Flight Rising Discussion

Oh, I definitely know what you mean about vibe. Back when Gaolers were first introduced, I had a few that were important to me and wanted to use them in lore. Problem is, my lair was situated on the Tsunami Flats; specifically I created a sandy beach. That seems like an odd place for fluffy or furry dragons to spend their lives.

I eventually solved this problem in 2 ways: by changing the location entirely when that was available to me, and by breedchanging these 2 Gaolers. But before all this; I focused on creating a safe haven for dragons who didn't quite like the sea. Having a few Ridgebacks also helped to settle this part of my lair, so dragons who didn't quite want to swim can still live somewhere nice in the Water territory I had laid out.

Now, I am situated alongside the Churnscar Wharf and quite like the vibes. I would love to go floating along Flotsam Town someday; but until then, I'm slowly building up a little coastal town of my own. And this time, I wanted to encorperate more underwater segments too. So now there's a prophecy library hidden under the town! I don't know what I want the main story to be yet; but I'm slowly developing dragon bios and redesigning the main features.

Before this; I had a magical travelling mirage island, and after that it was a sci-fi take using diving robot dragons to chart the ocean and search for Tidelord.

My lair has gone through quite a few changes in my short amount of time here! I started in light where I said my lair was a nomadic group searching for false enlightenment from the clan leaders so they never truly settled, just floating from place to place in the Light Area.
Then after the Usurpation (my switch from light to plague) they moved to a large cave system to hide from the harsh conditions of the Scarred Wasteland. This is where they chill out with all the different tabs representing different cave sections full of different dragons. I try to stick towards a more plague-y theme, but certain dragons don’t fit with it. I have my lore-ish tab that has dragons related to personal things and just general sillies. My main tab is certainly plague filled and so are a lot of my breeding pairs.
To be completely honest when it comes to my lore it is a lot of found family and dragons who are still seeking a sort of enlightenment, just now from Plaguebringer. I chose to focus less on where they are and why and focus on the dragons themselves. My clan lore is here if you want to take a read!

When I joined FR, I was struck with the inspiration to make my lair cafe themed (alongside a line of special Mirrors that take inspiration from Tokyo Banana sweets), so my lair to this day is dedicated to showing hospitality and serving food / tea / coffee to visitors.

Maybe eventually there will be some shenanigans / story points, but for now it's just tea.

I started out in Plague with a found family vibe, so that's one route to take. I know I had some really non-plague vibes in my lair at the time (some were even very nature-y), so I made it a sort of moving clan that took in those struggling to survive (if you can't on your own, adapt your ways and survive together). Lots of outsiders flocking to the group for help with that one.

When I moved to Arcane, I made a bit of a change. Still lots of found family vibes, but they've stopped moving around and are just separated into little spots around the flight (Starwood Strand, Tourmaline Archives, and a spot along the river between both main locations shown below). A faction of drakes in lore who were once ancients (aka very curious outsiders compared to the rest of their lots in the past) settled in the Starwood to rebuild their home. Some of the more light-aligned dragons in my lair are in the Tourmaline Archives, seeing as they're scholars in their own right. Some smaller groups exist (my plague leftovers from Necromancers, Kitsune subspecies, and Barghests to name a few) and are scattered about the three locations. For example, the Necromancers are (mostly) far in the Starwood Strand, right on the border with the Wandering Contagion. I've even drawn inspiration from Hoverview Vale, bringing down chunks of the vale itself to tether to the bank/river to give the city more room to work with. To cover any other loose ends (stray dragons just based on hobbies or meant to be goofballs), I made the city (Sailuma) a sort of college town with a multitude of shops for drakes based on hobbies (baking, gardening, etc) and a school (The Divided Spire) with classes for all ages (hatchling courses for basics in magic to advanced elemental studies). That way there's room for professors and, in the case of really out there drakes I can't place at all, students (I literally have four entire siblings/cousins dedicated to being class clowns).

There are some creative ways to handle dragons that don't quite fit the flight's vibe, simple and complicated alike. Mine became complex over time, but honestly just go with what you like most!

My lair is almost six years old, and to this day I have absolutely no clan lore o.o

I absolutely plan on it, but I have no clue when.