This Begs The Question-

This begs the question-

Elemental eggs are all seen to be rather......... delicate. Perhaps with a few exceptions, like ice and earth. But how is a Noc egg opened? On the subject of hard to open eggs, due to the way the were released, are the "unhatched banescale eggs" a rarity? Would they cause something different or new considering?

Noc Eggs seem to be covered in plates, so they'd have to be pried open with a tool.

Oh, I assume they'd be extremely rare! Having the influence of their parents' ancient protection spell(their song) could have changed the Banescale eggs raw magic in some way. Perhaps this influence is even present in all future generations' magic as well, and is simply a part of them.

I imagine this protection enchantment is strongest within the eggs, making it nearly impossible for any dragon to harm them ( example: the egg doing unexplainable things at opportune moments, like disappearing if an Egg Eater is searching for it, or the shell becoming momentarily indestructible to prevent intentional breakage). With this in mind, the results of eating a banescale egg have yet to be discovered.

WIPs of the rest of the crew’s portraits! The poses may change, but these are pretty close to what I had in mind. Hope you all enjoy! 

First try at drawing aberrations! He’s nameless (and geneless) at the moment, but aren’t his markings enchanting? 

Character Portrait for the Webcomic! I thought a series of these would look cool at the beginning of the chapter, sort of a character index type deal. ^^ What do you guys think?

Guess who's back with another infected with the egg eating bug? Shroud is apparently very convincing as he got his bestie, who's a normal SD, to monch eggs. Said bestie is named Striver. The two work together to feed their lord's power, with Shroud terrorizing sleeping parents, then Striver brining those nightmares to life.

It's not obvious in this picture, but he has glow eyes. I'm not sure what kind of powers he got from the egg monching, but I'm sure I'll figure it out.

Hypergryph:

Sorry for the delay, I've been spending time with my Mom, as she's been teaching me how to cook all her wonderful recipes. Been a bit preoccupied with cherry turnovers, onigiri, and enchiladas!

I read the short story in Striver's bio, and have to say it was riveting! How you incorporated the taste of the nature eggs was a fun callback to the flavor post! There's also a line in there that's food for thought. It's about losing 'humanity'. Do dragons have 'humanity' in the form that us humans do, or are there key differences? I always assumed that dragons were simply 'more' than humans, physically, mentally, and spiritually, so does that mean they are complex in ways we could never hope to be? Idk, but it's certainly something to chew on!

Striver is also extremely beautiful in his design and color! His blue-purple-red palette is broken up by his skin/ outfit in a way that makes him seem ornate. Also his glowy eyes are pretty neat^^

Unlike those that are drawn to egg eating by their own selfish desires, those that are tricked or goaded into egg eating are also victims themselves(though still not absolved of wrongdoing!). I wish him redemption, and reprieve from shroud's evil influence. Awesome submission!