One Lil Shit Obsessed With Eggs, At Your Service!

One lil shit obsessed with eggs, at your service!

you’re telling me NO ONE has ever at least tried to eat an ice egg

i noticed in the bad memories post,khoga doesn't have multigaze in her flashback! did she give herself multigaze through experimenting with herself?

Sharp eye there! There're a few new things hidden in that post, so I’m glad you found one of em! ^^

Dragon eye types were one of her focuses when she worked for a certain research facility, and she would test the different types on herself on and off to study any resulting changes in magical ability. Not too far a cry from what she’s doing now...well, not legally speaking haha

Do you mind giving more info on those two Veilspun? Also curious that the Talosians would allow them inside considering that Veilspuns are from the Shadow flight and they live in the Light flight.

Ah, yes! Those two are Night(female) and Fatestring(male), who have infiltrated the Elite Council. They arrived very soon after their species made themselves known again.

QUICK VEILSPUN RECAP:

News of the Veilspun species' re-emergence spread quickly. Mismallo's harpies and lookouts gathered as much information as they could find, but being such a recent event meant relying on shaky rumors and hearsay. Having such little knowledge on the new dragons proved to be detrimental when two Veilspun 'travelers' arrived to the Kingdom shortly after.

Veilspun dragons possess a brand of hypnotic magic that the Talosians are woefully unfamiliar with, and they used this weakness to bewitch the Elite council (and by extension the kingdom) into believing they were already esteemed Talosians. They currently hold seats as Lord Talos' main advisors.

With each whispered word, their magic rolls off their tongue and billows forth, into the ears of kings and queens. And with each sunset's passing, so strengthens their hold over the throne...but to what end??

Have the egg eaters met any other egg eating clans? (If they ever met my clan they would probably be surprised about all of them being egg eaters)

Something's fishy in the Arcane Discord (not that I've ever been)

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!

Hahahahaha... Nah, Striver is forever bound to his fae overlord, so he's forever stuck doing things like this. This is why you don't make deals with the good neighbours, you usually get screwed. Shroud is just your standard unseelie, so yeah, generally a maliciously mischievous being. They really were just doing their jobs there though, so for Striver I figured his powers would come from a sense of reluctant duty? As for the Humanity comment, I figured they were like us humans, just able to have more life experiences as they live for a long time. I mostly used that word because dragonity didn't feel quite right. It also didn't sound or look good so I just went with humanity. I still don't know what I'm doing with his powers here though... Suggestions are welcome ngl.

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Hmm well, reluctant duty...Personally I think of dark knights, like the ones employed by evil sorcerers in high fantasy. Not to mention that Striver brings nightmares to life.

So (just spitballin) perhaps Striver's touch gains a property that allows him to transform household objects into the stuff of nightmares temporarily? Perhaps it is ingrained in his scales, which he can crush into powder and blow into the faces of unsuspecting dragons. It's reminiscent of those middle-man assassins/thieves you can read about in books, while also keeping the nightmare theme.

Heck, I don't know if you can incorporate it, but you know those toads that push their knuckle bones out of their skin to make claws? Maybe something like that but with his skull mask, and a single scratch inflicts the nightmare effect.

There's really all sorts of powers he can have!