Aventurine (she/her) the gemwing, a fantribe by @almighty-shortest

I realized I've been neglecting the GemWings (my other fantribe so i did quick designs for the "founders" of the Gem Kingdom (i do not know why the number 5 has been very prevalent in my stuff)

Some ramblings under the cut

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Idk if Tumblr will give you a notif so I'm @'ing u jic @the-unhinged-fangirl

Ok so I'll make this a s brief as i can (it was not brief I'm sorry i can't open my laptop in at the moment so no read more), no lore just the basics enough for ppl to make an OC

-GemWings are descendants of an offshoot of icewings that probably hybridized with RainWings (hence their appearance). The offshoot dragons didn't really have a name, (let's call them slushwings) but due to conflict they moved to the Southeastern part of the forests below the sky kingdom and creating modern day Gem kingdom. Slushwings are believed to be extinct (they're not, they are now ashwings that look pretty similar to the original offshoots but they aren't important rn)

-Appearance: Gemwings have slender and flexible bodies, long tails and (generally) smooth heads with a slight curve on the snout. Their scales are shimmery and shiny, coming in a wide variety of colors and patterns; the general look is having a white body with either dark or very colorful markings. They have frills bigger than those of a Rainwing, being also notably reflective and varied in shapes and stuff. Eyes can be basically any color, and their mouths and tongues commonly go from shades of pink, red, orange, purple and blue (but you can go more creative with these).

A notable feature are the sharp blades in their tails and wings. These are common called gem blades, or just blades, and they can appear as spikes on their necks and backs, on their arms and legs, and a few other places, except on the head, as only royalty has small thorns of blade on their heads or horns.

-Abilities: Gemwings are very agile and swift, and even though their thin scales don't offer much protection, they do aid in flexibility. Their claws are sharper than an icewing's, and their blades are deadly with the correct technique.

The "special ability" of this tribe is that of hypnosis. Hypnotics as they're called, have the ability to hypnotize dragons to a certain degree, depending on the strength of their power and mastery of it. The effects can go from confusion, sleepiness, hallucinations, to borderline mind control, although the last Is very hard to achieve. Hypnotics can hatch at random, but chances can increase with at least one hypnotic parent. They can be distinguished by their oddly shaped pupils and irises, most commonly a diamond shape. When they hatch they have a "predetermined" strength in their abilities, and they can train to become better at it, but not to reach WAY higher level.

A mutation that is more common in this tribe than others is a condition similar to myostatin deficiency, making the normally slim Gemwings a lot taller and muscular (Sard is one of those). They are stronger although less agile and they heal quicker from injuries than the average dragon, but sterility is extremely common and they also have slightly shorter lifespans (but not for too much).

-Naming system: names are most commonly of gems and minerals, colors and properties of gems like radiant or chatoyant for example.

So to wrap this up, they're an open tribe, you can make hybrids, Animus dragons (btw those are only in the royalty), mutations, royals, etc as long as you DIRECTLY credit me as the creator of them and DO NOT use them for anything nsfw or problematic/hateful (the 100% open status may change in the future but not too much). You can take Iris as the semi average gemwing, remember that colors and markings can be extremely varied and the shapes and placement of the blades is also different on each dragon (quick note: the blades on the wings can be on like, the top of other digits and have either a small articulation where the bone bends or just are placed on whole bones as to not interfere with flying)

*falls over and explodes* reference sheet of one of my villain ocs from my shitty stories i love her

So you'll notice the gemwing tag and that's because this is the name of this fantribe that i made. They aren't very interesting but I'm planning on making a doc or at least a quick rundown of the basics and some bases in the rare case folks are interested (alSo there IS a reason on why they look like rainwings)

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Design notes and ugh hgrg backstory under the cut i don't care anymore