#flamescale

The other day I concluded that Brazen could be a cool name for a flamescale skywing, and I guess I wanted to expand that idea. Could a flamescale be created from only partially absorbing its twin’s fire? Could an animus gene be passed onto a flamescale, or would that be overpowered? Could a flamescale hide from the rest of the sky kingdom unnoticed? If an animus flamescale existed, could they make it so their scales could only be harmful at will? How would they phrase that spell, if so?

Anyways, this string of thought occurred because I thought of this character I had as a kid, named Juniper, who was a flamescale, but at the time I didn’t know/remember Peril’s twin survived, and didn’t die in the egg. But I wondered about who Juniper’s father would be, since I’d only thought of her mother.

I was imagining the scene of them meeting again, since I was writing out a story with Juniper, and the last chapter I’d wrote was her seeing her mother again, but right after a Pyrite-like “mask” was used on her. I thought about Juniper understandably freaking out and not being sure who she was for a split second, but then her mother grasping her face and trying to calm her down, which'd be the only time she really felt any talons touch her. She’d be confused, not understanding how the talons holding her cheeks weren’t burning at all. Then maybe the backstory of her mother and father would be told. Maybe her father was a flamescale, but had been using animus magic to conceal that part of himself, due to fearing rejection and execution (he’d have to hide the fact he’s animus too, but that’s a lot easier to pull off since it’s non-visual). Her father, who well call Brazen, fell in love with Juniper’s mother, and revealed himself as a flamescale after being in a relationship for 1-2 years, but surprisingly, she was not scared, and accepted him. They knew that if they’d have dragonets, that there’d be a risk of another flamescale, but both accepted the possibility, staying far from the Sky Palace, and hiding amongst the caves in the mountains. Knowing this, Brazen enchanted his mate to be able to touch flame, no amount of burn shall harm her.

to this day there are no existing animus skywings, and they have never had any in their bloodline. I like to think they're somewhat "anti-magic" in their society.

flamescales, on the other hand, are a different issue. as doctors and medics are getting better at identifying flamescale dragonets in the fetal/incubation stages, they've been easier to prepare for medically. upon hatching, flamescale dragonets are posted in what is called "chilling chambers" (created by extracted frost breath fluids, aka liquid nitrogen), where their body temp is kept at safe levels. the flameless dragonet is kept in "incubation chambers", if they survive. There is still no solution to keeping the flameless alive consistently, medics are working on systems to fix that.

in juvenile stages, flamescale dragonets are trained to extinguish fires as a basic skill. many have flame proof shoes that they wear to avoid causing damage. as the skywing population inevitably grows, more flamescales are born.

flamescales are highly valued in the workforce, military, and craftsdragon communities, and you're pretty much guaranteed a job.

you okay??