I ONLY CAME UP WITH A FEW OF THESE HEADCANONS! MOST ARE SOURCED FROM AROUND THE WIKI OR AMINO, AND VARIOUS PLACES.
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NIGHTWINGS
- Have small velvety patches on their paws that absorb sound, allowing them to be completely silent when they walk
- Their scales are purple-black when hatched, and over time change hue to match the place they grew up in
- Eyes reflect like cats in the darkness
- Smallest tribe
- Fire has a purple-black hue to it
- Stars on their wings indicate age: they grow as the dragon ages and more stars shows an older dragon. (In this AU Darkstalker’s wings were so starred that it looked like he had black flecks amongst silver, but no-one raised an eye because his sister Whiteout’s wings were naturally like that)
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SEAWINGS
- Teeth are constantly renewed like sharks until something prevents it
- Use their tail mostly for swimming: most powerful out of all tribes
- All SeaWings have glowing scale patterns, but only royals have swirls. They usually come depending on family and heritage
- Blood appears purple in the circulation near flash scales: a mix between red blood and blue bioluminescent fluid
- SeaWings don't have to sleep, they can rest while swimming.
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RAINWINGS
- RainWings are cold blooded and have to warm up in the sun every day
- They shed skin like snakes usually once every few years
- Some RainWings have two thumbs that help with climbing (but hinder writing). This is usually genetic
- RainWing venom is stored in an immunised organ that keeps it in a natural state, located just above the roof of the mouth
- They can locate themselves and the surroundings using only their tongue and 'tasting the air', like snakes
- Frills can flare at will or when feeling certain emotions. They can vary between feathers, spikes, rounded, palm shaped, really any design for frills (again, a genetic feature)
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SKYWINGS
- Horns can vary in bloodlines, but the standard ones are layered like ibexes
- Large wings are rectangular in shape to help with lift
- Tail usually stands on point, relatively straight and heavy (as a counterbalance)
- SkyWing courtship traditions are similar to that of bald eagles: the couples lock talons and freefall through the air. This is usually done in the middle of a SkyWing Wedding Ceremony.
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SANDWINGS
- They have the biggest ears that help to release heat
- SandWing bodies are covered in little spikes to help trap water
- SandWings have webs between their feet that wide them, and help them walk on the sand with better grip
- They have barely visible humps in between their wings, similar to camels, which are emergency fat reserves that can be used if there is no food or water available
- Every SandWing has some dark patterns, but some have more and that gives them a better rank in society. These strikes and markings originated to help focus vision during the sunny daytime
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ICEWINGS
- IceWings on the outskirts of the kingdom still paint their scales with intricate 'tribal' designs, often in blue blood or paint
- IceWing spines can vary, they can be smooth, sharp, or tusk-like, but all of them can stand on edge and rattle
- They have a layer of fur on top of their skin instead of scales. Beneath that is black skin that absorbs heat. The fur itself has the same mechanic as polar bear fur: hollow and heat trapping.
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MUDWINGS
- They have crocodilian eyes
- Mudwings are the heaviest of all tribes, and so have enormous flight muscles. However, they prefer to stay on the ground and actually don't fly when they can avoid it
- MudWing eggs have a hard, rocky cover that slowly wears away over time, so the MudWing can hatch out of it
- There's a holiday tradition for Mudwings where sibs finger paint each others' wings, in sort of tribal patterns. It is usually followed by dancing. The holiday itself is called Bonding day, or Sibfest, by various villages.
- Some Mudwings can hang tusks or curly horns. It is again, genetic.
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SILKWINGS
- Young SilkWings are born with fuzz, which is lost after metamorphosis
- SilkWings have to eat a lot before their metamorphosis
- SilkWings actually have really long tongues like butterflies that can be used to drink from
- SilkWing antennae can usually indicate what type of silk they will have: Knobs indicate sticky silk, tufts initiate smooth silk, standard points indicate tough and brittle silk, curled indicates stretchy silk, and etc. Flamesilk does not abide by these and can occur genetically regardless of antennae.
- SilkWing wings can come in all shapes and sizes relating to butterflies or moths.
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HIVEWINGS
- HiveWings have to flap their wings really fast to stay afloat, and so have the highest metabolism out of all dragons. This means they can rarely survive a week at most without food.
- HiveWings make a buzzing sound when they fly.
- They have mandibles around their mouth that they can actually use to grab food and slice it up.
- HiveWing scales can be purple, red, blue or greenish yellow as well as the standard colours, but these are much rarer.
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LEAFWINGS
- They often have actual plants growing on them, and will care for these as if it's their own body
- LeafWing frills along their head and back are actually more similar to SandWings rather than SeaWings, which gives them the illusion of looking like thick plants.
- LeafWings often have tinges of other colours in their scales
- Some LeafWings' scales actually change with the seasons, becoming orange/brown in autumn through winter, and green in summer/spring. Others stay green all year round (referred to as Evergreens)
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