Before Bogsneaks were a thing, Baldwin was a pearlcatcher.

On September 14th, 2016, something strange began to happen to Baldwin. Over the next 5 days, Baldwin began to slowly transform into something new...

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On September 19th, 2016. It was revealed that Baldwin had morphed into a new breed: The Bogsneak. On that day, Baldwin's transformation completed and his art depicted him in a new pose, completely transformed

Banner from the accompanying story, the Bogsneak mutagen

As part of the release, a story was called "The Bogsneak Mutagen" to discuss how exactly Baldwin created a new breed of dragons.

Banner of the bogsneak release announcement

Due to the fact that Baldwin had created the Bogsneaks, Bogsneaks became the first breed unaffiliated with any particular flight and many users joked that Baldwin was a deity because he'd created an entire new breed, a feat only previously achieved by deities.

Bogsneaks remained the only breed unaffiliated with a flight until the release of Thorntails on November 13th, 2025. As of writing, there's no explanation on why Thorntails are unassociated with any flight.

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I'm starting to think the bg looked empty on my old drawings so have a square