A Guide to the Dragons of Scorching

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MudWings

Description: Thick, armored brown scales, sometimes with amber and gold undersides; large, flat heads with nostrils on the top of the snout

Abilities: Can breathe fire (if warm enough); hold their breath for up to an hour; blend into mud puddles; usually very strong

Queen: Queen Dragonfly

SandWings

Description: Pale yellow or white scales the color of desert sand; poisonous barbed tail; forked black tongues

Abilities: Can survive a long time without water; poison enemies with tips of tails like scorpions; bury themselves for camouflage in the desert sand, breathe fire.

Queen: Queen Storm

SkyWings

Description: Red-gold or orange scales; enormous wings

Abilities: Powerful fighters and fliers; can breathe fire

Queen: Queen Argon

SeaWings

Description: Blue or green or aquamarine scales; webs between their claws; gills on their necks; glow-in-the-dark stripes on their tails/snouts/underbellies.

Abilities: Can breathe underwater, see in the dark, create huge waves with one splash of their powerful tails; excellent swimmers (animus status runs in the royal family).

Queen: Queen Echo

RainWings

Description: Scales constantly shift colors, usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails.

Abilities: Can camouflage their scales to blend into their surroundings; use their tails for tree-gliding and climbing; no known natural weapons (as their venom is a secret).

Queen: Queen Spiral

IceWings

Description: Silvery scales like the moon or pale blue like ice; ridged claws to grip the ice; forked blue tongues; tails narrow to a whip-thin end.

Abilities: Can withstand sub-zero temperature and bright light, exhale a deadly freezing breath.

Queen: Queen Clarity

NightWings

Description: Purplish-black scales and scattered silver scales on the underside of their wings, like a night sky full of stars; forked black tongues.

Abilities: Can breathe fire; disappear into dark shadows; read minds; foretell the future, bacteria in their mouths to kill prey with a fatal bite.

Queen: Queen Shimmer

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