Etheriverse/Pantala

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⚠️ DISCLAIMER! This is an alternative version of Pantala. All events in the books are not canon in this universe. To read more about this AU check out Etheriverse.
Table of Contents	Table of Contents 	Table of Contents
The Continent 	Location • Geography • Poison Jungle • Canyons • Beetle Lake • Scorpion Lake	
The Continent 	Hives • Flutters • 	
The Tribes 	SilkWings • HiveWings • LeafWings 	
Other Things 	Ferry • Intertribal Relationships 	
== LOCATION ==
Pantala is a continent located South East to Pyrrhia, being multiple days of flight away, however the lack of resting places between both makes flight a hard way of accessing the continent. Instead a ferry goes between both continents twice a month. 
The continent is located in a tropical and subtropical zone, leading to its warmer climate, similar to the southern part of Pyrrhia.
== GEOGRAPHY ==
Pantala is much flatter than the other continents, having many hills but no big mountains aside from those located in the North Western part of the continent, north of the Beetle Lake, forming the Northern Canyon. Nearly two thirds of the continent is covered by rainforest. Many of the grassy fields are used for agriculture or to build settlements, but it has some untouched savannah spots.
== POISON JUNGLE ==
The Poison Jungle is an avoided territory in the North East, because of the highly unusual flora and fauna present in it. Bugs the size of dragonets and carnivorous plants that can melt through the scales of dragons are just some of the inhabitants of the jungle. The forest is commonly used as a place to exile criminals, as usually they are not expected to survive. Two prominent rivers, the Snarling River and the Gullet River, flow through the jungle, the latter of which proceeds to go beyond it. 
== THE CANYON ==
Located in the North-west of the continent, the canyons are a place not many dragons come to visit, and the inhabitants of the canyons don't leave the area that much either. They are the closest to the LeafWings areas. As many rivers flow through them, many plants grow there.
== BEETLE LAKE ==
South of the canyons lies the significantly big Beetle Lake. The Northern Hive is also located near it, getting its water from the lake. It's a popular visiting spot, especially for fishers. A river connects it to the ocean. 
== SCORPION LAKE ==
A large lake in the South-East of Pantala located in the SilkWing territory. Many flutters are constructed around it. There is also a large city, the capital of the Silk Queendom, build by its shore. The lake is important to SilkWings for obvious reasons.
== THE QUEENDOMS ==
There are three countries on Pantala, each ruled by one tribe. In the North is the queendom of the LeafWings. It has large forests and many rivers. The poison jungle and the canyons are considered part of it, however the majority of the population lives in the area between those. Dragons live in towns and cities build on the trees' crowns. It is ruled by Queen Mountain Ash.
Further south we have the Hive Queendom. There is a large savanna, and HiveWings occupied many fields for agriculture. The Beetle Lake and the Jewel Peninsula are part of its territory. While the current queen is the de facto ruler of the Hive Queendom, each of the five hives has its own ruler, each ruled by a member of the Southern Cross, thus having the freedom of its own rules to a certain extent.
The southern part of Pantala is SilkWing Territory ruled by Queen Alexandra of the SilkWings. Part of the terrain is forests while the other part is large fields, many of which are used to grow flowers to cultivate bees and nectar. As SilkWings are primarily frugivores a lot of fruit trees are being cultivated, but also less animals are kept as well as less other crops are grown, so things coming from those commonly get imported from the other queendoms. On the other side the Silk Queendom exports a lot of fruit.
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=== HIVES ===
Large dragon made constructs which can be compared to the HiveWing's equivalent of cities. There are a total of five large ones, each in one cardinal direction plus the last one in the center. Hives are primarily an attribute of the HiveWings (hence the name), but Silk- and LeafWings may also live there. The hives are well developed and much larger than most settlements. They're great for business opportunities, and there are many stores, schools and other places in there. 
Each Hive and its surrounding area are ruled by one of the five top Hivewings, the central one belonging to the queen herself. Because of that rules and lifestyles between each hive may vary a little. 
* Central Hive - The primary hive as the queen of the HiveWings resides here with her family. The security is very strong, however living prices can get very high. Families that move to the Central Hive tend to be already rich or hold a special position that calls for them to move there such as getting to work for the queen. The largest library and best uni of Pantala are located here. As the main hive it is also the largest. Surrounding it are small settlements and agricultural structures.
* Northern Hive - The hive with the most greenhouses. This is also where the HiveWing orphanage is located. The hive itself is considered to be fine, but the orphanage seems to be a bit suspicious. Generally the people are not very social but don't dislike strangers and the security is medium. A lot of firesilk gets produced here so the melting plants and welding factories are located near this hive.
* Western Hive - SilkWings are sort of second class citizens here. The hive's leadership is sucky. Though security is high, guards are quite strict.
* Southern Hive - The most chill out of the hives. They aren't very strict but that can also be the weakness there as rules aren't strongly enforced. Guards aren't as reliant as they should be, but the Southern Hive is great for people who just moved there as prices are rather low and the citizens are kind to strangers.
* Eastern Hive - TBA 
The Hive leaders
* Central - Queen TBN 
* Northern - Lady Firebug and Lady Lohefalter
* Western - Lord Wintergreen
* Southern - TBA
* Eastern - TBA
 Actually maybe people can suggest their own because aside from the first two the others aren't that important 
=== FLUTTERS ===
Unlike Hives, Flutters are small. These settlements were built by SilkWings but can be inhabited by anybody. The populations are generally low, making them more similar to a village. They are commonly located near watering holes, and while hives are constructed higher up, flutters are mostly ground based. There are flutters in all queendoms.
== TRIBES ==
=== SILKWINGS ===
SilkWings occupy the South of the continent. This tribe from Pantala is mainly based on butterflies. SilkWings are the weakest of the Pantalan tribes, known for undergoing metamorphosis and being able to shoot silk.
Their wings differentiate them physically from every other tribe, looking very much like those of butterflies. Despite their appearance SilkWings can fly very well with them, sometimes even better than some members of other tribes. Often the large wings are the prettiest part of the SilkWing, being covered in many colourful scales. Scaleless wings would be transparent. As for the remaining scales, these can come in a wide range of colours, and aren’t particularly limited to a certain palette, making SilkWings naturally the most colourful of all the tribes. 
SilkWings possess antennas that help them sense vibrations in the air. Not only can they perceive better with the antenna, SilkWings also have great eyes, seeing even colours in the UV spectrum. Their tongue is long and thin, which they use to drink nectar from large flowers (it is modeled after a proboscis). As they tend to not be carnivorous, SilkWings usually are much weaker than most of their kin, teeth and claws are not as dangerous, and they start out as wingless. SilkWings are coldblooded, and don’t do well in cold areas. Their bellies are covered in fuzz but the use of it is unknown.
Young dragonets have rather soft skin, and instead of a hard exoskeleton, they have hairs. It may look fluffy, but when these hairs sting someone, it will not end too well. Adult dragons may get shortly paralyzed, but it would not be deadly for anyone larger than a horse. Dragonets don’t have wings, and only obtain those after metamorphosis. This is also when they gain their name giving ability: Silk creation.
Usually a dragon possesses two types of silk: Sticky and not so sticky. They create nets up in the trees, where they live. To not stick to their creations the other kind of silk is needed. Some SilkWings may have stronger or thicker silk than others. A rare kind of silk called Flamesilk, glows like fire, and emits heat. The creators are immune to their own silk, but may easily burn others with it.
SilkWings mainly eat plant based food. Fruits, juice, and leaves are commonplace in their diet. They also drink nectar from flowers using their tongue. Sometimes they may drink from mud puddles, especially when there is nothing else around. Cases of SilkWings drinking liquids from other animals had been heard of, though they’re rare just like SilkWings eating carcasses.
 Known Tribe Members 
* Queen Alexandra
* Callicore
* Cynosura
* Fateweaver 
* Hawk Moth 
* Heliconius
* Lohefalter 
* Parnassian
* Schiller
* Viceroy 
=== HIVEWINGS ===
HiveWings occupy the center of the continent. They are named after various bugs, related to SilkWings and similarly go through a metamorphosis, however unlike SilkWings this happens way earlier in life.
HiveWings have bug-like semi-transparent wings. When flying they produce a buzzing noise. HiveWings typically come in colours such as red, brown, yellow and black. They have two ridges on their snout.
* It's common for HiveWings to have a stinger, but not all have one and some may have some different ability unique to them and their family. 
 Known Tribe Members 
* Cocci 
* Firefly
* Prince Mayfly
* Princess Sandfly 
* Queen Paper Wasp †
=== LEAFWINGS ===
LeafWings primarily occupy the North of the continent. Based on plants these dragons live in forests to which they possess a special connection. Only a minority ever leave the forest to live elsewhere.
Their wings look just like what you’d expect them to look: Like leaves. Most of these dragons are purely green, though having yellow or brown parts is not uncommon. LeafWings who are only red, yellow or brown do exist, but not only are they a rarity, they may also have troubles due to being perceived as possible bad omens. On their back LeafWings have spines with membranes in between. The body scales appear like chloroplasts. The tip of the tail has a leaf shaped fin.
* LeafWings use photosynthesis to create energy. However, they still need to drink and eat.
** LeafWings have an omnivorous diet.
* Some specimens can understand and talk to plants. With this skill they can make plants do their bidding. This is called Leafspeak.
 Known Tribe Members 
* Acer
* Queen Mountain Ash
* Wintergreen 
* Woodwork 
== OTHER ==
=== THE FERRY ===
The Bifrost is very large with a capacity of over a hundred dragons. She is quite sturdy and her construction has taken several years aside from requiring a lot of wood. Unlike the Genesis, the ferry to Pretamar, no animus magic was used in the construction of the Bifrost, however a gem holder is said to have helped, reducing the amount of wood the construction required. As there is only one boat right now and travel takes multiple days, it is only possible to depart from Pyrrhia to Pantala (or vice versa) twice a month. Also due to the limited capacity there is a waiting line and tickets for the boat are incredibly expensive.
=== INTERTRIBAL RELATIONSHIPS ===
The three Queendoms of Pantala are currently at peace with each other. All three tribes are getting along well, though individual biases always exist. The Beetle Union was formed to maintain the coexistence of all three queendoms.
The Beetle Union has an overall neutral to positive relationship with Pyrrhian dragons. Many dragons from overseas, especially SkyWings come to them, settling down on the other continent. Many Pantalan dragons also try their luck on a new land. The connection between both continents led to the surge of hybrids, though even nowadays these are rare.
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