A Guide To The Dragon World

The Sluglike Qualities Of Mud Wings

As a librarian, sometimes I am very attached to the scrolls I grew up with - some would say too attached. I stocked the Jade Mountain Academy library with all the scrolls that were familiar to me, including the following, and with scrolls that were handed to me by my own guardians. But in my first year as a school librarian, a young Mud Wing named Sepia taught me a valuable lesson: to think more carefully about who is telling a particular story, why, and whether their point of view can be trusted - or whether there might be voices out who could give us something more true. 

That is why I decided to include the following scroll  with its notes. while I can NEVER condone writing on a library scroll (the HORROR), in this case, Sepia was trying to tell me something  too important to ignore 

-Starflight 

The Sluglike Qualities Of Mudwings.

By Wisemind Of the Night Wings

More like SLUGmind or EMPTYmind Or ThinkHeKnowsEverythingButActuallyDOSEN'TMind 

Mudwings: The slowest and dimmest of all tribes. 

ARRRGH AS IF this Night Wing knows  ONE SINGLE THING ABOUT US! Has he ever even SPOKEN to a Mud Wing before? Spent any time in a village? Asked us our opinions about anything? I bet my bigwings could SQUASH HIM in a flying race AND in any intelligence test.

Imagine slugs that blorped their way onto land and developed wings, and you'll have the general idea.

This is REALLY RUDE, even for those who actually LIKE slugs!

The average adult Mud Wing dragon is large and quite strong. Their armored scales and the ability to breathe fire (When warm enough) make them fairly useful in battle, as long as they can be roused from their mud puddles.

Sleeping in mud makes us stronger! It's warm and lovely and it helps us heal if we get hurt, especially in battle. I bet this Night Wing never fought a day in their life, and he sure doesn't know anything about what it's like to be a Mud Wing.

If given the choice, the typical Mud Wing would prefer to stay submerged in mud, sleeping the day away with only their snout poking out of their swamp. When they are awake, the Mud Wing generally passes time lazing about with friends.

If by lazing about with friends you mean training hard with my siblings, why yes, that is how I spent most of my time. At least until I came to school, where I work EXTREMELY HARD at everything I do and I got the highest score in the Silver Winglet Persuasive Writing Essay!

If pressed, the Mud Wing is capable of swimming underwater without pausing for up to an hour at a time. Generally, however, Mud Wings expend their limited energy only to procure food, preferring slow moving cows or crocodiles scooped up from their muddy swamps.

Any dragon who thinks crocodiles are slow moving has CLEARLY never tried to catch one.

Careful observation of Mud Wings in their native swamp habitat has revealed little else note about these sluglike dragons.

"Careful observation" means "spying on them from a distance and never actually talking to a single Mud Wing." This snooty Night Wing knows NOTHING about my amazing tribe!