Sentinel

Sweet, kind, shy, lighthearted, optimistic, depressed, lonely. He's shorter than average, though obviously an adult. His scales are a grayish-blackish color with a very slight purple. He had constant eye bags under his silver eyes with a greenish accent to them. He had no Nightwing abilities, foresight, or mind reading. And seemed very polite. He had a natural joy and whimsy to him that felt infectious. He stutters when flustered, but when encouraged will be a lot more focused, determined and confident.

DRAGONS WILL NEVER MENTION THEIR NEED TO DEFECATE OR URINATE.

ALL CHARACTERS IN THE STORY ARE DRAGONS

THEY WILL JUST SHIT OR PISS WHERE THEY'RE WALKING, OR SITTING, OR STANDING. EVEN IF THEYRE LYING ONTOP OF ANOTHER DRAGON IF THEY NEEDED TO PISS LR SHIT, THEY'D JUST GO.

All dragons defecate and urinate. All dragons defecate casually in public, without care or shame. Dragons do not mention the fact that they need to defecate or urinate and will just go. Dragons do not have bathrooms nor are they a thought on the mind. Since defecating and urinating has become so casuallised, defecating or urinating during intercourse, sleep, or when the feces or urine would get onto another dragon is normal, and can be considered attractive and/or flirting.

Dragon urine and feces is so well digested it's considered sterile. There's no lasting side effects of consumption of urine or feces. Eating feces in public is frowned upon, but is considered a common sexual interaction between two dragons.

Dragon feces usually comes out in thick hard logs like a human, monkey or dog, or fat chunks like a horse, zebra, donkey or rhinoceros.

All dragons urine is a faintly yellow clear liquid with no taste.

Rainwings' urine, unlike other dragons' urine, is slightly fruity due to their diet. Rainwings feces has a similar taste, but a bit earthier.

Feces of the dragons seems to deteriorate quickly, being gone by the next two hours or so. Urine doesn't stain any cloth.

Neither the urine or feces has a smell. With the exception of rainwings, whom have a fruity smell to their urine and feces.

Dragons do not produce gas like other creature do, or to say, dragons cannot 'fart'

Dragons are sentient and sapient species capable of speaking both the dragon and human languages,[2] constructing tools, composing literature, and complex thought. The BeetleWings and LeafWings spoke the Pantalan language prior to Clearsight's arrival on the continent, calling Dragon 'the old language'.

Dragons are quadrupedal. Pyrrhian dragons, as well as LeafWings, possess six limbs, consisting of two wings and four legs. HiveWings and SilkWings have eight limbs, consisting of four wings and four legs. Dragons have five toes on both forelimbs, accompanied by five claws. Dragon hindlimbs have four toes, accompanied by four claws and a dewclaw. Some dragons, such as Six-Claws, may be born with polydactylism. Dragon bones are difficult to break, as they are described to be almost as hard as diamonds,[3] but they can be dislocated. All tribes are roughly the same size except for MudWings, who are larger and stronger than dragons from the other tribes,[5] and SeaWings, who are considered to be shorter than dragons from other tribes. Additionally, SkyWings have notably larger wings than most tribes. Dragons do not have sexual dimorphism.

Wings are attached to a dragon's shoulders and have a slightly transparent wing membrane stretched between five small bone digits, each of which has one small claw on the tip. A larger claw is attached to the front of the third digit. All dragons are capable of flight, but SilkWings hatch without wings and cannot fly until their wings grow in during their Metamorphosis. Dragons require their tails for flight, and severe tail injuries may ground a dragon for life. Pyrrhian dragons are known to have a vulnerable spot at the tip of their tails. Dragons have overlapping scales that vary in color and shape from tribe to tribe. Some dragons hatch with freckles, splotches of color, or other unusual patterns on their bodies or wings. They can also have birthmarks, and in the case of SeaWings, Aquatic birthmarks. Dragons have skin underneath their scales.

Dragons can faint, sweat, and cry. Dragons can also have allergies and become intoxicated. They can have seizures, hiccups, as well as other medical conditions including deformities, tumors, mental illnesses, or eye conditions. Most dragon tribes hate getting wet, except for SeaWings, RainWings, and sometimes IceWings.

They have lengthy natural lifespans, but are susceptible to injury, illness, and poison. The longest average dragon lifespan is said to be roughly one hundred and fifty years, but the oldest dragon known to live without the use of magic was Tapir, at one hundred and ten years. Dragons reproduce via eggs that take a year to hatch. Eggs may contain twin dragonets. Dragonets can speak within a day of hatching, and a one-year-old dragonet is capable of speaking in full, if broken, sentences. Most dragons at three years of age can fly, but cannot fly for long periods without stopping to rest. SkyWing dragonets can fly at one year old, and are known to molt their scales upon growth. Dragonets stop growing rapidly at seven years old, which is considered adulthood or maturity in most tribes. Dragons grow rapidly for the first eight to ten years of their life, but continue to grow at a much slower rate for the remainder of their lives, as demonstrated by Grandeur, Morrowseer, and Darkstalker. Older dragons are typically the largest.

Dragons have a hoarding instinct, preferring shiny or brightly colored objects. Pyrrhian dragons typically barter with gold, gems, and other treasure,[38] but they also have coins that are used as currency.[39] Pantalan dragons use a currency called scales.[40]

All dragon species have, betwiin their hind legs, genitalia, and further back at the base of the tail, males have an anus. This genitalia varies between males and females. For females, they have a cloaca and no anus. A cloaca being used to both defecate and urinate also, after same sex intercourse with a male without any problems, the female will produce eggs from this cloaca. Males have a penis that varies from species to species, but with some similarities. All male dragons have some form of sheath. A sheath is a place where the penis sits while not aroused or while not urinating.

Iceweings, Nightwings, rainwings and leafwings have the third longest lengths of penises compared to other penis variants, with Nightwings having the longest of the four and rainwings having the shortest. These dragons have a genital slit as their sheath. A small line in the scale pattern where the penis is tucked away and even when aroused, never having exposed testicles. Nightwings' penises are black, rainwings' and icewings' penises are a pink, and leafwings' penises are green. They all have a similar shape, with a tapering shape, wider at the base and thinner at the top, almost conical, but with a curve. Called tapering penises.

Seawings and mudwings have the second longest lengths of penises compared to other penis variants, with seawings having the longer of the two. These dragons have a genital slit as their sheath. A small line in the scale pattern where the penis is tucked away and even when aroused, never having exposed testicles. Seawings' penises are a pink, while mudwings' penises, though pink at the base, are mostly black with a small fade from pink the black at the base of the shaft. Similar to icewings', nightwings', rainwings' and leafwings' penises, they have a tapering penis, but significantly longer, similar to dolphins' penises in shape and in behavior, being prehensile. Called aquatic penises.

Sywings and sandwings have the shortest lengths of penises compared to other penis variants, but not by much, being almost identical lengths to leafwings and rainwings, though amongst the two, sandwings have longer penises. Unlike the rest of the dragons, these few have a sheath like that of a dog and a ballsack with exposed testicles. Skywings' penises area reddish pink, while sandwings are a black. These dragons' penises are like a humans with a tip and very cylindrical, but without a foreskin and very slightly wider at the base and barely tapering down to the tip, but not to a point like aquatic penises or tapering penises, still extremely cylindrical. Without a name like the other three penis types.

Beetlewings, hivewings and silkwings have the longest penises compared to other penis variants, but amongst the three, hivewings have the longest oenises and silkwings having the smallest penises. These dragons have a genital slit as their sheath. A small line in the scale pattern where the penis is tucked away and even when aroused, never having exposed testicles. All three species, beetlewings, hivewings, and silkwings have a black penis. Long and thin penis shape, almost inflexible, but won't break if bent, just kinda hurt a bit. Called insect penises.

It's common practice, in attempt to arouse a male, to stick a tallon into the sheath of the dragon or grind against the sheath. Another common practice is to present ones self casually, either by pressing your genitals, a vagina leaking vaginal intercourse fluids for females or a hardened member for males, showing off your genitals, giving the other dragon nods and trying to guide their gaze towards it, or by deficating or urinating on display, usually by raising one's tail and presenting yourself in the vunrable act. Another way is to just urinate onto someone while hinting at sexual desires.

Intercourse is never forced upon another dragon, even after giving hints or being given hints of desire to engage in sex. Concent isn't necessarily asked for at point blank, but you need to ease into intercourse rather than jump in, either by forcing yourself onto someone, which is a crime and can result in being attacked or convicted, or by just inserting your penis into someone, or forcing someone's penis into you. Rather, after getting hints, you will be taken somewhere private, as these hints at sexual desire can take place in public, and then be given some form of cue to start, whether it be verbal or otherwise. Common cues to start are a simple "okay," a nod, presenting ones self fully, offering different positions, or defecating and/or urinating.

Dragon anuses, only applying to males, are designed for same sex intercourse, and for defecation. Defecating during intercourse is common and so, many dragons have developed an attraction to the action of defecating and actively encourage defecating or urinating during intercourse, during both homosexual and heterosexual intercourse.

NightWings can breathe fire and blend into dark shadows. They have a strong sense of smell and powerful night vision. NightWing dragonets hatched under one full moon have the power of mind-reading or prophecy, and those hatched under two full moons have both. Dragonets hatched under three full moons have both powers, which are further enhanced by the third moon.

Dragons use body language to communicate with each other. Dragons may raise their wings in a shushing gesture, and they spread or wave their wings to catch attention. Flicking one's tail at someone is another way to get another dragon's attention and can also be used to indicate something of interest or signal to other dragons. Flicking wings at one another indicates an argument. A dragon lashing their tail is a sign of anger or impatience. SeaWings may flare their gills when angry, and RainWings flare and color their ruffs when angry or indignant. Drooping one's wings or tail are typically signs of tiredness, sadness, or hopelessness.

The Talons of Peace have a signal for greeting one another, consisting of tilting one's wings to catch the sunlight. Dragons can use their claws to indicate numbers.

Nudging or brushing another dragon's wing or twining tails together is a sign of affection and closeness. Wrapping wings around one another, hugging, and pressing snouts together are also signs of affection. Dragons also kiss to express affection. Dragons tent their wings over others as a way to comfort or embrace them in a protective gesture.

Dragons live in a matriarchal society where each tribe is, in most cases, ruled by a queen. Typically, tribes live in separated kingdoms; after the events of the NightWing Exodus, the NightWing tribe is now ruled by Queen Glory, and after the events of The Flames of Hope, the SilkWing tribe now resides in the LeafSilk Kingdom along with LeafWings and some HiveWings, and are governed by the SilkWing Assembly. In most tribes, queens are hereditary and decided through the royal challenge or other means. The SandWing tribe uses the Eye of Onyx which chooses the best queen for the job, and may choose a commoner over a royal. No male dragon had ruled a tribe since the time of the Scorching.[99]

Most dragons feel strong loyalty to their tribes, and loyalty to dragons outside the tribe is considered unnatural. They view their tribe as extremely important to their identity and consider acting against others of their tribe or their queen to be traitorous. Some tribes, notably the NightWings, IceWings, HiveWings, and SkyWings, see their tribe as superior to other tribes. In formal settings, it is common for dragons to use their tribe as a title, i.e. "Prince Arctic of the IceWings."

Some dragon keep pets, such as scavengers, sloths, foxes, cats, or birds. Pets do not do well in dragon communities, as they often get eaten by forgetful relatives or even by its owner. Dragons are careful not to eat pets belonging to important dragons.

Each dragon tribe has their own religious beliefs. SkyWings have a traditional burial ceremony which consists of wrapping a deceased dragon's body in white cloth or silk and offering it to the sky for seven days before being burned. It is said to allow the dragon's spirit to fly free and reincarnate into a SkyWing instead of a dragon from another tribe. IceWings swear by the Great Ice Dragon, and have several temples dedicated in its honor. IceWings believe in snow monsters and spirits under the ice. Dragons may believe that the world hatched from eggs. The Pantalan dragons see Clearsight as a divine being of guidance and wisdom.

Diets Food TBN Food set out in the SandWing stronghold for SandWing soldiers from The Brightest Night (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes

Most dragons are omnivorous, but many have primarily carnivorous diets. SilkWings prefer a plant-based diet. RainWings are primarily vegetarian, but can eat meat if they choose to do so so. Dragons of non-vegetarian or non-herbivorous tribes may choose to be vegetarian. Most dragons can survive for up to a month without food.

Dragons sometimes drink beverages such as milk, tea, and coffee, and eat sweets such as chocolate, cookies, honey drops, and ice cream.

Each tribe has specialized structures and abilities that differentiate them from other tribes.

Basic dragon abilities Dragon fire smells different from normal fire. The average dragon is physically strong enough to rip a tree from the ground and throw it across a short distance. Some dragon tribes, notably the IceWings, NightWings, SeaWings, and SkyWings, have animus magic, which allows the user to enchant inanimate objects, plants, animals, and other dragons as they please.

Hybrids Hybrids are dragons with parents from different tribes. They have a mix of physical features from both of their parent tribes. Many of them look unique among other dragons, while some can blend in with one of their parent tribes. Burn may have had several stuffed hybrids in her collection.