Common jewelry/body mods in tribes.
FYI: I’ve been writing this for just two hours and I do not want to reread it on grammar mistakes. If you find any blame it on the fact it’s 11 PM.
Also I blame the books for underrepresenting Mudwings (I’ve yet to read The Hybrid Prince).
Hivewings:
Many Hivewings with little black scales paint stripes on them with coal dust to emulate dark scales in honor of their heritage from Clearsight.
After the rehabilitation of their tribe, it became a symbol of peace to paint a tree of leaf symbol on your chest or shoulder. All Pantalian tribes followed that idea. Hivewings traditionally wear theirs in black or grey to symbolize wrongdoing and guilt.
Throughout Pantala, Hivewings were quick to be known for their excellent metal work. Many dragonets wear unpolished rings and bracelets that they polish and refine throughout their life.
Icewings:
Furs and hides are a common thing to wear in the center of the kingdom. At the coast, you mostly see seal and bear hides, in the center elk and fox, and in the south grizzly or deer fur.
A lot of bone is part of their jewelry. They carve from it, and (especially unmated lower stand hunters) wear it as decorations. Giving a high ranking Icewing an animal skull infused into a piece of jewelry is a common gag gift in higher circles.
Despite what’s suspected, many Icewinngs enjoy covering themselves in colors, albeit they might be pretty dull compared to other tribes.
Ironically, their style matches a lot of Nightwing trends. Filed horns and spikes, tail bands and the Three Moon Motive are all deeply rooted in Icewing jewelry culture.
The lower their rank, the more fur, and the higher, the more metal. This is because only so many Icewings live in temperature regulated houses, that hold a consistent temperature throughout blizzards and clear skies.
After Darkstalker, it became common practice to draw a black tear into the corner of your eye (mocking Nightwing tear scales) to show mourning, should you’ve lost a friend or family. Also, a lot of bracelets were made in honor of Clearsights ‘betrayal’ of Darkstalker.
Leafwings:
Like Rainwings, they brought the idea of using plants and flowers into jewelry. In Pantala, they not just dye silks with their pigments, but also paints. Many times a Phyrria dragon has mistaken a brightly painted Leafwing for a Rain- or Silkwing.
Like Hivewings, dragonets will make a ring or bracelet or necklace that they work on during their lifetime. However, unlike Hivewings, they don’t use metal, but wood.
Many of their jewelry indicate how powerful their leafspeak is. Many wear a necklace made of vines around their neck. The more potent their leafspeak, the thicker the necklace.
Nightwings:
Before their flight to the volcano, Nightwings were widely known for their silver pieces and tail rings. Although the later made it hard to fly, they did come in many variations.
The Phyrria wide used Three Moon Motive comes from their culture.
Many Nightwings used to file and reshape their spikes and horns.
Many job based jewelry; Hunters may have worn teeth covers that elongate their canines, Soldiers may have worn claw extensions, scholars may have worn drapes over their chest and wings, etc.
A lot of white/silver patterns were painted on faces, so many in fact, it was a designated career to artists.
Mudwing:
You simply won’t find a Mudwing without a sibling band. It’s a string on which every member of their sibling group has added a bead they carved themselves. Usually, the big wings bead is the biggest and atop, but differences may apply depending on the dynamic. Lost siblings are represented by surrounding the bead with a black one on each side.
Mudwings with tusks will, in times of peace or festivals, adorn them with chains or tusk covers made from gold. This is often seen in higher circles.
Nose and ear piercing is common practice for many Mudwings, as is tattooing.
Rainwings:
Flowers and plant accessories and styles were spread over Phyrria by Rainwings before they withdrew to the rainforest.
Not really a jewelry thing, but young Rainwings may jokingly compare how vibrant a someone’s colors are.
Due to their color changing ability, they aren’t quite drawn to ‘stiff’ jewelry. Rather, they show off (moving) patterns and colors, from which many artists and jewelry crafters of other tribes often take inspiration.
Sandwings:
Stinger covers started out as a necessity when the population of Sandwings started to become denser in the cities. Before long, they were turned into accessories indicating someone’s social standing. Dragonets often learn to carve stinger covers out of coconuts.
Veils, both made from fabric and beads, are very popular among traders, travelers and merchants due to their ability to conceal your face and protect yourself from both the sun and the sand.
It’s a common occurrence for young dragonets to get their frills pierced or decorated by tattooing or ripping patterns into it.
Sandwings are popular for setting the base for a trend of tattooing, although Mudwings popularized it.
Wing chains/nets are a traditional wear on dance and music celebrations. Especially wing nets made from thin chains, beads or pearls were popularized by these festivals.
Seawings:
Like Sandwing youth, many young Seawings get their frills and webbed claws pierced and adorned with chains or rings.
Waterproof paint is a hit in especially the Southern Seawing culture. Dragons use them to highlight their glow scales and patterns.
Northern Seawings and those that life far off coast are known to avoid too many pieces of jewelry to avoid drag in the water currents.
A lot of things made from pearls and driftwood.
Skywings:
Their most commonly worn colors are either gold or red.
Skywing culture is famous for starting the trend of embedding gems into your scales and gums.
Many young dragonets will start making jewelry for friends or family from feathers first.
During ceremonies, Skywings are expected to wear their ‘first flight feather’, a feather given to them by their parents after their first flight alone. This feather can be integrated into any kind of jewelry, but has to be the main focus of at least that piece.
Silkwings:
Silk drapes, capes, wraps, pouches, you name it.
A lot of times, you’ll see Silkwings painting entire murals on their sides and wings. Too an unused eye, these shows of color can be headache inducing.
Bracelets that highlight their silk glands are also popular.
Very little metal is used in their jewelry. Instead, they often resort to spun fabrics and silk strands.
Young dragonets highlight their wing buds by covering the rest of their scales in a thin layer of chalk to make the colors of their wing buds pop more.
After emerging from their cocoon again, it’s common for newly winged dragons to wear a drape around their wings and cover themselves in a thick layer of white chalk for a day or two. Then, for a week after their cocooning, they’ll be expected to weave a fabric using the colors and/or pattern of their wings, which they’ll then wear for another two weeks or so, until they’ve mastered flight.
