Post by Tarn on Nov 13, 2014 22:09:34 GMT
Darksteel guidelines
Name- “Dark” because they're coloured darkly and “steel” because they're basically covered in plates of metal that's resistant to any type of heat.
Appearance/basic anatomy
-Covered in large, armour/plate-like spikes and spines.
-Incredibly strong, particularly the tail and jaws.
-Short limbs with no thumbs.
-Entirety of their body is completely and heavily scaled, with the exception of their insides.
-Tails can often take up half of their own length, if not more
-Every Darksteel’s set of “armour” plating is different, no individual has the same amount or size with the rare exception of twins.
-One of the largest dragon breeds known, speculated to never stop growing.
-Sclera and pupil are the same colour, the iris being a white ring
-Bacteria filled mouth, bite is typically venomous in older specimen
-Completely heat resistant, internally though they are more vulnerable to fire
Hatchling behavior
-First 10 or so years of their life they act completely mindless, unable to communicate and completely feral. Typically ravenous and impossible to train as pets.
-Are kicked out of their parent’s lairs after 10 years of living together, fully capable of taking care of themselves.
-After being kicked out is when they begin to learn about their surroundings and others consciously, starting to develop their own sense of identity. This is one of the most important parts of a Darksteel’s life, as they begin to learn and intake as much knowledge as they can.
-Rarely have surviving siblings.
Adult behavior
- Known to be quite destructive in nearly any environment, at times accidently destroying entire ecosystems due to their hunger.
- Darksteels are partnered with one another for life, acting surprisingly caring towards each other.
- While courting one another the aggressiveness towards others is often increased, especially to those they views as someone who could steal their mate.
- Both sexes compete with each other to gain a mate.
- Blood engorges their jaws, to the point of where they’re incapable of completely closing their mouth. Foul, very strong smelling saliva pools down to hit whatever it may as a way of finding each other via scent. The drooling is completely involuntary and often to the disgust of others. Despite the dislike from other races, other darksteels find the scent very alluring.
- [Voldemort] for them lasts an abnormally long time compared to other breeds, sometimes going on for months at a time.
- Their plates of scale/”armour” shed each year, a rather irritating, semi-painful process.
Diet
- Pretty much any sort of food is acceptable.
- Meat is highly preferred above all others, although they aren’t picky.
- Capable of eating stone and steel perfectly fine, even known to swallow weaponry or magical artifacts upon accident and not realizing it.
- Due to their size and vast digestive tract it’s very difficult to poison a darksteel, one has to have a large quantity of harsh venom or poison to actually succeed.
Habitat
- Tend to live in most environments, although they do prefer humidity.