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Pre-Game Brainstorming

Brainstorming
Do you want to work though some ideas for characters or AUs?
Are you not canon familiar and would appreciate a little help from others?
Need help coming up with themed dragon names?
Do you have too many great ideas and what to see what others think?
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ofc he actually used to be a notorious SkyWing animus named Waxwing who betrayed his family & tribe and did a lot of damage in the war a while back before being righteously killed/accidentally blowing himself up/mysteriously disappearing (depends who u listen to!) around 6 years ago but ITS FINE! just, don't ask him about nightwing traditions or culture,
ANYWAY i have most of his stuff ironed out BUT!!! i am struggling a little with some pre death backstory stuff! basically i wanted him to have been adopted by MudWings because Lotus Pier is obviously a MudWing kind of Zone, plus MudWings & SkyWings being allied in the war would have meant him not being the same species as his sibs would have been SOMEWHAT a point of contention but not a huge one -- however! MudWings aren't raised by their parents and this is Wings of Fire we are talking about here like what do you expect me to do, WRITE OUT the abusive parents? please ,
these r the options i am contending with:
1) his stupid dad was the bigwings* in this AU and half the sibling group got offed during the war, cue dumb inter sibling drama about who is the bigwings now
2) his awful parents were in the sibling group that commanded/trained his in the army and sort of adopted the younger group after some awful shit happened
3) Fuck It, They're Just All SkyWings, maybe they lived out by the diamond spray delta and did a lil more fishing than SkyWings usually do and i derive my awful sibling angst from non-bigwings-related sources -- this might actually be the easiest option especially since skywing madam yu is extremely easy to visualise but (clenches my fists) mudwing sibling drama..........
ANYWAY I WELCOME INPUT ON THIS, other ideas, et cetera !
*if you're not canon familiar a quick explanation so u don't have to go dig it up -- mudwing parents lay a large clutch of eggs and then just leave them to it; the first egg in the clutch to hatch is always the largest dragonet in the group, who then helps the others out of their eggs, acts as their leader as they get older, and generally takes responsibility for their siblings.
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Cultivation also maps really well to battle prowess, which the SkyWings in particular seem to value, which would be an added bonus.
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also i'd been thinking about him getting one of his wings damaged as analogous to the whole golden core business and with skywings that would be an even bigger deal...
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Also just the mounting frustration from the Jiangs of having spent so much effort keeping his animus powers a secret only for him to all of a sudden give that up and make a big scene. That good Society vs. Family drama. Plus if I recall correctly SkyWings are one of the tribes that do arranged marriages/matings so that works for Yanli too.
Also side note but does he still play the flute in this AU, please say yes.
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also I WANT TO SAY YES BUT I DONT REMEMBER WHAT THE DRAGON MUSIC SITUATION IS
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The closest I've found to flutes is "a conch shell fanfare" in Darkstalker at the SeaWing party. The musicians at the party were playing "the queen's favorite instruments" but did not specify further than that.
I feel like a flute isn't too much of a stretch if they use conch shell horns.
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formervillain's backstory. "I'll really give them something to be afraid of, etc."Take it from this guy, a fellow skywing and
potentialanimus. They're not gonna like you anyway. It could be interesting if they met at some point to share on being Skywing exiles and all that, but that might be a little messy if Waxwing's going by a new identity nowadays and I'd understand not wanting to overcomplicate things.no subject
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Also Raptor probably wouldn't recognize Moonshadow at least, so he's got that much to work with!
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His mother, the skywing Temperance, and his father, the icewing Permafrost, happened upon each other one day, likely through battle, and fell in love. Because it just Seems To Be The Case With Icewings, Permafrost was a royal with animus blood, so their children would naturally inherit that power or at least have the ability to pass it down. Raptor takes more of a Skywing appearance with Icewing features. Unfortunately, Icewings had enough of this with prince Arctic and Skywings actively kill anyone with any unnatural abilities. Both dragons were punished (presumably killed) and Raptor had to fend for himself for most of his life.
But hey, even if both of his tribes hate him and at least one makes efforts to kill him, he became a very lax dragon who likes having fun and doesn't have a care in the world. He traveled through Pyrrhia on his own for a while. Eventually, set up shop in the town of Possibility after the Sandwing/Skywing truce during the war as someone who took on all sorts of odd jobs, from tracking down Scavenger villages to roughing up a few individuals when needed. No one's been able to confirm if he possesses animus magic, but it doesn't stop some from viewing him as a threat or even a pariah. With the school opening up and interracial tolerance growing, Raptor's packing his bags and moving in to teach.
Naturally, he wont' be an animus for the purposes of this game, but Raptor will be making regular use of the Rule of Cool; that might confuse a few dragons and that's the point~
I haven't totally decided what he'll teach as a professor, but he will be a professor. He might teach survivalism or geography or cultural studies or something like that. He's the cool uncle that'll let you in on a few cool things if you want him to. Normally Raptor would have a twin to bounce off of, but I'm leaving any sibling stuff open to interpretation and the occasional AU shenanigans. Maybe you've met Raptor before, maybe you wanna punch him in the face, who knows! This is Dante we're talking about. Hit me up with any ideas you may have on this!
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Not sure if icewings would also try to kill him, but I'm sure his story's brought up as a cautionary tale at the very least. A smart girl like Diana would have no trouble learning about the story, either way!
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Fortunately, Raptor doesn't really go out and hunt for retaliation, so he's chill with meeting others from his tribe! Even the ones that try to kill him have a...uhh...memorable...experience.
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Honestly though, since Raptor's a teacher at school, Sizhui's definitely going to respect him and try to encourage his fellow Icewings to do the same...probably with some varying success.
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So I'm planning on bringing Lan Sizhui here from The Untamed as a student to Jade Academy. I've got a decent chunk of stuff planned out already! Basically, he's gonna be a hybrid Icewing/Seawing. He'll be Icewing passing with some slightly different features like a few greenish scales, slight webbing in his claws/tail spikes, a bit of a thicker/flatter tail, and and his horns will be more Seawing-like.
For backstory LONG STORY SHORT, he originally grew up with a Seawing family...the rest of whom are all dead now because of war bullshit. Since they died when he was very young, he was adopted by his Icewing dad, and raised as his son in the tribe. His dad is definitely very big important first circle status, and Sizhui will be in the first circle too. BUT he's also skilled enough on his own to be high on up on their fucking ranking wall anyway.
Sizhui himself is a very caring and polite young man, and definitely weirdly nice compared to most other Icewings. I feel like there'll absolutely be Icewings who don't like him because of this, but I think he's still polite enough/skilled enough to get respect from some of them too (also people don't want to mess with his dad).
But he's very excited to go to school, meet dragons from other tribes, be free from all the competitive Icewing bullshit for a while, and make his dad proud!
One thing I'd really like to figure out is where he'd stand with other Icewings, like if he's on good terms with them or not, etc. And also maybe with any characters who have beef with Icewings too :|a He'll definitely try to be approachable and friendly since he wants to make friends, so he would absolutely do this with Nightwings too. And I'd love to talk any other CR ideas too! He'll be a good student, good for having extra study sessions with both teachers and other students c:
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cant help u with the icewings tho
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I mentioned in my brainstorming post that I'm kind of maybe considering going SeaWing instead but there's about an 85% chanceI'll stick with IceWing for Diana, in which case they would definitely know each other before attending school. I imagine she would have considered him 'the competition' when they were younger and she wasn't as skilled, but over time has come to respect him (their names are probably close to/swapping around each other constantly on the public ranking wall).She'd probably find his approachability unbecoming but secretly be really jealous he has friends.
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I definitely like the idea of them being competition and swapping back and forth. ICEWING LIFE IS HARD WHEN YOU WANT TO BE NICE...I feel like it goes without saying that he'd respect her too and act friendly towards her. But would she be kind of upfront about not liking his approachability? bc I think it'd make him more unsure of how to act around her, maybe still being nice but also willing to keep out of her way to an extent. SO like there's still some strain there.
Honestly I feel like if she respected him more as they got older, he'll probably see school as a good chance to try to approach her on more neutral ground where they don't have to compete over shit.
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I don't think she would say anything while in the Ice Kingdom but she will probably have some disappointed comments when he starts fraternizing with the other tribes (esp. the NightWings don't you have any respect for ancient grudges).
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For real though, he will still try to hold up a like. Good Image of Icewings, because he doesn't want to disappoint dad. But...still not gonna stop him from fraternizing.
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You're probably never gonna wind up way at the bottom of the seventh circle like Raptor here. Having this guy's approval is subjective.
Depends on who you ask.
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It's time to leave all the circle bullshit back home, he wants to learn from the cool uncle!
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I am definitely leaning toward IceWing for her but I've been kind of mulling over the idea of maybe SeaWing instead? A noble from the Deep Palace as opposed to a noble from the Ice Palace. I think the main variable is how Diana's dedication to tradition and excellence is overshadowed a bit by the fact that's expected of all IceWings, or if that makes her success valued even more?
It is possible I am overthinking this, and I'm open to suggestions.
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I think mostly I just wanted to say I considered all options before picking something immediately, but when it's right, it's right.
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I think. It's been a while since I read the books.
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Edit: Apparently I forgot to hit post earlier but I skimmed through the wiki and you are right, they have a totally separate ranking as dragonets from their parents so I think that actually works really well.
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Alucard HAS to be a hybrid because part of his whole deal is being half human, half vampire. Tbh I picked Nightwing/Rainwing hybrid for totally selfish reasons because that's just what I want him to be, but. I feel like it kinda works in a way?
I definitely want him to be Nightwing passing with camouflage scales. I think that kinda fits with his shapeshifting abilities from the show...turning into a wolf, bats, y'know. All that good stuff.
For his backstory I'm a little bit stuck with how to get it into the WoF universe...maybe I'll keep it a bit vague. I was going in with the idea of him being raised as a Nightwing since he's Nightwing passing, so I'll probably keep that. I think his parents hooked up, his dad (the Nightwing) maybe left the tribe to be with his mom and they kinda lived on their own for a while. In the present, Alucard's mom is dead and his father is missing...I'm not sure about the circumstances though. And maybe before shit went down, they left Alucard with a Nightwing friend so he'd be raised safely in his tribe. I might need to think on this a bit more though. The whole living situation of Nightwings being with Rainwings is probably gonna be pretty awkward for him (thumbsup)
Names I'm considering...maybe Nightfall or Nightwalker.
Anyway, I'm excited to be playing him as an actual shitty teen here. Please hit me up with any ideas or anything at all!! :>
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in the first arc, the Nightwings' ultimate goal was to steal the rainforest from the Rainwings since their volcano home was really, really bad. They were capturing rainwings to study them and moving in and out of the forest with animus enchanted tunnels. It's totally reasonable to have Dracula be bitter and resentful as usual through how bad the tribe had it and then being convinced to see the rest of the world by a Rainwing who had more fight in her than he expected.
And maybe Lisa was killed by the experiments like so many others, oopsAnd hey, if anyone from his tribe gets jealous of camo scales or better diet from the forest, he'd have that much in common with Moonwatcher!
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And god, Lisa being killed in the experiments would work out for this though, huh.... I might...have to do that....