#rainwing

before, i think i had given rainwings a vague butterfly-inspired design theme, with those big butterfly wing ears. now i’d rather confine butterfly themes to silkwings, so i’ve instead given rainwings a flower motif, inspired by the awesome way @/rotten-m3 draws glory. these flower frills can be smoothed or fluffed up at will and to emphasize emotions, show off, etc… the size and shape of them can also vary quite a bit from rainwing to rainwing. also of course, colors and markings are highly variable.

i tried so hard to come up with a clever or interesting nightwing name for simon but it feels so goofy when his actual name is just. a real name. idk, a two word one with butcher? abysswalker? like something about the navigation aspect? listener goes hard since its the actual meaning of simon, but like i said in the notes, already a canon dragon. butcher is technically valid but i feel like the 1 word names are always positive or at least nonviolent... if anyone has thoughts i want them

also, couldnt fit it in my notes but. huge fan of the irony of simon being the tribe that has star patterns under their wings LMAO… i chose nightwing because of the limited resources and hell world, but thats so perfect

everything about grace being a rainwing was easy and perfect. no notes

i hate what wof did with scavengers in arc 3 HOWEVER… rocky is 100% a scavenger in this au. also hilariously ironic