=234&breed=22&element=2&eyetype=9&gender=1&tert=141&tertgene=209&winggene=284&wings=172&auth=b530ba169600ba0384989c3fa860b2eed78d240f&dummyext=prev.png[/img] Aether F | Avocado Boa / Sunset Weaver / Thicket Starfall | Plague Goat[/center] [rule] [b]Sunday: Cicada Scry[/b] A Magicicada, in all its glory! [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=176&bodygene=310&breed=25&element=2&eyetype=9&gender=1&tert=57&tertgene=295&winggene=310&wings=75&auth=dac4d5508c0417918202b3b4d598377f6062d6a0&dummyext=prev.png[/img] Dusthide F | Eldritch Wasp / Marigold Bee / Rust Spores | Plague Goat [/center]

One of my favourite animals, the roe deer, is capable of delaying its pregnancy so of course I had to make a little fawn dragon! [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=108&bodygene=4&breed=6&element=1&eyetype=11&gender=0&tert=1&tertgene=168&winggene=4&wings=108&auth=6420b6187f64d7621f5d8e1bd8b1152a413eb925&dummyext=prev.png[/img] Tundra Hatchling | Terracotta Speckle | Terracotta Freckle | Maize Polkadot | Earth Innocent [/center] I usually don't plan too much on dressing my dragons but if I could dress one of my ancients, I'd do something like this: [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/scry?sdid=4555840&skin=0&apparel=48650,20570,40446,25620,26139&xt=dressing.png[/img] [outfit=2582899] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=92844131][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/928442/92844131.png[/img][/url]

@pinglist-29249 As with past challenges, I can't comment on *everything* because these would never get done, so I will be mostly throwing in a handful of post quotes (images) and a little extra commentary. I genuinely recommend scrolling through to check everything out, since we all have different tastes and it's highly likely a creation I haven't featured will give you some of those good brain chemicals :3 [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/2#post_56820106][size=5][color=green][b]Sunday 19 May's Prompts[/b][/color][/size][/url][/center] [center][img alt="Statistics"]https://i.imgur.com/oOWLaek.png[/img][/center] I love doing this part of the post lmao, excited to have finally gotten time (on [i]Wednesday[/i] though, oof) to get this one done. Of 37 before-deadline scries, we had 16 adult scries and 21 hatchlings - honestly, not as much of a gap as I'd expect, considering how popular babies are for their big eyes which can lend them buglike proportions. I didn't tally up breeds, but baby Aethers were very well represented, as expected. For species, we had a clear winner: there were 23 Northern Glass cicadas. That's more than 60%! Next most popular were the Behemoth cicadas (6), [i]Magicicada[/i] periodical cicadas (4), then 2 scries for the Blue Moon Cicada and 1 each for the Dog-Day cicada and the green annual cicada. For dressing, we had 6 outfits inspired by the Behemoth cicada and 5 instances of the Northern Glass cicada, so much less of a gap in preference than scrying! And, counting all the real-world cicadas together, there were 7, making them the most popular out of the 18 outfits submitted! Because of the potential for variation in the random outfit challenges, I don't keep stats on them, however in general it's nice to see people enjoying that challenge. There were 23 random outfits sent in before deadline for Sunday's challenge. [center][img alt="Highlights"]https://i.imgur.com/67dXdmV.png[/img][center] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/2#post_56820417]Picidae05[/url] introduced a new cicada species - the Dog-Day Cicada from southern Canada and the northern USA - which I recommend checking out his post to see! I really liked the scry -- and it reminded me of a dragon that's going to be featured later this week in the C.O.L.O.R.S. event, so that's a neat bonus! [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=105&bodygene=261&breed=24&element=1&eyetype=3&gender=1&tert=152&tertgene=235&winggene=256&wings=3&auth=8a8694ef527c481fb5b7a602bf12cbc8de7d1ec0&dummyext=prev.png[/img] My IRL friend I was showing all your creations off to described [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/3#post_56821311]amapup's[/url] take on the random outfit challenge a "forge cleric" and then went on a neat little D&D tangent, which honestly I didn't really follow because I don't play, but I do think that's a cool vibe, especially since the deities on FR are definitely real. A coatl forge cleric for Flamecaller is really something you could do! [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/scry?sdid=1913400&skin=0&apparel=31391,35680,290,1223,50498,27366,20586,13832,48817,33682,27492&xt=dressing.png[/img] Shoutout to [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/3#post_56821385]Hdawg1995[/url]'s Behemoth cicada scry - I really liked the use of the Firebreather tertiary. I loved both the outfit and the commentary by [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/3#post_56821533]Bailysis[/url] for their Behemoth cicada outfit! Also some very nice post formatting, as displayed below :) [columns][center][color=#525a27][size=6][b]Dressing[/b][/size] [b]Behemoth Cicada[/b] [img]https://i.imgur.com/txrbxO1.png[/img] I had to pick June to dress up. My Skydancer has a fascination for bugs and would gladly take the opportunity to dress up as one. When I think [i]Behemoth[/i] I think of something heavy, dense, and large, so I chose big, bulky pieces of apparel that felt appropriate for the cicada. June, however, is small and lithe, so I added some finer details - such as the crown and the auras - to keep the outfit light. I think it works! [/color][/center] [nextcol][color=transparent]___ [nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/2580549][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/dragon?did=77096617&skin=0&apparel=50680,49663,22668,22667,15308,10536,18816,18776,18792,22666,13787,13819,13803,13843,52285,27117&xt=dressing.png[/img][/url][/columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/3#post_56822022]abozoro[/url] provided us with another cicada variant - the Blue Moon Cicada from Australia! I also enjoyed both their outfits :3 [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/4#post_56822986]NerdMom[/url] was also inspired by this cicada for a scry and outfit, though at the time of posting sadly the outfit isn't loading for me. There was something charming about [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/3#post_56822303]Edenello[/url]'s outfit based on the Behemoth cicada that I can't quite put my finger on, but I thought it was a great interpretation! I loved [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/4#post_56824027]Kywren[/url]'s outfit for a Northern Glass Cicada - outfit and caption, really! [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/scry?sdid=4549254&skin=0&apparel=50496,20577,6284,35545,3688,15736,10730&xt=dressing.png[/img] I went for a fancy travel outfit, since it's been 13 years since this cicada inspired dragon has been above ground.[/center] I loved the soft colors in [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/4#post_56824661]ReddyforFreddy[/url]'s scry of a green annual cicada: [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=102&bodygene=69&breed=19&element=1&eyetype=12&gender=1&tert=144&tertgene=66&winggene=144&wings=102&auth=213c501c9f58a3abe3aaed4affb500ab7e68e006&dummyext=prev.png[/img][/center] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/4#post_56824958]Draugwen[/url]'s interpretations of our two cicadas were really great - I think the layering on the outfit really pulled off the transparency effects it was intended to! [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/5#post_56825140]CaptainDrakken[/url] and [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/5#post_56825433]Polty[/url] both had essentially the same great idea to use Veilspun's Webbed Secondary and a sparkle effect, and both were great successes! Something about that secondary gene just seems perfect for this to me. Our last featured image for Sunday is [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/6#post_56825855]Kothra[/url]'s Behemoth Cicada scry, because it really shows off the green and yellow inspiration from the Nature festival apparel (and possibly I'm biased but I really like the Mirror M pose) [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/dummy?breed=3&gender=0&skin=0&apparel=37677,37686,30205,15748,37696,15708,37676,37697,37687,15699,15691,15716,15724&xt=dressing.png[/img][/center] We've hit a reasonable 6 image limit I think, so we'll just finish up with a final shout-out to the clever [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3337964/4#post_56824097]Fragariavesca[/url] who managed to bring in two geninely real Northern Glass Cicadas! Even though they weren't technically dragon scries, I did decide they counted as completing the prompt! ---- Our randomized winner for Sunday's daily draw was @CaptainDrakken - congratulations! I'll get a CR set up for your prize!