Quests & Challenges

[center][b][size=6]The { STOGWEN } Project[/size] [size=3]lets get Stogwen's latest line of descendants all across Sorneith![/size][/b] Find the full Stogwen Project [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/3275674]here[/url]. [size=5][b]The Story So Far....[/b][/size] [size=4][b]Wind[/b] (Stogwen) -> [b]Nature[/b] (Anvil) -> [b]Lightning[/b] (Juniper) -> [b]Ice[/b] (?) -> ..... -> [i]Wind (Future Generation 12)[/i][/size] [pinglist=20876] [size=5]Date when next generation due: [b]8th MAY[/b] We are currently on generation - [b]IV (4)[/b][/size] [quote=What Am I Doing?]Stogwen's descendants are travelling all across Sornieth to spread the word of their progenitor and seek to deploy their Coatl army in each elemental region! The aim of this challenge is to breed 11 generations (if Stogwen is gen 1, I am breeding until I get to generation 12), with each generation hatching in a different elemental nest. [/quote] --------------- [columns] This is Stogwen. He isn’t particularly intelligent or impressive - in fact, by Coatl standards, he's a bit dull. However, he doesn't let that bother him at all. Born on the Windswept Plateau, his first home was the Ashfall Waste, a place where he was mocked and dismissed for his dull plumage. Stogwen, however, [i]was oblivious[/i]. He doesn't really care what others think of him, for he's happy with the life he has and [i]if others don't like it, that's not his problem[/i]. He found a home that didn't care, found out he’s good at blacksmithing, and that he very much enjoys the finer things in life. After the odd tryst or two, he ended up with a couple of children who were sent away to live in other lairs. That should have been that. Except, [i]it wasn’t...[/i][nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=6628882] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/66289/6628882_350.png[/img] [/url][/columns][/center] Stogwen now has 2300+ recorded descendants (or at least ones that are Coatls from two Coatl parents), and definitely more I haven't managed to track down. The fun part is, he has no idea how large his family has gotten - his descendants are a bit, infamous though. They set out to prove their dull plumage wasn't bad luck (as Coatls tend to view dull plumage) and ended up creating a very large and convoluted family tree that all links back to Stogwen. But this isn't about making the family tree any more complicated. If you want to see dragons related to Stogwen multiple times (we have a dragon related to him 10 different ways). You can get involved in the adventure [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/3275674/1]here[/url]. [b]This is a little project I came up with recently to create a little mission for myself over the next year [/b] and to get me started on owning my own unbroken line of Stogwen generations to keep in my lair permanently. So what am I trying to do? On January 4th, Stogwen comes off cooldown. He'll nest with his mate, [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/5275790]Carolina[/url], in my nature nests. I'll get a clutch of nature-element second generation Stogwens. Then, when those hatchlings are ready to breed, I'll find a Coatl to mate with them. [b]However, I'll seek out another element for them to nest in.[/b] These will be generation 3. When generation 3 is RTB, they will take a mate and I'll pick another element to nest in to get generation 4. Can you see where this is going? By generation 11, all but one element will have been used, and the final element will be wind. Why? [b]Stogwen is a wind dragon, so it feels natural to have the final element in this chain be wind, to reach full circle.[/b] I haven't decided the order yet, but essentially, [b]each generation of Stogwen will mate in a different elemental nest until I have 11 stogwen descendants (generation 2- 12) all with a different element.[/b] [b]Now, how do I add a little spice to this?[/b] [i]- I cannot change the genes of the Stogwen descendant until they've nested for the first time and I have my next generation - The mate for each Stogwen descendant, besides being a Coatl, must have at least 1 different gene to the Stogwen. Hopefully, then I can get a variety of genes involved (though I'll probably end up keeping the snowbelly element, we'll see).[/i] I'm open to any suggestions anyone has! But this project is going to take a little while, with Coatl cooldowns being what they are... I did think about keeping all dragons from Stogwen's nature nest and getting a bunch of generation 3 dragons for this, but I feel if I do that for every generation I'll end up running out of lair space and money renting nests, so I'll probably just stick to keeping 1 dragon from each nest. I'll sell the rest on the [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/3275676]Stogwen Sales Thread.[/url] [size=1](I'll probably make this post look a little neater at some point)

[center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/nests/10/4.png[/img] Generation: [b]II (2)[/b] Due Date: 9th January[/center] --------------------- [columns][i]"Do you remember our first nest? Years ago, in the Ashfall Wastes? We only had the two boys before you wandered off to the Southern Icefields - or was it the Tangled Woods? I don't recall which order you did things after I decided you were a bit dull."[/i] [nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/5275790][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/52758/5275790p.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/6628882][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/66289/6628882p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"It was the Tangled Woods. I had one nest there, decided I didn't really like my mate that much, so then I went to the Southern Icefield. Don't remember how many mates I tried there, or in the Starfall Isles. You know, the clan I found migrated between the two with the seasons so the dragons with the big fluffy coats -"[/columns] [columns][i]"I know, Stogwen, I was there. I came looking for you, remember? I realised I missed you, so we had another nest or two, then you decided to mate with another Coatl and then you finally figured out that I'm actually the better mate and we were in the Starfall Isles with that clan for all of that. And yes, I know they used to go to the Icefield for summer so the tundras wouldn't overheat."[/i] [nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/5275790][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/52758/5275790p.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/6628882][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/66289/6628882p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"Well, I figured it out eventually, didn't I? And now we're in the Viridian Labyrinth. We've had a lot of nests since then. Look at this one, its got double the amount of eggs than our first nest. I think that means we're supposed to be mates if we get lots of eggs, right? Gladekeeper's blessings upon us and all that."[/columns] [columns][i]"Stogwen. We're literally married. I think we would have worked out a long time ago, after all the drama, if we weren't supposed to be together. Anyway. I asked if you remembered our first nest, didn't I? We had [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/7914644]Audacity[/url] and [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/7914643]Zeno[/url]. Audacity said Zeno isn't around anymore, but we've got a son living here from our first litter with us, and I thought, it'd be nice if another one of our hatchlings decided to stay in the clan for a while, wouldn't it? They always seem so eager to leave and explore the world once they've grown up and left the nursery."[/i] [nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/5275790][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/52758/5275790p.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/6628882][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/66289/6628882p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"I dunno, we have a lot of Coatls around here already, and [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/43189417]Audacity's son[/url] is here, and I think I have great-grandchildren here too.* Would be fine, I suppose."[/columns] [columns][i]"You really have no idea do you?"[/i] [color=transparent]lots of text goes here about stogwen and carolina who I adore lots[/color][nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/5275790][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/52758/5275790p.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/6628882][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/66289/6628882p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"About what? [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/49587829]Hyacinth[/url] and [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/52503446]Siphocalymus[/url] are my great-grandchildren aren't they?"[/columns] [columns][i]"Yes, love, they are our great-grandchildren. Look, what matters is they hatch happy and healthy. I just thought, your apprentice is basically a fully fledged blacksmith now, might be nice if you could take on another, maybe one of our hatchlings, raise him in your footsteps, y'know?"[/i][nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/5275790][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/52758/5275790p.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/6628882][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/66289/6628882p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"My apprentice is related to me.... isn't she?"[/columns] [columns][i]"No love, she's not."[/i][color=transparent]lots of text goes here about stogwen and carolina who I adore lots[/color][nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/5275790][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/52758/5275790p.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/6628882][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/66289/6628882p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"Oh. Okay. Might be nice then, having one of my young ones learn my tricks. ... Are you sure about my apprentice? I swear she's related to me. It's in the wing I think, same colour and everything."[/columns] [columns][i]"Well if you say so...**" ... Let's go have a nap. We'll have young ones running around in 4 days and we'll need all the energy we can get for keeping them in line."[nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/5275790][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/52758/5275790p.png[/img][/url][/columns] ----------------------- *[size=2] Stogwen in fact has 13 different descendants in my clan lore, as high as 9 generations away from him wiht more of higher generations in my hib den I haven't sorted out yet - [i]he has no idea, so please don't tell him! it's funnier this way[/i] ** his apprentice is NOT related to him[/size]

Stogwen and Carolina's nest hatched, brining us generation two with the nature element! They had 3 males and 1 female, 1 with ripple and 3 with tiger. Here are the hatchlings: [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92126793][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/921268/92126793_350.png[/img][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92126794][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/921268/92126794_350.png[/img][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92126795][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/921268/92126795_350.png[/img][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92126796][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/921268/92126796_350.png[/img][/url] Now I need to decide which hatchling is going to be the chosen one and continue propagating the line - any input/votes are welcome!

I've decided to keep this girl for the project: [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92126796][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/921268/92126796_350.png[/img][/url] Why? 2 reasons - 1. I prefer tiger on female Coatls & 2. I want as many genes in the project as I can (whilst still trying to have pretty dragons) so I'd like to move away from ripple as the primary gene.

I just found this thing-- if you set up a pinglist I'd like to be on it! Love me a legacy challenge @Sonne

@Axqu here we go lets have a pinglist

@pinglist-20876 My generation 2 girl (Anvil) has just been sent off to a Lightning nest with her mate, Yew. Here is the chosen mate: [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/91176869][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/911769/91176869_350.png[/img][/url] I decided to go with him because he's got genes I haven't really seen within the Stogwen project, and since they're both common genes, its very likely at least one hatchling will have at least one gene different to Anvil - which is my plan going forwards. Sometimes it may not happen, as I'll need to step up into uncommon genes at some point. Anyway, babies in 5 days hopefully!

@pinglist-20876 [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/nests/5/3.png[/img] [b]Generation:[/b] III (3) [b]Due Date:[/b] 18th February ---------------------- [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/91176869][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/911769/91176869p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"Hey, Anvil, looks like the eggs might hatch soon."[/columns] [columns][i]"Good. I'd like to be able to travel home soon. It's too...dry here. Feels like my feathers are all dried out and there's no weight to them at all. nothing like home at all, I haven't seen a single drop of rain since we've been out here."[nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92126796][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/921268/92126796p.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/91176869][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/911769/91176869p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"Well, it was your choice to come here..."[/columns] [columns][i]"I know, and I've leant a lot about engineering, so its not all bad. I know Dad wants me to be a blacksmith, and I do enjoy that work... but, you really think he's going to be cool with me integrating electrical components to my work? He's not really into... modern ways of doing things..."[nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92126796][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/921268/92126796p.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/91176869][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/911769/91176869p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"It isn't your father I'd be worried about. your mother is the one who is...well, judgemental. Sorry. Yeah, I'm not really sure how else to put it. Sorry. Anyway, we've talked about this. You're always going to be in your father's shadow unless you do something new."[/columns] [columns][i]"Hmmm. I guess you're right. and I do have some ideas already about how to make some armour that like, glows? Like I could integrate LEDs into each piece so it gives off light and I think that would look cool, y'know?"[nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92126796][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/921268/92126796p.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/91176869][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/911769/91176869p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"Yeah! I think it would be cool. You going to start when we get back?"[/columns] [columns][i]"I think...maybe I'll wait for these little ones to be a bit bigger first. I think it would be better if we raised them and not, well, mother."[nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92126796][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/921268/92126796p.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/91176869][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/911769/91176869p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"I don't disagree with you. She probably would want them to take up blacksmithing too..."[/columns] [columns][i]"Well, they can do that if they want to, nothing stopping them and like, I mean they could be, right? Sure, mum wanted that for me a lot, but I do enjoy it. My nest-siblings didn't though, and and I'd like the young ones to have a good relationship with their grandma, y'know, unlike my siblings."[nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92126796][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/921268/92126796p.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/91176869][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/911769/91176869p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"Well it was their choice to leave. And don't worry, I won't let Carolina put ideas in our hatchlings heads. They can grow up to be whatever they want to be."[/columns] [columns][i]"I wonder what they'll want to be. Scholars, maybe? They'll be with us in Mossgarde for a while I think, since I imagine my apprenticeship with dad is going to take a little while longer and we've got the big library and all the fieldwork support for research..."[nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92126796][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/921268/92126796p.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/91176869][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/911769/91176869p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][i]"Maybe they'll not stay with us at all. I mean, we want to go travelling again when the young ones are older, so maybe they will to. either way, its too early to speculate, they're still eggs...oh wait, no! Look, they're hatching!"[/columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/93027762][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/930278/93027762.png[/img][/url][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/93027763][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/930278/93027763.png[/img][/url][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/93027764][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/930278/93027764.png[/img][/url] [columns][i]"Oh...wow, yeah, they're perfect! They've all got your wings! Hello little ones! Welcome to the world!"[nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92126796][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/921268/92126796p.png[/img][/url][/columns]

hello yes how pretty??? What a gorgeous nest?? The eldest one that I presume is the heir is gorgeous, the middle one is a perfect tree dragon who looks like a dirty birch tree with peeling bark, and the youngest is a perfect pretty XYX!

there's really good potential for a super pretty ice dragon with the right mate, just saying. (yes this is me volunteering a nest when you get to Ice if you're comfortable with it. no pressure if you'd prefer to rent)

@Axqu yeah I'm amazed they all came back as nice as they did! I am thinking of keeping the first one for the next generation, yeah, but I'm not forced to pick the first one, Anvil was 2nd hatched from her nest after all. My only rule is I try to take one with genes inherited from the non-Stogwen parents, which leaves the first girl or tree baby as my option. I'm inclined toward the first one just because I already have a big pile of tree looking dragons. Once I'm 100% certain, I'll list the other two for sale.

I'd also be very open to an Ice nest. I literally have 0 order for what nests I'm using apart from wind has to be last to circle back to Stogwen's element. It was lightning this time because I got a volunteer, so if you're offering ice can be next!