Dragon Cave

This is a raw list. For an overview of the order I wrote my descriptions in and what I commonly write descriptions for, see Dragon Descriptions.

Vampires

Since I write a lot of vampire descriptions, these have their own page: Dragon Descriptions (Approved): Vampires

Gemshards

Since I write a lot of gemshard descriptions, these have their own page: Dragon Descriptions (Approved): Gemshards

Guardians of Nature

Zendegi – Male Guardian Of Nature
Accepted sometime before 19.08.2013.

Within the rich expanse of Zendegi’s perceptions and beliefs, one is most prominent: Despite no recollection of a life prior to his current one, he is convinced that his kind’s broad prowess is the reward of a metamorphosis that all dragons can undergo. While he has never witnessed another dragon’s transition into what he calls ‘Guardianship’ – becoming a Guardian of Nature – he is deeply convinced that enough spiritual guidance can prompt an ascent of any of his fellow dragons. Zendegi himself struggles to bring that very enlightenment to the world, investing almost all resources at his disposal into letting other dragons transform. That there seem to be no fruits of his labour has never given him cause to question his conviction; instead, he tirelessly pursues his unattainable goal.

• Accept: Lovely idea :) -H
• Accept: Lovely! Tiny word choice suggestion: “ascent for any of” Just suggestion. :) -lw
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Zendegi is what happens after you let me Summon a Guardian Of Nature right after I finish a book. ‘Zendegi’, allegedly (fittingly!) meaning ‘Life’ in Farsi (I wouldn’t know; I have to take other people’s word on this! XD), is also the name of a book of Greg Egan. It’s a far cry from his best work, but it’s inspiring nonetheless, and the title is undisputably dropdead gorgeous. ;)

Godshatter – Female Guardian Of Nature
Accepted sometime before 22.04.2014.

Godshatter considers herself to be a crippled oracle, the severed voice and avatar of a true deity. Even with no objectively discernible deficit of perception, she finds herself occasionally abruptly disoriented in the world around her – explaining her discomposure as a feeling of having been stunted, stripped of senses she cannot even begin to describe. Her skull is full of disconnected wisdom, cryptic even to her. Occasionally, she’ll despair at her lack of understanding of her own actions and advice, deeply concerned that the recipe may be incomplete, like a building without foundation – but so far, her deeds and advice have always been valuable to others.
Godshatter herself is unconvinced she’s more than a soulless, fragmental library of a transcendental being, an outlook that’s rendered her pathologically introverted, fed only further by her certainty that some day, guided by all that she doesn’t comprehend, she’ll make a terrible and irreversible mistake.

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• Accept: I know it’s like “god shatter” but I keep reading it as “gods hatter”. XD ~D
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This is an homage to the Zones of Thought universe by Vernor Vinge. Godshatter is a term for what happens to people’s minds when a being from the Transcend leaves them with high-level information. (In A Fire Upon The Deep, this happens to the character Pham Nuwen; so I was tempted to influence this GoN male as well, but I think it’s enough of an homage as it is.)

Godshatter won the April 2014 Description Of The Month contest for the category Best Overall!

Neglecteds

Ks’szh Morchaint – Female Tinselfail Neglected
Accepted sometime before 19.08.2013.

Ks’szh Morchaint is a bitter, arrogant dragon, believing herself to be nothing short of royalty despite her crippled state. To her reasoning, not only is her tattered kind a rare sight, but most are orphans on paper, whereas she can still glance back onto documented family lineage, leading a mere four steps to Arboriel Morchaint. On most nights, within the confines of her dreams, she surpasses Arboriel, laying claim to the vast territory she’s convinced her oldest recorded Tinsel ancestor must possess, as well as the legions of followers she dreams her to have. Drifting in and out of sleep, her loneliness drives her to silent tears – but she dares not reach out to others, paralysed by the misguided fear that the bond of friendship might convey too much submission for the role that she sees herself in.

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• Accept: Aww, poor Neglected! She’s right to be proud of her lineage though – and her species *is very jealous* I wish I had a Neglected… ~ Draco
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Ks’szh Morchaint was my first Neglected. As with Davinath, I was pretty sure I would never get another Neglected. I thought it was the awesomest thing that Ks’szh (aside from having a great, hissy code befitting a Neglected) had a lineage rather than being drearily lonely as a caveborn. And then of course I had to corrupt that.

Poisoned Milk Cognatio – Female Gold-Guardian Arrowhead Neglected
Accepted sometime before 19.08.2013.

Against all tales shared with her on the contrary, Poisoned Milk Cognatio believes herself to be an attempted hybrid gone terribly wrong. She reasons that if her kind were truly the result of neglect alone, there would surely be many more of them in the world. Instead, with her splintered, rattling voice, she speaks of a sinister spirit that haunts the healthy, taking control of their bodies in probing, patient sequence, twisting the offspring with a dark magic intended to eventually bring forth an immortal, perfect creature – a vessel for it to inhabit as that it may dominate the physical world. All who try to dissuade her from this notion find themselves at the receiving end of violent rejection, the crippled dragon throwing a weak but intimidating tantrum, a tempest of claws and teeth, driving them away. Her attitude has left her desperate and lonely, paranoid of the world around her, plagued by nightmares of her own construction.

• Accept: Nice :) -H
• Accept: Nicely written. Kind of poetic. -?
• Accept: Very well written. It seems that Neglecteds tend to have the most beautiful, sickening, and intricate but wonderfully written descriptions. ~Cata
• Accept: This is so sad. Poor ND. Great descrip! -Hawk
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• Accept: Oh wow… I like. This is new -O

Another description that might give you an insight into my psyche, again a little toned down from what’s really dancing around my mind. Poisoned Milk Cognatio is my second Neglected dragon, and I “traded” for her – though I consider that trade to have been something of an alibi, since I gave up a few neat-lineaged commons to get it (WzzxO, 1amAA and 8aHK3), which means that I feel infinitely in the trader’s debt.

Venomous Blood – Male Shimmerfail Neglected
Accepted sometime before 19.08.2013.

Venomous Blood has a gift. It’s an unlikely gift that appears superficially unremarkable: He is gifted with a smooth, graceful gait, better befitting a metallic dragon than anything as crippled as he is. Fueled by a deep jealousy for his fitter kin, this serpentine grace is something he’s learnt to couple with a malicious patience, collecting his scarce energy to lash out in violent outbursts. Convinced he has nothing to lose, he’s reckless in battle, fashioning himself into an objectively worthy opponent, making a name for himself – even establishing a territory of his own. The sheer venom in his attitude and his deceptively purposeful air are enough to startle or outright terrify those less unhinged and he’s learnt to wield intimidation like a tool, abusing those dragons that are cowed into submission, scratching, biting and restraining whatever has the misfortune of coming too close – such as his unfortunate ‘mate’ Mauncauld, who’s thin wings he’s shredded and keeps prisoner.

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• Accept: Great! *biting, and ~D
• Abstain: whose thin wings (not who’s – who’s = who is) —-

Whoops, managed to miss the “whose” thing, so resubmitted.

Venomous Blood has a gift. It’s an unlikely gift that appears superficially unremarkable: He is gifted with a smooth, graceful gait, better befitting a metallic dragon than anything as crippled as he is. Fueled by a deep jealousy for his fitter kin, this serpentine grace is something he’s learnt to couple with a malicious patience, collecting his scarce energy to lash out in violent outbursts. Convinced he has nothing to lose, he’s reckless in battle, fashioning himself into an objectively worthy opponent, making a name for himself – even establishing a territory of his own. The sheer venom in his attitude and his deceptively purposeful air are enough to startle or outright terrify those less unhinged and he’s learnt to wield intimidation like a tool, abusing those dragons that are cowed into submission, scratching, biting and restraining whatever has the misfortune of coming too close – such as his unfortunate ‘mate’ Mauncauld, whose thin wings he’s shredded and keeps prisoner.

This… is definitely toned down, since the mental image in my mind is chiefly encoded in that last sentence fragment. Yes, Mauncauld is male. No, this Neglected dragon doesn’t care, he happened to be around, he’s not picky, he takes whatever he can dominate into submission. This is another gifted Neglected, given to me by M (abbreviated to protect the not-so-innocent) and thoroughly cherished as another beautifully lineaged creature of misery! <3

Valcen – Male CB Neglected
Accepted sometime before 19.08.2013.

Unusually, Valcen’s crippled state is a curse, intended as punishment for his hubris. A respected and revered part of a powerful clan of dragons of exceptional magical prowess in his previous incarnation, Valcen’s immortality suffered an unfortunate encounter with the unstoppable force of statistical probability: He made a mistake. Unfortunately, consequences of mistakes are often in direct proportion to the power behind them, and this particular metaphorical elastic-band-unintentionally-launched-into-someone’s-eye had grave consequences indeed – Valcen accidentally obliterated his homeworld… along with most of his clan. After his unusual exile through reincarnation, first emotionally transitioning from numb shock to violent self-loathing, Valcen spent a few hundred years mulling over what happened, only to finally reach the desperate, bitter conclusion that it could have happened to anyone – and in his solitude impotently, feverishly dreams of redemption.

• Accept: Nice Description ~brair
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• Abstain: If you state this as fact it’s overpowered imo – maybe add that it’s his belief /a rumour -H

After talking with herk it turned out she’d (understandably!) mistook ‘homeworld’ to mean a planet, which wasn’t my intention; so I resubmitted with a minor word tweak:

Unusually, Valcen’s crippled state is a curse, intended as punishment for his hubris. A respected and revered part of a powerful clan of dragons of exceptional magical prowess in his previous incarnation, Valcen’s immortality suffered an unfortunate encounter with the unstoppable force of statistical probability: He made a mistake. Unfortunately, consequences of mistakes are often in direct proportion to the power behind them, and this particular metaphorical elastic-band-unintentionally-launched-into-someone’s-eye had grave consequences indeed – Valcen accidentally obliterated his home… along with most of his clan. After his unusual exile through reincarnation, first emotionally transitioning from numb shock to violent self-loathing, Valcen spent a few hundred years mulling over what happened, only to finally reach the desperate, bitter conclusion that it could have happened to anyone – and in his solitude impotently, feverishly dreams of redemption.

• Accept: Better – the most simple solutions are often the most elegant :) -H
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The Neglected Dragon Valcen is a generous homage to the Threadwielder Valcen from my kraiaKy universe. The Neglected itself I traded for a CB silver that I caught and the first Neglected that I acquired by ‘proper trade’. It’s also my only CB Neglected, and of all of my Neglected dragons, it seems only fitting that someone as ostracised as Valcen would be without a family.

Threadwoven – Unknown-gendered Neglected
Accepted sometime before 23.01.2014.

Denied the power of flight, weak and tattered wings incapable of even lifting a malnourished form such as its own, Threadwoven’s poured all of its stubborn focus into learning to climb, ascending trees and steep cliffs recklessly, catching itself in a haphazard glide from the worst falls. Those trees most scarred by Threadwoven’s ascents the dragon considers its territory, clung to the branches like a malevolent hybrid of monkey and feline, hissing its warnings to passers-by…. and occasionally tearing those who would dare to come to close from the skies with a coiled leap and the grasp of shredding claws – as, in its deep envy of the power of flight, Threadwoven loves nothing more than find an excuse to render others equally incapable of it.

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Threadwoven is the an Unknown-gendered Neglected I traded for using a CB metallic (a CB gold, to be exact). He’s got an epic double-shimmer lineage, but unfortunately I wasn’t creative enough to figure out something relating to that. Threadwoven’s name was originally intended to be a lead-up for a voodoo-like story, but I didn’t manage to get that to work, either. XD

Galactive – Unknown-gendered Neglected
Accepted sometime before 13.02.2015.

Galactive is obsessed with stars. Rendered incapable of any reasonable physical hobby, Galactive quickly discovered the night sky for verself – along with perhaps an overdose of creativity and imagination. Where others see specks of light scattered across the firmament, Galactive is deeply convinced their arrangement is meaningful, information encoded into distances and angles and luminosity, speaking truths about the universe yet to be discovered and carrying the banter of true gods across aeons. Ve spends most of ver time trying to decode the messages ve believes to be there, though ve keeps ver true enthusiasm about the project to verself, downplaying its importance in conversations with others, trivialising it and lacing a dismissive humour through ver narrative that ve later despises verself for.

• Accept: Cool! ~G
• Accept: “trivializing” :)
  Oh, you silly Americans and your love of the letter z. <3
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Another Neglected that waited far too long for a description, Galactive was the last Neglected I traded for (as an IOU for a CB gold). Ve took a long time to hit my scroll, but ve completed my set.

The pronoun choice felt like the least awkward for ver particular narrative. I’m usually a they person when it comes to genderless pronouns, but that didn’t want to flow here, nor did it, so I gave it a try. I don’t know if that’ll bother some reviewers. We’ll find out!

It took me far too long to write a description for this dragon, unfortunately, given a huge lull in description accepting by the moderators in 2014, which sapped my desire to write any more. :( It was – finally – written on the 2nd of August.

Dystorsion – Female CB Neglected, vampire-bitten by (RoW3)
Accepted sometime before 23.01.2014.

Dystorsion is the product of a vampire bite gone wrong. The toxin left her truly crippled rather than fully transformed, with a circulatory system perpetually on the brink of its own collapse. Allergic to sunlight moreso than her vampiric would-be kin, Dystorsion prowls around at night, looking for the deepest caves to rest in come dawn. Despite her distortion – or perhaps because of it – she has a talent for magic, unfortunately paired with little drive to improve it, as she’s quickly exhausted even just by research alone. Listlessly she pages through what she can find, lingering on records of healing magic that is known to have no power to help her, yearning passively to find a way to alter it so it may.

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This is one of the dragons that lost its pending status and ended up with Description Status: No Description in 2015. I may have missed a comment or two from the old set.

I got this Neglected after a discussion came up in the Suggestions forum that Neglected vampires lose their ‘bitten by’ link, which is a shame. It was proposed to change it – and I was one of the people lamenting the lack of it, and how much I’d always dreamed of the constellation. I was PMed out of nowhere and gifted this baby soon after! And then it gendered female, which is my favourite Neglected sprite. The only thing that could have possibly made that more awesome is if the baby had a lineage. XD

It took me far too long to write a description for this dragon, unfortunately, given a huge lull in description accepting by the moderators in 2014, which sapped my desire to write any more. :( It was – finally – written on the 2nd of August.

Arsanis

Zaertlichkeit – CB Arsani
Accepted sometime before 19.08.2013.

Zaertlichkeit is the affectionate platonic companion of Zuneigung. While they share no ancestry that they’re aware of, that doesn’t stop Zaertlichkeit from introducing Zuneigung as her sister. The two dragons are occasionally mistaken as mates by some observers, especially as their sleeping habits often see them knotted into each other, owing to their obsession with each other’s hugs. That such nights are less restful than others given the uncomfortable position never quite seems to bother either dragon.

• Accept: As long as you don’t add Zungenkuss or Zoelibat it could be either way, mates or no mates :D H
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• Accept: *wishes that she knew enough German Z-words to be as awesome as Herk* ~ Draco
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I find Arsanis dropdead gorgeous – and I needed an excuse to write terrible descriptions, so I had to have some fluffy and cute ones to offset what was inevitably to come. (I… have something of a reputation as a roleplayer and gamemaster.)

Zuneigung – CB Arsani
Accepted sometime before 19.08.2013.

While Zuneigung has no true familial relation to Zaertlichkeit, she would quote her as a sister in a heartbeat. The two are practically inseparable, to the point where the occasional observer might find it difficult to believe that their relationship is entirely platonic. While sleeping, the two can be seen as a tangle of Arsani limbs, caught in an awkward hug, not quite willing to sacrifice each others’ affection in favour of a more comfortable position for slumber.

• Accept: I can’t spot the difference – still nice :) -H I try to think of more apprpriate Z-names, but the only thing springing to mind are Zahnseide and Zellteilung – not very fitting ;)
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See Zaertlichkeit’s blurb for the history of this description. :)

Balacrea – 2G Arsani
Accepted sometime before 16.03.2014.

Balacrea is disconcerting degrees of obsessed with a functioning community even for an Arsani dragon. Guided by a deep desire for everything to run smoothly and interact peacefully, she believes it’s important to raise dragons to focus on one particular job – any deviation from this norm will see her quite distressed, trying desperately to convince the dragon in question to keep his attention on his tasks. Recreational activities do exist in her supposed utopia, but they’re just as strictly regulated. A designated artist, she thinks, would be much better for social cohesion than allowing warriors, gatherers, builders or hunters to split their focus onto art.
She’s built up a small group of followers – a cult that doesn’t shy away from hypnosis to keep its members properly focussed. Strictly speaking, no one in that group is unhappy with their state, with the prolonged states of hyperfocus only consensually applied… but most nearby clans find the movement deeply unsettling.

• Abstain: The first sentence seems like it could be worded better. My suggestion: “Balacrea is disconcertingly obsessed with having a functioning community”, etc.

While I don’t think it’s something that has to be fixed in any way, I did really like that suggestion, so I changed it. :)

Balacrea is disconcertingly obsessed with having a functioning community even for an Arsani dragon. Guided by a deep desire for everything to run smoothly and interact peacefully, she believes it’s important to raise dragons to focus on one particular job – any deviation from this norm will see her quite distressed, trying desperately to convince the dragon in question to keep his attention on his tasks. Recreational activities do exist in her supposed utopia, but they’re just as strictly regulated. A designated artist, she thinks, would be much better for social cohesion than allowing warriors, gatherers, builders or hunters to split their focus onto art.
She’s built up a small group of followers – a cult that doesn’t shy away from hypnosis to keep its members properly focussed. Strictly speaking, no one in that group is unhappy with their state, with the prolonged states of hyperfocus only consensually applied… but most nearby clans find the movement deeply unsettling.

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Like Godshatter and Tomas Nau below, this is another homage to the Zones of Thought universe by Vernor Vinge (her description was written after Godshatter’s, though) – in particular, to the Emergents in A Deepness In The Sky, a society that’s given me beautiful nightmares for many days ever since Focus was revealed to me. ‘Balacrea’ is the name of their homeworld.

With that said, Balacrea and her little cult is a little nicer. The Emergents don’t bother with consent.

Note: The mods turned ‘focussed’ into ‘focused’ for some reason. I haven’t adjusted the above description to match it.

Jaqueramaphan – 2G Arsani
Accepted sometime before 13.02.2015.

Jaqueramaphan bubbles with enthusiasm. She’s deeply fascinated by a wide range of subjects and loves nothing more than to discuss her ideas with others. She’s not one to descend into narcissistic monologues, however, just as eager to listen to exotic anecdotes or inventions others can recite tales about, seeking inspiration from a variety of sources. Due to her habit of keeping a note of everything she comes across – scattered about as much as her thoughts as that may be – she’s earnt the nickname ‘Scriber’.

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Another Zones of Thought homage, Jaqueramaphan is meant to have roughly the same personality as the character of the same name in A Fire Upon The Deep.

CB metallics

Davinath – Male CB Silver
First written approved description.

Davinath is one of the order of Davir Kaea, a type of dragon – alongside the Davir Sria – endowed with unusually potent magic at cost of their physical strength. What makes him Kaean rather than Srian is that he has chosen the path of chaos for himself, though this does not manifest as one might expect given human prejudice, as he’s far removed from evil intent. Instead, he and his quasi-religious brethren are champions of the disorder that gives rise to life, and have a respectful symbiosis with their Srian kin.

My first CB silver, caught just in time to grow up on my birthday in 2012, is the only CB silver that I caught myself that’s stayed on my scroll. The other three CB silvers (Shahrivrath, Chandarmaneth and Kotanechiku) were all gifts – from L, D and l respectively (yes, those are abbreviations; no, I will not tell you who you can bother for CB metallics *laughs*). My ability to catch CB silvers only came later.

Karyorrhexis – Male CB Gold
Accepted sometime before 19.08.2013.

The scars Karyorrhexis bears are often misattributed to his warrior lifestyle, brutal tank that he can be and associated personality of a reckless paladin that he nurtures – but the story of cause and effect is, in truth, reversed. Rather than be slain as was true of many of his kin, for many years he found himself in captivity, bound and deliberately crippled, pitiful shadow of all he could be. His hide was methodically harvested by his captors, regenerated by a White dragon who was forced to heed an instinct he had no rational desire to use given the horrors it furthered. But just as circumstance had led Karyorrhexis into that torturous fate, chance led him back out, his weak rage against his captors still enough to break bones and end lives. His involuntary companion from those days died as a misplaced hostage, holding no sway on the furious Gold – something he regrets to this day. The scars are solely from the last wounds inflicted on him, those that were not artificially healed.

• Accept: Nice :) -H
• Abstain: misattributed is not a word.
• Accept: Lovely writing! *crippled, a pitiful ~D

In a way, this is the first description I was ever serious about writing – and it shows the sort of fiction I tend to write, I think. For a while I was very convinced it would get a lot of rejects and end up binned by the moderators for being extremely brutal (cautiously worded or not), but neither ever happened. As a bit of history, this is the only CB gold I’ve ever managed to catch myself so far, and he haunted my sleep the night after I did. The other three CB golds (Moshirechiku, Karkadanna and Jeneth) were, respectively, gifted to me (by l (abbreviated to protect the innocent)), traded for (CB silver + two pairs of CB bleeding moon hatchlings —> 3G shimmerscale —> CB gold) and traded for (2 x CB silver).

Karyorrhexis won the October 2013 Description Of The Month contest for the category Best Overall!

Shahrivrath – Male CB Silver
Accepted sometime before 22.04.2014.

Shahrivrath does not take ‘no’ for an answer. Boastful of and entirely convinced of his own generosity, he’s unnervingly authoritarian toward anyone he deems worthy of his attention – and he’s unfortunately very egalitarian when it comes to picking his unwitting victims. If the objects of his platonic affection and mild obsession don’t watch out, he’ll be quick to shuffle them toward the nearest potent magic user to be ‘healed’ of some imagined affliction. In Shahrivrath’s mind, no one can help the imperfections they were born with – but that hardly means that they shouldn’t be corrected after the fact by those capable of it.

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It only took a year, but my second CB silver, Shahrivrath finally has a description. :) Again, I tried to distil the essence of the character Shahrivrath from the Avishraa Thuban continuity into this description… and I think I managed to capture what makes his personality so unique quite well, without having to give him the godmode powers.

Chandarmaneth – Female CB Silver
Accepted sometime before 22.04.2014.

Chandarmaneth is unusually hostile for a Silver dragon. While her aggression never manifests in ways beyond what many observers might consider passive – hissing when backed into a corner, scratching at those who get closer still, occasionally going as far as to bite – it’s more than enough for people to give her the wide berth. Even so, the subtleties of her posture, seen from afar, speak of a creature that must have suffered badly in the past, now eaten up by mistrust and fear, never coming to close to opening up to anyone to explain what has her so spooked, instead using her solitude as a shield that she refuses to as much as admit to.

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I wasn’t entirely sure how to make an homage to my Chandarmaneth character from the Avishraa universe, so I focussed on her hidden insecurities and exaggerated them. The resulting personality is shyer than Chandarmaneth, but the aggression has overlap, so I’m pleased enough with the result.

Kotanechiku – Female CB Silver
Accepted sometime before 22.04.2014.

Nicknamed ‘the Silver Demon’, Kotanechiku considers herself Moshirechiku’s eternal soulmate. The two have refined their respective magic abilities to astounding degree, rivalling the capabilities of an average Magi, perhaps even coming close to the most famous of that kin… but only ever in tandem. Their most potent magic is dangerous for its invisibility. Others might see them blink out of existence as if they’d teleported themselves – but it is time itself that they bend to their will, sometimes halting it completely for precariously arranged moments of subjective perception as they make their escape. These days, the two dragons share a heartbeat and are often seen resting against each other, observant and peaceful unless disturbed. One might assume them wise for all they have no doubt witnessed, and perhaps one might be right – but no one approaches the two, all too often eerily frozen like statues as they are, silently watching the world erode.

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Kotanechiku’s description is an homage to Nechku (Kotanechiku) from Okami. In the game, the two Demons are malevolent and referred to as male, but I’ve been Nechku on the internet a while (and enjoyed the company of a lady called Lechku for a while, as well), and have come to associate the pair as female… but no less dangerous.

Again, the moderators changed my description to match Dimar’s suggestion. I haven’t updated the above to reflect that (and really would have preferred they hadn’t).

Moshirechiku – Female CB Gold
Accepted sometime before 22.04.2014.

Bound by affection as well as by necessity of magic to Kotanechiku, Moshirechiku – also known as ‘the Gold Demon’ – is fiercely protective over her soulmate. Separated, the two are wholly ordinary dragons, if that – but they’ve delved deep into symbiotic magic arts and discovered ways to excel at the craft as long as they have each other’s company. Chiefly stretching and constricting the flow of time, the true capabilities of the two dragons tend to go unnoticed – mistaken at one extreme for teleportation and as twin lives paused on the other. With their heartbeats long since synchronised, the two dragons are often seen together, slowing time for themselves to watch mountains melt, enjoying the beauty of the natural world that goes unseen by others for the timescales involved, little more than mere statues for passersby to ponder the purpose of.

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Moshirechiku’s description is an homage to Lechku (Moshirechiku) from Okami. As the description itself already reveals, this really is a combined description with Kotanechiku. The two are considerably more pacifistic (and feminine) than their true demon counterparts in the game, but I’d still be unnerved if I had to deal with them.

Political Tarantula Hawks

Arachnocapitalist – Male CB Tarantula Hawk drake

In the spirit of needlessly playing with bits and pieces of one’s food, Arachnocapitalist occasionally arranges shed spider skin to act out shallow little dramas, to the degree limited drake cognition allows him to. Over the course of this play, he has developed strong opinions about the way that spider society is – or at least should be – organised, expressing his opinion that spider interaction should be governed by unbridled free markets.

• Accept: God, how many are there? Really interesting none the less.
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Part of my anarchist political Tarantula Hawk drakes, based on this and this. Don’t have much to say about this; wrote it while borderline depressed, but thought it was kind of funny.

Arachnocommunist – Female CB Tarantula Hawk drake

In the spirit of needlessly playing with bits and pieces of one’s food, Arachnocommunist occasionally arranges shed spider skin to act out shallow little dramas, to the degree limited drake cognition allows her to. Over the course of this play, she has developed strong opinions about the way that spider society is – or at least should be – organised, expressing her opinion that spiders really don’t own their spiderwebs at all and that these are commons for free use by any other member of spiderkind.

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Part of my anarchist political Tarantula Hawk drakes, based on this and this. Don’t have much to say about this; wrote it while borderline depressed, but thought it was kind of funny.

Arachnosyndicalist – Male CB Tarantula Hawk drake

In the spirit of needlessly playing with bits and pieces of one’s food, Arachnosyndicalist occasionally arranges shed spider skin to act out shallow little dramas, to the degree limited drake cognition allows him to. Over the course of this play, he has developed strong opinions about the way that spider society is – or at least should be – organised, expressing his opinion that spiders should cooperate with each other directly and form syndicates.

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Part of my anarchist political Tarantula Hawk drakes, based on this and this. Don’t have much to say about this; wrote it while borderline depressed, but thought it was kind of funny.

Arachnomutualist – Female CB Tarantula Hawk drake

In the spirit of needlessly playing with bits and pieces of one’s food, Arachnomutualist occasionally arranges shed spider skin to act out shallow little dramas, to the degree limited drake cognition allows her to. Over the course of this play, she has developed strong opinions about the way that spider society is – or at least should be – organised, expressing her opinion that the only way for a spider to legitimately acquire insects is for the spider itself to hunt, and that it is deeply illegitimate for a spider to acquire insects as payment for the use of its nets by other spiders, or by attracting insects with its existing insect stash.

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Part of my anarchist political Tarantula Hawk drakes, based on this and this. Don’t have much to say about this; wrote it while borderline depressed, but thought it was kind of funny.

Arachnosocialist – Female CB Tarantula Hawk drake

In the spirit of needlessly playing with bits and pieces of one’s food, Arachnosocialist occasionally arranges shed spider skin to act out shallow little dramas, to the degree limited drake cognition allows her to. Over the course of this play, she has developed strong opinions about the way that spider society is – or at least should be – organised, expressing her opinion that while a spider is not entitled to claiming ownership of its web and must allow other spiders use of it as well, all insects acquired through dedicated hunt and stashed away undeniably belong to the spider that made the catch.

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Part of my anarchist political Tarantula Hawk drakes, based on this and this. Don’t have much to say about this; wrote it while borderline depressed, but thought it was kind of funny.

Arachnototalitarian – Male CB Tarantula Hawk drake

In the spirit of needlessly playing with bits and pieces of one’s food, Arachnototalitarian occasionally arranges shed spider skin to act out shallow little dramas, to the degree limited drake cognition allows him to. Over the course of this play, he has developed strong opinions about the way that spider society is – or at least should be – organised, expressing his opinion that while spider society possesses no hierarchies, it clearly follows a set of firm rules which do not allow any spider the freedom to act against them.

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Part of my anarchist political Tarantula Hawk drakes, based on this and this. Don’t have much to say about this; wrote it while borderline depressed, but thought it was kind of funny.

Panarachnist – Female CB Tarantula Hawk drake

In the spirit of needlessly playing with bits and pieces of one’s food, Panarachnist occasionally arranges shed spider skin to act out shallow little dramas, to the degree limited drake cognition allows her to. Over the course of this play, she has developed strong opinions about the way that spider society is – or at least should be – organised, expressing her opinion that it does not matter how spiders feel about web and insect stash ownership, as long as they are free in their interactions with each other.

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Part of my anarchist political Tarantula Hawk drakes, based on this and this. Don’t have much to say about this; wrote it while borderline depressed, but thought it was kind of funny.

Miscellaneous

Terebinth Aru’ak – Male 2G Turpentine (Historic)
Accepted sometime before 19.08.2013.

As the first publicly recorded turpentine bred of moonstone and turpentine parents, Terebinth Aru’ak dismisses his own historical significance, blind to it as the timing of his hatching has necessarily made him; after all, the two species have never had any greater trouble breeding than other turpentine pairings that he himself has been able to observe. The idea that something resembling a curse may once have prevented moonstones (and ridgewings) from bearing children with his kind is merely a source of amusement for Terebinth, as he has no trouble producing children with a moonstone mate, himself. Much to his delight, his offspring largely carry on this tradition, to his perception proving that the whispered stories still circulating are at best mythological, at worst misinformed.

• Accept: I remember the Ridgewings, but the Moonstones, too? That escaped my notice… Nice way to work it in :) -H
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Terebinth Aru’ak really is the first recorded offspring from turpentine x moonstone parents, as can be seen in the Turpentine Breeding Results thread – and I am sick of no one caring about Terebinth’s lineage, so I wanted to at least give him a special description to commemorate the event.

(Tmppr) – Male CB Stone
Accepted sometime before 19.08.2013.

Tmppr is a capricious dragon with a near-malevolent streak he himself frequently regrets. Mated primarily with the lady dRTTY, the mockery that his offspring often have to deal with (puns upon puns of how they have dirty tempered parents) attracts his ire. In an irrational attempt to make any who would be so respectless regret their words, he is known to frequently sabotage his own egg clutches by feeding them to vampires. The mortality rate necessarily resulting from his behaviour has only made his mood swings more intense and he’s known to cry for days over the cracked shells of those less fortunate… but the survivors are a sight to behold. As such, while his admiration for them is rarely reciprocated, he has long since convinced himself that this morbid tradition is worthwhile, and between the fatalities will argue as much as if with deep conviction.

• Accept: Cool codes :) -H
• Accept: disrespectful not respectless —-
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This was just something ‘funny’ I felt I should write. I have a slightly dark sense of humour – and there’s much truth to be had in that writ. I do certainly try to bite all offspring (Tmppr) gives me, unless, of course, someone cries “waaaait” before I do, or the code is too cool (like (1amAA)) to risk accidental death.

Mauncauld – Male 2G Purebred Swallowtail
Accepted sometime before 19.08.2013.

Mauncauld suffers the misfortune of having attracted the attention of Venomous Blood. The aggressive Neglected dragon has claimed him as the semblance of a companion, scratching his wings into useless tatters and keeping him captive. Mauncauld does not quite understand that he could easily escape and find a White dragon to heal his wounds, greatly overestimating both his captor’s cunning and strength, deeply terrified of him, subservient for lack of a better plan. It is Mauncauld, ironically, that Venomous Blood owes most of his measly strength to, kept at comparative health by the Swallowtail’s nurture.

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Mauncauld has a description because he has the misfortune of being mentioned in the description of Venomous Blood, and I just wanted to expand on the wretched dynamic between them. That’s all.

Apeirogon Female Geode
Accepted sometime before 15.10.2013.

Apeirogon considers herself a philosopher of infinites. Much to the chagrin of her acquaintances, she’s quick to derail any discussion by seizing any tangent letting her indulge in her hobby. ‘If the universe is infinite, it cannot have existed for an infinite amount of time, lest there would be no darkness in the sky, for infinite stars would have had an infinite amount of time to shine down upon us,’ is amongst the things she can prattle on and on about.
Some friends engage such challenges, arguing there might conceivably be other reasons for such discrepancies. Those especially familiar with her frequently win these arguments, owing to that her obsession is a mere hobby for her, applied without scientific rigour, leaving her ill-equipped to defend finer points of her ideas.
What does delight her friends, however, are her intricate designs – she loves drawing imperfect but lovingly crafted fractals upon the scales of the willing in whatever colours she can find.

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‘Apeirogon’ is a term that I’m extremely fond of – and I’m terribly fond of the mathematics (and philosophical implications) of infinites. It seemed prudent to combine the two, so one evening when my brain was looking for a desperate distraction, I wrote this description.

Rehchoortahn – Male CB White
Accepted sometime before 23.01.2014.

For Rehchoortahn, ‘meticulous attention to detail’ and ‘affection’ are concepts with enough overlap to be de-facto synonyms. He’ll readily acknowledge that they have a wholly different focus, but when asked what he might prefer others express toward each other, he’ll insist on his enamoured preference with former – an outlook with potentially sinister side-effects. While Rehchoortahn himself would never directly lay a finger on a fellow sapient creature, he’s nonetheless nearly indiscriminate as to which flavour of perfectionist he befriends, ardently donating his services as a healer to those of questionable predisposition.
His closest friends are Morgrim and her mate Neike Taika-Tessaro, to the point where the two dragons consider him their mate in turn – and since he does nothing to discourage this impression, they form a tightly bonded triad that he’s delighted to be a part of, given the unusual dynamic between them so strongly caters to his favourite ‘synonyms’.

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Rehchoortahn is one of three descriptions being crafted for the February 2014 description contest. One of them, Morgrim is on my girlfriend’s scroll – she normally goes by ‘Morgrim’ on the internet, much as I tend to go as ‘Neike Taika-Tessaro’. Rehchoortahn is another romantic acquaintance of mine – regrettably, he doesn’t play Dragon Cave, but I did run this description past him. :)

Davifrir – Male CB gold wyvern
Accepted sometime before 23.01.2014.

Davifrir has turned his pacifism into a deontological worldview for social interaction, defining harm as anything done to another sapient creature or their belongings without their consent. Since express consent cannot reasonably be gotten for every action, implicit consent is a wholly acceptable substitute to him, assuming one is willing to accept to offer compensation if one misjudged. For him, rules of conduct are only valid if one has chosen to obey them, making him wary of self-proclaimed kings or queens – or indeed anyone who claims to be able to govern another, or that others cite as having unquestionable authority.
He’s Neike Taika-Tessaro’s mentor, infecting her with his gentle but assertive outlook, teaching her to be sceptical of all things… including voiced scepticism itself, which he finds is far too rarely contested. He champions ‘non-conformism to non-conformism’, lauding true individuality – as long as no one comes to harm, of course.

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Since ‘scepticism’ is a valid British spelling and ‘begotten’ means something different than ‘be gotten’, I had little reason to change this, but discussing the rejects on the forum made me realise that ‘be gotten’ is awkward for other reasons (though none of the reviewers on the forum complained <3). Since it turned out there was more space left for the description than I remembered at the time, I changed it to ‘be obtained’ – and in a fit of generosity, added a bit of text before the ‘non-conformism’ quasi-quote to make it more apparent why it’s in quotation marks.

Davifrir has turned his pacifism into a deontological worldview for social interaction, defining harm as anything done to another sapient creature or their belongings without their consent. Since express consent cannot reasonably be obtained for every action, implicit consent is a wholly acceptable substitute to him, assuming one is willing to accept to offer compensation if one misjudged. For him, rules of conduct are only valid if one has chosen to obey them, making him wary of self-proclaimed kings or queens – or indeed anyone who claims to be able to govern another, or that others cite as having unquestionable authority.
He’s Neike Taika-Tessaro’s mentor, infecting her with his gentle but assertive outlook, teaching her to be sceptical of all things… including voiced scepticism itself, which he finds is far too rarely contested. He champions what he calls ‘non-conformism to non-conformism’, lauding true individuality – as long as no one comes to harm, of course.

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Davifrir is a sort-of tribute to David Friedman whom I would indeed consider wholly inspirational to my life – I certainly would not be an anarcho-capitalist without him. A major difference in Davifrir and David is that David is actually utilitarian, not deontological. I find many (but not quite all) of David’s arguments compelling, but think he occasionally shoots himself in the foot – marginal value, for example, seems like it would dictate redistribution of wealth if one had a truly utilitarian approach. (I should probably ask him about that at some point, come to think of it.)

This description began as the start of Neike Taika-Tessaro’s description, before I realised it would make it way, way, way too long…

Neike Taika-Tessaro – Female CB gold wyvern
Accepted sometime before 23.01.2014.

As a protege of Davifrir, Neike Taika-Tessaro believes in the liberty of expression for all sapient creatures, passionately convinced that all oddities in behaviour are entirely valid as long as no harm is inflicted on the unwilling. Perhaps the relationship with Morgrim, one of her mates, once began its life as a stubborn proof of concept, to show that even the sadistically inclined are respectable members of society as long as their victims consent to their actions… but whatever knot she may once have tied herself into, she’s long since discovered Morgrim’s attention is a genuine expression of affection, more cautious than it appears. Any long-term damage she might be in unintended danger of is offset by the healing magic of her other mate, Rehchoortahn, devoted part of their sessions that he makes himself. She explains her delight at her ‘tortures’ to others as a gift: She’s exploring the brink of perception with her trusted mates, knowing any voiced objection would be honoured.

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As a protege of Davifrir, Neike Taika-Tessaro believes in liberty of expression for all sapient creatures, passionately convinced that all oddities in behaviour are entirely valid as long as no harm is inflicted on the unwilling. Perhaps the relationship with Morgrim, one of her mates, once began its life as a stubborn proof of concept, showing that even the sadistically inclined are respectable members of society as long as their victims consent to their actions… but whatever knot she may have once tied herself into, she’s long since discovered Morgrim’s attention is a genuine expression of affection, more cautious than it appears. Any long-term damage she might be in unintended danger of is offset by the healing magic of her other mate, Rehchoortahn, devoted participant in their sessions that he is. She explains her delight at her ‘tortures’ to others as a gift: She’s exploring the brink of perception with her trusted mates, knowing any voiced objection would be honoured.

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Dragon selfie! Sort of. I certainly didn’t start loving Morgrim for experimental reasons and Reh has no healing powers and is quite sadistic (and masochistic) himself, but we take what we get, neh? ;)

I originally submitted it with ‘protégé’, but apparently Dragon Cave does not like UTF-8 and silently ate the two és, so I had to transliterate it. Sadness.

Neike Taika-Tessaro is one of three descriptions being crafted for the February 2014 description contest, along with Rehchoortahn on my scroll and Morgrim on my girlfriend’s scroll.

Tomas Nau – Male 2G Bleeding Moon
Accepted sometime before 22.04.2014.

Like many of his kin, Tomas Nau is fascinated by toxins beyond his own. Having grown up in an Arsani community, Tomas has often considered how he might use his talents to further their purposes, enamoured by the smooth way that their society functions. Unfortunately, he has none of their empathy – and he’s discovered precisely how to use various neurotoxins to subdue dragons and turn them into soulless tools, altering their neurochemistry so they take their joy out of one task, and one task alone. He considers his actions a glorious art, a delicate pruning of unnecessary thoughts, creating members of society that contribute far more efficiently than a normal dragon would.
Some part of him must be fully aware of his own malice, however – he only picks on wild strays, dragons that have lost their clan, twisting them into little more than zombies in the absence of lucid witnesses. It’s been a long time since anyone sane has seen him and returned to tell the tale.

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Another homage to Zones of Thought by Vernor Vinge, A Deepness In The Sky in particular. Tomas Nau is the leader of the Emergents and he’s about as creepy as the above suggests. (Needless to say I love the character. I can’t not appreciate any character that makes my skin crawl for days on end!)

I originally gave this dragon the name because the combination of Bleeding Moon and Arsani dragon just seemed naturally Emergent to me – vicious, tampering with you biochemistry, but (regrettably) blessed with empathy. ;)

Crafted Stone – Ungendered frozen CB Nocturne
Accepted sometime before 22.04.2014.

Crafted Stone firmly believes that she’s a statue, carved by an artist with an eye for detail and granted life with a spell. Depending on her mood, the role of her creator splits into two figures. Sometimes the characters remain merged. In either case Crafted Stone is enthusiastic to share her hypotheticals, fleshing them out and hoping that one day, she might meet the one who made her.
The existence of other Nocturnes does not deter her from her beliefs. Certainly, they’re alive and always have been – in fact, she’s witnessed several of ‘her’ species hatch before – but that’s the genius of her own existence as far as she’s concerned. What clever ploy, to create a statue in the shape of a Nocturne hatchling, only to breathe life into it; no one would be able to tell the difference! The genius of it, she says, is that it hides in plain sight.
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Das allerbeste Passwort – Female frozen CB Ice
Accepted sometime before 22.04.2014.

Das allerbeste Passwort is completely convinced that she’s thought up the cleverest possible password. It’s such a good password that she can’t remember it now – and this trait has apparently and unfortunately locked her in her youthful state, given that she supposedly made sure it was woven into the spell that stopped her progression to maturity. She scoffs at those who would doubt her tale… which scroll-keeper in their right mind would freeze a caveborn Ice, after all! None, obviously; so her claim. She’ll mature any day now, she says – just as soon as she remembers that blasted password.

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I originally named Das allerbeste Passwort because of her code: DASPw. Even at the time, I threatened my friends with the promise that I’d write her a crazy description about how she had the best possible password all figured out and that was why she was frozen. I guess I’ve finally written it, just over a month later (28.02/01.03)!

Das allerbeste Passwort won the April 2014 Description Of The Month contest for the category Funniest!

Rambi – Male CB Harvest
Accepted sometime before 21.06.2015.

Rambi’s personality occasionally comes across as if someone threw together various contradicting adjectives and then stirred the resulting mess until the boundaries blurred incomprehensibly. The habit he’s famous for amongst those who know him is his stern, methodical hunting of others, wrestling them down mercilessly and almost exaggeratedly… simply to get a hug out of them. His affection is entirely matched by his brute strength – and every once in a while, he’ll crack someone’s ribs on accident or cause a nasty bruise, but never intentionally. He’s devastated each time he harms someone, but the notion of simply being a little gentler is entirely foreign to him.

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When I picked up the code R4Mbi, I just knew I had to write a description of a dragon that was a walking contradiction… the sort of thing one might expect if one tried to combine Rambo and Bambi into the same person. It’s not my best description, but, either way, it makes me laugh; achievement unlocked! :D

It took me far too long to write a description for this dragon, unfortunately, given a huge lull in description accepting by the moderators in 2014, which sapped my desire to write any more. :( It was – finally – written on the 2nd of August.

Mummelratz – Female CB Nilia Pygmy
Accepted sometime before 21.06.2015.

This particular dragon creeps many of her acquaintances out. Somehow, this Nilia pygmy lost her shy instincts and instead focusses her curiosity on her fellow dragons. She’s constantly investigating dragon psychology – usually experimentally. She would never dream of physically harming someone, but she’s been known to mesmerise and hypnotise dragons for hours with arranged visual illusions. While such tricks might be impressive, thus far they’ve been unable to override instincts such as hunger or thirst – which is just as well, since Mummelratz would probably not be deterred by such collateral damage. She self-identifies as a ‘hacker’… though to others that usually just means ‘someone like Mummelratz’ and, by extension, ‘someone to avoid’. Being small, agile and boundlessly curious, Mummelratz commonly doesn’t even notice she’s being avoided – and with a pleasant personality, experimentation aside, no one she’s met so far has really had the heart to tell her to go away.

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  Am admittedly still unlikely to take questionable advice from people who cannot spell ‘ellipses’. ;) Apparently this person is rejecting a lot of descriptions with the same half-assed reason. Oh well. :)

This is another code dragon. When I picked up H4CKT, I had to write about hacking (tricky in a quasi-medieval setting!), and I had to make it a Mummelratz (Wildcard v4 NPC) homage.

It took me far too long to write a description for this dragon, unfortunately, given a huge lull in description accepting by the moderators in 2014, which sapped my desire to write any more. :( It was – finally – written on the 2nd of August.

(OFFoN) – Male 3G Brute
Accepted sometime before 21.06.2015.

Off-On is a dragon that keeps confusing sleeping habits. He’s not narcoleptic, nor an insomniac, but he’ll stay awake for days on end and then – quite abruptly – sleep like a log for an even longer timespan. His magical prowess experiences similar abrupt shifts; on some days, he can wield magic normally, and on others it’s entirely absent, as if he were attached by the hip to a Cassare. The times of switching are entirely periodic, however, and he’s learnt to arrange his life around them.

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This is a dragon I nabbed for its code. It’s meant to be an homage to A Deepness In The Sky, where a star experiences lulls and flares in activity (called the On-Off star), but of course that’s probably not obvious, given that stars aren’t sapient creatures, whereas Off-On is.

It took me far too long to write a description for this dragon, unfortunately, given a huge lull in description accepting by the moderators in 2014, which sapped my desire to write any more. :( It was – finally – written on the 2nd of August.

Geleira – Female CB Glaucus Drake
Accepted sometime before 21.06.2015.

Geleira is a loyal companion to the gemshard hatchling Dasurmaak, a forgetful, chronically absent-minded dragoness. While Geleira can’t untangle the worst of her companion’s confusions, she does help by preventing actions from being needlessly repeated as long as it is in her power to do so; often, this involves moving items out of Dasurmaak’s reach quickly enough. What Geleira does not object to, unsurprisingly, is Dasurmaak forgetting just how much attention she’s been showered with – that, of course, can be repeated however frequently as the scatter-brained dragon wishes.

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When I wrote a description for Dasurmaak, I was instantly taken by Geleira’s playful flavour of helpfulness and felt I should at least mirror what I’d said in Dasurmaak’s description in Geleira’s. There’s nothing new here relative to the description of Dasurmaak, but I felt it was only respectful to at least acknowledge their bond in her description, in turn.

Subvocal – 2G Cavern Lurker
Accepted sometime before 21.06.2015.

Subvocal has no voice – not even a telepathic one. The people that know him aren’t sure whether he’s capable of speaking and just chooses not to, or if there’s something preventing him from vocalising what’s on his mind. He’s repeatedly demonstrated he can understand what others say, but he himself is completely mute. He’s encoded a lot of complexity into the subtleties of his body language, occasionally capable of having whole conversations in this way, but largely he relies on writing and a system of non-obvious gestures that he and his friends can understand as they would spoken words.

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Back when I receive Subvocal from herk, I was delighted that I got the name Subvocal for him and I wanted to give him a description as a gesture of thanks to herk. It took half a year before I found the mental energy to (given the description backlog was in a dismal state when I got him and said state did not improve over time, I simply had no drive to write more descriptions). I didn’t come up with anything particularly exciting for him, I think, but I do like how it turned out.

(1NaU1) – Male CB Imperial Fleshcrowne
Accepted sometime before 21.06.2015.

The first of Tomas Nau’s successful experiments, this dragon is not lucid of his name – it doesn’t matter for him to act out his designated function, after all. With a stubborn focus, he tends to the gardens around his master’s lair, taking supreme happiness in fulfilling his tasks and neglecting everything else. Attempting to form social bonds with him is doomed to failure, were anyone to try. Somewhat dangerously, even convincing him to pause his work to eat is a tricky endeavour. Tomas is pleased by his experiment’s dedication to his work, of course, and uses him to demonstrate to others just how brilliant his plan is… as well as to prey on the weak-willed that simply wish to fit in and be happy, weaselling a questionable consent from them to craft them into one of his cherished minions.

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That being said, it took me almost five months to write it, disheartened with the description backlog as I was, until my gemshard naming scheme snapped me out of it for long enough to catch up with my small to do list.

(thRyL) – Female CB Brimstone
Accepted sometime before 23.06.2015.

Thryl is a dragon with a tendency to dramatise and exaggerate everything. She’s something of a diva, warm-hearted but ultimately capricious. Given her species, her mood swings can be terrifying to behold, with even simple frustration often given others the impression that she might get violent – something that she considers herself far too cultured for to stoop to even in the midst of pure rage. When meeting new people, her catchphrase is: “Thrilled to meet you,” which, of course, is what netted her the name she proudly wears today.

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  The rainbow comment is for the descripdoom lineage, before anyone’s confused. :)
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(thRyL) had the above description accepted sometime before 21.06.2015. And then I noticed the ‘given’ and ‘giving’ switch. Oops. While it’s amusing that apparently everyone else also missed the homonym, I’ve resubmitted it:

Thryl is a dragon with a tendency to dramatise and exaggerate everything. She’s something of a diva, warm-hearted but ultimately capricious. Given her species, her mood swings can be terrifying to behold, with even simple frustration often giving others the impression that she might get violent – something that she considers herself far too cultured for to stoop to even in the midst of pure rage. When meeting new people, her catchphrase is: “Thrilled to meet you,” which, of course, is what netted her the name she proudly wears today.

Another code dragon, thRyL is a dragon I wanted to write a description for simply to use the word ‘thrilled’ somewhere in the narrative. I guess I managed!

It took me far too long to write a description for this dragon, unfortunately, given a huge lull in description accepting by the moderators in 2014, which sapped my desire to write any more. :( It was – finally – written on the 2nd of August.

Definitely Finite – Male 6G Evengen Nhiostrife wyvern

This dragon’s nickname, Nate, relates to his formal name more than one might initially suspect. Nonetheless one should avoid talking to Nate about precisely how the two are related… unless one wants him to delve at length into the tripwires that English phonemes occasionally lay for the unwary.

• Accept:
• Accept: Oh I love phonetics almost as much as I love grammar, I want to chat with this guy forever!
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Nate’s lineage is herk’s excellent Descripdoom lineage. I felt I owed the dragon both a name at least as ridiculous as those of its ancestors (“To two too”, “I’m an Alot”, “Now is better than then”)… and a silly little description.

But it got a moderator reject (that I noticed sometime in 2020); I had to remove ‘English’ from this description (seriously? I will never get Dragon Cave’s ridiculous policies e_e it doesn’t actually make any sense for any other language!); it was previously before the ‘phonemes’ word.

This dragon’s nickname, Nate, relates to his formal name more than one might initially suspect. Nonetheless one should avoid talking to Nate about precisely how the two are related… unless one wants him to delve at length into the tripwires that phonemes occasionally lay for the unwary.

• Accept: Nice.
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• Abstain: ok
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The altered description was accepted sometime before the 15th of June, 2020.

For IOUs in progress, check out IOU History.

• me —> Adri (supplement to a 2G gold for a 2G gold swap)
  • 2 CB tsunami hatchlings (1 male, 1 female)
  • 2 CB stone hatchlings (1 male, 1 female)

• me —> ainisarie (for a 3G gold from a male gold x female black marrow checker)
  • 2G rosebud from nhiostrife
  • 2G heartseeker from gold

• me —> ajc (for a 2G yulebuck from sunstone)
  • 2G rosy-winged solstice from a sunsong father

• me —> Alasse (for a CB thunder)
  • 2G water from aria
  • 2G blue nebula from a male moonstone
  • 2G red nebula from a male hellfire
  • 2G red nebula from a male hellfire

• me —> Amazon_warrior (for a CB thunder)
  • 2G lumina from silver male x lumina female
  • 3 CB seawyrm pygmy hatchlings

• me —> Amberfly (for a 3G marrow/silver spiral)
  • male CB ice
  • male CB magma

• me —> angelicdragonpuppy (for a coast zyumorph)
  • 2 CB glaucus drake hatchlings (two male)
  • 2 CB greenwing hatchlings (one male, one female)
  • 4 CB purple ridgewings (two male, two female)
  • 4 CB gilded bloodscales (two male, two female)

• me —> AngelsSin (for a 3G Arsani from a green nebula checker)
  • 2G gold from a solstice mother
  • 2G silver from a solstice mother
  • 2G yellow undine from a gold mother

• me —> AngelsSin (for a 2G winter magi from blue alcedine)
  • 2G heartseeker from a bronze shimmerscale mother
  • 2G floret (violet) from a bronze shimmerscale mother

• me —> Ashtoret (supplement to a CB black for CB thunder swap)
  • 4 CB ember hatchlings

• me —> Atan (for two 2G blacks, each from a CB ribbon dancer)
  • 2G shadow walker x radiant angel
  • 2G shadow walker x heartseeker

• me —> attackfish (for a 2G tsunami from a silver father)
  • 2G silver from a verdigris copper mother

• me —> Baphomet (for two CB springs)
  • 2G gold from an Arsani

• me —> BirdSpirit (supplement to a CB nebula for CB nebula swap)
  • CB ochredrake hatchling
  • CB deepsea hatchling

• me —> BirdSpirit (for a CB red)
  • 2 CB spitfire hatchlings

• me —> BrockTheBreeder (for a CB ember with an all-lowercase code)
  • any gold

• me —> calankh (for a 4G Arsani hatchling from a cavern lurker checker)
  • 4G Arsani egg from a cavern lurker checker

• me —> chrispy (for a 2G Arsani from a radiant angel)
  • 2G Arsani from a gold father

• me —> daba555 (for a 3G female-blusang-checkered silver)
  • 4G male darkmyst pygmy from a pumpkin checker

• me —> Dark_Angel12345 (for a 4G heartseeker from a gold checker)
  • 4G heartseeker from a gold checker

• me —> Dawnfur (for an awesome-lineaged vampire)
  • 1 CB purple hatchling
  • 1 CB ember hatchling
  • 2 CB whiptail hatchlings
  • 3 CB stone hatchlings

• me —> Daydreamer09 (for a 3G arsani x horse hatchling)
  • 3G arsani x horse hatchling

• me —> djengis (for a 3G nhiostrife wyvern from an Arsani checker)
  • 3G female hellfire from a male black marrow checker

• me —> djengis (for a 3G Arsani x pillow checker)
  • 3G Arsani x pillow checker

• me —> Dracaena (for a 3G valentine dragon from a deepsea checker)
  • 3G valentine dragon from a deepsea checker

• me —> dragonico (for a CB spring egg)
  • 2G black from black x aria parents
  • 2G white from white x aria parents

• me —> Elennilda (for a 3G white from Arsani checker)
  • male 2G black tea from a Solstice mother
  • male 2G nhiostrife from a Solstice mother
  • male 3G white x Arsani checker

• me —> Erica8798 (for a CB female ember)
  • 2G pink from aria x frill parents.

• me —> EscapistLore (for two CB nhiostrife eggs)
  • 4G gold tinsel (Apollo x striped)

• me —> Fuzzbucket (for a 4G winter magi from a gold checker)
  • 2G yulebuck from a gold mother (Sugarhide x Aloy Sobeck)

• me —> Geminia905 (for a 2G solstice from a frostbite father)
  • 2G purebred Gold
  • a 2G avatar of destruction from a Grave mother
  • a 2G avatar of creation from a Gold father

• me —> grammydragon (for a 2G yellow undine)
  • 2G silver from a green copper mother

• me —> grammydragon (for a 2G yellow undine)
  • a 2G silver from a Heartseeker father

• me —> Harrisheart (for the name Morgrim)
  • 2G pink from Foxia x white dragon
  • CB verdigris copper

• me —> Hermeline (supplement to a 3G yulebuck x Arsani checker for a 3G yulebuck x Arsani checker swap)
  • a 2G purebred magi (offspring from Luminous Saffron x Zahyeesaar)

• me —> Hermeline (for a male 3G fever from an Arsani x fever checker)
  • a male 3G fever from an Arsani x fever checker

• me —> IcarusTheDragon (for 2G black marrow)
  • 2G white hatchling from black father (female)
  • 2G black hatchling from white mother (male)

• me —> isaakfvkampfer (for a 4G blusang from a rosebud checker)
  • 2 × 3G male flamingo from an Arsani checker (sibling of Bright Cerise)
  • 2 × 4G male flamingo from an Arsani checker (unrelated to 3G)
  • 4G male black tea from an Arsani checker (offspring of Sweet Tisane)
  • 4G blusang from a rosebud checker (sibling of Quykx)

• me —> JavaMom (for a CB stripe)
  • 4G gold tinsel (Apollo x striped)

• me —> JavaTigress (for a 2G aurax lunar herald from a solstice)
  • 2G cavern lurker from a tri-horn wyvern mother
  • 2G tri-horn wyvern from a cavern lurker (unrelated to the cavern lurker)

• me —> jellyscent (for a 4G spiral silver hatchling)
  • 2 CB terrae hatchlings
  • 2 CB waterwalker hatchlings
  • 2 CB ember hatchlings
  • 2 CB albino hatchlings
  • 2 CB sunset hatchlings
  • 3 CB guardian hatchlings

• me —> Kaini (for a 3G pseudochecker Saltkin)
  • 2G winter tide from a CB female bronze shimmer (Duara x Toltecatl)

• me —> Kelan (for a 2G winter magi from a hellfire wyvern mother)
  • female 2G tsunami from Wrapping-Wing father
  • female 2G lumina from Wrapping-Wing father
  • male 2G sunsong amphiptere from Solstice mother
  • female 2G undine from Wrapping-Wing father

• me —> Kippur (for a 2G rainbow copper, a 2G liver of sulphur copper and a 2G pink from a gold x aria pairing)
  • 5G gold hatchling
  • 6G silver hatchling
  • 2 CB waterhorses (one male, one female)

• me —> Kith (for a 3G winter magi from a gaia xenowyrm checker)
  • 2G snow from a gold mother

• me —> Lavinia (for a 3G fever wyvern egg from a wrapping-wing checker)
  • 3G female fever wyvern hatchling from a wrapping-wing checker

• me —> Lavinia (for a 3G white from a snow angel checker)
  • 4 CB albino hatchlings (two male, two female)

• me —> Lavinia (for a 3G pink egg from a yulebuck checker)
  • 3G female pink hatchling from a yulebuck checker

• me —> Lavinia (for a 3G white egg from an Arsani checker)
  • 3G male white hatchling from an Arsani checker

• me —> Lesh4537 (for a 3G Arsani checker with wrapping wings)
  • 4G Arsani checker with black teas

• me —> LikesMods (for a CB gold wyvern with the code NE1KX)
  • 2G silver

• me —> lilbird (for a 3G red)
  • 2G pink from Foxia x gold

• me —> limsalva (for a CB blusang)
  • 2G from olive x aria parents

• me —> lorimmel (supplement to a 5G silver for a 5G silver swap)
  • 2 CB canopy hatchlings (one male, one female)

• me —> Lucille (for miscellaneous help with my wishlist)
  • 5 CB moonstones
  • 7 CB swallowtails
  • 3 CB bleeding moons
  • 5 CB pillows

• me —> Lucille (for a 3G golden lunar herald from a blue-winged solstice checker)
  • 3G flamingo from a female marrow checker

• me —> Maef (for a 4G gold hatchling)
  • 4G gold tinsel (Apollo x striped)

• me —> Mew_1 (for a gorgeous 3G silver with turpentines)
  • 2 CB hellfire wyverns (one male, one female)
  • 4 CB greenwing hatchlings

• me —> MIGOR (for a CB verdigris copper)
  • 3G bronze tinsel (Cagnu x CB caligene)

• me —> munificent (for a CB tan ridgewing)
  • 2 CB misfit hatchlings
  • 2 CB pillow hatchlings
  • 1 CB magi hatchling

• me —> munificent (for a CB blusang)
  • CB spitfire hatchling with code Rabit (caps messed)

• me —> munificent (for a CB blusang)
  • CB female moonstone hatchling
  • CB male purple dorsal hatchling

• me —> nerys (for a 2G avatar of destruction from a fever wyvern)
  • 2G avatar of destruction from a hellfire female

• me —> Nezbael (supplement to a 2G PB alt vine hatchling for a 2G PB alt vine hatchling swap)
  • CB terrae hatchling

• me —> Nimras (for a 2G sweetling from an Arsani mother)
  • 2G snow angel from a radiant angel father
  • 2G radiant angel father from a snow angel

• me —> Nqli (for a CB pitfire)
  • 3G ribber dancer from a male Arcana checker with a spriter’s alt Arcana in the base (Shattered Clock x Lethal Radiation)
  • / / / CB xenowyrm (umbra, pharo, aso or aquilo)
  • 2G bronze shimmerscale from a lihnseyre violet floret father

• me —> Omen (for 2 × 2G winter magis)
  • 2 × 2G ribbon dancers from bleeding moon mothers

• me —> Omen (for a 3G thalassa (m) x desipis (f) checker from birdzgoboom’s alt and a 4G gaia (m) x desipis (f) checker from PieMaster’s alt)
  • 4G desipis (m) from a mageia (f) checker (Nauth Ursus x Twisted Z’anity)
  • 3G desipis (m) from a mageia (f) checker (Zitolihan x Birley)

• me —> predatorfan4ever (for a CB rainbow copper)
  • 15 storm hatchlings (any lineage)

• me —> Princess_Pinkie (supplement to a 3G PB silver for a 2G silver from yulebuck father trade)
  • 2G female ember from a winter magi

• me —> Prince_Xanthius (for a 3G wrapping-wing from Arsani checker)
  • a 3G wrapping-wing from Arsani checker

• me —> Prince_Xanthius (for a 4G Arsani from a gold checker)
  • 4G Arsani from a gold checker (from Inherent Worth)

• me —> quitter (for two CB female purple ridgewing hatchlings)
  • a 2G gaia xenowyrm from a bronze shimmerscale mother

• me —> quitter (for four CB female purple ridgewing hatchlings, a 3G pseudochecker SAltkin with Ash from Caligene x Blue Lunar Herald and a 3G pseudochecker SAltkin with Storm from Caligene x Gaia Xenowyrm)
  • 2G bronze shimmerscale from a pyro xenowyrm father

• me —> rafilos (for a 5G bronze shimmerscale)
  • two unrelated 2G whites, each from a gold father

• me —> Red2111 (for a 3G Arsani from a white checker)
  • 2G heartstealing from a silver father

• me —> Ribombee (for a CB desert zyumorph)
  • 2G mistletoe from an aegis father
  • 2G aegis from a mistletoe mother
  • 2G heartstealing from an aegis father

• me —> Riverwillows (supplement to a 5G silver shimmerscale for 2 papers trade)
  • 1 paper dragon

• me —> sara4cows (for a 3G arsani x bleeding moon hatchling)
  • 3G arsani x bleeding moon hatchling

• me —> sara4cows (for a 3G radiant angel from a moonstone checker)
  • 3G radiant angel from a moonstone checker

• me —> Seiti (supplement to a chicken for 2 CB tsunami swap)
  • CB gold-horned tangar hatchling (male)
  • CB ember hatchling (female)

• me —> sene (for a CB ice)
  • 3G blusang from a rosebud checker

• me —> Sethiss (for a 2G Solstice x Fever)
  • 2G Solstice x Frostbite

• me —> Sethiss (for a 2G avatar of change from a Radiant Angel father)
  • two 2G storms, each from a silver father

• me —> Sheeana (for a 2G Arsani from a tetra)
  • 3 CB mint hatchlings

• me —> Shroomlet (for a 4G silver)
  • male 2G deepsea from female shadow walker
  • male 2G flamingo from female shadow walker
  • female 2G tan ridgewing from male shadow walker

• me —> Shroomlet (for a 5G arrow gold)
  • 6G silver (sibling of Kunafar Iridium)

• me —> Shroomlet (for a 4G gradient spiral gold)
  • male 2G royal crimson from female shadow walker
  • male 2G tsunami from female shadow walker
  • female 2G hellfire from male shadow walker
  • female 2G verdigris copper from male shadow walker x verdigris copper

• me —> Shroomlet (for a 5G silver for freezing)
  • male 2G flamingo from female shadow walker

• me —> SilverWings (for a CB pink hatchling)
  • CB royal blue hatchling

• me —> Skypool (for a 2G black from a CB ribbon dancer)
  • CB blusang

• me —> Souly (for a CB black)
  • 2 CB crimsonflare hatchlings
  • 2 CB flamingo hatchlings
  • 2 CB nilia pygmy hatchlings (with 1 female influence)
  • 2 CB spotted greenwing hatchlings
  • 2 CB swallowtail hatchlings (with 1 male influence)

• me —> stagazer_7 (for four 2G xenowyrm (mageia) eggs, two from Desipes mothers, two from Desipes fathers)
  • 2G male tsunami from a rosebud mother
  • 2G male balloon from a rosebud mother

• me —> stagazer_7 (for a 4G Arsani from a verdigris copper checker)
  • 4G Arsani from a verdigris copper checker

• me —> stagazer_7 (for a 4G Arsani from a pillow checker)
  • 4G Arsani from a pillow checker

• me —> Stormypulse (for a 2G sweetling from a moonstone mother)
  • 2G rosebud from a blusang father

• me —> Syferia (for a 3G black marrow (offspring from (ekkU5)))
  • 2G Desipis from a female hellfire
  • I unfortunately had no space for Syferia’s dragon come Halloween, so her part of the deal was no longer required, but I did stick to my part of the deal. :)

• me —> Syferia (for two 2G ultraviolets)
  • 2G Desipis from a male speckle-throat

• me —> Tawanda001 (for a 2G arsani from a yulebuck)
  • 2G pink from gold wyvern x aria (changed from initial olive x aria request)
  • 2G verdigris copper from verdigris copper x aria

• me —> Tawanda001 (for a 4G ridgewing checker with winter magis)
  • 4G ridgewing checker with winter magis

• me —> Terrafreaky (for a 2G radiant angel from an Arsani mother)
  • 2G radiant angel from an Arsani mother

• me —> tjekan (for 2 × 3G Arsani checkers (winter and nhiostrife))
  • 3G silver shimmerscale

• me —> tjekan (for 2 × 3G Arsani checkers (winter and nhiostrife))
  • 2G soulstone from a falconiform (via Sethiss)

• me —> tjenni (for a 2G silver from female blusang)
  • 2G silver from female aria

• me —> twol8sue (for a 2G black from a CB ribbon dancer)
  • 2G striped river from a shadow walker father
  • male 2G striped river from a shadow walker mother

• me —> VampiricOmen (for a 5G bleeding moon from an Arsani checker)
  • 5G bleeding moon from an Arsani checker

• me —> Voardrem (supplement to a 2G PB stripe for 2G PB stripe swap)
  • CB sunrise hatchling

• me —> webcowgirl (for a 2G avatar of creation from a male tsunami)
  • 2G avatar of creation from a male silver

• me —> WhisperingWillows (for a 2G floral-crowned from a bright-breasted wyvern mother and a 2G floral-crowned from a verdigris copper mother)
  • 2 × 2G floral-crowneds from a vine mother

• me —> WhisperingWillows (for a 3G storm from an Arsani checker)
  • 2G black from a cavern lurker mother
  • 2G cavern lurker from a black father

• me —> WhisperingWillows (for a 2G Arsani from a winter magi father)
  • 3G gaia xenowyrm from an Arsani checker
  • 3G moonstone from an Arsani checker
  • 3G Arsani from a black tea checker

• me —> WhisperingWillows (for 2 × 2G winter magi)
  • 3G ribbon dancer offspring from Shattered Clock

• me —> Wiz (for a 4G black marrow)
  • four CB hatchlings from Wiz’s wishlist (three pillows, one balloon)

• me —> Xaesha (for a CB spring hatchling)
  • 4G gold tinsel (Apollo x striped)
  • 2 CB nebula eggs

• me —> xdlugia (for a 3G verdigris copper from Arsani checker)
  • 2G male verdigris copper from Arsani

• me —> xdlugia (for a 3G cavern lurker from an Arsani checker)
  • 3G cavern lurker from an Arsani checker

• me —> YAYA (for a 3G Arsani x nhiostrife checker)
  • a 2G Arsani from nhiostrife
  • a male 2G nhiostrife from Arsani

• me —> Yliah (for a 4G marrow spiral with hellfires)
  • 2G shadowwalker from male shadowwalker (Martebor) and female sunstone (Gunhash) to complement https://dragcave.net/lineage/p880B

For IOUs in progress, check out IOU History.

• ainisarie —> me (for a 2G rosebud from nhiostrife and 2G heartseeker from gold)
  • 3G gold from a male gold x female black marrow checker

• ajc —> me (for a 2G solstice from a sunsong father)
  • 2G yulebuck from sunstone

• Areous —> me (for a CB magma)
  • 2G black from a CB ribbon dancer

• bantymom —> me (for a CB summer and a CB black)
  • CB ice

• becondethuong1307 —> me (for a CB ice)
  • two 2G blacks, each from a CB ribbon dancer mother

• becondethuong1307 —> me (for a female CB spring (after the start of the summer season))
  • two 2G blacks, each from a CB ribbon dancer mother
  • 2G shallow-water

• Big Stuff —> me (for a CB thunder)
  • 3 red hatchlings (any lineage, any gender)

• BirdSpirit —> me (for a CB magma and a CB black)
  • messy gold for freezing

• BirdSpirit —> me (for a CB magma and a CB black)
  • 3G gold (roughly like this)

• cajunsun —> me (for a CB gold)
  • 6 CB desipis dragons (influenced so they make at least two pairs)

• calankh —> me (for a 4G Arsani egg from a cavern lurker checker)
  • 4G Arsani hatchling from a cavern lurker checker

• chrispy —> me (for a 2G Arsani from a gold father)
  • 2G Arsani from a radiant angel

• Dark_Angel12345 —> me (for a 4G heartseeker from a gold checker)
  • 4G heartseeker from a gold checker

• Dracaena —> me (for a 3G valentine dragon from a deepsea checker)
  • 3G valentine dragon from a deepsea checker

• djengis —> me (for a 3G female hellfire from a male black marrow checker)
  • 3G nhiostrife wyvern from an Arsani checker

• djengis —> me (for a 3G Arsani x pillow checker)
  • 3G Arsani x pillow checker

• Doublelift —> me (for a CB silver)
  • 5 CB Caligene hatchlings

• dustpuppy —> me (for a CB rainbow copper)
  • three 2G blacks, each from a CB ribbon dancer
  • CB white hatchling

• ElayneDragonLover —> me (for a 2G magma from a female gold)
  • 2G magma from a female gold

• EscapistLore —> me (for 4G gold tinsel)
  • two CB nhiostrife eggs

• Forever_Mone —> me (for a CB jungle zyumorph)
  • 2G black marrow from a magma mother

• FortyTwo —> me (for a 2G pumpkin hatchling and a 3G EG pumpkin hatchling)
  • one cavern lurker egg

• fuzzbucket —> me (for a 2G yulebuck from a gold mother)
  • 4G winter magi from a gold checker (sibling of Z’Fabulous Mage)

• Gloomy —> me (for a 2G silver)
  • 4 purple hatchlings

• GlassXRose —> me (for a male CB ice and a female CB magma)
  • two ochredrake hatchlings
  • a deepsea hatchling
  • a waterwalker hatchling

• grammydragon —> me (for a 2G silver from a swallowtail mother)
  • 2G purebred yellow undine

• grammydragon —> me (for a 2G solstice from heartseeker)
  • male 2G red stripe for freezing
  • female 2G red stripe for freezing
  • female 2G avatar of change for freezing
  • ungendered 2G blue stripe for freezing

• Grandmother_cathie —> me (for a CB ice)
  • 3G white from a snow angel checker

• Hiawatha —> me (for a female 2G gold wyvern from a magma father and a male 2G magma from a gold wyvern mother)
  • 2G white from a tri-coloured snow angel

• isaakfvkampfer —> me (for a 3G gold checker with Arsanis)
  • 3G gold checker with Arsanis

• Ixcalia —> me (for a 6G silver, a CB stripe hatchling, a CB winter hatchling and a CB ridgewing hatchling)
  • 4G gold multi-breed stair (roughly like this)

• janey —> me (for a CB rainbow copper)
  • three 2G blacks, each from a CB ribbon dancer
  • CB black tea hatchling

• JavaTigress —> me (for a 2G cavern lurker from a tri-horn wyvern mother and a 2G tri-horn wyvern from a cavern lurker (unrelated to the cavern lurker))
  • 2G aurax lunar herald from a blue-winged solstice

• jerzeeshadow —> me (for a 2G avatar of destruction from a hellfire female)
  • 2G avatar of destruction from a female fever wyvern

• jerzeeshadow —> me (for a CB arcana)
  • CB aeon wyvern

• KaelaBoo24 —> me (for a female 2G purebred marrow hatchling)
  • 4G female marrow hatchling, spiral with silvers

• Kith —> me (for a 2G snow from a gold mother)
  • 3G winter magi from a gaia xenowyrm checker

• Lavinia —> me (for a 3G male white hatchling from an Arsani checker)
  • 3G white egg from an Arsani checker

• Lavinia —> me (for a 3G female pink hatchling from a yulebuck checker)
  • 3G pink egg from a yulebuck checker

• Lavinia —> me (for a 3G female fever wyvern hatchling from a wrapping-wing checker)
  • 3G fever wyvern egg from a wrapping-wing checker

• Legry —> Sethiss // via me (for a 2G hellfire Thuwed)
  • 2G bronze shimmer-scale (offspring of Queen Visenya and a deepsea mate)

• Lesh4537 —> me (for a 4G Arsani checker with black teas)
  • 3G Arsani checker with wrapping wings

• lluvia —> me (for a CB red dorsal)
  • 2G purebred undine egg

• Lucille —> me (for a 3G flamingo from a female marrow checker)
  • 3G golden lunar herald from a blue-winged solstice checker

• Maef —> me (for a 2G tsunami from a silver father)
  • CB spitfire hatchling (male)

• Maef —> me (for a CB blusang)
  • CB deepsea hatchling (female)

• Maef —> me (for another CB blusang)
  • CB deepsea hatchling (female)

• Maef —> me (for a CB ice)
  • Skywing hatchling (mandatorily messy)

• Maef —> me (for another CB ice)
  • Horse Thuwed (‘purebred’ 6th gen)

• Maef —> me (for a female CB autumn hatchling, two 2G Winter Magi from pairings of her choice, one 2G Ribbon Dancer from a pairing of her choice)
  • 2G silver from silver male x hellfire female

• Maef —> me (for a CB ember hatchling)
  • two 2G flamingo eggs from Arsani mothers

• Maef —> me (for a 5G Z-silver and 4 valentine eggs with her choice of mates)
  • 3G gold from gold female x blusang male stair

• Maef —> me (for a 5G silver shimmer-scale)
  • 2G gold from gold female x greenwing male

• Maef —> me (for a z-code CB teimarr)
  • CB teimarr

• Maef —> me (for a 2G waterwalker from a verdigris copper dad)
  • 2G waterwalker from a verdigris copper dad

• Maef —> me (for a z-code CB teimarr)
  • CB teimarr

• Maef —> me (for a z-code CB liver of sulphur copper)
  • CB liver of sulphur copper

• Maef —> me (for four 2G Shadowwalker eggs with her choice of mate)
  • 2G gold from a magma father

• Maef —> me (for a 2G verdigris copper from a silver father)
  • a 2G arsani from flamingo father

• Maef —> me (for a z-code CB verdigris copper)
  • CB verdigris copper

• Mailinvomwald —> me (for a blue dino)
  • two 2G flamingo eggs from Arsani mothers

• Mamamaus —> me (for a 2G alt black from a CB ribbon dancer)
  • Red dorsal sibling of Nachtmarrow

• Marianas_Edge —> me (for 3G gold (spiral with gold wyverns))
  • 3 caveblocker hatchlings

• Minkee —> me (for a CB silver)
  • 4 CB Caligene hatchlings
  • 4 CB Witchlight hatchlings

• MoonlitSnowWolf —> me (for a chicken)
  • 2 CB Spessartine Pyralspite hatchlings, influenced as a pair

• morgianlefaye —> me (for a CB spessartine pyralspite)
  • 4 × 2G black from a CB ribbon dancer

• Nimras —> me (for a CB gaia xenowyrm)
  • 2G pyro xenowyrm from a green fire gem father and a gaia xenowyrm mother

• Nimras —> me (for a 2G snow angel from a radiant angel father and a 2G radiant angel father from a snow angel)
  • 2G sweetling from an Arsani mother

• Omen —> me (for 2 × 2G wrapping wings from bleeding moon mothers)
  • 2 × 2G winter magis

• Omen —> me (for a 4G and 3G desipis (m) from a mageia (f) checker)
  • a 3G thalassa (m) x desipis (f) checker from birdzgoboom’s alt
  • a 4G gaia (m) x desipis (f) checker from PieMaster’s alt

• OrcaFreak —> me (for a female-influenced CB liver of sulphur hatchling)
  • 3G Arsani x flamingo checker hatchling
  • 3G Arsani x gold checker hatchling

• paradoxicull —> me (for a CB nebula)
  • a CB waterwalker hatchling

• Princess_Pinkie —> me (for three CB red hatchlings, a male CB pink hatchling, and a CB black hatchling)
  • two CB speckle-throated eggs

• Princess_Pinkie —> me (for a 3G PB EG silver and a female 2G ember from a winter magi)
  • 2G silver from yulebuck father

• Prince_Xanthius —> me (for a 3G wrapping-wing from Arsani checker)
  • a 3G wrapping-wing from Arsani checker

• Prince_Xanthius —> me (for a 4G Arsani from a gold checker)
  • 4G Arsani from a gold checker

• Puredark006 —> me (for two purebred pumpkin hatchlings, influenced as a pair)
  • one cavern lurker egg

• Puredark006 —> me (for CB nebula hatchling and a purebred marrow hatchling)
  • one cavern lurker egg

• QAndais —> me (for a CB red)
  • 3 purple hatchlings (any lineage, any gender)

• quitter —> me (for a 2G gaia xenowyrm from a bronze shimmerscale mother)
  • 2 CB female purple ridgewing hatchlings

• quitter —> me (for a 2G bronze shimmerscale from a pyro xenowyrm father)
  • 4 CB female purple ridgewing hatchlings
  • 3G pseudochecker SAltkin with Ash from Caligene x Blue Lunar Herald
  • 3G pseudochecker SAltkin with Storm from Caligene x Gaia Xenowyrm

• RaeMarie —> me (for a CB liver of sulphur copper)
  • CB coastal waverunner hatchling (ungendered)
  • CB crimson flare pygmy hatchling (ungendered)
  • CB dark myst pygmy hatchling (ungendered)
  • CB pygmy hatchling (ungendered)

• Rare_Hunter21 —> me (for a CB alpine zyumorph and a CB desert zyumorph)
  • 2 CB pinks

• Rare_Hunter21 —> me (for a 3G shimmerscale from Pandora Aru’aksha)
  • 2G gold from a black marrow mother
  • 3G gold from a heartseeker checker

• Ready —> me (for two purebred shadowwalker hatchlings, influenced as a pair and a marrow hatchling from a red dorsal mother)
  • one cavern lurker egg

• Red2111 —> me (for a 2G heartstealing from a silver father)
  • 3G Arsani from a white checker

• Riverwillows —> me (for 3 paper dragons)
  • 5G silver shimmerscale

• Rohawk —> me (for a 3G green stripe)
  • 1 purple hatchling

• rukia_invers —> me (for a CB blusang)
  • 3 red hatchlings (any lineage, any gender)

• sara4cows —> me (for a 3G radiant angel from a moonstone checker)
  • 3G radiant angel from a moonstone checker

• Seiti —> me (for a chicken)
  • 2 CB tsunami

• ShadowRift —> me (for two CB blusangs)
  • four caveblocker species hatchlings

• shopfront —> me (for a CB blusang hatchling, a CB xenowyrm (mageia) hatchling, a CB magma hatchling)
  • CB xenowyrm (chrono)

• shovedtbh —> me (for two 3G shimmerfail turpentines)
  • two turpentine hatchlings

• Shroomlet —> me (for four 2G commons from shadow-walkers)
  • 4G gradient spiral gold

• Shroomlet —> me (for three 2G commons from shadow walkers)
  • 4G silver (sibling of this)

• Silverswift —> me (for two male 3G silver checkers)
  • 2G avatar of change

• Snowytoshi —> me (for a 4G silver)
  • 3 common hatchlings

• Solakthe —> me (for a CB silver)
  • two 2G arsanis from a flamingo father

• sorenna —> me (for a 3G tan ridgewing from a radiant angel checker)
  • 3G tan ridgewing from a radiant angel checker

• stagazer_7 —> me (for a 2G male tsunami from a rosebud mother and a 2G male balloon from a rosebud mother)
  • four 2G xenowyrm (mageia) eggs, two from Desipes mothers, two from Desipes fathers

• stagazer_7 —> me (for a 4G Arsani from a verdigris copper checker)
  • 4G Arsani from a verdigris copper checker

• stagazer_7 —> me (for a 4G Arsani from a pillow checker)
  • 4G Arsani from a pillow checker

• Stellaluna22 —> me (for a male CB spring (after the start of the summer season))
  • two 2G soulpeace eggs

• Stormypulse —> me (for a 2G rosebud from a blusang father)
  • 2G sweetling from a moonstone mother

• Syferia —> me (for a 2G Desipis from a male speckle-throat)
  • two 2G ultraviolets

• Syferia —> me (for a male CB thunder)
  • 2G black from a CB ribbon dancer
  • 2G shallow-water

• synditrix —> me (for a 2G tsunami from a silver father)
  • 2 purple hatchlings (any lineage, any gender)

• Taintedtamer —> me (for a 3G Arsani checker from turpentines (bred in 2015))
  • 3G Arsani checker from turpentines (bred in 2016)

• Tawanda001 —> me (for a 2G pink from olive x aria and a 2G verdigris copper from verdigris copper x aria)
  • 2G arsani from a yulebuck

• Tawanda001 —> me (for a 4G ridgewing checker with winter magis)
  • 4G ridgewing checker with winter magis

• Terrafreaky —> me (for a 2G radiant angel from an Arsani mother)
  • 2G radiant angel from an Arsani mother

• thenameisplissken —> me (for a CB olive hatchling)
  • 2 caveblocker species hatchlings

• thenameisplissken —> me (for a 2G winter magi from a grave mother)
  • 3G gold from a female black marrow checker

• tjekan —> me (for a CB tan ridgewing hatchling)
  • CB imperial fleshcrowne

• tjekan —> me (for a CB rainbow copper)
  • 3G red dorsal (sibling of this dragon)
  • 4G tri-horn wyvern (offspring of this dragon and this dragon)

• tjekan —> me (for a 2G yulebuck from a vine (AP catch))
  • 3G royal crimson checker from winter magis (unrelated to Frostrust, Vermillion Frost and Vermilion Cinnamon)

• tjekan —> me (for a 2G soulstone from a falconiform and a 3G silver shimmerscale)
  • 3G Arsani checker from winters
  • 3G Arsani checker from nhiostrifes

• tjenni —> me (for a 2G silver from female aria)
  • 2G silver from female blusang

• tjenni —> me (for a (information lost))
  • 3G bronze tinsel from female black marrow checker

• tjekan —> me (for a 2G yulebuck from a vine (AP catch))
  • 3G yulebuck from a sunstone checker (bred Christmas 2018) unrelated to Ambermint

• tjsweepers —> me (for a CB gold)
  • lineaged _Unknown_-gender Neglected

• tjsweepers —> me (for a CB gold)
  • lineaged _Unknown_-gender Neglected

• undertow —> me (for a 2G avatar of destruction from a male fever wyvern)
  • 2G avatar of destruction from a male fever wyvern

• VampiricOmen —> me (for a 5G bleeding moon from an Arsani checker)
  • 5G bleeding moon from an Arsani checker

• webcowgirl —> me (for a 2G avatar of creation from a male silver)
  • 2G avatar of creation from a male tsunami

• WhisperingWillows —> me (for two 2G floral-crowneds from a vine mother)
  • 2G floral-crowned from a bright-breasted wyvern mother
  • 2G floral-crowned from a verdigris copper mother

• WhisperingWillows —> me (for a 3G gaia xenowyrm from an Arsani checker, 3G moonstone from an Arsani checker, 3G Arsani from a black tea checker and ribbon-dancer offspring from Shattered Clock)
  • 2G Arsani from a winter magi father

• WhisperingWillows —> me (for 3G ribbon dancer offspring from Shattered Clock)
  • 2 × 2G winter magi

• WildRiv —> me (for a ! CB forest-variant two-headed lindwurm)
  • a pair of CB waterwalker hatchlings (male + female)
  • a pair of CB deepseas hatchlings (male + female)

• WinstonGA —> me (for two CB summer hatchlings, influenced as a pair)
  • 3G black
  • 4G black

• xdlugia —> me (for a 2G male verdigris copper from Arsani)
  • 3G verdigris copper from Arsani checker (offspring of N0yD9)

• xdlugia —> me (for a 3G cavern lurker from an Arsani checker)
  • 3G cavern lurker from an Arsani checker

• xxBurningxx —> me (for a CB red egg)
  • / Purple or pink hatchling

• Yliah —> me (for a 2G flamingo from an Arsani mother)
  • a 2G flamingo from an Arsani mother

• Ylvanne —> me (for a CB silver)
  • 2 x CB Mageia/Desert xenowyrms

• Zylara —> me (for a 3G hellfire-spiral silver with the code KHugz)
  • Vampiric sibling of this pink

My first dragon description was for my self-caught CB silver, Davinath – I thought it was going to be the only description I’d ever write, chiefly because I thought he was going to be the rarest dragon on my scroll for practically ever. When I summoned my first Guard Of Nature, however, I changed my tune; and when the 2013 Birthday Release was looming on the horizon and I was trying to resist the urge to egg-lock myself, I wrote a bunch of further descriptions.

Since the description system is totally broken (if you think otherwise, feel free to fight me over it – it still manages to make me angry whenever I interact with it now), whereas I previously always went through the effort of describing specific species (Guardians of Nature, Neglected dragons, CB metallics, gemshards, Arsanis, vampires) or project dragons (Montagues), I no longer describe dragons unless there’s a pressing urge to.

To put a stronger point on it than you’ll likely hear me bother to make about anything else on Dragon Cave, I loathe the description system, and the change TJ made a few years back to let people opt-in to viewing unapproved descriptions was a slap in the face, as it did nothing to integrate the description-writing community (the only ones who will toggle that opt-in) better into the rest of the site.

Occasionally I’ll make the mistake of trying again and get intensely annoyed at the completely unnecessary gating process.

Approved

Order in which my descriptions were accepted in; amongst accepted batched, order in which my descriptions were written in:

Description link	Category	Homage
Davinath	CB metallic	Avishraa
Zendegi	Guardian of Nature	Greg Egan
Ks’szh Morchaint	Neglected
Zaertlichkeit	Arsani
Zuneigung	Arsani
Terebinth Aru’ak	Miscellaneous
(Tmppr)	Miscellaneous
Karyorrhexis	CB metallic
Poisoned Milk Cognatio	Neglected
Venomous Blood	Neglected
Mauncauld	Miscellaneous
Valcen	Neglected	kraiaKy
Apeirogon	Miscellaneous
Grin Grim – Undercover Janitor	Vampire
Threadwoven	Neglected
Rehchoortahn	Miscellaneous
Davifrir	Miscellaneous
Neike Taika-Tessaro	Miscellaneous
Count Secundus	Montague
Count Daedalus	Montague
Shahrivrath	CB metallic	Avishraa
Godshatter	Guardian of Nature	Zones of Thought
Balacrea	Arsani	Zones of Thought
Tomas Nau	Miscellaneous	Zones of Thought
Countess Azel	Montague
Crafted Stone	Miscellaneous
Das allerbeste Passwort	Miscellaneous
Chandarmaneth	CB metallic	Avishraa
Countess Demonne	Montague
Countess Fuchsia	Montague
Kotanechiku	CB metallic	Okami
Moshirechiku	CB metallic	Okami
Galactive	Neglected
Dystorsion	Neglected
Jaqueramaphan	Arsani	Zones of Thought
Countess Raccolta	Vampire
Her Paleness Aru’ak	Vampire
Bitten Apple	Vampire
Crimson Resurrection	Vampire
Silvermoon S’aar	Vampire
Vampire the Undead	Vampire
Bad Chemistry	Vampire
Putrid Gold	Vampire
Count Lacerat	Vampire
Mercurian Steele	Vampire	Nightchilder
Narayan Steele	Vampire	Nightchilder
Arielle Lemieux	Vampire	Nightchilder
Rambi	Miscellaneous
Mummelratz	Miscellaneous	Wildcard
(OFFoN)	Miscellaneous	Zones of Thought
Neimakanaash	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Raashelek	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Adaryr	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Coraa	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Jalok	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Ganirr	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Jabenash	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Hebenash	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Rhaal	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Yuheiden	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Pranash	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Szamha	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Damakei	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Dasurmaak	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Geleira	Miscellaneous
Vaashu	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Amanoth	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Sovamak	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Subvocal	Miscellaneous
(1NaU1)	Miscellaneous	Zones of Thought
Neivash	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Sesaka	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
Rarresh	Gemshard	Kendaneivash
(thRyL)	Miscellaneous
Arachnocapitalist	Tarantula Hawk	Politics
Arachnocommunist	Tarantula Hawk	Politics
Arachnosyndicalist	Tarantula Hawk	Politics
Arachnomutualist	Tarantula Hawk	Politics
Arachnosocialist	Tarantula Hawk	Politics
Arachnototalitarian	Tarantula Hawk	Politics
Panarachnist	Tarantula Hawk	Politics
Definitely Finite	Miscellaneous	Descripdoom

Legend:
Entered into a Description of the Month contest (hover for category and month)
Entered and won a Description of the Month contest (hover for category and month)

Note that I don’t usually submit a description to the contests twice, unless prompted (as with Karyorrhexis).

For description details, comments on the descriptions that I managed to see, and background information, check out Approved Dragon Descriptions.

Pending

In order submitted (oldest on top):

Who says Goths are Black – Male CB Black-Capped Teimarr

Who says Goths are Black believes he’s a particularly clever devil’s advocate – but constantly undermines that personality trait of his with an at least equally strong shy streak and habitual avoidance of all conflict. In consequence, it’s his friends that have to endure most of his nitpicky debating – the ones that he feels comfortable around, those he knows with certainty he needn’t fear. If etiquette demands he give feedback to a stranger, he’ll try to cover his bases by doing so as politely as he can while struggling to stay as honest as possible… but he’d really prefer to disappear, clamouring for anonymity unless he has only praise to utter.

This dragon isn’t on my scroll, but herk’s, part of the huge Descripdoom rainbow lineage. This dragon represents me – and my terrible reviewing habits! Of course, since he’s not on my scroll, I won’t see what reviews he gets in the description queue, but as long as his link is on this page I should notice when his description is approved, at least. ;) (2020 update: Still not approved. Gotta love the description system.)

Valcen-sha – Genderless 3G Neglected hatchling (male pronouns)

Valcen-sha is a mental and physical copy that the dragon Valcen has made of himself. The suffix in Valcen-sha’s name corresponds to being numbered ‘second’ according to the conventions of their mother tongue; correspondingly, the original Valcen is occasionally referred to as Valcen-za (‘Valcen the First’) by those who wish to differentiate the two.

As Valcen-sha is younger than the original Valcen, these two incarnations of the same mind follow the convention that, should they ever disagree, Valcen-sha’s opinion takes precedence; after all, his mind is presumably still clearer than that of his progenitor.

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The Rare Trading Center rules state:

You may offer only rare dragons (…).

This includes bundle offers.

What does that mean? That means that once you have one common in your bundle, you cannot post that bundle up in the Rare Trading Center.

That seems harsh; why not allow bundles?

One of the first things the current incarnation of the Rare Trading Center pushed for was to allow bundles, since it was frustrating having to “hide away” rares in A dragon trading thread V2! just because a common hatchling was tossed into the mix, or something else that would be considered benign muddying of waters. It affected the RTC moderators just as much as any other user of our thread, and we really wanted to allow some leeway.

The rule we decided on was that at least 50% of a bundle had to qualify as rare.

In brief… it didn’t work out, mainly because of the bandwagon effect.

In greater detail: People saw other people offering commons in the Rare Trading Center and simply assumed that any sort of bundle was all right, or posting commons as hatchlings was all right, or any number of misunderstandings. The amount of people who benefited from the rule change, on the other hand, seemed negligible going by our careful tallies.

We factored in that some misbundles would have been posted even without our bundle-allowing rule. We factored in that people were benefiting from being able to offer rare-common checker pairs. But we also factored in that it was greatly increasing the moderator work-load – it’s much easier to skim posts and react to non-rares indiscriminately than it is to carefully read a post with non-rares as to whether it matches the criteria.

With no significant benefit to be seen and the downside of clutter and workload, we axed the experiment again – much to our collective chagrin.

Bundles will not be coming back (unless someone has a better idea for a rule that meshes better with intuition, and/or adequately counters the bandwagon effect – we’re quite eager to hear suggestions, as we’re equally bummed about this situation!).

Okay, so how do we post in the Rare Trading Center to let people know we have a trade with rares?

There is a way you can ‘offer bundles’ without violating the RTC’s rules; it’s documented here in hope of decreasing some frustration on the matter, since this topic is probably the most frequent point of contention in our PM correspondence (rare as contention is):

Not okay: Can also throw in common x, rare y and common z or any permutation of rares and commons. (Pure rares are fine.)

Not okay: Willing to part with anything on my scroll, unless there are only rares on your scroll when the Rare Trading Center moderators take a look at your post (that does mean we generally don’t recommend this, since it’s not time-invariant).

Not okay: Willing to breed anything / IOU anything – with the note that this is illegal chiefly because of the Trading section rules. The RTC moderators may not necessarily do anything about this (it’s up to the individual moderator whether they want to act on it); but if the section mods catch you, they’ll remove it, so we feel it’s good to know not to post that sort of thing.

Okay: Willing to add much more. It’s implied and assumed that this is a rare offer. We assume that if it isn’t, you’re going to disappoint the person taking the effort to PM you, anyway, and then it’s your loss. ;)

Okay and recommended: Please PM me for now; I can supply teleports for the rares, but they are currently tied up in another trade. with a link to your A dragon trading thread V2! ‘crosspost’. You could also link to the trade link itself, but if you link to the crosspost, people can click on the link, see you entire trade request, and decide whether to act on it. This is especially useful if you’re asking for something for the whole bundle you wouldn’t dream of asking for only the rares in that bundle, or vice versa. All threads stay clean and maximum transparency and order is achieved. \o/ Resistence is futile, you will be assimilated

We’re very fond of the last method for our own trades because of the fine-grained control it gives to everyone involved, including the trader. It’s possible we may allow other variants in future, providing something else strikes us as not prone to the aforementioned bandwagon effect that we struggle quite hard against – and, as always, we love to hear suggestions!