#wof alphabet

[cinder-aj]

This is one of my weirder ideas. It's the alphabet but each letter is one of my characters.

I wrote the names of each in the same way the character themself would sign!

I tried to make the background look like the wood grain on one of those alphabet boards they give to toddlers.

It was so hard choosing a character to represent S and C. I have so many fun characters with names that start with those letters.

Abyss: Sea/Night. She can see the future, but does not like what her visions foretell. She leaves her found family behind because she risks making a future in which they all die come true.

Basil: SporeWing. Wannabe witch but in reality she just lives alone in the woods, drinks a lot of mushroom tea and makes ink drawings of weird dreams. About as eccentric as she sounds.

Crater: Castaway. Cold and quiet, but neat and organized. He was once Stalagmite's butler and had a bit of a crush... that was until Stalagmite became successively more evil and twisted to the point where Crater could hardly recognize him. Crater was the one who put Stalagmite's rein of terror to an end.

Distantsky: NightWing. A total nerd, energetic and honestly kinda crazy. She had a vision of the future of a radio and built it for all of Pyrrhia. She also had visions of alien dragons (the Castaway fantribe) and predicted the reintroduction of the now technologically advanced Specus fancontinent tribes.

Ensconce: RainWing. He's known to be aloof and distant and lives in the Ice Kingdom disguised as an IceWing. Sibling to one of the most unapologetically evil dragons on Pyrrhia: Starfruit. Ensconce saw the downfall of his brother but left him to follow his own dreams of exploring. Ensconce regrets leaving his brother behind in his time of need.

Fluorite: QuartzWing. She's a rebellious, loud, bold, and rude little bi- and she will hurt you if you mess with her best friend, Circuit. She's supposed to be the replacement dragon in a war stopping prophecy, but at heart she's an anarchist who loves chaos and having fun.

Goldi: SkyWing (IceWing ancestry). She's energetic and loves crazy loud parties, but she is secretly an insecure perfectionist. Loves shiny things especially all things gold.

Harpy: RainWing. Disguises himself as a SkyWing. Nervous and Insecure, he's brothers with Ensconce and Starfruit. Unlike Ensconce however, he wasn't bold enough to eventually stand up to his brother. Harpy hates feeling useless, and has a job as a SkyWing royal guard. Plated in armor, he finds the strength within himself to act strong.

Ivy: Rain/Sea. Ivy is a sarcastic grump with the tendency to make dark jokes. Her father died in the SandWing Succession war and her mother was too distraught to raise her, so she was raised with the other RainWings and teased mercilessly. When she met her girlfriend Plutonium, her life changed forever.

Jackrabbit: Sand/Hive. Grumpy and mean old man with a heart of gold. He's that strict history teacher that softens the moment he finds another history lover.

Khaki: Hive/Mud. A brave and outgoing swashbuckling privateer. She catches thieves as she sails the seas with her first mate (and sister), Pumpkin, by her side.

Loon: MudWing. Trans female. An oddly smart MudWing who became the bigwings for her little family after her brother Pad, died. She has the tendency to be recklessly protective. Despite seeming so sweet one minute, she will stomp you if you talk smack about those she cares about, consequences be damned.

Mantis: Hive/Leaf. A timid and shy little dragon who wants to find her lost sisters more than anything despite having a new found family.

Nightshade: Butterfly-Tongue/Ringtail/BetulaWing. She was once a teacher but was framed for a horrible crime and was exiled. Nightshade is quiet and polite; a dragon of few words. Like Loon, she can be recklessly protective. She saved the life of her girlfriend, Sunflower and died trying to save her the second time. Her soul was put into the body of a robot and so she had a second chance at "life." (Long story lol)

Onyx: QuartzWing/Mistforme. One of the sweetest dragons you'll ever meet. 🥺 He's gentle and polite and likes friends. Onyx is a blacksmith and makes weapons.

Plutonium: QuartzWing. She's a shy nerd who can see ghosts and loves nature and exploring despite the anxiety it gives her sometimes. Separated from her older sister that sheltered her for most of her life, now she has to find her own courage. She's Ivy's girlfriend, and together they stood up to evil Stalagmite and helped prevent him from taking over the world.

Quark: Sparktail. He's a mean little jerk that acts like he's better than everyone and does and says what he wants. Secretly though, he's extremely insecure and his bold and arrogant behavior is a front. Quark is (probably) the only full-blooded Sparktail that can fly and he's the son of an ex-royal

Roselyn: SkyWing/QuartzWing (Secretly a hybrid). Her mother gave her a mysterious pocket watch after flying away and never returning. Roselyn dedicated most of her life trying to find her. After discovering that the watch was magic and allowed her to travel back in time, she tried to use it to get her mother back. No matter what she did, her mother always disappeared. Later, she found out that her real father, Stalagmite, killed her.

Stalagmite: QuartzWing. Not only is he manipulative, cold, and backstabbing, but he's also a jealous murderous lier with Animus powers. He stabbed his brother in the back for taking credit for the good deeds that Stalagmite was too shy to say anything about. He tried bringing back his dead lover, Phoenix, in several forms that all rejected him, even the most recent iteration: Crater. Hungry for control and power, he became King of the Castaways and took over their spaceship. He used dragons to power the ship, introducing uncontacted tribes on Pyrrhia and Pantala to Specus and the Castaways. He was pushed out the airlock of his ship by Crater, who was backed by the resistance.

Tumbleweed: Castaway. Fun-loving, rude, and sarcastic, she loves making crude jokes. Now Queen of the Castaways, Tumbleweed began as an eccentric content creator focused on conspiracy theories and pseudoscience. She make a video about casting a protection spell against malicious magic. She didn't know it at the time, but she was an Animus and whoever watched the video was actually protected. This came in handy when she led the resistance against Stalagmite with her girlfriend, Starfield.

Ursula: Orquidtail. Potions, poisons, she's got bioweapons galore for your assassination needs. She'll also keep secrets... just don't listen to most of the "information" she gives you. Ursula lies, often just for the fun of it.

Viprens: QuartzWing. Viprens is insecure due to her her mutated tails and is rather lonely. GIVE HER A HUG, PLEASE! Despite being practically blind in sunlight, she has the really cool job of being a flagger for spaceships.

Wake: IceWing. A vengeful lighthouse keeper that was frozen in ice for millenia by her animus sister so she couldn't challenge their mother to the throne of the IceWings. Has a bracelet that can make others fall asleep at the snap of a talon. No wonder she's so cold.

X: HiveWing. Her actual name is Executioner, but she doesn't feel the name fits her. Edgy without actually being edgy. X is known for acting like she doesn't really care; which is true, but she's also just lazy. X likes stand-up comedy but is actually terrible at it. Despite her name being Executioner, she couldn't kill anyone if she tried... unless you're counting humor as a person. (Ba-boom-tss)

Yellow Mistress: Butterfly-Tongue. Cold, quiet, and calculating, she is the terrifying leader of the guild of assassins (or mafia, really) known as The Comma. Despite wanting to lower the crime rate, instead she's monopolizing it. She actually leads a double life as the Yellow Queen. Only her terrifying Purple Butler knows. However, that's not the scariest thing about her. The Yellow Mistress is no longer the dragon she used to be, literally. She made a deal with a dragon named Aurora (who's practically the devil at this point) and was tricked into swapping bodies with her. Now she's stuck in a puppet made of leaves and bones while Aurora is free.

Zest: SandWing. Energetic, friendly, and in your face, that one loud hype-friend and your number one bestie. Her favorite thing is convincing others to do stupid dares (and also being dared).

#dragon #dragon oc #oc #lore #wings of fire fantribe #wings of fire #wings of fire art #original species #original character #ocs #wof fantribe #wof #dragons #weird art idea #alphabet

[aeg3an]

Page 4 of every Wof character alphabetically

(I have up to page 12 done I just have to post them all)

Argus is a member of the Jewel Hive chrysalis, who did not show up for the meeting in book 12 Arid is the SandWing member of the Quartz Winglet at Jade Mountain academy Armadillo is one of Thorn’s closest friends, being only one of two dragons who she told about her relationship with Stonemover Ash is the fictional main character of Willow’s favourite book

#wings of fire #wof #wof art #wings of fire art #sandwing #leafwing #silkwing

[confusedlittleguy]

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all wof characters in alphabetical order

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#wof #wings of fire #digital art #wof fanart #wof abalone #wof addax #wof admiral #wof agave #wof alba #wof albatross #wof allknowing #wof anaconda #wof anemone #abalone #addax #admiral #agave #alba #albatross #allknowing #anaconda #anemone #seawing #sandwing #silkwing #icewing #nightwing #rainwing #dragons #my art

[tacomanarrows]

Tac's OC Ref Masterpost!

Heya everybody! I'm not sure where the thought for this came from but I wanted to make a post that just has all of my OCs' refs in it in case anyone ever needs to find them and doesn't wanna ask me for them (which ur always welcome to do btw!) or doesn't wanna go digging through their Toyhouse galleries. This will be linked in my pinned post as well, so if you ever need to find it again, it'll be there! Every character will have their Toyhouse page linked below their ref, so you'll have easy access to more in-depth info and more gallery images if needed!

All the refs are below the read more since this is going to be a really long post, so be prepared for that if you take a look lol. It's organized the same way as my Toyhouse, with sonas first, then primary, secondary and tertiary OCs (basically categorized by how much I use them and how much development they have). I'll put a little bit of information about each character and whenever I make a new ref for a character, I'll swap out the old version with the new one here!

Also feel free to ask me anything abt any of my characters ever!! I adore talking abt them <333

SONAS

(These guys are ordered by how much I use them/how representative of me they are)

Shep (Toyhouse Link)

My main sona and most complete representation of myself out of all my characters!

22 y/o asexual biromantic German Shepherd

Boyfriends with PBnJ

Lead vocalist/guitarist for Let's Get Back!

PBnJ (Toyhouse Link)

Secondary sona

Usually goes by just PB

Also Ace/Biro, Golden Retriever

Boyfriends with Shep

Bassist and backup vocalist for Let's Get Back!

Starburst (Toyhouse Link)

Main comfort sona, personal favorite OC <33

Kinsona based on Jenny from Wayside, who's my biggest comfort character!

Do not draw her without her outfit!! Also please only draw her anthro!

Second tallest of my anthro characters, slighter taller than Shep, not as tall as Wilkołak

Very friendly, adventurous and always looking to live life to the fullest!

Spatter (Toyhouse Link)

Pokesona

Move set: Dragon Pulse, Earthquake, Rain Dance and Protect. Feel free to draw him using any of these!

Has roughly equal number of purple and green splatter markings

Very squishy, loves giving/receiving hugs

Vostok (Toyhouse Link)

Main Dragon/WoF-sona

My oldest OC, I've had him since February of 2017

May look intimidating but rlly just a big soft guy

Blue and purple scales make chevron shapes (not zigzags, not checkerboards, not stripes, etc.)

PRIMARY OCS

(Characters from here going forward are listed alphabetically per section)

Agouti (Toyhouse Link)

RainWing

Relatively quiet and shy until you get to know her

Lesbian, girlfriends with Rhazz

Can feel the emotions of others very strongly (for better or worse)

Doppler (Toyhouse Link)

SeaWing/RainWing hybrid (75% Sea/25% Rain)

Weather forecaster with his wings and scales that show weather radar

Makes up a weather watching/storm chasing team with Sundial and ThunderSnow

Boyfriend of Sundial

Radar can show any kind of weather (rain/thunderstorms, hurricanes, snow storms, tornadoes, etc.)

Eejanaika (Toyhouse Link)

SkyWing/RainWing hybrid

Name pronounced Edge-a-NYE-ka

Goes by Eej as a nickname

Has issues with anxiety and self-confidence

Demisexual, girlfriend of ThunderSnow

Has a short right horn, RainWing frill spines with no membrane, a double-pointed nose spike and is missing every other spine along her back as a result of being a hybrid

Name and design based on the old color scheme for the Eejanaika roller coaster at Fuji-Q Highland in Japan

Firecracker (Toyhouse Link)

Jack Russell Terrier

Small but full of energy!

Loves 4th of July themed snacks and baked goods (his personal fav are Star Spangled Ding Dongs haha)

Friends with Starburst over their shared energetic lifestyle and red white and blue color solidarity :]

Isaac (Toyhouse Link)

Celestdog - Australian Shepherd

Nonbinary Asexual

Quiet and reserved, generally prefers to do their own thing

Very smart, loves trivia facts

Sibling to Moxie and the rest of the Celestdog family

Kwaro (Toyhouse Link)

SilkWing

Gay, boyfriends with Rutabaga (owned by @/macaronichewtoyz)

Likes to sing, but is self-conscious about singing in front of others

Generally softspoken

Kinda velvety soft rather than full scales

Luau (Toyhouse Link)

Major comfort OC

Very chill, laid back attitude

Good friends with PB and Shep

Occasionally guest vocalist for Let's Get Back! and often runs the lights/effects for their shows

Always has a flower in her hair, but can be any flower!

Girlfriends with Seabreeze

Moxie (Toyhouse Link)

Celestdog - Siberian Husky

Another major comfort OC

Loves to have fun, can play a little rough sometimes but always means well

A bit bigger and more stocky than Isaac

Sister to Isaac and the rest of the Celestdog family

Pebble (Toyhouse Link)

Small and fluffy with long, silky fur

Husky/Samoyed mix

Hates getting his fur dirty

Smallest of my feral dog OCs

Pumpernickel (Toyhouse Link)

Twin brother to Rye

Drummer and backup vocalist for Let's Get Back!

Easygoing and relaxed

Enjoys being outside at night

Rhazz (Toyhouse Link)

Huge comfort OC

Design and personality based around the Roaring Twenties

Super energetic and affectionate

Lesbian, girlfriends with Agouti

Stage performance partners with Foxtrot

Has a necklace, two hoop earrings on her left ear, a ring on her left horn and a feathered headdress (all are not optional when drawing her!)

Rye (Toyhouse Link)

Twin to Pumpernickel

A bit more rambunctious than his twin

Likes to strut around thinking he's cool stuff when he's really just kind of a dork

Keyboardist, backup guitarist and backup vocalist for Let's Get Back!

Seabreeze (Toyhouse Link)

Lively surfer girl

Girlfriends with Luau

Good friends with Starburst as well, as both are pretty adventurous

Always has her lucky seashell necklace

Wilkołak (Toyhouse Link)

Big scary (or at least he tries to be scary) transgender wolf guy

Name can be pronounced either Veel-koak or Will-ko-Lack (His name means Werewolf in Polish)

Tallest of my anthro OCs

Has hydrokinetic powers and his blue markings glow when he uses them

Used to be a WoF Fantribe OC named Galeforce before I redesigned him lol

SECONDARY OCS

Arroyo (Toyhouse Link)

SandWIng

Sometimes acts as an older brother figure to Rhazz

Higher-up at a gold mine in the desert

Ruff is stylized to look like messy hair

Foxtrot (Toyhouse Link)

NightWing/SilkWing hybrid

Stage performer, performance partners with Rhazz

Loves showtunes music

Feel free to simplify his design if needed lmao

Magma (Toyhouse Link)

Biggest of any of my dragon characters

Veteran of some war (he never specifically says which)

Has a scar on his tail

Adoptive older brother to Sunrise

Fits the "cool uncle who brings the kids awesome gifts at their birthdays and holidays" role

Sundial (Toyhouse Link)

IceWing/RainWing hybrid

Girlfriend of Doppler

Makes up a weather watching/storm chasing team with Doppler and ThunderSnow

Wings show what the sky outside looks like at any given time (day/night, clear/rain/snow, etc. - think like a Minecraft clock lol)

ThunderSnow (Toyhouse Link)

IceWing/SkyWing hybrid

Wavy spines are a hybrid side effect

Wings are meant to look like a blizzard, icicles and lightning, all meant to tie back to his name

Storm chaser, works with Doppler and Sundial

Boyfriend of Eejanaika

Wanderlust (Toyhouse Link)

SilkWing

Owns a safari tour business in Pantala

Sometimes wears a pith helmet at an angle as part of her tours :]

Probably has an Australian accent lol

Her catchphrase/business tagline is "Everybody needs a little more wonder in their lives!"

TERTIARY OCS

Cenote (Toyhouse Link)

PackWing (WoF Fantribe)

Name is pronounced Seh-noh-Tay)

Lives in the forest and has a lot of knowledge about herbs and plants and stuff

Spends so much time in the woods that the smell tends to follow him wherever he goes

Markings and stuff can be simplified if needed lol

Chernobyl (Toyhouse Link)

NightWing/SandWing hybrid

Used to be the king of a fantribe I had made called FissionWings, which is why he has his floaty crown

Orange stripe along his flank is highly radioactive

The spots on his wings flicker with little sparks of radiation

Generally cold and stoic, usually keeps to himself

South (Toyhouse Link)

Melanistic IceWing

Named to contrast all of the IceWing OCs named North lmao

Youngest/smallest of all my dragon OCs

Very innocent and happy since he's still pretty young

Love to play with his friends

StrangeEvidence (Toyhouse Link)

NightWing with weak future seeing powers

Based on the terrible Science Channel show of the same name [I have no shame]

Tries to interpret his visions but goes like, way overboard and sounds ridiculous in the process

When they turn out to be something totally mundane, he's just like  "alright, so that's what that's about. Hm, neat" and walks away

These last two are doubled up due to Tumblr's 30 image per post limit </3

Sunrise (Toyhouse Link)

Also fairly young, but older than South (like what would be tween age in humans)

Kind of a ditz and lacks any kind of inhibition, which sometimes gets her into trouble

Adoptive younger sister to Magma, who often helps her out of the trouble she gets herself into

Tōhoku (Toyhouse Link)

SeaWing/SandWing hybrid

Lives by the beach

Loves to cook and owns a snack shack by the ocean

Very chill, would probably host a surfing contest

#TacTalks #TacDraws #long post #I am not tagging every single one of these OCs lmao #OCs #original characters #oc art #furry #anthro furry #sfw furry #clean furry #feral oc #feral furry #dragon #dragon art #wof #wof art #wof ocs #anthro oc #wings of fire #wings of fire oc #ref #character refs #reference drawings

[lemnnshark]

Design Masterlist/Tracker

I'm going in alphabetical order, so please do not request cats

My designs are free to use for anything that isn't harmful/gross (bigotry, nsfw, etc). If you use them, tag me! I'd love to see your art!

Commissions

Wings of Fire design blog: @lemnnshark-wof

#introductory post

[gaia-is-here-now]

I wonder how much fanart abalone has. y'know, since when people start doing those "drawing every wof dragon in alphabetical order," abalone is first. I wonder

#wof #wof abalone #wings of fire

[grimmgrinningghouls]

Stereotypical intro post.

Just making this so its easier.

You can call me whatever you want, but Spooks my preferred name.

I am a genderfluid lesbian! Its not necessary but very much appreciated if you ask me what my prns are for that day. BUT! for general reference, I use he/him and she/her but prefer he/him slightly. But I also don't care too much, I stopped trying to understand gender a while ago.

Interests: RWBY, gundam, ark se, bloodborne, tbh any fromsoft game but bloodbornes my favourite, DND, wof, rdr2, Godzilla.

I don't have a dni but if you're a maggot I'll block you. I'm addicted to the block button, I block on vibes alone.

Spoiler tags:

My general spoiler tag is 'spoilers' but I have more specific ones for series

Ark the animated series - ark tas spoilers

Godzilla/Monsterverse - MV spoilers (or, GxK spoilers)

RWBY - rwby spoilers

Links:

Shitty alphabet app(I am not very active on here lol) - https://twitter.com/Grimndgrinning

Toyhouse - https://toyhou.se/GrimGrinningGhouls

Discord - man just ask. If you're a mutual I can guarantee a yes, but if idk u very well I might just not respond.

Ark server Svartalfheim - 207.244.224.183:31215 Aberration - 144.126.153.185:30615 Caballus - 207.244.244.207:31215

#pinned post #intro

[wings-of-dc]

#1: abalone of the seawings! his coloration is much more based on IRL abalone shells than on his canon coloration :D

(i'm starting a little project where i draw a whole lot of WoF dragons, based on personal headcanon, names, and their descriptions/roles in the series! i'll be going in alphabetical order, and posting a new design whenever i feel like it. might make a blog specifically for it, but i'm gonna see how my motivation is first)

#wings of fire #abalone #WoF #dc al fine #my art #seawing

[mothiesdragonpile]

Hey, for your alphabetical wof project where did you get the list?

This character list from the WoF Wiki is what I am using ^^

[cleocatrablossy]

Thinking… maybe a challenge where a draw(headshots) of all the characters in either WoF or WC in alphabetical order for funsies

WoF has far less but cats are more fun… hm…………

#brain soup

[snapdragoncrown]

K is for Katerina

Katerina was never considered important until her brother died. Rurik died of an arrow to the throat, the only son and eldest child of the Volov royal family. Her brother was trained to unite empires through his might, but Katarina was at most a bartering piece, fated to be married to a foreigner for a trade agreement. That all changed when she was 11, and her brother's reign of only 4 days ended. Katerina has always stayed out of the way, so unimportant she could be invisible. But as the years pass with her sister on the throne, with no husband never mind heirs, the court and world at large seem to realize should something happen to Nikita, Katerina will be in charge of Kisevgrad's future, for better or for worse.

Tag list: @thats-my-type-writer @ladywithoringes

#writing life #princess aesthetic #princesscore #moodboard #wip moodboard #wip character #royalty aesthetic #royal oc #war of heirs #wof #books and libraries #writeblr #war of heirs alphabet #wof alphabet #wip #wip stuff

[drippywing]

Alphabet Design Challenge- E: Ermine of the Quartz winglet! We need more chubby Icewings!

#wings of fire #fanart #art challenge #icewing #alphabet design challenge #wof #wof art #icewings #my art #art

[aaronymous9]

I am 30 pages into my Wings of Fire name masterlist, only on B fish names for Seawings, fish is my first naming category for Seawings btw ( I am being way too thorough but I promise it will pay off… hopefully I can release it before 2023, maybe I should at least try and do one part of the alphabetical fish list a night until I’m done with that?? )

Also by popular demand I will be releasing the Pokémon Wof Doc, just need to transfer my Pokémon ramblings from Discord to Docs

#wings of fire #wof #wings of fire names

[dragonprincedrake]

Day 2 of me drawing every WoF character by alphabetical order: Addax the SandWing

#wings of fire #wof #my art #wings of fire fan art #wings of fire art #sandwings #addax the sandwing

[canonkiller]

The coloring on this one is pretty sloppy, and I'm sorry for that - I don't want to be up until midnight coloring bc then it takes me forever to fall asleep. This is another entry in the alphabetical dragon a day - the list is here ( All Wings of Fire Characters ) if you want to join in! However, I'll be taking a break from the alphabetical entries to participate in the LGBT WOF Week (Round Two!) ! Canonically, Albatross is a SeaWing animus and a Prince. He was described to look seagull-like, with blue-gray scales that were almost white and blue eyes so dark they were almost black, a long, hooked snout and long, powerful wings.

In this headcanon, Albatross is very lanky for a SeaWing, but well within the range of ordinary variations. His scales are a pale silver-gray with spare darker markings, and has patches of a brighter blue. His eyes are a piercing blue, but his second eyelids are much darker, meaning that his eyes are almost black (and his own ability to see is greatly reduced) when these eyelids are closed. Stress has caused him to pick at his fins, talons, and cheeks; he's completely removed the scales on his cheeks, revealing the red skin underneath, and his fins are also red with irritation around the holes and torn sections he's picked away himself. He still has the poise and dignity of royalty, but it is a thin barrier over his irritable, twitchy, paranoid and animus-drained self.

dA link!

#wings of fire #wof #albatross #prince albatross #art #fan art #my art #2018 #portfolio

[mothman-dontpullout]

WOF has some of the most interesting worldbuilding that I’ve seen in awhile. Tui does a wonderful job balancing vagueness and exposition, explaining enough about the world while leaving just enough unclear to keep the reader interested or, in some cases, flat out come to their own conclusions. An example of the latter category can be seen with the pyrrian writing system (or lack thereof). It is made very obvious that dragons have a written language and that it is different to the one we use, but very few specific details are given as to how it works or what it looks like. And while for me, while it is a wonderful writing strategy and one i wish was utilized more in stories like WOF, it's not something I can really live with. So I decided to, using what little specific information I have, to construct and interpretation of the pyrrian language. So using the factors I will describe in a moment, this is what I’ve come up with:

However, please keep in mind that I am only on book 3 at the time of writing this, so if there are any details that I’ve missed, please inform me so I can make the right corrections. Als, please forgive the poor quality of the graphic example in the post. The only digital mediums I have access to at the moment are a touchpad and a copy of Gimp That I don’t know how to use. I am also in the process to expanding this script into a spoken tongue as well, which is why not all the letter in the latin alphabet are represented.

I’ll start off with a brief rundown of why this script looks the way it does. First off, it is written from to to bottom. I decided this based on the implication that the scrolls that dragon use are made of one continuous piece of paper/parchment, instead of many sheets sewn together such as in a  Sefer Torah. This makes most sense because if they wrote from left to right like we do, the would have to keep writing on the same line until the reached the end of the scroll, which is very impractical. This also affects the shape of the characters because have them be wide and flat allows one to fit more information into one column. They same principle and be found in our writing system, as we tend to use letters that are tall and thin.

Another principle, which is also one of the most important factors in the function of all writing systems, is the tool and medium being used. The reason that this is so important, is because the most efficient way of writing will change drastically with different mediums or tools. Take cuneiform for example.

Cuneiform is the script used by the ancient mesopotamians/sumerians, how used a triangular stylus to make impressions in wet clay. Notice the fact that there are no curves anywhere in the writing. Anyone who has taken a highschool art class can tell you that making a neat curve, or drawing any kind of line for that matter, in the surface of clay is nearly impossible, so the sumerians drew their letter by simply pressing the end of their stylus into the clay, not by drawing lines.

The writing system that dragons are implied to use however is interesting, as while they use the relatively normal medium of ink on paper/parchment, the tool they use is their talons themselves, not an exterior tool (this is seen in book 2, where Queen Coral is described at have ink-stained talons from writing so much, and how she dips her claws in ink and writes on an open scroll shortly after the dragonets arrive.). This affects the appearance of the characters due to the shape of dragon talons. In the illustrations of the dragon species, they are all shown to have claws shaped something like this:

The reason that is shape is so interesting, is because of the fact that l ines shape will change based on its orientation with the page. If the claw were dipped in ink, the claw in its current orientation would act similar to a quill or fountain pen, drawing  a line of uniform thickness. However, if the claw were leaned forward, like this:

The the line drawn would be thin going up and down, and thick when going from side to side.

I fully intend of revising the script to better suit these factors, so don’t treat the key above as gospel if you use it for anything. In the meantime however, I encourage all of you to use it in any way you see fit (provided that I am credited it you do)

Have fun!

#wings of fire #wof #long post #worldbuilding #writing systems