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GuardianDragon1 — Phynn Reference Sheet
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This is a character reference sheet for the Dragon Luvers group mascot contest. Enjoy!Related content
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Oh, wow, I think this one is going to win! I love the dappled stripes and the contrast from the red and orange on his scales with the ice-blue in his eyes! And that crest is so spunky! Awesome!
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Hey thanks! I saw some awesome competition, but hopefully Phynn has the spunk to win!
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I'm sure he does! I love the name, by the way!
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Thanks! I appreciate it!
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Don't be, it took me a long time to be able to draw like that and there are a TON of artists around here that are better than me. Practice makes perfect though!
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Indeed, but I don't have any of them posted here. This size is rider friendly, anything bigger moves into earth shaker territory!
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but see that's when you have crews instead of single riders
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I suppose it could act as mass transportation or something. If we're trying to make it believable, it would have to be grounded, there's no way anything that big would be able to fly in reality. However, when dealing with fantasy characters, the sky is the limit, and I've seen illustrations of flying whales, flying turtles the size of whales, and flying cities the size of...well, cities. Anything is possible when it comes to art.
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well if you think about it there is no way small dragons could come down as hard as they can if they had a bird like skeleton right? so that means dragons have another way to get there weight off the ground, one version for example says in parts of the body where there would be empty space there are airsacks that help them fly (and that is scientifically possible for creatures of that size that don't have that fragile structure like birds) hence why dragons of anywhere from a single ton to like 25 tons can fly (if you want to know where I get this from try reading the Temeraire series). But when I said crews I actually mean like military crews, soldiers hooked on to harnesses and belly netting.
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I imagine pixie dragons and wyverns probably have a bird-like structure to their bones, but you're right, I have heard of the air pocket theory. Works the same way that a swim bladder does in some marine life, such as the Great White Shark. I imagine that could only work up to a certain weight, after that, there would have to be so much more room for air that there wouldn't be enough room for internal organs large enough to supply blood to a dragon that size. Besides, I've always thought that dragons would have a lot more grace than we tend to illustrate them as having. I doubt they would land anywhere as heavily as we suggest. Then again, how do we explain eastern dragons, who fly without the use of wings? I suppose they could actually be gliders, like the flying snake, which flattens it's body by extending it's rib cage in order to catch enough air to glide from one tree to another. Hmmm....
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of course your right but remember just because I mention the air pocket theory doesn't mean on big one, it could be smaller ones spread throughout and remember it could be pressed in like our small intestine which is longer than the rest of our body, but I know something like 30 tons is way to much (though 20 to 23-24 seems reasonable), what I meant with the landing comment was that if they crsh land or don't have the time to come down gently (example warning other dragons or people of an oncoming attack).
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Hmm, I suppose so. Although, I imagine with some of the harsher crash landings, some bones are bound to be broken either way...but I bet they'd be fast healers, like birds. The largest dinosaur on record weighed 80 tons, and a computer simulation that expert researchers created showed that there couldn't have been any land dinosaur weighing any more than that, because the gravity on our planet, coupled with that kind of weight would break bones of any size. Considering that the largest land animal (the bull african elephant) currently weighs 12 tons, but the largest sea animal on earth (the blue whale) weighs in at a huge 190 tons, I would be willing to wager that sea dragons could possibly be the heaviest dragons. Earth (flightless) dragons would come next, and then the elemental dragons that possess flight would weigh the least. If we're going with biological norms that is.
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Well I always assumed biological norms, and I wonder what elemant do you think acid spitters would belong to?
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Acids are chemically based...so earth, I would say. Plenty of acidic plants and animals already exist. Although, I'm certainly not opposed to stepping outside the biological box. What about dragons with other properties, like the ability to conjure storms? Shadows? Fear? Or what about other abilities, like spirit healers? Then there are secondary elements, like lightning, ice, magma, or wind. There's no limit to the possibilities, only to imagination.
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Well only certain dragons causing fear is a common missconseption ALL dragons can conjure fear in those who are not fear resistant or other dragons. But otherwise your right there really isn't a limit to the looks and abilities of dragons
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What I meant was like, the dragon having the ability to make fear a tangible weapon, rather than just evoking the primal reaction of fear.
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Well that makes sense and I knew that's what you ment it's just that for whatever reason evil dragons can nearly everyone they face cower in fear, more so than good dragons
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You're right, Eastern Dragons are known for being good luck, and most legends seem to indicate that they're actually not that big.
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no I didn't mean eastern dragons really I meant good and evil dragons perminatly, I personally believe a dragon's alignment is not affected on where it comes from but by breed though there are exceptions to this
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