Mudwings
Description
Thick, armored 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; if hatched from a blood-red egg, they are physically resistant to fire and most extreme sources of heat.
Queen
Queen Moorhen
Sandwings
Description
Pale yellow or white scales the color of desert sand; poisonous barbed tail; forked black tongues; eyes black as onyx.
Abilities
Can survive a long time without water; poison enemies with tips of tails like scorpions (the cure for this venom is a certain cactus); bury themselves for camouflage in the desert sand, breathe fire.
Queen
Queen Thorn
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. Royal SeaWings have large swirls and starbursts under their wings.
Abilities
Can breathe underwater, have glowing stripes behind their eyes and on their bodies (which give them their own language, called ), create huge waves with one splash of their powerful tails; excellent swimmers (animus power runs in the royal family).
Queen
Queen Corol
Skywings
Description
Red-gold, orange, and sometimes pink scales; enormous wings.
Abilities
Powerful fighters and fliers; can breathe fire.
Queen
Queen Ruby
Rainwings
Description
Scales constantly shift colors, depending on their mood. Usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails. Some scale colors include pink for happy, pale green for fear, white for pain, red for anger, blue-purple for pride, deep purple for guilt or shame, and blue-gray for sadness.
Abilities
Can camouflage their scales to blend into their surroundings; shoot a deadly black venom from their fangs, which destroys all living material and kills within minutes if it gets in the eyes or bloodstream (for which the only cure is venom from a related dragon); can imitate a bird call perfectly.
Queen
Queen Glory
Icewings
Description
Silvery scales like snow 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 Snowfall
Nightwings
Description
Dark, midnight black scales with 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, some hatch with the power to read minds or tell the future. If a NightWing hatches under one full moon, they get either mind reading or future sight, two full moons indicate both, and the rare three moons show that the dragonet is going to have powerful mind reading and the power to see all possible futures.
Queen
Queen Glory, although it is worth noting that around 30 or so Nightwings currently reside in the Old Nightwing Kingdom in the town of Renewal with Fierceteeth as their ruler.
Hivewings
Description
Red, yellow, and/or orange, but always mixed with some black scales; four wings.
Abilities
Vary from dragon to dragon; examples include deadly stingers that can extend from their wrists to stab their enemies; venom in their teeth or claws; a paralyzing toxin that can immobilize their prey; or boiling acid sprayed from a stinger on their tails, and in some cases, the ability to emit a disgusting smell.
Queen
Queen Jewel (Some dragons still support Queen Wasp who is imprisoned in the Hivewing Kingdom for multiple crimes against the Dragon world)
Silkwings
Description
SilkWings dragonets are born wingless, but go through metamorphosis at age six, when they develop four huge wings and silk-spinning abilities; as beautiful and gentle as butterflies, with scales in any color under the sun, except black. Some SilkWings develop flamesilk when they go through metamorphosis, which is where their silk is fire.
Abilities
Can spin silk from glands on their wrists to create webs or other woven articles; can detect vibrations with their antennae to assess threats
Queen
No Queen is in charge of the Silkwings, the Silkwings Unified with the Leafwings to form the LeafSilk Kingdom, the LeafSilk Assembly is the current governing body. (Current Assembly Members: Tau, Io, Morpho, Hazel, Willow, Cobra Lilly)
Leafwings
Description
Leafwings have green and brown scales and wings shaped like leaves.
Abilities
Can absorb energy from sunlight and were accomplished gardeners; some have unusual control over plants
Queen
No Queen is in charge of the
Leafwings, the Silkwings Unified with the Leafwings to form the LeafSilk Kingdom, the LeafSilk Assembly is the current governing body. (Current Assembly Members: Tau, Io, Morpho, Hazel, Willow, Cobra Lilly)
Diamondwings
Description
The Diamondwings were rumored to be almost all shades of blue and could sometimes be confused with Icewings, they had diamond esque patterns on the undersides of their wings.
Abillies
According to legend Animus Magic originated in the Diamondwing tribe, it is unknown if all Diamondwings possessed this rare ability or if it was genetic, however this cannot be the case as this tribe is a myth, no evidence of a Diamondwing Kingdom exists.
Queen
The last known Queen of the supposed Diamondwing tribe was named Queen Sparkle
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FanfictionThe Diamondwings have been lost for many years, trapped on an island. When twin Dragonets Prince Emerald and Princess Diamond receive the lost animus magic, Emerald must flee for Pyriahh so he can save the world.
