fancy baked glazed ham :)

also, this one

It's unfinished as of right now! (I wrote a bunch of it like two years ago, ditches it in a doc after two days, but recently found my second wind) but here's a fun little excerpt so people can see exactly what I'm talking about:

YAY EGGS

okay so generally speaking, the baby would be born in its draconian form to be able to crack out of its egg! this species (The Aviaaros) also have a temperature determinant sex system, which means they have male and female, determined by temperature the eggs are incubated at, like several reptiles!

The species themselves are very much in the concept stage right now, but here's an example of an adult. during pregnancy, they lay the egg in their draconian form (because of the larger canal), however in their humanoid form if they were with Egg they'd just look like a pregnant person.

that being said, they'd probably lay one or two unfertilized eggs in the equivalent to a month as per a humanoid menstrual cycle, and just have a week where they ovulate and can be fertilized. the actual in body incubation period would be the equivalent to six months (i haven't nailed down their actual life spans yet) and then the egg would develop for another six months once laid before hatching.

i'm planning on several subspecies, here's some concept art, the above two designs are both "Tornado"

And here's an adult "Tornado" humanoid form example! (With wings hidden)

egg lore...2!

they lay soft shelled eggs that harden to hard shelled eggs after a couple days. they are incapable of parthenogenesis, so an unfertilized egg cannot be incubated into a viable embryo.

the Aviaaros are mesothermic, meaning intermediate-blooded, and begin to lactate (in humanoid form) approximately equivalent to a year after laying their egg to nurse their young. the hatchling emerges in its draconian form and eats the eggshell/yolk.

after an intense academic discussion in call we decided their version of dragon catholicism is about dragon jesus being hatched from parthenogenesis (and thus female, XX), and when he's an adult he feeds the hungry with his unfertilized eggs and eggnog instead of bread and wine.

this society domesticates multiple bird species for egg consumption, as eggs are pretty holy, and dragon communion involves consuming a hardboiled dove egg (dragon jesus's fursona- as in this world it's a lamb), and some eggnog.

No idea what could've caused you think that (certainly not anything I've posted lately) but I thank you kindly regardless :) I went to bed early last night (3am) and the night before but before that I had my regular bed time (6am+).