SANDWINGS

     DESCRIPTION ━━━━ pale gold 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 the tips of their tails like scorpions; bury themselves for camouflage in the desert sand; breathe fire; history of animus magic runs through the tribe

     TERRITORY ━━━━ the desert.

     QUEEN ━━━━ queen succulent.

MUDWINGS

     DESCRIPTION ━━━━ thick, armored brown scales, sometimes with amber and gold underscales; large, flat heads with nostrils on top of the snout

     ABILITIES ━━━━ can breathe fire (if warm enough); hold their breath for up to an hour; blend into large mud puddles; usually very strong; dragons hatched from red eggs have fireproof scales

     TERRITORY ━━━━ the swamplands.

     QUEEN ━━━━ queen mosquito.

SKYWINGS

     DESCRIPTION ━━━━ red-gold or orange scales; enormous wing

     ABILITIES ━━━━ powerful fliers and fighters; can breathe fire; some dragons are hatched with firescales

     TERRITORY ━━━━ the peaks of the mountains.

     QUEEN ━━━━ queen tyto.

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, and underbellies

     ABILITIES ━━━━ can breathe underwater; see in the dark; create huge waves with one splash of their powerful tails; excellent swimmers; royal family has history of animus magic

     TERRITORY ━━━━ the ocean

     QUEEN ━━━━ queen minnow.

ICEWINGS

     DESCRIPTION ━━━━ silvery scales like the moon or pale blue like ice; rigid claws to grip the ice; forked blue tongues; tails narrow to a whip-thin end

     ABILITIES ━━━━ can withstand subzero temperatures and bright light; exhale a deadly freezing breath; once known for animus magic

     TERRITORY ━━━━ the arctic.

     QUEEN ━━━━ queen moose.

RAINWINGS

     DESCRIPTION ━━━━ scales constantly shift colors, usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails

     ABILITIES ━━━━ can camouflage their scales to blend into their environment and show emotions; use their prehensile tails for climbing; imitate bird calls; spit a deadly venom from their fangs

     TERRITORY ━━━━ the south rainforest.

     QUEEN ━━━━ queen puma.

NIGHTWINGS

     DESCRIPTION ━━━━ purplish-black scales and scattered silver scales on the undersides of their wings, like a night full of stars; forked black tongues; certain individuals have teardrop-shaped scales under their eyes

     ABILITIES ━━━━ can breathe fire; disappear into dark shadows; read minds and foretell the future depending on the moons; have a history of animus magic

     TERRITORY ━━━━ the rainforest outskirts.

     QUEEN ━━━━ queen puma.

SILKWINGS

     DESCRIPTION ━━━━ silkwing dragonets are born wingless, but go through a 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

     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

     TERRITORY ━━━━ the coast.

     QUEEN ━━━━ queen tortrix.

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

     TERRITORY ━━━━ the caverns.

     QUEEN ━━━━ queen dust mite.

LEAFWINGS

     DESCRIPTION ━━━━ green and brown scales; wings shaped like leaves

     ABILITIES ━━━━ absorb energy from sunlight; accomplished gardeners; some have unusual control over plants

     TERRITORY ━━━━ the north rainforest.

     QUEEN ━━━━ queen maple.