Dragon Share

[center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2880838#post_43845359][img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/light-starlight-gems-banner.png[/img][/url][/center][br] [center][pinglist=16787] [size=2]A pinglist for new art, lore, and/or this thread finally getting polished.[/size][/center] Starlight Gems Subspecies Intro Monthly spotlight *Still in planning

Lore & Symbolism

No matter which dragon deity this subspecies are exalted to, their service comes in the form of maintaining a new celestial shield against the shade, serving out their purpose among the stars, as part of any number of magically constructed protection runes that make up the constellations we can see in the night sky.

Celestial spirits who temporarily embody a dragon's form on Sornieth as a reminder of what they're protecting among the constellations and to experience rejuvenation through life, stronger resolve and magical ability through study. Then they fly free among the stars, protecting Sornieth with magical sigils from the Shade and other lurking extraterrestrial threats.

star pieces fell on Sornieth a long time ago, imbued with celestial lights, some dragons figured out how to harness this magic and take it on for themselves, discovering it was an effective ward against isolated bits of the shade. Zenith is possibly one of these original dragons, reborn only 3 years ago to power up (brighter opal/higher colour contrast = more power?) again. New hatchlings of the subspecies have a chance of being wholly new entities to serve this new runic barrier (another reason for starlight gems to return to sornieth, to parent others who need to recharge and hope to create new starlight gems to help in their noble duties).

Light: Diligent Study
Arcane: Magical Ingenuity
Fire: Creative Passion

Hatchday corresponds to which celestial rune they are part of or destined to join when they are ready to serve (the next round of) their purpose. I was going to create new constellations for Sornieth but then realized official art has already recognized the ones we know (as flight festival familiars), so I decided not to recreate the wheel.

I have plans to spell out what each of these means as a celestial rune of protection and the dates involved.

I also plan to incorporate Ophiuchus on its own little extra without displacing the more widely acknowledged zodiac.

Additionally, I would welcome Chinese zodiac runes if anyone who knows a lot about that wants to arrange that bit of lore. If not, I may eventually get around to it myself, I just have to research it better than my passing familiarity.

Finally, while prophetic abilities and the like will be common for the subspecies, I do intend to stick with the idea that astrology/stars do not actually tell the future and it's actually the study of historic patterns in relation to our cosmic neighborhood. I am a skeptic in reality, but our closest neighbors, the sun and the moon DO in fact have an impact on our lives/world. Mostly though, it's just fun and imo a great source of lore inspiration when I don't know what to do with a character/story otherwise.

Requirements (This is not a finalized list.) All breeds with an opal tertiary Opal tertiary must be two-toned and include two distinct shades of yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, or blue in any combo. Tentative list of tertiary colour: Antique Silver Gloom Shadow-Wisteria Orchid Violet Iris Storm Sapphire Navy Ultramarine-Lapis Sky-steel Phthalo Caribbean-Cerulean Radioactive Honeydew Chartreuse Amber Yellow Banana Flaxen-Marigold Saffron Sunset Pumpkin Cinnamon-Stone Dirt Ginger Rust Vermilion Crimson Garnet Strawberry-Carmine Blush-Magenta Pink Fire opals Storm Sky-Overcast Phthalo Turquoise Spruce Seafoam Jungle Avocado Mantis Orange Bronze Tarnish Copper Berry -------- Modern Primary Genes: Boulder, Crystal, Iridescent, Metallic, Skink, Starmap, Wasp, Bar, Fade, Fern, Flaunt, Ground, Pharaoh, Python, Ribbon, Swirl, Tide Gaoler primary genes: Crystal, wasp, bar, fade, flaunt Veilspun primary genes: Crystal, skink, sphinxmoth, starmap, wasp, arc, bar, bright, fade, fern, poison -------- Modern Secondary Genes: Alloy, bee, constellation, facet, myrid, shimmer, blend, daub, fissure, flair, foam, marbled, morph, noxtide, paisley, sarcophagus, spinner, toxin Gaoler secondary genes: Bee, facet, blend, breakup, daub, flair, spirit, streak Veilspun secondary genes: Bee, constellation, facet, blend, daub, hawkmoth, hex, hypnotic, loop, paisley, peregrine, saturn, spinner, toxin, vivid -------- Primary and secondary colours tend to be darker shades compared to the two-tone opals, but can include whites and yellows, allowed shades: blues, purples, pinks, reds, oranges, yellows, whites, silvers, blacks. [br][br][br] [columns]Flights: (required) [nextcol][color=transparent]May create Some recolours later on.[/color] [nextcol]Light [img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/starlight-gems-icon.png[/img] [nextcol]Arcane [img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/arcane-starlight-gems-icon.png[/img] [nextcol]Fire [img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/fire-starlight-gems-icon-2.png[/img][/columns] Icons created by Saronai. If you use them, please only use them for qualifying dragons and link them back to the subspecies thread. That being said, some dragons can be a mix of the 3 powers, so you can pick whichever starflower gem best matches your dragon and don't have to pick the one that only matches their eyes. That being said, the more your dragon matches each flower, the stronger they are in that celestial element.

Variants

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A few lines at most looks best imo. This is here purely for example. I might get around to writing you some lore.[/center] [br] [center][font=Times New Roman][size=4][b]A tagline here...[/b][/i][/size][/font][/center] [br] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2257922#post_28920484][img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/starlight-recolour-small-divider-2-1.png[/img][/url][/center] [columns] Hatched during XXX, Unnamed was named after XXX and is a member of a subspecies known as The Starlight Gems. That being said, this dragon is now yours. Feel free to change whatever you like about them with my blessing. All I ask is that whatever elements you choose to keep remain properly credited. Vel fringilla est ullamcorper eget. Nisl rhoncus mattis rhoncus urna neque viverra justo nec ultrices. Integer vitae justo eget magna fermentum iaculis. Ac odio tempor orci dapibus ultrices in iaculis. Turpis egestas maecenas pharetra convallis posuere morbi leo. Parturient montes nascetur ridiculus mus mauris vitae ultricies leo. In eu mi bibendum neque. Nulla pellentesque dignissim enim sit amet venenatis urna cursus. Est ante in nibh mauris cursus mattis molestie. Diam in arcu cursus euismod quis viverra nibh. Fusce ut placerat orci nulla pellentesque dignissim enim sit amet. Convallis a cras semper auctor neque vitae. Condimentum id venenatis a condimentum. Nec tincidunt praesent semper feugiat. Pellentesque sit amet porttitor eget dolor morbi non. [nextcol] [br] [font=Times New Roman][size=5][i][b]Bolded phrase or line here.[/b][/i][/size][/font] Integer quis auctor elit sed vulputate mi sit amet mauris. Id aliquet risus feugiat in ante metus dictum at tempor. Cursus eget nunc scelerisque viverra mauris. Lorem sed risus ultricies tristique nulla aliquet enim tortor at. Cras adipiscing enim eu turpis egestas. Tellus pellentesque eu tincidunt tortor aliquam nulla facilisi. Ac tortor vitae purus faucibus. Donec enim diam vulputate ut pharetra sit amet aliquam. Mattis nunc sed blandit libero volutpat sed cras ornare arcu. Risus quis varius quam quisque id diam vel. Nunc sed velit dignissim sodales ut eu sem integer. Pellentesque massa placerat duis ultricies lacus sed turpis tincidunt. Cursus metus aliquam eleifend mi in nulla posuere sollicitudin aliquam. [right][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2257922#post_28920484][img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/starlight-recolour-icon.png[/img][/url][/right] [/columns] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2880838#post_43845360][img]https://i.imgur.com/rzg4Ye0.png[/img][/url][/center] [br][br] [left][size=5][color=navy][font=Times New Roman]The Starlight Gems[/color][/font][/size][/left] [columns]These mystic sentinels first appeared long ago when celestial jewels impacted Sornieth. Most broke apart in the atmosphere, but some fused with a variety of species all over the world. In studying this phenomenon, it was eventually learned these individuals had unique abilities. What's more, when they died, they were reborn with that same spark. This led to later magical discoveries that enabled these spirits to periodically rejoin the stars once their power reached a new height. Each is tied to a magical rune fashioned in the likeness of a major constellation. Each of these runes does its own part to ward off the Shade and help shield Sornieth from cosmic other dangers. Unnamed's spirit is eventually meant to join the celestial rune locked in the Libra constellation. [nextcol][br][br][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/3209734/1#post_3209734][img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/starlight-gems-icon.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [right][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/3209734/1#post_3209734]Starlight Gems Subspecies[/url][/right] [br] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2880838#post_43845359][img]https://i.imgur.com/ppwHGUc.png[/img][/url][/center] [br] [left][size=2]Layout, recolours, and writing by [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&tab=userpage&id=310639]Saronai[/url], all images link to their sources.[/size][/left] [br] -------- [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2880838#post_43845359][img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/light-starlight-gems-banner.png[/img][/url][/center] [br][br][br] [center][size=7][color=navy][font=Times New Roman][i][b]U n n a m e d[/b][/i][/size][/font][/color] (Uhn-naymd) [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2880838#post_43845360][img]https://i.imgur.com/4Y95Oby.png[/img][/url][br] [size=7][color=navy][font=Times New Roman][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/3209734/1#post_3209734]Starlight Gems[/url][/size][/font][/color] (pronouns)[/center] [br] [size=5][color=navy][b][i][font=Times New Roman][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3156478#post_3156478][img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/starlight-gems-emote.png[/img][/url] Trait [/i][/b][/color][/size][/font] [center][size=5][color=navy][b][i][font=Times New Roman][emoji=star size=1] Trait [/i][/b][/color][/size][/font][/center] [right][size=5][color=navy][b][i][font=Times New Roman][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3156478#post_3156478][img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/starlight-gems-emote.png[/img][/url] Trait[/i][/b][/color][/size][/font][/right] [br][br][br] [center][i]Quote or lead in to lore goes here. A few lines at most looks best imo. This is here purely for example. I might get around to writing you some lore.[/center] [br] [center][font=Times New Roman][size=4][b]A tagline here...[/b][/i][/size][/font][/center] [br] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2257922#post_28920484][img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/starlight-recolour-small-divider-2-1.png[/img][/url][/center] [columns] Hatched during XXX, Unnamed was named after XXX and is a member of a subspecies known as The Starlight Gems. That being said, this dragon is now yours. Feel free to change whatever you like about them with my blessing. All I ask is that whatever elements you choose to keep remain properly credited. Vel fringilla est ullamcorper eget. Nisl rhoncus mattis rhoncus urna neque viverra justo nec ultrices. Integer vitae justo eget magna fermentum iaculis. Ac odio tempor orci dapibus ultrices in iaculis. Turpis egestas maecenas pharetra convallis posuere morbi leo. Parturient montes nascetur ridiculus mus mauris vitae ultricies leo. In eu mi bibendum neque. Nulla pellentesque dignissim enim sit amet venenatis urna cursus. Est ante in nibh mauris cursus mattis molestie. Diam in arcu cursus euismod quis viverra nibh. Fusce ut placerat orci nulla pellentesque dignissim enim sit amet. Convallis a cras semper auctor neque vitae. Condimentum id venenatis a condimentum. Nec tincidunt praesent semper feugiat. Pellentesque sit amet porttitor eget dolor morbi non. [nextcol] [br] [font=Times New Roman][size=5][i][b]Bolded phrase or line here.[/b][/i][/size][/font] Integer quis auctor elit sed vulputate mi sit amet mauris. Id aliquet risus feugiat in ante metus dictum at tempor. Cursus eget nunc scelerisque viverra mauris. Lorem sed risus ultricies tristique nulla aliquet enim tortor at. Cras adipiscing enim eu turpis egestas. Tellus pellentesque eu tincidunt tortor aliquam nulla facilisi. Ac tortor vitae purus faucibus. Donec enim diam vulputate ut pharetra sit amet aliquam. Mattis nunc sed blandit libero volutpat sed cras ornare arcu. Risus quis varius quam quisque id diam vel. Nunc sed velit dignissim sodales ut eu sem integer. Pellentesque massa placerat duis ultricies lacus sed turpis tincidunt. Cursus metus aliquam eleifend mi in nulla posuere sollicitudin aliquam. [right][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2257922#post_28920484][img]https://musesings.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/starlight-recolour-icon.png[/img][/url][/right] [/columns] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2880838#post_43845360][img]https://i.imgur.com/rzg4Ye0.png[/img][/url][/center] [br][br] [left][size=5][color=navy][font=Times New Roman]The Starlight Gems[/color][/font][/size][/left] [columns]These mystic sentinels first appeared long ago when celestial jewels impacted Sornieth. Most broke apart in the atmosphere, but some fused with a variety of species all over the world. In studying this phenomenon, it was eventually learned these individuals had unique abilities. What's more, when they died, they were reborn with that same spark. This led to later magical discoveries that enabled these spirits to periodically rejoin the stars once their power reached a new height. Each is tied to a magical rune fashioned in the likeness of a major constellation. Each of these runes does its own part to ward off the Shade and help shield Sornieth from cosmic other dangers. Unnamed's spirit is eventually meant to join the celestial rune locked in the Libra constellation. 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